The iconic 57-year-old Town & Country Market sign along Winslow Way is showing its age — at least structurally — and will be demolished Tuesday.
The 23-foot, 6-inch wood sign has become unsafe, said market officials, and needs to be replaced with a steel and wood sign that will be nearly identical in look.
“The new reader board will look like the old one, but will be structurally sound,” Rick Pedersen, market director, said in a press release. “We’re just so glad we’re able to keep it in its original form and make sure it lasts another 50 years.”
Although the sign was first used to advertise market sale prices, it eventually became a large announcement board for community and public events.
The sign’s famous neon T and C that directly faces Winslow Way — along with the rest of the neon parts — will be salvaged before the demolition and used on the new sign or placed inside the store.
The new sign is expected to be finished this coming spring.
“It will look strange when it’s gone, but it is coming back,” Pedersen said in a press release.
The store also is seeing a little change with a remodeled that started in February and is scheduled to be finished during the summer next year.
While Town & Country Market has undergone several small remodels since it opened in August 1957, the current remodel is it’s largest, according to market officials. The store has remained open throughout the project, and will continue to do so.
The remodel will put all of the departments on one level, create a new car entrance from Winslow Way, replace nearly all of the store’s equipment and feature new restrooms.
The remodel also will include a staffed sushi counter and an expanded Culinary Resource Center, among other items.
