SAN BRUNO
Lunardi's, former Safeway, Skycrest Center
This store was built sometime in the 1960s, but has been Lunardi's for some
time. A remodel is planned for the store which will place a new facade
to replace the current marina shape, with the first stage of the remodel
(the demolition of the rest of the shopping center) now complete.
sign for shopping
center
former Beacon
gas station across the lot
exterior
shot
angled exterior
shot, showing circle L in spot of former circle S
angle shot showing
part of both wings
closeup of left
circle L and entrance at wing
photo of entrance
on left side
decor and
clock
aisle sign
"Welcome to Lunardi's"
decor, note lack of high marina windows
better shot of
"Welcome to Lunardi's"
checkstand
lights
marina ceiling,
another shot of the clock
proposed remodel
external angle
shot of marina arch
closeup of circle
L on right side
exposed right
wall of marina, showing that the only portion of the remodel completed
is the removal of other stores in the shopping center
empty space where
other stores once where
shot of right
circle L and empty space
(Update, 6/1/07)
Sign in parking lot notes that the store is open "during remodeling." Much
of the (demolished) rest of the shopping center has been cordoned off with
a new fence, leaving the supermarket by itself.
angle view
of front
Former Petrini's, now Mollie Stone's, Bayhill
exterior
shot #1
exterior
shot #2
former Alpha Beta and Albertsons, now Lucky, San Bruno Town Centre
exterior
shot
(Update, 12/22/07 - photo taken 11/16/07)
Due to the sale of Northern California Albertsons locations to Save Mart,
this has reverted back to the Lucky brand (which it was prior to the 1999
Lucky/Albertsons
merger).
late afternoon
view
former Lucky, now Walgreens, El Camino Real (Route 82) at Crystal Springs
(New, 12/17/06)
Closed as a Lucky in the 1980s when they took over the San Bruno Town Centre
site; this had operated since the 1940s and neighbored a one-time Safeway
for years (now a car dealership).
exterior
#1
interior
exterior
#2
exterior
#3 facing northwest
Union 76, 401 San Mateo Avenue (at El Camino Real (Route 82)) (New,
12/17/06)
This is one of three 76-ball stations on El Camino in the span of only a
couple of miles.
exterior
76
ball
former Safeway, now Honda dealership, El Camino Real at Crystal Springs
(New, 12/17/06)
This Safeway existed at least in the 1940s and 1950s, straddling its Lucky
competition on its south wall.
shot of both
ex-Lucky and ex-Safeway
exterior
shot facing southwest
exterior
shot facing west
former Lyon's restaurant, now Melaka Chinese Restaurant, 751 San Bruno
Avenue West (at El Camino Real (Route 82)) (New, 12/21/06)
Still has the 1960s architecture.
exterior
shot (light-adjusted)
(Update, 6/1/07)
daytime
view
Shell, 1199 El Camino Real (New, 3/19/07 - photo taken
3/18/07)
night
view
(Update, 6/1/07)
late afternoon
view
former Exxon, now Valero, 800 El Camino Real (New, 3/19/07 - photo taken
3/18/07)
New-build Exxon from the late 90s, with Tiger Mart.
blurry night
view
(Update, 6/1/07)
blurry afternoon
view
former BP, now Union 76 (Reginald K. Chan), 2000 Rollingwood Drive (at
Sneath Lane and Interstate 280) (New, 6/1/07)
view towards
north
7-Eleven, 2020 Rollingwood Drive (New, 6/1/07)
front
former Beacon, now Gas & Shop, 2001 Rollingwood Drive (at Sneath Lane
and Interstate 280) (New, 6/1/07)
When this station operated as a Beacon in the mid-1990s, it lacked a canopy
and had only one or two pump islands.
canopy and
pumps
price sign
7-Eleven, 2100 Crestmoor Drive (at San Bruno Avenue West and Interstate
280) (New, 6/1/07)
sign
Chevron (Tuite, Inc.), 2101 San Bruno Avenue West (at Crestmoor Drive
and Interstate 280) (New, 6/1/07)
canopy and
price sign
former Shell and Beacon, now Econo Mart/Crestmoor Auto Center, 2901 San
Bruno Avenue West (at Skyline Boulevard (Route 35)) (New, 6/1/07)
canopy
price
sign
building
exterior
San Bruno Shell, 798 El Camino Real (Route 82) (at San Bruno Avenue West)
(New, 6/1/07)
afternoon
view
former Union 76, San Bruno Avenue West (at Mills Avenue) (New,
6/1/07)
Boarded up now. A more recent Union 76 (in the ConocoPhillips look)
operates a few blocks east at 717 San Bruno Avenue East (right by US 101).
exterior
former Barbaria Exxon, now Valero, 310 San Bruno Avenue East (New,
6/1/07)
exterior
Chili's, 899 El Camino Real (Route 82) (New, 6/1/07)
sign
front
entrance
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sign
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