Two old Foodlands in the Pittsburgh area close
Posted: 03 Jul 2010 14:45
This one's particularly sad because I had planned to shoot pictures in both of these stores sometime this summer.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10183/1069773-55.stm
Beechview (1604 Broadway) was a former Thorofare dating from the 1940s, and Castle Shannon (300 Mt. Lebanon Blvd.) was a Kroger dating from the early 1950s. The latter still had some 1950s Kroger elements and some evidence of a 1970s remodel as well.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10183/1069773-55.stm
Beechview (1604 Broadway) was a former Thorofare dating from the 1940s, and Castle Shannon (300 Mt. Lebanon Blvd.) was a Kroger dating from the early 1950s. The latter still had some 1950s Kroger elements and some evidence of a 1970s remodel as well.