Northeast Oklahoma City 'food desert' nabs new grocer
The Oklahoman's Jack Money reports:
Finding a grocery store for Northeast Town Center wasn't easy.
But developers of the retail project at NE 36 and Kelley confirmed Wednesday they've signed a deal with Save-A-Lot to open an 18,000-square-foot store as a major anchor for the rebuilt shopping center.
Rick Brown, an architect who recently designed other shopping center overhauls and whose father-in-law, Charles Shadid, owns the center, said the Save-A-Lot should open before the end of this year.
Updated photos of the Northeast Town Center, in the 1100 block of NE 36, which is now leasing space. When the Northeast Shopping Center first opened in the early 1960s, it was a source of pride for northeast Oklahoma City â home to a Safeway grocery store, Cherryâs Cafeteria, a TG&Y and the same sort of variety retailers featured in similar developments popping up throughout the city. But by the 1990s, the shopping center was a ghost of its former self, littered with empty storefronts, bars on shop windows and weeds in a largely vacant sprawling parking lot. The history of the property was enough to provoke an outburst by John Pettis early in his first term as the Ward 7 City Councilman against the owner, Charles Shadid. But after two years of discussions, Pettis and Shadid announced a redevelopment of the shopping center that is expected to include a grocer as its anchor tenant.
The development is being led and designed by architect Rick Brown, who mostly recently oversaw the makeover of Boulevard Shopping Center at 33rd and Boulevard in Edmond, and whose portfolio includes the 2002 reconstruction of the Civic Center Music Hall auditorium. Brown is also Shadidâs son-in-law and has been a part of the discussion of the propertyâs fate for the past few years.
âWe feel like the time is right, the demand is there, and we believe we can provide a great product to the northeast community,â Brown said. âNobody will recognize what will be here versus what is here today. The shopping center, the parking lot, everything will be redone. The only thing that will be retained is the skeleton of the shopping center, which is in good condition.â The Northeast Town Center sits on 8.62 acres on a prominent corner and spans almost 100,000 square feet of retail space. Photo taken Monday, March 20, 2017. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman
What is a food desert? It's defined as a rural town without ready access to fresh, healthy and affordable food, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Several parts of the Oklahoma City metro area fit the federal definition of a food desert, including parts of northeast Oklahoma City and much of the southeastern side of the metro area.
Updated photos of the Northeast Town Center, in the 1100 block of NE 36, which is now leasing space. When the Northeast Shopping Center first opened in the early 1960s, it was a source of pride for northeast Oklahoma City â home to a Safeway grocery store, Cherryâs Cafeteria, a TG&Y and the same sort of variety retailers featured in similar developments popping up throughout the city. But by the 1990s, the shopping center was a ghost of its former self, littered with empty storefronts, bars on shop windows and weeds in a largely vacant sprawling parking lot. The history of the property was enough to provoke an outburst by John Pettis early in his first term as the Ward 7 City Councilman against the owner, Charles Shadid. But after two years of discussions, Pettis and Shadid announced a redevelopment of the shopping center that is expected to include a grocer as its anchor tenant.
The development is being led and designed by architect Rick Brown, who mostly recently oversaw the makeover of Boulevard Shopping Center at 33rd and Boulevard in Edmond, and whose portfolio includes the 2002 reconstruction of the Civic Center Music Hall auditorium. Brown is also Shadidâs son-in-law and has been a part of the discussion of the propertyâs fate for the past few years.
âWe feel like the time is right, the demand is there, and we believe we can provide a great product to the northeast community,â Brown said. âNobody will recognize what will be here versus what is here today. The shopping center, the parking lot, everything will be redone. The only thing that will be retained is the skeleton of the shopping center, which is in good condition.â The Northeast Town Center sits on 8.62 acres on a prominent corner and spans almost 100,000 square feet of retail space. Photo taken Monday, March 20, 2017. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman
<figure><img src="//cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-d7bd942387bf17c3d9cb411b73d0c43f.jpg" alt="Photo - Updated photos of the Northeast Town Center, in the 1100 block of NE 36, which is now leasing space. When the Northeast Shopping Center first opened in the early 1960s, it was a source of pride for northeast Oklahoma City â home to a Safeway grocery store, Cherryâs Cafeteria, a TG&Y and the same sort of variety retailers featured in similar developments popping up throughout the city. But by the 1990s, the shopping center was a ghost of its former self, littered with empty storefronts, bars on shop windows and weeds in a largely vacant sprawling parking lot. The history of the property was enough to provoke an outburst by John Pettis early in his first term as the Ward 7 City Councilman against the owner, Charles Shadid. But after two years of discussions, Pettis and Shadid announced a redevelopment of the shopping center that is expected to include a grocer as its anchor tenant.
The development is being led and designed by architect Rick Brown, who mostly recently oversaw the makeover of Boulevard Shopping Center at 33rd and Boulevard in Edmond, and whose portfolio includes the 2002 reconstruction of the Civic Center Music Hall auditorium. Brown is also Shadidâs son-in-law and has been a part of the discussion of the propertyâs fate for the past few years.
âWe feel like the time is right, the demand is there, and we believe we can provide a great product to the northeast community,â Brown said. âNobody will recognize what will be here versus what is here today. The shopping center, the parking lot, everything will be redone. The only thing that will be retained is the skeleton of the shopping center, which is in good condition.â The Northeast Town Center sits on 8.62 acres on a prominent corner and spans almost 100,000 square feet of retail space. Photo taken Monday, March 20, 2017. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman " title="Updated photos of the Northeast Town Center, in the 1100 block of NE 36, which is now leasing space. When the Northeast Shopping Center first opened in the early 1960s, it was a source of pride for northeast Oklahoma City â home to a Safeway grocery store, Cherryâs Cafeteria, a TG&Y and the same sort of variety retailers featured in similar developments popping up throughout the city. But by the 1990s, the shopping center was a ghost of its former self, littered with empty storefronts, bars on shop windows and weeds in a largely vacant sprawling parking lot. The history of the property was enough to provoke an outburst by John Pettis early in his first term as the Ward 7 City Councilman against the owner, Charles Shadid. But after two years of discussions, Pettis and Shadid announced a redevelopment of the shopping center that is expected to include a grocer as its anchor tenant.
The development is being led and designed by architect Rick Brown, who mostly recently oversaw the makeover of Boulevard Shopping Center at 33rd and Boulevard in Edmond, and whose portfolio includes the 2002 reconstruction of the Civic Center Music Hall auditorium. Brown is also Shadidâs son-in-law and has been a part of the discussion of the propertyâs fate for the past few years.
âWe feel like the time is right, the demand is there, and we believe we can provide a great product to the northeast community,â Brown said. âNobody will recognize what will be here versus what is here today. The shopping center, the parking lot, everything will be redone. The only thing that will be retained is the skeleton of the shopping center, which is in good condition.â The Northeast Town Center sits on 8.62 acres on a prominent corner and spans almost 100,000 square feet of retail space. Photo taken Monday, March 20, 2017. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman "><figcaption>Updated photos of the Northeast Town Center, in the 1100 block of NE 36, which is now leasing space. When the Northeast Shopping Center first opened in the early 1960s, it was a source of pride for northeast Oklahoma City â home to a Safeway grocery store, Cherryâs Cafeteria, a TG&Y and the same sort of variety retailers featured in similar developments popping up throughout the city. But by the 1990s, the shopping center was a ghost of its former self, littered with empty storefronts, bars on shop windows and weeds in a largely vacant sprawling parking lot. The history of the property was enough to provoke an outburst by John Pettis early in his first term as the Ward 7 City Councilman against the owner, Charles Shadid. But after two years of discussions, Pettis and Shadid announced a redevelopment of the shopping center that is expected to include a grocer as its anchor tenant.
The development is being led and designed by architect Rick Brown, who mostly recently oversaw the makeover of Boulevard Shopping Center at 33rd and Boulevard in Edmond, and whose portfolio includes the 2002 reconstruction of the Civic Center Music Hall auditorium. Brown is also Shadidâs son-in-law and has been a part of the discussion of the propertyâs fate for the past few years.
âWe feel like the time is right, the demand is there, and we believe we can provide a great product to the northeast community,â Brown said. âNobody will recognize what will be here versus what is here today. The shopping center, the parking lot, everything will be redone. The only thing that will be retained is the skeleton of the shopping center, which is in good condition.â The Northeast Town Center sits on 8.62 acres on a prominent corner and spans almost 100,000 square feet of retail space. Photo taken Monday, March 20, 2017. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman </figcaption></figure><figure><img src="//cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-11b07459ba04851379f94635edb688e3.jpg" alt="Photo - Updated photos of the Northeast Town Center, in the 1100 block of NE 36, which is now leasing space. When the Northeast Shopping Center first opened in the early 1960s, it was a source of pride for northeast Oklahoma City â home to a Safeway grocery store, Cherryâs Cafeteria, a TG&Y and the same sort of variety retailers featured in similar developments popping up throughout the city. But by the 1990s, the shopping center was a ghost of its former self, littered with empty storefronts, bars on shop windows and weeds in a largely vacant sprawling parking lot. The history of the property was enough to provoke an outburst by John Pettis early in his first term as the Ward 7 City Councilman against the owner, Charles Shadid. But after two years of discussions, Pettis and Shadid announced a redevelopment of the shopping center that is expected to include a grocer as its anchor tenant.
The development is being led and designed by architect Rick Brown, who mostly recently oversaw the makeover of Boulevard Shopping Center at 33rd and Boulevard in Edmond, and whose portfolio includes the 2002 reconstruction of the Civic Center Music Hall auditorium. Brown is also Shadidâs son-in-law and has been a part of the discussion of the propertyâs fate for the past few years.
âWe feel like the time is right, the demand is there, and we believe we can provide a great product to the northeast community,â Brown said. âNobody will recognize what will be here versus what is here today. The shopping center, the parking lot, everything will be redone. The only thing that will be retained is the skeleton of the shopping center, which is in good condition.â The Northeast Town Center sits on 8.62 acres on a prominent corner and spans almost 100,000 square feet of retail space. Photo taken Monday, March 20, 2017. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman " title="Updated photos of the Northeast Town Center, in the 1100 block of NE 36, which is now leasing space. When the Northeast Shopping Center first opened in the early 1960s, it was a source of pride for northeast Oklahoma City â home to a Safeway grocery store, Cherryâs Cafeteria, a TG&Y and the same sort of variety retailers featured in similar developments popping up throughout the city. But by the 1990s, the shopping center was a ghost of its former self, littered with empty storefronts, bars on shop windows and weeds in a largely vacant sprawling parking lot. The history of the property was enough to provoke an outburst by John Pettis early in his first term as the Ward 7 City Councilman against the owner, Charles Shadid. But after two years of discussions, Pettis and Shadid announced a redevelopment of the shopping center that is expected to include a grocer as its anchor tenant.
The development is being led and designed by architect Rick Brown, who mostly recently oversaw the makeover of Boulevard Shopping Center at 33rd and Boulevard in Edmond, and whose portfolio includes the 2002 reconstruction of the Civic Center Music Hall auditorium. Brown is also Shadidâs son-in-law and has been a part of the discussion of the propertyâs fate for the past few years.
âWe feel like the time is right, the demand is there, and we believe we can provide a great product to the northeast community,â Brown said. âNobody will recognize what will be here versus what is here today. The shopping center, the parking lot, everything will be redone. The only thing that will be retained is the skeleton of the shopping center, which is in good condition.â The Northeast Town Center sits on 8.62 acres on a prominent corner and spans almost 100,000 square feet of retail space. Photo taken Monday, March 20, 2017. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman "><figcaption>Updated photos of the Northeast Town Center, in the 1100 block of NE 36, which is now leasing space. When the Northeast Shopping Center first opened in the early 1960s, it was a source of pride for northeast Oklahoma City â home to a Safeway grocery store, Cherryâs Cafeteria, a TG&Y and the same sort of variety retailers featured in similar developments popping up throughout the city. But by the 1990s, the shopping center was a ghost of its former self, littered with empty storefronts, bars on shop windows and weeds in a largely vacant sprawling parking lot. The history of the property was enough to provoke an outburst by John Pettis early in his first term as the Ward 7 City Councilman against the owner, Charles Shadid. But after two years of discussions, Pettis and Shadid announced a redevelopment of the shopping center that is expected to include a grocer as its anchor tenant.
The development is being led and designed by architect Rick Brown, who mostly recently oversaw the makeover of Boulevard Shopping Center at 33rd and Boulevard in Edmond, and whose portfolio includes the 2002 reconstruction of the Civic Center Music Hall auditorium. Brown is also Shadidâs son-in-law and has been a part of the discussion of the propertyâs fate for the past few years.
âWe feel like the time is right, the demand is there, and we believe we can provide a great product to the northeast community,â Brown said. âNobody will recognize what will be here versus what is here today. The shopping center, the parking lot, everything will be redone. The only thing that will be retained is the skeleton of the shopping center, which is in good condition.â The Northeast Town Center sits on 8.62 acres on a prominent corner and spans almost 100,000 square feet of retail space. Photo taken Monday, March 20, 2017. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman </figcaption></figure><figure><img src="//cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-11b415d8848d15978dd88fbcbf7ee05d.jpg" alt="Photo - Updated photos of the Northeast Town Center, in the 1100 block of NE 36, which is now leasing space. When the Northeast Shopping Center first opened in the early 1960s, it was a source of pride for northeast Oklahoma City â home to a Safeway grocery store, Cherryâs Cafeteria, a TG&Y and the same sort of variety retailers featured in similar developments popping up throughout the city. But by the 1990s, the shopping center was a ghost of its former self, littered with empty storefronts, bars on shop windows and weeds in a largely vacant sprawling parking lot. The history of the property was enough to provoke an outburst by John Pettis early in his first term as the Ward 7 City Councilman against the owner, Charles Shadid. But after two years of discussions, Pettis and Shadid announced a redevelopment of the shopping center that is expected to include a grocer as its anchor tenant.
The development is being led and designed by architect Rick Brown, who mostly recently oversaw the makeover of Boulevard Shopping Center at 33rd and Boulevard in Edmond, and whose portfolio includes the 2002 reconstruction of the Civic Center Music Hall auditorium. Brown is also Shadidâs son-in-law and has been a part of the discussion of the propertyâs fate for the past few years.
âWe feel like the time is right, the demand is there, and we believe we can provide a great product to the northeast community,â Brown said. âNobody will recognize what will be here versus what is here today. The shopping center, the parking lot, everything will be redone. The only thing that will be retained is the skeleton of the shopping center, which is in good condition.â The Northeast Town Center sits on 8.62 acres on a prominent corner and spans almost 100,000 square feet of retail space. Photo taken Monday, March 20, 2017. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman " title="Updated photos of the Northeast Town Center, in the 1100 block of NE 36, which is now leasing space. When the Northeast Shopping Center first opened in the early 1960s, it was a source of pride for northeast Oklahoma City â home to a Safeway grocery store, Cherryâs Cafeteria, a TG&Y and the same sort of variety retailers featured in similar developments popping up throughout the city. But by the 1990s, the shopping center was a ghost of its former self, littered with empty storefronts, bars on shop windows and weeds in a largely vacant sprawling parking lot. The history of the property was enough to provoke an outburst by John Pettis early in his first term as the Ward 7 City Councilman against the owner, Charles Shadid. But after two years of discussions, Pettis and Shadid announced a redevelopment of the shopping center that is expected to include a grocer as its anchor tenant.
The development is being led and designed by architect Rick Brown, who mostly recently oversaw the makeover of Boulevard Shopping Center at 33rd and Boulevard in Edmond, and whose portfolio includes the 2002 reconstruction of the Civic Center Music Hall auditorium. Brown is also Shadidâs son-in-law and has been a part of the discussion of the propertyâs fate for the past few years.
âWe feel like the time is right, the demand is there, and we believe we can provide a great product to the northeast community,â Brown said. âNobody will recognize what will be here versus what is here today. The shopping center, the parking lot, everything will be redone. The only thing that will be retained is the skeleton of the shopping center, which is in good condition.â The Northeast Town Center sits on 8.62 acres on a prominent corner and spans almost 100,000 square feet of retail space. Photo taken Monday, March 20, 2017. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman "><figcaption>Updated photos of the Northeast Town Center, in the 1100 block of NE 36, which is now leasing space. When the Northeast Shopping Center first opened in the early 1960s, it was a source of pride for northeast Oklahoma City â home to a Safeway grocery store, Cherryâs Cafeteria, a TG&Y and the same sort of variety retailers featured in similar developments popping up throughout the city. But by the 1990s, the shopping center was a ghost of its former self, littered with empty storefronts, bars on shop windows and weeds in a largely vacant sprawling parking lot. The history of the property was enough to provoke an outburst by John Pettis early in his first term as the Ward 7 City Councilman against the owner, Charles Shadid. But after two years of discussions, Pettis and Shadid announced a redevelopment of the shopping center that is expected to include a grocer as its anchor tenant.
The development is being led and designed by architect Rick Brown, who mostly recently oversaw the makeover of Boulevard Shopping Center at 33rd and Boulevard in Edmond, and whose portfolio includes the 2002 reconstruction of the Civic Center Music Hall auditorium. Brown is also Shadidâs son-in-law and has been a part of the discussion of the propertyâs fate for the past few years.
âWe feel like the time is right, the demand is there, and we believe we can provide a great product to the northeast community,â Brown said. âNobody will recognize what will be here versus what is here today. The shopping center, the parking lot, everything will be redone. The only thing that will be retained is the skeleton of the shopping center, which is in good condition.â The Northeast Town Center sits on 8.62 acres on a prominent corner and spans almost 100,000 square feet of retail space. Photo taken Monday, March 20, 2017. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman </figcaption></figure><figure><img src="//cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-929789704b61e441bd14ef2a4e236496.jpg" alt="Photo - Updated photos of the Northeast Town Center, in the 1100 block of NE 36, which is now leasing space. When the Northeast Shopping Center first opened in the early 1960s, it was a source of pride for northeast Oklahoma City â home to a Safeway grocery store, Cherryâs Cafeteria, a TG&Y and the same sort of variety retailers featured in similar developments popping up throughout the city. But by the 1990s, the shopping center was a ghost of its former self, littered with empty storefronts, bars on shop windows and weeds in a largely vacant sprawling parking lot. The history of the property was enough to provoke an outburst by John Pettis early in his first term as the Ward 7 City Councilman against the owner, Charles Shadid. But after two years of discussions, Pettis and Shadid announced a redevelopment of the shopping center that is expected to include a grocer as its anchor tenant.
The development is being led and designed by architect Rick Brown, who mostly recently oversaw the makeover of Boulevard Shopping Center at 33rd and Boulevard in Edmond, and whose portfolio includes the 2002 reconstruction of the Civic Center Music Hall auditorium. Brown is also Shadidâs son-in-law and has been a part of the discussion of the propertyâs fate for the past few years.
âWe feel like the time is right, the demand is there, and we believe we can provide a great product to the northeast community,â Brown said. âNobody will recognize what will be here versus what is here today. The shopping center, the parking lot, everything will be redone. The only thing that will be retained is the skeleton of the shopping center, which is in good condition.â The Northeast Town Center sits on 8.62 acres on a prominent corner and spans almost 100,000 square feet of retail space. Photo taken Monday, March 20, 2017. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman " title="Updated photos of the Northeast Town Center, in the 1100 block of NE 36, which is now leasing space. When the Northeast Shopping Center first opened in the early 1960s, it was a source of pride for northeast Oklahoma City â home to a Safeway grocery store, Cherryâs Cafeteria, a TG&Y and the same sort of variety retailers featured in similar developments popping up throughout the city. But by the 1990s, the shopping center was a ghost of its former self, littered with empty storefronts, bars on shop windows and weeds in a largely vacant sprawling parking lot. The history of the property was enough to provoke an outburst by John Pettis early in his first term as the Ward 7 City Councilman against the owner, Charles Shadid. But after two years of discussions, Pettis and Shadid announced a redevelopment of the shopping center that is expected to include a grocer as its anchor tenant.
The development is being led and designed by architect Rick Brown, who mostly recently oversaw the makeover of Boulevard Shopping Center at 33rd and Boulevard in Edmond, and whose portfolio includes the 2002 reconstruction of the Civic Center Music Hall auditorium. Brown is also Shadidâs son-in-law and has been a part of the discussion of the propertyâs fate for the past few years.
âWe feel like the time is right, the demand is there, and we believe we can provide a great product to the northeast community,â Brown said. âNobody will recognize what will be here versus what is here today. The shopping center, the parking lot, everything will be redone. The only thing that will be retained is the skeleton of the shopping center, which is in good condition.â The Northeast Town Center sits on 8.62 acres on a prominent corner and spans almost 100,000 square feet of retail space. Photo taken Monday, March 20, 2017. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman "><figcaption>Updated photos of the Northeast Town Center, in the 1100 block of NE 36, which is now leasing space. When the Northeast Shopping Center first opened in the early 1960s, it was a source of pride for northeast Oklahoma City â home to a Safeway grocery store, Cherryâs Cafeteria, a TG&Y and the same sort of variety retailers featured in similar developments popping up throughout the city. But by the 1990s, the shopping center was a ghost of its former self, littered with empty storefronts, bars on shop windows and weeds in a largely vacant sprawling parking lot. The history of the property was enough to provoke an outburst by John Pettis early in his first term as the Ward 7 City Councilman against the owner, Charles Shadid. But after two years of discussions, Pettis and Shadid announced a redevelopment of the shopping center that is expected to include a grocer as its anchor tenant.
The development is being led and designed by architect Rick Brown, who mostly recently oversaw the makeover of Boulevard Shopping Center at 33rd and Boulevard in Edmond, and whose portfolio includes the 2002 reconstruction of the Civic Center Music Hall auditorium. Brown is also Shadidâs son-in-law and has been a part of the discussion of the propertyâs fate for the past few years.
âWe feel like the time is right, the demand is there, and we believe we can provide a great product to the northeast community,â Brown said. âNobody will recognize what will be here versus what is here today. The shopping center, the parking lot, everything will be redone. The only thing that will be retained is the skeleton of the shopping center, which is in good condition.â The Northeast Town Center sits on 8.62 acres on a prominent corner and spans almost 100,000 square feet of retail space. Photo taken Monday, March 20, 2017. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman </figcaption></figure><figure><img src="//cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-c0c84a6da82c07bd02502eaf0f603bb9.jpg" alt="Photo - South Korean army soldiers patrol along the barbed-wire fence in South Korea's Paju, near the border with North Korea, Friday, Aug. 11, 2017. Military officials said Friday they plan to move ahead with large-scale U.S.-South Korea exercises later this month that North Korea, now finalizing plans to launch a salvo of missiles toward Guam, claims are a rehearsal for war. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" title="South Korean army soldiers patrol along the barbed-wire fence in South Korea's Paju, near the border with North Korea, Friday, Aug. 11, 2017. Military officials said Friday they plan to move ahead with large-scale U.S.-South Korea exercises later this month that North Korea, now finalizing plans to launch a salvo of missiles toward Guam, claims are a rehearsal for war. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)"><figcaption>South Korean army soldiers patrol along the barbed-wire fence in South Korea's Paju, near the border with North Korea, Friday, Aug. 11, 2017. Military officials said Friday they plan to move ahead with large-scale U.S.-South Korea exercises later this month that North Korea, now finalizing plans to launch a salvo of missiles toward Guam, claims are a rehearsal for war. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)</figcaption></figure><figure><img src="//cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-f7decc93f0fd4a5da2b245dd7444692a.jpg" alt="Photo - People look toward North Korea at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 11, 2017. Military officials said Friday they plan to move ahead with large-scale U.S.-South Korea exercises later this month that North Korea, now finalizing plans to launch a salvo of missiles toward Guam, claims are a rehearsal for war. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" title="People look toward North Korea at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 11, 2017. Military officials said Friday they plan to move ahead with large-scale U.S.-South Korea exercises later this month that North Korea, now finalizing plans to launch a salvo of missiles toward Guam, claims are a rehearsal for war. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)"><figcaption>People look toward North Korea at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 11, 2017. Military officials said Friday they plan to move ahead with large-scale U.S.-South Korea exercises later this month that North Korea, now finalizing plans to launch a salvo of missiles toward Guam, claims are a rehearsal for war. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)</figcaption></figure><figure><img src="//cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-ec8d955487a689ac01f39335848e2fbc.jpg" alt="Photo - A South Korean army soldier stands guard at a military post at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 11, 2017. Military officials said Friday they plan to move ahead with large-scale U.S.-South Korea exercises later this month that North Korea, now finalizing plans to launch a salvo of missiles toward Guam, claims are a rehearsal for war. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" title="A South Korean army soldier stands guard at a military post at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 11, 2017. Military officials said Friday they plan to move ahead with large-scale U.S.-South Korea exercises later this month that North Korea, now finalizing plans to launch a salvo of missiles toward Guam, claims are a rehearsal for war. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)"><figcaption>A South Korean army soldier stands guard at a military post at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 11, 2017. Military officials said Friday they plan to move ahead with large-scale U.S.-South Korea exercises later this month that North Korea, now finalizing plans to launch a salvo of missiles toward Guam, claims are a rehearsal for war. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)</figcaption></figure><figure><img src="//cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-a8ea14a3d6969db419dde46c5f2d725a.jpg" alt="Photo - A woman passes by a TV screen showing a local news program reporting on North Korea's threats to strike Guam with missiles at the Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. North Korea has announced a detailed plan to launch a salvo of ballistic missiles toward the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, a major military hub and home to U.S. bombers. If carried out, it would be the North's most provocative missile launch to date. The signs at left top read " North Korea announced a plan to launch a salvo of ballistic missiles toward the Guam. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-Joon)" title="A woman passes by a TV screen showing a local news program reporting on North Korea's threats to strike Guam with missiles at the Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. North Korea has announced a detailed plan to launch a salvo of ballistic missiles toward the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, a major military hub and home to U.S. bombers. If carried out, it would be the North's most provocative missile launch to date. The signs at left top read " North Korea announced a plan to launch a salvo of ballistic missiles toward the Guam. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-Joon)"><figcaption>A woman passes by a TV screen showing a local news program reporting on North Korea's threats to strike Guam with missiles at the Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. North Korea has announced a detailed plan to launch a salvo of ballistic missiles toward the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, a major military hub and home to U.S. bombers. If carried out, it would be the North's most provocative missile launch to date. The signs at left top read " North Korea announced a plan to launch a salvo of ballistic missiles toward the Guam. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-Joon)</figcaption></figure>
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