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With again much thanks to Downtown Mansfield Inc. and Preservation Ohio, the public was allowed inside to view the former Charles Schroer Mortuary. What seemed nothing more than a rather generic building along North Diamond Street in Mansfield, Ohio was actually part of the large Schroer business that at its height, occupied half of the block from East Temple Court to East Fifth Street.

The Decline of Shopping Malls
The American retail landscape is changing. The love affair with the enclosed shopping center peaked about a decade ago and has been waning as consumers seek out revitalized urban centers and mixed-use retail, office and residential developments.

Photographing Fort Carroll From Afar
While flying over the Francis Scott Key Bridge near Baltimore, Maryland for photos, I stumbled upon the abandoned Fort Carroll, an abandoned sea fort in the middle of the Patapsco River.

Exploring Crowell-Collier
Several years ago, I was able to visit the former printing operation for the Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, once the world’s largest magazine publishing house, in Springfield, Ohio.