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Sunday, April 29, 2012

Downtown Shopping - Pizitz

Huge, abandoned department store in downtown Birmingham! Epic.

The Pizitz Department Store opened in 1923 as the Pizitz flagship store, and finally closed for good in December 1987.
It has been abandoned ever since, and has become quite dilapidated. It was originally planned to re-open as an office in summer 2012, but these plans to renovate the property have been hindered by planned tenants pulling out, and the City of Birmingham pulling funds. All hope seems lost at this point, as the building still sits in the same condition that it did in 2010, when plans were announced.

1949
The store in 1949. The Thomas Jefferson Hotel (known as Leer Tower today) can be seen in the background.

We ventured in...
Now you will witness the past, a historic piece of Birmingham, left behind, as time stops for nothing.
The sights we have seen.

Angel

Spiraling Descent

Both Lanes Out

Re-Enter

Silent Cameras

Be Safe

Hose

Shattered

Dots

AmEx

The Roof

Alley

1986

Peel

Magnets

Risers

Escalating

jr.

City

Ceiling

Seating

Peel Two

Service esk

Shopping

Ventilated

Budget Store

The Way Up

Alarmed

"Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep..."

Stained

Display

Announce

Mirrors



Pizitz Office

Office of the boss man.

News

Taste

Phone

Note

Surround

First Aid

The First Aid room still had some supplies in it, including a pile of syringes...

O2

And an oxygen tank.

Peel Three

Santa

Elevator Control

Elevator Control.

Panel

Skyline

Rooftop Adventure.

Cabana

Condition

South

Pole

Descend

Electrical

Elevator Cable

Elevator Motor

Lube

Outfit

Seating

Thing

Engine

Building

Street

Pool

The basement was full of personal belongings... Things from the past of the Pizitz Family. All left behind, now subject to water damage.

Head

Personal

Love

Pizitz Lady

Film

Pizitz Lady Two