Back Alley

What Do You Think You're Looking At? #234

When you see one of these domed roofs, you’re probably either looking at an old Safeway, or an old bowling alley:

This is Butler, New Jersey, and Safeway was not a big presence in New Jersey (they sold their Jersey stores in the 1950s). Penn Fruit, another supermarket chain that built barrel-vault roofs, was in New Jersey, but this is not one of those, e…