Tops Friendly Markets reopens on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo (2024)

Jacqueline Cherry performs July 14, 2022 at the end of the ceremony to honor those who died in the racist attack on Black people at the Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Ave, in Buffalo, NY. A walk through the store was held for special guests and media.. The store will officially open Friday.

The crowd sings the song, Jaqueline Cherry was dancing to when the music cut out during a ceremony to honor those who died in the racist attack on Black people at the Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Ave, in Buffalo, NY a walk through the store was held for special guests and media on Thursday, July 14, 2022. The store will officially open Friday. Two months ago a man shot and killed 10 people, and injured three at the Tops.

After a ceremony to honor those who died in the racist attack on Black people at the Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Ave, in Buffalo, NY a walk through the store was held for special guests and media on Thursday, July 14, 2022. The store will officially open Friday. Two months ago a man shot and killed 10 people, and injured three at the Tops.

After a ceremony to honor those who died in the racist attack on Black people at the Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Ave, in Buffalo, NY a walk through the store was held for special guests and media on Thursday, July 14, 2022. The store will officially open Friday. Two months ago a man shot and killed 10 people, and injured three at the Tops. Cariol Horn gets help holding the sign, "You want us to shop here, yet you have a gate keeping us out now!" A fence with security did not allow people to wander into the event.

After a ceremony to honor those who died in the racist attack on Black people at the Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Ave, in Buffalo, NY a walk through the store was held for special guests and media on Thursday, July 12, 2022. The store will officially open Friday. Two months ago a man shot and killed 10 people, and injured three at the Tops. A memorial is mounted at the entrance of the store. The memorial is a poem written by Buffalo poet laureate Jillian Hanesworth in reaction to the shooting is mounted and surrounded by waterfalls.

A ceremony to honor those who died in the racist attack on Black people at the Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Ave, in Buffalo, NY was held in the parking lot. A tour of the store was held for special guests and media on Thursday, July 14, 2022. The store will officially open Friday. Two months ago a man shot and killed 10 people, and injured three at the Tops. Heads bow during a moment of silence.

Tops Friendly Market officials enter the renovated Jefferson Ave. Buffalo ,NY store on July 14, 2022 with some employees, media and invited guests after a memorial service marking two months since 10 people were killed and three others injured in a mass shooting where Black people were targeted by the racist shooter.

John Person, president of Tops Friendly Market, talks with people before the start of the ceremony at the store on Jefferson Ave., Buffalo ,NY on July 14, 2022. The ceremony marking two months since 10 people were killed and three injured in a racist attack at the store. Tops did a major renovation of the store. and offered a tour of the store for some employees, media and invited guests after the ceremony.

An invited guest wanders past the renovated Tops Friendly Market parking lot on Jefferson Ave. Buffalo ,NY on July 14, 2022 before the start of the memorial service marking two months since 10 people were killed and three others injured in a mass shooting where Black people were targeted by the racist shooter. Adinkra symbols, Ghana origins, are at the entrance and exit of the store. The symbols with translations represent welcome, hospitality, farewell, peace, and harmony.

Darius G. Pridgen, senior pastor of True Bethel Bapstist Church, offered a prayer during a memorial service outside Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Ave. Buffalo ,NY store on July 14, 2022. Pridgen is also Buffalo Common Council president. The ceremony was held with some employees, media and invited guests marking two months since 10 people were killed and three others injured in a mass shooting where Black people were targeted by the racist shooter. A tour of the store followed the ceremony.

Area residents watch as a ceremony to honor those who died in the racist attack on Black people at the Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Ave, in Buffalo, NY. Afterwards a walk through the store was held for special guests and media on Thursday, July 14, 2022. The store will officially open Friday. Two months ago a man shot and killed 10 people, and injured three at the Tops.