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- 20 Jun 2013 14:57
- Forum: History: USA Southwest and Hawaii (Excluding California)
- Topic: Where in Texas (?) is this former Kroger?
- Replies: 1
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Where in Texas (?) is this former Kroger?
As seen in this video: http://consumerist.com/2013/05/03/hobby-lobby-may-have-overreacted-to-theft-of-5-worth-of-iron-on-letters/ The store obviously is a Hobby Lobby now, and while a town may or may not have been mentioned somewhere in the video, news agencies often use generic examples of retail l...
- 12 Apr 2013 06:28
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: Could these two stores actually be the same one?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8140
Could these two stores actually be the same one?
I found this 1982 photo of an "unknown" 60's/70's Acme somewhere in Center City Philadelphia, where supermarkets have always been rare: http://digital.library.temple.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15037coll3/id/6361 This Super Fresh opened in 1987: http://www.flickr.com/photos/meganlewis/2...
- 10 Apr 2013 19:47
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Target '90s neon
- Replies: 18
- Views: 22846
Re: Target '90s neon
Most likely this has already been asked at least once on this site, so I apologize for not searching for it. My question, though, is... do any Target stores still have garden aisles? I remember Target stores in the 90's having garden aisles in seemingly random spots, instead of the more traditional,...
- 10 Apr 2013 19:15
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Could this be a former Woolworth?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 7616
Could this be a former Woolworth?
This is a Jo-Ann Fabrics in Colonia, NJ (really I believe the store sits in Avenel legal jurisdiction, but has a Colonia mailing address): http://www.city-data.com/businesses/110744703-jo-ann-fabrics-crafts-colonia-nj.html If not a former Woolworth, perhaps it was still a five and dime, such as eith...
- 03 Dec 2012 21:41
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Gino's conversions
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7540
Re: Gino's conversions
Could the Bojangles (in the parking lot of a small Safeway from 1976) in Upper Marlboro, MD have been a Gino's? I wonder because the building in Reading PA that once was a Gino's is a Bojangles now, and Upper Marlboro isn't far from Waldorf where the Gino's became an Einstein Bros Bagels. I also won...
- 06 Nov 2012 18:06
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Gino's conversions
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7540
Gino's conversions
After Roy Rogers bought Gino's in Philadelphia and Baltimore, did all the Gino's-Roy Rogers conversions become Hardee's? Or was it just some of them? I'm not 100% sure but I think the restaurant that started as Gino's in Wayne, PA eventually was a Boston Market, and it definitely was a restaurant ca...
- 06 Nov 2012 16:24
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Hardlines in older downtown JCPenney locations
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10064
Re: Hardlines in older downtown JCPenney locations
Does anyone know where this store is?: http://www.flickr.com/photos/7636026@N0 ... hotostream
- 27 Oct 2012 19:36
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: What became of these two former Montgomery Ward stores?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6147
What became of these two former Montgomery Ward stores?
I'm not 100% sure, but I think the Wards seen in this 1959-1960 picture only had one floor, and was built before the adjoining Northline Mall (this was in Houston) was enclosed: http://pleasantfamilyshopping.blogspot.com/2010/06/wards-strikes-up-band.html (look at the second picture from the top) Co...
- 21 Oct 2012 15:27
- Forum: History: USA Southwest and Hawaii (Excluding California)
- Topic: Albertsons in Houston
- Replies: 14
- Views: 18676
Re: Albertsons in Houston
I'm not sure about Bucks County Coffee. The only Bucks County Coffee "stand" I've ever seen was one at the Philadelphia 30th Street Station. Another coffee chain I miss is Gloria Jeans, which once had a location in Philadelphia International Airport, along with Willowbrook Mall and Woodlan...
- 17 Oct 2012 16:27
- Forum: History: USA Southwest and Hawaii (Excluding California)
- Topic: Albertsons in Houston
- Replies: 14
- Views: 18676
Re: Albertsons in Houston
I was surprised to see the Starbucks at the former Genuardi's (owned by Safeway) in Wayne PA still open after the store was closed temporarily, then replaced by a Giant a few months ago. Ironically, the opposite happened at the Genuardi's in Springfield PA, when the Starbucks closed about a year ago...
- 14 Oct 2012 12:26
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Target '90s neon
- Replies: 18
- Views: 22846
Re: Target '90s neon
Well, the Greatland concept was rolled out in the year 1990, so it probably coincided with that.
- 06 Oct 2012 21:38
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Kmart 2000 closures
- Replies: 22
- Views: 25559
Re: Kmart 2000 closures
Three Kmart stores in the Houston area closed in 1994. Two of them were on FM 1960, but one was a 1974 store and one was a 1979 store. The 1973 store was later a Hobby Lobby, but they ended up moving in the early 2000s to a former Target from the early 80's which had itself moved. The 1979 store was...
- 27 Sep 2012 17:16
- Forum: History: USA Southeast
- Topic: A&P in Louisiana outside New Orleans
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9722
Re: A&P in Louisiana outside New Orleans
Newer, national chains and aggressive, progressive regionals like Publix have made shopping in the South easier and much more cosmopolitan; however, most Southerners have a fond spot for A&P as it was the first national grocer to heavily invest in the South. Interesting. I guess A&P paved t...
- 25 Sep 2012 16:45
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Walmart in-store restaurants
- Replies: 17
- Views: 26855
Re: Walmart in-store restaurants
Wal-Mart still has very old stores like that one in Hempstead TX (west of Houston) and Vidor TX (near Beaumont). Strangely, they both were given updated 90's signs by the street, but little else. There's still a vintage Pizza Hut in front of the Hempstead store. Also in Vidor, there's a grocery stor...
- 25 Sep 2012 16:39
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: KMart Cafeteria and Other Restaurants
- Replies: 72
- Views: 99917
Re: KMart Cafeteria and Other Restaurants
Fast Eddie's? That was the name of a sports bar somewhere in MD or VA (I forget which) that was a former A&P/Super Fresh.