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- 19 Feb 2009 22:39
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: West Covina CA
- Replies: 20
- Views: 16597
Re: West Covina CA
The church you mentioned on San Bernardino Road was a McDaniel's from the 1940's. Thanks! I wouldn't have come up with that in a million years. I'm not sure about the Safeway being there at Puente, as my entire dealt with buildings that I know still exist today (with the exception of the former Alp...
- 19 Feb 2009 20:08
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: West Covina CA
- Replies: 20
- Views: 16597
Re: West Covina CA
I guess technically this would be West Covina-adjacent, but as the sites are pretty much on the borderline I'm going to add it to this thread. I'm hoping someone will be able to fill in the blanks for me on two locations. 1) There was formerly a Safeway on the southwest corner of Sunset and Puente (...
- 16 Feb 2009 13:50
- Forum: History: Drugstore Chains
- Topic: Long's Drugs being bought by CVS and will disappear by 2009
- Replies: 53
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Re: Long's Drugs being bought by CVS and will disappear by 2009
The Eastland West Covina Longs has been there since Hirams (later Lucky, now Albertsons-Savon) first opened. If it does convert to CVS next year, it will be the third CVS store in West Covina. The other two are: - Azusa and Puente , first built to be a Rite Aid, then quickly sold to Savon, which wa...
- 14 Feb 2009 13:56
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: West Covina CA
- Replies: 20
- Views: 16597
Re: West Covina CA
The original tenant of the Glendora / Vine site was a rather bland Shopping Bag. It was torn down to build the Ralphs Shopping Center. Does anyone remember Flakey Jakes at the Glendora / Vine site? Was similar to Fuddruckers. Oh, yes! Similar, but (for me, anyway) much, much better. Their brownies ...
- 13 Feb 2009 21:10
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: West Covina CA
- Replies: 20
- Views: 16597
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Does anybody know the history behind this location: Glendora and Vine (Hong Kong Market) luckysaver This was a Ralphs market for most of the 80s and closed sometime in the 90's. Next door was a Thrifty that closed not long after the market closed. And now Hong Kong Market has closed. The postman he...
- 13 Feb 2009 20:03
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Britt's Department Store
- Replies: 18
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Britt's Department Store
Tapping into the incredible store of knowledge here to see if someone can tell me if the Britt's in LA (south side of street, just east of Fairfax) was on 3rd or Beverly.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can remember.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can remember.
- 13 Feb 2009 19:26
- Forum: History: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Musicland/Defunct Record Store Chains Other Than Tower
- Replies: 39
- Views: 58392
Re: Musicland/Defunct Record Store Chains Other Than Tower
Don't know if they existed anywhere but southern California, but I fondly remember the Wallach's Music City chain, listening booths and all.
- 13 Feb 2009 17:27
- Forum: History: Shopping Centers
- Topic: West Covina's Country Club Center
- Replies: 5
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Re: West Covina's Country Club Center
I can't remember when Trader Joe's, which took over the old Pronto Market location, closed, but if I remember correctly, they got into some kind of dispute with the city about something (sorry I'm so hazy on the details), and left as a result.
- 13 Feb 2009 17:16
- Forum: History: Shopping Centers
- Topic: Garfield Theater-turned shopping center, Alhambra
- Replies: 8
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Re: Garfield Theater-turned shopping center, Alhambra
Definitely not Japanese. He was the next-door neighbor of someone I used to work with, and he was a scary guy.runchadrun wrote:There was all-night pharmacy called Sawabini's (which I guess was Japanese by the name) fronting Garfield.
- 13 Feb 2009 17:08
- Forum: History: Shopping Centers
- Topic: History: Eichenbaum's Woodside Village West Covina, CA
- Replies: 3
- Views: 12145
Re: History: Eichenbaum's Woodside Village West Covina, CA
The one thing I always remember about this store is that to this day, it's the only place I have ever seen an ant invasion in the freezer section. Strange, the things the mind retains...luckysaver wrote:
Alpha Beta across the street opened in 1973 <snipped>