Retail Look: Downgraded Sears, Former Montgomery Ward, North Riverside Park Mall

Today I've decided to bring back the Retail Look name when we looked at a still operating store. If you have checked out my YouTube channel, some videos have Retail Look at the beginning of each video. I've thought it was good enough to bring it back here, let's begin.



Today, we'll look at a Downgraded Sears, Former Montgomery Ward at North Riverside Park Mall. This store opened in 1975 as Montgomery Ward. In 2001, Sears decided to buy 18 stores from Montgomery Ward including 3 stores in Illinois. The now demolished stand alone Sears in Crystal Lake, the Sears in Peru that closed in October of 2017 and this one in North Riverside. In November of 2017, it was announced that Sears would downsized the North Riverside store closing the first floor but with a added bonus, remolding the store. On the outside as of March 2018, the month I went here, it looks awful but looks great inside. I should mention this but Sears had another store in the area at the Cermek Plaza near by which will be in a different blog, however it closed in 1993 with the stores in Lake Zurich and the one where I live, Fox Lake. Let's take a look at this Sears. Forgot but here's the link to the Sears news on Sears Holding website searsholdings.com/press-releases/pr/1755.

 The Auto Center is still opened

 The Depressing looking store

 Nobody here on a foggy day

 The R is gone making this more depressing

 The Entrance is not available, only in the mall

 Absolutely Nobody

 Trucks for distribution 

 I love this late 90's, Early 2000's look of a Sears

 Still opened on the top level

 The First and Second level

 The new logo is here

 Newer signs

 I always wonder my camera does this sometimes

 A bathroom and a still operating Photo Studio!

Inside the Photo Studio

Thanks for looking at this Retail look!