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Sacramento Street, one block to the east of School Street, is beginning to enjoy a renaissance of its own. A 380-space parking garage is heralding the beginnings of new nightspots, eateries, boutiques and shops. A new multi-modal transportation hub is adjacent to the new garage. The transportation hub combines a train and bus station in one facility. Now, you can ride the bus from anywhere in the county to the station and hop a train to the Bay Area or Old Sacramento for a day trip.
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| Lodi Avenue |
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| North Sacramento Street |
50 N. Sacramento at Pine from the Parking Garage - Amtrak parking lot from the top of the parking garage at Pine & Sacramento. The buildings in the background are on Main Street. The buildings in the background are from the left:
4 S. Main - Main Hotel / Former Milano Hotel
8 S. Main - Milano Bar & Cafe
10 S. Main - King Yin Cafe / Former Joe Yip Restaurant
18 S. Main - Lido Club Liquors
18 1/2 S. Main - Golden Era Hotel / Former Europa Hotel
22 S. Main - Star Hotel / Former Padre Rooms / Lido Hote - l24-26 E. Main - Former Tukuo Okazaki Groceries
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50 N. Sacramento at Pine looking Northeast Lodi Parking Facility
The Central California Traction Company mural on the parking garage in Downtown Lodi.
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The first merchants settling in Lodi (then called Mokelumne Station) were Charles O. Ivory, a New York native who came to California in 1853, and his partner J. M. Burt. Their general merchandise store featuring living space in the back was built across from the railroad stop on the northwest corner of Pine and Sacramento streets, which was the nucleus of the new town
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Pine & Sacramento looking North. Left photo, early 1800s - 1-27 N. Sacramento
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1 N. Sacramento - ESMail & Paulene's Club Tavern (1968) / RH Rinn Real Estate
5 N. Sacramento - Hard Look Tattoo
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| 2 N. Sacramento - Former Arch Service Gas Station |
5 N. Sacramento - Hard Look Tattoo
7 N. Sacramento - Former Dean's Barber Shop (1968)
9 N. Sacramento - Former Rex Cafe - Rex Pool Room
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7 N. Sacramento - Former Dean's Barber Shop (1968)
9 N. Sacramento - Former Rex Cafe - Rex Pool Room
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15 N. Sacramento - Former Fifteen Club Tavern (1968) / Club Coffee Shop
19 N. Sacramento - Former Quin's Tavern (1968) /GW Woell Liquors / Lodi Transfer & Storage (1909)
21 N. Sacramento - Former Lodi Wine Co (1913)
27 N. Sacramento - Former Twenty Seven Club (68)
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| 28 N. Sacramento - Former Lodi City Auto Park - (68) |
29 N. Sacramento - Mary's Cafe (68)
31 N. Sacramento - Jack's Back / Former Harold's Club Tavern (68)
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35 N. Sacramento - Women Kickin' It
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41 N. Sacramento Snippity Clipz - Former Jake & Clay's Barber Shop in 1968
43 N. Sacramento - Sinaloa Cafe / Former Lodi Tamale & Ravoli Restaurant (68)
45 N. Sacramento - Forty Five Club Tavern (68)
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| 45 N. Sacramento - Forty Five Club Tavern (68) |
47 N. Sacramento - McCullum's Bargain Store (68)
71 N. Sacramento - Joe Hassan's warehouse - On April 8, 1876, Lodi Druggist, Byron Beckwith joined with six other men who felt that the growing town needed a meeting hall and formed the Lodi Hall Association. They sold shares for $25 apiece. In September of that year, the association hired Stockton builder Matthew McCarty to build this two-story brick structure at the southwest corner of Elm and Sacramento streets, just across the street from Beckwith's store. This building was called the Granger's Building and housed a general store on the ground floor and the meeting hall on the upper floor. This brick building, is Lodi's oldest commercial building and is currently Joe Hassan's warehouse, the only structure on the block to survive a devastating October 1887 fire.
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100 N. Sacramento - Joe Hassan's Clothing & Western Wear / Cal-Tone Shoes (68)
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101 N. Sacramento - I.O.O.F Building / Payless Market Liquors / Former LF Boyton Drugs / Greyhound Bus (1939-1940)/ 1930 Weihe's Drug Store. - Karen Brown Anderson photo collection
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104 N. Sacramento - Hotel Nobel
107-109 N. Sacramento - Lodi Deli / Chapalita Cafe (68) 107 1/2 N. Sacramento - Palace Hotel (68)
108 N. Sacramento - Graffigna Brothers Auto Parts (68) 109 - Sacramento - Odd Fellow's Hall
111 N. Sacramento - El Grilinese / Three Aces Tavern (68) 114 N. Sacramento - Whisky Barrel Saloon / Liberty Cafe / Dutch Mill Tavern (68)
115 N. Sacramento - Joe Hassan's Dry Goods (68) 116 N. Sacramento - Rainbow Club Liquors / Rainbow Club (68)
117 N. Sacramento - Vintage Sports Grill 118 1/2 N. Sacramento - Plaza Rooms
120 N. Sacramento - Fred's Barber Shop (68) 121 N. Sacramento - El Tropical Tavern (68)
122 N. Sacramento - El Sombrero Bar & Cafe (68) 124 N. Sacramento - Perrin's Body & Tire Shop (68)
125 N. Sacramento St - Mazatlan Cafe - 209-334-0364
Mexican - Tastiest taco: Mazatlan Cafe’s version of a taco is ground beef simmered with potatoes (just enough to give it texture), cheese, lettuce and a homemade sweet tomato sauce in deep fried tortillas.
127 N. Sacramento - Do-Nut Hut (68) 130 N. Sacramento - Lodi Tile Works / Former Gundershaug Electrical (68)
200 N. Sacramento - Sak's Green Thrift Store. It was Frank's TV Service in 1968.
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201 N. Sacramento - Lakewood Auto Repair / Former Eagles Hall - A portion of Lowen Chevrolet at the left of the building
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204 N. Sacramento - Randolf System Signs (68)
206 N. Sacramento - Eugene Hieb Studebaker 210 N. Sacramento - County Department of Agriculture (68)
214 N. Sacramento - Wright's Garage (68) 217 N. Sacramento - Ehler's Garage (68)
310 N. Sacramento - Ted's Auto Service (68) 321 N. Sacramento - G. Miller Drywall / former G&S Farm Supply (68)
400 N. Sacramento - Mason Fruit Company (68) 405 N. Sacramento - Thomas Auto Body
420 N. Sacramento St - Former Lodi Super Mold (68) 439 N. Sacramento St - Lodi Super Mold Plant(68)
505 N. Sacramento St - Alricks Steel 523 N. Sacramento St - Evergreen Recycling Center
622 N. Sacramento St - Salvation Army
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 Arbor Square Cinema. 843 N Sacramento St
The Arbor Theatre was opened as a 196-seat, single-screen house in May, 1980, by Jack and Janice Smith. As told in this article from the Lodi News-Sentinel of July 16, 1981, the house opened with standard Hollywood fare, but low attendance led the Smiths to begin programming Spanish language movies in December, 1980. The new policy proved a success. The Arbor Square Theatre closed in 1995, and was later converted into a church.
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| South Sacramento Street |
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1 S. Sacramento St. - Left photo Lodi National Bank (1920)
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Sacramento Street looking South
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Sacramento and Pine Street looking North
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Sacramento and Pine looking West
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7 S. Sacramento - Playboy Cocktail Lounge (68)
9 S. Sacramento - the launch pad
11 S. Sacramento - Lodi Major Appliance (68)
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17 S. Sacramento - Former William Bauer Bicycles
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| 19 S. Sacramento - A1 Upholstery (68)K.O. Lock Meats |
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21 S. Sacramento - Uptown Thrift / Former Henderson Brothers Hardware & Sheet metal (68)
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24 S. Sacramento - Lodi Amtrak - The depot was erected in 1869 for the Central Pacific Railroad as part of their route from Stockton north to Sacramento. The railroad reservation between Main and Sacramento Streets and between Walnut and Locust Streets was established at the same time that the plan for the town was surveyed. Railroad services were first required for agricultural transport. Read more about Lodi Amtrak
24 S. Sacramento - Lodi AmtrakAfter the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) acquired the Central Pacific, Southern Pacific built a new depot in 1907 a half block north of the original, which had stood on the site of the current station and had burned the previous year. Passenger trains continued to serve Lodi until April 30, 1971, at which time the SP depot was closed. It took until 1993, when railroad stations in the central valley were being studied, for strong local interest to gather in favor of reusing the depot.
In February 1999, Amtrak’s San Joaquin made a symbolic visit to the Lodi SP depot shortly before beginning regular service connecting Bakersfield and Sacramento, the first through the San Joaquin Valley in 27 years. The San Joaquin would not actually begin to serve Lodi until three years later, although it would run through their downtown. In order to receive that service, the city moved the SP depot south of Pine Street and restored it into the present transit center—a $2.3 million project necessitated by the requirement for an 800-foot platform for Amtrak trains.
On March 18, 2002, passenger rail service then returned to Lodi after a 31-year hiatus, celebrated by a crowd of over 600 gathering for cake and champagne to honor that first northbound passenger train
Leaving and Coming Home Sand Hill Crane bronze sculpture, appropriately sited at the Lodi Amtrak Train Station, greets travelers during their workaday world sojourns, in addition to being a winter home for these majestic birds. The bronze sculpture stands 10-feet, and was commissioned by the City of Lodi Art through its Art in Public Places Program in 2002. By Rowland Cheney.
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25 S. Sacramento St. - Beckman, Welch & Thompson General Merchandise
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27 S. Sacramento St. - Lodi Publishing (68)
33 S. Sacramento St. - Betty Barron Apron Company (68) 35 S. Sacramento - Lodi Home Magazine
37 S. Sacramento St. - Kleen Rite Cleaners (68) 39 S. Sacramento - Miller Floor Covering (68) Atwood Hotel
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41 S. Sacramento - Meyer & Baumbach Civil Engineers (68)Former Lodi Home Bakery Lodi Home Bakery - Albert Binse started the bakery in 1901. He rented part of undertaker Frank O. Hales new building on the south side of Pine Street, just west of the alley a half block from Sacramento Street - Read more about Lodi Home Bakery
41 S. Lodi Home BakeryIn 1909, with his new partner Rudolph Wedler, Jacob Gatzert bought the property at 41 S. Sacramento St. and relocated Lodi Home Bakery. Gatzert installed a brick oven. As business grew, Gatzert bought more space and added modern equipment. The business frontage eventually expanded to cover 34 feet. The bakery was able to produce 2,000 bread loaves per day.
In the early 1960s, the smell of baking bread disappeared from Sacramento Street. The building at 41 S. Sacramento St. was vacant. By this time, there are several bakeries in Lodi including Alexanders, Larson and Knutsons Cottage Bakery, Lodi Avenue Bakery, Fluffy Donuts and Trefz Specialty Bakery.
In 2004, the site of the Lodi Home Bakery was occupied by Moores Shou Shu Studios where karate lessons were taught. Nearly all of Lodi Home Bakerys former competitors also are closed. The faded painting of Dandy bread is the only reminder of the local product that was part of many Lodians lives.
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| 50 S. Sacramento - Eberle & Giatt Gas Station |
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Sacramento Street in the early 1900s looking north from near Oak Street. The Lodi Arch, built in 1907 over Pine Street, is visible past the wagons on the right. The bear on top of the arch is just visible and indicates the photo was taken after 1909, when the papier mache decoration was placed there. The rails of the Central California Traction line ran down the middle of Sacramento Street. Passenger rail cars, powered by electricity from the overhead power lines, provided service to Downtown Lodi into the 1930s. These rails, first laid in 1907, are now being uncovered and removed in the street repaving project currently underway on Sacramento Street. Ralph Lea courtesy photograph
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100 S. Sacramento - Giant Discount Tire / Firestone Store (68)
101 S. Sacramento - Morris Automotive 968) / Hepper Furniture 105 S. Sacramento - Lodi French Laundry (68)
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111-119 S Sacramento - Former Green Ford / Kreiger Motor Co Ford-Mercury-Lincoln Dealer. Demolished for Post Office Expansion. Read more about Geweke
Geweke Ford DealershipThe Geweke Ford dealership was first established in 1966. It was previously known as Green Ford Sales and dated back to about 1916.
The dealership was initially located on Sacramento Street, in the space on now occupied by the U.S. Post Office parking lot. In 1972, the business moved to Cherokee Lane at Poplar Street
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200 S. Sacramento - Former Billy's Drive In / Lodi Soda Works (1913)
205 S. Sacramento - Tax Form Supply (68) 207 S. Sacramento - Charles Hann Accountant (68) / Former Pump Shop - (1940) - Demolished
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209 S. Sacramento - Security Lock & Key / Hotel Royal 968) / Former Weigland Hotel / Wahl Hotel. Left Photo - “Historic Sacramento Street” mural, 209 S. Sacramento St. By Tony Segale. Dedicated June 2009. It honors the first merchants in the area, dating back to the 1860s. Located along Sacramento Street, between Walnut Street and Lodi Avenue.
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216 S. Sacramento - O'Gren's Auction / Former Swerington-Jentoff Oldsmobile (68)/former B&W Motor Sales
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217 S. Sacramento - Henderson Brothers Heating & Air Conditioning / Lowen Auto Body Company (68)/ Former Poe Fruit Exchange Building
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221 S. Sacramento - Blewett's Ice Cream / Former Blewett's Dairy / Former L.G. Brown, Dodge-Plymouth. / Blewett's - 309 S. Sacramento in 1928-1940
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| School Street |
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Downtown Lodi
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