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It looks like Woolworth's in Britain is in trouble. Will they disappear like the original US company?

http://www.ktar.com/index.php?nid=48&sid=995157

Here is a former Circuit City in Huntsville, AL. The plug is now painted blue.

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&F ... &encType=1

It's asking me for a password to get on the site. Is there a way to sign up or a back door?

Karen, thanks for your detailed memories. When I look at that area, I always wondered what kind of grocery store used to be in the building, and now I know it way the Mayfair. It is really interesting to know where the first Mervyn's was, too.

What used to be along the Via Mercado edge?

In Newark, California, Mervyn's had moved out of an anchor spot in Newpark Mall and into a new building just across the street from the old location. This just happened this year.

I just heard on the news that Mervyn's plans to file chapter 7 Friday morning and liquidate:

http://cbs5.com/business/mervyns.chapte ... 42505.html

Mother's cookies and Archway cookies just became extinct:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 13DQQO.DTL

The Cala Foods at Nob Hill in San Francisco will close in 2010:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 12VQF7.DTL

It looks like Walgreens also wants Longs:
http://www.ktar.com/?nid=48&sid=958334

I noticed in the Wikipedia article on Builder's Square that Alabama is not listed as one of the states that it operated in. I'm sure that there used to be a location in Huntsville, Alabama, that is now a flea market. Does anyone have a list of locations or a link to form Builder's Square locations? ...

Speaking of small Long's, there used to be a really small location at 3670 Bel Aire Plaza in Napa. I think it was either absorbed into the new Whole Foods or Trader Joe's there because the address doesn't seem to exist anymore when I checked http://www.bellaireplaza.com. This one was about a block a...

Here is another story about Long's with some history and a timeline:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 12AC26.DTL

There is a picture of the first Longs on Piedmont Avenue in Oakland.

CVS is buying Long's Drugs and will convert all of them to CVS except for the Hawaii locations:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 442D64.DTL

Say goodbye to another Bay Area name.

romleys wrote:What about the Fremont (California) Hub Shopping Center?
There was a Frys Market and a Safeway.

Which part of the shopping center had the Fry's Market?

I saw this newspaper article this week about a McDonald's in Huntsville, Alabama that still has the original single arch sign that is going to be removed while the building is being remodeled. The sign is going to the American Sign Museum in Cincinnati, Ohio. http://blog.al.com/breaking/2008/04/sing...