Saturday, June 25, 2005
1960s-Era Safeway
This former Safeway store, located just off SH51 near downtown is a beautiful example of this era's grand arched buildings.
A great place to see more photos and read about Safeway stores of the 60s, check out the 60s Safeway page at Groceteria.net. In particular, I've wasted more than a few minutes checking out some pics of several stores who still have all of their vintage interiors. It's like stepping back in time.
Seems very few of these style buildings are being torn down. Most of the time, they end up occupied by a myriad of different local businesses. Seeing this building has tuned my eye to this style, so I'll probably follow up someday with some pics of different occupied former Safeway stores. This would be very similar to the former Quik Trip building collection that I'm working on.
This former Safeway store, located just off SH51 near downtown is a beautiful example of this era's grand arched buildings.
A great place to see more photos and read about Safeway stores of the 60s, check out the 60s Safeway page at Groceteria.net. In particular, I've wasted more than a few minutes checking out some pics of several stores who still have all of their vintage interiors. It's like stepping back in time.
Seems very few of these style buildings are being torn down. Most of the time, they end up occupied by a myriad of different local businesses. Seeing this building has tuned my eye to this style, so I'll probably follow up someday with some pics of different occupied former Safeway stores. This would be very similar to the former Quik Trip building collection that I'm working on.
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Although I have lived in New York City for the past 17 years, I was born and raised in Tulsa. After college I moved downtown (1980's). I always loved the architecure and the vibe there. I used to shop at the Safeway you have photographed. We lovingly referred to it as the "Fellini Safeway" due to the colorful clientele. Nice job with the site.
# posted by 
: 6/28/2005 10:53 PM
: 6/28/2005 10:53 PM
It's been demolished to make way for a cookie cutter Office Depot. Yuck!
# posted by : 7/30/2005 12:16 PM
: 7/30/2005 12:16 PM
The one in the picture is still there (drove by this morning). The one demolished was at 15th/Lewis.
# posted by : 8/08/2005 8:52 AM
: 8/08/2005 8:52 AM
Yep, I noticed it was still standing this weekend, as I was driving over to the balloon festival. I guess the one at 15th and Lewis was the last older building on that corner, since they razed the Delman Theater (and Massad's) across the street.
Nope, you're not crazy. This store was converted from a Safeway into a Homeland in the early '90s. However, this building (and others like it around town) was a unique design created exclusively for Safeway stores built in the '60s.
I'm trying to find out when a safeway store in Tulsa Ok. was opened, it's the one that was located on Southwest Blvd.Not the one in ole West Tulsa, the one that moved from West Tulsa to Crystal City.
I noticed recently that from the parking lot of KMart on 51st, just west of Harvard, you can look at the back of Stein Mart (which used to be a Safeway) and still see the arch. Pretty cool.
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