Today we’re going to take another look at the original Beachwood Circle, courtesy of a postcard sent in 1938. This time we’ll focusing on its southwestern quarter, currently home to Clancy’s News – Tobacco Shop.
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Beachwood Circle, looking across to the southwest quarter, circa 1938.
In it you can see a fairly different downtown Beachwood area than appears today. What is today used entirely for Clancy’s can be seen here as three separate shops – The Handy Shop (Soda / Luncheonette and featuring Abbott Ice Cream), The Great Atlantic and Pacific Company (just plain old A&P to us today), and what appears to be a shop called Krueger’s.
Next if we look just a little to the right, we’ll see a shop that begins with “American” (and a tree cutting off the rest) that has in recent years been Clancy’s Pharmacy, Sherry’s Scrubs, and today, Clutter Sales and Consignments.
Moving on to the right, we can see an unidentifiable shop that later became Grumpy’s Pub and is today the Beachwood Pub.
And finally, looking all the way to the left we can make out part of the Beachwood Boulevard shops.
Here’s the back of the postcard. Its text has been typed out and is visible beneath the image.
Dear Doris,
Am having a good time, but now I know what it is to be away from your boyfriend. Will be seeing you soon.
Love,
Helen
Addressed to:
Miss D. Vogt
243 Griffith Street
Jersey City, N.J.
August 10, 1938 – Beachwood.
