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| Vintage Hills sign (courtesy Wikipedia) |
We shopped there too, regularly. My mom bought us a lot of clothes and toys there, usually putting them in layaway for a while (never charging them). And I've mentioned the frozen Cokes and popcorn that she bought us on the way out as an occasional treat.
I still remember staring at the wild display of blinking lights on the Hills sign as they chased themselves across the front of the building. It was almost hypnotic.
It's sad to drive by the building on Route 57 today and see it all closed up (below).
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| May 2011 photo |
6 comments:
I remember going to that display, along with the one at Sheffield Shopping Center.
My great grandma lived along the high tension wires right of way on East 35th between 57 & Palm, so it was like having front row seats every year. My husband says the Hills in Amherst used to have fireworks too, but I don't remember ever going there. Vaguely remember going to George Daniel for fireworks, but I think those stopped when I was very young.
How great was it to be a kid in those days!
You sure the photo is from 2011?
Wasn't Lowes home center built by that time?
The old Hills building is still there on Route 57.
Why did this location close?
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