BIZNOTE: Anniversary-party invitation

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From the WSB inbox today:

My name is Lena C. with the West Seattle Home Depot; we wanted to invite our West Seattle Community to our birthday party tomorrow, January 27th from 10 am to 2 pm. We would like to thank our 20-year partnership with our surrounding communities, as without you all we still wouldn’t be here. So please, join us – 7345 Delridge Way SW. By the way, I opened this location as a longtime resident of West Seattle and look forward to almost retiring from this location. Come share your memories with us. Hope to see you there.

We’re waiting for word back on activities planned tomorrow.

P.S. If you’re a relative newcomer – the site previously held a Kmart.

ltm mgm January 26, 2025 (4:33 pm)

20 years OMG has it been that long and yes I remember the Kmart!

DW January 26, 2025 (5:51 pm)

Picky English teacher here…Whether or not you are a relative newcomer, the now HD site used to house a KMart.

Sixbuck January 26, 2025 (8:18 pm)

Actually, transformco.com (parent company of Sears, Kmart, and others) repeatedly lists the name as ‘Kmart’. Website also lists ‘DieHard’.
- JustSarah January 26, 2025 (10:48 pm)
  
  I don’t think that was their point. They were poking fun at WSB wording, which, strictly interpreted, implies that the HD was a Kmart if you’re new to West Seattle. Which may make one wonder what it was if you’re not a newbie.FWIW, I didn’t read it that way but yes, if you Amelia Bedelia it, is how it could be read.
  - WSB January 26, 2025 (11:20 pm)
    
    FWIW, I interpreted the comment the same way Sixbuck did. And if you want to enter a nearly infinite loop of nitpickiness, the company is The Home Depot, so technically you could write “The The Home Depot store in Delridge” … and so on. I did consult the corporate website regarding style of the company name, and Kmart seems to be the winner … https://transformco.com/blog/community-support/sears-and-kmart-national-team-partners-for-2019-st-jude-walk-run/
    
    I’m sensitive to such things dating back to a job as a proofreader for an all-classifieds paper way back when dinosaurs walked the Earth … the corners of my mind are still littered with no-longer-useful knowledge required for/accumulated during that job. (Ever heard of a Landau top?)
    - CarDriver January 27, 2025 (5:31 am)
      
      WSB. Had a car (Buick) with a Landau top. How about “3 on the tree”. Had a car (Ford Maverick) with that. Speaking of long gone stores anyone remember the A & P at the Junction?
    - ltm mgm January 27, 2025 (7:06 am)
      
      Oh yes I remember Landau tops if you are speaking about cars. And my husband also remembers the Food Giant and after hearing its name I recall it too. So away back when that neighborhood wasn’t a “food desert” was it.
    - Pelicans January 27, 2025 (1:29 pm)
      
      Where was that Food Giant? Where Home Depot is now?
    - ltm mgm January 27, 2025 (2:55 pm)
      
      Pelican, Yes where the HD is now and the pic I attached is a internet pic not the actual store but if you were to face the HD currently the FG was on the left and KM of course to the right.

Jjm January 26, 2025 (5:54 pm)

And the Food Giant grocery store!

Tim January 26, 2025 (10:08 pm)

Thank you Jim, I was thinking it was a Tradewell.
Darren January 26, 2025 (11:57 pm)

I’m guessing Food Giant was before Kmart? I definitely remember the Kmart. I am really interested in this sort of thing.
- Blue Light January 27, 2025 (12:58 pm)
  
  Food Giant was next to Kmart, south of it, on the same property. They existed at the same time. If memory serves, they shared a wall; they were not two separate structures.

Beepee January 26, 2025 (8:09 pm)

And a dollar store

1994 January 26, 2025 (10:34 pm)

Was the dollar store was after the Kmart? And was open just about a couple years ?
- Blue Light January 27, 2025 (1:01 pm)
  
  Dollar Store was in the same retail space as Food Giant (south of Kmart). It moved in after the grocery store was gone. Unsure of the timeline.

robert goulet January 26, 2025 (9:44 pm)

Will there be cake???

WSB January 26, 2025 (11:09 pm)

I tried to reach someone by phone to ask for more details. No luck.
Kate January 27, 2025 (11:22 am)

Cake and Hot dogs!

Pelicans January 27, 2025 (3:17 am)

As a Seattle newbie in ’85, a friend taught me (with a stick shift, no less) to drive in the snow in your parking lot one snowy Sunday afternoon. Wonderful memories. Congrats on your anniversary!

rose January 27, 2025 (8:43 am)

the rose bushes my late sweet dear mom bought at Kmart are still flourishing! what a deal at $4 each!

Karena January 27, 2025 (8:51 am)

I remember that Kmart. Whenever Grandma was along, we, kids, knew lunch was going to be Kmart’s little cafeteria. Just like going to Sodo’s Sears (now Starbucks) and getting candy at the candy counter.

anonyme January 27, 2025 (2:26 pm)

Several HD’s used to serve hot dogs. Don’t know why they stopped as it seems like a smart business move.
- ltm mgm January 27, 2025 (6:36 pm)
  
  I believe it was the pandemic that stopped the hotdogs amongst a lot of other things.