Farewell, we will miss you Fish Market

By Sue Lempert
Sep 18, 2023
Sep 18, 2023
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Cities are dynamic creatures and they change. But it’s a challenge for some old timers to adjust to the new reality. Housing, housing and more housing is what most elected officials think we need. But it’s hard to say goodbye to the icons of our past. I still miss Trag’s. It was a pillar of the community, a place where both North Central and Hillsborough residents would shop, for its convenient downtown location, its fresh produce and fish and meat counter.

Yes downtown San Mateo hosted I. Magnin’s and Joseph Magnin’s department stores, J. C. Penney’s and Livingston’s and Levy Brothers. When they closed, Draeger’s and the movie theater came to the rescue.

(2) comments

aball52 Sep 19, 2023 11:37am

May i remind the fc councilmembers mentioned in sue lempert's column I sat at the board meeting years ago when Mrs Lempert voted against the building of fc school. Crocker was closing 5 san mateo schools building fc finally a school. the vote was for suzanne parkhurst d matteo for amd Lampert against. Crocker told us san Mateo would question closing schools in SanMateo then opening a school in FC. Lempert vpted against it...BE careful Pam frisella moved her kids to private schools when ehe learned schools were closing maybe these leaders need to sit through board meetings then later pretend they changed schools when schools were closing. be careful who you support as theymay not support your district. Pam contends her kids were bussed...

aball52 Sep 19, 2023 11:54am

I was the one on the street corner lining kids up to ride i lived through bussing to san mateo in the elementary level and the high school level, fc was hoping to w have a walk to school It never happened. I went to pick up my son for swimpractice Hte went thome with the

walkers at knolls school histeacher and i had to find him i don't think his teacher even knew he was missing. until I got there. When cCocker left we bought him a school bus tie tac pen to show our appreciation He went to Paso Robles. He was bowditch principal he understood fc 'a plight for a schhol you could walk to,

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