More regular updates can be found on Bluesky and the Message Board.
Ninth and Safeway
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…
Charlotte Is Coming
OK, so maybe I wasn’t on the radio a few weeks back as stated. I’m not sure exactly what happened, but I’ll update you if I get any more news…
Anyhow, for those who care, I’m working fast and furiously on my new Charlotte section, which is promising to be the most thoroughly researched yet…
If you have any information for me, please let me know. I’m especially light on vintage photos, so these are particularly appreciated, as are additions to the list of stores I’ve compiled. Note that there is no information for the years between 1992 and 2005. I’m working on it; so far I’ve been unable to uncover city directories for these years…
I’ve also been adding some random bits and pieces to the San Francisco section, not to mention Safeway and Lucky to reflect some recent research…
On the Radio
Note to anyone in the Los Angeles area who might care: I’ll be a guest on KCRW’s “Good Food” on Saturday 21 January at 11AM. If you miss the show or don’t live near LA, I believe there’s also a podcast available for free download…
Happy New Year
Happy New Year!
I spent my New Year’s Day in Charleston, South Carolina, and it seemed like a good excuse to put up one of my rare self-portraits. The backdrop is a really cool Harris Teeter store crafted from an old railroad warehouse building in the historic district of Charleston.
In case you’re interested and don’t hang around at the Message Board, I’ve posted a few photos there in the Name That Store forum. If you have any guesses, please feel free to let me know…
Purity and Safeway, Yreka CA
Yreka, California: a Safeway and a Purity side by side. I have no real commentary or anything; I just saw this picture on eBay a little while back and thought it was cool..
Christmas Is Coming
It would probably be rude and presumptuous of me to mention my Amazon Wish List here, wouldn’t it? Yeah, I’d better not…
But I’d just like to remind you that I’ve been a very good webmaster this year and I’ve given you a new web journal and a whole new message board and lots of updates and stuff. But there’s no need to feel compelled to remember me for the holidays unless you really, really want to…
Not that I’m going to mention it or anything…
Board Update
I’ve added a new forum on the message board where users can post pictures of stores they can’t identify or speculate on pictures other users have posted.
Give it a look.
I’ve also added Google ads, as you may have noticed. This is my attempt to recoup some of the costs associated with running the site. I think they’re fairly unobtrusive.
Lucky Update
A Lucky update before I go to bed…
Updates
I’m in an updating frame of mind, trying to tie up some loose ends so I can finally start working on the Charlotte section of the site:
- San Francisco is almost complete.
- Stockton and Bakersfield are as complete as they’re likely to be for the foreseeable future.
On all these sections, I’ve tried a few techniques designed to make updates easier and quicker. I’m adding gallery pages rather than the pop-up windows I’d been doing, which allows me to generate the HTML right from my photo database. We’ll see how it goes…
A&P Futurestore, Myrtle Beach SC
Another store ID if I may?
I’m almost — but not completely — certain this was a mid-1980s A&P Futurestore. The location is the 9600 block on North Kings Highway in Myrtle Beach SC, if that helps…
Snapped some other interesting shots along the road to Myrtle Beach this weekend. I’ll try to post some soon…