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Re: SF/Fresno Weekend
Posted by TheQuestioner on 10/31/2005, 4:57 pm, in reply to "Re: SF/Fresno Weekend"
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That's a shame that Bob's has passed away from yet another city/metro area. Fresno was the closest Bob's to the Bay Area. I was amazed when I moved to SF to find there were NO Bob's Big Boy's left, considering the density of them I saw in LA a couple of years earlier, I thought their decline was confined to the east/midwest. I am surprised to hear Fresno had three different locations over the years, and all on the same street! I'd love to see your photos if you have a web space. Even without Bob's Big Boy, I'd still like to go to Fresno again to see all the old retail. Are there any intact examples of grocery chains of old still there? I know many chains once operated in the central valley, but that these days Save Mart is the main contender out there.
--Previous Message--
: Bob's just closed down a few weeks ago. I
: did get some photos (inside and out) on
: the day before it closed down.
:
: The Bob's you refer to on Blackstone
: (Abby) and Belmont closed in the late
: 80's, my sister worked there until the
: day it closed. You are correct in
: thinking the gas station was the old
: Bob's parking lot, the chinese
: restaurant has done little to the
: exterior apart from covering up the
: huge windows with some sort of painted
: plywood things.
:
: Also, I think the photo you provided a
: link to was the Bob's that used to be
: located at Blackstone & Shaw. That
: got torn down years ago, the location
: that just closed down (Blackstone &
: Bullard) was a replacement for that
: location.
:
: --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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