# Parade Street - Ayre's Supermarket

St. John's, Canada · big-box · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `n-4ddd449f85` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/big-box/canada/st-john-s-parade-street-ayre-s-supermarket/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-4ddd449f85.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-4ddd449f85.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/n-4ddd449f85

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | none |
| New use | civic | none |
| What is there now | The St. John's Central Fire Station now stands on the site. | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 1992 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Anchors

Ayre's Supermarket, Dominion store

## Timeline

- 1992: Destroyed by fire
- 1992: Closed

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Ayre & Sons, Ltd. was a department store chain in Newfoundland, Canada. The chain was formed in 1859 in St. John's, Newfoundland by Charles R. Ayre. Ayre opened his flagship store on Water Street in St. John's in 1859. After Newfoundland joined the Canadian confederation in 1949, Ayre's opened some more stores across the province in the 1960s, with locations in Mount Pearl, Carbonear, Corner Brook, and Wabush. A location in the Avalon Mall in St. John's also opened when the mall opened in 1967.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayre_and_Sons

## Sources

- Ayre and Sons — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayre_and_Sons

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Parade Street - Ayre's Supermarket, St. John's, Canada." Record n-4ddd449f85, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/big-box/canada/st-john-s-parade-street-ayre-s-supermarket/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_stjohnsparadestreetayressupermarket,
  title = {Parade Street - Ayre's Supermarket, St. John's, Canada},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/big-box/canada/st-john-s-parade-street-ayre-s-supermarket/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-4ddd449f85, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.