[klkla]

Great Photos.

I love this one in particular:

They just don't make signs like that anymore. Classic!

[TheStranger]

I'm amazed that sign is still standing, but very lucky for us, there are quite a few photos of that on the web. I wonder if that's the only time Safeway did that googie/space age sign..

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A 1960-era gable Safeway next to a 1930-era store in Penticton, BC.

http://www.okanaganhistory.com/stock/la ... ness10.htm

[TheStranger]

Safeway site being demolished in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

http://www.brunoscontracting.com/Demoli ... ll-med.htm

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The Saskatoon marina, side-view from front:

http://flickr.com/photos/sheila_steele/101037581/



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Back view of a possible marina in Vernon, BC:

http://flickr.com/photos/david-cowan/248044895/

[TheStranger]

Another shot of what I think is the Main Street marina in Winnipeg:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kcamp/27933803/

Bizarre looking gable:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/trachalio/204567/

I think this is what happened to said bizarre looking gable...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/magenta/10688237/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/87536306@N00/11397339/

This looks like it's the Ellice marina (though the classic googie sign is not in view)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dann-/24787225/

Is this the bigger-looking Winnipeg marina with the 1960s photo in this thread?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rogues-gallery/4238123/


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In Calgary, a 1973 photo of the Queen visiting town, near a Safeway (with the classic circle S logo) at 16th and Centre Street North:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sherlock77/5495108/

This downtown Safeway sign looks like its structure is of older vintage than the signs themselves:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mouseinthebrain/233234334/

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Possible gable or marina? in Vancouver:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/misterwindupbird/4445736/

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A closed Safeway in Edmonton's Heritage Mall, under construction.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/87372542@N00/163327812/

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NICE shot of the Banff "reverse marina" I talked about here:

(notice the recently redone front lettering, different from either the other recent photo, or the 1960s photo):

http://www.flickr.com/photos/yellowponny/38252704/

[TheStranger]

A marina store still active in the Regina, SK area. (wonder if it's the marina interior in the earlier photo)

http://www.wallaceproperties.ca/attract ... hedral.php


Great link to a page on Winnipeg's ancient (1930s) Safeway locations!

http://winnipegbuildings.bravehost.com/ ... mages.html

[TheStranger]

1940s Safeway in Brandon, Manitoba on a postcard drawing...

http://www.hillmans.soupbo.com/archive/ ... ml#Western

Beautiful night shot of a marina Safeway in Saskatoon:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sheila_steele/55280550/



Here's an interior shot of that store from that same collection:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sheila_steele/68458844/

I THINK this store with a 1960s sign is in Vancouver:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/91077015@N00/221752731/

Here's what I think is a Saskatoon area store with possible marina arch (note the front that doesn't look particularly marina-era) and 1970s lettering:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jordoncooper/1443391/



Is this the 1960s sign from Vancouver (or at least I think so)?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jen_c/131254703/

Safeway sign (of possibly older vintage than current look) at Osborne Village in Winnipeg - that store reopened last year after original building was demolished, if I'm not mistaken...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/90736271@N00/143698199/

Safeway in Kenora, ON that is on a waterfront:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mystify/259360695/

Safeway in Red Deer, AB with interesting shapes (1990s build probably) and a Safeway sign font that I've only seen on Canadian stores:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/noahgosloah/238782809/

[TheStranger]

Unusual Safeway sign in Fort Garry, MB.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimj_wpg/160452985/



1990s-era Safeway gas station sign in downtown Moose Jaw, SK.

http://www.moosejaw.net/images/gas/Safeway.jpg

[TheStranger]

Recent store with quirky architecture in Vancouver and the unusual Safeway font:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/neuroticsilence/270906507/

[TheStranger]

Beautiful shot of the Burnaby high-arch marina.

http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo ... 1384vByanJ

A more modern, less striking store also in Burnaby:

http://travel.webshots.com/photo/116135 ... 5208CcMekH

Tiny looking Safeway in Calgary.

http://travel.webshots.com/photo/127102 ... 6842TqcRDQ

The original Osborne Safeway in Winnipeg before it met the wrecking ball.

http://travel.webshots.com/photo/121329 ... 4738lsnYza

Its replacement, under construction at the time:
http://travel.webshots.com/photo/121100 ... 4738EioMyT

The Kenora store looks like it's a remodel of a 1970s building:
http://family.webshots.com/photo/143831 ... 3360BdgELN

[tesg]

The original Osborne Safeway in Winnipeg before it met the wrecking ball.

That's not actually the original store. That's a temporary location Safeway occupied in between the demolition of their existing store and the completion of the new one. Cramped quarters at 15,000 square feet.

Here's a link to an article with a picture of the original Osborne Safeway.

http://www.newwinnipeg.com/news/2004/08-13safeway.htm

[TheStranger]

The original Osborne Safeway in Winnipeg before it met the wrecking ball.

That's not actually the original store. That's a temporary location Safeway occupied in between the demolition of their existing store and the completion of the new one. Cramped quarters at 15,000 square feet.

Here's a link to an article with a picture of the original Osborne Safeway.

http://www.newwinnipeg.com/news/2004/08-13safeway.htm

I've actually shown that picture before in this thread...that's intriguing...from 1970s store, to mini-gable, to modern Safeway. I haven't seen very many examples of "temporary locations" in general during this sort of demolish-and-rebuild project.

[justin karimzad]

I wasn't sure if this picture was posted yet. It's an unidentified location, but I think this is a Canadian Safeway;
http://img99.echo.cx/img99/2245/saf19qj.jpg

[TheStranger]

I wasn't sure if this picture was posted yet. It's an unidentified location, but I think this is a Canadian Safeway;
http://img99.echo.cx/img99/2245/saf19qj.jpg

Nice shot! I'm thinking that's the Ellice Avenue marina in Winnipeg, the one with the classic one-of-a-kind googlie sign (although the Main Street store in Winnipeg also has a teal "raised swept-arch" marina roof).

[TheStranger]

One of my all time favorite stores, the "reverse marina" Safeway in Banff, AB has a new shot up on Flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46103073@N00/265000155/

I wonder if the design was specifically comissioned to fit in with Banff's mountain landscape, as it is a pretty well known tourist town (and I was there in 1993, though I didn't pass by that store).

Here's an interior shot, albeit it doesn't show any of the ceiling:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/82871317@N00/112090421/

I think I've seen the sign from this photo before, but not the building:
http://travel.webshots.com/photo/118333 ... 6608yIApVU

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A recent shot of the old school "needle through circle" Safeway sign at the 33rd Street marina in Saskatoon...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sheila_steele/207345642/

Note the very old Safeway lettering, as compared to the square S in circle signspace.

This assembly is very similar to the one at the former store in Kansas City, KS now serving as the Christ's Church of the Jesus Hour.

[TheStranger]

In sad news, the marina in Chilliwack that was posted earlier in the thread appears to have closed up:

http://flickr.com/photos/axwo/277045535/

Here's the photo from earlier, I am pretty sure this is the same store:

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:g ... MG0129.jpg

This article talks about the new Safeway in Chilliwack's downtown, and the planned sale of the older location (on Main Street):
http://www.chilliwacktimes.com/issues06 ... 06nn3.html

This link mentions the address:
http://www.vec.ca/english/11/pharmacies-chilliwack.cfm

9299 Main Street Chilliwack, British Columbia

Here's a googlemaps overhead of that marina:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q ... =1&iwloc=A