Re: West Covina CA
Posted: 19 Feb 2009 21:34
Jan,
The church you mentioned on San Bernardino Road was a McDaniel's from the 1940's. They also had a Garvey Ave location, which was likely between Azusa and Hollenbeck. West of Azusa, San Bernardino Road has many old buildings/businesses (such as Covina Bowl behind the brand new Home Depot).
Sunset Avenue changes its name to Irwindale Avenue at Badillo Street, which divides West Covina, Covina, and an the unincorporated section of Kincaid. 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 Alpha Beta on Sunset). Note that at the south end of Sunset (at Francisquito) is the ex-Thriftimart/Albertsons Max Foods (now Northgate Gonzales) and it is a border location since a block away is the border with unincorporated West La Puente.
Alpha Beta in its history had 5 or 6 locations within Covina. The one that closed last year was the latest. The other Covina stores were on Grand and Badillo (Fresh and Easy or Blake Paper) and Grand/Arrow (razed to build the business park) and the 99Cents (ex-Ralphs) on Vincent/San Bernardino. Their first location in the 1930's was on College Street behind Covina City Hall. I think its unrelated because Alpha Beta (the one that just closed) opened in 1976 and all I remember is Chick's moving to Eastland in the '90's (at that time, they operated both these stores together, then decided on closing the Shoppers Lane store).
luckysaver
The church you mentioned on San Bernardino Road was a McDaniel's from the 1940's. They also had a Garvey Ave location, which was likely between Azusa and Hollenbeck. West of Azusa, San Bernardino Road has many old buildings/businesses (such as Covina Bowl behind the brand new Home Depot).
Sunset Avenue changes its name to Irwindale Avenue at Badillo Street, which divides West Covina, Covina, and an the unincorporated section of Kincaid. 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 Alpha Beta on Sunset). Note that at the south end of Sunset (at Francisquito) is the ex-Thriftimart/Albertsons Max Foods (now Northgate Gonzales) and it is a border location since a block away is the border with unincorporated West La Puente.
Alpha Beta in its history had 5 or 6 locations within Covina. The one that closed last year was the latest. The other Covina stores were on Grand and Badillo (Fresh and Easy or Blake Paper) and Grand/Arrow (razed to build the business park) and the 99Cents (ex-Ralphs) on Vincent/San Bernardino. Their first location in the 1930's was on College Street behind Covina City Hall. I think its unrelated because Alpha Beta (the one that just closed) opened in 1976 and all I remember is Chick's moving to Eastland in the '90's (at that time, they operated both these stores together, then decided on closing the Shoppers Lane store).
luckysaver