Former Kmart #4445

NOTE: This store comes from outside the blog's coverage area.

I had made a round trip to visit each of the remaining Kmart stores in the Pittsburgh market back in April 2017 for the sole purpose of documenting them before they were gone. Sadly, I missed getting an interior look at three Pittsburgh locations (Monroeville, Edgewood Town Center and McKnight) and also missed stopping by Mt. Pleasant for some reason which was most likely inclement weather. All other stores that remained open in and around Pittsburgh in spring 2017 I have documented. And with the West View Kmart now closing and set to become a U-Haul, there will be no Kmart stores left in the immediate Pittsburgh area validating my efforts to document a chain which will be history in the area.

Our first store tour is of the Coraopolis location or better known as Moon Township. Youtuber WallieB26 did an excellent job of visiting this particular store and documenting it as it went from full to empty during its liquidation sale. My tour is of when this location operated under normal circumstances.

No doubt that this served as a Kmart foods at one time. It later would be used as Levin Furniture.

Toys being by clothing at Kmart was a unique layout at this location

A Tale of Two McDonald's Locations in Wanye County

It's no secret that some McDonald's locations are outdated or feature an awesome theme. For us retail fanatics, its a pleasure to step foot and see relics of the past or visit a location that is unique in its theme. For McDonald's anymore, not so much. I can understand them wanting to update old locations (such as the ones in this post) with no theme, but for those locations that do carry a theme, it makes me mad to just ditch the theme to go for another generic cookie-cutter style after remodeling. Personally I'm far more likely to go a unique location because it is unique! That's what makes it so special. 

Well anyways, the focus of this post are the McDonald's locations in Newark, NY followed by a quick peek at the Ontario, NY location. I didn't take a lot of pics at these locations, so I thought why not combine the two together to make one post. I have no doubt that these two will be remodeled someday, if they haven't been already. It does appear that Ontario got a slight remodel inside but nothing exterior wise.

NEWARK, NY:

ONTARIO, NY: