40 Buildings That Aren’t Fooling Anyone About What They Used To Be
I love when a business moves into an old building and decides the sign is the only thing that needs changing. You can tell exactly where the renovation budget ran out. They got the new name up there and are so confident that no one will notice that it used to be a Pizza Hut.
I would do the same thing, though. If I opened a coffee shop in an old bank, I’d keep the drive-thru tube. I don’t know how I’d get a latte through it, but that feels like a problem for whoever works there after I sell it.
My favorite way to look through these is to guess what each building used to be before reading the caption. Some of them give it away so fast you’ll feel like you used to work there.
1. Señior Colonel
2. This Trader Joe’s In Media, Pennsylvania, Used To Be An Armoury For The Pennsylvania National Guard
3. Walgreens That Used To Be A Historic Bank. Chicago, IL
4. A Former Cricket Wireless Is Now A Chicken Restaurant
5. This Sports Bar Used To Be A Hollywood Video Store. They Reused Parts Of The Original Sign
6. Taco Bell Turned Into Law Offices
7. Planet Fitness In A Former Circuit City. Phoenix, AZ
8. My College Used To Be A Shopping Mall
9. Former Taco Bell, Louisville, KY
10. Yes, You Were Always A Wireless Store
11. This Thrift Store Used To Be A Bowling Alley
12. A Bank Converted To Mcdonalds
13. Domino’s Used To Be A KFC, Albert Lea, Minnesota
14. Apple Store In An Old Theatre, Los Angeles
15. This Former Pizza Hut Got Turned Into A Home! The Owners Even Added A Garage And Lawn!
16. Former Bank, Now KFC. Owners Call It The Crystal Bucket. (Corning, NY Area)
17. Former Target Turned Into A Walmart, They Painted The Target Orbs Yellow Instead Of Removing Them
18. This Medical Facility Totally Used To Be A Pizza Hut
19. Little Caesar’s Pizza In A Former Sonic Drive-In; Location Unknown
20. KFC Turned Into A Jamba Juice
21. This “Starbucks” With Extra Pickup Lanes. So Convenient
22. The Owners Ended Their Quiznos Franchise But Wanted To Run A Sandwich Shop Still
23. The Subway I Went To Today Used To Be A Bank. Instead Of Removing The Vault They Just Added More Seating Inside
24. Gas Station Turned Into A Boost Mobile – North Carolina
25. Jay’s Liquor In Lakeland, FL (Former Blockbuster)
26. Gay Bar In Cedar Rapids Used To Be A McDonald’s
27. CVS Pharmacy Used To Be A Theatre, East Los Angeles, CA
28. Former Pizza Hut – Now La Piñata Mexican Grill, Childersburg Alabama
29. Former Pizza Hut Now An Asian Vegan Restaurant (Pinellas Park, FL)
30. Former Arby’s In Norfolk, Virginia
31. Value Village, Edmonton, Ab
32. Old Hollister Now A Bookstore
33. Former KFC, Broken Arrow, Ok
34. Spirit Halloween – Was Fraser Health Covid-19 Vaccination Clinic Until Last Week, Formerly Best Buy – Surrey, Bc
35. Last Year This Was A Jack In The Box
36. Ihop Now An International House Of Prayer
37. Former Walgreens Is Now A Planet Fitness
38. Old Taco Bell (Hamilton, Ontario)
39. Former CVS Now An Uber
40. Gresham, Or – This Was Once A Gas Station And Then A Used Car Lot Before Becoming A Jimmy John’s
