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Drive-By Photos 8

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Everybody Meets their Waterloo Demolition work has begun on the former Exton Waterloo Gardens. Williams Deluxe Cabins, Frazer, PA My last two pictures of this place were just of the main building, and I figured you need to see the cabins themselves too. :P United Artists/Sloane Toyota, Frazer, PA Here it was originally. Work had started on the conversion, which meant completely redoing the building. Linden Hall, Frazer, PA The mansion here was built in the 20's. It has sat abandoned for years after developers bought the property. Unfortunately, the house will be demolished. Fortunately, a shopping center will replace it. Update: Plans changed, this building will be rehabilitated into apartments. The rest of the property was subdivided for townhomes. Chinese Taken-Out The old Chinese restaurant on the corner here was demolished to make way for an expansion of the shopping center. ACME/Paoli Pharmacy/Petco, Paoli, PA Opened as an ACME in the 50's,

Drive-By Photos 7

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My goal for this weekend is to boil down my Flickr page to 6,000 photos. Hopefully by Christmas I can get it to 3,500; then have it down to 1,000 by the time Flickr starts purging out my profile. So that means expect frequent (re)postings here for the next few months. After that, I will resume posting fresh content. ACME/Kmart, Thorndale, PA Built in the 70's, originally had an ACME next door, which moved in the late 80's, Kmart expanded into the former ACME space in the 1990's Closing January 2019. Pizza Hut, Thorndale, PA I would guess a 70's or 80's location, relocated more recently to a nearby shopping center, was vacant as of 2013. Suzuki, Coatesville, PA Opened in the 70's or 80's, closed most likely when Suzuki withdrew from the American market around 2010 Lipkin's Furniture, Coatesville, PA Built 1949, I think this was their original location. They had a small chain until recently, as all of them closed in the late 00