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- 24 Jun 2019 01:24
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Safeway-Walnut Creek, Calif. (Tice Valley)-2007 Renovation
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6399
Re: Safeway-Walnut Creek, Calif. (Tice Valley)-2007 Renovation
Here are photos taken of this "Rossmoor" Safeway store exterior on August 25, 2007. Incidentally, I don't think that the renovation ever took place. I think that the exterior of this store appears just about the same in 2019.
- 18 Jun 2019 04:08
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Book About Commercial Architecture in Southern California - Early 20th Century
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2950
Book About Commercial Architecture in Southern California - Early 20th Century
I just discovered a book about commercial architecture in southern California in the early twentieth century. It is "The Drive-In, the Supermarket, and the Transformation of Commercial Space in Los Angeles, 1914-1941" by Richard Longstreth, a professor at George Washington University in Wa...
- 27 Apr 2019 06:57
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: Bethesda, Maryland - Safeway at Bradley Blvd. & Arlington, Rd. - Re-built in 2011
- Replies: 0
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Bethesda, Maryland - Safeway at Bradley Blvd. & Arlington, Rd. - Re-built in 2011
The Safeway store at the southwesterly corner of Bradley Blvd. and Arlington Rd. in Bethesda, Md. was demolished and completely re-built circa 2011. A video on YouTube shows the demolition and reconstruction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykXKAO5aPKg A banner on the front of the new building in th...
- 24 Apr 2019 07:04
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Safeway's original SoCal division
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13002
Re: Safeway's original SoCal division
A 1981 Safeway Southern California division television commercial (aired Feb. 16, 1981 on KNBC-TV channel 4 Los Angeles/Burbank) appears in this YouTube video beginning at 1:59:45: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZBTXDShaK8 The old "circle-S" logo still was in use. This was a time of high...
- 18 Mar 2019 04:02
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Safeway locations-East S.F. Bay Area-1963
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6033
Re: Safeway locations-East S.F. Bay Area-1963
A "Marina"-style Safeway store opened in Livermore circa 1961 at First Street and Q Street. A new Safeway store opened behind it in 1975, a store that was greatly expanded in 2000. The "Marina" Safeway in Livermore was an Orchard Supply Hardware location from the late 1970s (afte...
- 09 Feb 2019 04:49
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Safeway locations-Oakland, Calif.-1963
- Replies: 18
- Views: 18279
Re: Safeway locations-Oakland, Calif.-1963
Safeway store location list for Oakland, Calif. and vicinity in 1968 From “Oakland Tribune” of Wed., Oct. 16, 1968 “YOU’LL FIND A COMPLETE LIQUOR DEPT. AT THESE SAFEWAY STORES” Oakland: 5354 Claremont Ave. 5130 Broadway 2900 Broadway 6310 College Ave. 3550 Fruitvale Ave. 3747 Grand Ave. 3434 High S...
- 04 Dec 2018 04:26
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Fresno-Grocery Stores-Early & Mid-20th Century
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4425
Fresno-Grocery Stores-Early & Mid-20th Century
The "Fresno Bee" (FB) and "Fresno Morning Republican" (FMR) newspaper index has a few cards devoted to "RETAIL STORES-GROCERY STORES." They offer insights into the grocery store business in Fresno in the early and mid-20th century: (1) Piggly Wiggly to open here. FMR 11...
- 04 Dec 2018 04:01
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: White Front Stores
- Replies: 53
- Views: 67757
Re: White Front Stores
The "Fresno Bee" newspaper index has four listings on its "RETAIL STORES-WHITE FRONT" card concerning the Fresno, Calif. location: (1) Plans $1 million store in Fresno. 10/1/64 p. 1A (2) White Front opening tomorrow. 5/26/65 1A (3) Ribbon cutting opens White Front. 5/27/65 6A (4)...
- 07 Sep 2018 05:34
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Does anyone remeber Fazios?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 24596
Re: Does anyone remeber Fazios?
There is a brief "Fazio's - The Food People" television ad from Nov. 14, 1975 on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjLJ0bmMqtI Go to 1:40. This commercial aired on KABC-TV Los Angeles during "Good Morning America."
- 07 Sep 2018 05:30
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Alphy's Coffee Shops
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10393
Re: Alphy's Coffee Shops
An Alphy's television commercial from the Nov. 14, 1975 broadcast of ABC's "Good Morning America" (from KABC-TV Los Angeles) is on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjLJ0bmMqtI Go to 12:38. This is a short ad, just ten seconds, promoting 99-cent breakfasts.
- 03 Sep 2018 20:39
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Safeway Grand Opening-Photo-Unknown Date & Location
- Replies: 11
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Safeway Grand Opening-Photo-Unknown Date & Location
The Duke University archive of Outdoor Advertising Association of America photos includes a color shot of a Safeway store exterior and parking lot during a "grand opening." See: https://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/sizes/oaaaarchives_AAA2341/ Date likely is 1960s or 1970s based on a...
- 03 Sep 2018 20:20
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Alphy's Coffee Shops
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10393
Re: Alphy's Coffee Shops
Duke University has digitized a black and white photograph of an Alphy's sign (along with an Alpha Beta sign and a Save On Drugs sign) on a marquee. No location or date is given in the caption. The name of the four-lane main street is not visible, but "Clark" was a cross-street at a signal...
- 22 Jun 2018 04:45
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Food Basket (Division of Lucky Stores)-San Diego Area-1959
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14475
Re: Food Basket (Division of Lucky Stores)-San Diego Area-1959
A Food Basket television commercial from 1984 can be viewed at 22:05 of this YouTube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpWWgPUdDgY
This ad apparently aired on KGTV, channel 10, the ABC affiliate in San Diego, during the 1984 Summer Olympic Games. This commercial touts summer fruit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpWWgPUdDgY
This ad apparently aired on KGTV, channel 10, the ABC affiliate in San Diego, during the 1984 Summer Olympic Games. This commercial touts summer fruit.
- 25 Mar 2018 00:25
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Stockton-1861 Pacific Ave.-Safeway-Photos from 1940s or '50s
- Replies: 0
- Views: 9321
Stockton-1861 Pacific Ave.-Safeway-Photos from 1940s or '50s
Photos of the Safeway store that operated at 1861 Pacific Avenue in Stockton in the 1940s and '50s are posted on this webpage: http://www.wrightrealtors.com/stockton/miracle_mile.htm The webpage has an interesting history of Pacific Avenue as Stockton's "Miracle Mile" commercial district i...
- 28 Jan 2018 03:17
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: New location list: San Jose
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8591
Re: New location list: San Jose
The former Safeway store at 4140 Monterey (Road) Highway, San Jose, apparently is now an independent grocery store called "Marina Grocery." It appears to be a former "Marina"-style Safeway, but I do not know if that is the derivation of the store's name. The shopping center a bit...