Nobody's mentioned Kress dept store. We always used their free parking. But always shopped at J.C.Penney. Seem's to me like Cattlemen's had a resturant in that hallway place, next to OK Funiture & Rug Co.
Nobody's mentioned Kress dept store. We always used their free parking. But always shopped at J.C.Penney. Seem's to me like Cattlemen's had a resturant in that hallway place, next to OK Funiture & Rug Co.
I've been thinking about that place for years but could never remember where it
was. I thought it was near Cattleman's but the description you've made is
definitely the place. If memory serves, there were long curtains in the cafeteria,
or along the hall way. That was a long time ago.
This is for all you Generals.......I researched the Oklahoman archives and found that Grant Square Shopping Center was opened in the late 50's with Safeway and Woolworth's being the initial "anchor" stores. These stores opened up there in the late 50's and early 60's.....Western Auto, Beam's Car Care Center, Grant Sq. Liquor Store, Pipkin Photo, Gleason Music Co, Belle's Feminine Fashion, Playhouse USA, Key Rexall Drug, Phipps Appliance, Thrift Finance, Bill's Texaco, Rick's Donuts, House of Hollywood, Capri Cleaners, Sharpe's Dept. Store, Grant Sq. Barber Shop & Beauty Shop.
And Griff's Burger Bar advertised "Nickel Shake Day" in 1961 in appreciation for their customer's patronage.
I remember Kresses in Capital Hill. If I remember correctly they had an escalator.
Who remembers the Skyline Restaurant on SE 15th? It's still there. How about
the Dairy Boy across the street from Crooked Oak?
Hey, they're on the Southside!
What was the Mexican restaurant near or on SE 56th & Shields? I'm thinking it
was Pedro's. It was a single name.
Does anybody remember the x-ray machine to measure correct fit for shoes in Capitol Hill? I don't remember the store but, I do remember seeing the bones of my feet through the shoes.
Does anybody remember Peaches Music Store? There were several. One was at Penn. & 74th where After The Gold Rush went in after Peaches closed.
There was a club called Peaches at about 62nd & Western.
[QUOTE=SoonerGirl26;195409]This is for all you Generals.......I researched the Oklahoman archives and found that Grant Square Shopping Center was opened in the late 50's with Safeway and Woolworth's being the initial "anchor" stores. These stores opened up there in the late 50's and early 60's.....Western Auto, Beam's Car Care Center, Grant Sq. Liquor Store, Pipkin Photo, Gleason Music Co, Belle's Feminine Fashion, Playhouse USA, Key Rexall Drug, Phipps Appliance, Thrift Finance, Bill's Texaco, Rick's Donuts, House of Hollywood, Capri Cleaners, Sharpe's Dept. Store, Grant Sq. Barber Shop & Beauty Shop.
Alot of that was before my time, where was bills texaco at?
When I was very young my mother took me my brother and some neighborhood kids to an easter egg hunt where south community hospital was later built. All the kids waited over by Redding shopping center until a helicopter flew over and dropped hundreds of plastic eggs,then all us kids ran and picked up the eggs. The eggs were the kind you opened up and the prize was inside. There eggs were all different colors but, the grand prize was of course a golden egg. I can't remember what the prizes were except the golden egg was about $50.00 I Think. I did'nt get the golden egg but, what a memory. Does anyone else remember that?
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The contest was originally put together by Hue Weirsig (TG&Y Promotions mgr.)
The funny part about that was they originally were going to drop baby Chicks also.....They can't fly remember.....That got nixed but, if you remember later after the egg drop, they gave away a bunch of baby chicks.....
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