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8 August 2008 | Link this

From Heather David at SV Modern comes this sketch by architect John Bolles for a proposed Safeway at the Cupertino Crossroads Shopping Center northwest of San Jose. The store was mentioned in the June 1960 issue of Chain Store Age. The photo below is of the store as built, from a shopping center guide published by the San Jose Mercury News. I'd love to have seen this one.

3 August 2008 | Link this

Just returned from my 2008 summer road trip to the environs of Wilkes-Barre PA, Albany and Schenectady NY, New York City, New Jersey, and Phildalephia, and I have lots of pictures. Commentary will follow later, but discussion is wlecome in the Message Board.

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18 July 2008 | Link this

Fixed the previous post so that the promised Family Mart ad now appears.

14 July 2008 | Link this

Microfilm is a wonderful thing. I'm working on a volunteer project at the Greensboro library that involves digitizing portions of the archives of the local newspapers so they can be placed online. Of course, I'm finding lost of interesting stuff along the way, like the 1960 ad above for the High Point-based Big Bear chain, which is not to be confused with several other chains of the same name around the country.

And then, there's this: the 1947grand opening ad from the famed A&P that began my obsession with odl supermarkets:

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13 June 2008 | Link this

I'd love to. Thanks.

27 May 2008 | Link this

It's been a really long and unpleasant month, one where I was flooded with work, both from school and from clients. It's much calmer now, and I have lots of plans for the summer, including the completion of the Winston-Salem section, the completely rewritten Safeway history, and just maybe a transition to a new PHP-based version of the site (which probably means nothing to most of you).

Keep your eyes on this space.

And since several of you have asked, no, I have not heard anything else from the jerk who threatened to sue me for, well, I'm not really sure exactly what. And I say "good riddance." I'm not sure where he is, but I am pretty sure he knows where he can go.

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