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Don't know about the windows, but I seem to remember that Kresge seemed pretty much the same t/w the end--which, perhaps, was its (and the chain's) "problem": the aura of queasy entropy that walloped you like the french-fry-grease odour whenever you entered. I'm not sure what a modern equivalent to that (to c1980 eyes, at least) "offputtingness" might be; maybe various lingering Coffee Time outlets (and I'm not talking about aesthetics, either). Or maybe more to the point, the "good riddance" impulse some may understandably have t/w the Scientology building...
The Yonge + Richmond Kresges also had that aura. It's like the stores were, by the late 70s at least, yelling out "somebody kill me, please" by way of shouting down the retro-moderne enthusiasts...
The Yonge + Richmond Kresges also had that aura. It's like the stores were, by the late 70s at least, yelling out "somebody kill me, please" by way of shouting down the retro-moderne enthusiasts...