Like most recent Fred Meyer remodels, the jewelry department was left as is during the remodel. Of course, this store's jewelry decor is much older than any other I've seen! And it's particularly strange in that there's no decor outside of the jewelry department, since its ceiling is only marginally lower than the Paraline ceiling outside! I suspect that the area out front, now home to assorted overflow clothing items, would originally have been home to additional checkouts, since this store's current count is a bit low for Fred Meyer (plus, stores built in this area tended to have a lot more checkouts when they were first built than you see these days).
You're right about that Fred Meyer Jewelers looking a bit dated. It doesn't look bad, but it does look like jewelry stores I remember, usually the less expensive ones, from the 1980s and 1990s. That is also a lot more purple than what I'm used to seeing in a Kroger!
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of Paraline, since you first mentioned it a couple of days ago, I remembered that I stayed at a Holiday Inn near the Linate Airport in Milan many years ago, 2002 I believe, which made use of Paraline ceilings. The hotel seems to have closed just recently so it's still on Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/dy1eUGfA62tjS2Ac8
As I remember it, the rooms had Paraline in them in the hallway between the door and the room itself that also led to the bathroom. It looks like the rooms were renovated at some point afterward to remove the Paraline, but it seems the interior corridors still had the Paraline: https://goo.gl/maps/WfQRTP15j8wk3Ats5
It certainly does seem that the Holiday Inn there held onto the older logo a lot longer than most US locations did!
Wow, a hotel is an unusual setting for this type of ceiling! Having it in the rooms (even if just the internal hallways) seems particularly weird.
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