COMMENT 328560
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2012-10-06 11:32 AM |
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Very cool article, but it's Angelica Huston not Houston!
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COMMENT 328566
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2012-10-06 11:56 AM |
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Wow, I never realized there were so many of them. I suppose back when you were lucky to get 15 mpg all those stations were needed.
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COMMENT 328571P
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2012-10-06 12:09 PM |
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missed one...on East Valley Rd. Loved mechanic there for 30 plus years!
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COMMENT 328598
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2012-10-06 01:19 PM |
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The Buenos Aires Restaurant, across from the Arlington Theater, used to be a gas station. It was sold and escrowed in 1993. (longest escrow I ever had, but rewarding to watch that beautification of that property.} In regard to the historical Ellwood Station, there is a short history booklet by Dr Gary Coombs and Phyliss Olsen. I believe that Gary has the office of the Institute for Amercan Research at the old Goleta Depot Museum on Los Carneros.
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COMMENT 328642
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2012-10-06 02:59 PM |
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Thank you for this post! What a great armchair tour of our city on an often overlooked topic. I will certainly pass by these landmarks more enlightened.
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COMMENT 328648
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2012-10-06 03:11 PM |
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Love the series! You covered quite a few stations but one that was omitted was Java Station on Hollister Ave. near Modoc Road. Interesting trivia about Java Station is that it plays the roll of a fast food chicken restaurant (The Chicky Chick) on the Disney Channel television series, "Good Luck Charlie".
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COMMENT 328650
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2012-10-06 03:17 PM |
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Then there is the former station on Cliff that is now Mesa Produce. We buy all our produce there. A great local biz.
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COMMENT 328666
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2012-10-06 03:47 PM |
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More to come, lots of empty stations around. One at La Cumbre Rd x La Cumbre Lane (across from Chevron) comes to mind. How long has that been for sale any way? Don't forget about the "soon-to-be" McDonald's at the corner of Calle Real x Turnpike. True they didn't keep the building, but it's been for sale forevvvver too. Love the article, nice job. Daily Grind and Derfs, who knew?
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COMMENT 328702P
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2012-10-06 06:10 PM |
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JJ's Liquor, Castillo and Montecito streets.
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COMMENT 328705P
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2012-10-06 06:31 PM |
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Fantastic article - many thanks. As an Alzheimer here, I'd forgotten about these stations, but surely do enjoy the present reminder.
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YIN YANG
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2012-10-06 06:37 PM |
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Java Station was a liquor store in the 70's? Hi-Time? That would be post-gas station. We used to tie our horses in the parking lot and go in for snacks.
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COMMENT 328718
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2012-10-06 07:19 PM |
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@ YIN YANG - i think you are right, and before hi-time it was miratti's liquor store...thats going back to the 50's and 60's.
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AQUAHOLIC
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2012-10-06 07:35 PM |
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@YIN YANG...Yes, Hi-Time liquors is where I met and fell in love with my beloved cat 'Russell', I was new in town and he jumped in my car. Some louse had cut all his whiskers off and he wasn't cared for at all...we spent the next 18 years together...still miss him. Sorry for the rant...a lot of great memories, thanks UH's, you've done it again...love reading this and seeing all the great photos.
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RESIDENT
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2012-10-07 11:25 AM |
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Although not re-purposed yet, the fenced lot that used to hold a station before the round-about on Hot Springs/Coast Village Road (Vons Center).
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SBJULES
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2012-10-07 04:54 PM |
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Fun!!I grew up on Hermosillo & remember the two service stations at the bottom of the hill. Dick Dickman owned one.
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YIN YANG
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2012-10-07 05:18 PM |
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Aqua, that's a great off-topic! And it probably was Miratti's. Or was that Ontare & State, next to Vices & Spices? Ooops, not a gas station. But Blue worked there as he started V&Spices. I used to ride my bike there to spend my dime allowance on a Snickers bar. Did Dick Dickman have a son named Ronnie? I mean, Ron?
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COMMENT 329217
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2012-10-08 10:23 AM |
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My grandfather owned the gas station (turned China Palace) in Montecito. He told me that it was the first gas station in town, and he used to pump gas for some visiting actors.
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FLICKA
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2012-10-08 05:34 PM |
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Coast Village Rd had lots of stations because it was the Coast Highway before 101. A poster said you missed one on E. Valley in Montecito. I lived there in the 40s, 50s, 60s, into the 70s; can't figure out, or remember, where it could have been. The Union where the Village Green is used to give "Montecito tune-ups" to cars old ladies brought in. One of the workers would drive it to Ventura and back on the freeway. The car never was stretched out by the owner, just driven around Montecito. Love all your pictures, thanks for the work and research.
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