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UER Forum > US: Pacific Southwest > Crest with a view (Viewed 4309 times)
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Crest with a view
< on 1/2/2015 8:46 PM >
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Crestview lanes provided many happy memories for lots of folks for nearly half a century.

(photo courtesy of www.valcomnews.com)


Built in 1963 and family owned, the bowling alley closed due to high maintenance costs and the general economy.
It was one of the city's oldest.

There were many who were sad to see the demise of this 32 lane, 180,000 square foot hang out


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Crestview Lanes closed in 2010.


















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Hey!!! That was my old stomping grounds! Knocked over many pins there when I was a kid.
Thanks for the trip down memory "lane".




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This also triggered a flashback. The most recent time I was there was in 2001. When I went to Sanctuary. A Gothic night club that shared the building.
Good times!




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This also triggered a flashback. The most recent time I was there was in 2001. When I went to Sanctuary. A Gothic night club that shared the building.
Good times!


Gothic nightclub seems so out of place in a wholesome bowling alley environment lol.
When the three of us took that outside shot we got grease on our pants.
Someone mentioned they grease any sitting areas to discourage loitering/prostitution. The more ya know.




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That's so cool.

That 60s hair, though




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Love it!

Get any good pictures of the mechanical rooms?




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Apparently, someone said it was this bowling alley where the oil incident is described in a newspaper. It's actually in Vallejo at some residential area.

http://www.sfgate.....php#photo-2019794

Click through the slideshow.




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Dang that's awesome! I have always wanted to check out an abandoned bowling alley! So cool that there's still so much stuff left inside.




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Nice. Theres something romantic about bowling alleys, have no idea why.




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Beautifully preserved, and now immortalized.

Thanks B&C.




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Awesome shots and place. I'm amazed that its in as good as shape as you found it.




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Anyone been here in the last year? Always wanted to shoot a bowling alley.




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Anyone been here in the last year? Always wanted to shoot a bowling alley.


Pretty sure it's been flattened. I hope some of the old fixtures and furniture found a good home.




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In the mid-nineties I actually worked a security gig here. So it wasn't as wholesome as some might think. Had a lot of issues with drugs & vagrants at the time. The over-all area wasn't all that great at that time.

Thanks for the memories.




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Pretty sure it's been flattened. I hope some of the old fixtures and furniture found a good home.


Did a little more digging. Street view confirms demolition. Damn.




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Did a little more digging. Street view confirms demolition. Damn.


Weird... IRL view shows still there on 09-22...




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Weird... IRL view shows still there on 09-22...


IRL view, as in you're there?

When I look at street view I see some gym in the same lot, but it looks like just the Crestview Lanes sign remains for the actual bowling alley.




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