By the late 1950's, Lucky had moved away from the use of gigantic pylons and the classic Loewy look and began to employ a wide variety of interesting designs, including this great "zig-zag" from Livermore, California in 1959. The "three squares" theme, however, continued to appear from time to time in modified form.
Thanks to Scott of the great BIGMallRat site for identifying the location of this store - "2930 Pacific Ave., which was the site of Nob Hill Foods up until recently. At some point, Lucky's moved downtown. Nob Hill came in and added onto the building and the exterior was remodeled (the entire shopping center was remodeled)".
Viva la zig zag!
ReplyDeleteI think this building is still there, minus the zig-zag.
ReplyDeleteCome to think of it, Livermore had a lot of the zig-zag going on.
Scott
It's a fun archtectural style. I wonder what the building is now. Still a grocery store?
ReplyDeleteI want to say this was at 2930 Pacific Ave., which was the site of Nob Hill Foods up until recently. At some point, Lucky's moved downtown. Nob Hill came in and added onto the building and the exterior was remodeled (the entire shopping center was remodeled).
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Scott- Thanks for identifying this!
ReplyDeleteHere are some photos I took of how the building looked in late 2005 and later in January 2008.
ReplyDeleteAdditionally here is a scan of the interior layout of this specific store.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/romleys/1460477270/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/romleys/2147500805/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/romleys/1492537374/
Thanks for the updated photo links, Charles. I love the 50's ad with the store layout. The exterior has certainly changed!
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