Princeton Junction Strip Mall

Strip mall, probably 2000s-2010s.

Historical Overview

Standing at 41 Princeton Hightstown Road is a pharmacy chain. However, before this building existed was a small strip mall, which for several generations was a familiar sight in old Princeton Junction. 

This establishment opened in 1963.[1] At the time, it was the only multi-business "shopping center" in the Princeton Junction area. Its first stores were the Thorne Pharmacy (previously in the Ellsworth Center just down the road), Windsor Toy and Hobby Shop, Gourmet Delicatessen and Bakery, and Lucar Hardware Company.[2]

​Over the years, other establishments occupied the building - such as a Chicken Holiday, Princeton Junction Video, and insurance company, a Domino's Pizza, Little Schezuan,[3],[4] and, for some years starting in 1970, even the Princeton Junction Post Office.[5],[6] All of these institutions were familiar to, and popular with, local residents.

The strip mall was torn down between 2010 and 2012 and replaced with a pharmacy.​[7],[8]

From Town Topics, September 19, 1963.

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Bibliography

1. Princeton Junction Shopping Center. (1963, September 19). Opening at Hightstown Road, Princeton Junction Shopping Center. Town Topics. Princeton. 
2. Ibid.
3. ​Ryan, J. (1992). Princeton Junction Strip Mall, 1992. photograph, West Windsor, NJ. 
4. Unknown. (2000s-2010s). Princeton Junction Strip Mall, 2000s-2010s. photograph, West Windsor, NJ. 
5. "Weekend Move by Post Office a Surprise." July 29, 1970. Trenton Evening Times.
6. ​“Broadside,” 1998. Newsletter about the history of Princeton Junction (Part 1 of a 2-part series) produced by the Historical Society of West Windsor. Spring 1998.​
7. "West Windsor Aerial Photography Composite Map, 2010.” Map. Historical Society of West Windsor - Map Archives. West Windsor, NJ, 2010.
8. "West Windsor Aerial Photography Composite Map, 2012.” Map. Historical Society of West Windsor - Map Archives. West Windsor, NJ, 2012.