I worked in the one in Fairfax for a few years during high school. Men's shoes were to the right - Women's to the left. Susie's Casual clothing was in a circle in the middle of the store. When the Manager moved to Springfield Mall - I moved with him.
Cool! My father, who grew up on Long Island, remembers these stores, but only as indoor mall locations. I'm amazed how many freestanding locations they had just in Fairfax County, and even more amazed that they're all still standing. Even though were a national chain, they seem to have been really well-liked landmarks in a lot of communities
The Kinney’s in Woodbridge, VA had that same exact layout. I had forgotten about the clothing section you til you mentioned it. It was at the Intersection of route 1 and marumsco drive.
This Home Hardware location was a Kinney Shoe store and was a western wear store called The Tack Shop for many years before the hardware store. Located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada (formerly the town of Streetsville). I remember buying many pairs of shoes there!
OK, this is interesting. The pawn shop is not a Kinney building, but it's right next to the Kinney building. And the one I photographed here on U.S. 50 has a building right next to it that looks like the pawn shop. Good chance those are the Robert Hall buildings, which often located next to Kinney.
However, despite looking almost the same, they don't look like any Robert Halls I can identify online. Plus, the Kinney building in Suitland is identical to the one on U.S. 1 in this article, but it's heavily altered. I suggested this in the piece, and now I'm fairly certain, that some local chain bought a bunch of D.C.-area Kinney stores, remodeled them, and then disappeared. I'd like to dig up that intermediate bit of their history. New article idea!
The Kinney of my youth was located inside of the old Skyline mall, which is now a Target. I wonder if there had once been a stand-alone location on Route 7 where the mall and towers were built?
The location on Columbia Pike became a Foot Locker at some point, which makes sense after readig this post. Although I do think that building was split into two spaces for that.
I worked in the one in Fairfax for a few years during high school. Men's shoes were to the right - Women's to the left. Susie's Casual clothing was in a circle in the middle of the store. When the Manager moved to Springfield Mall - I moved with him.
Cool! My father, who grew up on Long Island, remembers these stores, but only as indoor mall locations. I'm amazed how many freestanding locations they had just in Fairfax County, and even more amazed that they're all still standing. Even though were a national chain, they seem to have been really well-liked landmarks in a lot of communities
The Kinney’s in Woodbridge, VA had that same exact layout. I had forgotten about the clothing section you til you mentioned it. It was at the Intersection of route 1 and marumsco drive.
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This Home Hardware location was a Kinney Shoe store and was a western wear store called The Tack Shop for many years before the hardware store. Located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada (formerly the town of Streetsville). I remember buying many pairs of shoes there!
I love post like this nice work. The past hidden in plain sight.
The location at 6610 Arlington Boulevard looked like this as a Kinney Outlet in 1995 https://www.flickr.com/photos/channaher/2819615734/
One in Suitland, MD, is a pawn shop as I recall.
OK, this is interesting. The pawn shop is not a Kinney building, but it's right next to the Kinney building. And the one I photographed here on U.S. 50 has a building right next to it that looks like the pawn shop. Good chance those are the Robert Hall buildings, which often located next to Kinney.
However, despite looking almost the same, they don't look like any Robert Halls I can identify online. Plus, the Kinney building in Suitland is identical to the one on U.S. 1 in this article, but it's heavily altered. I suggested this in the piece, and now I'm fairly certain, that some local chain bought a bunch of D.C.-area Kinney stores, remodeled them, and then disappeared. I'd like to dig up that intermediate bit of their history. New article idea!
I remember shopping at them. Many had a Robert Hall clothing store right next door. Similar buildings too.
The Kinney of my youth was located inside of the old Skyline mall, which is now a Target. I wonder if there had once been a stand-alone location on Route 7 where the mall and towers were built?
The location on Columbia Pike became a Foot Locker at some point, which makes sense after readig this post. Although I do think that building was split into two spaces for that.