I wish this kmart didn't closed. I remembered going shopping there a lot back in the mid 2000s when I was a kid.

I know I'm late, but as many have already said, this started off as a Memco, then Bradlees, then K-Mart. This place was a staple of my childhood, especially during the holidays. My Atari 2600 came from Memco, and I got one of the first Sony Walkmans ever made from Bradlees. Oh the memories!

This was a former Memco, just for anyone who is curious. Also, was a Bradlees too before Kmart. This is one of my local stores :)

@flip889RoR

3 жыл бұрын

so that's why it has that unique exterior design

@adlad75

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, forgot that it had been a Bradlees for a bit in the 1980s! We had a Memco that converted to Bradless in Camp Springs, MD. Though, I think after Bradlees went out of business, it turned into a church. :-o

@jamesgambino3084

Жыл бұрын

As a child I used to frequent Memco and I actually worked at this when it was Bradlees back when it opened in 1983.

@bjv93

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesgambino3084 That's so cool to know! Did you ever visit it as Kmart? And if you did, were there any remnants remaining of Bradlees you noticed?

@Ike1702

27 күн бұрын

Me and you both.

That was originally a membership department store called "Memco"...with its fingernail design opening. I grew up off that street (Sargent Road) but about 3-4 miles away right across the D.C. line. The store was very large and had a lot of departments, including a small grocery store across the back wall. It has aisles and checkout registers with conveyer belts. Across from that was electronics, which included large floor model TV. There was clothing, a toy department, linens... just everything. When Memco closed, it became Bradlees. It then became K-Mart, went out of business and closed all of its stores. By the way, Hyattsville is nowhere near Baltimore. It's part of the Washington (DC) Metropolitan area. It is less than 5 miles from D.C.; Baltimore is about a 30-40 minute drive up the BW Parkway.

I grew up going to kmart. It was cheap. But it feels weird that they're gone.

That Hyattsville Kmart is actually part of the Washington DC area not Baltimore

@Optopolis

3 жыл бұрын

Gotta love close borders. Just for example, There is a Chuck E Cheese in the southern Denver area of Colorado that could easily be called Lone Tree or Littleton (two regions of Denver) although their website and maps usually seeem to dictate the CEC on the Lone Tree side of that border.

@bigxavipg

3 жыл бұрын

Lived Infront of it for 20 years

That Kmart is about a mile from the DC line. I owned a house in the adjoining DC neighborhood, Brookland for 7 years. I used to shop at that Kmart from time to time. They opened a Walmart in DC at Fort Totten a few miles away in 2015. That was likely the final straw for this store. Before Walmart came on the scene in DC, this Kmart did pretty good business since there was nothing else nearby to compete with it.

I live down the street used to love coming to this k mart, all a memory now 😢

I used to go to this location as a child. I believe it was formerly Ames right down the street from old Shoneys. I could be wrong because it’s been a while. Wow.

@bjv93

3 жыл бұрын

Close! It was Bradlees, and before that it started as Memco.

Built originally as a Memco in 1970 and then a Bradlees in 1983, this Kmart first opened in 1989.

@Optopolis

3 жыл бұрын

From what I've seen, not all that often that Kmart would take over an existing building. Maybe just me but doesn't it seem more common for Kmarts to be original build stores?

Relaxing by the fireplace while watching this odd looking abandoned Kmart! I love WallieB26!!

Wow! How amazing! 😀👍 Have a Kmartlicious Day!

Nice vid; architecture looks almost classical; and you're not being judgemental, you're being safe. Take care!

Great video wallie.. Different kmart forsure thanks for sharing this one :D

A great video, Wallie! That's the first KMart I've seen with the cool brick pillars in the front entrance. The 2 KMart stores that I shopped at was here in Weirton,WV and Steubenville,Ohio.

Aspen Hill, MD was one of the last ones to close and it’s still there sitting abandoned. Sits off Connecticut Ave & Georgia Ave in Montgomery County, MD. About 20 min from this location (Hyattsville)

I betcha that was once a Memco.

That Wendy's looks similar to the one in Hermitage,Pennsylvania. Speaking of Hermitage, there is an abandoned Brusters, Denny's, Shop n Save, and a Sears auto center. I enjoyed the Perkins video from nearly a year ago. Keep up the great work!!!!

I got my first n64 here way back in 97 brings back memories.

What a cool looking Kmart! Looks like a museum or a City Hall. 😀

That was a really cool explore Wally 🤠. The Kmart looked like it was locked 🔐. I wonder what it looked like inside. Looks like the power is still on inside. I loved the architecture of the building. The place definitely looks like it was something else before I don't remember the KMART'S being in that Fancy.

It was just a reg kmart i remember when Memco was there and then later on Bradlees

@johnmurray6973

2 жыл бұрын

Yup

I used to shop there until they closed, it looked about the same as the late 90s it was a bit out of date. They did have a key maker machine. There was one in aspen hill MD that closed as well.

Greenbelt Maryland as well as Hyattsville, were formerly Memco stores as noted below. Adelphi Maryland (Langley Park) was originally an EJ Korvette store. Kmart, begining in the mid 1970's, assumed the leases of many former closed competitors, including WT Grant, Caldor ,Town and Country, Woolco, and others. Some of those locations were left behind in the 1990's as Kmart built the new "Oak Park" prototype corner entrance stores. In some towns, you will find two abandoned Kmarts of different vintages...

@adlad75

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't know the Greenbelt location was a Memco!? It doesn't have the look of one, like the Hyattsville Kmart and the Camp Springs Bradlees with the distinctive awnings.

Thx for exploring my Kmart near me!

There's an abandoned Kmart near my house in Chicago's Southwest side with a walk-up pharmacy window outside and a bus terminal on the side too where the CTA bus #67 stopped to rest during the weekends but is no longer used.

I'm late to the party, but I absolutely love that store front! Not typical of Kmart, and that's why it makes it unique

@DACOOKINGCHANNEL

Жыл бұрын

If your curious, it was a Memco Department Store, Then a bradlees

Cool 😀 The arch's remind me of the Belk's at Friendly Shopping Center in Greensboro NC. I went there a lot with my Grandparent's in the 1980's and 1990's.

Awesome video

This might have been a Memco store before it was a Kmart

@adlad75

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, definitely the distinctive Memco architecture with the arches and awnings. Same with the former Memco/Bradlees in Camp Springs, MD. Probably elsewhere, I imagine.

Hey Wallie. That Kmart Is The Store That I Go In Sep 2016. And My Childhood Store. And Yes I Live In Hyatttsville, Maryland

I wonder why he didn’t sell the company to someone who cares about it

@jackson5116

3 жыл бұрын

No one wants Kmart- no one wanted it in 2002 despite having nearly 2,000 stores, so no one would want it nearly 20 years later.

@JCMckenna

3 жыл бұрын

@@jackson5116 That’s sad 😔

I grew up down the street from it and got caught stealing from the store before K Mart came in ,it was a Department store called Bradlees

Wow this is one looking nice Kmart!

It was a good Kmart I always went there

Wow the outside of this kmart is very unique. Never seen an outside of a kmart building look like that.

I use to work at this Kmart. I started in 2013-2015

Definitely a very unique Kmart, could have been a very Large Big K. Thank you for sharing.

@adlad75

2 жыл бұрын

As large as it was, surprisingly, I don't think they ever branded it as a Big K store. Previously, it was a Memco and then Bradlees, before Kmart moved in.

Wow this Kmart looks sick!!

@williamdevriesjr2812

3 жыл бұрын

Never seen a kmart set up like that but cool

"DieHard", "Craftsman", "Kenmore" .... ah the Irony. All SEARS Brands at a K-MART. Well, they would be if it were Open... But they are Closed just like Sears is in most places.

@rc100692

3 жыл бұрын

If Eddie Lambert had any intent to run them as retail, he would have dumped the Kmart name, Closed most of them, and turn the rest of them into Sears. Instead he saved Kmart just to kill it again anyway, then got Sears and killed it too. What a shame.

The front of that store reminds me of the movie theaters here back in the day.

This is so cool watching this cause I live near that k mart and I remember going there as a kid a lot of times right now in 2021 they blocked of every entrance of the parking lot and like he said if you live near the k mart like me you can just walk over there to do some shopping.

The biggest reason most didn't go to Kmart, was because Kmart stopped giving them a reason to- when you don't carry everything people need at prices that are competitive even if they live 1 foot from the store, they WILL drive to someplace that gives them everything they need at prices they can afford (that's the very reason Walmart passed them in 1990 with just about half the number of stores).

The front of that Kmart reminds me of a Foley's store don't know why

It used to called Memco it was converted ti k mart converted it those arches had blue covers. My dad took us here many times. I keyed less than5 miles from there as a child.

I’ve noticed that A lot of kmarts that didn’t have a Little Caesars or K café had a Wendy’s in the parking lot or across the street, it’s like that with the Saint Paul Minnesota big Kmart and the one in Minneapolis big kmart that Closed years ago

@terriv1079

2 жыл бұрын

The Wendy's and the Pizza hut were there way before it was ever a Kmart.

Originally opened in 1970 as Memco, then Bradlees and finally Kmart in 1989 The arches remind me of old Sanger Harris stores

I remember going to this Kmart!

had a few memories there. correct me if im wrong but its been kind of an abandoned building for a few years at this point.

The front seems to remind me of an Ivey's but I could be wrong.

@marcboulware6242

3 жыл бұрын

@@pinball541 Gotya.

@garbage854

3 жыл бұрын

I can see that,😀

If you guys ever want to explore Preble County, Ohio I would love to meet and explore with you guys. A lot of abandoned places out here.

Is just fire alarm at now abandoned Kmart hyattsville and there's no fire.

This looks like an old Kroger/ Super X Drugstore design that they used in 1990. Super X closed in 1993. Then REVCO Dug brought Super X and then REVCO went bankrupt in 1997 and CVS Corp brought all REVCO and it wet to CVS by the end of 1998.

@adlad75

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe it's the arches that have a similar look? As far as I recall, it was a Memco in the 70s/80s.

I used to go to this kmart

It sucks that Kmart and Sears have a potential that they might go out of business completely because of Eddie Lampert and his money he embezzles from these stores and it is actually illegal to embezzle money

@Jocool1023

3 жыл бұрын

yeah

@edwardsr70

3 жыл бұрын

Kmart yes sears no. They have a plan and are opening smaller sears stores. Kmart is sadly finished.

@Jocool1023

3 жыл бұрын

@@edwardsr70 rip kmart

That Kmart I have some good memories with her when I heard it close well that was sad but I’m I wish that Kmart Lassala longer.

Kayla you do realize what the front looks like??? Neiman Marcus over in the south Ft Worth area. They just don't have the mural like here.

Wallie hilarious 🤣🤣

Great video of a cool kmart and wallieb26 there is a cool old school wendy's here in Cleveland TN it's on 25th Street and near highway 75

i used to go almost everyday there when i was little :(

That's a really cool looking Kmart Too bad there's not too many left Too bad there's not too many sears left either

I went there the last month they closed it was really sad seeing Kmart going out of business

There is a cleared out Kmart where I used to work... it’s Erie seeing it with only the bare floor

The prison yard was there garden shop

WallieB if you go any other place in Maryland please let me know I grew up in that state

Cool video guys and all but I have some interesting news guys. Apparently in September Eddie Lambert stepped down as ceo of Sears holdings I think but it's still owned by his other brand transform co. So who knows what's next for kmart.

Hey! Another Kmart!

The front of this store is very similiar to the location in Waterford Michigan.

Can you make a trip to California? There is three Kmart's in Southern California: Long Beach, Costa Mesa, and Big Bear! The Long Beach and Costa Mesa Kmart's are only like 30 minutes away from each other.

Oh wow i didnt know this Kmart closed

Cool

That's w huge Kmart wow....

I remember my mom putting stuff on layaway at Kmart

Wallie your not far from me , that’s not far from PG Plaza . That was once a Memco department store back in the day and yes it’s near Chillum .

Great video Wallie!! 9-0 Stillers!

I use to go there😔😔

The prison yard is more prisoney than usual.

@terriv1079

2 жыл бұрын

That was the garden center.

Like the looks of that old Kmart and the looks of that old Wendy's don't see Wendy's like that anymore and I never seen a Kmart that looks like this one

It looks life an old Randalles Grocery Store.

11:55 Have A Kmartlicious Day

if you have a gaming PC and play VRChat someone actually modeled a Kmart 1:1 into a world.

I saw it on google maps. Sad 😔

Yo the fucking memories I lived in the neighborhood across the street back in the day

You should cross The Bay Bridge ($2.50 with E-ZPass) and go to the still open Kent Island, Maryland Kmart

It got closed down on February 14th 2020

Why are all the Kmarts closing for some reason?

@adlad75

2 жыл бұрын

Look up Eddie Lampert, former CEO and chairman of Sears Holdings (SHLD), founder of Transform Holdco LLC, and founder, chairman, and CEO of ESL Investments. Then you'll understand why. It's a sad, sad story. :-(

Where I live we have a old looking Wendy’s too

WallieB26 it used to be a maarco store then it became a kmart in 1989

I actually when to this Kmart a few times last thing before it closed the last thing I bought form it was a pack of uno card

looks like an old furniture store.

It looks like an old bank

It was a memco

It used to called Memco

Old Memco store looks like.

I enjoyed coming there with my parents im 17 btw

I live in Puerto Rico and my local Kmart is open I work there

It was memco, then bradlee’s

Wait I live near it and it’s not a Abomdon as much as I remember tho

The front of the store look roman like.

@GLeibniz1716

3 жыл бұрын

Like a roman aquaduct.

Former Gemco?

@adlad75

2 жыл бұрын

Memco and then Bradlees, I think some in other forums have mentioned Gemco, which seems to get confused with Memco.