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- 12 Feb 2009 20:07
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: History of: Kmart, City of Industry CA
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8048
History of: Kmart, City of Industry CA
Last week I drove by the old Kmart on Hacienda and Valley in Industry. I was surprised the building was gone - nothing but a Valero gas station and a vacant dirt lot. Here is its history: According to the City of Industry's website ( http://www.cityofindustry.org/picbase/picbase29.html ), Kmart buil...
- 12 Feb 2009 19:48
- Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: PayLess Drug Stores
- Replies: 24
- Views: 29189
Re: PayLess Drug Stores
Dean, Trader's has about 85% of that building. The former rightside entrance is up for lease (I mentioned it in a post somewhere). The Rowland Heights store on Colima/Fairway is now Design Concepts Furniture . It was a Chinese-run home furnishings store after Payless closed. That store closed becaus...
- 12 Feb 2009 19:38
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Rancho Cucamonga chain grocer history
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9409
Re: Rancho Cucamonga chain grocer history
Jeff and Dean, According to the official FTC papers on the Albertsons divestiture, KVMart's Top Valu acquired the Haven store before passing it to Vons the same year (2000). I guess TopValu wouldn't do well in RC so they pulled out. On another note, it turns out that RC had 2 Lucky stores. Besides H...
- 11 Feb 2009 22:51
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Rancho Cucamonga chain grocer history
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9409
Re: Rancho Cucamonga chain grocer history
2 pieces of updates to my earlier posts: A Fresh & Easy is being built as the anchor to another new shopping center in the Terra Vista section on Haven. They moved from another proposed site at the southern border of the city at Haven and 4th Street (on the Ontario side) last year. Supervalu's S...
- 08 Feb 2009 20:16
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Unusual supermarkets in La Canada Flintridge and Glendale
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4424
Re: Unusual supermarkets in La Canada Flintridge and Glendale
The TJ Maxx building looks kind of small and rather boxy to have been a Buffum's.
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- 08 Feb 2009 20:00
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: LA Cafeterias
- Replies: 23
- Views: 16556
Re: LA Cafeterias
I believe the Cliftons West Covina was the Clifton Greenery. More on its history and architecture here, courtesy of the University of Washington: https://digital.lib.washington.edu/php/architect/record.phtml?type=structure&structureid=11395 The main cafeteria in Downtown LA has a long history. K...
- 08 Feb 2009 19:55
- Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: Thrifty Junior Drug Stores
- Replies: 17
- Views: 22551
Re: Thrifty Junior Drug Stores
In 1994, the Lucky division of American Stores held the liquor licenses for Savon Drugs and Savon Express. It was also around this time that ASC rebranded the in-store Lucky Pharmacy to Savon Pharmacy. (Similar but unrelated note: Lucky bigrigs were seen at Savon stores). Indeed, this particular sto...
- 08 Feb 2009 19:47
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Unusual supermarkets in La Canada Flintridge and Glendale
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4424
Re: Unusual supermarkets in La Canada Flintridge and Glendale
Yes, Chad, Vons 143 is the one at 635 Foothill . I was surprised to see that it still had the Davilla-era interior and that layout similar to the early 1990's that several stores sported. The Ralphs FF and the Vons are the only major chain grocers on this stretch of Foothill between the 210 junction...
- 06 Feb 2009 18:35
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Unusual supermarkets in La Canada Flintridge and Glendale
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4424
Unusual supermarkets in La Canada Flintridge and Glendale
Yesterday, I visited 3 stores in La Canada Flintridge/Glendale area. These all have rather odd features not usually exhibited by their sister stores within the same chains. - Vons #143 on Foothill Blvd in LCF between the Glendale Freeway (State Route 2) and the Foothill Freeway (I-210). This store, ...
- 05 Feb 2009 01:59
- Forum: History: USA Southwest and Hawaii (Excluding California)
- Topic: Smith's/PriceRite/Food4Less Las Vegas
- Replies: 35
- Views: 40556
Re: Smith's/PriceRite/Food4Less Las Vegas
Back in 1997, Fred Meyer's operations in Las Vegas consisted of Food4Less and PriceRite (operated by the Ralphs Grocery Company subsidiary) and Smiths (as a separate division). After Kroger acquired FM, the Vegas operations reorganized: - Ralphs ended the PriceRite banner and converted to Food4Less ...
- 05 Feb 2009 01:45
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: LA Cafeterias
- Replies: 23
- Views: 16556
Re: LA Cafeterias
Where exactly was the Greenery in West Covina and when did it operate?
luckysaver
ps
The Westfield Shoppingtown once had a Clifton's on the Sears side facing the 10 Freeway - it was the small building attached to the Sears building (former Broadway).
luckysaver
ps
The Westfield Shoppingtown once had a Clifton's on the Sears side facing the 10 Freeway - it was the small building attached to the Sears building (former Broadway).
- 02 Feb 2009 19:37
- Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: Thrifty Junior Drug Stores
- Replies: 17
- Views: 22551
Re: Thrifty Junior Drug Stores
On your Rite Aid weekly ad, look on the fine print on the bottom of the liquor page (last page). It lists all the west coast stores where merchandise in the ad is available stock on hand or not available at all. I'm sure most of these stores listed were ex-Thrifty Jr. The operating subsidiary in Cal...
- 31 Jan 2009 13:02
- Forum: History: Shopping Centers
- Topic: History: Eichenbaum's Woodside Village West Covina, CA
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11191
Re: History: Eichenbaum's Woodside Village West Covina, CA
Jeff, I called it the west wing because I'm looking at the center facing the Puente Hills, not the BKK landfill. Eichenbaum never added the west wing (TJ Maxx, Goodwill/Hallmark). This was added by the subsequent owner after Eichenbaum. Farr's Hallmark anchored the west wing adjacent to the Woodside...
- 30 Jan 2009 23:21
- Forum: History: Shopping Centers
- Topic: History: Eichenbaum's Woodside Village West Covina, CA
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11191
History: Eichenbaum's Woodside Village West Covina, CA
Joseph Eichenbaum designed many shopping centers in Southern California. Among them is Woodside Village in West Covina on Amar and Azusa. He originally called it Rolling Greens Plaza in 1968 as he worked on and off with Donald Bren (developer of the adjacent residential area). The land was part of t...
- 27 Jan 2009 22:40
- Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: Largest Walgreens store I've seen
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14597
Largest Walgreens store I've seen
I was driving last night on Sunset Blvd in the Echo Park section of Los Angeles (west of Dodger Stadium) near the intersection with Alvarado Street (State Highway 2), I noticed a very large, rather a wide rectangular Walgreens store. It appeared to have been built by the company from the ground up, ...