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- 08 Feb 2007 09:29
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: A&P "Centennial" Stores Still Housing Supermar
- Replies: 48
- Views: 62849
- 08 Feb 2007 09:23
- Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
- Topic: Former A & P in my area
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6640
Former A & P in my area
Below is a picture of a vacant Carter's Foods (former A & P) in my town of Oscoda, MI. The store opened in the 1970s as an A & P, with Cunningham Drug (later Perry Drug, then Rite Aid, now vacant for 10+ years) next door. A & P closed when the A & P name disappeared from Michigan aro...
- 08 Feb 2007 09:08
- Forum: History: Shopping Centers
- Topic: Kmart Plaza Shopping Centers
- Replies: 20
- Views: 26061
Kmart foods
The nearest Kmart Foods to me that I know of was rather unusual in that it was attached to an enclosed mall (although neither Kmart nor Kmart Foods opened to the mall itself). There was also a Giantway (Mich.-based chain) behind the mall's other anchor (Federal's, later Burlington Coat Factory, then...
- 07 Feb 2007 22:14
- Forum: History: Shopping Centers
- Topic: Kmart Plaza Shopping Centers
- Replies: 20
- Views: 26061
Kmart Plazas
I would imagine that there were several Kmart Plazas/Shopping Centers/whatevers in Michigan. I believe that Port Huron and Portage had them. (Port Huron's no longer features a Kmart, although I believe it was still called Kmart plaza after Kmart left. It now has another name.)
- 28 Jan 2007 19:35
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Woolworth Express
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4252
- 22 Jan 2007 00:55
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Best Products
- Replies: 42
- Views: 33953
Re: Best Products
Hey all, This is my first post in a community I've been observant of for some time now; it's good to be here. Does anybody recall having a Best Products store near them? There was one, maybe two, up/down here in Grand Rapids, Michigan that closed in the late 1990's. One of the buildings sat empty f...
- 20 Jan 2007 11:38
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Ohrbach's Department Store
- Replies: 53
- Views: 68083
- 20 Jan 2007 11:27
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Rasco Tempo Discount Store
- Replies: 15
- Views: 34816
I've heard of Skogmo, I have a 1976 phone book which lists one in Lewiston, a very small ghost town about a half hour west of Alpena. It was listed under Variety Stores, so I'm guessing it was a Woolworth/Kresge type. We also had a bunch of Gambles stores around here. In fact, there's still a hardwa...
- 20 Jan 2007 11:24
- Forum: History: Shopping Centers
- Topic: Rockville Mall (MD) / Downtown Malls
- Replies: 17
- Views: 16133
- 18 Jan 2007 16:38
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Rasco Tempo Discount Store
- Replies: 15
- Views: 34816
I don't know if it was related, but there was a Tempo discount store in this mall: http://mallsofamerica.blogspot.com/2006/10/indian-creek-mall.html Also, there was a Tempo discounter in Alpena, Michigan on Ripley Blvd. I think it became a Fisher's Big Wheel, and now it's partially occupied by Dolla...
- 18 Jan 2007 16:21
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: KMart Cafeteria and Other Restaurants
- Replies: 72
- Views: 114186
- 18 Jan 2007 16:18
- Forum: History: Shopping Centers
- Topic: Rockville Mall (MD) / Downtown Malls
- Replies: 17
- Views: 16133
- 18 Jan 2007 16:17
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: A site dedicated to odd fast food conversions
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11883
- 18 Jan 2007 03:05
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Woolco
- Replies: 43
- Views: 47868
These are the Michigan locations that I know of for Woolco: Flint: Courtland Center (Eastland Mall at the time). When this store closed, 2/3 of it became Crowley Milner department store, and the rest became mall shops (B. Dalton, Rave, GNC, etc.). Crowley's closed in 1997, and the back half became a...
- 18 Jan 2007 02:57
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Zody's
- Replies: 88
- Views: 77227