Lucky-Livermore, Calif.-2930 Pacific Avenue-1980 Earthquake
Posted: 12 Jan 2010 06:07
In time for the 30th anniversary of the 5.5 earthquake that struck Livermore, Calif. (eastern Alameda County), I have found a color photograph of the exterior of what appears to be the Lucky supermarket at 2930 Pacific Avenue. See: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/elibrary/Image/R0243
The earthquake on 24 January 1980 apparently damaged a front window of this Lucky supermarket. I have not confirmed that the 2930 Pacific Avenue store is the one depicted; it is just my best informed guess.
This store opened in late 1959. It was approximately 16,000 square feet. It was the first Lucky store in Livermore. It closed in March 1980 when the new Lucky store in downtown Livermore (Railroad Avenue, since demolished) opened. The store at 2930 Pacific Avenue was expanded and extensively renovated in 1982-83. It re-opened as the first Nob Hill Foods supermarket in Livermore in April 1983; Nob Hill closed this location in late 2002. It is now vacant.
The earthquake on 24 January 1980 apparently damaged a front window of this Lucky supermarket. I have not confirmed that the 2930 Pacific Avenue store is the one depicted; it is just my best informed guess.
This store opened in late 1959. It was approximately 16,000 square feet. It was the first Lucky store in Livermore. It closed in March 1980 when the new Lucky store in downtown Livermore (Railroad Avenue, since demolished) opened. The store at 2930 Pacific Avenue was expanded and extensively renovated in 1982-83. It re-opened as the first Nob Hill Foods supermarket in Livermore in April 1983; Nob Hill closed this location in late 2002. It is now vacant.