A Tale of Two Locations - Arbor Drugs #122, Lincoln Park, Michigan

This post will look at retail in Lincoln Park, Wayne County, MI.
Lucky Drugs #2 / Arbor Drugs #122 / Hollywood Video #????
3605 Dix Highway, Lincoln Park, MI
Driving distance and time from downtown Detroit: 12.5 miles, approx. 15 minutes
 
This Arbor Drugs store opened on February 25, 1992, replacing a location of a Downriver-area chain, Lucky Drugs. This was a fairly short-lived location for Arbor Drugs, as you'll read below.
 
After Arbor Drugs relocated, this original building was soon converted into a Hollywood Video store, which lasted until that chain went under in 2010. It has been vacant since, though it did receive an exterior facelift to hide any Hollywood Video artifacts.
 
August 2021 Update: For the first time in a decade, 3605 Dix Highway has a tenant, as in 2020, AutoZone store #6034 opened in this building.
 
Arbor Drugs #122 / CVS #8122
3647 Dix Highway, Lincoln Park, MI
Driving distance and time from downtown Detroit: 12.6 miles, approx. 15 minutes

This is the building that Arbor Drugs #122 relocated to, keeping it's original store number after the relocation. Arbor Drugs relocated to this building in 1997 and was built on the site of former Farmer Jack #627 (which had opened in the 1960's under Farmer Jack's former name, Food Fair, as store #27). Arbor Drugs #122 was even shorter lived here, as it became CVS #8122 the following year when they bought Arbor Drugs.

April 2022 Update: CVS #8122 has closed for good as of February 2022. Refer to this post for details.
 
Until next time....
Location: 3647 Dix Hwy, Lincoln Park, MI 48146, USA

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