Thursday, March 27, 2014

When Clarkins Was New – March 1973

Here's a photo with caption that ran in The Journal on March 1, 1973 announcing the impending opening of the new Clarkins store on Leavitt Road.

For those of us used to seeing the Lorain City Airport there, it was kind of a wistful thing. But it was nice to have a dept. store just a few minutes away. I bought my records over there!

I've mentioned Clarkins on this blog before (here).

Clarkins also had a small gas station operation (with really cheap gas) over there too near the entrance. I remember my older brother buying a dollar's worth of gas there while shuttling us home from Admiral King in the '63 Buick LeSabre. We really scrounged around for every bit of change under the seat that day!

Anyway, here's a few recent shots of the former Clarkins property. Today it's the P.C. Campana Industrial Park.