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The Name of the K-Mart Façade

Do you know this architectural element?

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Addison Del Mastro
Jul 10, 2021
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This is a Google Street View image of the front exterior wall of a since-demolished K-Mart. (This one, actually.) Probably most K-Marts from the 1970s or thereabouts have this façade or a very similar one. I call this “K-Mart bricks,” and while I’ve seen this material/style used in lots of other places, I’ve always associated it with K-Mart in part…

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