BURLINGAME
Longs Drugs, Burlingame Plaza
On the site of a demolished Purity supermarket.
exterior
Union 76 (Bay Area Oil Supply), 1876 El Camino Real (at
Murchison)
This 76 station, with its ball, is located just a block from the unit at
Millbrae Avenue and El Camino Real, but a full city line away. (Murchison
serves as the municipal boundary.) Both stations are run by the same
franchisee.
exterior
Lunardi's, Burlingame Plaza
Originally a 1950s Lee Brothers market, then a Petrini's.
exterior
Mollie Stone's, Chapin Avenue at El Camino Real
Interesting arch-roof style store from the upmarket Bay Area chain.
According to Justin Karimzad, this structure is actually a former
bubble-roof 1950 Lucky which closed in the 1990s and was remodeled by Mollie
Stone's.
exterior
Safeway, Howard Avenue (at El Camino Real)
This 1950s pylon store was remodeled in the 1970s into the shakeroof prototype;
according to Justin Karimzad, the produce section (facing El Camino Real
on its south) was the original checkstand area, with the current checkstand
section a completely new addition in the shakeroof-era remodel.
Interestingly, the store's decor package utilizes few words, preferring
photographs instead - a likely addition from the Eighties that I haven't
seen very often.
entrance
back row
photo decor
more photo
decor
"thank you
for shopping at Safeway" in current checkstand area
square S
sign on front wall
square S
parking sign
entrance
shot #2
square S
parking lot sign
Walgreens, Howard Avenue
The stone facing hints at its April 1968 opening date (from Justin Karimzad's
notes); apparently the interior is also unremodeled as well.
exterior
#1
exterior
#2, side wall
former Phillips 66, now Nick's Honda and Acura Service, 1 Park Road (at
Peninsula and El Camino Real) (New, 3/19/07 - photo taken
3/18/07)
Only the old canopy pole
remains.
canopy
pole (gamma-corrected)
Union 76 (Phil Siu), 1480 Broadway (at El Camino Real) (New, 3/19/07 -
photo taken 3/18/07)
Still has 76
ball.
dark view
