Birth of the Ashlan Park Shopping Center

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Re: Birth of the Ashlan Park Shopping Center

by andrewdanish » Thu Mar 07, 2024 1:34 pm

Is the sign still standing?

Re: Birth of the Ashlan Park Shopping Center

by Mmm » Mon Jun 28, 2021 12:22 pm

Ashlan Park:
Some of the original & replacing businesses
*Los Charritos
*JJs with coffee shop turned Westernwear store
*Shoe store (sold hushpuppies) turned bookstore
*Sew Machine shop
*Jewelry store
*Pub Bar turned Computer hub
*Bank of America
*Grants
*Varsity Liquor
*Cleaners
*Pit Stop turned Dog Groomers
*Barbershop
*Beauty Salon
*Donut shop
*Bjs Country Kitchen
Various starter clothing stores dotted the mall
*Me & Eds
*Tandys Leather
*Aquarium & Pet Store
*Car Wash
*Savemart
*Pet Store
*Toy Store
To name just a few

Re: Birth of the Ashlan Park Shopping Center

by carol cain sullivan » Tue Apr 27, 2021 3:44 am

I was wondering if anyone would mention Grants department store. I remember going there at Ashland park. My Mom, Grandma and I would go over there to shop some days. We would have lunch and look around at Triple J's and walk down the mall window shopping and end up at Grants, they had everything from fabric to furniture. My grandmother bought a maple dinning room set and I still have it after all these years. I think she bought it in the sixty's sometime! Just loved going to the center. There also was a fishing store, My dad was big into bass fishing and men would hang out there and talk about the big one and buy rods and tackle. They would talk to this educated man (Gary I think, he was real tall) that owned it, as he would know all the latest stuff. It was a great part of my old memories and it had something for all ages, I still go over there to Save Mart!!!

Re: Birth of the Ashlan Park Shopping Center

by Lost Fresno » Wed May 08, 2019 12:04 pm

The grand opening date for Ashlan Park was in April, 1963. The development was a bargain at 1.5 million. Recently, I returned to the shopping center to relive old memories. The entire area including this shopping center has unfortunately, been subject to extreme decay.
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Re: Birth of the Ashlan Park Shopping Center

by Mary pw » Sat Feb 16, 2019 8:40 pm

Man, this brought back memories. I worked at Los Charritos as a waitress while I was in high school, they were wonderful people to work for. The only bad part was the patrons of the bar across the breezeway would stumble over when they got hungry, and were often a handful. I saw one drink a whole bottle of hot sauce one night on a dare...good times. My brother hung out at the slot car place, it was pretty popular.

Re: Birth of the Ashlan Park Shopping Center

by Guest » Mon Oct 08, 2018 3:53 pm

I played for the Ashland Park Little League team in about 1966. I was 10 years old. David Ellis (since deceased) was one of my team mates. Great memories. I would race slot cars and some shop in Ashland Park. Our Family moved to Modesto in 1967.

Re: Birth of the Ashlan Park Shopping Center

by mikeferrell » Sun Mar 26, 2017 1:22 pm

Hi...enjoyed your recalling Ashlan Park Shopping Center...and your mentioning the Pit Stop Slot Car Racing Center! I was hopelessly addicted to slot car racing in the mid-60s (and now that I'm in my own mid-60s, I'm still addicted to 'em!) The Pit Stop was simply the finest slot car racing center I ever frequented...and I frequented a lot of them back then. There were two tracks downstairs (one of which was under construction for quite a while...helped me learn basic track building skills for my own home layout.) But the magic was really upstairs...one track was a huge, fast, eight lane "figure 8" speedway. The other track was a huge, 6 lane, completely landscaped road course...easily the greatest (and best looking) slot car track I ever raced on. I mean, you literally felt like you and your car(s) were racing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race...what a rush!
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Re: Birth of the Ashlan Park Shopping Center

by flwbdw » Wed May 22, 2013 6:53 am

I worked at the Richfield station on the corner of Cedar & Ashlan for a couple of years in the 60s. I remember a "Sizzler type" place in the front of the self serve car wash at Ashlan Park. The name "Korral" or something like that keeps popping into my head, not sure though.

Re: Birth of the Ashlan Park Shopping Center

by Guest » Sun May 19, 2013 11:51 am

I am looking for the name of the restaurant that was in the JJJ shopping center. Steaks, seafood etc. Clubby old school place, I remember it round 76 or so...

Re: Birth of the Ashlan Park Shopping Center

by Big J » Wed Aug 18, 2010 9:31 am

It does still exist, and the sign you've got there still stands. The shopping center underwent a little facelift a few years ago - Save Mart is the big grocery anchor now. The old Thrifty drug space remains empty, but there are a few stalwart tenants that have been in place a good 20-30 years now that aren't going anywhere. I live right up the street from the center and enjoy that big sign every time I visit there.

Here's a photo of the sign from recent times...
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