Factoria Mervyn's Home and Fashion 1987

More from the Factoria Square's Mervyn's Grand Opening March 6, 1987.

Home Furnishings.

We bought our first home in 1987.  I had the goose motif on display here



These colors just scream 1987






Fashion jewelry


Fashion foundations


Fashion footwear


Toys and children




More Factoria Mervyn's March 1987
Factoria Mervyn's Welcomes Shoppers
Factoria Mervyn's Spring Fashions

Factoria Mervyn's Welcomes Shoppers March 1987

More Mervyn's Grand Opening March 6, 1987. 
Welcoming shoppers to their brand new store.
Were you there?





Can't help but recall these commercials

























Awesome 1987 hair!!!!

Factoria Mervyns Spring Fashion March 1987

I have several other photos posted thanks to my Dad's photography business (click the lable Richard E. Hawes Studios). These are from the Factoria Mall Mervyn's Grand Opening on March 6, 1987. I'll have more photos to post of this event so "stay tuned".

Spring Fashions dateline  . . . March 1987. Colors were both pastel or bright - fun patterns also made a statement. Big shoulders for the ladies. Bold colors and wild patterns for the guys. These shots were taken before the doors opened.

Yo Mickey!


Paradise Beach Club












Check out those colorful suspenders!

Southcenter Tukwila 1987-1988

These are the last of the aerials that I have from a quarter of a century ago. (The other aerials are here: Seattle,  Bellevue, and Factoria)

Tukwila, Washington . . . Southcenter Shopping Center.


Facing West. Interstate 5 is at the top of the photo. The anchor stores are Frederick & Nelson, Nordstrom, The Bon Marche and J. C. Penney.  The Doubletree Inn is on the far left and a theater is in the upper right corner of the lot. 1987


Facing South. 1987


Facing North. Lucky (grocery), Pay-n-Save (drugs) 1987


This is south of the mall on Southcenter Parkway - At the time I worked at a photo lab called "60 Minute Photo Express" it was in the middle of this strip mall. If my memory hasn't completely failed me, I believe the balloon on the end of our building was for the grand opening of a Chuck E. Cheese. 1987


My Dad also worked in Tukwila at this Boeing building (S. 204th and 72nd AVE S. - 1988.)


Sea-Tac is visible in the upper portion of the photo. 1988




My Mom, Dad, the Pilot and me at Boeing Air Field after the 1987 excursion.

Factoria Square 1987-1988

I mentioned in my last post about my Dad hiring a pilot to take us around so he could shoot aerials March 1987 in preparation for the Factoria Mervyn's Grand Opening.  Here are some of the photos he took of Factoria Square on that trip and when he went again November 1988. Be sure to click on each photo for more detail (and look for the magnifying glass icon.) Mervyn's is the largest white-roofed structure pictured below. 

3/7/1987

Facing NE. A few visible landmarks include I 405 (cuts the lower left corner of the photo), I 90 (in the upper left), the LDS Seattle Temple in Eastgate (white structure with peak in the distance), Loehmann's Plaza, and the Cascade Mountain Range.

Facing North.  I 405 (upper left) and I 90 (horizontal) interchange


Facing East. Newport Presbyterian Church visible lower right, Sunset Elementary slightly visible top center.  Note triangular patch of brush and trees on the other side of I 405 from the church and the swath of trees upper center of photo . . .(see eighth photo)


Facing East.  Somerset visible on right.

Facing NE.  Visible are Lake Sammamish at the top, Newport High School lower right.

Facing South.  Visible are I 90 (horizontal) and I 405 Interchange, Mount Rainier in the distance, Newport Shores on the right and Somerset on the left.

At this time, my Dad doesn't quite recall why he went up again a year and a half later.  When I came across these I thought maybe the negatives were dated incorrectly but these photos clearly are during the fall and there has been some construction in the meantime.  Including Target which is the large light gray-roofed structure to the right of Mervyn's (white roof).
11/23/1987

Facing West.  Seattle in the distant background.  The East Channel Bridge and some of the Newport Shores neighborhood are visible.

Facing West.  Compare this to the third photo - note the white stairstepped buildings in the upper left quarter, the west parking lot, Target and the new lumber structure that was the across from Target (which was the triangular patch of brush and trees described above across I 405 from Newport Presbyterian)

Similar view as above.

Facing North.  Downtown Bellevue's increasing skyline in the background.