[FLASHBACK] Inside a Valu Home Center: Western Lights Plaza in Syracuse

 

Today on FLASH BACK, we go back to March 23, 2018 to examine a converted discount store in the city of Syracuse.

This Valu Home Center store was part of Kmart #4143, which operated from 1966 to 1996. Valu is affiliated with and supplied by Do It Best, and their color scheme reflects their Do It Best affiliation.

Ceiling fan display. Notice the white hugger ceiling fan at left, which has pointed-tip blades like the Patriot Lighting™ Eros II, though the fan they sell, the Home Impressions 42 In. White Ceiling Fan with Light Kit has flat-edged blades.

For some odd reason, toilets were displayed in the lighting section instead of the plumbing section.

Some of the shopping carts were archaic wire Kmart carts; these ones being United Steel & Wire model 395, manufactured in March 1984. Hard to say if they came from this former Kmart location, but likely not. Very rarely does a succeeding tenant acquire merchandise or fixtures from the previous tenant.