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'''Kmart #4071''' was a [[Kmart]] [[discount department store]] located at [[1140 Roswell Road Southeast (Marietta, Georgia)|1140 Roswell Road Southeast]] in [[Marietta, Georgia|Marietta]], [[Georgia]]. The store opened on March 16, 1964 and closed on January 4, 2009.<ref>Chapman, Dan. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120319175219/http://www.ajc.com/hotjobs/content/business/stories/2008/11/03/marietta_kmart_closing.html "Longtime Kmart store in Marietta to close"], [[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]], November 3, 2008.</ref> Food store opened Jan. 1, 1964; converted from Thrift City; 56th or 57th store<ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bQbJ704l5I8hkf4hUNa7IyYzGW5I3CIBYmqigrRLD7g/edit "Kmart latest"] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]].</ref>
'''Kmart #4071''' was a [[Kmart]] [[discount department store]] located at [[1140 Roswell Road Southeast (Marietta, Georgia)|1140 Roswell Road Southeast]] in [[Marietta, Georgia|Marietta]], [[Georgia]].<ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bQbJ704l5I8hkf4hUNa7IyYzGW5I3CIBYmqigrRLD7g/edit "Kmart latest"] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]].</ref> Opening on March 16, 1964 in former [[Thrift City]] store buildings, the location and its twin, [[Kmart 4070|Kmart #4070]] in Atlanta, were the 56th and 57th stores in the Kmart chain and the first two in the Atlanta area.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71648679/the-atlanta-constitution/ Full-page advertisement], [[Atlanta Constitution]], March 9, 1964, page 12.</ref> The attached food store opened ahead of time on January 1, 1964, the day after Thrift City's lease expired.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71648728/the-atlanta-constitution/ "S. S. Kresge K-Marts to Open Jan. 1"], [[Atlanta Constitution]], December 25, 1963, page 10-D.</ref> The store closed on January 4, 2009,<ref>Chapman, Dan. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120319175219/http://www.ajc.com/hotjobs/content/business/stories/2008/11/03/marietta_kmart_closing.html "Longtime Kmart store in Marietta to close"], [[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]], November 3, 2008.</ref> 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 {{w|Jackyl}} held an impromptu concert on a flatbed truck in the store's parking lot, which they called "Jackyl Awareness Day".<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71648268/the-atlanta-constitution/ "Jackyl: Bad boys back in town"], [[Atlanta Constitution]], April 9, 1993, page H9.</ref> Footage of the performance was used as the official music video for their song "I Stand Alone."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCm6re-RTdc "I Stand Alone"], Jackyl, via YouTube.</ref>


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Latest revision as of 00:53, 26 February 2023

Kmart #4071
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Store number4071
Address1140 Roswell Road Southeast
CityMarietta, Georgia
OpenedMarch 16, 1964
ClosedJanuary 4, 2009
TypePreviously-owned building
Retail floor area104,209 square feet (9,681.3 m2)
Previous tenantThrift City
Next tenantSears Outlet
Coordinates33°56′59″N 84°31′06″W / 33.949600°N 84.518206°W / 33.949600; -84.518206Coordinates: 33°56′59″N 84°31′06″W / 33.949600°N 84.518206°W / 33.949600; -84.518206

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 This is a link to a Wikipedia article 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]

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  1. ↑ "Kmart latest" spreadsheet.
  2. ↑ Full-page advertisement, Atlanta Constitution, March 9, 1964, page 12.
  3. ↑ "S. S. Kresge K-Marts to Open Jan. 1", Atlanta Constitution, December 25, 1963, page 10-D.
  4. ↑ Chapman, Dan. "Longtime Kmart store in Marietta to close", Atlanta Journal-Constitution, November 3, 2008.
  5. ↑ "Jackyl: Bad boys back in town", Atlanta Constitution, April 9, 1993, page H9.
  6. ↑ "I Stand Alone", Jackyl, via YouTube.
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