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I thought the building here was interesting. It looks like the restaurant only takes up about half the bottom floor. The rest of the building is divided up into apartments. By the shape of the building, I'm going to assume this was a hotel originally. I also wouldn't be surprised if Papa Rossi lived here. The wooden addition in back of the building is an auto repair/sales company.
I'm going to guess this was built in the late 80's. The exterior looks a little more modern, but inside is a different story...
I went on a college visit here last summer. It seemed like a really good school, but didn't quite fit my liking. I applied anyway and got put on the wait list (which I haven't heard back from in about 4 months. Doesn't matter, since I'm going to my #1 choice in the fall anyway).
I got a couple pictures I liked while I was there. There were several interesting buildings.
Fanciest computer lab ever?
If I remember correctly, it was built as a library for the school in the late 1800's, and became a "computing center" after the new library (as seen in the previous photo) was built in the 70's.
This looks like its an office building, though they may taken a cue from Holiday Inn with the design. I couldn't track this one down, so if anyone from the area could fill me in that would be great!
Rite Aid seems to have a full fleet of their trucks here. The red/blue stripes sorta match their late 80's/early 90's decor. Come to think of it, they don't have any newer trucks, do they?
And on the right, there's a Price Chopper truck. For a store with a name like Price Chopper, their trucks are pretty fancy.
Old Subway logo! There were plenty of these along the highway, even more than the new logo, actually.
This is in the shopping center adjacent to the Hannaford, although the building appears to be much older. Perhaps the anchor was rebuilt more recently.
The produce section is wider towards the front of the store. They went for a produce market design here, which I think came out nicely.
I'm not too familiar with Hannaford's design, but I would be willing to bet this one opened in the 90's.
Fun fact: this appears to be their farthest west store. I was hoping to get to a Hannaford on this trip, I'm glad I couldn't have waited another exit to take a rest stop.
This opened as a Taco Bell/Long John Silver's combo restaurant. Judging by the mismatched decor, I'm going to guess LJS closed around the time the design on the left of the building came out.
BJ's hasn't changed their store design much over the years. Judging by the parking lot lights, I'm going to guess this is one of their older stores, probably from the 80's. Correction: Actually a 2000's location.
I didn't know Quiznos was still in business. All of their locations near me have closed down.
Verizon has been pushing their new logo quite a bit. I imagine the old one will be hard to find in a few years, so I think I should stock up on photos with it. :/
This was built new last year. The site used to be an overgrown field, which seems unusual for this area. BWW builds some nice new restaurants!
This was an older Aldi, which probably opened in the late 80's. It retained the old logo up until the remodel (around 2012).
It's unusual seeing the new logo on an unremodeled location. I wonder if they were only able to redo the interior for some reason.
This was built last year, on the site of a somewhat unique 70's location.
This was built around 2012 as part of a Mirabito (local chain, I think) gas station. A Citgo stood on the site previously.
Based on the shape of the window openings, I'm going to assume the store was built as a service center.
This was among the earlier ones built with the current prototype. It's been open since around 2005.
This opened in the 70's, and is one of the few remaining stores to have the faux roof left intact. These were stripped from most locations in the 90's, and replaced with the backlit rainbow panels. Instead of metal, it would have originally been shingled. It's interesting that this has an Xtra Mart, which is usually paired with Xtra gas stations.
I'm trying to figure out what's going on here... The barn clearly had a gabled roof that collapsed, yet the small building on the roof is still standing upright. Does that mean it was on an angle originally?
Citizen's bank was originally from up north, and PSFS probably didn't go too far away from Philadelphia. I would say there is a good chance this was built as a Citizen's bank. Correction: Was actually built as a Charter One.
According to Google, the convenience store here is now Mirabito, and I can only assume the gas is, too.
I thought it was interesting this one was converted, since it was Xtra's newest model of store.
This opened as an Arco, which looks to have had a slightly different design than most of the time period. Hess relocated here from the location in the previous picture. It finally became Speedway in 2015.
This was built as a Hess, which relocated down the road to a former Arco in the 90's or 2000's. This was replaced with a Kwik Fill station.
This was built in the 90's, on the site of a former Sunoco station. They kept the large sign pole, but completely rebuilt the restaurant.
This is located in a small shopping center, containing three stores, all owned by Gregg. They are Gregg's True Value, Gregg's Radioshack (still open!), and Gregg's Marketplace, a Shurfine franchise.
This opened as a Mobil, with a McDonald's attached to it, not long after the merger with Exxon. Sunoco moved here from elsewhere in town... It gets confusing. Sunoco moved from the Arby's site, to the Arco, to here. Hess relocated to the former Arco, then became Speedway. The former Hess then became Kwik Fill.
I thought this building was really cool. I love the roof on it. The picture doesn't show it, but there is a creek running right next to it.
While the convenience store dates back to probably the 60's or 70's, the canopy area was rebuilt around the time of the merger with Exxon. It had a blue version of the 90's Exxon canopy. Mirabito took over around 2010.
Gulf opened here in 2012, replacing a former Citgo. I believe this is a franchise owned by the convenience store.
This portion of the shopping center was definitely built as some sort of department store. Looks sort of like a later Caldor store. It was divided up at some point, and is now occupied by offices for nearby Cornell University.
This store was pretty close to my hotel, so I decided to walk down and check it out.
I tried to decipher the labelscar in a 2013 street view of this building, which showed it as a closed bank. I think I could make out PNC. Dunkin Donuts opened here not long after that was taken.
There were lots both behind the store and to the right. It looked like they were planning to build some more stores here.
Say, I wonder what those containers parked there are for...
When Penn Traffic went out of business in 2010, their P&C stores were sold off to Tops. Even though Tops bought all of the stores to start with, several were divested to Price Chopper, and a few of their BiLo (not to be confused with Bi-Lo) franchises continued to operate independently. A group of recently-unemployed Penn Traffic executives pooled some money together and bought 3 of the stores: Cortland (NY), Sayre (PA), and this one. The Sayre location has since been sold back to Tops.
While the actual bank portion of the building is very small, it still has a regular walk-up counter, in addition to the drive through and ATM lanes. I get the impression that all banks from this era have the same basic exterior design.
I'm not quite sure what to make of this one. The 2/3 of the building on the left look like a typical 80's location, while the right looks a little newer. I'd bet they expanded/rebuilt the kitchen at some point.
So in the six days since I last checked, three walls have been put up, and most of the roof has been installed. Giant must really be in a hurry to get this store done.
At this point we can be reasonably sure they will not be building Giant's usual double-entrance facade here. I'm wondering if Ahold is now doing all of the exteriors the same now, as well as the interior.
Guess Who Just Got Back Today, That Giant Sign That Had Been Away
I don't think the next line (...haven't changed, not much to say...) would have worked here!
As part of the Westtown Giant's redevelopment, they've replaced the roadside sign within the last couple days (the old one was still there last Friday). After Giant closed last January, the roadside sign was painted over. I was surprised to see the new sign already had them listed. It will still be a couple months until they're even close to being ready to open.
Considering this store's sale dragged out so long, I was getting hopeful this would be one of the ones that will reopen. The sale was supposed to end a few weeks ago- the sign read "Last 1 Days" for at least two weeks.
At this point, it would be a stretch to even call this the former RadioShack anymore. The entire space between Anytime Fitness and Vitamin Shoppe had been demolished/rebuilt, with the exception of the back wall. This picture is from Tuesday.
Unfortunately, I wasn't so lucky. Store For Rent signs were hanging up the day after I took the previous photo. I guess the "Last 1 Days" was right for once!
I made two predictions when the redevelopment of the shopping center began: the first was that this long-abandoned outparcel would be included in the project, and that it would be knocked down. One of them was right, and you can probably guess which. It is now operating as a Verizon store. The trees blocked out the new facade, although there isn't too much to see. Just a gray wooden rectangle with a giant Verizon sign on it.
The new framing went up fast! Just a two weeks ago, they were still working on the foundation. From the looks of it, the new store will still be fairly small, about 30 feet wider and 20 feet deeper than the old store.
I was surprised to see that not only had work already begun on the new facade, but the entire front wall has been ripped off! I'm curious to see what the ultimate plan is, since there would have to be some dramatic changes in order for them to rip the front wall off of open stores. Perhaps they will be expanding them in the front a bit? I'm also curious if those temporary plywood walls are up to code, considering they are the only thing separating a couple dozen open stores from the outdoors.
I was surprised to hear this was closing. Apparently it wasn't profitable. There was one other store that closed with it, in Illinois. This was a very abrupt closing, too. To quote the Phoenixville News, "According to those shopping Thursday and comments on social media sites, the store closed unexpectedly Wednesday as news was announced to employees that it would be permanently closing June 30," meaning the store only had 9 days between the time the news broke and the last day.
The Walmart next door is not a Supercenter, and currently has no room to expand. Some rumors have been going around that they will demolish the vacant Sam's Club to make room for expansion. It will be interesting to see what happens.
The new facade is taking shape! This view is from today, from a different angle.
Already Gone
Unlike the next ones, this waterfall is natural. The bridge crossing the gorge had some great views.
This is an older location, which opened in 1997. The logo appears to have been recently updated, but the original Food/Pharmacy signage remains.
This is their downtown Ithaca location. It was finishing up a remodel when I drove by.
I feel like the name of this has to be a knock on Twistee Treat.
It's also one of the few businesses in town, so I assume this is pretty popular.
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