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- 09 Sep 2015 18:11
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: mystery store, Greenwood, IN
- Replies: 3
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Re: mystery store, Greenwood, IN
Okay, thanks. Neat looking building. I haven't been to Indy more than a few times, and I've never been in a Marsh, though I hear some the Marketplace stores have a really weird layout and the O'Malia store on S. Meridian is supposedly an 80s-90s time capsule, according to a friend down there. I did ...
- 08 Sep 2015 16:00
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: mystery store, Greenwood, IN
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4365
mystery store, Greenwood, IN
Drove past this the other day, there's a marina/Penn Fruit kinda looking place next to this K Mart building. Looks closed and the parking lot is sealed off from traffic now. https://www.google.com/maps/@39.604273,-86.1078379,3a,75y,227.75h,85t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sSeF2kDEHqYoDdM1RpcsEtw!2e0!7i3328!8i...
- 17 Apr 2013 22:52
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: more old school Krogers closed, SE MI
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4780
more old school Krogers closed, SE MI
http://www.candgnews.com/news/end-era-riverland-kroger Not sure if I posted that when it happened. Original greenhouse (last unaltered exterior greenhouse still operating as a Kroger in metro Detroit that I know of) with a grid interior. The suggested Kroger to visit instead is nowhere near this one...
- 23 Jan 2012 01:25
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: Kroger demolished, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2929
Kroger demolished, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
http://www.candgnews.com/news/mack-moross-kroger-demolition-under-way http://www.grossepointenews.com/Articles-i-2011-03-10-244216.114135-Farms-Kroger-coming-down.html Really sad to see this one go. It had the black on white signage and the Bauhaus interior, for the most part. It had some modern sig...
- 23 Jan 2012 01:17
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: Kroger greenhouse closed Jan 2012
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3279
Kroger greenhouse closed Jan 2012
http://www.candgnews.com/news/end-era-riverland-kroger Sterling Heights, Michigan. Last unmolested greenhouse that I know of in SE MI still operating as a Kroger. (Others still operate, heavily remodeled.) Had the grid interior, probably a mid-sized floorplan, no pharmacy, layout was quite similar t...
- 23 Jan 2012 01:10
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Odd A&P architecture
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6132
Re: Odd A&P architecture
I might have asked this before, but I can't recall. Our A&P here in Oscoda, MI moved in the mid-1970s to their fourth and final location, which looks like this . It looked exactly the same its entire life — when A&P started closing stores in 1992, it became Big Valu for a few months, then C...
- 23 Jan 2012 00:29
- Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: Early Walgreens stores in Michigan
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13773
Re: Early Walgreens stores in Michigan
A little more searching shows that Walgreens also had mall based stores in Flint in at least Eastland (now Courtland) and Dort Mall. By the late 70s, these were both Perry. Genesee Valley also had a Perry for a while, so I wonder if it was a Walgreens too. I remember Lakeside in Sterling Heights an...
- 10 Sep 2011 20:13
- Forum: History: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Sears Hardware, dead chain?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14501
Re: Sears Hardware, dead chain?
Sears Hardware has been gone since probably 05 or 96 in SE MI. I miss it dearly; the prices weren't great but it was one of the closest retail establishments to my house and I really, really dislike ACO (SE MI hardware chain).
- 10 Sep 2011 20:05
- Forum: History: Canada
- Topic: 5915 Yonge, North York ON
- Replies: 15
- Views: 27986
Re: 5915 Yonge, North York ON
I just drove up Yonge the other night. The store appears to have a conventional roofline now. :( This store also looks a lot like a Ralphs (I think on Ventura Blvd.) I've seen in a book on Googie architecture, probably written by Alan Hess. The Food Basics logo is slightly different now, too, but yo...
- 10 Sep 2011 19:43
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: Southampton Waldbaums/A & P.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3416
Re: Southampton Waldbaums/A & P.
Yes, South for sure and possibly East. I'd have to find them, though. I was in Southampton 12/09 right before winter came. I went in that store. Amazing what they can do with that small of a space. The outside bottle return machines were both broken. I'm pretty sure East was a centennial. The Southa...
- 04 Jul 2011 13:32
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Early Kmart closures (PRE-1994)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 37222
Re: Early Kmart closures (PRE-1994)
Back to Michigan... The Belleville store and the Ypsilanti store definitely coexisted. The Belleville store was more than likely built at KM's peak. It did not have a KM Foods that I know of, but it had a supermarket-sized space at the other end of the plaza (last time I went by it was a Dunham's Sp...
- 25 May 2011 22:47
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: McDonald's Express
- Replies: 14
- Views: 21864
Re: McDonald's Express
[quote="TenPoundHammerAlso, a large number of Meijer stores had McDonald's in them. I remember that all three "original" Meijers in Flint had McDonald's in them — Pierson Rd. and Center Rd. both had it in a balcony, but Hill Rd. just had it at the back of the store. Unlike the reduced...
- 18 May 2011 20:25
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: 10 Most Unique McDonald's
- Replies: 15
- Views: 23819
Re: 10 Most Unique McDonald's
In the early 90s, I remember a unique McDonald's which was either in Toledo, Ohio or Detroit, Michigan. It actually looked more like a bank on the outside. I don't remember exactly where this was, but remember it was adjacent to a mall we stopped at on the way to the airport, and I was with my uncl...
- 25 Oct 2009 13:12
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: Former Kroger, Bay City, MI
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4465
Re: Former Kroger, Bay City, MI
There's an ex-Kroger with an arched roof in Dearborn, at Westborn. http://tch546.tripod.com/smkt/kroco.html
- 12 Oct 2009 18:57
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Early Kmart closures (PRE-1994)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 37222
Re: Early Kmart closures (PRE-1994)
1. Ypsilanti, MI, Grove at Emerick...visible from I94, I think this closed before 1994. Shopping center interesting also because the Farmer Jack had one of those tall yellow signs. Store has never reopened as anything else. 2. I remember seeing one in Adrian, MI, probably 1991 or so. Don't know if i...