Kmart 4071
| Kmart #4071 | |
|---|---|
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| Store number | 4071 |
| Address | 1140 Roswell Road Southeast |
| City | Marietta, Georgia |
| Opened | March 16, 1964 |
| Closed | January 4, 2009 |
| Type | Previously-owned building |
| Retail floor area | 104,209 square feet (9,681.3 m2) |
| Previous tenant | Thrift City |
| Next tenant | Sears Outlet |
| Coordinates | 33°56′59″N 84°31′06″W / 33.949600°N 84.518206°WCoordinates: 33°56′59″N 84°31′06″W / 33.949600°N 84.518206°W |
Kmart #4071 was a Kmart discount department store located at 1140 Roswell Road Southeast in Marietta, Georgia.[1] Opening on March 16, 1964 in former Thrift City store buildings, the location and its twin, Kmart #4070 in Atlanta, were the 56th and 57th stores in the Kmart chain and the first two in the Atlanta area.[2] The attached food store opened ahead of time on January 1, 1964, the day after Thrift City's lease expired.[3] The store closed on January 4, 2009,[4] and the building has since been primarily occupied by a Sears Outlet store (now American Freight).
In June 1992, in a protest against Kmart's decision not to sell the band's music, Georgia-based metal band Jackyl 
held an impromptu concert on a flatbed truck in the store's parking lot, which they called "Jackyl Awareness Day".[5] Footage of the performance was used as the official music video for their song "I Stand Alone."[6]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Kmart latest" spreadsheet.
- ↑ Full-page advertisement, Atlanta Constitution, March 9, 1964, page 12.
- ↑ "S. S. Kresge K-Marts to Open Jan. 1", Atlanta Constitution, December 25, 1963, page 10-D.
- ↑ Chapman, Dan. "Longtime Kmart store in Marietta to close", Atlanta Journal-Constitution, November 3, 2008.
- ↑ "Jackyl: Bad boys back in town", Atlanta Constitution, April 9, 1993, page H9.
- ↑ "I Stand Alone", Jackyl, via YouTube.