7-Eleven (closed)
7-Eleven #24852 (closed) [2,600 square feet]
12101 Jefferson Avenue, Newport News, VA
This location was built and opened in 1984 and closed in September 2017. It became a My Eyelab on June 6th, 2023, which became Stanton Optical in September 2023.
Once again, I was too late to get better photos of this place while it was still open. I drove by here on the evening of September 21st and noticed that the store was closed with all the lights off inside. Peculiar, but I figured they were just doing some work inside or something and had to shut down temporarily. My interest was aroused though, so I drove by again on the 25th and there were several vehicles in the parking lot, which led me to believe they had re-opened: turns out it was a crew helping shut down the store, not customers. The next time I drove by was the 28th, and the store appeared as it does in this photo. Darn!
Thing is, I always felt that this place was too difficult to photograph when it was in business: it's situated at a busy intersection, making it hard to make a quick getaway out of the parking lot, plus it was always busy when I stopped by. I always had the sensation that an employee or customer wouldn't be cool with my presence on the property if I started snapping, away so to save myself the trouble I straight up avoided the store. Hell, even since they've been closed its been difficult to get photos here, because Newport News police officers like to park here in an attempt to catch speedy drivers. Plus the sun backlights the store in the afternoon. Luckily everything fell into place today!
AFAIK I only ever gave this particular location business once, back in August 2015 to get a Big Gulp refill. Click on this link for a review with a little look inside when they were open. Interestingly, the guy who made that review made it three weeks before they closed. I wonder if they knew then that the location would be closing so they stopped caring.
7-Eleven (closed)
7-Eleven #24852 (closed) [2,600 square feet]
12101 Jefferson Avenue, Newport News, VA
This location was built and opened in 1984 and closed in September 2017. It became a My Eyelab on June 6th, 2023, which became Stanton Optical in September 2023.
Once again, I was too late to get better photos of this place while it was still open. I drove by here on the evening of September 21st and noticed that the store was closed with all the lights off inside. Peculiar, but I figured they were just doing some work inside or something and had to shut down temporarily. My interest was aroused though, so I drove by again on the 25th and there were several vehicles in the parking lot, which led me to believe they had re-opened: turns out it was a crew helping shut down the store, not customers. The next time I drove by was the 28th, and the store appeared as it does in this photo. Darn!
Thing is, I always felt that this place was too difficult to photograph when it was in business: it's situated at a busy intersection, making it hard to make a quick getaway out of the parking lot, plus it was always busy when I stopped by. I always had the sensation that an employee or customer wouldn't be cool with my presence on the property if I started snapping, away so to save myself the trouble I straight up avoided the store. Hell, even since they've been closed its been difficult to get photos here, because Newport News police officers like to park here in an attempt to catch speedy drivers. Plus the sun backlights the store in the afternoon. Luckily everything fell into place today!
AFAIK I only ever gave this particular location business once, back in August 2015 to get a Big Gulp refill. Click on this link for a review with a little look inside when they were open. Interestingly, the guy who made that review made it three weeks before they closed. I wonder if they knew then that the location would be closing so they stopped caring.