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Posted by Benjamin Edge I know of a couple of locations so far. One location on SE 39th & Powell originally dated from 1940, with two major reconstructions in 1974 and 2000. I liked the 1974 version of this store because it had the red S-A-F-E-W-A-Y letters on a dark grey roof, and the two "S" medallions as entrance markers (are they lighted?), but these features would disappear after 1987 in favor of newer lighting. In my current residence of Milwaukie, OR, the first Safeway here opened in 1933 (while other sources list the opening date as 1936 or 1939). This location lasted 18 years before moving to 10554 SE Main St in May 1951. People got in a fit when the older Milwaukie Safeway building was vacated. The 1950s location then got a reconstruction in early 1967 (to be finished/opened during 'the summer of love'), in which this version of the store would last 29 years before being closed on Christmas Eve, 1996, in light of a newer Safeway that had opened five months earlier in the same year at an ex-Food-4-Less outlet located on 15099 SE McLoughlin Blvd. Again, I prefer the 1967 version as it is a Marina proto building and had the mosaic "S" medallions (which had lasted until 1991). I would appreciate it if any of you here could help me. Thank you.
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