As I recall, the Community discount store was originally on this property. It was an odd purple brick building. When this store closed, the property was redeveloped and opened as the Zayre/Plaza Theater. Zayre was on the south side of the property and the Plaza was to the north. The Zayre eventually became an Ames (I believe around 1992). The Ames store only existed for another couple of years. The Plaza remained open into the mid 1990’s. A friend who worked there snuck us in to see Beavis and Butthead Do America! I also recall seeing Pee Wee’s Big Advanture, Superman II, and Superman III there in the 80’s. I’m not sure which was worse, Superman III or the Plaza Theater (It indeed was a dump!). The theater eventually closed in the mid 90’s and at this point extensive work was done on both the Zayre/Ames building and the Plaza to convert them into a Super Kmart. I believe the Super Kmart opened around 1997-98. During construction some of the original purple brick from the Communtity was exposed (pretty cool!). The Super Kmart then closed when the company went into bankruptcy. As noted above a Home Depot now stands on the property along with a Chase bank on the outlot.
There’s lots of retail/local history in this area considering all the stores that occupied Lincoln Village (Wiebolt’s, Kiddieland, Golden Bear, Diversions, Sizzler, Eric’s North, Shadows, Flip Side, etc………). It would be great to see vintage pictures of this area as all I’ve got are memories!
As I recall, the Community discount store was originally on this property. It was an odd purple brick building. When this store closed, the property was redeveloped and opened as the Zayre/Plaza Theater. Zayre was on the south side of the property and the Plaza was to the north. The Zayre eventually became an Ames (I believe around 1992). The Ames store only existed for another couple of years. The Plaza remained open into the mid 1990’s. A friend who worked there snuck us in to see Beavis and Butthead Do America! I also recall seeing Pee Wee’s Big Advanture, Superman II, and Superman III there in the 80’s. I’m not sure which was worse, Superman III or the Plaza Theater (It indeed was a dump!). The theater eventually closed in the mid 90’s and at this point extensive work was done on both the Zayre/Ames building and the Plaza to convert them into a Super Kmart. I believe the Super Kmart opened around 1997-98. During construction some of the original purple brick from the Communtity was exposed (pretty cool!). The Super Kmart then closed when the company went into bankruptcy. As noted above a Home Depot now stands on the property along with a Chase bank on the outlot.
There’s lots of retail/local history in this area considering all the stores that occupied Lincoln Village (Wiebolt’s, Kiddieland, Golden Bear, Diversions, Sizzler, Eric’s North, Shadows, Flip Side, etc………). It would be great to see vintage pictures of this area as all I’ve got are memories!