McDonalds NW 23 & Penn

[mrbob]

If you have lived in OKC for the last 25 yrs and went by McDonalds at NW 23 and Penn. I bought the 1955 ford car red and white with Ronald McDonald on the front window that sat outside. The engine is gone but I will find one for it. Has some rust but I will fix that too. Is this a piece of history or what.

[metro]

odd post

[USG '60]

Cool. How much did they charge you and why did they want to sell it?

[Spartan]

If you have lived in OKC for the last 25 yrs and went by McDonalds at NW 23 and Penn. I bought the 1955 ford car red and white with Ronald McDonald on the front window that sat outside. The engine is gone but I will find one for it. Has some rust but I will fix that too. Is this a piece of history or what.

Would you like fries with that?

[scootinger]

watch out for the hamburglar

[Steve]

Mr. Bob, a simple typo has those far mur purfekt than yoo or I being rather condescending. Yes, I think your acquisition is cool.

[mrbob]

Do you remember. trying to get pic loaded

[MikeOKC]

I remember the car! I loved it when that McDonalds went to a fifties theme and even had a few stalls for carhops. That was back in, what, late '80s or early '90s? I don't know when they abandoned the theme, but I enjoyed it while it lasted. They even had retro wrappings for their burgers with the McDonald guy and the chef's hat. Enjoy the car!

[Urbanized]

It went to a fifties theme when it was constructed new in the early '90s. I've had this conversation before with people who swear they ate at that "historic" McDonalds when they were kids in the 60s or 70s or whatever. That corner was a Sears parking lot before the Sears was demolished and the current development -- which included the McDonalds -- took shape.

[Larry OKC]

It went to a fifties theme when it was constructed new in the early '90s. I've had this conversation before with people who swear they ate at that "historic" McDonalds when they were kids in the 60s or 70s or whatever. That corner was a Sears parking lot before the Sears was demolished and the current development -- which included the McDonalds -- took shape.

So true...LOL

Wasn't the McDonalds closer to the middle of the Shepherd Mall block on the south side of the street? Think the building is still there and has housed a couple of different eating places since it relocated to the corner and the "retro" theme. If it is the one I am thinking of, probably built in the late 70s at the earliest? (One online source puts that building design as introduced in 1967) Doesn't mean there couldn't have been a previous one on that location that they might be remembering (not the current corner location).

[lasomeday]

I was there the day it opened. My friend built it as a replica of the original McDonalds in LA. He owned the McDonalds down the street, I think closer to Penn on 23rd. He sold it and built the "historic" one.

He sold it about 10 years ago and it has not been the same since. I don't know if it is the neighborhood or the owners that have caused the changes. I miss the drive up windows and the old car in front.

[ddavidson8]

I was so shocked and sad when I drove by one day and that Sears had been torn down. What a waste. Now that shopping center is a dump isn't it? Is there even anything worth-wild there?

[MikeOKC]

The one on the south side of 23rd (across from the middle of Shepard Mall) was definitely there in the 1960s. I used to go there and get the .19 hamburgers, .10, .15 & .20 cent drinks and that was 1965 or so. It was one with the arches on top of the buildings, ordered outside and had the seating along the tiled brick walls. Another building replaced it on the same site.

The retro McDonalds on the NW corner of 23rd and Penn opened early '90s and when it switched from that theme, lasomeday is spot-on, it hasn't been the same since.

[mrbob]

Here is the car.

[Urbanized]

Replaced by a Red Box!

[kevinpate]

> by a Red Box

In a word ... sad.

[metro]

leave the flowers on your windows

[ddavidson8]

Did anyone shed a tear for the Sears that got torn down? For a McDonalds of all things?

[muzique808]

Did anyone shed a tear for the Sears that got torn down? For a McDonalds of all things?

Most of my childhood wardrobe, as well as my first boombox in the '80s, was from that Sears.

I later worked in the Blockbuster Music store that was behind the McDonald's, where Dollar Tree is now. I was in that McD's frequently. I really did like the 50's theme a lot better than what they're doing with it now. Isn't it owned by Santiago now?

[MikeOKC]

Did anyone shed a tear for the Sears that got torn down? For a McDonalds of all things?

Isn't that the truth? I have many memories of that Sears store. When I was a kid my two favorite spots were the Toy Box (a big room of its own just for toys in the basement) and the candy counter with all kinds of chocolate clusters, jelly beans, popcorn. I miss that old store. I support Sears at its other locations whenever I can. They consistently make high-quality products with Craftsman, Diehard, Kenmore and it's also a great place to actually find quality shirts, ties, etc. at reasonable prices too. And, I like the clean department store concept versus the cattle herd warehouse feel of a Wal-Mart.

[PennyQuilts]

Isn't that the truth? I have many memories of that Sears store. When I was a kid my two favorite spots were the Toy Box (a big room of its own just for toys in the basement) and the candy counter with all kinds of chocolate clusters, jelly beans, popcorn. I miss that old store. I support Sears at its other locations whenever I can. They consistently make high-quality products with Craftsman, Diehard, Kenmore and it's also a great place to actually find quality shirts, ties, etc. at reasonable prices too. And, I like the clean department store concept versus the cattle herd warehouse feel of a Wal-Mart.

I loved that store. I also loved the candy counter and there used to be a little cafe on the south side. My sister worked there when we were in High School and I would have to go pick her up after work if I wanted to have the car we shared. Because she got a discount and we were the same size, I did quite a bit of shopping for school clothes there. My grandmother was the first female director of personnel for Sears, nationwide, decades and decades ago. When I drove by and saw the pile of rubble, I felt like a family member had died.

[ddavidson8]

Isn't that the truth? I have many memories of that Sears store. When I was a kid my two favorite spots were the Toy Box (a big room of its own just for toys in the basement) and the candy counter with all kinds of chocolate clusters, jelly beans, popcorn. I miss that old store. I support Sears at its other locations whenever I can. They consistently make high-quality products with Craftsman, Diehard, Kenmore and it's also a great place to actually find quality shirts, ties, etc. at reasonable prices too. And, I like the clean department store concept versus the cattle herd warehouse feel of a Wal-Mart.

I never had a chance to experience the place. I drove by it once in college and thought it was a really cool building and planned on going back one day to walk through it, but by the time I went back I thought I had imagined it or that it was in another part of town. I couldn't believe it had been torn down. I think that's when I first realized how transient life can be.

[muzique808]

I never had a chance to experience the place. I drove by it once in college and thought it was a really cool building and planned on going back one day to walk through it, but by the time I went back I thought I had imagined it or that it was in another part of town. I couldn't believe it had been torn down. I think that's when I first realized how transient life can be.

This is why there is a camera in my car at all times now.

[rcjunkie]

I'm 50 years old and was raised just S. of this area. My dad and I would walk to Sears on Sat. mornings, first we would stop in the café/snack bar for coffee and a soda, spend an hour or two looking at/buying tools he just had to have, then buy a pound or two of hot cashews and head home. Oh the memories.

[papaOU]

If you have lived in OKC for the last 25 yrs and went by McDonalds at NW 23 and Penn. I bought the 1955 ford car red and white with Ronald McDonald on the front window that sat outside. The engine is gone but I will find one for it. Has some rust but I will fix that too. Is this a piece of history or what.

I would say or what!

I have always hated that question "or what"