Denver in the 1960s and 1970s (Memory Lane) (Littleton, Englewood: horses, estate)

[jude fawley]

Originally Posted by Bill Garcia

I wonder if anyone remembers the exact location of the Spartan store in the SW part of town, probably on Sheridan somewhere.

The Spartan store was at Sheridan and Jewell. Across the parking lot from it was an Albertson's. In the '70s it got turned into a home improvement store called Handy Dan's. I don't remember what happened to it after that but it's a Safeway now.

[davidv]

Originally Posted by jude fawley

The Spartan store was at Sheridan and Jewell. Across the parking lot from it was an Albertson's. In the '70s it got turned into a home improvement store called Handy Dan's. I don't remember what happened to it after that but it's a Safeway now.

Alas poor Safeway is dead as well. It closed about 2 years ago, and nothing has replaced it.

That area of town has been doing poorly commercially for some time. About 5 years before Safeway closed, the Target store was shuttered. It is a dollar store of some type.

The Bear Valley Mall closed about 15-20 years ago and has been reborn as a strip mall anchored by a very large King Soopers and a Home Depot. Albertsons, which had moved to Dartmouth and Sheridan, closed at least 10 years ago but has since been reborn as a Walmart neighborhood market.

[jude fawley]

Originally Posted by davidv

Alas poor Safeway is dead as well. It closed about 2 years ago, and nothing has replaced it.

That area of town has been doing poorly commercially for some time. About 5 years before Safeway closed, the Target store was shuttered. It is a dollar store of some type.

The Bear Valley Mall closed about 15-20 years ago and has been reborn as a strip mall anchored by a very large King Soopers and a Home Depot. Albertsons, which had moved to Dartmouth and Sheridan, closed at least 10 years ago but has since been reborn as a Walmart neighborhood market.

Thanks for the update, I hadn't been past the Safeway for a while, evidently.

I remember that the Bear Valley Walmart market, before it was an Albertsons, was a King Soopers. The current Bear Valley King Soopers is where the May D&F used to be. A lot of things changed in that shopping center except that Hodel's held on for a long time, now I think it's a dollar store kind of thing.

[Yaleman]

Anybody on here go to Gust Elementary School in the early to mid 60's??

[jerryd56q]

Glad I found this board...... I went to Daniels Elementary..... 1974 grad of Lakewood... former employee of Drumstick (#1 @ 6501 W Colfax)... Yellow Cab driver 1977-1979.... now living in Talladega AL

[jerryd56q]

Now... anyone remember these?

Lake Shore drive in

A & W Colfax & Swadley

Dog & Suds..on Alameda

DeeGee and Zip convenience stores

Lane's Tavern

Deer in pens at the Federal ctr

Hooky bobbing

Ft Westland

[Montana Griz]

How about the 10 cent Toll Booth at the Broomfield "exit/entrance" ramp(s) on Hwy 36 in 1966��

[reed303]

Originally Posted by Montana Griz

How about the 10 cent Toll Booth at the Broomfield "exit/entrance" ramp(s) on Hwy 36 in 1966��

You mean these ?

http://blogs.denverpost.com/library/...H1-300x243.jpg

['M']

Originally Posted by lil_duck2004

I've been doing some research on the internet, and I can't find any information about the Denver location. Does anyone know when it closed?

We moved to Denver from Dallas in 1976. There was also a Bobby McGee's in Dallas, where we ate many a good crab leg dinner. Didn't go to the Denver one so much, but later, when I was single, my girlfriends and I would go dancing at the Denver Bobby McGee's. I think the Denver location closed in the mid-eighties / late eighties.

[Alley Kat]

Hi all, I grew up a block and a half south of the Drumstick on Locust St. Does anyone remember Ross Hardware that was just across and slightly east on Colfax from the Drumstick? Just a great hardware store that sold everything from bicycles to fishing tackle.