Preserved exterior
A kitchen clean interior
I was out and about yesterday and attempted to take a picture of the last (largely) unmodified 1970s-era Kroger 'Superstore' I knew of. I went to the site, in Madison Heights (north of Lynchburg) and realized that the store was now the latest area Kroger to close.
Unfettered and presented with an oppurtunity to photograph what was left of the old store, I shot a series of pictures to document what was and is there, one of which you see above.
The exterior was shabby but really clean and the interior was intact and looked like all that was missing was the food and customers.
This Kroger Superstore opened sometime in the mid '70s with an adjacent shopping center and a Kmart next door. It closed early in 2005, after losing its next door neighbors to a new Lowe's home improvement store. After thirty years of service, this store was pummeled by changing demographics, three Food Lion stores within a three mile radius and a Wal-Mart supercenter.
Any idea what's moving into this building they've been working on it for months have the windows covered an saw threw door yesterday putting up some walls
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