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EDIT: Out-of-focus photo of the parking lot sign that is still in the Pak 'n' Save shape:
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Wow that transitional signage didn't last long! I think that the signage shape will stay longer. There's plenty of ACME stores now that have a suspiciously A&P-oval shaped sign that will probably last for years to come (or facades with Pathmark patterning).TheStranger wrote:My photo of the former Pak 'n' Save in South San Francisco, now Safeway:
EDIT: Out-of-focus photo of the parking lot sign that is still in the Pak 'n' Save shape:
At least one Yelp review of the PNS/Safeway mentions its KMart past...the now-demolished store at El Camino Real and Serramonte Boulevard in nearby Colma had pretty identical architecture and front signage facade shape (IIRC this was the replacement for the SSF KMart location).pseudo3d wrote: I'm surprised of the claims that this was a former Kmart (at least built as such), because it really reminds me of many of the 1970s-era former Safeway stores in Houston (now mostly serving as Fiesta if they're still in grocery use at all).
I know it's probably not related to the Safeway Houston stores as PnS was from another company Safeway bought out (when and what, I forgot) but I just can't imagine Kmart at least building a store like this...all of the native-build Kmarts had a distinct (if somewhat plain) look to them.TheStranger wrote:At least one Yelp review of the PNS/Safeway mentions its KMart past...the now-demolished store at El Camino Real and Serramonte Boulevard in nearby Colma had pretty identical architecture and front signage facade shape (IIRC this was the replacement for the SSF KMart location).pseudo3d wrote: I'm surprised of the claims that this was a former Kmart (at least built as such), because it really reminds me of many of the 1970s-era former Safeway stores in Houston (now mostly serving as Fiesta if they're still in grocery use at all).
Well, up to about 1980, yes, Kmarts were very distinct. But throughout places like CA and FL, they experimented with more 'friendly' facades that veered away from the billboard face and the Mansard Slice. Take this Gainesville, FL, store:pseudo3d wrote: but I just can't imagine Kmart at least building a store like this...all of the native-build Kmarts had a distinct (if somewhat plain) look to them.
Brentwood Markets, a South San Francisco-based chain which Safeway bought in 1983:pseudo3d wrote:
PnS was from another company Safeway bought out (when and what, I forgot)