Poway Road is the city's "Main Street."
Can you recall any businesses that used to be on this artery, but are not yet listed in the address table below?
If so, please drop us a line.
Poway Road is the city's "Main Street." |
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| 1973 city limits sign |
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| This page inspired by the Poway Road articles of Robert Emery, former Poway Mayor & long-serving City Council Member |  |
Robert C. Emery City Council Chambers |
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| Chieftain article 26 October 2013 (deleted) | |
| Chieftain-SDUT article 9 November 2013 | |
| Chieftain-SDUT article 9 December 2013 | |
History Behind "Poway" Name - by Bob Emery |
Suzanne & Bob Emery |
Also: former Poway Council Member |
Poway Road Corridor History - Businesses of Yore |
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Address |
Current Business |
Former |
Earlier |
Earliest |
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| The List Is Generally Ordered by Ascending Addresses, West to East, but There Are Groups Clustered in Shopping Centers |
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Oak Knoll Road & Oak Knoll Drive Intersection |
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Oak Knoll Plaza |
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| 12205 | demolished | RE Oates Realtor 1967 | Poway News 1961 | ||||
| 12207 | vacant | Denny's Restaurant | Colony Kitchen | Shepardson Company Real Estate 1950-60's |
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| 12227 | ? | Poway Boot Shop & Western Wear |
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| 12233 | Landmark Deli & Grill | Submarina | |||||
| 12243 | Allstate Insurance | Century 21 – Juanita Harmon Realtor & Tres Ranchos #1 office | |||||
| 12245 | Izumi Sushi restaurant | Straw Hat Pizza | Filippi's Pizza Grotto #2 (relocated #3 = 13000 Oak Knoll Dr) |
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end Oak Knoll Plaza |
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| 12255 | vacant | Ace Tires 2013 | El Rancho Ford 1970 | Meister's Ford | |||
| El Rancho Ford 1971 Pinto Runabout |
Poway Valley Ford - 1968 (relocated to 12740) ~ 1967 |
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Poway Promenade |
Merton Post Office —Poway's very first — |
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| 12305 | vacant stand-alone bldg | Cool Scrapbook Stuff = #2 from 13025 Pomerado = #1 relocated to 13268 = #3 |
Royal or Standard Chartered Bank =12301 | ||||
| 12307 | Nails n Spa | Tarbell Realtors | |||||
| 12307 | Pacific Dental Care | Tarbell Realtors | Poway Hallmark Shop 1972 | ||||
| 12313 | JoAnn Fabric & Crafts store | Ben Franklin Crafts #2 relocated from Poway Plaza |
TG&Y ~ storefront ~ (12309) advertisement |
TG&Y Poway? | |||
| 12325 | Golden Haircare | ? | |||||
| 12329 | Distillers Outlet Liquor | Holiday House Liquor ? | |||||
| 12339 | Smart & Final - coming soon | Michaels #1 | Liquor Land | Alpha Beta market ~ grand opening 1971 |
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| liquor license | tent | ||||||
| 12365 | Ultra Fuel service station | Shell service & gasoline station | |||||
| 12369 | 99 Cent Only store | Halloween store | Millers Outpost | ||||
| 12373 | vacant | At Ease Games | Computing 101 '04 | Stoneking Realty 1989 |
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end Pomerado Promenade |
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Pomerado Plaza |
<-- it fronts Poway Rd 90% & Pomerado 10%, |
1979 distant aerial view from Metate & Montauk |
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| 12222 | Indian Kitchen #4 | Oye! Tandoori | Quizno's Subs relocated to 13483 | ||||
| 12222 | U.S. Marine Recruiting Center | Village Lock & Key #1 | Colorama 1989 | ||||
| 12222 | San Diego Premier Vapor E-Cigarette | ? | House of Green 1989 | ||||
| 12222 | Ozzie's Music | Baskin Robbins #1 moved to 13509 |
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| 12314 | vacant | Del Taco | |||||
| 12342 | North Park Produce | Happy Time clothing store | |||||
| 12342 | Big Lots | Pic N Save | Von's grocery store #1 location | ||||
12352 |
Rosaria Pizza | UPS Store |
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| 12354 | RadioShack | Wonder Bread Outlet store | (this RadioShack's prior locations: 13545, 12845, & Walmart-DMV center) |
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| 12358 | CVS Pharmacy | Sav-On Drug store | |||||
| 12364 | Kumon Math & Reading Center |
Cellular Performance & Paging | |||||
| 12366 | Rose's Beauty Supply & Salon | ? | |||||
| 12372 | Winchell's Donut House | ? | |||||
| 12376 | Sal's Budget Barbers | ? | |||||
| 12378 | Weight Watchers | #A | |||||
| 12378 | Poway Family Dental Center - Ning Liu DDS | #B | |||||
| 12378 | Bua Thai Restaurant | #C | |||||
| 12380 | Chase Bank | Washington Mutual Bank | Downey Savings & Loan | Santa Barbara S & L | |||
| 13012 Pomerado Road | 76 & 7-Eleven | Larry’s Union 76 Service | |||||
end Pomerado Plaza |
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Pomerado Road Intersection |
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| 13508 Pomerado Road | Poway Smog Check 13510 | Tom's Drive In (Kaminski) | Po Po's Drive In: 1961 ~ 1962 | ||||
| 13025 Pomerado Road | Liberty Tax & dental | Cool Scrapbook Stuff #1 (relocated to 12305 Poway =#2) |
Aiberto's Mexican #1 (relocated to 12711) |
KFC former | |||
| 13035 Pomerado Road | Craig Rubinoff DDS | Rosaria Pizza (relocation 12352) | Taj Mahal Indian | ||||
| 12410 | Chevron station | Chuck Hilton Chevron 1967 |
Darnell's Chevron ~ 1959 adv Standard Chevron 1961 new station! |
earlier Poway & Pomerado Road: school 1913 |
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| Dave's Chevron Service 1967-72+ |
Bob Necochea: --Chevron 1961 earlier station --1962 adv |
Harrington service station | |||||
| Meadow Brook Store & Standard Oil station | ~ ~ ~ ~ view 2 ~ (former) US 395 1957 final adv |
Meadow Brook Inn 1927-30 | 1916 view ~~ farm 1916 |
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| 12424 | Jack in the Box | early | earlier | ||||
| 12430 | demolished | Walt’s Foreign Car Service '72 | ABC Automotive Services '61 | ||||
| 12440 | Newman's Sports Bar | Poway Vietnamese restaurant | House on the Hill restaurant | Galileo's Italian | |||
| 12448 | Ramada Inn (front planter parcel) |
Tuneup Masters oil & lube garage | |||||
| 12458 | demolished | Bill Lawson Plumbing 1967 | |||||
| 12462 | United Oil | Exxon gasoline station | Mobil gas station 1973 W.R. Breisacher ~ adv #2 |
Hancock Gas Station 1961 W.R. Breisacher |
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| Wheeling TeePees also=14225 | Hancock Gas Station 1968 | ||||||
| 12921-43 Pomerado Road ~~~ "Poway Square" |
various tenants, including Del Dios Insurance |
Poway Sheriff Station #1 south end of building - former antennae? |
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| 12949 Pomerado Road at Poway Road corner, southeast quadrant |
demolished | Shepardson Company Co-Op | Shepardson Company Real Estate #2 |
1970 shag listing | |||
| Clair W. Burgener Company Realtors | Shepardson: Agent for Poway Portals |
1961 adv ~ 1961 listing | |||||
| 12409 | demolished | Poway Shell #1 '67 | |||||
| 12411 | vacant corner building | RE/Max & United Title & Escrow company |
Kodak Photo Hut | Chevron #2 | |||
| Home Federal S&L | Union 76 #1 | ||||||
| 12427 | El Pollo Loco | Burger King |
Yum Yum Donuts #1 | [#2 12649] | |||
| 12439 | Palomar Family Counseling | ERA Walsh & Assoc. Realty | |||||
| 12439 | Betrand's Music | Sun 'n Fun Pool Supplies | |||||
| 12443 | Advanced Care Vet Hospital | Pizza Hut #1 | |||||
| 12455 | Oak Knoll Market |
C-ME 1st Realty Inc | Jack's Realty 1972 | Jack's Poway Land & Homes |
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| 12459 | Oil Changers | Poway Fabrics 1967 | Poway TV adv | Poway TV 1962 | |||
| Poway TV 1967 | |||||||
| 12469 | demolished | Poway Appliance Repair and Fix It 1961 |
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| 12502 | El Dorado Collision Center | De Armon's Automotive Service 1961 | |||||
Poway Country Plaza |
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| 12509 | vacant | Palomar Savings & Loan | piano presented to Palomar S&L 1981 |
Home Federal 1972 mobile | |||
| Home Federal shack | |||||||
| 12511 | Joe N.T. Ngyyen DDS | Winn Realty 1970 |
Winn Realty 1967 | ||||
| 12511 | Frazee Paint store | ? | |||||
| 12511 | Lienzo Charro Mexican | ? | |||||
end Poway Country Plaza |
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| 12510 | McDonalds restaurant | Golden Arches 1981 through Palomar S&L window |
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| 12520 | demolished | Hake Mower 1967 | |||||
| 12538 | Norm's RV | ? | |||||
| 12570 | All Star Glass | residence fronting Ridgedale Drive | |||||
12605 #A |
State Farm Insurance Michael Dolan agency |
Jackson Realty 1967 |
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| 12605 #B | Draperies | ? | |||||
| 12605 #C | Peaceful Glow | ? | |||||
Countryside Apartments, 12556 Oak Knoll Road rear wall; Poway Road former entry |
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Poway Towne Center |
< marquee of current tenants < original center name is in disuse |
1982 street view |
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| 12619 | Express Tire Auto Service | Good Year Tires | L&M Tire Company - Goodyear | ||||
| 12621-A | World Dance N Arts | ||||||
| 12621 | Pizza Hut & Wing Street | ||||||
| 12629 | Hair & Nails 4 Less | ? | |||||
| 12631 | Avis Poway Rent-A-Car | ? | |||||
| 12633 | Paradise Sewing | ? | |||||
| 12643 | Metro PCS | Corky McMillin Realty | |||||
| 12649 | Western Dental Center | Yum Yum Donuts #2 | [#1 =12427] | ||||
| 12651 | Discount Tire | Dorman's Auto Parts | |||||
| 12657 | Martial Arts MMASD.com | International Self Defense Center | Coldwell Banker | ||||
end Poway Towne Center |
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Poway Crossings center |
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| 12604 | demolished | Reher’s Kites & Things | Poway Realty | ||||
| 12612 | Cotixan Mexican & Seafood | Der Wienerschnitzel | photo | |||||
| 12630 | Big 5 Sporting Goods #2 (also prior =12630) |
K-5 Board shop aka K-Five | The Warehouse Music store | ||||
| 12642 | Luc's Bistro #18 | Yume Cafe | |||||
| 12648 | LA Fitness | Albertson's market | Lucky market | Food Basket market | |||
| 12654 | vacant octagonal restaurant | Chinese dining #2 | Jimmy's ? | Daisy's Restaurant | |||
| Gus's Restaurant | |||||||
| 12666 | Rite Aid | Thrifty Drug Store #2 | |||||
| 12674 | Cricket phone | San Diego Federal S&L | |||||
end Poway Crossings center |
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| 12703 | Perry Ford overflow lot at Ipai Waaypuk Trail corner |
Farmer's Insurance 1960 | Lazy M Realty 1960 | Poway Escrow Company 1960 | |||
| Farmer's Insurance 1961 | |||||||
Silver Lake & Ipai Waaypuk Trail Intersections |
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| 12711 | Oscar's Mexican Food | Aiberto's Mexican #2 | Taco Bell original | ||||
| 12719 | Domenic's Italian Ristorante | NAPA Auto Parts #2 from 13145 (later relocated to Scripps Poway Parkway) |
State Farm Insurance (12721) | RV Supply | |||
| Cactus Jack's #2 location ? | |||||||
| 12735 | Kaminski's BBQ & Sports Lounge |
Dad's Cafe | Totem Pole: 1961~ 1967 ~ 1968 ~ 1970 ~ new management |
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| Kaminski Park | Bart's & 3 Sisters 1960 ~ 3 Sisters Cocktail Lounge 1961 |
Poway Mine Company aka 12737 next -> |
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| 12737 | demolished or combined | The Poway Mine Company & Fish House 1973 certificate |
The Poway Mine Company & Fish House 1973 article |
Mainard Construction 1960 | |||
| 12739 | demolishsed | Our Cafe 1961 | Rotroff's restaurant 1961 | ||||
| 12724 | Bank of America #2 | ||||||
| 12740 | Perry Ford of Poway | Poway Valley Ford (relocated from 12255) |
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| 12764 | Car Quest (nw corner Carriage) |
Speedee Mart location #2? | 7-Eleven? | Lambert's Richfield gas station 12784 = 1961 |
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| Richfield & Sheriff parade 1964 | |||||||
Oak Knoll Square |
current tenants: |
1982 street view: |
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| 12759 | Lupe's Cafe & Mexican Food | Norm-an-Dee Insurance 1968 | Poway Chamber of Commerce 1967 | Pacific Coast Mortgage Corporation | |||
| 12759 | Poway Liquor | Oak Knoll Liquor 1968 ~ 1967 | Oak Knoll Liquor new owner | Valley Appliance Service | |||
| 12771 | combined | Mel's Root Beer '61 | |||||
| 12775 | Animal Emergency Clinic of San Diego (sw corner of Carriage) |
Conley Florist | Mel's Root Beer Barrel '72 | George Russ Realty listing 2 | |||
| "No Way Like Poway" 1961 | |||||||
| Maynard Construction '61 | |||||||
end Oak Knoll Square |
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Carriage Road Intersection |
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| 12805 | ARCO-BP gas station & AM-PM Mart |
Atlantic-Richfield service station | Popoff’s Union 76 service station | ||||
| 12813 | Poway Sewing & Vacuum | sewing & vacuum sign still Shakey's style |
Shakey's Pizza Parlor open 1973 |
Speedee Mart | |||
| Shakey's logo likewise lingers | |||||||
| 12815 | Tru-Blu Pool Care & Supply |
Bob Fisk Meat Market ~ 1968 adv 2 |
Bob Fisk Meat Market adv 3 | Gray’s Fresh Meat Market '61 | |||
| 12817 | Rex Trophies | Al's Auto Parts 1961 | |||||
| 12821 | New York Joe's Sports Pub |
Foul Play Sports Bar | Debbie Joe Gardens beer & dance 1963 original locate | John's Rondevou 1961 ~ 1962 | |||
| Debbie Jo's adv #2 1967 | |||||||
Carriage Center |
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| 12845 | Beach Grass American Eatery |
? _____ ? Italian | Cully's #2 relocated from 13864; moved to #3 to 13252) | Sizzler Steak House 1982 | |||
| Greek gyro & pizza 1985 | |||||||
| 12845 | Generation V: E-Cigarettes & Vape Bar | Village Lock & Key #2 vacancy (relocation #3 = 12642) |
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| 12845 | Rene's Mexican Grill & Cantina |
El Comal Mexican restaurant | |||||
| 12845 | Bargain Hunters Thrift Store #205 ~ (note 1-sheet movie playbill glass displays) |
"Poway Playhouse" Poway's 1st movie theater projector windows |
high auditorium roofline 1 |
screen was on this eastern wall |
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high auditorium roofline 2 |
screen wall indoors |
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| 12845 | ? | Party Tyme Rentals & Sales #1 office | |||||
| 12845 | ? | SuperCade | |||||
| 12845 | St Michael's Thrift | Radio Shack | Radio Shack moved to 13545 & Walmart-DMV center) & eventually located 12354 | ||||
| 12845 | Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church thrift store |
California Ballet Studio | |||||
| 12845 | ? | Poway Flower Barrel 1987 | |||||
| 12845 | ? | framing store | |||||
| 12845 | ? | Christian bookstore | |||||
| 12845 | ? | bakery | |||||
| 12845 | ? | yogurt shop | |||||
| 12845 | ? | Goldmine Jewelers #110 | |||||
| 12845 | ? | Poway Video rental store |
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| 12845 | ? | Complete Bicycle Outlet 1982-92 ca | |||||
| 12845 | The Hair Zone | nail salon | |||||
| 12845 | ? | cobbler | |||||
| 12845 | Poway Pawn shop | #101 | |||||
| 12941 | Poway Fun Bowl | Jimmy'Z | Carriage Lanes | |||||
end Carriage Center |
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| 12957 | vacant | D.E. Jackson Realty 1972 | Rowan Real Estate Co-Op 1970 | ||||
| 12963 | vacant | Enterprise Rent-a-Car (relocated to 13027) |
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| 13021 | vacant lot | Crystal Gardens scrapbook | Crystal Gardens Christmas | Schneider's Rock & Minerals | |||
| Crystal Gardens Florist (moved to 13565) |
Crystal Gardens early | Crystal Gardens signage | Poway Materials | ||||
| 13027 | Enterprise Rent-a-Car | animal hospital | |||||
| 13029 | David Rauterkus DDS 1992-current | Chuck Aden DDS 1976-1992 | Bob Hammond DDS 1970-1976 | ||||
| 13029 1/2 | Poway TV | ||||||
The Lanthier Building |
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| 13053 | Horizon Hospice | Blanchard’s Poway Patio Furniture & Accessories 1972 | |||||
end The Lanthier Building |
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13055-83 Poway Valley Professional Building |
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| 13055 | Pacific Rim Property Management | Century 21 Nixon-Kinney Realtors 1972 | |||||
| 13057 | Greenway Landscaping | Typewriter Jack’s - Mimeograph repair | Drug Company Pharmacy 1972 | ||||
| 13061 | ? at Quate | Freelen Investment Co. | |||||
| 13069 | ? at Quate | Williams & Assoc. Insurance Services | |||||
| 13083 | ? at Quate | ? | |||||
end 13055-83 Poway Valley Professional Building |
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| 13000 approx | Carriage Heights Way condominiums | undeveloped land until condos | 1969 aerial scan of this block hi-res, may load slowly |
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| 13010 | vacant | Wendy's restaurant ablaze ~ fire | |||||
| 13020 | Salvation Army | Sherwin Williams paint (relocated to 13355 Midland) |
aka 13004 Poway Glass & Mirror 1967 |
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| Poway Glass & Mirror 3 advs from 1961: 1 ~ 2 ~ 3 |
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| 13034 | demolished | Nixon & Kinney Realty 1968 | |||||
| 13036 | Poway Firewood | still Poway Firewood | yep, it's Poway Firewood | Wilma & Fred Flintstone Firewood? |
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| 13044 | BJ's Rentals |
Poway Equipment Rental 1960 "PER, Inc." 1967= adv2 |
< #1 U-Haul dealership operated by O'Connor family |
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| 13056 | Cruise America & Penske rentals & PRM Ventures Inc. |
Party Tyme Rentals & Sales #2 office & Ryder Truck Rentals |
family home of Robert Charles O'Connor, founder PER Inc. | ||||
| 13100 | overflow parking at Tarascan corner | Andy Parker's Health & Fitness Center |
Escondido National Bank - ENB |
Mitsubishi Bank #1 | |||
| ENB adv 1970 | Bank of America #1 | ||||||
| 13095 | El Armando's Mexican | Alberto's Mexican food | Picnic N Chicken | cluckin' | 9-hole miniature golf course | |||
| 13097 | vacant MTBE | service station & A+ Auto Repair | Quick Check | 9-hole miniature golf course | |||
| relocated to 13830 | |||||||
| 13101 | demolished | Fornaca Bakery bread outlet | |||||
| 13112 | Taco Bell | Holsum Bakery | |||||
Tarascan Road & Civic Center Drive Intersections |
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Library Plaza |
<-- current tenant marquee | ||||||
| 13132 | Poway Sushi Lounge | Poway Chinese Buffet interior | Sambo's restaurant | placemat | Sambo's aka 13152 | |||
| 13202 | vacant | Poway City offices: planning & water conservation |
Poway City Hall 1980-81 temporary |
Pomerado County Water District offices |
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end Library Plaza |
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| 13137 | Poway Branch County Library SDCL | The Lumber Yard | Western Lumber (formerly Westy's after relocated from 13210) | Padre Lumber & Padre Transit Concrete |
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| Boise-Cascade Lumber | |||||||
| 13145 | demolished | NAPA Auto Parts #1 1972 moved to 12719 |
Motor Supply & Equipment 1967 |
Poway Bicycle Shop 1961 | |||
| 13149 | demolished | Poway Bookkeeping & Tax Service 1967 | |||||
| 13151 | demolished | Cal's Colonial House Restaurant 1961-67 |
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Bowron T-Intersection |
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| 13201 | demolished | Poway Lumber & Hardware 1970 | Poway Lumber & Hardware 1968 | Poway Lumber & Hardware 1959 | |||
| Poway Lumber 1967 #1 | Poway Lumber 1967 #2 | Poway Lumber 1963 | |||||
| 13205 | Evans Tire | Poway Dairy drive thru | Poway Dairy at defunct "Powers Lane" |
Poway Tire Co. |
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| Poway Dairy 1967 | Poway Dairy tooth | ||||||
| 13215 | demolished | H & B Frosties 1961 | |||||
| 13210 | U-Haul | Sew 'n' Go 1972 "Poway Mall" | Poway Bowl launch 1962 #1 ~~~ adv #2 |
Westy's Lumber | |||
| Smart Set Feminine Fashions '72 adv 2 "Poway Mall" |
Poway Bowl Coffee Shop | Poway Bowl: city's 1st bowling alley |
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| G&T TV Sales and Service '72 | Poway Bowl TeePee Room | TeePee Room #2 |
Poway Bowl: entertainment '62 | |||||
The Lively Center |
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| 13230 | Los Memos Mexican food |
Rally's hamburgers | Foster's Freeze (demolished) | Fosters Hickory Burgers! | |||
| Mocasalsa | Foster's Freeze road sign 1971 with ponies! |
Fosters 25¢ tacos! 1970 | |||||
| 13236 | Body Beautiful Car Wash | Randy Jones Car Wash | |||||
| 13240 | MMR Martial Arts | Music Trader | |||||
| 13252 | ? | ||||||
| 13262 | ~ | Erb Civil Engineering | |||||
| 13266 | Bellus Academy | Craft Store |
Poway's second library SDCL |
The Ranch - clothing | ||||
| 13268 | Cool Scrapbook Stuff #3 | Carpet Country Flooring #2 relocated from 13864 relocated to 13358 |
Yellow Front | ||||
| 13272 | O'Reilly Auto Parts | Kragen Auto Parts | Checker Auto Parts | ||||
end The Lively Center |
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| 13215 | Irie Coast smoke shop | H & B burger drive-in | H & B 1967 | ||||
| 13219 | Poway Elks Lodge | Poway Elks Lodge earlier | |||||
| 13243 | Poway-Bernardo Mortuary | McCleod Mortuary ? | Alheiser-Wilson, Poway-Bernardo Chapel 1973 | ||||
| 13247 | Outpost development: |
Poway News Chieftain | C&D Printing Clark and Dull, News-Chieftain owners |
John's Barber Shop relocated to 13305 |
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| Pomerado Publishing (reversed sign) |
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| 13255 | Poway Irrigation | Poway Chamber of Commerce #1 | |||||
Poway Plaza |
early aerial: Security Bank & Big Bear market |
Poway Road & Community Road, 1961 Despite "1956" in the photo's caption, the image appears to be from 1961, just after the opening of Poway Plaza |
Poway Plaza |
renovation 2004 with current addresses listed |
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| hi-res postcard approx 1961 | Tenants February, 1973 | aerial 2002 | |||||
| 13301 | Five Guys burgers | Pickup Stix | California DMV | King’s Liquor 1960 see next line for ads |
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| 13301 | see line above | King Liquor adv #1 | King Liquor adv #2 1961 | King Liquor adv #4 | |||
| King Liquor adv #3 1961 | King Liquor adv #5 | ||||||
| 13303 | Yogurt Land (new) | Shirtales 1973 | |||||
| 13305 | Mamma Teresa Italian | Gaslight Barber Shop 1961 | |||||
| 13307 | Ichzen Sushi & Japanese food |
Poway Jewelers 1961 Pot o' Gold adv | Poway Jewelers 1961 | ||||
| 13309 | vacant | ? | Poway Plaza Cafe 1961-73+ Chinese food |
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| 13311 | Little Caesars Pizza | Poway Stationery 1973 | East of Suez | Allyn Stationers 1962 | Allyn Stationers 1960 | ||
| 13313 | defunct | Merle Norman Cosmetics '68-'73+ | Bonded TV 1961 | ||||
| 13315 | Super Cuts | Maxine's Beauty Salon 1973 | Fantastic Sam's | Bonded Cleaners & Laundry 1961 | |||
| 13319 | Tutoring & Math | East of Suez music store - open May '72 |
Music Machine 1972 | Ascherfeld Real Estate #1 | |||
| East of Suez 1st anniversary My73 | at 13311 | Music Machine article | Harrisons Poway Furniture | ||||
| 13321 | combined | Poway Plaza Pharmacy | Harner's Plaza Pharmacy | ||||
| 13323 | Clarity Nails & Spa | Carolyn's Women's Apparel 1962 (& 13325) | |||||
| 13327 | Family & Cosmetic Dentistry & Orthodontics | Fabric Centers 1973 | Ben Franklin Crafts locate #1 relocated to 12313 |
Ben Franklin adv #1 | |||
| 13331 | vacant | Bob's Shoes & Service 1973 | Elite Bakery 1961 | ||||
| 13337 | Don's Liquor & Market | <- since 1972 | |||||
| 13339 | vacant | sandwich shop? | |||||
^ ^ ^ Poway Plaza - western building ^ ^ ^ |
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Poway Plaza - southern building --> |
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| 13343 | Michaels #2 & The Grocery Outlet (13345) |
Dixieline Lumber & Home Improvement Center older |
Builders Emporium (13345) | Big Bear market |
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| faint sign 1 faint sign 2 | Big Bear advertisement Lorretta Young | ||||||
| 13351 | vacant | Toy Station - toy & hobby store | Poway Chamber of Commerce #2 |
The Clothes Horse |
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| earlier DMV | The Boston Company | ||||||
| 13335 | combined & renumbered | Allyn Stationers 1962 | Allyn Stationers 1960 | ||||
| 13335 | combined & renumbered | Western Auto 1961 | |||||
| 13359 | vacant | Rexall 1961 | Rexall Plaza Pharmacy | ||||
| 13361 | combined | H & R Block 1973 | |||||
| 13363 | vacant | ? | Glen Wilder Realty 1973 | ||||
| 13373 | Poway Optometry | ||||||
| 13375 | Petco | ? | |||||
| 13379 | vacant | ? | |||||
| 13381 | Poway Chamber of Commerce #3 | ? | |||||
| 13383 | Mainstream Bar & Grill 2 | ? | |||||
| 13385 | Mainstream Bar & Grill | International House of Pancakes IHOP | Woody's Hardware | ||||
| Heart Beat Cafe | |||||||
Poway Plaza - parking lot buildings --> |
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| 13397 | Autozone | Autozone earlier | parking & field | ||||
| 13341 | Poway Shell | Chevron relocated from SE corner of Pomerado & Poway | Texaco 1971 | ||||
| 13395 | US Bank | Hollywood Video | Security Pacific Bank | Security First National Bank 1961 | |||
end Poway Plaza |
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Poway Valley Center |
Poway Valley Center Original Tenant Marquee 1961 |
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| 13314 | Poway's Irish Pub | Patrick's Irish Pub | Joie's Hitching Post aka Hitchin' Post |
Joie's Tavern 1961 = 13316 | |||
| 13320 | combined | Poway Paints close 1973 | |||||
| 13324 | Boyd’s Cleaners 1961 | ||||||
| 13332 | Bongiorno's Pizza | Enzo's Pizza (13322?) | Poway's first library SDCL | ||||
| 13342 | ? | Walker Animal Hospital 1972
(formerly the office of Dr. Ralph Cheney) |
CD Printing 1970 | ||||
| 13344 | demolished | Ascherfeld Real Estate #2 | George S. Hamilton optometrist | ||||
| 13346 | demolished | Bair Motors - auto dealership | |||||
| 13348 | ? | Dr. C. Britt Chiropractic 1972 | |||||
| 13356 1/2 | demolished? | Farmers Insurance - McDonald 1968 | |||||
| 13358 | Carpet Country Flooring #3 relocated from 13268 |
candy store = _______? | Poway Hairsmith salon (John Hill) |
Wally's Barber Shop | |||
| 13366 | ? | Chelsea Doll 1972 | |||||
| 13368 | Oak Tree Dental | Stephen Fenn DDS | Charles Wakefield DDS | Steven Clarke DDS | |||
| 13382 | Jazzercise Poway Fitness Center | Cox Cable service center | |||||
end Poway Valley Center |
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| 13390 | Walgreens | Golden State gasoline | Poway Gulf grand open #1 1968 | Poway Wilshire Gas Station | |||
| Western Mower & Engine (relocated) |
Poway Gulf grand open #2 | Go-Lo gas station | |||||
Community Road Intersection |
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Town & Country center |
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| 13408 | Wells Fargo Bank | Citibank relocated to 13445 | California Federal S&L | Mitsubishi Bank #2 | |||
| San Diego Trust & Savings | First Interstate Bank | ||||||
| 13414 | Kahoots Pet store | Mary's Secret Garden | Big 5 Sporting Goods #1 (later at 12630) |
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| 13432 | Poor Boy Subs relocated from 13483 |
Quizno's Sub shop relocated from 13483 |
Poway Yogurt shop | John McRight CPA | |||
| 13434 | The Watch Lady | The Video Shop |
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| 13436 | TLC Manufactured Homes | ||||||
| 13438 | Von's super market #2 | Safeway 1972 | |||||
| 13450 | In the Mix Yogurt | ? | |||||
| 13464 | Chick-fil-A | Coco's Restaurant & Bakery | Allie's restaurant | Bob's Big Boy | |||
| 13504 | Rubio's Mexican Grill | _______ ? deli & sandwiches 1992 | |||||
| 13510 | Round Table Pizza | ? | |||||
| 13512 | Lloyd Thompson DDS | ? | |||||
| 13516 | City Dragon Chinese relocated from 13513 |
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| 13532 | new tenant? | Hair Palace | Suburban Realty 1972 | ||||
| 13534 | Donuts N Things since 1984 = original T&C tenant? |
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| 13536 | Sprouts Farmers market | Henry's Farmers market & Boney's Marketplace |
Oshman's Sporting Goods | Longs Drugs | |||
| 13538 | Everbowl | Smoothie King |
Poway Valley Stationers | ||||
| 13538 | Boba Kabob | P & V Thai Cafe | |||||
| 13556 | Poway Mobil | ? | |||||
end Town & Country center |
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Creekside Plaza |
13409 - 13589 | before development - 1960: Haley's trailer park "13517" |
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| 13445 | Citibank | Verizon | Blockbuster Video | |||||
| 13465 | Mission Federal | Boston Market restaurant | |||||
| 13475 | Digiplex Cinemas | Ultrastar Poway 10 Theatres | Edwards Cinemas | ||||
| 13477 | Baskin Robbins #3 | Ringo G's Mexican "13479" | |||||
| 13479 | Starbucks | ? | |||||
| 13483 | vacant | BGR The Burger Joint | Surf Brothers Teriyaki | Poor Boy Subs relocated to 13432 |
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| 13487 | Daphne's Greek Cafe | ? | |||||
| 13491 | Jamba Juice | Boll Weevil Restaurant 13491 | |||||
| 13495 | Chipotle Mexican Grill | ||||||
| 13507 | (pre Creekside Plaza) | Century 21 – Juanita Harmon Realtor/Tres Ranchos office #2 | |||||
| 13509 | Subway sandwiches | Baskin Robbins #2 (moved to 13477) | |||||
| 13513 | Kasi Indian Food | City Dragon Chinese restaurant relocated to 13516 |
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| 13525 | Artistry In Gold Fine Jewelry |
original Creekside tenant 1992 | |||||
| 13545 | Gamestop | RadioShack (relocated 12354) | |||||
| 13553 | Sprint | UPS Store (relocated briefly 12352) | |||||
| 13565 | Crystal Gardens Florist | original Creekside tenant 1992 | |||||
| 13589 | Stater Brothers | Albertsons market | original Haley's trailer park: covered much of Creekside Plaza |
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end Creekside Plaza |
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Midland Road Intersection |
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Poway City Centre |
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| 13616 | California Coast Credit Union |
Mercury Savings & Loan | |||||
| 13630 | vacant | Office Depot | K-Mart - spanned both spaces | ||||
| 13644 | Steinmart | ||||||
| 13650 | Home Goods | ? | |||||
| 13640 | combined | Poway Pets 1972 | |||||
| 13654 | El Ranchito Taco Shop | Kountry Kafe #1 relocated to 13715 |
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| 13654 | Bisher's Quality Meats | ? | |||||
| 13670 | Company Pub | Miami Grille | |||||
end Poway City Center |
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| 13611 | Toyota of Poway | Midland Auto Repair | |||||
| 13631 | Toyota of Poway Scion | Chrysler Jeep | |||||
| 13649 | demolished | Green Tree Nursery 1970 | |||||
| 13659 | demolished | Farmer’s Insurance Group '61 | |||||
| 13715 | Kountry Kafe #2 relocated from 13654 |
House of Sweden | A & W diagonal overhang supports - |
A & W Root Beer | |||
diagonal supports - day time |
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Gate Road Intersection |
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| 13741 | demolished | Fujiwara’s Nursery 1972 |
Dan Gough Realty 1961 from 14168 |
Stock Feed & Supply 1954 | |||
| Sinderholm home + | |||||||
| 13747 | Poway Honda | Hayes-Green Realty 1972 |
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| 13757 | demolished | Nor-San Escrow & Shepardson Company 1970 |
Poway Foreign Car Service | ||||
| 13761 | demolished | Hills Nursery 1961+ | |||||
| 13742 | Lowe's Home Improvement || Lowe's 1 (demo begins Feb14) || Lowe's logo |
Poway Chevrolet dealer | former Toyota Poway used cars | Lou Grubb Chevrolet | |||
| 13750 | Lowe's movie panorama 9 May 2014 | Lowe's pad west 9 May 2014 | Lowe's pad east 9 May 2014 | Lowe's grading 14 April 14 |
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| 13760 | Lowe's Home Improvement (demo began Feb14) |
former Toyota of Poway | also prior Poway Chevrolet | #1 Poway Chrysler dealer | |||
| Poway Mazda dealer | |||||||
| 13811 | Jeep Chrysler Ram | Greiner Buick GM | Richardson Buick GM Tahoe | ||||
| 13845 | Best Western Poway/San Diego Hotel | Best Western Poway Country Inn | Franciscan Inn | ||||
| 13863 | Quality Recycling | AAMCO Transmissions | |||||
Vista View Drive Intersection |
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| 13905 | Hunda Automotive | ? | |||||
| 13830 | A+ Autocare | DeMartini's Bicycle Shop =13852 | (A+ Autocare relocated from 13097) | ||||
| 13846 | demolished | G&C Auto Repair 1961 | |||||
| 13856 | demolished | Cactus Jack's Mexican | Mexican Villa 1968-72+ "Commotion Lane Center" |
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| 13860 | demolished | Valley Appliance TV & Furniture 1967-72 |
"Commotion Lane Center"? |
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| 13864 | Poway Auto Group sales | Breathe Fitness ~ wider view | Poway Mitsubishi dealer | Carpet Country Flooring #1 relocated to 13268 |
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| Cully's Restaurant #1 relocated to 12845 |
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Evanston Drive & Adah Lane Intersections |
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| 13904 | demolished |
Steve's Produce |
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| 13910 | Poway Mitsubishi & Hyundai | obliterated Otis Post Rd, Red Bird Tavern & old homes |
map: Otis Post Rd & Courier Way ~ Otis & Courier curve remnant | map #3 |
Otis Ranch Store & Post Office #2 1931 |
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| 1934 William Otis: Post Office & Truck |
Otis Ranch Post Office 1930 | ||||||
| 13954 ? | demolished | Red Bird Tavern / Inn 1956+ | Debbie Joe’s #2 locate? | ||||
| 13965 | Smog Station | Tony's Foreign Car & Darnell's Automotive 1967 | Charlie's Feed & Tack | ||||
| 14015 | demolished | Maylen Electrical | |||||
| 14034 | vacant | Jimmy's BrickPit BBQ | |||||
| 14025 | Sea Breeze Glass | Poway's 1st motel | |||||
| 14025 | Beauty & the Beast Pet Grooming | Poway's 1st motel | |||||
| 14031 | Animal Medical Hospital | Shindig beer bar | |||||
| 14037 | A-1 Concrete Pumping | Fletcher Bowron, former L.A. mayor's childhood home 1964 | |||||
Welton Way Intersection |
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| 14103 | Wiederrich Chiropractic | ? | |||||
| 14115 | Crazy Charlie's Car Wash | ? | |||||
Olive Tree Lane & Golden Way Intersections |
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| 14141 | Poway Road Mini Storage | ? | |||||
| 14134 ? | Mossy Nissan overflow lot |
Whiskey Creek | The Ivanhoe | The Hideout 1961 | |||
| Jones and O’Malley, attorneys 1961 | |||||||
Lincoln Center - Poway Road & Garden Road Split Area: |
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Lincoln Center |
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| 14168 | Welldeck Liquor | Augustine & Kenney Pet Hospital | Dan F. Gough "Poway's 1st Realtor" | <-- relocated 13741 | |||
| 14220 | demolished | Gough Realty 1961 | |||||
end Lincoln Center |
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| 14225 Poway & Garden Roads northeast corner |
7-Eleven at Garden Rd split | Darnell Union station | grand opening | Whitey's Union station | Wheeling TeePees also=12462 |
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| demolished | Pacific Equipment Rentals | ||||||
| 14259 | demolished | Woody’s Ye Olde Pizza Parlor 1963-1973 |
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| 14251 Garden Rd | California Keg & Liquor | Gordon's Grocery | Chieftain adv #2 1957 |
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| 14277 Garden Rd | Elston Hay & Grain | 7-Eleven (relocated to 14225) | |||||
| 14338 Garden Rd | tract home? | Covey Appliance Repair 1961 | |||||
| 14254 | Storage West Self Storage | Filippi's Pizza Grotto (relocated to 12245 Poway Rd, then 13000 Oak Knoll Dr) |
Zuke’s Family Restaurant ~ 1967 ~ 1970 ~ 1973 |
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| 14272 | Mt. Olive Lutheran Church | ||||||
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Related Local History Links: |
Poway, California 92064 main page |
U.S. 395 & the original Pomerado Road |
Pomerado widening 1962 from Poway Rd to Tassell |
| Poway Rd & Pomerado Rd intersection vicinity 1965 - Annotated by Mary Shepardson - hi res - can be magnified |
| Poway Rd & Community Rd intersection vicinity 1965 - Annotated by Mary Shepardson - hi res - can be magnified |
Garden Road intersection |
| Poway Road - Automotive Business Galore |
| Poway Walmart Super Center - Manifest Destiny |
| Poway's 2nd Post Office: 1915 ~ Poway Rd at Evanston, 2d view |
| Poway's 3rd Post Office: at corner of Midland & Hilleary First replaced by The Ranch feed store Then replaced by Plowboy's Market which was then demolished for Walmart expansion |
| Texaco on Midland at Edgemoor: 1957 ~ 1961 ~ 2014 gone - Old Poway Village |
Big Stone Lodge 12237 (Old) Pomerado Road |
| -1939 Economy Richfield gas station; (Pomerado was U.S. 395 until 1949) |
| -19?? Pomerada Club "Booze & Music in Telegraph Canyon" |
| -1962 Italian pizza for "nice people" |
| -1968 Mexican & American food |
| -1970 Big "Stoned" Lodge |
| -1998 Randy Jones' Big Stone Lodge - Rustic Counry Saloon, BBQ, Music |
| -2007 Decrepit hodgepodge eyesore comprised of T-111 & termites |
| -2017 Mary Shepardson article: "The Saga of Big Stone Lodge" |
| Some images from "Poway: A Pictorial History" by Palomar Savings & Loan, 1981 |
Please report errors, additions & comments |
| Page compiled by Derrick Garbell All rights reserved ©2013-2023 |
Updated 30 October 2023 |
Major Collaborator: Mary Shepardson |
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| Other content contributors: Jeannie Schneider, James O'Connor, John Short, Valerie Hassan, Leslie Anderson, Ed Clark, Rick Savage, Linda Lewis, Greg Bowcott, Tom Morris, Joe Drewett, Natalie Zuill Allbritain, Jerri Strombeck, Donna Ransdell, Ron Schmidt, Sara Scrim, Jim Leverette, Joe St. Lucas, Ann Tipps, John Guthrie, Karl Kennedy |
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