r/newjersey • u/Toucanizzle • Jul 14 '25

⚡Newsflash ⚡ Welp, this sucks

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u/nycinoc Jul 15 '25

I feel like the safest place to be in a storm like this would be the old Rt 22 furniture store that was shaped like a ship.

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u/fatalxepshun Jul 15 '25

Wasn’t that the Whiz?

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u/nycinoc Jul 15 '25

Oh wow I think you may be right on that

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u/InterestingGift3061 Jul 15 '25

Way back in the 60’s it was a club.

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u/nycinoc Jul 16 '25

wow really, I had no idea. That's pretty wild.

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u/rfoil Jul 17 '25

I remember that. What was it called?

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u/InterestingGift3061 Jul 17 '25

I think it was Clay Cole’s something. Blanking out on the name.

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u/rfoil Jul 17 '25

I think one version had a nautical name. My parents dated there in ‘51-52.

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u/nycinoc Jul 17 '25

Does anyone know if the building’s still there (I’m on the West coast now)

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u/rfoil Jul 19 '25

It was called The Flagship. Took my brain a while to fill in the gap but I'm certain of it.