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by Bluelightspecial
15 Nov 2023 23:51
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: Old Safeway Venice CA.
Replies: 3
Views: 1618

Re: Old Safeway Venice CA.

I don't think it was added later. I think the stone exterior is classic Safeway 60's, I don't think the store was open for more than a decade from what I can find in the city's records. A bigger Safeway Food & Drugs was built in Venice later in the 60's on Lincoln & Rose. It closed some time...
by Bluelightspecial
13 Nov 2023 18:20
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: Old Safeway Venice CA.
Replies: 3
Views: 1618

Old Safeway Venice CA.

I found this by accident. Maybe somebody previously pointed this out, which I apologize if they did. I was driving through Venice, CA and saw this building that looked like either a Safeway or Alpha Beta. It is now a USPS office. I looked at the Los Angeles building department records and it looks l...
by Bluelightspecial
25 Aug 2022 23:58
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: Calif. Mtn. Safeway Location?
Replies: 25
Views: 4920

Re: Calif. Mtn. Safeway Location?

Initially I thought it was Frazier Park, but the old Safeway that was there doesn't look like that. It is an old A-Frame type store that is now a hardware store. It could be Lake Arrowhead, as the Stater Bros there now (while the facade is different) is laid out similarly with the loading dock on th...
by Bluelightspecial
18 Dec 2020 02:06
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: Former marina Safeways in SoCal
Replies: 3
Views: 951

Re: Former marina Safeways in SoCal

Actually the photos you show of the marina store that are shown as "Malibu" are actually in Pacific Palisades..farther south on PCH.
by Bluelightspecial
04 Jun 2019 20:35
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: What is the oldest Safeway in operation?
Replies: 19
Views: 23157

Re: What is the oldest Safeway in operation?

Since Catalina and the D.C. store are gone or replaced I would think that the Market St. Safeway in San Francisco might be the oldest or the There is a Vons in Westchester near LAX that dates back to the early 50's but It didn't begin as a Safeway.
by Bluelightspecial
07 May 2018 21:04
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: Vintage Supermarkets in Movies and TV (Old Ones Only Please)
Replies: 178
Views: 142179

Re: Vintage Supermarkets in Movies and TV (Old Ones Only Please)

Pretty sure that is the old Venice store on Lincoln Ave. It is now a Whole Foods
by Bluelightspecial
12 Apr 2018 11:51
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: Cathedral City Safeway
Replies: 2
Views: 5370

Re: Cathedral City Safeway

I think that is actually the center that a Vons was closed way back when Vons bought the Safeway division.
by Bluelightspecial
31 Mar 2017 21:20
Forum: History: USA California
Topic: Does anybody know what address this Safeway was located?
Replies: 4
Views: 7785

Re: Does anybody know what address this Safeway was located?

The store in the picture was actually in Pacific Palisades on Swathmore near Sunset. I grew up near it. It is now a CVS.