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June 30, 2007

Aren't you guys sweet.

A nice anonymous commenter told me the giant, empty building at the corner of East 260th and Euclid Avenue was built as a Clarkin's (good luck finding anything out about this place if you're simply not old enough to remember it yourself) turned K-Mart. Closed as Clarkin's in the mid to late 1970's, vacant for a few years and then opened as a K-Mart in the 1980's. I have no clue when it closed and I don't think it's been anything since.

So of course, I uploaded photos. Click the picture to get there:

Also! The boy toy found this link which I think a lot of readers will find interesting... we certainly did: Municipal Finance and Sustainable Development, a case study of Severance Town Center and Euclid Square Mall.

It's a PDF so have Adobe Reader blah blah blah you should know how to use the Internet by now.

Additionally, the Wendy's turned soul food restaurant has closed as of April 2007. The grand opening sign is still hanging on the building.

Oh, and if you have any photos of anything that would excite me and is related to Euclid, please, send them to me.

Ok, that's all. Have a good holiday and don't blow all your fingers off.

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6 Comments:

Toby Radloff commented at 12:37 PM~: Clarkins was an Akron-based discount department store chain that expanded into the Cleveland area in the early 1970's...their other area stores were in Bedford (later Wholesale Club and Sam's Club; now Tim Lally Chevrolet), Cleveland on Brookpark Road (later DIY Home Warehouse; now a window/door business and the Flea Bazaar), and in Elyria (now, I think, used as a warehouse building). Clarkins also had stores in Canton and Youngstown. The entire Clarkins chain went out of business in 1978. The Euclid Clarkins became a K mart, which closed in the early 1990's after Super K mart took over the former Twin Valu on Babbitt Road. The former Clarkins/K mart has been vacant since, and the Super K mart, which closed during the first round of K mart bankruptcy closings, is now, I think, a warehouse/service facility for Dirt Devil vacuum cleaners.
Dead Euclid commented at 9:28 PM~: This is why we love having a Toby around ;)

The Clarkin's in Elyria became a DIY after being vacant for some time (13 years?) and after DIY went under, it sat vacant again, and is now half a flea market and half Bookseller Video. My fiance and his family are from Elyria.

Clarkin's went out 2 years before I was born. That would explain why I have absolutely no recollection of the place.

Thanks again for the info.
Euclid Fuckin' Sucks Dick commented at 4:48 AM~: I remember going to this K Mart back in the early 90s as a kid before the one opened up on Babbitt and I 90. It was a bit smaller than the other one we would go to on Vine.

And yeah, just another place that went downhill along with shit town (aka Euclid, god I hate this fucking place).
dirty kurt commented at 5:38 PM~: Hi,

I used to work at Clarkins while I was in High School, as did many of my friends. I worked at the concession stand in the front. The old lady who was my boss would have me take all the old shriveled up hot dogs off the "hot dog ferris wheel" at the end of the day and throw them in a jug. Later, after we saved up a month's worth we would grind them up with mayo and pickle relish and make sandwiches, that we sold as "Ham Salad". Yum Yum! After work, I would go to the Blue Knight Lounge on Noble Road because they would serve beer to a 14 year old. I was born in Euclid and lived there until 1977. If you think Euclid is dead now, well the whole of Greater Cleveland was dead then. I missed Euclid Square Mall from start to finish, never went in it. The best memories I have of that era are of the underground punk rock scene in the flats. I played in a few punk bands in the late 70s and I think Clevo alums The Pagans summed up the situation well in their song "Dead End America". You should have the mp3 of it play when your site opens! Great site. Regards, Kurt
HappyBunny commented at 2:49 AM~: I remember Clarkins from when I was a little kid, though not that one. There used to be one on the Old Route 8 in Cuyahoga Falls. I was living in Euclid when they built Twin Valu though--man that place was ghetto fabulous. Every time I went in there there was some trailer trash drama... mamas smacking their kids, people fighting... yuck! Nobody was surprised when it went out of business.
Marisa commented at 7:57 PM~: http://wikimapia.org/4558625/Former_Clarkin_s_K_Mart
says that it was a Clarkin's then a Kmart until Kmart put in a super kmart in another building. The image on the map sure looks like the arial photo you provided in the link.

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