Demolition work starts at Freedlander department store in Wooster, Ohio.
For 130 years, it held up against the worst Mother Nature could throw at it. It survived a complete revamping of its famous facade. It even withstood thousands of bargain-crazed shoppers year after year.
But the former Freedlander’s Department Store building in downtown Wooster won’t survive any longer. Crews from Cleveland-based B&B Wrecking spent Wednesday putting the final pieces of fencing around the structure, and anticipate beginning dismantling today.
Mike Sigg, director of administration, says the facility was in worse shape than initially thought. “There’s a lot of termite damage all over the building,” Sigg said. “I know (environmental remediation crews) ran into termites while they were working on the building in the floor joist. Ted (Bogner) told us his dad actually replaced the floor joists years ago in there because of termite damage. … At this point, we’re anxious to see it come down. We’ll feel a lot better when it’s on the ground.”
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