CompUSA Culver City
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CompUSA Culver City
Hey Guys! It's been awhile since ive been on here! I was passing by the CompUSA in culver city today on Jefferson and noticed how much it looks like a super market. Me being semi curious, I went around back to see if it had a loading dock (a good way to tell if an old store used to be a super market!) and I did find a loading dock. I don't believe CompUSA ever has used this area in back of the store. Does anyone know what store this used to be???
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I doubt it ever was a former supermarket. It opened in 1957 as the Jefferson Bowl and I couldn't find any reference to a supermarket being at that location before 1957. It closed in the mid-80s. As David mentioned in http://www.groceteria.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=1134 , the architectural requirements of supermarkets and bowling alleys are similar but there are very few conversions from one to other.steps wrote:hmmm...so does anyone else know of this location being a former super market. It fits everything a supermarket would need to operate.
only a few have been transformed from Bowling alley to supermarket. Case in point, the old bowling alley in Montebello on Via Campo that was turned into a Ranch 99 market. It has been empty since the market closed in the early - mid 90's.runchadrun wrote:I doubt it ever was a former supermarket. It opened in 1957 as the Jefferson Bowl and I couldn't find any reference to a supermarket being at that location before 1957. It closed in the mid-80s. As David mentioned in http://www.groceteria.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=1134 , the architectural requirements of supermarkets and bowling alleys are similar but there are very few conversions from one to other.steps wrote:hmmm...so does anyone else know of this location being a former super market. It fits everything a supermarket would need to operate.
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Jefferson Bowl Comp USA
The Culver City Caifornia, Comp U.S.A. store is in a strip mall with several other retail stores. The strip mall replaced the demolished Jefferson Bowl building several years ago. The Comp U.S.A. store portion/section in the strip mall complex was never a supermarket.