It's interesting to note that the shopping center's ads originally had that great cowboy theme. It was used in a few other ads for the shopping center but was eventually dropped.
Note the celebrities they had lined up: Captain Penny, KYW DJ Joe Finan, Mr. Banjo from WJW, and Cleveland Indians Minnie Minoso and Dick Tomanek (who was born in Avon Lake). Safari Jack had top billing, but I haven't been able to find out anything about him.
Anyway, many of us have great memories of shopping there over the years. The center was a regular stop for our family on Saturday mornings in the 1960s because of the Hough Bakery outlet there; we also shopped at the grocery stores that were located there.
And of course later the shopping center was home to Jeff & Flash's Monoplies as well as Stars Disco.
Today the center looks nice but is pretty much deserted except for the Family Dollar store which will soon be replaced by a brand new one to be built nearby.
Westgate was a regular shopping spot for us, especially between April 1966 and May of 1967, when we lived across the street in the projects, 2039 Leavitt Road.
ReplyDeleteI remember all of those stores, especially Pick-N-Pay, Hough Bakeries, and Nobil Shoes.
Wow I lived in the projects at the same time. Right on Levitt road next to some property .
DeleteI think this could be a good location for a Marc's grocery/variety/pharmacy. That firm often fixes older locations and is successful. Their location in Avon is, I believe, their only new-build store in the chain.
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