Borger Plaza, Borger, TX

Welcome to Plazas, a new series on my blogger. Your familiar with the concept of a "dead mall" correct? Well, what about a "dead plaza"? That's what this series is all about.

In this post, we're taking a look at the former Borger Plaza in Borger, TX, A plaza that has been abandoned for too long

214 Borger Shopping Plz, Borger, TX 79007

Some of the tenants in this plaza have been abandoned for so long I don't even know what they originally were

With a grand total of zero open tenants (except for a bank), most of which being closed for over 10 years

Starting off with the left side of the plaza, we have this building here. This space was still vacant even back in 2008, so I have absolutely no idea on what it originally was. A grocery store / supermarket, maybe?

Next to that is an abandoned Revco! They went out of business as a whole in 1997 after being acquired by CVS. This store opened sometime around 1979 and closed sometime around 1992, before the CVS buyout.

Not to mention that Revco changed their logo halfway through the 70's...

Not sure what this was

After that is another unknown building tenants and Joan's Hallmark Shop, which has also been closed for a while, with their sign never being taken down

JCPenney was also in the plaza as well, they originally opened here in 1980.

Looking at the plaza in 2013 (and even in 2009), everything looks exactly the same, with the exception of JCPenney, which was still open at the time. They somehow lasted here until 2017. I'd have to assume that up until that point, they were the only operating business there.

I have no idea what that building on the left was.

The two buildings on the right however were Pro Step (a local place I guess) and Payless Shoe Source (which closed before the entire company went out of business in 2019)

Kmart was the main anchor of the Borger Plaza, opening in 1979

With how vivid that labelscar is, you would think that the store would've closed recently, but no. Kmart closed their store here in 2002. It's still there to this very day.

The plaza has some outparcels as well

The first one being this bank, with is somehow still open

This building originally started out as a Bonanza restaurant before becoming a credit union.

I don't know what this was

This (clearly) was a former Long John Silver's

Behind Long John Silver's and across from Kmart is another small row of stores

Photo from 2008

Photo from 2008

I think this was another bank

A once prominent shopping plaza with Revco, JCPenney, and Kmart, all gone, and abandoned.

Thanks for reading

All images are from Google Maps / Google Street View. I take zero credit for any of these photos