Before Oak Grove Plaza in Concord was named Oak Grove Plaza, it was the Ygnacio Valley Center.
The center now houses Trader Joe’s and Pet Food Express, as well as a bar called The Captain’s Chest.
Russell Wan sent us the pictures above. The Wan family also owned The Captain’s Chest, which used to be a restaurant & bar in the Ygnacio Valley Center / Oak Grove Plaza.
Here’s a message from Russell Wan….
Here are some pictures of Ygnacio Shopping Center, now Oak Grove Plaza. You can see a picture of Oak Grove Road, and the shopping center sign.
This picture was taken by my Dad in 1965, you can see the Palm Lake Apartments were not built yet, it was just oak trees.
The next pictures are from February of 1968 at the front door of our restaurant and standing there is Miss Contra Costa.
Amazing, we love these old photos & stories! Thanks, Russell!
ABOUT THE CLAYCORD ONLINE MUSEUM: The Claycord Online Museum is made up of historical photos, documents & anything else that has to do with the history of our area.
If you have any old photos or items that you’d like to place in the Claycord Online Museum, just scan or take a photo of them, and send them to the following address: news@claycord.com. It doesn’t matter what it is, even if it’s just an old photo of your house, a scan of an old advertisement or an artifact that you’d like us to see, send it in and we’ll put it online!
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I guess I should add more photos.