Carbon Plaza Mall

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    The Carbon Plaza Mall opened in the early 1970s as a small mall with Laneco on one end and a Grant City on the other. Giant supermarket would in time replace the original Laneco space. Grant City, on the other end became a Bright's department store in 1976, which would later be sold to Laneco in 1983 for a second attempt in the area. Starting in the mid '90s, the now former second Laneco space would be subdivided into multiple storefronts. Mahoning Valley Cinema (now FunTime Cinemas) and Big Lots would occupy some of the space. In time, the mall would transition to also include medical uses, some of which operate in the former Grant City/Laneco space. 

Former Kmart #3600

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    Since all other Albany area Kmart locations had closed by the time I got into the area, this mall based location in Rotterdam was the only I was able to document. At the time of my visit, an old-school pharmacy was in operation. There was also a cafe at one point. worth noting that belt driven checkout lanes were in use. It appears that the space had been proposed to be split between a bingo hall of all things and town offices for Rotterdam. I'm not certain if either actually have happened or not.