02-06-2018, 05:05 PM
(02-06-2018, 03:44 PM)robdrimmie Wrote:(02-06-2018, 03:23 PM)Elmira Guy Wrote: I also remember Consumer's Distributing in Waterloo. If memory serves, it was where Abe Erb and Famoso Pizza are now. It was a Pier One and then a children's clothing store (Bonnie Toggs) after CD closed.
That's correct. I'm not entirely certain if it's the same building with a very different facade, or if the original building was torn down. I wasn't living in town at the time, but I vaguely recall a big change in the mid or late 90s, around the time Rude Native moved in to where Famoso is now.
My recollection is that the Pier One was demolished and the Rude Native was built new.
However I might be missing a step between those two, and I also can’t say whether the foundation might have been re-used as suggested by timc. However, my sense is that it is probably a completely new build. Old buildings of that size didn’t always have much in the way of a foundation.