This has to be the end for Metcalf South, right? (Overland: motel, college)

[luzianne]

Originally Posted by CrownVic95

I see that Bob Allen Ford is still there, but Classen-Morse Chevrolet is now McCarthy-Morse Chevrolet.

They are there, but Bud Brown that was on the southeast corner of 91st and Metcalf is gone. There's a Wendy's there now.

[CrownVic95]

Originally Posted by luzianne

They are there, but Bud Brown that was on the southeast corner of 91st and Metcalf is gone. There's a Wendy's there now.

That's another indicator that Google Maps images are typically a year or more old. It still shows what looks to be the old car dealer building....abandoned. How long has the Wendy's been there?

[luzianne]

Originally Posted by CrownVic95

That's another indicator that Google Maps images are typically a year or more old. It still shows what looks to be the old car dealer building....abandoned. How long has the Wendy's been there?

Just a few months. But of course, the spot was empty for a little while between when they tore down Bud Brown and Wendy's was built. Can't say how long because I didn't pay that much attention. The Wendy's went up fast, though, once they started building it.

[luzianne]

Remember when there was a Datsun dealer on Metcalf?

[CrownVic95]

Originally Posted by luzianne

Just a few months. But of course, the spot was empty for a little while between when they tore down Bud Brown and Wendy's was built. Can't say how long because I didn't pay that much attention. The Wendy's went up fast, though, once they started building it.

I never had any interest in Chrysler/Plymouth products, so I'd say that Wendy's is a far better use of that space.

Bought two new cars at Classen-Morse, though.

Originally Posted by luzianne

Remember when there was a Datsun dealer on Metcalf?

Yes, I do. Up around 80th, wasn't it? Near downtown OP?

How about Andy Klein Pontiac? Is it still there?

[luzianne]

Originally Posted by CrownVic95

I never had any interest in Chrysler/Plymouth products, so I'd say that Wendy's is a far better use of that space.

Bought two new cars at Classen-Morse, though.


Yes, I do. Up around 80th, wasn't it? Near downtown OP?

How about Andy Klein Pontiac? Is it still there?

Yes, probably about 80th. That's where the used Honda dealership is now. The new Hondas are a block down and across the street.

Andy Klein is still there.

[GraniteStater]

Flashback Thursday one day late. Children's Palace was on 91st and Metcalf across the road from the Glenwood Theater. An open field was beyond that area southwest of Glenwood. I recall a Luby's Cafeteria on the northeast corner of 91st.

[GraniteStater]

Originally Posted by denverian

I'm not old enough to remember the French Market. It was always K-mart to me, but I'll never forget the odd architecture. Or the shopping carts rolling down the hill, crashing into cars. Same with the K-mart at Antioch and SM Pkwy, although in opposite direction. I remember when those two stores got the special carts with the brakes. There was a blue handle you had to squeeze to make the cart move lol!

So what are they doing with that area since K-mart closed? I get the feeling K-mart is a dying brand. I don't even know where one is here in Denver. And remember Venture on the SW corner of 95th and Metcalf? I think it closed in the late '80s.

Venture! An 80s flashback for sure. I went there often when I was younger and I definitely recall that the carts had brakes on them. The exterior façade had a distinctive color scheme of black and white. They seemed to sell a lot of downscale and discounted merchandise.

Here is one of there commercials:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bruyouM7iMY

And this is a local clip from KCTV5 from 1988:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jFhLTxLJzY

Also another interesting fact: Target pulled out of the Kansas City market and did not enter back in until the late 1990s, after Venture became defunct. If you read the Wikipedia that should make sense as the two are related. The opening of the Olathe "Target" in the late 1990s was a "big deal" at the time.

[GraniteStater]

Originally Posted by CrownVic95

That's another indicator that Google Maps images are typically a year or more old. It still shows what looks to be the old car dealer building....abandoned. How long has the Wendy's been there?

The original Metcalf Rd car wash is still there just north of 79st.

[luzianne]

Originally Posted by GraniteStater

The original Metcalf Rd car wash is still there just north of 79st.

It's south, not north, of 79th. It's actually at about 81st. And it's called something else now. It's changed owners a few times. I don't even know what the name is now.