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My favorite memory was shopping at LOFT with my mom. Simple memory, but LOFT is still one of my favorite women's stores and we loved the one at Crystal Mall. Mom's no longer here, so it just feels doubly sad to see this...nothing is forever. Not meaning to be maudlin here...just how it feels watching this. I've seen lots of "dying mall" videos, and only just saw this today, as your video popped up on my YT...you did a nice, thorough walk through and commentary. Tks!

Sad. Unbelievable how fast from 2019, my last time to shop there for Christmas, to now. Too bad, man. I mean, some malls (I guess only few) ARE surviving. Don't know why this died. I used to always shop that Macy's, was sorry to see that go. End of an era has happened right under all our noses, pretty quickly. Has happened over time, I guess, but feels like suddenly, overnight!

Can the Buffalo Wild Wings somehow keep the entire fall afloat? It seems like it's trying to, anyway.

After the eyeglasses place next to cohens it became a headshop called smoke city if i remember and i thought it was kinda insane having a headshop in a mall but hey great glasswork they had

I had been a new london native for the longest glad to see this video i am in hartford for now and bleeehhh miss the coast so much

What a shit hole...

Sad.

springtime in Hartford is so beautiful

This was one of the first videos I took with my new GoPro, so I'm trying to figure out where to set the video stabilization. As a head-cam, I think this was a little much 😅

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A historically significant video. It will be amazing for people to watch this 50, 75, 100 years from now. Excellent work.

You are correct about JC Penny. Slow liquidation until the final 2 weeks, then it was pretty much strip mined. Nothing but assorted unsellable clothes and ton of fixtures left with 2 days to go. Now, just a memory.

Grazie per il video. Lord & taylor e Marshall chiusi. Bei ricordi!

I remember when I was little I would always go to the Crystal Mall with my mom sister and grandma before going to the beach. I grew up in Glastonbury but I now live in New Orleans. We would sometimes go to the Burger King back in the mid 80s to early 90s before going to the beach or one of the other places to eat at it and also do some shopping as well.

The store on the corner was a champs

Verizon moved across the street where the old Wendy's used to be.

There's the slightest vague smidgen of hope that the mall will survive, as the former owner Namdar Realty - a notorious dying mall slumlord owner - recently sold it to some other outfit, but as the old expression goes, breaths should not be held. It's far more likely there's a wrecking ball in its future.

This video was a long time in the making! I had a great time filming, talking to the mall's GM and prepping for the release of this next entry into the Dead Mall series. Thanks so much for being here. What memories do you have from Enfield Square? Are you in favor of or against the proposal of this new complex to be built in it's place? Let me know below, let's have a conversation. I've got a lot more in store for the future, let's go together! ⭐

My family and I lived within walking distance of Shepherd of the Sea chapel when I was a Navy Chaplain at Groton. We were there when the organ was purchased from a Presbyterian church elsewhere in CT through an unofficial purchase arranged by the Senior Base Chaplain and the SubBase CO. The case for the organ was constructed by Seabees and I actually wandered in one day when it was being installed and connected a couple of the wires that ran the organ. The chapel really wasn't that old, maybe late 1950's more likely '60's. It was never used to its potential but seeing its abandonment and destruction still is saddening.

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Video and take as many pictures of this place as you can. My hangout mall closed 2019 and is being demolished now Century III Mall. Malls are disappearing

Amazing ❤❤❤

reppin the merch! 🎉

Lalong gumanda ang boracay Ng IPA rehab ni president Duterte .

I'm not used to such beauty, peace and tranquility.

You should get an electric bike, and mount a camera to it....

this is so soothing and peaceful. i love the bridge footage, never saw it from that angle before! i just want to watch it again and again and i haven't even finished watching this time! 😂 ❤❤

I went 2 the food court....... Just ta eat!!!!! I bought a paint brush in sears!!!!!

Radio playing "Tin Man" By America at the 11:27 mark. Not the most popular '70s song

The spot you said was a Subway was definitely the Burger King in 200-2003

Oh yeah, back in 2000-2001 there was the kid Mr Sparkles working at the Burger King there. Every time we went into the mall my friends and I would interact with him ha. And the fat short female custodian with a huge mustache we'd all laugh about. She was always there. We were 15 after all haha.

Damn. We used to go there from 1998-2003 (when we left CT) and I can at least say that up to 2003 the place was doing great, like any thriving mall. I can't believe it's so dead. Crappy economy? Or is it just that everyone buys everything online now? The record shop upstairs...I bought my copy of Relayer, Tales from Topographic oceans by Yes, in 2000. I bought the VHS of Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii there too, same year. And lots of other CDs.

dying malls like these always seem to have a vintage/ collectible toy shop or something along the lines. A mall near me is super dead and 3 out of like 10 stores open in there are collectible shops

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31:26 Guess the mall will be “Anchorless”

I find I enjoy mall tour videos infinitely more when the person giving the tour is an expert on the location. Kudos for your work here, and thanks for sharing!

It would be great if the mall could be replaced with at least an indoor skatepark, at least one restaurant, at least one retail store, and a Car Wash with a site layout very similar to the WashGuys Flex Service site in Frisco, Texas at Preston Road.

Sears was one of the few anchors that didn't rent the space from the mall but rather they owned their own building. The stores were built actually independent of the mall structures so the store could stand stand even if the mall is gone. Other stores like Dillard's and Macy's could just open and close a it was a store or even move from one end of the mall the otsir because they were just renters but Sears and JC Penney owned their own structures which made it hard 22 make quick Changes. When you own and are stuck with so much real estate it's like trying to steer the Titanic

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From New York Queens but it's always saddening to see videos about these abandoned, shutting down, or in financial chaos. These Malls still remind me of Flushing Mall which only stayed around till January 31st, 2015. So a happy 15 years. Since it began in 2000. So I saw its existence from when it was very popular, to when many didn't often come to it, to when it shut down. So I've seen basically all its evolutions and this reminds me exactly what it looked like at the end of its life cycle. The place was always fun to explore, but also scary due to its liminal feeling it had. However even years after, remnants of it still exist, always used to get the Dorayaki Fish which is a sweet dough shaped into a fish with red bean paste, An Asian treat. A lot of fond memories and always made my day. Sadly it eventually disappeared, unsure where. Which is a shame. Besides that, the last remnants remnant i per-se would be a food court, which consists of the former restaurants who worked there. Just a bit to the left of where the former mall once stood. A bit of history that is forgotten by many. If you weren't from the area. Thanks for the memories.

Looks like a great mall! To bad people don't spend their time and money there anymore. What is the main reason for this demise in your country of the malls? Is it to far away or to expensive to park?

Everytime I see these dead malls I think to myself why cant they turn these into apartments. They could easily keep some business. Coffee shops and eateries. Even a grocery store. That would be super convenient for residents of the apartments.

I blame the new owner Namdar for neglecting the mall. Many of the better stores left once Macy's closed about 3 years ago. If you are looking for a better mall, be prepared to drive at least an hour to Westfarms or Warwick, RI.

Our spring hill mall in illinois just closed down. A few days ago i remeber a few 6 years ago it was sooooo full people everywhere now its like a haunted mall no wonder it closed down :( thanks spring hill mall for memories and nostalgia!.

Great video. I've gone to the Toy Vault many times over the years and glad to see it is still thriving in that mess. Your friend's tabletop center being open "select hours" is part of why the mall is dying in my opinion. He might want to "select" to be open more often... The Toy Vault wouldn't still be there if the owner didn't have the passion for it he does.

Great video. I used to go to the mall back in late 90s early 2000s when I used to work at Foxwoods Casino

oh my Jesus man ❤

Nice cat

The tattoo shop was a champs sports