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Oldest McDonald's in Portland to be demolished
1962 McDonald's in Portland, Oregon to be demolished. Better bring the big sledge hammers and blow torches to destroy the demolition company's machines. Let's smash up every Caterpiller excavator and recycle them into parts for vintage TVs, film projectors and other useful things.
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Sad.
The one in Desplains Il. that my Mom grew up eating at (which I believe is older: 1959?) ain't going anywhere so I think I'll save myself cross-country air fair and a vandalism charge.
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I think all the old McD's in our area are long gone. They were very small as a
rule. Most Howard Johnsons are still restaurants. I sure miss those days when you could actually EAT McD food. If they came out with a "classic" menu made the same way it was 50 yrs ago it would cure the slide in biz. They would knock the crown off the burger kings head & kick Wendys ass. But sadly the gov has its boot on McD's throat & they are cowards so wont do it. BTW if you are not over 50 you have no idea how big HoJo's was. They are gone & it can happen to McD also. The bigger they are the harder they fall.......... 73 Zeno LFOD ! |
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PS , Zeno is 100% correct , back in it's heyday HoJos had it ALL OVER McDs ! |
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Absolute power corrupts absolutely. |
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BTW, I'm 73 YO. |
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I heard it on Corner Gas once, Wanda said it.
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Unfortunately, they already tore that McDonald's down in 1984, then they realized how stupid that was, so they built a replica of it on the same spot as a museum apparently. Now, I last heard, they may have just torn down THAT one (the replica), too, in November 2017, unless it got saved and moved.
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The chain is called In-N-Out Burger. They have been around since before McDonald's.
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Chris Quote from another forum: "(Antique TV collecting) always seemed to me to be a fringe hobby that only weirdos did." |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDona...1_Store_Museum . |
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I think it is sad when corporate giants fail to preserve their own history. The Walter P. Chrysler Museum is incredibly depressing when compared to the GM Heritage Center for example. McDonald's would be wise to either give an incentive to the franchisees with the oldest surviving restaurants to maintain them as they are, or buy and operate them outright.
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In the early 2000s I was at a convention in Portland OR and there met Dick and his wife. This was the Dick who founded the eponymous burger bars before McDonald founded his: http://www.ddir.com/about/
When he heard we were travelling on to Seatlle he invited us to stay with him overnight and gave us a voucher good for 2 meals at one of his places. Since Dick didn't modernise his places they're now very fashionably retro and a Seattle institution. |
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If I recall correctly the first McDonalds in Canada is still currently located in Richmond BC. I can't recall if it was the building or the original sign out front but one of the two are in protected status.
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