Salvation Army

[Pete]

Just found this photo of the sign from AMC... I remember it being huge and distinctive:

[kevinpate]

Nope. The one south of I-40 has both in one massive building where all the trucks are and a big store, too. The one in MWC accept donations at their store.

Norman now operates a larger than before GW store, has for a spell actually. Donations are accepted at separate donation sites around the community.

[Thunder]

Pete, ur very resourceful.

[BBatesokc]

Drove by this morning. About have the building is now down and loaded into trucks.

[metro]

Pics?

[Bryanosaurus]

Went by today and the entire building looks to be torn down. Just the foundation and some piles of rubble left.

Also I noticed the old rusty water tower located just south of this location appears to have been wrapped in a blue cover with the seal of Oklahoma City on it. Hopefully they are also going to paint it.

[metro]

Took these on Friday:

[Cocaine]

bye bye amc

[rcjunkie]

Took these on Friday:

The building was way past it's prime, however, still sad to see it go. My late Grandmother worked at AMC, in the Jewelry Department for 26 years.

[MikeOKC]

The building was way past it's prime, however, still sad to see it go. My late Grandmother worked at AMC, in the Jewelry Department for 26 years.

I agree. I have a ridiculous sadness about this. Just soooo many memories from the sixties.

[MDot]

I drove by a couple weeks ago and they had just got done tearing it down. There was still dust floating around from it.

[BB37]

I agree. I have a ridiculous sadness about this. Just soooo many memories from the sixties.

Spent a lot of hours there as a kid myself. I only went there once after it became a flea market. Sad to see it go, but the building looked like it was in bad shape.

[metro]

Bad shape is an understatement.

[oneforone]

AMC and Gibson's were the predecessors of the Supercenters/Superstores of today. I remember going there to shop with Grandfather when it was a full functioning retail store and a flea market. My grandfather stopped going to AMC and Old Paris Flea market when most of the vendors became retail sales shops and the second hand vendors were ran off to Mary's Swap Meet. He went to Mary's practically every weekend up until shortly before he died. Good memories of AMC. I will agree the place was old and needed to be torn down. Very few places could use the building even if it was in good condition. If I remember right a large warehouse was on the south end of AMC. It has sat vacant since the retail store closed.

[Pete]

[NoOkie]

heck thats where Detox is moving to in on linwood and Virginia.. I just talked to the guys at the antique store about it.. I say move the mission out by the airport...

There have been quite a few attempts to get the Mission to relocate, especially out towards Morgan and I-40. The big problem is that a lot of their clientele are migratory and come in on the bus. If they move too far from the Greyhound station, they can't fulfill their mission. From what I know, they're trying to/have purchased a few buildings around the current one and plan to make it more of a self-contained area to try and keep their clients contained from the new C2S and downtown revitalization.

[Larry OKC]

Isn't/hasn't the Greyhound been moved to JRs at MLK & Reno???

[SoonerDave]

AMC and Gibson's were the predecessors of the Supercenters/Superstores of today. I remember going there to shop with Grandfather when it was a full functioning retail store and a flea market. My grandfather stopped going to AMC and Old Paris Flea market when most of the vendors became retail sales shops and the second hand vendors were ran off to Mary's Swap Meet. He went to Mary's practically every weekend up until shortly before he died. Good memories of AMC. I will agree the place was old and needed to be torn down. Very few places could use the building even if it was in good condition. If I remember right a large warehouse was on the south end of AMC. It has sat vacant since the retail store closed.

And don't forget about GEX, the General Exchange, which is what Old Paris used to be. It, too, was very Sams-like - you had to have a membership card. It was a fun place. Only fleeting memories of it from when I was a kid, but I remember it.

Much more vivid memories of AMC; it was a fairly regular shopping stop. My dad could get cheap motor oil and filters there, and they had a great toy department. We didn't typically get too many groceries there, but they had 'em. My wife's uncle was a toy buyer there many, many years ago, and he got first glimpses at all kinds of great toys, some of which he was able to snag for himself and his own kids as promotional freebies. All that said, I remember the building being in a deteriorating condition way back then, when I was a kid, and I was amazed the structure lasted this long.

[SoonerDave]

Foreman Scotty!!!! And the Circle 4 Ranch!!!

Aw, man, now you've gone and tripped the nostalgia switch. Got on Foreman Scotty twice as a kid. Back in days of great local kids programming. Wow....just wow.

[okctrd]

anyone know why they haven't started construction?

they were messing with the site in janurary but haven't seen anything since??

[Larry OKC]

They did get in torn down in a hurry...does seem odd but am sure someone somewhere has a reason...

[Skyline]

They did get in torn down in a hurry...does seem odd but am sure someone somewhere has a reason...

Since when does anyone need a reason to tear a building down in Okc?... j/k

[Pete]

I believe the Salvation Army is still working on plans for that site, as they received a good donation from Chesapeake and also a nice chunk for their current property that is in the path of the new Central Park.

But they will have to get out of their soon as the first phase of the park is due to begin construction in mid 2013 -- about a year from now.

[BoulderSooner]

I believe the Salvation Army is still working on plans for that site, as they received a good donation from Chesapeake and also a nice chunk for their current property that is in the path of the new Central Park.

But they will have to get out of their soon as the first phase of the park is due to begin construction in mid 2013 -- about a year from now.

i believe that they have a lease agreement that last until 1Q 13 with the city

[Skyline]

What type of building should we expect from the Salvation Army?

I thought that 10th street has been deemed a redevelopment corridor by the city and with that there are special building requirements.