Sometimes buildings have such specific characteristics that it is very noticable when they are repurposed for another venue.
People from the US have shared snaps of buildings attempting to hide their previous purpose and Bored Panda collated the best examples into an online gallery.
They include a Walgreens pharmacy, in Chicago, which used to be a historic and very opulent bank.
Elsewhere the renowned Pizza Hut in Los Angeles, was turned into an Urgent Care centre.
Meanwhile a Trader Joe’s, in Media, Pennsylvania, used to be an armoury for the Pennsylvania National Guard.
People from around the world have shared snaps of buildings attempting to hide their previous purpose and Bored Panda collated the best examples into an online gallery. Including a church, in Dayton, Ohio, which was turned into an Urban Krag Climbing Center
An old supermarket was even turned into a library with the books being kept behind the sliding glass doors of the fridges.
Elsewhere a former bank in Corning, New York, was transformed into a very fancy KFC, which the owners call ‘The Crystal Bucket’.
Here FEMAIL takes a look at some of the buildings that aren’t fooling anyone…
Including a Walgreens pharmacy, in Chicago , which used to be a historic and very opulent bank
Finger lickin fooled! A KFC closed down and turned into a Mexican restaurant but instead of removing the window stickers owners just added a mustache and a sombrero to the Colonel Sanders picture
An old grocery store in Carmel, Indiana, was even turned into a library with the books being kept behind the sliding glass doors of the fridges
Kentucky Fried Cash? Elsewhere a former bank in Corning, New York, was transformed into a very fancy KFC, which the owners call ‘The Crystal Bucket’
Slice of medical attention? An old Pizza Hut building, in Los Angeles , was turned into an Urgent Care centre
Meanwhile a Trader Joe’s in Media, Pennsylvania , used to be an armoury for the Pennsylvania National Guard
This Tim Hortons and Circle K, in Toronto, Ohio, used to very clearly be an old fashioned cinema
Meanwhile the Apple store, in Los Angeles, used to be an old theatre and owners kept all the original features
This Pretzelmaker, in Arkansas, which is a popular hand-rolled pretzel chain in the US, was turned into Avis and Budget Rental
This former bank with three drive through lanes was turned into an over the top hairdresser
Meanwhile this Domino’s, in Albert Lea, Minnesota, clearly used to be a KFC but they painted the roof blue instead of the classic red
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