I was amazed to discover that an impressively appointed brick building I happened upon at 3547 Michigan was once a Kroger's. The bricklaying technique requires expert design skill and precise execution [[i.e. old school master). Yeah, it needs a good scrub and a new corbel table, but the care and thought that went into this building is inspiring; the date stone on the pediment reads "1921"...a 90 year old building!

This seems to be an unusually huge grocery store for the early 20s...even for Kroger. Don't you think? And, uh, no parking LOL! Couldn't buy much and lug it home on the street car!

If you know of or discover interesting old grocery stores that are still around, let's record them here and look them up on Google , while we still can. I think this would be an interesting thread.