the good old days.

[Humble Narcissist]

SF1900 works there still.

[stuntmovie]

Fine dined at the Woolwofth counter many times.

The special was usually the hot turkey sandwich smothered in gravey with a lump of smashed potatos, a scoop of veggies and a small amount of cranberry sauce in a little paper cup.

(Ask for more .. and you got it!)

Or if you were in a hurry ... you could go to the pizza counter and get a loaded slice of pizza for 29 cents plus a dime for a Coca-Cola.

And that cable car ride was a dime also which included a transfer so that you could could return home no matter what part of San Fran you lived in.

[stuntmovie]

What was once a dime ... now costs five dollars!

And you don't even get a transfer!

[tom joad]

Good memories going to Woolworth (and eating there) when visiting my grandparents in Timmins Ontario during summers in the 70s.

[dan18]

Good memories going to Woolworth (and eating there) when visiting my grandparents in Timmins Ontario during summers in the 70s.

Man what we have become coming up on 2020....

[IroNat]

What was once a dime ... now costs five dollars!

And you don't even get a transfer!

More than that.

>

https://www.sfmta.com/fares/cable-car-single-ride

MuniMobile: Adult & Youth
$7.00 ($8.00 Effective 1/1/2020)

Clipper Card: Adult & Youth
$7.00 ($8.00 Effective 1/1/2020)

Cash
$7.00 ($8.00 Effective 1/1/2020)

Senior/ Disabled/ Medicare: 7am-9pm
$7.00 ($8.00 Effective 1/1/2020)

Senior/ Disabled/ Medicare: 9pm-7am
$3.00 ($4.00 Effective 1/1/2020)

[SF1900]

SF1900 works there still.

They were a great company to work for.

I was sad to see them go under.

[funk51]

anyone remember this phrase on the tombstone.

[IRON CROSS]

SF1900 works there still.

SiFi is North American rep for 'Biceps Supinator Machinery, well known Australian product !.

 

[wes]

When I was around 13 years old I was hanging oiutside Kresges a 5 and 10 store.............well I looked up and saw this cat with Hells Angelels colors on..............mind you this was in Springfield Mass...............long story short the dude bought me a hot dog from the vendor on the corner.................. .told all my friends like I was king shit LOL 

[stuntmovie]

IRON, Thanks for the update on the cable car fees.

Once upon a time I had family members living in an ecpensive apaartment 'up thar' at the top of Nob Hill who rode that cable car on a daiy basis for 10 cents a ride and that included a tranfer to hop on the street car .... but now a days they most likely woould not be able to afford it.

I wonder if those folks who live up there get some sort of a monthly discount?

Here was one of my favorite places to eat on Powell Street a block or two from Market Street way back when.

Anyone ever been there?

[stuntmovie]

WES, Here are some KRESGES photos to enhance your memory ....

That store appeared to be very similar to Woolworth's.  Where was the one you mentioned above located?

[stuntmovie]

Here's a place which most likely no GetBigger has ever seen ....

[IroNat]

IRON, Thanks for the update on the cable car fees.

Once upon a time I had family members living in an ecpensive apaartment 'up thar' at the top of Nob Hill who rode that cable car on a daiy basis for 10 cents a ride and that included a tranfer to hop on the street car .... but now a days they most likely woould not be able to afford it.

I wonder if those folks who live up there get some sort of a monthly discount?

Here was one of my favorite places to eat on Powell Street a block or two from Market Street way back when.

Anyone ever been there?

Went to SF on family vacation trip (3 kids and mom & dad) in 1969.  We all rode the cable cars.

We even had easy parking and walked all over. 

Nowadays, the parking would be $25 to $50 and 'ol Dad couldn't afford those cable car rides, and we'd have to hop and skip over the excrement from the "homeless" drug addicts and shiftless bums.

That's progress.

[IroNat]

Here's another long gone store.  

My mother carried me out of a Grant's store upside down around age 3 while I was having a temper tantrum.

I remember looking at a yellow backhoe from an upside down perspective that was in the parking lot.

Nobody called Child Welfare.  No evident lifelong trauma effects.

[funk51]

Here's another long gone store.  

My mother carried me out of a Grant's store upside down around age 3 while I was having a temper tantrum.

I remember looking at a yellow backhoe from an upside down perspective that was in the parking lot.

Nobody called Child Welfare.  No evident lifelong trauma effects.

          we had one of those in my small town than it became another 5 and 10 store called spillane's and now in 2019 it's a gym. also a ben franklin's

[funk51]

where grant's used to sell monkeys is the leg area the candy counter area is now arm land. the office area is now an aerobics room

[BIG AL MCKECHNIE]

My granny and grampa got me one of these from Woolworths for christmas 1972. Best present ever.  You cant even buy toy guns like these anymore. No indeed you can't.

[Primemuscle]

Spent many evenings here after I got my first car.

Bob's Big Boy on Van Nuys Blvd. in Van Nuys CA

[Primemuscle]

My wife and I would eat here when we were dating. Best menu item was "Those potatoes"....layers of hash-browns and sour cream with green onions...yum.

Hamburger Hamlet, West Hollywood, CA


Those Potatoes

[joswift]

My wife and I would eat here when we were dating. Best menu item was "Those potatoes"....layers of hash-browns and sour cream with green onions...yum.

Hamburger Hamlet, West Hollywood, CA


Those Potatoes

I would send that back, it looks bland and tasteless

[Primemuscle]

I would send that back, it looks bland and tasteless

Looks can be deceiving. Trust me, it wasn't bland and tastless.

[Svengoolie]

I remember going to the Woolworths that was in the Mall connected to the Sears Adam Walsh was abducted outside of, which always made it an unsettling experience. I want to say it was open until at least 1994. They had some of the best ice cream cones in town there.

[Primemuscle]

I remember going to the Woolworths that was in the Mall connected to the Sears Adam Walsh was abducted outside of, which always made it an unsettling experience. I want to say it was open until at least 1994. They had some of the best ice cream cones in town there.

Good you remember the ice cream cones. Best not to think about scary stuff, like being abducted.

[pamith]

I don't remember