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The exterior design of the building was Brutalist architecture, utilizing grooved concrete blocks, anodized aluminum trim, and heavily tinted glass windows.
In 1990, Miller & Rhoads was replaced by Montgomery Ward, after the former chain filed bankruptcy. Wards stayed until 1999 and was replaced by Value City, an off-price retailer, the following year.
Value City closed their Lynchburg location in 2008 and the space in now undergoing demolition. It will be replaced with a 14 screen stadium-seating theater and additional store space, a project scheduled to be completed in fall 2009.
Wow! Great pictures! Sad, but great nonetheless.
ReplyDeleteThis was a great store. Most of the things that made it easily identifiable as a M&R were removed after Wards left, so it's not as big a loss, but it's going to be weird for that store to not be there.
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