Montgomeryville Mart, 1954 to 1990
Human Interest No Longer There Retail Stores, Malls
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Montgomeryville Mart, 1954 to 1990

This was a 100-stand, 3.4 acre merchandise market, similar to the Q-Mart in Quakertown, PA. It closed for other development in 1990 and burned down in 1991. I worked with a Philadelphia rock band in the mid-80s (the Plural Nouns) that got a gig at a tavern within this mart that wanted to try some live music as part of its entertainment draw, and when we got there it turned out to be a go-go bar. The predominantly male clientele quickly realized that when our band was playing the girls were not dancing, complained to management, and that was the end of that. I don't remember the name of the bar. I did meet someone who as a teenager collected hubcaps that accumulated near a bump on Route 309 in Colmar and sold them at an outdoor stand at the mart on weekends, and made some decent money doing it.

Publication date Jun 24, 2018
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Property ID: 183
Updated on: Apr 17, 2019

This was a 100-stand, 3.4 acre merchandise market, similar to the Q-Mart in Quakertown, PA. It closed for other development in 1990 and burned down in 1991. I worked with a Philadelphia rock band in the mid-80s (the Plural Nouns) that got a gig at a tavern within this mart that wanted to try some live music as part of its entertainment draw, and when we got there it turned out to be a go-go bar. The predominantly male clientele quickly realized that when our band was playing the girls were not dancing, complained to management, and that was the end of that. I don't remember the name of the bar. I did meet someone who as a teenager collected hubcaps that accumulated near a bump on Route 309 in Colmar and sold them at an outdoor stand at the mart on weekends, and made some decent money doing it.

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Location:
Originally called Montgomeryville Merchandise Mart , 751 Horsham Road , - Where Home Depot Is Now, Lansdale, Pennsylvania, 19446, United States
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Listing Category:
Human Interest No Longer There Retail Stores, Malls
Virtual / Real:
Virtual
Created Date:
06-24-2018
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plaquemaster
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