1972 Safeway Locations in Portland and Vancouver

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1972 Safeway Locations in Portland and Vancouver

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Here is a list of Safeway locations in the Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA areas from a June 3, 1972 newspaper clipping:

PORTLAND AND SURROUNDING AREAS:
3940 S.E. Powell Blvd. (this location was revamped in 1974, and then closed in 2000 and re-re-opened with garage parking in 2001)
4315 S.E. Woodstock Blvd.
5420 S.E. 82nd Ave. (this location was closed in May 2005)
101 S.E. 82nd Ave.
7119 S.E. Milwaukie Ave.
16100 S.E. Stark St. (this location moved to 1001 S.W. Highland Dr. in July 1985)
2800 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd. (this location was false-fronted sometime in the 1990s)
1335 N. Mason St.
6400 N. Interstate Ave. (this location closed in 1989)
8002 N. Burlington Ave. (this location moved to 8330 N. Ivanhoe St. in June 2004)
1100 N.E. Broadway (this location was revamped in 1999 into what looks like a high-rise building)
5600 N.E. 42nd Ave.
7020 N.E. Sandy Blvd. (Safeway closed this location around 1975 and didn't open another one until Fred Meyer closed its Rose City store in 1991)
12321 N.E. Halsey St. (this location moved to 221 N.E. 122nd Ave. in December 1995)
5920 N.E. Union Ave. (this location was revamped by Safeway into a Marketplace store in 1989)
11920 N. Union Ave. (this location moved to 11919 N. Jantzen Drive in December 1989)
2671 N.W. Vaughn St. (Safeway didn't have another store in N.W. downtown Portland until opening its Pearl District store, located on 13th & Lovejoy, last year)
1025 S.W. Jefferson St. (this location moved to 1030 S.W. Jefferson St. in 2003)
8145 S.W. Barbur Blvd.
6745 S.W. Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy.
10554 S.E. Main St. (given as 730 N. Main St.), Milwaukie
401 "A" Ave., Lake Oswego
11945 S.W. Pacific Hwy. (for all those who want to know what "Hwy. 99W & 1st Ave." points to), Tigard
50 N.W. 5th St., Gresham
12155 S.W. Broadway, Beaverton (this location moved to 6194 S.W. Murray Blvd. in April 1985)
4411 S.W. Vermont St. (ultimately gone by circa 1975)
18565 S.W. Tualatin Valley Hwy., Aloha
13485 N.W. Cornell Rd. (Cedar Mill)
10280 S.W. Park Way (Cedar Hills)
354 S. 1st Ave., Hillsboro (moved to 2525 S.E. Tualatin Valley Hwy. in spring 1989)

Vancouver, WA and surrounding areas:
1525 Main St.
4011 N. Main St. (moved to 3707 N. Main St. in March 1975)
5411 E. Mill Plain Blvd. (moved to 6701 E. Mill Plain Blvd. in 1991)
702 N.E. 3rd Ave., Camas (still open but with new address of 800 N.E. 3rd Ave.)
504 Huntington St., Castle Rock
111 E. Main St., Goldendale
305 S. Pacific Hwy., Kelso
1227 13th Ave., Longview
3056 Ocean Beach Hwy., Longview

Of all these locations then open in 1972, could anyone please tell me what has come of the Vancouver stores (those not cited in parentheses) since then?

Thank you,



Ben
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