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| - Big thrift is going a bit more upscale in new location diagonally SE across Camelback from old location, in or adjacent to old Fry's grocery, adjacent to Blast Fitness.
The floors are polished concrete, the walls freshly painted a bright green, signage attractive and modern, and the restrooms (at least the men's room) cleaner and more modern than that of many fine dining establishments. The place is big, high-ceiling-ed airy, bright, and though there's still just a bit of that thrift store musk of vast quantities of donated clothing, the exposed shiny ventilation overhead I think clearly pushes the décor into the category of "industrial chic". Thankfully, at least so far, prices do not appear to have been jacked to match the fancier digs.
They've only been open since 8/16/13 at this location and were two weeks later a bit light in electronics and computer gear for the scavenging geek, and I didn't see any washers, dryers or refrigerators, but there's still room for more - or maybe I just missed them amid the vast array of other stuff. Despite the wide open spaces, clothing racks are still placed closely enough together that it's difficult to pass someone in many of the aisles. Note there are at least 4 dressing rooms, all shiny clean and new, would but that they could stay that way for long!
All in all it's a nicer location for thrift-mining and exploration and the parking lot is much easier to get in and out of than the former location. If you exit the lot to the west side, you even have a traffic light to get you on to or across Camelback at (I think) 17th Ave.
If I had a little more energy and enthusiasm today, I might be "a fan", the 4-star rating, but for the moment it's 3 stars - and a positive A-OK from me.
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