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August 25, 2010/Mid-Century Modern /by Mid-Century Mike

The Disappearing Mid-Century Modern Safeways

One of the mid-century modern "Marina"-style Safeway stores in the area

One of the mid-century modern “Marina” style Safeway stores in the area will be disappearing. This one on Georgia Avenue and Reedie Drive in Wheaton, most likely from the 1960s, will be replaced with with a mixed-used development.

One of the mid-century modern "Marina"-style Safeway stores in the area

A mid-century modern "Marina"-style Safeway stores in the area will be replaced

The Marina name comes from the the first Safeway of this design on Marina Boulevard in San Francisco. “Safeway stores from the late 1950s and early 1960s are some of the most easily-identifiable structures on the west coast,” David Gwynn writes at groceteria.com.  “A classic and simple modern design, with three main variations, these stores look as clean and fresh today as the day they opened. Many of these stores, such as San Francisco’s Marina Boulevard location (the first such store in June 1959), continue to operate with only minor exterior modifications forty years after their construction.”

If you want to visit one in its vintage state, head to the store further down on Georgia Avenue here in DC (see images below) or this one on University Boulevard in Silver Spring. While many of us appreciate the architecture and are sad to see it disappear, there is a larger discussion of the issues surrounding why some Safeways are redeveloped while others remain in their original state or close to it. Do you know other vintage stores, ones that have been altered or ultimately lost?

One of the mid-century modern "Marina"-style Safeway stores in the area

One of the mid-century modern "Marina"-style Safeway stores in the area

One of the mid-century modern "Marina"-style Safeway stores in the area

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