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Kmart #3810 - Willow Street, PA [LIQUIDATION UPDATE #5 (03/27/2021)]

Kmart #3810, located at 2600 N. Willow Street Pike in Willow Street, Pennsylvania (a suburb of Lancaster) opened in 1991and was part of the Kendig Square shopping center. The store anchored the center. The store (and the one in Kingston) is now closing, leaving Pennsylvania without any Kmart stores.

During the liquidation process, we will bring you updates. This is update #5.

It's getting really empty

Everything is 30-80% off! Even the sales BEFORE liquidation were better.

The old fitting rooms.

Quick Information:
Opened: 1991
Closed: 2021
Interior (at time of closure): "Big Kmart"
Exterior: Unique (L)
Address: 2600 N. Willow Street Pike
Photographed: June 2020

MORE KMART & SEARS STORES CLOSING

These stores will probably close in May 2021.

• Kmart, Marathon, FL
• Kmart, Key Largo, FL
• Sears Grand, Rancho Cucamonga, CA (RIP Sears Grand 😭)

Kmart #3810 - Willow Street, PA [LIQUIDATION UPDATE #4 (03/07/2021)]

Kmart #3810, located at 2600 N. Willow Street Pike in Willow Street, Pennsylvania (a suburb of Lancaster) opened in 1991 and was part of the Kendig Square shopping center. The store anchored the center. The store (and the one on Kingston) is now closing, leaving Pennsylvania without any Kmart stores.

During the liquidation process, we will bring you updates. This is update #4.

I found this on one of the shelves. It likely came from another Kmart. (Columbia?)

Quick Information:
Opened: 1991
Closed: 2021
Interior (at time of closure): "Big Kmart"
Exterior: Unique (L)
Address: 2600 N. Willow Street Pike
Photographed: June 2020

Kmart #3810 - Willow Street, PA [LIQUIDATION UPDATE #3 (03/01/2021)]

Kmart #3810, located at 2600 N. Willow Street Pike in Willow Street, Pennsylvania (a suburb of Lancaster) opened in 1991and was part of the Kendig Square shopping center. The store anchored the center. The store (and the one on Kingston) is now closing, leaving Pennsylvania without any Kmart stores.

During the liquidation process, we will bring you updates. This is update #3.

The former Kmart.com kiosk

This was laying outside the store. I think it's meant to be on the front of a shopping cart.

A billboard right outside the shopping plaza

Quick Information:
Opened: 1991
Closed: 2021
Interior (at time of closure): "Big Kmart"
Exterior: Unique (L)
Address: 2600 N. Willow Street Pike
Photographed: June 2020

K-Day 2021 Special

It's officially been 59 years since the opening of the first Kmart store on March 1, 1962, in Garden City, Michigan. As our "K-Day" gift to you, I have posted my Kmart photo "rejects" (or photos of poor quality that never got posted). Enjoy, and have a Happy K-Day!!

1. The "K" on the wall in Walnutport.

I tried many times to capture a photo of this signage. As the area was cordoned off, I wasn't able to get closer for a quality photo. As a result, I had to zoom in on the sign, which leads to many blurry images.

2. The road sign in Shillington

The following photos of the Shillington Kmart's road sign were captured while on the ramp leading up to the parking lot. As there were electrical wires blocking it, this created a few terrible-quality photos.

3. The storefront in Ephrata

I captured this photo on the store's last day, and by the time I realized how terrible it was; it was too late to go back to get another one. This photo wouldn't have been published, had it not been my only photo of the store before its permanent closure.

4. The logo in Elizabethtown

This is pretty self-explanatory. It was so dark, it's almost impossible to make out the Kmart logo on the building.

5. The façade in Cambridge

Like my photo of the Ephrata store, this photo should not have been published as it's so blurry. The only reason it was is that, again, like the Ephrata store, it was my only photo of the store.