Kmart Forever

These photos (except for the one of the back of the store at the very bottom of this post) were taken the day this store started liquidating, June 13, 2021. As shown by the date above, this is being posted exactly one year after this store closed. For more history of this store, check out this blog's previous posts . Despite the huge sign on the facade, U-Haul was not open at the time of my visit. Looking into the vestibule Quick Information: Opened: 1991 Closed: 2020 Address: 3975 Columbia Ave Photographed: June 2021

Sears #2624 opened with the rest of the Capital City Mall in 1974 as one of the mall's original anchors. However, in January 2017, coincidentally in the same round of closures as my local Kmart , it was announced for permanent closure in March of that year. But that wasn't the last time Camp Hill would see a Sears. In November 2017 , the store was reopened, this time as a Sears Appliances & Mattresses store, with Dick's taking over the majority of the store and replacing Sears as the anchor tenant. As of June 2021, the store is still operating with no intention of closing. Dick's entrance is located where the main entrances were at the original Sears. Mattress department Yes, this is an electronic price tag. Yes, this is a Sears. Despite the fact that this store is branded as Sears Appliance & Mattress, there was an aisle or two of tools.  Looking down the rightmost aisle towards the back of the store. More of the appliances department Aisle along the back wall,...

The title is self-explanatory.

If you're interested in the history of this Kmart, please read about it here . The purpose of this post is to showcase what remains from Kmart #4373 in At Home #184. These exterior blocks of stone were added in the 1993 remodel of this Kmart. Kmart's circular poles remain throughout the store, although without the grey stripe across the bottom. At Home's restrooms, this would have been where the garden shop doors were at Kmart. Looking into the main salesfloor, there aren't any actual remains of Kmart here, but this image gives a decent perspective of the store's layout Marks left from Kmart's tile flooring And we're sure this isn't still a Kmart? 😂 Heading back outside, we find ourselves at the former garden shop. And to wrap things up, here's the former Penske auto center... vacant since 2003.