{"id":396,"date":"2015-12-06T17:50:32","date_gmt":"2015-12-06T22:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/globalcitiessandbox\/?p=396"},"modified":"2015-12-06T17:51:02","modified_gmt":"2015-12-06T22:51:02","slug":"kilroys-wonder-market-glen-rock-nj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/globalcitiessandbox\/2015\/12\/06\/kilroys-wonder-market-glen-rock-nj\/","title":{"rendered":"Kilroy’s Wonder Market, Glen Rock, NJ"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Kilroy's
Kilroy’s Wonder Market<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kilroy\u2019s Wonder Market is a small local shop in my small suburban hometown of Glen Rock, New Jersey. The cozy town is about 2.7 square miles and located approximately 25 miles from New York City. The neighboring towns have stores such as Whole Foods, Stop & Shop, and Costco and yet Kilroy\u2019s remains a primary source for the community to grocery shop at. Kilroy\u2019s has been family owned since 1916 and still believes in Frank Kilroy\u2019s original slogan that the market is, \u201cSmall enough to know you, large enough to serve you.\u201d<\/em> The market is located on Rock Road, which is the main road through the town’s Central Business Direct. The store is open seven days a week from as early as 8:00AM to as late as 9:00PM. It is typical for Glen Rock residents to commute into New York City by train for work. At the end of the day many people get off the train, which is in close proximity to Kilroy\u2019s Wonder Market, where they prchase the goods they need for dinner and walk home to prepare their meal. Store employees mentioned how they see familiar faces day after day.<\/span><\/p>\n

\""Banana
“Banana Tree”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kilroy\u2019s Wonder Market reinforces many of the concluding remarks in the concluding chapter \u201c<\/em>Local Shops, Global Streets\u201d of Global Cities, Local Streets by<\/em> Sharon Zukin, Philip Kasinitz, and Xiangming Chen.<\/em> This Mom & Pop shop allows money to stay within the community while\u00a0simultaneously creating a sense of place, generating jobs and taxes, and developing a social space. Kilroy\u2019s primarily employs members of the community, which aids in the visual face and the local identity of the store. Employing local residents creates jobs and helps the local economy. In Glen Rock, Kilroy\u2019s is known as an extremely social space and a principal example of the store is the \u201cBanana Tree\u201d located at\u00a0the back. Physically,\u00a0the \u201cBanana Tree\u201d is a structure covered in green felt with hooks to hang bunches of bananas. The\u00a0original intent was to display produce in an appealing way. At present time, the town’s residents commonly know the \u201cBanana Tree\u201d as a place to exchange news and town gossip. This concept has developed into the town’s culture and the \u201cBanana Tree\u201d even has its own website and has been mentioned in Glen Rock High Schools newspaper.\u00a0Link to Banana Tree News<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Link to The Glen Echo<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This shop has been in business in Glen Rock for nearly 100 years and the store’s owner, and employees, and local residents do not see it go anywhere soon. Kilroy\u2019s Wonder Market offers more than the products on its shelves. Glen Rock residents continue to shop at the Mom & Pop store because it strengthens the town\u2019s sense of community.<\/span><\/p>\n

Link to Kilroy’s Wonder Market<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n

Jackie Wostbrock ’16<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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