22481 Shore Center - 1957 -1971
22481 Shore Center - 1972-1983
The third and final tenant at 22481 Shore Center Drive in Euclid, Ohio, was Unique Thrift store.
My brother loves thrift stores, but I REALLY dug going to this place, from when I was a kiddo to my high school years. They had furniture, toys, movies, and a ton of clothes. I think half my 10th grade year outfit came from this store. It was the shangri-la of used crap. To this day, the best thrift shop ever, and way better than the Willowick location now.
They had a rocky couple of months after opening, though. For starters, in March of 1983 a guy met his girlfriend at her job at Unique and then went ahead and pulled a gun on her and well, kidnapped her.
Koren Hamula, the victim, got away, but then her gun-wielding beloved, Michael Imburgia, snuck into her basement later that night. Police found him hiding with a knife.
And they say all the good ones are taken. Two months later, there was a fatality when a woman crashed her car into the wall of the building.
Unique stayed at this location until the late 1990's. This building and couple others were razed.
The top is from 1970 - the bottom from 2006. Notice the green buildings on the left are still there. The large green building in 2006 is Dave's. The red outline in 1970 is 22481 Shore Center. The section with the darker roof, shaped like an "L" was Kroger's, Minnesota Fabrics, and Unique.
22481 Shore Center - 1972-1983
The third and final tenant at 22481 Shore Center Drive in Euclid, Ohio, was Unique Thrift store.
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They had a rocky couple of months after opening, though. For starters, in March of 1983 a guy met his girlfriend at her job at Unique and then went ahead and pulled a gun on her and well, kidnapped her.
Koren Hamula, the victim, got away, but then her gun-wielding beloved, Michael Imburgia, snuck into her basement later that night. Police found him hiding with a knife.
And they say all the good ones are taken. Two months later, there was a fatality when a woman crashed her car into the wall of the building.
Unique stayed at this location until the late 1990's. This building and couple others were razed.
The top is from 1970 - the bottom from 2006. Notice the green buildings on the left are still there. The large green building in 2006 is Dave's. The red outline in 1970 is 22481 Shore Center. The section with the darker roof, shaped like an "L" was Kroger's, Minnesota Fabrics, and Unique.
You should have heard how happy city council and the administration was at the time to get rid of Unique.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous - Why were they happy to see Unique go? Inquiring minds!
DeleteAs I recall from the council meeting when it was announced, they thought Unique was dirty and implied that it did not attract the type of people Euclid wanted.
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