Midwest City Recollections

[Roger S]

Wow,
found this forum, and it appears there hasn't been any activity in over a year!

I haven't been back to OKC/MWC for close to twenty years, so I can't use the current store / building as reference.

Reno and Midwest Blvd. There was a Target there. Across from the Police Station, City Council Chambers.
To the south was an Albertsons (or was it a Skaggs Alpha Beta?)
To the East was the Hospital.

What was the department store in the Target building, prior to it being a Target? late 60's / 70's maybe 80's?

My memory is pretty fuzzy that far back but wasn't that store originally a Venture?

[Jeepnokc]

My memory is pretty fuzzy that far back but wasn't that store originally a Venture?

Not sure of what was before Target. There was a Venture at Reno and Sooner on NE corner.

[Roger S]

Not sure of what was before Target. There was a Venture at Reno and Sooner on NE corner.

Yeah... I remember that one too and doing a quick Google search all I find is that 3 were built in the area... One in MWC and two in OKC.

So the fuzz must be winning on that one.

[Martin]

wasn't it originally called arlan's?

[Roger S]

wasn't it originally called arlan's?

I believe you are correct... Found a FB page where the same question was asked and the consensus was that it was Arlan's.

[Martin]

definitely arlans in 1970... oklahoman archives pulls through again:



i think after arlans went bankrupt it was dayton hudson before becoming target... gonna verify that.

[Martin]

update to the above... nope, arlans became target in 1972. could've sworn there was another store name between arlans and target... at least at the location at sw 44th and western.

[billinvegas]

update to the above... nope, arlans became target in 1972. could've sworn there was another store name between arlans and target... at least at the location at sw 44th and western.

That sounds about right. If I remember right my parents used to shop at Arlans.
I would have been five or six max for those Arlan's days.

I was quite fascinated with the large "Target" that was part of the Target store sign.

Thanks all for the info and pics!