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Re: Great Department Stores and Specialty Shops that are gone

by RLM » Fri Dec 08, 2023 11:06 am

Roos Atkins, Gorton's Candy, and other renowned and now extinct businesses, Cedar Lanes Bowling Alley & Restaurant, Tropicana Lodge, The Hacienda.

Re: Great Department Stores and Specialty Shops that are gone

by RLM » Fri Dec 08, 2023 9:19 am

Arthur's Toys, Heaven on Earth, MoonLady, Lesterburger, Miller's Outpost

Re: Great Department Stores and Specialty Shops that are gone

by Sorenscen954 » Sat Mar 25, 2023 10:23 am

Missing is The Tender Box tobacco and gift store located just outside front door of Gottchalks Fashion Fair

Re: Great Department Stores and Specialty Shops that are gone

by Jdbist » Mon Jan 16, 2023 8:26 pm

Drug fair, Mungers pet store, Ferrels ice cream

Re: Great Department Stores and Specialty Shops that are gone

by Stitches » Sun Oct 09, 2022 11:09 pm

Incredibly I’d miss Whitefront , betty whites hubby used to do their ads.

Re: Great Department Stores and Specialty Shops that are gone

by perennial millennial » Fri Sep 09, 2022 6:16 pm

Does anyone remember a small pharmacy that was in/around Cambridge Count? I was young, so remember little, but recall it being "dark" in general, save for a fish tank that glowed and possibly the counter area. My mom says it was one of those mom and pop places and closed long ago, but can't remember the name or anything else about it, except one thing: she swears it was upstairs, while I thought downstairs. My doctor Saigal used to work around the area

Re: Great Department Stores and Specialty Shops that are gone

by Guest » Mon Sep 13, 2021 4:00 pm

Hanoian's was on the southeast corner of Cedar & Butler. Rudy's dime store was in the same shopping center.

Re: Great Department Stores and Specialty Shops that are gone

by SJM77 » Wed Jul 07, 2021 11:14 pm

One big memory from the 60's tied to a specialty shop was the old Fresno Hobby store on the north side of Tulare west of First near where it turned into Divisadero. The store provided our rocketry club with a room to have meetings and sometimes helped with support for competitions.

I remember the streetcar tracks still being in Tulare at that time. Sure spent a lot of paper route and lawn mowing money in that store. If one wanted anything related to crafts, Fresno Hobby likely had it. Later on they had a store near Cedar and Shields, northeast corner.

Re: Great Department Stores and Specialty Shops that are gone

by ruebers » Wed Jun 23, 2021 4:51 pm

Hendrich's on Fresno & Olive Streets was a upper class variety store. My mother, older sister and I took knitting lessons there in the mid '60's. I also remember Hanoian's Grocery Store on Cedar & Belmont (I think) where my grandmother used to shop.

Re: Great Department Stores and Specialty Shops that are gone

by Scott Whitney » Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:42 am

I was sad to read Bob passed away last year. Even though Bob could seem a gruff at times, he did more to promote R/C aviation than anyone in Fresno. I remember watching him teach people in the old parking lot of Woodward park. (North of the current dog park - approx 1977) He was always willing to help anyone sincerely interested in model aviation.

As for me: I miss the underground surplus electronics store near the Fulton Mall. (I forget the name & exact location) It was a parking lot with a small structure and stairs leading underground. Before the days of RTF drones, R/C aviation was an eclectic mix of retail items, re-purposed electronics and individual creativity. This place was a gold mine.

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