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re: TulaneLSU's Top 10 former Time Saver locations
Posted on 7/19/20 at 6:36 pm to TulaneLSU
Posted on 7/19/20 at 6:36 pm to TulaneLSU
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In the mid-1990s I collected three things: antique books from estate sales and auctions, Christopher Radko Christmas ornaments, and Pez dispensers, almost entirely from this Time Saver.
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Posted on 7/19/20 at 6:44 pm to TulaneLSU
I remember riding my bike to the one on General Meyer in Algiers and always amazed at what I thought was an unlimited candy selection.
And I had every single one of those NFL cups back in the late 70s.
And I had every single one of those NFL cups back in the late 70s.
Posted on 7/19/20 at 8:04 pm to Stealth Matrix
Friend,
Thank you for all of those intimate details about the greatest surviving Time Saver. There is no doubt that no other New Orleans business has been victim of more armed robberies than Time Saver. And it does not matter which neighborhood the Time Saver was situated, from Marrero to Chicken's Transcontinental, to my Prytania. All Time Savers were magnets for gun wielding outlaws. The story you shared about the poor young lady was tragic and the details even worse.
If I had a viable way to reach conveniently the West Bank, I would make your New York friend an offer on that building, if for no other purpose than historic preservation. We must keep that building intact as is as a monument to the least appreciated major food retailer in New Orleans history. If you have access to communication with him, please forward this thread to him. I may yet be able to purchase the building and turn it into the first ever Time Saver museum. I will be in touch with the New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau regarding this idea, which I hope flies. I could see convenience store aficionados from throughout the world, not to mention the locals, flocking to a Time Saver museum.
Please keep in touch.
Yours,
TulaneLSU
P.S. If you would not also mind asking your New York friend what the ACC means on the upper border of that beautiful building, I would be grateful.
Simply stunning. The apogee of mid to late twentieth century American commercial architecture. Each angle is breathtaking in its own right.
Thank you for all of those intimate details about the greatest surviving Time Saver. There is no doubt that no other New Orleans business has been victim of more armed robberies than Time Saver. And it does not matter which neighborhood the Time Saver was situated, from Marrero to Chicken's Transcontinental, to my Prytania. All Time Savers were magnets for gun wielding outlaws. The story you shared about the poor young lady was tragic and the details even worse.
If I had a viable way to reach conveniently the West Bank, I would make your New York friend an offer on that building, if for no other purpose than historic preservation. We must keep that building intact as is as a monument to the least appreciated major food retailer in New Orleans history. If you have access to communication with him, please forward this thread to him. I may yet be able to purchase the building and turn it into the first ever Time Saver museum. I will be in touch with the New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau regarding this idea, which I hope flies. I could see convenience store aficionados from throughout the world, not to mention the locals, flocking to a Time Saver museum.
Please keep in touch.
Yours,
TulaneLSU
P.S. If you would not also mind asking your New York friend what the ACC means on the upper border of that beautiful building, I would be grateful.
Simply stunning. The apogee of mid to late twentieth century American commercial architecture. Each angle is breathtaking in its own right.
This post was edited on 7/19/20 at 8:40 pm
Posted on 7/19/20 at 8:37 pm to TulaneLSU
where my Christmas book
lying is a sin
lying is a sin
Posted on 7/19/20 at 8:42 pm to TulaneLSU
Holy crap, can we just have a TulaneLSU blah blah blah board?
Posted on 7/19/20 at 8:46 pm to TulaneLSU
Hello Friend,
What about Lil General?
What about Lil General?
Posted on 7/19/20 at 9:01 pm to TulaneLSU
Friend,
Words of thanks and praise towards this latest effort of your’s would simply not do it justice. Suffice it to say that you and your work are held with honor in this land.
I had the unfortunate occasion to visit a longtime friend near the following former Time Saver and did not see it mentioned or it’s address listed. Upon a quick review of this specific store (located in the land called “Slidell” by the natives and Law Enforcement Agents), I count myself fortunate to have not been forced to visit it.
It is located at 501 Voters Road, SE of Slidell propah. I checked several different sources and the name “Voters” is not possessive either in the singular or the plural sense.
And then I thought “Slidell” and simply stopped worrying about determining the propriety of the street name.
Here’s a representative image of the present store, it looks as if the new proprietors have leaned in to the Time Saver marque just a tad?
Best regards to you and your family,
I remain your dedicated correspondent-
Mssr. Füt
Postscript- I had occasion this weekend to take my early morning exercise running on Magazine Street. There is a great deal of historical fabric still to be observed there. Perhaps you could cast your considerable eye on some form of addressing a Top 10 facet of Magazine? Merely a suggestion, regards.
Words of thanks and praise towards this latest effort of your’s would simply not do it justice. Suffice it to say that you and your work are held with honor in this land.
I had the unfortunate occasion to visit a longtime friend near the following former Time Saver and did not see it mentioned or it’s address listed. Upon a quick review of this specific store (located in the land called “Slidell” by the natives and Law Enforcement Agents), I count myself fortunate to have not been forced to visit it.
It is located at 501 Voters Road, SE of Slidell propah. I checked several different sources and the name “Voters” is not possessive either in the singular or the plural sense.
And then I thought “Slidell” and simply stopped worrying about determining the propriety of the street name.
Here’s a representative image of the present store, it looks as if the new proprietors have leaned in to the Time Saver marque just a tad?
Best regards to you and your family,
I remain your dedicated correspondent-
Mssr. Füt
Postscript- I had occasion this weekend to take my early morning exercise running on Magazine Street. There is a great deal of historical fabric still to be observed there. Perhaps you could cast your considerable eye on some form of addressing a Top 10 facet of Magazine? Merely a suggestion, regards.
Posted on 7/19/20 at 9:11 pm to soccerfüt
nicely done
Posted on 7/19/20 at 9:22 pm to TulaneLSU
When they find that you have made your mother into jerky, I would like to try a piece.
Posted on 7/19/20 at 9:29 pm to TulaneLSU
Another thread of solid gold.
May I suggest for a future thread, Top 10 Moments on Popeye and Pals Saturday morning show.
May I suggest for a future thread, Top 10 Moments on Popeye and Pals Saturday morning show.
Posted on 7/19/20 at 9:30 pm to TulaneLSU
quote:My Timesaver!! You should do top 10 Barbers and you could do Sal's Barbershop which was across the street from this Timesaver.
#10 1532 Robert E Lee Blvd.
Posted on 7/19/20 at 9:34 pm to Chalkywhite84
quote:You wouldn't believe me if I told you.
downs lounge
This post was edited on 7/19/20 at 9:36 pm
Posted on 7/19/20 at 9:44 pm to TulaneLSU
Did not read it all but I appreciate the history lesson. Thank you sir.
Posted on 7/19/20 at 10:10 pm to Overbrook
quote:
Gambit or the like should hire you.
Yours is some of the best "New Orleans Industry" stuff around. Fresher take than Errol Laborde.
TulaneLSU is a freelance writer for Gambit. He writes here to express and develop his satire. Tom Fitzmorris is his mentor. The OT is his creative outlet.
The top ten lists of New Orleaniana, the po-boy sandwich tours, the overbearing influence of John Kennedy Toole, it's all there.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 6:11 am to OWLFAN86
Friend,
It awaits an address which has never arrived.
Fut, friend, thank you for that photo and info. That is one former Time Saver I doubt I will ever visit, so to say you have widened my world view is no exaggeration.
Yours,
TulaneLSU
It awaits an address which has never arrived.
Fut, friend, thank you for that photo and info. That is one former Time Saver I doubt I will ever visit, so to say you have widened my world view is no exaggeration.
Yours,
TulaneLSU
Posted on 7/24/20 at 6:27 pm to TulaneLSU
Friends,
To celebrate New Orleans' return to the beautiful and virtuous and holy prohibition days I wanted to share with you two photos from Grandfather's immense photograph collection of lesser known New Orleans. From time to time I may release these. I never was able to ask Grandfather how he amassed such a collection, but it rivals that found in The Historic New Orleans Collection.
Time Saver #7, at the corner of Veterans and Green Acres. Notice the BBQ chickens offered for 99 cents, which is $8.71 in 2020 dollars, so actually not a bad deal at all.
Time Saver #3, Canal Blvd near the planned Bud's-Morning Call in the Waist of Canal.
Yours,
TulaneLSU
To celebrate New Orleans' return to the beautiful and virtuous and holy prohibition days I wanted to share with you two photos from Grandfather's immense photograph collection of lesser known New Orleans. From time to time I may release these. I never was able to ask Grandfather how he amassed such a collection, but it rivals that found in The Historic New Orleans Collection.
Time Saver #7, at the corner of Veterans and Green Acres. Notice the BBQ chickens offered for 99 cents, which is $8.71 in 2020 dollars, so actually not a bad deal at all.
Time Saver #3, Canal Blvd near the planned Bud's-Morning Call in the Waist of Canal.
Yours,
TulaneLSU
This post was edited on 7/24/20 at 6:29 pm
Posted on 7/24/20 at 7:17 pm to MojoGuyPan
quote:
TulaneLSU is a freelance writer for Gambit. He writes here to express and develop his satire. Tom Fitzmorris is his mentor. The OT is his creative outlet.
The top ten lists of New Orleaniana, the po-boy sandwich tours, the overbearing influence of John Kennedy Toole, it's all there.
Actually, he is Chris Rose trying to make a comeback.
Posted on 7/24/20 at 7:39 pm to Tiger in Gatorland
A Time Saver oyster poboy would be clutch for me right now.
Posted on 7/24/20 at 8:06 pm to TulaneLSU
quote:there’s one on St. Bernard Highway in Violet where you can still see the triangle rising up from the ground and 10 feet in the air
Please add any that I have neglected.
Most of my memories were of the clearview and west metairie location that we used to call the ICEE store
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