Abandoned And Not Forgotten

Former Elder-Beerman At Woodville Mall, originally uploaded by DunMiff/sys.

The former and now abandoned Elder-Beerman department store at the Woodville Mall in Northwood, Ohio.

There are no words to describe how disturbingly creepy and wrong this mall is. Two anchor stores left, The Andersons and a Sears, and neither have mall entrances anymore (despite that they were both quite busy this particular Friday afternoon). A theater and about a dozen or so stores left inside, and Deb is the only one that is a national chain (there is space for around 100 stores). The third anchor (Elder-Beerman) and its wing are roped off and have been closed so long that they are decaying. Half the lights weren't on, there was no heat (it was quite chilly inside), there were buckets collecting water leaking through the roof, and the whole mall smelled of mold.

Pros: Good Dr. Pepper at the only place left in the food court and the restrooms were quite clean (minus the leaking urinal).