VALLEJO
Original batch of photos taken 3/17/07
former Safeway, now Vineyard Christian Fellowship, 1 Rancho Square (Sonoma
Boulevard (Route 29) at Mini Drive)
In the "shakeroof hut" design like the current Big Lots in Milpitas. Just
south of the American Canyon/Vallejo boundary (also the Solano/Napa County
boundary).
far view
of tuning fork/hexagon sign
front
slightly
closer view of sign
lightpole
right wing
entrance area
side view
of front
hallway
floorplan
interior,
showing ceiling with laminated beams and row lighting
interior
#2, showing front window area (former checkstand zone)
interior
#3, view towards north parallel to beams
view towards
front in left entrance area
closeup of
sign
Chevron/McDonald's, 5200 Sonoma Boulevard (Route 29)
view towards
northeast
view from
Rancho Square lot
Food4Less, Meadows Plaza (5184 Sonoma Boulevard (Route 29))
view obscured
by trees
shopping
center sign
Admiral Callaghan Shell, 708 Admiral Callaghan Lane (at Redwood
Parkway)
exterior
Safeway, Redwood Plaza (774 Admiral Callaghan Lane)
Currently sporting lifestyle decor.
shopping
center sign, far view
front,
slight angle view
right
side
aisle view
(blurry)
frozen food
aisle
back
row
Rancher's
Reserve wall text
angle view
of clock
Wells Fargo
sign on left side
close angle
view of front
Redwood Plaza
sign
Safeway, 709 Lincoln Road West
Falsefronted marina with drop ceiling (though beams are somewhat visible
still). Pre-Lifestyle decor. One of the first with a Safeway
gas station, placed right up near Interstate 80.
gas
station
north
wall
ceiling and
beams
beams, showing
original marina ceiling rise
beams
#2
Fresh
Dairy
produce
area (blurry)
Fresh From
The Fields
side view
of front
Safeway gas
price sign near left wing (south) entrance
Safeway sign
on building front (east wall)
gas
station, view towards northwest
right wing
(north) entrance, view towards southwest
north wall,
angle view
Arco/ampm, 333 Curtola Parkway (at Sonoma Boulevard)
ampm
building
former Union 76, now Ma Serve, 1300 Sonoma Boulevard (Route 29) (at Curtola
Parkway)
Once had spinning ball, judging from pole assembly.
price sign
on pole with former spinning ball assembly
far view
former Safeway, now Guardian of Truth 7th Day Adventist church, 401 Marin
Street
Marina with true ceiling.
front
angle view
of front
loading
bay
old office
window and stone facing (north wall)
former back
stockroom, now passageway
area under
construction on right (north) side of building, with row lighting showing
through curtain
reused 1960s
Safeway decor lettering (gamma-corrected)
view towards
northwest, slight angle
former gas station?, now empty lot, Marin and Maine
lightmasts
light mast
#2
Goodyear Tire Center, 1412 Sonoma Boulevard (Route 29)
far view
former Cheaper, now Marin Market and Liquor, 200 Marin Street (at Curtola
Parkway)
view towards
east
former gas station, now Enterprise Rent-A-Car, 1125 Sonoma Boulevard (Route
29)
exterior
Discount Gas, 605 Magazine Street (at Sonoma Boulevard)
Interesting wavy-awning building here.
exterior
Walgreens, 1050 Redwood Street (at Broadway Street) (New, 3/28/07)
exterior
Valero (Roadrunner Gas), 990 Redwood Street (New, 3/28/07)
blurry
view
price sign
and canopy
David's 76/Vallejo Union 76 (Nader Pakroo), 3603 Sonoma Boulevard
(Route 29) (at Redwood Street) (New, 3/28/07)
far view
former Grand Auto Supply, now Aamco/Kragen, 3580 Sonoma Boulevard (Route
29) (at Redwood Street) (New, 3/28/07)
exterior
former Taco Bell, now Midori Japanese Cuisine, 3440 Sonoma Boulevard (Route
29) (New, 3/28/07)
angle view
of front
Neely's Diagnostic Car Clinic, Redwood Street (New, 3/28/07)
Classic old-school freestanding sign.
exterior
former Denny's?, now Margarita's Restaurant, 901 Redwood Street (New,
3/28/07)
exterior
Long John Silver's, 1015 Redwood Street (New, 3/28/07)
exterior
former Church's, now Chicken Express Mexican Rotisserie, 1075 Redwood
Street (New, 3/28/07)
exterior
former supermarket?, now Community Bible Church, 710 Broadway Street (New,
3/28/07)
exterior
former Union 76, now L's Automotive, 700 Broadway Street (at Nebraska
Street) (New, 3/28/07)
front
view towards
north, with circular sign area
pole
formerly holding 76 ball and price sign
Vallejo Tesoro (Britton's Mini Mart), 640 Broadway Street (at Nebraska
Street) (New, 3/28/07)
exterior
canopy and
building close view
angle view
of pump
former gas station, now Westcoast Auto Service, 1696 Broadway Street (at
Sereno Drive) (New, 3/28/07)
angle view
of building
closer
view
J&R Gas and Mini-Mart, 850 Sereno Drive (New, 3/28/07)
far view
Valero Vallejo, 1985 Broadway Street (at Marine World Parkway) (New,
3/28/07)
view towards
northwest
(Update, 7/23/07 - photo taken by Emmanuel
Manasievici)
far view
towards south
Chevron (MRRG, Inc.), 99 Lincoln Road West (New, 6/1/07)
far view
of price sign
former Arco/ampm?, now 5 Star gas station, 101 Lincoln Road West (New,
6/1/07)
canopy and
building
Union 76 (Milestone Pacific Properties LLC), 199 Lincoln Road West (New,
6/1/07)
far view
Union 76 (Medina & Pakroo), 223 Fairgrounds Drive (at Redwood Street
and Interstate 80) (New, 6/1/07)
very far
view
Shell at Marine World, 1604 Marine World Parkway (at Sonoma Boulevard
(Route 29), east of Route 37 Exit 19) (New, 7/23/07 - photo taken by Emmanuel
Manasievici)
very far
view
