Tropical storm provides Akron with holiday tree
Set builder Mark Wilsterman applies hardware cloth to Archie the Snowman, that will be covered with cotton batten in the basement of the former O'Neil's Department Store. The display will be part of the Lock 3 festivities over the holiday season. (Paul Tople/Akron Beacon Journal)
Carpenters Rip Rohrer (left) and Emerson Leeworth work on Santa's workshop as construction continues in the basement of the former O'Neil's Department Store changing it into Archie's Enchanted Encounter featuring a likeness of the old Chapel Hill Mall Archie the Snowman and animated Christmas windows that once graced the O'Neil's store. The display will be part of the Lock 3 festivities over the holiday season. (Paul Tople/Akron Beacon Journal)
Set builder Mark Wilsterman (left) and set designer and builder Ra'ul Umana work on one of the animated store window displays featuring Peter Pan and Captain Hook in the basement of the former O'Neil's Department Store. The display will be part of the Lock 3 festivities over the holiday season. (Paul Tople/Akron Beacon Journal)
