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Glimpse: Giant #301 - Silver Spring, MD

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Giant #301, located at 13781 Connecticut Avenue opened on November 1, 2007, with the old logo. In the early 2010s, the logo was updated (like at most other Giant stores). The store with the older logo Google Maps imagery The side of the store with the old logo Google Maps imagery Front of the store Google Maps imagery The side of the store, which is my only photo. Quick Information: Opened: 2007 Address: 13781 Connecticut Avenue Photographed: January 2021

Glimpse: Giant #350 - White Oak, MD

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Giant opened its 45,000 sq. foot New Hampshire Avenue supermarket between 1957 and 1963 under the chain's Super Giant banner. When the Super Giant banner was discontinued, the exterior logo was updated. The logo was updated again in the early 2010s to the current Giant-Landover logo. The store with the older logo Google Maps imagery The store as it appears today The store's road sign Quick Information: Opened: Late 1950s-Early 1960s Address: 11221 New Hampshire Avenue Photographed: January 2021

Remodeled Dollar Tree (#4563) - Lancaster, PA

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This is a typical Dollar Tree. Concrete floors, Unbranded products, and everything's $1.00. I'm unsure of when it opened (It's a dollar store. Newspapers aren't really going to write articles about it.). It was expanded in early 2021. *cough* "Everything's $1.00" *cough* If you're reading this, you know what happened. Expanded Dollar Tree #4563 A photo I happened to capture back in November 2020, before plans for expansion were known. Quick Information: Opened: Unknown Address:  165 Rohrerstown Rd Photographed: November 2020 / April 2021

Glimpse: Giant #6463 - Gilbertsville, PA

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Giant Food Store #6463, located at 173 Holly Road in Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania opened in 2010 across the street from a Redner's , which we covered back in March. This location features a gas station and still features the "Fun House 2" decor package on the interior. Quick Information: Opened:  2010 Address:  173 Holly Rd Photographed:  March 2018

Glimpse: Future Five Below (Former Chuck E. Cheeses) - Lancaster, PA

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Chuck E Cheeses' Lancaster location, at 2074 Fruitville Pike in Lancaster, Pennsylvania opened in the Mid-1990s with the center. It closed in early 2020 (likely due to the pandemic). In late 2020, Five Below announced that they'd relocate from across the center to the space. Five Below's original location (Google Maps imagery) Chuck E Cheeses (Google Maps) It kind of looks like a late 1990s Rite Aid! The old road sign, which is covered. And, I'll finish up with some aerial shots from Google Earth 2013 view of the building (Google Earth) Future CEC, in 1992 (Google...