A Dollar Store with History

 

    When one thinks of a dollar store, you generally expect to see a typical box style storefront. That is not the case for this Dollar Tree in De Witt, NY. As you can evidently tell by the photos, this location features some unique architecture. This building started life as a burger restaurant named Mandy's Drive-In with a counter service, hence the unique design. The building would later be expanded with the more typical box addition when a toy store took over the property. Finally, Dollar Tree would move in.

    Besides the unique architecture, this location also has an actionway making it almost feel like a mini discount store. If this were my local Dollar Tree, I'd love shopping here. 

Former Kmart #3315

 

        Continuing right along in the Syracuse market, this month brings us to the best of the last three that was still in the area in 2014. While the store was dated, it was kept up very well and even had a Little Caesars and operational pharmacy right up until liquidation. I was quite sad when I learned of this location's closure, as I found it to have been the best one in the Syracuse market all around. It is worth noting that an Officemax operated in the former Kmart foods space. The location did not stay empty long, as Dick's Sporting Goods would quickly open a relocated store in the prime real estate spot. Recent years saw a relocated Micheal's and a new Burlington come to the site as well, with Burlington also taking the now closed Officemax.