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- 15 Mar 2013 23:52
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Mervyns
- Replies: 94
- Views: 93646
Re: Mervyns
Something that might be of interest here: Grand opening pictures of the Mervyn's store at Factoria Mall in March 1987: http://jana-treeclimber.blogspot.com/2013/03/factoria-mervyns-welcomes-shoppers.html It looks almost identical to the store at Kitsap Mall in Silverdale, which also opened in 1987,...
- 15 Dec 2012 20:34
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: McDonald's Express
- Replies: 14
- Views: 21595
Re: McDonald's Express
I was surprised to find a shot of the McDonald's Express that used to be across from the ferry terminal at First & Washington in Bremerton, Wash.: https://static.panoramio.com.storage.googleapis.com/photos/large/34321936.jpg If memory serves, it was in this location from about 1992 to 2003. The ...
- 21 Nov 2012 17:25
- Forum: History: Shopping Centers
- Topic: Salem Center Mall, Salem, Oregon
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12907
Re: Salem Center Mall, Salem, Oregon
That must have been one of the last standalone JCPenney stores to be built in a downtown area, as JCPenney was starting to make an exodus to malls during that time. I have seen very few freestanding downtown stores which had the 60s logo, and being built in 1965, this one would have had it. I wonde...
- 17 Nov 2012 15:59
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: A&P "Centennial" Stores Still Housing Supermar
- Replies: 48
- Views: 62518
Re: A&P "Centennial" Stores Still Housing Supermar
Petosa's Family Grocer in Edmonds, Wash., operates out of a Centennial store built in 1968.
- 07 Nov 2012 19:51
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Arby's signage
- Replies: 7
- Views: 14839
Re: Arby's signage
There is still an Arby's in the Tacoma, WA area using that old "Roast Beef" sign. I drove past it last week when I was up there. Also, the building is an old stagecoach design that has been expanded. Restrooms are still on the outside and most of the dining room is a step higher because i...
- 06 Oct 2012 13:03
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Arby's signage
- Replies: 7
- Views: 14839
Re: Arby's signage
According to the trademark filing, the just-replaced logo was first used in 1979, but I have seen it in print ads dating back to 1977.
That new typeface doesn't look right grafted onto the old logo -- they don't fit together.
That new typeface doesn't look right grafted onto the old logo -- they don't fit together.
- 29 Jul 2012 13:24
- Forum: History: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Toys "R" Us in Tacoma, WA - Rebuilt from Flood?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10022
Re: Toys "R" Us in Tacoma, WA - Rebuilt from Flood?
The exterior was remodeled in 1995 to fit in with the newly constructed Boulevard Center big-box development adjacent to the store. I doubt a flood was involved, unless a sprinkler head burst or something. One thing that stood out to me about the ad is the reference to South Ferry Street -- that sec...
- 31 Mar 2012 12:57
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Fedco
- Replies: 16
- Views: 22074
Re: Fedco
No, Gov-Mart/Baza'r was owned by Seattle parking magnate Joe Diamond and entrepreneur Alex Shulman.Brian Lutz wrote:I know up here in the Pacific Northwest there was a similar chain known as Gov-Mart Bazaar. Any relation?
- 10 Mar 2012 17:05
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Hardlines in older downtown JCPenney locations
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10313
Re: Hardlines in older downtown JCPenney locations
I just located some Penney's ads from a 1970 edition of The Seattle Times. As was common, each department was represented by a separate ad. Above the Penney's logo at the top of each ad was "AT (X) STORES," which varied depending on the department. The largest number was on the softlines a...
- 05 Mar 2012 00:29
- Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: Bonanza Drug Centers, Bonanza 88 and G.O. Guy Drugs
- Replies: 3
- Views: 14248
Re: Bonanza Drug Centers, Bonanza 88 and G.O. Guy Drugs
Here's a complete list of all ten G.O. Guy locations from an October 1966 ad: Third at Union Burien-White Center, S.W. 128th & Ambaum Lewis & Clark Center, 160th & S. Highway 99 Lynnwood, 212th S.W. & Highway 99 N. University Village 406 Broadway E. Madison at Boren Third at Columbia...
- 27 Nov 2011 23:18
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Walmart in-store restaurants
- Replies: 17
- Views: 27908
Re: Walmart in-store restaurants
The Bremerton, Wash., store opened with a McDonald's inside in 1996 and also has a McDonald's on an outparcel. The inside McDonald's was replaced with a Radio Grill around 2000 or so, but has since reverted back to the Golden Arches.
- 10 Nov 2011 00:18
- Forum: History: USA Northwest/Rockies/Alaska
- Topic: Fred Meyer and Vista Optical
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3049
Re: Fred Meyer and Vista Optical
Looking in the Seattle Times online archives, I found a help-wanted ad for Vista from 1984 that has a contact person at Western States Optical in Tempe, Ariz. That must have been their parent company at the time. Today they are a banner of National Vision, Inc., of Lawrenceville, Ga. Before Fred Mey...
- 25 Jun 2011 15:00
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Safeway Store Brands
- Replies: 37
- Views: 29736
Re: Re:
The Basic Red name is now called Value Red in some Safeway markets, particually the Genuardi's stores I think that Basic Red or Value Red vary by product, with Basic Red being household items and Value Red being food. I might be wrong. Another similar line that has popped up at Safeway is "Pan...
- 15 Mar 2011 18:24
- Forum: History: USA Northwest/Rockies/Alaska
- Topic: Edmonds, WA: Former Centennial A&P?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5165
Re: Edmonds, WA: Former Centennial A&P?
I also believe that the former QFC in Lakewood was also a former A&P. It had a similar design. The QFC in Lakewood was built as a Lucky store in 1978. It was built with a colonial design to match the rest of Lakewood Center, likely the first suburban shopping center ever built in the region. Th...
- 23 Feb 2011 20:54
- Forum: History: USA Northwest/Rockies/Alaska
- Topic: Safeway in Snohomish, WA
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3223