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February 2006

Previously...

20 February 2006 | Link this

Ninth and Safeway Streets, Durham NC...

Spent the weekend in the Triangle area of North Carolina, and got a few interesting shots. I'll post a few later and I may have one or two with information requests on the message board soon...

And the new Charlotte section is coming right along. I hope to have it posted in another week or so...

27 February 2006 | Link this

Just to make an otherwise unremarkable Sunday a bit brighter, I received about 25 color photos of 1960-era A&P stores, many of them from the forgotten Southern California branch of the chain, from a gentleman whose grandfather took them while working for the company...

They're really amazing shots, interiors and exteriors in quite stunning color. I'll be adding bigger versions when I do my revamp of the A&P and Colonial sections, which are my next two projects after the Charlotte section is done...

And yes, I really do plan to have that Charlotte section done soon. I got a little sidetracked by a personal matter recently, but it's on the way. I promise...

27 February 2006 Later | Link this

For your perusal, the first half of the Charlotte section, covering 1931-1969, has been posted. I'm very proud of it; it's my most intensively-researched city feature yet...

The rest will come soon, and I may come back with some revisions on the first part. Comments, suggestions, and contributions are welcome, as always...

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