Sidney, Montana-Safeway store-Marina style-opened Oct. 1963
Posted: 12 Oct 2021 01:50
Sidney, Montana is a town on the Yellowstone River near the North Dakota border. Apparently that region is known as "Mon-Dak" due to its proximity to the Montana-North Dakota state line.
A Marina-style Safeway store opened in Sidney on October 14, 1963. It was located at 2nd Avenue and 2nd Street NW. I have no idea if the building still stands today. There appears in Google Street View and Bing Maps to be a Reese & Ray's "IGA" store in that area, but it does not seem to have a "Marina-style" roof:
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.7168613 ... 312!8i6656
From aerial photos, there possibly is a Marina-style roof on the building. Maybe an addition was made to the front of the store that conceals the Marina-style roof when the building is viewed from near its front.
An article about the grand opening was in the October 9, 1963 edition of the "Sidney Herald" (not to be confused with the "Sydney Morning Herald" of Australia!). See:
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn ... d-1/seq-1/
The article says that the building had an area of 23,000 square feet (15,000 square feet in its sales area). The parking lot had 120 spaces (with mercury vapor lighting). Store hours were 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (closed Sundays).
Grand opening advertisements appeared in the "Herald" on October 16, 1963. See the following pages:
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn ... -1/seq-10/
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn ... -1/seq-11/
The ad promotes a "Non Foods Department," "In Store Bakery," and a "Modern Snack Bar."
A Marina-style Safeway store opened in Sidney on October 14, 1963. It was located at 2nd Avenue and 2nd Street NW. I have no idea if the building still stands today. There appears in Google Street View and Bing Maps to be a Reese & Ray's "IGA" store in that area, but it does not seem to have a "Marina-style" roof:
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.7168613 ... 312!8i6656
From aerial photos, there possibly is a Marina-style roof on the building. Maybe an addition was made to the front of the store that conceals the Marina-style roof when the building is viewed from near its front.
An article about the grand opening was in the October 9, 1963 edition of the "Sidney Herald" (not to be confused with the "Sydney Morning Herald" of Australia!). See:
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn ... d-1/seq-1/
The article says that the building had an area of 23,000 square feet (15,000 square feet in its sales area). The parking lot had 120 spaces (with mercury vapor lighting). Store hours were 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (closed Sundays).
Grand opening advertisements appeared in the "Herald" on October 16, 1963. See the following pages:
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn ... -1/seq-10/
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn ... -1/seq-11/
The ad promotes a "Non Foods Department," "In Store Bakery," and a "Modern Snack Bar."