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by TheStranger
13 Aug 2010 13:30
Forum: History: USA Southwest and Hawaii (Excluding California)
Topic: Former 'Marina' Safeway in Bullhead City, Az.
Replies: 2
Views: 7288

Re: Former 'Marina' Safeway in Bullhead City, Az.

Here's a Google Street View look at that location: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Hastings+Books+loc:+Bullhead+City&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=38.502405,70.751953&ie=UTF8&hq=Hastings+Books&hnear=Bullhead+City,+Mohave,+Arizona&ll=3...
by TheStranger
26 Jul 2010 17:43
Forum: History: Canada
Topic: Canada Safeways
Replies: 53
Views: 68991

Re: Canada Safeways

1950s pylon-style Safeway sign still standing at an abandoned location in Edmonton:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/50096214@N04/4822649731/
by TheStranger
19 Jul 2010 12:14
Forum: History: Canada
Topic: Canada Safeways
Replies: 53
Views: 68991

Re: Canada Safeways

Here's a surreal photo of the now-closed Ellice Avenue marina Safeway in Winnipeg:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49469560@N07/4803369614/
by TheStranger
19 Jul 2010 12:14
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: A couple of 1960s Safeway photos in Santa Clara County
Replies: 1
Views: 2712

A couple of 1960s Safeway photos in Santa Clara County

This one, designed by Taleisin architect Aaron Green, no longer stands... http://www.flickr.com/photos/14696209@N02/4803331234/ http://www.agaarchitects.com/pages/commercial/shopping_ctr.html ...but a nearby Texaco in the same design is still there, the only vestige of the mini shopping center: http...
by TheStranger
29 Jun 2010 13:02
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: Former Supermarket in Pinole-San Pablo Ave. & Tara Hills Dr.
Replies: 2
Views: 2724

Re: Former Supermarket in Pinole-San Pablo Ave. & Tara Hills Dr.

I think that there is a former supermarket building at the southwesterly corner of San Pablo Avenue and Tara Hills Drive in the Pinole area of Contra Costa County. Perhaps it is a former gable Safeway? Here's google street view of the site (actually in San Pablo) - http://maps.google.com/maps?sourc...
by TheStranger
29 Jun 2010 12:57
Forum: History: Canada
Topic: Canada Safeways
Replies: 53
Views: 68991

Re: Canada Safeways

Former Safeway (in the gull-wing Marina design) in Edmonton, now an IGA:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/50096214@N04/4741795536/
by TheStranger
21 Jun 2010 14:30
Forum: History: USA Northwest/Rockies/Alaska
Topic: Safeway With Pylon Tower! Denver,CO
Replies: 3
Views: 3941

Re: Safeway With Pylon Tower! Denver,CO

IIRC, I haven't seen a photo of it in a while, but I recall a green-pylon Safeway still in operation in metro Denver as well.
by TheStranger
20 May 2010 03:35
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: Late 1950s Safeway (marina?) in North Beach San Francisco?
Replies: 1
Views: 2661

Late 1950s Safeway (marina?) in North Beach San Francisco?

Just saw this posted on Flickr yesterday: http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/4611145528/ The photo is from 1982, and the building doesn't exist anymore (I drove by that intersection a few times this month) - architecture looks to be rather similar to the recently replaced marina Safeway that was...
by TheStranger
06 Apr 2010 00:16
Forum: History: USA Northwest/Rockies/Alaska
Topic: Recently closed marina Safeway in Olympia
Replies: 10
Views: 6699

Re: Recently closed marina Safeway in Olympia

Just saw this on Flickr: a photo of the original decor of this store, ca. 1962!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/josh_bomb/4484689285/
by TheStranger
24 Mar 2010 14:01
Forum: History: Canada
Topic: Canada Safeways
Replies: 53
Views: 68991

Re: Canada Safeways

The person behind all those Winnipeg Safeway photos has just put up several blog posts on the chain's architectural history in that locale:

http://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/20 ... eping.html
by TheStranger
15 Mar 2010 15:33
Forum: History: Canada
Topic: Canada Safeways
Replies: 53
Views: 68991

Re: Canada Safeways

From Flickr: a set of photos of vintage Winnipeg Safeway locations:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/christians ... 450875299/
by TheStranger
09 Dec 2009 19:30
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: That used to be a department store?!
Replies: 18
Views: 12238

Re: That used to be a department store?!

Paper or Plastic wrote:The old K-mart on Auburn Blvd in Citrus Heights / Sacramento became a storage place, including the parking lot !
it's funny, I went to the thrift store that was there about 3 years ago and purchased a few old LPs...a few months later it was that storage place!
by TheStranger
16 Sep 2009 17:29
Forum: History: Canada
Topic: Canada Safeways
Replies: 53
Views: 68991

Re: Re:

I thought Randalls has been owned by Safeway since at least around 1984. At that time, the Marina stores started closing, while more Randalls were popping up. Lots of former Safeways in Houston became Randalls in 1988. How was it that the Southern California Safeways became Vons and not the other w...
by TheStranger
19 Aug 2009 17:49
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: Sacramento pylon Safeway - anyone know where this one is?
Replies: 0
Views: 2547

Sacramento pylon Safeway - anyone know where this one is?

Saw this vintage shot on Flickr from someone who moved from town when he was 1 (the photo is from his parents' collection) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/23218266@N06/3836427547/ My first guess is that it is the location on Franklin Boulevard that burned down in '63 and was replaced with a gable (th...
by TheStranger
18 Aug 2009 15:50
Forum: History: USA Northwest/Rockies/Alaska
Topic: Ellensburg WA Safeway 1965 Open
Replies: 8
Views: 4527

Re: Ellensburg WA Safeway 1965 Open

Pretty interesting to see a marina replace a gable (if that's what I'm seeing) - how often did same-generation Saefway buildings replace each other?