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by Brian Lutz
16 Aug 2011 01:12
Forum: History: USA Northwest/Rockies/Alaska
Topic: What to look for in Portland?
Replies: 13
Views: 6392

Re: What to look for in Portland?

Some more info on the Standard-branded Chevrons:

http://thesledgehammer.wordpress.com/20 ... n-station/

I believe there's another board post here that has more info as well.

Edit: Here you go:

http://www.groceteria.com/board/viewtop ... =30&t=2627
by Brian Lutz
06 Aug 2011 13:03
Forum: History: Specialty Retail Chains
Topic: Loews Theatres 1905-2006 (AMC, GCC, etc.)
Replies: 10
Views: 15252

Re: Loews Theatres 1905-2006 (AMC, GCC, etc.)

The Wikipedia article for the mall says the theater opened in February of 1974:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everett_Mall
by Brian Lutz
05 Aug 2011 01:08
Forum: History: Specialty Retail Chains
Topic: Loews Theatres 1905-2006 (AMC, GCC, etc.)
Replies: 10
Views: 15252

Re: Loews Theatres 1905-2006

Didn't AMC buy out General Cinema as well? I still know of a couple vacant former General Cinemas around here, including one 8-screen cineplex in Renton and a 3-screen theater that used to be part of Everett Mall, but eventually closed when a 16-screen Regal Cinema opened elsewhere in the mall. When...
by Brian Lutz
26 Jun 2011 20:38
Forum: History: Specialty Retail Chains
Topic: Circuit City
Replies: 43
Views: 40699

Re: Circuit City

Work is continuing on the rock climbing gym that is being built inside the former Bellevue (Crossroads) Circuit City. It looks like the plug facade is going to stay, but is going to be modified for the new tenant. Perhaps the most interesting feature of this is the addition of a new structure to the...
by Brian Lutz
04 Jun 2011 04:33
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: 10 Most Unique McDonald's
Replies: 15
Views: 19185

Re: 10 Most Unique McDonald's

In the early 90s, I remember a unique McDonald's which was either in Toledo, Ohio or Detroit, Michigan. It actually looked more like a bank on the outside. I don't remember exactly where this was, but remember it was adjacent to a mall we stopped at on the way to the airport, and I was with my uncl...
by Brian Lutz
28 May 2011 04:15
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: McDonald's Express
Replies: 14
Views: 17001

Re: McDonald's Express

robdude wrote: Did McDonald's ever join forces with any other retailer besides Walmart or Meijer? When did they debut the "express" style stores?
I recall that the short-lived Incredible Universe store we had here for about a year in the mid Nineties had a McDonald's inside.
by Brian Lutz
11 May 2011 01:35
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: 10 Most Unique McDonald's
Replies: 15
Views: 19185

Re: 10 Most Unique McDonald's

Another particularly odd McDonald's is the one in the Dinkytown neighborhood of Minneapolis: http://public.fotki.com/MNCapital/twincitiespagecom/minneapolis_neighbo/neighborhood_marcey/fe904ea7.html There's also the one in Sedona Arizona, which, due to city regulations, is the only one in the world ...
by Brian Lutz
07 May 2011 04:49
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: Defunct grocery chains you personally shopped at
Replies: 45
Views: 49523

Re: Defunct grocery chains you personally shopped at

Not a lot really, there isn't much turnover here lately.

Southwest (NM/AZ):
Alpha Beta
Furr's
Lucky
Abco

Northwest (Seattle area):
Larry's Market
Olson's (merged into QFC, then Kroger)
by Brian Lutz
25 Apr 2011 02:29
Forum: History: USA Northwest/Rockies/Alaska
Topic: Pay Less-Safeway and Pay Less-Albertsons Combos
Replies: 6
Views: 4600

Re: Pay Less-Safeway and Pay Less-Albertsons Combos

The Bear Creek Center in Redmond (built around 1976 or so, if I'm reading things correctly) had a Safeway and a Pay N Save right next to each other when it was originally built which later became a Payless and then a Rite Aid. The Rite Aid is still there now.
by Brian Lutz
24 Apr 2011 02:33
Forum: History: USA Northwest/Rockies/Alaska
Topic: Pay Less-Safeway and Pay Less-Albertsons Combos
Replies: 6
Views: 4600

Re: Pay Less-Safeway and Pay Less-Albertsons Combos

I know that the old Marina Downtown Bellevue Safeway was built in conjunction with a Bartell Drugs store in the same building, and at one point they apparently even had an inside entrance joining the two stores.
by Brian Lutz
08 Apr 2011 19:06
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Dairy Queen Through the Years
Replies: 15
Views: 20614

Re: Dairy Queen Through the Years

Generally if an existing DQ is being converted to Grill and Chill it seems to be just branded as "DQ Restaurant," albeit using signs similar to the DQ Grill and Chill ones. There's one in Redmond that was remodeled extensively (formerly a "barn" DQ, but that form is no longer rec...
by Brian Lutz
16 Mar 2011 02:58
Forum: History: USA Northwest/Rockies/Alaska
Topic: Edmonds, WA: Former Centennial A&P?
Replies: 5
Views: 4529

Re: Edmonds, WA: Former Centennial A&P?

EAST Bellevue Shopping Square 15625 N.E. 8th St., Bellevue (Crossroads) Very interesting. I knew about the Bellevue Square store (the current Bellevue Square mall has a little area with some old pictures that show the A&P store) but I didn't know about the Crossroads one, as I've never seen men...
by Brian Lutz
13 Mar 2011 22:21
Forum: History: USA Northwest/Rockies/Alaska
Topic: Edmonds, WA: Former Centennial A&P?
Replies: 5
Views: 4529

Re: Edmonds, WA: Former Centennial A&P?

Yes, there were A&P stores in the Seattle area from (at least) the mid-to-late Forties until about 1973 or so, so it's possible this could be a Centennial A&P. HistoricAerials only goes back to 1980 on this location, but the building was there at that time, basically unchanged from what's th...
by Brian Lutz
04 Mar 2011 20:14
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Anybody Want to Buy a Slightly Used Kmart? (Bellevue, WA)
Replies: 7
Views: 7421

Re: Anybody Want to Buy a Slightly Used Kmart? (Bellevue, WA)

Finally after nearly a decade of sitting vacant, it looks like this former KMart store will finally be receiving a renovation and new tenants as part of a redevelopment of the shopping center after a zoning variance removed most of the obstacles in the way. It looks like the store will house a healt...
by Brian Lutz
01 Mar 2011 04:28
Forum: History: Specialty Retail Chains
Topic: Circuit City
Replies: 43
Views: 40699

Re: Circuit City

It's only been within the past couple of months that the Bellevue (Crossroads) store has been reoccupied. Apparently it's being turned into a big rock climbing gym.