Comments on: Woodville Mall; Northwood, Ohio

By: Rich

Rich — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:41:07 +0000

@James, @Carol. It was was Macy’s before the store closed. The changeover occurred in 1981.

By: James

James — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:05:17 +0000

@Carol, I believe LaSalles’s became Macy’s in the 1980s. Not the Macy’s that we know now. The Macy’s stores in Toledo in the 1980s were sold and I believe re-branded as Elder Beerman. I could be mistaken, but I think that’s right. More recently, Macy’s took over Marshall Field which of course had absorbed Hudsons earlier.

By: Carol

Carol — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:51:21 +0000

Woodville Mall never had a Macy’s. It was LaSalles I believe you are thinking of. Sear’s, LaSalles, and JC Penney were the three anchor stores.

By: Connie

Connie — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:14:26 +0000

Wow! How sad. I remember going to the Woodville mall at Christmas when I was a little girl…that was back in the early ’70’s and the mall was always packed. Christmas music playing…it was magic land. Of course I was very little and excited.

How very sad! Like an old friend that isn’t getting any better

Hopefully some clever industrialist can figure something out before they close the whole thing up!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:48:36 +0000

I grew up living directly next to Woodville Mall; I have a lot of good childhood memories there. One that will always stick out in my mind, however, are the massive Christmas displays and boat shows that the mall would host each year. Though now these displays might seem miniscule in comparison to modern exhibitions, as a child, the displays seemed so grandiose. I still have a feeling of awe when I remember what it looked like in there around Christmas time as a kindergartener. As sad as it makes me that the mall is surely not going to recover from it’s decline, my memories will keep it preserved as a place of excitement and childhood bliss.

By: CabbyMom

CabbyMom — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:47:38 +0000

Can anyone tell me who the current mall owners are?

By: joan

joan — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:32:31 +0000

@KElly,
This is about the stores in the Woodville Mall in 1969, wasn’t Macy’s called LaSalle’s before it became Macy’s and then Elder Beerman’s?

By: Mann

Mann — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:18:31 +0000

I just got home from the mall and was excited to see that they are starting to rip up that old, crappy green-ish carpet! Maybe they are finally renovating it! We need a good mall on this side of town and I think it would be a great investment, if someone manages it correctly.

By: Judy

Judy — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:49:02 +0000

I am excited since reading in the Suburban Press that the mall sale is complete. Cannot wait to see any action taking place at the Woodville Mall. Definitely will be nice for all us die-hard eastsiders who hate having to go anywhere toward Franklin Mall area.

By: kbhret

kbhret — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:22:24 +0000

Hmmmm, changing demographics??

Isn’t that what has killed every mall in America???