Saratoga Motor Hotel Tulsa,OK
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Documenting the property on the following dates...
01/08/2020
02/26/2022
10/26/2022
02/14/2022
12/20/2022
01/17/2023
08/14/2024
08/30/2024
Saratoga Motor Hotel located at 10117 East 11th St. (Route...
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant...
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Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and (former) Restaurant located at 95 NY-17K in Newburgh,NY.
*Many of the "descriptions" contain detailed notes regarding the property.
The motor lodge is...
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant West...
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Former Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 1150 Riverdale St. in West Springfield,MA. The motor lodge is currently branded as a Quality Inn while the restaurant is currently...
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant...
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Former Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 65 Newbury St. (Route 1) in Danvers,MA. The 110 room motor lodge is currently branded under the Motel 6 name, while the building which...
Sears Department Store Stockton,CA
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Sears Department Store located at 5110 Pacific Ave. in Stockton,CA. The store is STILL operating as of March 1st 2024. I took these photos on February 6th 2024. Note some of the photos in this...
Pond Cove IGA Cape Elizabeth,ME
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IGA Market located at 339 Ocean House Rd. in Cape Elizabeth,ME. This store which is commonly referred to as "Pond Cove IGA" opened for business on October 1st 1980. Note this 12,000...
Howard Johnson's Restaurant Augusta,ME
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Former Howard Johnson's Restaurant located at 48 Western Ave. in Augusta,ME. The building which was most recently a Friendly's Restaurant is currently vacant*.
*NOTE (The building was razed in...
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant...
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Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 485 Veterans Blvd. in Redwood City,CA. The motor lodge is currently branded as a Good Nite Inn while the restaurant is currently occupied by an...
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant...
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Former Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 149 Main St. in Kingston,MA. *Note as of June 2023 the motel is listed "permanently closed".
*Note I have highlighted details...
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant Hot...
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Former Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 1871 East Grand Ave. in Hot Springs,AR. The motor lodge is currently branded as a Red Carpet Inn while the HJ restaurant has been...
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant...
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Former Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 3500 South Rangeline Rd. in Joplin,MO.
*See detailed notes below write-up.
The motor lodge is currently branded as a Days Inn while the...
Former Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and...
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Photos taken in December 2013 and February 2020.
Safeway Mt. Shasta,CA
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Former Safeway located at 310 West Lake St. in Mt. Shasta,CA. The building is currently occupied by a Rite Aid. Note Safeway opened this 17,000 square foot store on May 19th 1966 and operated until...
Howard Johnson's Restaurant Bennington,VT
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Former Howard Johnson's Restaurant located at 413 U.S. Route 7 in Bennington,VT. The restaurant which opened for business on June 16th 1961 has been sitting vacant since 2018.
Note I started...
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant...
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Former Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at Main St & Winter St. in Hyannis,MA. The motor lodge is currently occupied by an independently owned motel operating under the name...
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant...
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Former Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 401 U.S. Route 7 (South) in Rutland,VT. The motor lodge is currently branded as a Days Inn while the restaurant is currently occupied by...
Howard Johnson's Restaurant Falmouth,ME
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Former Howard Johnson's Restaurant located at 270 U.S. Route 1 in Falmouth,ME. The building is currently occupied by an independently owned restaurant operating under the name Foreside Tavern and...
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant...
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Former Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 356 Main St. in Waterville,ME. The motor lodge is currently branded as a Fireside Inn and Suites while the restaurant is currently...
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant...
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Former Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 127 Howard Johnson Dr. in Rolla,MO.
*See individual notes at the bottom of photo descriptions.
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant...
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Former Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 610 Civic Center Dr. in Monroe,LA. The property has been abandoned since 2003.
The 92 room motor lodge and restaurant opened for...
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant...
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Former Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restuarant located at 140 Lithia Rd. in Wytheville,VA.
Photos from my stay on February 2nd 2019.
Ive added specific details in the photo descriptions.
McLain Village Shopping Center Tulsa,OK (Updated...
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McLain Village Shopping Center located along the 5200 block of North Peoria Ave. in Tulsa,OK. The shopping center which was built in 1961 has been without a single tenant since 2016.
At the time of...
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant...
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Former Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 3537 West Broadway in Council Bluffs,IA. The motor lodge is currently branded as a Quality Inn while the restaurant was demolished in...
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant...
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Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 5 Dorset St. in Burlington,VT. A Homewood Suites and Comfort Inn are now operating on the site where the Howard Johnson's once stood. The...
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant...
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Former Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 197 Mallard Rd. in Smithfield,NC. The motor lodge is currently branded under the America's Best Value Inn name while the HJ restaurant...
Henry Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant...
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Former Henry Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 198 Mallard Rd. in Smithfield,NC. The motor lodge is currently operating under the name Village Motor Lodge while the restaurant which...
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant...
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Former Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 4610 Rusina Rd. in Colorado Springs,CO. The motor lodge is currently branded as a Days Inn with the restaurant currently occupied by a...
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant...
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Former Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 7568 NC-48 in Battleboro,NC. The motor lodge is currently branded as a Rodeway Inn while the restaurant is currently vacant. The...
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant...
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Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and (former) Restaurant located at 2836 North Lee Hwy. in Lexington,VA. This property is the last HJ location to have its original mansard roof and beacon cupola! The...
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant...
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Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 404 National Blvd. in Lexington,NC. The motor lodge is currently operating under the name Economy Inn which caters primarily to long-term and...
Howard Johnson's Restaurant Afton,VA
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Former Howard Johnson's Restaurant located at Afton Circle @ Blue Ridge Pkwy. in Afton,VA. The restaurant closed for business in 1998 after operating for 50 years. Remarkably the building was...
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant...
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Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant High...
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Former Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 2000 Brentwood St. in High Point,NC. The motor lodge is currently operating under the name Hotel NC while the space where the HJ...
Katz Drug Store Springfield,MO
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Former Katz City Drug Store located at 1735 South Glenstone Ave. in Springfield,MO. The building is currently occupied by a CVS Pharmacy which is slated to closed on April 1st 2019. The exterior of...
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant...
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Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and (former) Restaurant located at 454 Main St. in Niagara Falls,NY. The HJ Motor Lodge is still operating as of February 2019 although a rumor has recently surfaced...
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant...
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Former Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 3710 Ogeechee Rd. in Savannah,GA. This property which opened in 1954 the FIRST Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge in existence. The motor...
Holiday Inn Holidome Conway,AR
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Former Holiday Inn located at 1090 Skyline Dr. in Conway,AR. The property is currently branded as a Howard Johnson. In the mid 1970s into the mid 1980s many Holiday Inn properties were constructed...
Midway Mall Sherman,TX
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Midway Mall located at 4800 Texoma Pkwy. in Sherman,TX. This 777,000 square foot mall opened for business in 1986 with Sears, JCPenney, Dillards and Mervyn's as its anchor tenants. As of October...
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant...
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Former Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 2543 West Main St. in Norman,OK. The motor lodge is currently branded as a Days Inn while the building that housed the restaurant was...
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Resturant...
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Former Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 224 West Boundary St. in Savannah,GA. The motor lodge is currently serving as college housing for the nearby Savannah College of Art and...
Howard Johnson's Restaurant Richmond Heights,MO
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Former Howard Johnson's Restaurant located at 7590 Clayton Rd. in Richmond Heights,MO. The franchisee of this location ceased their affiliation with HJ in 1985 and renamed their establishment...
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant...
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Former Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 2725 West International Speedway Blvd. in Daytona Beach,FL. The motor lodge is currently branded as a LaQuinta Inn, while the former HJ...
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant...
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Former Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 2014 West Colonial Dr. in Orlando,FL. The motor lodge is currently branded as a Best Western while the restaurant is being used as the...
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant...
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Former Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 3022 Glynn Ave. in Brunswick,GA. The motor lodge has been abandoned since 2003. The motor lodge and restaurant dropped their...
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant St....
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Former Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 2550 FL-16 in St. Augustine,FL. The motor lodge is currently branded as a Super 8 Motel. The restaurant has been abandoned since at...
Howard Johnson Motor Lodge and Restaurant Ocala,FL
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Howard Johnson Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 3951 NW Blitchton Rd. in Ocala,FL. The motel which underwent a significant renovation in 2016 was the first HJ location to incorporate the...
Bayfair Shopping Center San Leandro,CA
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Bayfair Shopping Center located at 15555 East 14th St. in San Leandro,CA. I plan to do a VERY detailed write-up at some point but traveling is my main focus for now.
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant...
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Former Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 2021 East Spring St. in Cookeville,TN. The motor lodge is currently operating under the name Alpine Inn & Suites with the restaurant...
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant...
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Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 1380 South Harbor Blvd. in Anaheim,CA. The restaurant was demolished in 2000 after I-5 was realigned making visibility to the restaurant...
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant...
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Howard Johnson Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 155 Riverside St. in Portland,ME. The motor lodge which opened in 1971 was not constructed with a gate lodge instead the place simply relied on...
Edgewood Shopping Center Palo Alto,CA
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Former Lucky Store located at 2170 West Bayshore Rd. in Palo Alto,CA. The building is currently occupied by The Fresh Market. This was the only shopping center designed by Joseph Eichler who was...
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant Santa...
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Former Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 5405 Stevens Creek Blvd. The motor lodge remained a Howard Johnson's up until the early 1990s and then rebranded under the Wellesley Inn...
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant San...
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Former Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 1575 Calle Joaquin in San Luis Obispo,CA. The motor lodge is currently branded under the name Rose Garden Inn while the restaurant is...
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant...
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Lucky Store Danville,CA
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Lucky Store located at 660 San Ramon Valley Blvd. in Danville,CA. The store is still open as of Spring 2012 and is the smallest "Lucky" remaining with a mere 22,500 square foot sales...
Payless/Albertsons Dublin,CA
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Former Payless Drug Store located at 7201 Regional St. in Dublin,CA. The building is currently occupied by a CVS Pharmacy. In the mid 1990s this store was remodeled into the "store of the...
CentrOmart Stores
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The CentrOmart chain which at its peak in the mid 1970's had ten stores in operation throughout the Stockton area. By 2011 the chain was down to a mere six supermarkets with four in Stockton, one in...
Safeway 4100 Redwood Rd. Oakland,CA
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Safeway located at 4100 Redwood Rd. in Oakland,CA. This store is still open but its exterior was modified in the late 1980's. The interior was remodeled in the early 1990s and as of late 2011 still...
Howard Johnsons Restaurant Lake Placid,NY
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Howard Johnsons Restaurant located at 2099 Saranac Ave. in Lake Placid,NY. The restaurant which opened on May 17th 1956 is one of the final three HoJos still operating as of August 2010. The...
Howard Johnsons Restaurant and Motor Lodge...
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Former Howard Johnsons Restaurant and Motor Lodge located at 6680 Regional St. in Dublin,CA. The restaurant closed in the mid 1980s while the motor lodge retained the Howard Johnson name until 1995....
Lucky Store Placerville,CA
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Lucky Store located at 110 Broadway in Placerville,CA. This store opened on March 1st, 1960 and was acquired by Albertsons in October 1999. While Albertsons ran just about all of the Lucky stores...
Safeway Clocks
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They arent common anymore but just about every Safeway featured a clock with a unique design...
Lee Bros. Value World Payless Drug Store Castro...
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Lee Bros. Value World located at 3848 Castro Valley Blvd. in Castro Valley,CA. The building was later occupied by a Payless Drug Store which until the late 1990's hadn't made and major renovation to...
Howard Johnsons Motor Lodge and Restaurant...
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Howard Johnsons Motor Lodge located at 2100 Lincoln Way East in Lancaster,PA. The motor lodge which still retains a great potion of its orange roof continues to operate under the Howard Johnson name...
Howard Johnsons Restaurant Lake George,NY
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Howard Johnsons Restaurant located at 2143 Route 9 in Lake George,NY. This is one of the last three Howard Johnsons restaurants operating in the chain which once had more than 1000 locations...
Howard Johnsons Motor Lodge West Boylston,MA
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Former Howard Johnsons Motor Lodge located at 181 West Boylston St. in West Boylston,MA. The motor lodge is now independently owned and operated under the name Classic Inn & Suites. Somehow the...
Howard Johnsons Motor Lodge Milford,CT
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Howard Johnsons Motor Lodge located at 1052 Boston Post Rd. in Milford,CT. The motor lodge opened in 1959 soon after the Connecticut Turnpike was completed. Once opened the motor lodge accompanied...
Howard Johnsons Albany,NY
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Former Howard Johnsons Restaurant located at 416 Southern Blvd. in Albany,NY. The building has been sitting vacant since 2000 yet the place is still amazingly intact! The restaurant was remodeled...
Howard Johnsons Vernon,CT
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Howard Johnsons Motor Lodge located at 451 Windsor Turnpike in Vernon,CT. This motor lodge is one of the few remaining to still both carry the Howard Johnson name and have an orange roof. ...
Howard Johnsons Motor Lodge Harrisburg,PA
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Howard Johnsons Motor Lodge located at 473 Eisenhower Blvd. in Harrisburg,PA. This Motor Lodge is the last remaining “Howard Johnson” still displaying a lamplighter weathervane. The owners of...
Safeway (2520) Eureka,CA
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Safeway located at 2520 West Harris St. in Eureka,CA. This store which opened on August 30th 1961 was managed by John Vevoda. There were 36 employees overlooked by Mr. Vevoda who was a nine year...
Safeway (930) Eureka,CA
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Safeway located at 930 West Harris St. in Eureka,CA. This store which opened on December 7th 1966 was the first in Eureka to have a service bakery and snack-bar on site. The store was managed by...
Payless Drug Store Oakland,CA
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Former International Super Store located at 5100 Broadway in Oakland,CA. This store is best remembered as a Payless Drug Store as ISS lasted about ten months, before Payless acquired the building. ...
Claycord Then & Now
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I have a particular group of people who are linked here from an "anonymous mayor" as he puts it. He updates his blog daily with current events that take place in Walnut Creek, Concord, and...
Safeway Lakeview,OR
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The 1960's era "marina" store is still operating as a Safeway and as of March 2009 still retains its original pistol shootin' cowboy sign!
This store does not have a deli department nor...
Postcards
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There will be many updates in this set where I will put these postcards in higher resolution.
A few of my favorites
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Safeway Millbrae,CA
Grocery Outlet Santa Rosa,CA
"Rockridge Payless" Oakland,CA
"Rockridge Payless" Oakland,CA
Rite Air Mount Shasta,CA
Rays Food Place Weed,CA
Grocery Outlet...
11:11
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Its 11:11 and all is well...
Alpha Beta Market Fresno,CA
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Alpha Beta Market located at 5175 East Belmont Ave. in Fresno,CA. This store opened in August 1975 and as of June 1st 2008 the full Alpha Beta interior has remained. The colors have been modified...
Safeway SuperS San Mateo,CA
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The Safeway (and former) SuperS Drug Store located at 860 and 872 North Delaware St. in San Mateo,CA is going to be remodeled during the Fall of 2008. This set captures how both the Safeway and...
Salton Sea
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Salton Sea,CA A 50s paradise turned into a toxic mess. Also included in this set...
Salvation Mountain
Niland
Bombay Beach