I remember that Chinese restaurant on Castor Ave near Tyson but can't remember the name. I remember waiting over an hour many times, just to get seated! Today, I won't wait more than 20 minutes to get into a restaurant but in , I would wait for 60 minutes. I missed both of those restaurants when they closed. Just looking at these pictures bring back memories.
Look how clean the streets and sidewalks are! Never see this today. I worked in that store in the late '80's, when Toys 'R' Us converted it, they added a loading dock to the parking lot side of the store.
The original store outside was then inside the loading dock, including a Food Fair logo with the name painted over! I remember that distinctive Food Fair logo. I don't recall that it had been painted over.
What was at that location prior to Toys 'R' Us? I think that Food Fair became Pantry Pride, but I don't know if that was the case at that particular store. Come to think of it, you're right, it was the Pantry Pride logo. It had the shape of a set of those swinging saloon doors from the old westerns. The sign was actually inside the store, but not where customers could see it in the loading dock area. Was the corset shop you mention called "Hannes"?
There was one on Ogontz Avenue in West Oak Lane it's still there but under different ownership but Oxford Circle and WOL are similar neighborhoods in form, and in the midth Century, demographically, too. Ott's Camera is still there and still a beautiful building of its period. I just came across an article about that corset shop: Mi-Lady Corset Shoppes.
