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WALGREENS #11006 Opened:  2006 Address:   2119 Concord Pike Photographed:  December 2021 Continuing our Happy-Harry's-Turned Walgreens series, which we haven't had an installment of in a while, we have one of the oldest of the chain's stores, located in the Fairfax area of Wilmington. This store has a long history, dating back to 1973 when Happy Harry's acquired a Cash Saver Drug store at 2303 Concord Pike, converting it to store #6 for the small chain. Happy Harry's later relocated to 2119 Concord, in a space formerly occupied by 'Fabric Den'. In 2006, with all the other Happy Harry's stores, this store was sold to Walgreens and was rebranded in 2011. Happy Harry's #6, August 2007 (Google Maps Streetview)

WALGREENS #11021 Opened:  2006 Address:   18993 Munchy Branch Rd Photographed:  July 2021 Welcome back to the last post of the year for our Happy Harry's-turned-Walgreens series (which is good, I'm out of intro ideas at this point...)! After this, we've got just one more drugstore to take a look at  - The Rite Aid in Rehoboth Beach. After that, we're headed back up to Pennsylvania where I've got quite a few more stores in my backlog. Happy Harry's #21 (Walgreens #11021) opened in 1988 in the Rehoboth Marketplace shopping center, 19287 Miller Rd. Like many other stores from the era, it relocated in 2001, to 18993 Munchy Branch Rd. Walgreens bought it in 2006 with the rest of the chain, it was rebranded in 2011. The original store in the Rehoboth Marketplace shopping center

WALGREENS #11033 Opened:  2006 Address:   32979 Coastal Hwy Photographed:  July 2021 Our Happy Harry's-turned-Walgreens series has finally made it down to Sussex County! After this, before heading back up to Pennsylvania, we've got a Rite Aid, then another Walgreens, then another Rite Aid, so stay tuned for all of that! Walgreens #11033, like most of the company's other Delawarean stores, started out as a Happy Harry's. Store #33 for the small chain, this store first opened in July 1966 at 792 Garfield Pkwy. On April 17, 2001, it was closed in order to relocate to its current location, 32979 Coastal Hwy, reopening on April 18, 2001. Like all the other Happy Harry's stores, #33 was converted to a Walgreens in 2006, being remodeled in 2011. This store has a strange exterior, not matching any other ground-up Happy Harry's from the era (It's not in a shopping center or anything, so I don't know what the deal is).

WALGREENS #11055 Opened:  2006 Address:   4465 Summit Bridge Rd Photographed:  July 2021 Continuing our Happy Harry's-Walgreens series, we find ourselves back in Middletown, looking at another one of five Walgreens stores in the city. This one opened on August 8, 2001, and was referred to by Happy Harry's as the "Shops of Mt. Pleasant" store. With all the chain's other stores, it was sold to Walgreens in 2006 and was rebranded to the Walgreens name in 2011, with all the other Delawarean stores.   My photo of Walgreens #11055, which is conveniently also a photo of the rest of the shopping center. Walgreens recently repainted the exterior. Google Maps Streetview

WALGREENS #11067 Opened:  2006 Address:   396 E. Main St Photographed:  July 2021 To start off our series of Delawarean Walgreens stores (all of which were formerly Happy Harry's), we have a store located at 396 East Main Street in Middletown. It originally opened on May 14, 2003, as Happy Harry's #67. With Walgreens purchasing all of the Happy Harry's stores in 2006, this store was converted to Walgreens #11067 that same year, then in 2011, the signage was updated, officially killing off the Happy Harry's name and giving Walgreen Co. its first branded Delawarean stores. (Google Maps Streetview) BONUS: LIST OF ALL HAPPY HARRY'S STORES

Happy Harry's #19, located at 241 College Square in Newark, Delaware was built and opened in 1982 with the rest of the College Square shopping center, which, at the time included a Pathmark (now ACME ) and a Bradlees (became  Kmart , which closed in 2018). Became Walgreens #11019 in 2006, although the exterior signage was never replaced and the store was bannered as Happy Harry's until its closure around 2010. The store as a Happy Harry's. Google Maps Streetview The building as it appears today. There's still some labelscar on the building, although due to the rain it's hard to see. Close-up of Happy Harry's logo on the building. I have no idea why Google put a filter on part of the logo. Google Maps Streetview