ABANDONED FAMILY VIDEO- Girard, Ohio

Today we're at the abandoned family video in Gerard, Ohio. This place is right across the street from the abandoned ride. Um, this family video is attached to a Marcos and um, they flipped the sign upside down, so it's pretty interesting. So, yeah, let's go walk around and see what we can find. There is the sign on the street where they have flipped the sign. You know, a lot of places will black the signs out. This one just flipped it. Kind of strange. Um, so there's the Marcos. [Music] Um, and there's the family video. And they have the classic style obelisk thing. The light up obelisk. And that sign has been flipped, too. for lease. I think this place has been closed since 2021. Didn't they all close then? And they left the lights on for us. Yeah, they just stripped everything out. [Music] I I don't see any logos in there, but yeah, that's definitely classic family video. Barebones family video. Were these their um like cash registers and stuff? Like not not the register itself. I mean like the screen that went to them. There's a whole bunch of monitors in there. Like maybe those were like part of the office in the back or something too. I just I don't really understand why would you leave those all like that. Oh, that's Marco's storage. Oh my goodness. So Marco's This is Marco's stuff. They're just using this place as storage. I know a lot of family videos um before they closed, they would like rent out part of their building to another business like a pizza place or even like a vape shop I think in some cases to um try to recoup like some of the rent. Um that's sad that this is closed though cuz it'd be cool if these places were still around. There's more of the um computers and stuff over there. Um I think I see where the shelving was too. on the ground. So, Gerard has taken a hit here. Um, this Raid, I remember going to it last year and then all of a sudden they were all closing and now they're all gone. And they're turning that Raid into a plasma place. That's what I heard, a plasma donation. Um, in my opinion, that's not a good idea for Gerard because Gerard is actually a nice town and plasma donation places. They kind of draw in not the best people. Um, obviously, you know, we need plasma donated and stuff, but it's just not something you want to put in your downtown when your town is nice. So, I I hope that doesn't happen. Um, but yeah, this family video has been gone since 2021. the right aid since 2024. And um there's already a Family Dollar right there and there's a Dollar General right down the street. Otherwise, I would say put a dollar store here, but I don't really know what else. It would have to be maybe a restaurant or some other unique business cuz I don't really know. If anybody has any ideas, let me know. This is for rent. So, if you want to improve Gerard, Ohio, come here. I can't exactly walk around the back cuz it's narrow. Uh, but I just wanted to show it. So, there's a tiny narrow like alley here. And if you see this wall here is like leaning. Do you see this leaning? It looks like it's about to collapse. Very strange. So that's what's in the back of this place. All right, that was a quick look at the family video in Gerard. The building is in really good shape, so hopefully it will be rented. [Music] Um, put in the comments below your memories of family video and video rentals and stuff. That's kind of sad that these places are no longer around and we can't even use red boxes anymore. So, what the heck? Like, it's like Roku and Netflix and stuff just like took over everything. Um, so yeah, I hope you guys enjoyed it and I'll see you on the next video.