Raise your hand if you remember Sears on Rudisill!
Me! ME! ME!!!!
Located at the corners of Rudisill Boulevard and South Clinton Street, this was a special place for us to shop. It was huge. It had a ton of stuff. It was such a staple of the south side of Fort Wayne.
My grandparents told me that Sears & Roebuck used to be located downtown, next to the Fort Wayne National Bank Building. After several issues (including a fire and a partial building collapse), they got the heck out of dodge I guess.
This building sat vacant for a long time. And then, sometime in the late 80's, Sears telecatalog came through and occupied some of the building.
Then that went away - 1993 I think?
And then I thought I heard that the welfare department occupied the building.
Also heard that McLeodUSA had some call centers they were going to open up here?
Don't know - lost touch with what was happening with the building about ten years ago.
I meant to stop and take pictures of it in May - but ran out of time. I wonder if the old building still looks the same?
P.S. Did you know that our very own Fort Wayne Santa spent his Christmas holidays here - before he migrated back downtown to Wolf & Dessauer?
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Is this it?
I think at least the unemployment office is there. Most likely some other stuff as well.
Here's the link I meant to send
I discovered Intellivision in that store. . .(sigh)
Scott is right, there are actually a lot of other government offices there besides the unemloyment and workforce development offices. Welfare/food stamps/medicaid are all there too. I think the state government occupies most of the building. It has been remodeled a lot and looks different now.
IRS taxpayer assistance; Department of Child Services; WorkOne NE (Unemployment office); FSSA, Department of Family Resources (foodstamps); and Christ Child Coat Donation center are the current tenants at the "old Sears building". There is another small building on the property that was Bluejacket but is now vacant
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