Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
A92498-9
Date(s)
- 1955-08-16 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
American Wholesale Grocers. Exterior of new IGA Foodtown store located at Park Ave. and Airport Way. A planter box and flagstone paving lead to the entrance of the store. The 20,000 square foot building was built of concrete block and roman brick with large plate glass windows across the north side. A large modernistic marquee extended over the northwest corner and a raised planting area with flowering and evergreen shrubs included two oriental trees that extended through the roof. (TNT 8/16/1955, pg. 7-10)
IGA Foodtown (Parkland); Grocery stores--1950-1960; Supermarkets;