Fond memories of the Downtown Lazarus department store often include holiday traditions – bustling shoppers, animated windows, a talking tree, rooftop lights and seeing Santa. And while the store was ...

Generations of holiday shoppers visited the Lazarus department store in downtown Columbus every Christmas season until it closed in 1994. The decorated window displays were a cherished tradition in ...

Lazarus department store was a Columbus institution for nearly 175 years before being absorbed by Macy’s in 2005. Ironically, many Columbus and central Ohio residents associated Lazarus with the ...

Former Lazarus employee Ronald Rau donated a Santa figure and Snow Queen to the Fran Ryan Center to help recreate the iconic ...

As we deck the halls and trim the tree, it’s common to reflect on Columbus Christmas traditions of old. Perhaps one of the most beloved holiday traditions was Lazarus’ Christmas Parade in downtown ...

A view inside the Northland Mall in the 1980s. Matthew Bennett remembers shopping with his mother at the downtown Lazarus department store when he was a young boy. When his family moved to the suburbs ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (COLUMBUS BUSINESS FIRST) — Many a Columbus resident can remember the window displays at the Lazarus department store along Town and High streets. Fewer may know that further down Town ...