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- 24 Oct 2009 16:07
- Forum: History: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Dollar store near Capital Mall, Olympia, WA
- Replies: 3
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Re: Dollar store near Capital Mall, Olympia, WA
Based on your description, the Dollar Store was definitely a Pay 'n Save. The bird's eye view of the building shows it was still a Rite Aid quite recently. Obviously, they (or PayLess) never remodeled the place. This center is one of many Pay 'n Save-Ernst-Safeway (and sometimes Albertson's) combos ...
- 24 Oct 2009 01:08
- Forum: History: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Picway Shoes
- Replies: 7
- Views: 20795
Re: Picway Shoes
Now that you mention this, you have me wondering if the former freestanding Payless Shoe store in Redmond Center might have been one of these. I could be wrong, but I don't believe that Picway was in the Puget Sound area before the mid-'80s. The Washington state tax registration for The Kobacker Co ...
- 24 Oct 2009 00:43
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Former IHOP locations
- Replies: 33
- Views: 45790
Re: Former IHOP locations
4301 Brooklyn Ave (University District): Appears to be gone now, but the satellite/ aerial photos are interesting. I recall hearing somewhere that this site was sold to the University of Washington as part of the adjacent Safeco Tower properties. It had stopped operating as an IHOP some time before ...
- 18 Oct 2009 23:20
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Sambo's Restaurant Locations in California
- Replies: 54
- Views: 54697
Re: Sambo's Restaurant Locations in California
Doing a quick google search, its now Aurora Rents. They preserved the building and sign though: http://www.aurorarents.com/contact.asp Check it out. Not to get too far afield, but the Shoreline location looks like it has an interesting past as well... was it a supermarket at one time? Apparently it ...
- 17 Oct 2009 19:37
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Sambo's Restaurant Locations in California
- Replies: 54
- Views: 54697
Re: Sambo's Restaurant Locations in California
Across from the Western Washington Fairgrounds in Puyallup, the former Sambo's (built 1973) operates as Cattin's Family Dining. The exterior hasn't changed much, as the Google Street View shows. The owner, Pat Cattin, had managed a Sambo's in Portland, Ore., as part of their "Fraction of the Action ...
- 17 Oct 2009 18:43
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: McDonaldland Parks adjacent to McDonalds restaurants
- Replies: 4
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Re: McDonaldland Parks adjacent to McDonalds restaurants
Some maps show what appears to be a small stream on that part of the property. My guess is that it was done to appease the local zoning board.
- 17 Oct 2009 17:18
- Forum: History: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Kinney Shoes
- Replies: 9
- Views: 18067
Re: Kinney Shoes
There's an ex-Kinney building in Lakewood, Wash. that was built in 1976: Google Street View. Obviously they had eliminated the "flip up" overhang from their standard design by then. Interestingly, the property is still owned by the Ventnor Group, Kinney's (and Woolworth's) successor.
- 17 Oct 2009 16:41
- Forum: History: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Picway Shoes
- Replies: 7
- Views: 20795
Re: Picway Shoes
They came to the Puget Sound area around 1987. Many of them went into new strip developments that were being built at the time. I couldn't find an example of their logo online, but it was a rounded multi-colored letter "P" that had a tail that extended from the loop. I recall the interiors having a ...
- 03 Oct 2009 20:51
- Forum: History: USA Northwest/Rockies/Alaska
- Topic: Northwest Safeways
- Replies: 67
- Views: 66868
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Here's a nice color photo from the year it opened (1957). Notice the words "Open For Business" on the windows; http://boundless.uoregon.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/archpnw&CISOPTR=13480&CISOBOX=1&REC=1 The aquamarine facade reminds me of the Spokane store of similar pre-Marina vintage that ...
- 11 Sep 2009 00:40
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Old Kmart building signage
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8388
Re: Old Kmart building signage
The classic 1962-90 Kmart logo appeared in all kinds of proportions and incarnations; ranging from upright to "compressed" and spread out, and with the "K" alternately positioned far, close, or even overlapping with the mart (which was sometimes placed within a box, for good measure!) As far as I ...
- 22 Aug 2009 20:00
- Forum: History: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Kinney Shoes
- Replies: 9
- Views: 18067
Re: Kinney Shoes
Are there any photos of these distinctive buildings? All the Kinney locations I'm familiar with were in malls.
- 22 Aug 2009 17:22
- Forum: History: USA Northwest/Rockies/Alaska
- Topic: Lucky Stores in Washington
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7219
Re: Lucky Stores in Washington
The 1972 Tacoma phone book says that the Seattle regional headquarters for Lucky was located at 1400 E. Pine St. That building appears to be long gone. As for Tacoma, there were locations at: 2420 N. Proctor St: This store was built in 1965; later became Queen Anne Thriftway and now Metropolitan ...
- 22 Aug 2009 00:12
- Forum: History: USA Northwest/Rockies/Alaska
- Topic: Ellensburg WA Safeway 1965 Open
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5140
Re: Ellensburg WA Safeway 1965 Open
Many "outmoded" stores (to use the official Safeway terminology of the era) were replaced in a relatively short period of time. I think the primary reason is a major increase in the number of products and product lines stocked during the 1960s, which required more square footage to keep pace. I ...
- 17 Aug 2009 01:32
- Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: Payless Drug signage
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13543
Re: Payless Drug signage
Wow... it's amazing how that typeface was basically unaltered through the years. It looks almost shockingly modern in this street scene.
- 17 Aug 2009 01:24
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Albertsons Logos Through The Years
- Replies: 24
- Views: 19115
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In Pierce County though I know one store didn't even label the front of the store at all (somewhere west of Tacoma on the hill used to be a thrift if it is still around) You must be thinking of the former University Place store at 8319 27th St. W , which was also built in 1957. In its later years ...