A Blast from the Past: Vintage Photos of the Golden Horseshoe

A piece of our area's history was knocked down this week when the building housing SuperSol and the Cheers Wine and Spirits store was demolished to make way for a new tenant to be announced soon. The original building was constructed by Benjamin Miller, a New Rochelle attorney in 1956. According to the property manager, before there was a shopping center, the site was home to a privately owned racetrack in the early 1900's, and that's the origin of the name, The Golden Horseshoe. In 1950 Miller planned to build the stores in a horseshoe configuration, and the name was thought to be a sign of good luck.

Check out these photos from the 1950's of the construction of the first building at the Golden Horseshoe, which looks to be mid-century modern. It underwent a makeover in 1998 when it was given a Tudor façade.

The shopping center will break ground for a new building in April of this year and tenants hope to open in the late fall. Across the parking lot, next  to the Bank of America teller station, a 4,000 square foot building is going up. It will house Chopped restaurant and another tenant as well. According to the property manager, both new buildings will have a Tudor facade to match the existing site.