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Re: SF/Fresno Weekend
Posted by JamesSF on 10/29/2005, 12:37 am, in reply to "Re: SF/Fresno Weekend"
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I would reccomend Almaden store in San Jose and some of the lesser known chains in Santa Clara Valley and along the penisula. I would not be afraid to take pics inside stores. Most people wont notice you are taking and if they ask, tell them you are a reknown grocery historian. Also would reccomend the Rhonert Park Albertsons right off the freeway, it has some original signage on the outside and inside is a real color splash, pretty sure it is an original late sixties signage inside.
The new Safeway Lifestyle stores are popping up everywhere, but still alot are old design. Im not sure about 7th St Safeway in city but it looked intact the other day but not sure if it has gone Lifestyle yet inside. The Strawberry Center Safeway is having its Grand Opening was tore down and built again on old site but havent been in it yet.--Previous Message--
: Fresno is laden with old/dead retail,
: it's probably the best place I have
: ever been for finding "can
: tell's", such as "Can tell
: that laundromat was a Burger King"
: Many, many re-used stores. I plan to
: return some day to photograph the
: retail corpses and zombies that abound
: there.
:
: One business there that isn't a
: supermarket, but would probably be good
: to photograph while it's still around
: is a Bob's Big Boy. It's on Blackstone
: Blvd, on the north end of town. I know
: there are a few left in the LA area,
: but other than in Michigan they are
: pretty much a dying breed. The Fresno
: one is a good example of late
: 60's-early 80's era of building design.
:
: There is also a very run down former
: Big Boy about a mile and a half south
: of the current one, it is on an odd
: block where it's on a corner, and
: behind it on the corner of the paralell
: street is a gas station that has
: appropirated the Big Boy's distinctive
: sign, it's pretty odd looking. I think
: the gas station was once the BB's
: parking lot, and the the restaurant
: took up the whole end of the block.
:
: Here's a link to the old Big Boy's
: former appearance, once can hardly
: believe the run down Chinese restaurant
: it is today was once this great
: structure.
:
:
: http://www.googieart.com/BobsBigBoy3.htm
:
: --Previous Message--
: Hi all...
:
: I'm going to be making a quick trip to
: SF and Fresno this weekend for the
: first time since moving back east.
: Anything there that should be seen or
: preserved on film quickly before it
: goes away (other than Cala and Bell
: stores)?
:
: I won't have time to tour around
: outside the city, so the greater Bay
: Area is pretty much out this trip...
:
:
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