Pictures I took in a Sears a few years ago before it shut down permanently. The second and third floors were closed off, but I was able to explore them and get some pictures.
Sears location which I photographed a couple years ago before it closed. Had a blast wandering this place. They closed the top 2 floors and just left the bottom floor before closing all together. Went on a not so busy day and just took the ol elevator straight up and obtained photos of it since it was neat.
Carl’s Jr location in Encinitas California. The sign shape suggests the location might’ve been built some time between 1975 and 1978. Looking on google street view, the sign going back til 2007 (per usual) had old green burrito signage as well from some time before 2005. Carl’s Jr started partnering with green burrito on dual concept restaurants in 1995 so you could assume that half of the sign was probably installed in the early or late 90s, depending on when this store got retrofitted for this partnership. Carls now owns green burrito which they acquired in 2002. The sign got overhauled around April of 2012 with a new look to reflect their new marketing style. The stars face finally gets replaced as well. I think the star part of the sign is interesting. The old design looks a little goofier, maybe due to the sign peeling over time, but it does look more friendly somehow. Not sure when the original face was installed, but I’d like to think it might be older than the 90s, if you live nearby here and have photos older than 2007, or just remember it show me what it looked like! Sidenote: yall in r/80sfastfood are picky af for removing this post.