While driving around this past Saturday, I decided to head north on Pearl Avenue from Route 254 to see if the
Schwebel's Bakery Outlet Thrift Store was still there. (It was.) After that, I decided to keep on going and see what was happening with the old
Oakwood Shopping Center (or Oakwood Plaza, if you prefer).
I was a little surprised to see how little of it was still there. There's the
Family Dollar store and... nothing else!
Here's a
link to an interesting blog entitled
Lorain County Photographer's Blog. The blogger shot some great photos in the same area back in January 2009, including a nice panoramic view of the whole shopping center. There was a lot more of the shopping center then than there is now.
Pearl the Squirrel (the longtime mascot of Oakwood Shopping Center since it opened in November 1958) would
not be amused.
(Regular readers of this blog know that when they see Pearl the Squirrel paying a visit to this blog, that means that I'm plugging my other website! I haven't added any new content lately, but if you've never visited
Oakie's Treehouse before, now is a good time!)
