Formerly Circle K

Photos of Re-Inhabited Circle K Stores.

Starting in 1951, Circle K built thousands of retail locations across the southwest United States. By the 1980s there was a location on nearly every block in cities like Phoenix, Arizona. In the 1980s and 90s a new corporate plan (including filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy) called for many of the original locations to be moved to more profitable corner lots.

The shells left by this migration were filled by small businesses, each inhabiting an architecturally identical structure. The new occupants painted, put up a new signs, and modified windows and doors.

This one was converted into a much-needed check-cashing store.

(via kottke.org)