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Don Boyd | all galleries >> Memories of Old Hialeah, Old Miami and Old South Florida Photo Galleries - largest non-Facebook collection on the internet >> South Florida SHOPPING CENTERS, STORES, and MALLS Historical Photos Gallery - All Years - click on image to view > 1965 - strip shopping center on north side of Bird Road between SW 68 and 69 Avenue, Miami
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1965 - strip shopping center on north side of Bird Road between SW 68 and 69 Avenue, Miami

Bird Road (SW 40th Street) and SW 68 Avenue, Miami, Florida


A hardware store on the left, something "...hugh" and other stores.


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stevio 15-Apr-2023 03:49
Any body remember the Hobby Shop that used to be there in the early to mid 60s......
Guest 30-May-2012 17:27
SID HAD HIS PIANO BAR FIRST AT THE YORKSHIRE INN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BIRD ROAD--BEFORE OPENING HIS OWN BAR REPLACING THE LEMON TWIST BAR--WITH HIS JINGLE ON THE WINDOW--"DRINK AND A SANDWICH--FOUR BITS"--J MUDD
daniel 04-Mar-2011 01:29
Me hubiera gustado mucho haber vivido esa epoca en Miami.
Guest 11-Dec-2009 03:03
Actually, the paint can is still there.
Max 29-Jul-2008 18:20
I remember the giant paint can well! I was fascinated by it as a kid in the '70s and '80s.
J.W. Borsa Jr.25-Jul-2008 18:51
At the time of this photo, the adjacent storefront with the "tipping" paint can is O-Gee Paint which was owned by Al Duzic.
John Weston 08-Mar-2008 23:20
I grew up on the NW corner of 68 Ave and 39 Terr. My friends and I used to walk to this store and the others in the area.

We used to go into this hardware store and buy a coke when we had a dime. It was one of those old coke machines that you opened up and pulled the bottle out (from the vertical "stack".)

There was a Dairy Queen on the same side of Bird just a couple of blocks down the way the picture is facing but I'm not sure when that opened. Being born in '64, I wasn't old enough to get out and explore until the early '70(s).
Andy Braznell 05-Mar-2008 23:16
Mr Allenbaugh - we at Trail Builders sent alot of business your way. Glad to hear you're still in the business.
Guest 28-Feb-2008 03:28
This is Laurence Ronald Allenbaugh Sr.
My father Paul Allenbaugh and I bought the hardware store from Ervin & Mariam Cannon in 1957 at 6851 Bird Rd..Paul was killed in robbery Oct 1959. My mother Margie Allenbaugh & I owned store till 1962 when she sold her shares to Dan King.We sold store in 1968.I ran Locksmith shop in store till 1970.I left and started Allenbaugh Locksmith Service.My son Laurence Ronald Allenbaugh Jr. and I still own business in 2008.
We take business calls at 305-271-6699
Fax 305-279-0749
Guest 19-Feb-2008 03:30
The spilling paint can on the roof was there up until a couple of years ago. I am a 3rd generation miamian! My grandmother used to go to Sid's piano bar which was just east of here (Ludlam)
Guest 18-Jan-2008 23:50
Lourdes Mendez - yah now there's a laundro mat there. This is neat I was born 10/15/65 and I've been here ever since !
robert cruz 28-Oct-2007 07:54
this is now a closed down funeral home thats boarded up. same building as in pic with some superficial changes. the lip across the front and the brick columns are still there.
Don Boyd15-Sep-2007 05:15
Thanks Russ for identifying where it was on Bird! Don
Russ 14-Sep-2007 19:25
This is the North side of Bird Road between 68th and 69 ave, just east of the rail tracks and FPL Yard