For those who find abandoned gas stations fascinating, here is a page on some abandoned gas stations in East St. Louis, IL including photos of an old Philips...
I screwed up again. Just go here http://cityofdestiny.blogspot.com/ Â It will be the very first post http://dimbeautyofchicago.blogspot.com/ Â ... From:...
I'm surprised the only two in PA are two stores that are within <10 miles of each other. There's plenty of others that definitely could go and few people...
Oh, boy, here we go again. Weren't there only three Kmart closures last year? I know Ionia was one of them. While we're on the subject of Bellevue, Nebraska,...
The second picture is of a former Richman Gordman store. The first one might have been a former Turn-Style, but I'm not not sure; last time I saw the building...
Here is a picture I found of the former Morehouse-Fashion Department Store in Columbus, which later became The Union and then Halle's. This was originally...
I am surprised the one in Coral Springs Florida was still open, 15 years after I moved away from the area! They held on for a VERY VERY long time. It wasn't a...
Remembering RetailAre there any pictures of abandoned gas stations from the 1930's and 1940's? ... The Fedora Chronicles: The Spirit of Adventure , The Style...
... There are still plenty of dumpy stores left over that I'm surprised haven't gone, just within Kmart's "home base" of Michigan. From the ones I've been to...
Just down the street from Gray's is the windmill for Mill's Coffee Shop. I'd forgotten about these--they were nice places for breakfast and lunch--a small step...
Good catch. These are some great historical photos. Actually makes me more interested to know about Columbus. http://dimbeautyofchicago.blogspot.com/  ... ...
It is good to see that it was actually preserved and used with new development instead of the old trigger happy knocking it down for something ugly...
... Not much to know ... old buildings of any substance are few and far between. A few nice old neighborhoods, but commercial buildings don't seem to last....
... Think of what an impossible job it must have been to run any kind of a chain operation back when that picture was taken. It's amazing to me that Gray Drug...
I'm wondering if this is deeper than just closing a couple of dozen stores. Ours has a lot of "out of stocks" and where they had two long shelves with display...
Dillard's to shutter Northgate store Business Courier of Cincinnati - by Lisa Biank Fasig Staff Reporter Dillard's Inc. plans to close its store in Northgate...
March 2, 2009 Dillard's to shutter Northgate store By Laura Baverman lbaverman@... The region's first major retail casualty of the year recession came...
... Well, of the two NBBJ buildings (don't you love architectural designs by letters?) the Riffe State Office Tower is a bit less terrible, although it still...
... Funny you should mention, I think it was meant to mirror the Huntington logo seen here: https://www.huntington.com/ When they built the Huntington Center...
... Typical attitude mirrored more often in the "Sunbelt" cities that experienced similar or greater growth than Columbus. Typically Atlanta is cited as the...
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How many stores did McAlpin's operate during their post-war mall prime? I seem to recall the number being closer to 8, but that may have included some outlying...
... I found ten mall based McAlpin's. Eastgate, Kenwood, Northgate, Tri County and Western Woods in Cincy; Dayton Mall in Dayton; Towne Mall in Franklin;...
... Bay City, last time I was there, had all but obliterated its electronics, including almost no CDs at all and maybe five TVs. Oscoda has been gradually...
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