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- 13 Dec 2007 20:20
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Korvettes: "Top Hits" 45RPM Records
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4074
Re: Korvettes: "Top Hits" 45RPM Records
The "Top Hits" list was often in fairly critical need of a proofreader, by the way. The song that jogged this memory was "Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer" by Kenny Rogers and Dottie West, which on the "Top Hits" list unceremoniously appeared as "Don't Fall In Lo...
- 08 Nov 2007 15:51
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Treasury Department Stores
- Replies: 34
- Views: 49921
Re: Treasury Dept Stores
David, I saw you posted a picture of a Treasury store and this is my memory of their sign so I think that is the same chain. The one near me when I lived in Anaheim was in Buena Park I think. I forwarded the picture to my mom who used to take me there alot so she may know better than me. That's the...
- 09 Sep 2007 15:01
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Old Target Interiors
- Replies: 32
- Views: 26555
Hrm- From what I remember of Target first coming to Richmond I thought they were regular Targets and not under the Greatland name- granted this was 11 years ago so my memory is a bit rusty. Most of the Targets I have shopped in have had the same basic layout (walk in, clothing by entrance, electron...
- 30 Jun 2007 00:42
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Remodeling at Stater Bros., former Albertsons, Downey, CA
- Replies: 9
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- 27 Jun 2007 13:46
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Remodeling at Stater Bros., former Albertsons, Downey, CA
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8722
- 26 Jun 2007 01:22
- Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
- Topic: Thrifty Coffee Shops
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5853
The first Thrifty's I remember had a coffee shop...on Atlantic Blvd in Maywood, CA. There was an entrance in the front as it was on the corner, as well as another entrance at the end of a long ramp at the rear of the building, where the parking was. Next to that ramp was the coffee shop. Was it Thri...
- 12 Jun 2007 02:51
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: White Front Stores
- Replies: 53
- Views: 65606
- 06 May 2007 10:24
- Forum: History: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Heilig-Meyers Furniture
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8052
Unfortunately, those days are gone for the most part. Economies of scale and the investment community have made it so most everyone has to fit somehow into a matrix of credit scoring and risk management based on data and not on character. Sorry for the soapbox. Did the banking industry change or ha...
- 04 May 2007 15:31
- Forum: History: Specialty Retail Chains
- Topic: Heilig-Meyers Furniture
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8052
I worked for Heilig Meyers for a while back in college. Our customers were typically on public assistance or minumum wage jobs with horrible credit. Reposessions weren't uncommon, and sometimes dangerous. Most of the time they'd just get sued, and of course the judgments weren't worth the paper they...
- 04 Apr 2007 17:24
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Unimart
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8772
I ran across this picture on a Burbank memories website about Unimart. I dont know what it was. I beleive we mentioned that this site was later a White front. http://wesclark.com/burbank/unimart.jpg There's a Jo Ann crafts in West Covina with a similar roof with several arches over the entrances, a...
- 28 Mar 2007 01:00
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Sage Grocery Stores
- Replies: 16
- Views: 19618
I had wondered what that was before, but what about the boarded up building next to it? I wish they would tear that whole place down, it's a real eyesore. Here's a picture of the former Stater Bros that I just spotted on roadsidepictures' flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/54177448@N00/274265818/...
- 28 Mar 2007 00:53
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: HACIENDA HEIGHTS CA--Former SMITH'S FOOD KING?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9440
This Joann Fabrics is going out of business and slated to close soon. Visit it before they close....for all we know, it could be torn down. Going back to this subject, I noticed the Joann Fabric stores are usually located in older-looking buildings. I was in the location in Victorville a few months...
- 07 Mar 2007 03:49
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Gemco Locations
- Replies: 44
- Views: 33401
The San Bernardino GEMCO is TARGET to this day. Still has the original HUGE GEMCO main poled sign on Sterling. (similar to picture above) The only Target in San Bernardino was originally a White Front, then a Fedmart. The Target on Orange Show is a former White Front/FedMart. There's another Target...
- 06 Mar 2007 17:06
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Gemco Locations
- Replies: 44
- Views: 33401
The San Bernardino GEMCO is TARGET to this day. Still has the original HUGE GEMCO main poled sign on Sterling. (similar to picture above) They have had many remodels over the years...yet always have had some type of GEMCO remnants about. Believe the LAST remodel finally removed it all. The bathroom...
- 27 Feb 2007 16:48
- Forum: History: USA California
- Topic: Sage Grocery Stores
- Replies: 16
- Views: 19618
There's a Hispanic store called El Tigre at 1184 W 2nd St which is a former Stater Bros, so that might be the store you're thinking of. The city wants to tear it down to build a Superior Food Warehouse store. As an aside, there's information on the restoration of the Santa Fe depot at http://www.sa...