Philadelphia Retail with PlazaACME

 Basically everything I've posted from Philly so far have either been either Center City or University City. I figured I'd shake things up a little and head west this time. Once you go beyond the West Powelton neighborhood, things get scary fast... but there's also so much cool stuff to see! But before we get to that, I'll throw you a few photos from when I went home for the weekend. (As I write these in retrospect, I'm realizing freshman Plaza ACME went home way too often and now know why it took him so long to get to his first college party). Woolworth/Valu-Plus/Rainbow, Cobbs Creek I've got some more daytime coverage of this coming up later this post, but I really liked how this nighttime shot came out. This store opened as a Woolworth in the 20's. I don't have a closing date but it's been kept intact enough I'd assume they closed no earlier than the 70's. It then became Valu-Plus, who added their signature blue sheet metal façade. Rainbo

 We're heading back downtown today and are going to spend quite a bit of time on Walnut Street, but first we gotta make a grocery stop! Wanamaker's/Hecht's/Genuardi's/Giant, Wynnewood, PA This store first opened as a Wanamaker's department store in 1956, and was sold to Hecht's in 1995. It closed not long after when they merged with Strawbridge's, as they already had a store nearby. The building was split between Genuardi's on the first floor and Bed Bath & Beyond on the second floor in 2000. It got Lifestyled post-Safeway buyout, and remodeled again after Giant took over in 2012. The original façade was left more or less intact, but with Genuardi's standard entryway added on in front. As you'd expect, there's nothing left of the old department store décor inside anymore. However, it does have an interesting mashup of the three supermarket decors- That red lattice over the entryway is from Genuardi's, the Starbucks/flooring/beige ceil