SF’s Abandoned Walgreens Are Still Haunting Sights to Behold
Over 22 Walgreens stores have closed in San Francisco over the past seven years. And their unpopulated interiors remain eerie fixtures around SF.
After the apocalypse, I always assumed there'd be cockroaches, Twinkies, and — inexplicably — a fully functioning Walgreens standing proudly amongst the scorched rubble, fluorescent lights glaring.
Under harsh lights, a bleary-eyed clerk would scan my M&Ms and shaving cream, after which I would leave the store, doors swishing open with their signature ding! I would make my way back out into the barren landscape, stepping around rogue Twinkies scuttling by (which had since evolved to grow legs). I'd resume my quiet life of moisture farming and hoarding whatever books survived the nuclear blast.
But alas. The year is 2023.
I'm walking...