Almost every planter inside used to be filled with water back in the day. They were all fountains and people used to throw pocket change in it. Used to be a great place back then.
This is the mall I grew up at. It was pretty good into the early 2000s but ultimately got bought out and the rents hiked way up and store after store left including all the anchor stores. It did just get bought in the last few weeks by a local developer with hopes of using the property for something else. I haven't been inside in a long time so this is a real nostalgia trip.
A Friend just shared this video with me today. This was our Mall. I just thought I would comment because when you made this video you said that BAM and Burlington we're still open. Today I saw the notice that Bam is closing. I shopped for my very first prom dress here in 1978 at Hess' it was one of the few stores that was open. I worked here waldenbooks in the late 90s. And it was the first place I ever took my son, he was only three days old, but my husband had got a new job and had to buy a dress clothes so it's off to the mall we went And it was the place to go when there wasn't anyplace else to go we would say "let's go to the mall and walk around!
Man i did not expect to see a video of our mall on my youtube home page. I'm 18 now and i have so many memories of coming here with my parents, going to the footlocker too look at shoes, shopping at hollister, and going to the gamestop to get those pokemon cards with the codes on them to redeem pokemon in game. I also fondly remember the P.A outdoor life having a bunch of fishtanks set up in the conversation pit area where they were giving talks on local fish and stuff.
This is the mall I grew up going to and it's so strange seeing it empty like this. I remember always making sure I'd hit up EB Games/Gamestop, Hot Topic, Spencers, and Fye.
Me and my best friend would cruise that mall during our high school days in the ‘80s looking for girls. A place to find shoes, clothes, books, and almost anything that you needed.
I grew up in this area of central PA, and was really looking forward to nostalgia tripping when I came home for the summer. I was met with an entirely closed mall, the carousel only visible through the fence at the back of Burlington. Finding this last look at one of my childhood malls really got me that nostalgia trip-closure, I love the local content and i'm so happy to find a semi-local creator with the same interest in classic dying malls :)
I remember the water fountains. When I was a girl scout, we did a sleep over in the mall!! MOST FUN EVER!!! we could roller skate at night in there, it was an amazing time. The water falls were also beautiful, people would through coins in the fountains. I had a friend (we were maybe 5? 6 yrs old? ) who was reaching through the bars at the coins (as kids do!) and fell in!! Rofl!!! (NOT DEEP) My parents grabbed her out quick. Sitting areas all over to relax while shopping or visiting with others. It was the place to go as a teenager, hang out with friends, shop, eat... Dino's pizza was great. I remember the arcade and mini golf! Spent lots of time at the arcade. Ohh the Orange Julius!!! Delicious!!!!! Love this video, so many memories. very sad to see this mall die over the years.... This mall is beautiful inside. Lots of lunches with my kids at Friendlies. And Elbys... I went to school with the daughter of the guy who started Elby's. And the carousel... lots of time with the kids spent on that. and the arch... I remember watching that as a child as we would drive by on the highway, watching it change shape... it is amazing. very unique. Thanks for posting this video... I've lived here my whole life... definitely a part of our local history.
I used to go to this mall almost every year for back to school shopping and Christmas gifts. My grandmother and I always hit up the Books-A-Million every time we came down, I was never looking at the books though. I was after the actions figures and collectibles. It's crazy to see what it looks like now. I remember seeing that huge carousel, but I never actually rode it. It's so eerie to see virtually nobody occupying that enormous space. I think the last time I was there was last March. I'll never forget driving under that massive arch.
I grew up in this mall in the late 70's and it's real heyday in the 80's. Dick's was not an original anchor store, in fact, that part of the mall was something totally different. There was a wing off the side similar to the J.C. Penny wing that had an entrance/exit, a UA Movie Theater, arcade (where I first played Dragon's Lair), a pizza shop and a few other stores. It was demolished for the Dick's store to br built there. In the 80's there was a Kay Bee Toys store along with Hess's, Chess King, Radio Shack, Hickory Farms, a Gee Bee department store and a second record store. I believe it was The Listening Booth. Of course, there are so many other stores as well. Takes me back to my youth. The mall was the hangout!
Yes! Plus in the 80s/90s The Deb Shop, 5.7.9. Clothing store, Spencers, Waldenbooks, Hess's, The Fun Factory, Elby's- later Tiffany's Restaurant, Mc Donalds, The Limited, Hallmark, Kaybee Toy Store, Piercing Pagoda, Claire's, Orange Julius, Radio Shack, Brewster's Cafè.
I, too, grew up in that mall. I was 11 when it opened. I always got an orange/banana julius on every visit. On one particular visit in the early 80's, I saw my dream car, the General Lee from Dukes of Hazzard, on display in between the conversation pit and the entrance to whatever main store it was in the center. It might have been Gee Bees. Lots of great memories there at what I believe was the quintessential mall.
Damn. Grew up at this mall. It wasn’t anything fancy, but I enjoyed walking around it. Still stop by there for BAM, but unfortunately the insides are completely closed off to public and BAM/Burlington are the only stores left that u can access from the outside
Grew up around this mall my entire childhood. Had many great birthday parties in that black light arcade. It actually would connect directly with that pizzeria through a back hallway. I also quite vividly remember going to that Friendly’s a lot with my mom when I was in elementary school. I remember that gift shop right next to it selling lots of wind chimes and glass knick knacks.
Those fountains were really neat when they were still functional. Going to the mall used to be so amazing as a little kid and a was big part of my teen years. Such a shame
THATS MY MALL I USED TO GO TO! I remember the mini carousel when I was young. My sis,dad and I used to go to the Dairy Queen in the 2000’s way before cancer took over in the September of 2010. It was a lovely mall. I will miss this mall so much.
Hey Ray - another great video!! I grew up in this area of central PA and went to the Lycoming Mall many times as a teenager. So hard to believe it’s gone. Also spend a lot of time at the Susquehanna Mall in Selinsgrove. The Susquehanna Mall is still holding on but I’m not sure if it has much time left. Anyway - thanks for the memories!!
Crazy how much I do miss the times at that mall. Being a williamsport native I was there all the time. Truly do miss the arcade you were talking about in the beginning. Boardwalk Blvd was the spot as a kid😎. Thanks for a trip down memory lane
Nice mall. Sad to see once a great pastime disappearing. Once bustling with joy and life now lifeless. Sometimes, I despise technology for the way society interacts today.
I really enjoyed the video! However, the plan for the mall is to have a section torn down and rebuilt with an expansion. The new owners are turning the mall into a senior living place and the rest of the mall is suppose to become an actual mall again. The details a scarce but that is the projected idea on the mall. Hoping to see a video in the future on the revised mall/senior living center!
The restaurant next to Auntie Anne's was a small cafe that had a couple different names, their sandwiches were one of my favorite things as a kid. The gift shop by Sear's was an Asian curio shop, don't remember if it changed towards the end, that always had good incense and a cool collection of knives and swords.
Beautiful vintage 70’s mall design. It’s a good bet that many of those raised planters were originally fountains. And there were likely once trees scattered throughout the mall, as well. Those were probably removed during the same updates that filled in the fountains and conversation pit, and re-tiled sections of the floor. I saw one section where the floor looked like an older terrazzo. I wonder if most of the original flooring was that same terrazzo? And that carousel is almost certainly leased to the mall by a 3rd party owner. It’ll be dismantled and removed from the mall after it closes.
My first job was in So Fro Fabrics at this mall when i was in high school in the early 80s. I worked there for four years. I can still hear and see in my mind the many beautiful fountains that accompanied my work hours. It was quite the place in those days.
Really enjoyed the video, thanks! This was the mall closest to where i live and its sad it gone. I really miss how shopping used to be 15 , 20 years ago! Things will never be the same! 🥺..also they had a caracel in the mall and my oldest always used to love riding it when we would go shopping. Unfortunately my youngest never got to experience that!
The first store that I recall opening was anchor store Gee Bee, where I believe Burlington is today. It was open before the inside of the mall was. I recall as a kid looking through the glass doors in the back that went to the mall interior, locked as there was still construction being completed. The planters were visible and had real plants. The water features weren't running yet. That was the most amazing thing when the mall opened; it seemed like there was water everywhere. There was a Hess department store at the east end and a Woolworth's at the northwest side, if I recall correctly. There was a movie theatre and arcade at the southwest entrance. If Orange Julius was still there at closing, I believe that's the oldest store. It was there from the beginning. In the 70s and 80s Dalton's was the book store, Listening Booth was the record store, Holiday was the hair salon.
So weird I randomly came across this video and this is the mall I used to go to everyday. I live in jersey shore so I don’t live too far away! Just kind of crazy! Small world
Out of all the "deal mall" youtubers I watch, you are literally the first one that focuses in the store fronts and looking in, which is what I'm always missing from those videos. So many of them just walk the halls and maybe stop at 1 or 2 storefronts throughout the video.
I really appreciate hearing that! I really do make a concerted effort to show the storefronts and other small details of the mall. Aren't the stores the main point of the mall anyway? I don't want to knock any other RUclipsrs because some of them are my friends, but I feel like that sets videos apart from some of the others.
I remember when I was growing up and went to Lycoming Mall alot, it's kinda sad seeing something that was pretty predominant in my childhood end up like this.
I got lost in this mall as a kid at a store called Sears. I have so many fond memories in this mall. I even got a few bites to eat in this mall. Cars were even sold in this mall. It’s sad to see this mall go. I’ll never forget all the things I did in this mall and all the things I bought in this mall, including a 1/24 scale model NASCAR race car with removable tires. And the massage chairs? Are you kidding me? Most comfortable chairs in the mall! And that’s a fact from personal experience using them for massages!
i grew up going to this mall all the time. I remember the fountain and hanging out there with my friends when i was younger. It was so weird to see it close.
It's a little sad seeing so many malls and movie theaters going under. I remember how busy the malls always were when I was a young kid. We really sorta have reached the end of the big mall shopping era.
God, I loved going here as a kid. I’m 20 and still live in the area, about 15 minutes away. Seeing all the old stores and spaces brings back so many memories that I won’t be able to share with my children the same way my parents shared with me. Also, the BAM is closing soon, which makes me extremely sad because it was the only place with a good manga selection
Thank you for saying what the stores once were 🙂 So many of these dead mall videos go by the stores too fast and never mention what was once there. I like seeing remnants of the old signs and fixtures
I was in high school in the early 90's, growing up where I did (north of the mall) there was two places to go to hang out. Lycoming Mall or Arnot Mall (Horseheads, NY) , what younger generations don't understand is that in the past the stores were not really the reason to go to a mall. Sure it was a place to shop, but it was also a place to socialize. You could meet girls at a mall, girls you would never see in your small town. It was exciting to go, and we would spend hours there sipping on a drink and wandering around. It was also a place to go on a date, yeah... lets go to the Mall on Saturday. Best of all it was a place to hang out that was warm in the winter and cool in the summer. I hung out there, I took my kids there, and their kids will never have the experience of a local mall to run with their friends. Its sad, really sad. Great video, but also tough to watch.
It's a shame for that mall growing up as kid my grands parents would take me there to do my school shopping. I took my first born daughter there back is 2009 and to see the transformation of store's closing and going out of business. I miss shopping there. It's only a 35 minute drive from my house.
I grew up with this mall. I remember all the fountains and live plants that used to be there. And the movie theater. So many stores! Then when I had children we always did back to school shopping there. And got most of my Christmas shopping done there too. When it got bought by the new company one could see a tangible decline that just never stopped. So sad to see it go 😢
I went to college at PCT (from 2016-2020) just 10-15 minutes down the road from this mall. Even when I started in 2016, this mall seemed like it was on a downturn. Obviously, kinda like the Coventry Mall (my local childhood mall), the COVID pandemic pretty much ruined any little chance the Lycoming Mall had of rebounding. Edit: I was also shocked to see that the standalone Best Buy @ 14:21 looks like it has been closed. Again, it was still open while I went to PCT. Looks like the pandemic wasn't kind to Lycoming County's shopping district!
Many many years ago there was a piano store. It was next to or very close to to Benetton. My dad poured the concrete for this mall’s sidewalks in the 1970’s, sentimental vibes 😢
That store that you said was a gift shop near the Sears my family actually used to own it was a showroom for our construction company that went out of business in 2015 funnily enough they never changed the decor we built on the outside. Great video I was surprised to see our store.
Grizzly industrial had a retail outlet beside the mall .. I guess it has been gone at least 10 years.. I used to like to wander around in there, back in the day.....
Some of those light fixtures looked like the underside of an alien space ship or something, really cool mall! I love your commentary about what the shops used to be. Thanks!
It's ashame, when I was growing up in tha 90s and 2000s, Malls were tha place to be, you'd hang out all day w your friends, go to arcades, eat, and just have fun, now these kids don't do that, I believe online shopping has taken a major hit on Malls, I'm thankful I got to experience Malls ...
6:00 I forget the name of this place, but it was a small coffee shop/bakery that had been there since the 90s. 11:55 This was Wall to Wall in the 80s before becoming The Wall in the 90s and then becoming FYE somewhere around the late 90s or early 2000s. Interesting fact, during the 90s, there were actually two The Walls operating simultaneously in the Lycoming Mall. This was the first, bigger, location, and the second, smaller, was at the end of the hallway by the old movie theater, which closed after the new theater was built around 2005/2006, in the area where BAM is now.
What a coincidence: I clicked on this video by accident ... and I was just at the Lycoming Mall the day before yesterday, driving around it, mourning the loss.
Oy, gevalt, lol. It breaks my heart every time I see one of your video's, Ray. I mean, I thoroughly enjoy them, but it's sad to see these marvellous buildings on death's door. You was spot on Regarding that ceiling. Boy oh boy, that was such a beautiful design. I've bought a few sneakers from dick's sporting goods. A few year's ago now one of the managers were kind enough to ship some Reebok pump shoes to me here in the uk. Cheers, Ray.🙌
@@RayOutThere it's all good, brother. Next time you upload I'll drop you some links to some old videos of malls near me in the 80s n 90s. I know ours will probably be very similar to American malls, but I reckon you'd enjoy seeing them.👍
Just found out today that another Crown American mall closed (7/1/23). The Chambersburg Mall is closed officially. It was a great example of a crown mall.
I’m not sure if I have seen this one covered elsewhere previously, but you did an excellent job with the video! Those ceiling designs 😍 Even for an original CA mall, this one has some particularly amazing unique details. Will be a shame if this one is lost. It’s in great shape too, even with Kohan’s neglect.
There's video from 4 years or so to be found on YT, and it's like seeing a friend that's in fragile health versus the nearly dead shell we see here. One pandemic later and the financial slide downwards...and here we are.
In early 2000’s that I went in this one mall only 2 chain stores were left and one restaurant. I remembered in the late 90’s this one mall had a lot of shops in it. Another mall had a few stores and it just gone down hill over the years. Even this one mall that I went to when I used to lived in Illinois. It was a part of my childhood, teens, and even in my early 20’s. It went down hill very slowly in the the late 80’s. In the 90’s the mall had a few stores opened. It was torn down in the beginning of 2004. The mall that I was thinking of was built in early 1970’s and it was dated,too. As I remember it that hasn’t changed since the 1970’s. Another mall that was built in the 70’s that had been remodeled during the 1980’s with a food court and even the flooring had been replaced. There was one mall that has been opened since the early 90’s. It had been remodeled in the 2000’s. That mall that I liked during the 90’s one food court had a 1950’s feeling which was cool back then. I do missed in going to a mall. The one that is close to me is not a mall no more.
Hi Ray That was a cool dead mall explore sad to see it like that I loved FYE bought many CD’s from that store and also Friendly’s was always a favorite too
Damn I really wish i had known that this place was going to close. I would have liked to walked around inside it one more time. I use to go here when I was living in Williamsport all the time.The mall was really dead back in 2017/2018 and I had known then its days were numbered. Its really sad to see these places all shutting down.
The Exton Mall in Exton, Pennsylvania has a ton of stores that are closed just like this place. It's actually a surprise that it's still open to this day, considering that it's got not even 10 stores left. The only realistic reason I can think of for why they're still open is because they have a Round One arcade, which I think is the only thing giving people a reason to go there. Because I can almost guarantee you, if that place were to close down one day, or if it was never even there from the start, the Exton Mall would most likely be closed by now, considering that with most of the stores in the mall being closed nobody would have a reason to go there. It's actually kinda sad if you think of it, because they had so many stores there when I first showed up there in 2019 in comparison to today.
And Game On Arcade left me with a few memories. It wasn’t the biggest arcade, as Hoopla’s Family Fun and Longshots Grill dwarfs it in size, especially with its outdoor miniature golf course that has its fair share of occasional bee inhabitants.
What’s crazy is I moved here in 2012. Grew up in MI. It was striking to me how similar it was in layout and aesthetics to malls I had growing up…Livonia Mall in Livonia MI specifically.
The BAM attached to the mall is also closing its doors soon. I live near this mall (this isn't my hometown mall so no memories but it brings back nostalgia of the other) and go to the area frequently for Sam's Club. Having to go by it all the time kinda saddening.
I live 4 minutes from this mall and i never even been here, i have to watch a youtube channel to see what it looks like from the inside (and outside since i never even knew it existed lols)
Almost every planter inside used to be filled with water back in the day. They were all fountains and people used to throw pocket change in it. Used to be a great place back then.
This is the mall I grew up at. It was pretty good into the early 2000s but ultimately got bought out and the rents hiked way up and store after store left including all the anchor stores. It did just get bought in the last few weeks by a local developer with hopes of using the property for something else. I haven't been inside in a long time so this is a real nostalgia trip.
Glad you liked it!
This is the mall closest to me as well. Sad it is gone! Thanks for the video!
Same
This was my mall as well. It sucks we have nothing else in our area. I have so many memories at this mall! What a trip!
Yeah me too
A Friend just shared this video with me today. This was our Mall. I just thought I would comment because when you made this video you said that BAM and Burlington we're still open. Today I saw the notice that Bam is closing. I shopped for my very first prom dress here in 1978 at Hess' it was one of the few stores that was open. I worked here waldenbooks in the late 90s. And it was the first place I ever took my son, he was only three days old, but my husband had got a new job and had to buy a dress clothes so it's off to the mall we went And it was the place to go when there wasn't anyplace else to go we would say "let's go to the mall and walk around!
I grew up with this mall.
I’ll miss it.
This mall was a huge part of my childhood. I do miss it a lot.
I live in Williamsport and used to work at the Dairy Queen/Orange Julius in this mall back in 2012. So many memories here.
Man i did not expect to see a video of our mall on my youtube home page. I'm 18 now and i have so many memories of coming here with my parents, going to the footlocker too look at shoes, shopping at hollister, and going to the gamestop to get those pokemon cards with the codes on them to redeem pokemon in game. I also fondly remember the P.A outdoor life having a bunch of fishtanks set up in the conversation pit area where they were giving talks on local fish and stuff.
Those fish tanks must've been cool!
Same
I know right?! It popped up on my homepage and I was pretty surprised. I live in jersey shore so hi neighbor!
This is the mall I grew up going to and it's so strange seeing it empty like this. I remember always making sure I'd hit up EB Games/Gamestop, Hot Topic, Spencers, and Fye.
Me and my best friend would cruise that mall during our high school days in the ‘80s looking for girls. A place to find shoes, clothes, books, and almost anything that you needed.
I grew up in this area of central PA, and was really looking forward to nostalgia tripping when I came home for the summer. I was met with an entirely closed mall, the carousel only visible through the fence at the back of Burlington. Finding this last look at one of my childhood malls really got me that nostalgia trip-closure, I love the local content and i'm so happy to find a semi-local creator with the same interest in classic dying malls :)
I remember the water fountains. When I was a girl scout, we did a sleep over in the mall!! MOST FUN EVER!!! we could roller skate at night in there, it was an amazing time. The water falls were also beautiful, people would through coins in the fountains. I had a friend (we were maybe 5? 6 yrs old? ) who was reaching through the bars at the coins (as kids do!) and fell in!! Rofl!!! (NOT DEEP) My parents grabbed her out quick. Sitting areas all over to relax while shopping or visiting with others. It was the place to go as a teenager, hang out with friends, shop, eat... Dino's pizza was great. I remember the arcade and mini golf! Spent lots of time at the arcade. Ohh the Orange Julius!!! Delicious!!!!! Love this video, so many memories. very sad to see this mall die over the years.... This mall is beautiful inside. Lots of lunches with my kids at Friendlies. And Elbys... I went to school with the daughter of the guy who started Elby's. And the carousel... lots of time with the kids spent on that. and the arch... I remember watching that as a child as we would drive by on the highway, watching it change shape... it is amazing. very unique. Thanks for posting this video... I've lived here my whole life... definitely a part of our local history.
Thank you for sharing the memories!
I used to go to this mall almost every year for back to school shopping and Christmas gifts. My grandmother and I always hit up the Books-A-Million every time we came down, I was never looking at the books though. I was after the actions figures and collectibles. It's crazy to see what it looks like now. I remember seeing that huge carousel, but I never actually rode it. It's so eerie to see virtually nobody occupying that enormous space. I think the last time I was there was last March. I'll never forget driving under that massive arch.
This place used to be quite the experience
I grew up in this mall in the late 70's and it's real heyday in the 80's. Dick's was not an original anchor store, in fact, that part of the mall was something totally different. There was a wing off the side similar to the J.C. Penny wing that had an entrance/exit, a UA Movie Theater, arcade (where I first played Dragon's Lair), a pizza shop and a few other stores. It was demolished for the Dick's store to br built there. In the 80's there was a Kay Bee Toys store along with Hess's, Chess King, Radio Shack, Hickory Farms, a Gee Bee department store and a second record store. I believe it was The Listening Booth. Of course, there are so many other stores as well. Takes me back to my youth. The mall was the hangout!
Yes! Plus in the 80s/90s The Deb Shop, 5.7.9. Clothing store, Spencers, Waldenbooks, Hess's, The Fun Factory, Elby's- later Tiffany's Restaurant, Mc Donalds, The Limited, Hallmark, Kaybee Toy Store, Piercing Pagoda, Claire's, Orange Julius, Radio Shack, Brewster's Cafè.
I, too, grew up in that mall. I was 11 when it opened. I always got an orange/banana julius on every visit. On one particular visit in the early 80's, I saw my dream car, the General Lee from Dukes of Hazzard, on display in between the conversation pit and the entrance to whatever main store it was in the center. It might have been Gee Bees. Lots of great memories there at what I believe was the quintessential mall.
Damn. Grew up at this mall. It wasn’t anything fancy, but I enjoyed walking around it. Still stop by there for BAM, but unfortunately the insides are completely closed off to public and BAM/Burlington are the only stores left that u can access from the outside
Grew up around this mall my entire childhood. Had many great birthday parties in that black light arcade. It actually would connect directly with that pizzeria through a back hallway. I also quite vividly remember going to that Friendly’s a lot with my mom when I was in elementary school. I remember that gift shop right next to it selling lots of wind chimes and glass knick knacks.
Those fountains were really neat when they were still functional. Going to the mall used to be so amazing as a little kid and a was big part of my teen years. Such a shame
This was my favorite mall when I was a kid. I always told grandma I wanted to go to the "carousel" mall when we had to go to a sears
THATS MY MALL I USED TO GO TO! I remember the mini carousel when I was young. My sis,dad and I used to go to the Dairy Queen in the 2000’s way before cancer took over in the September of 2010. It was a lovely mall. I will miss this mall so much.
Hey Ray - another great video!! I grew up in this area of central PA and went to the Lycoming Mall many times as a teenager. So hard to believe it’s gone. Also spend a lot of time at the Susquehanna Mall in Selinsgrove. The Susquehanna Mall is still holding on but I’m not sure if it has much time left. Anyway - thanks for the memories!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love the seventies style tilework of the planters, all oranges, browns and beiges.
It was really something else! Like taking a step back in time
i used to take the bus to this mall every weekend as a kid to hang out with friends and loved doing so. remembering those times makes me sad its over
Crazy how much I do miss the times at that mall. Being a williamsport native I was there all the time. Truly do miss the arcade you were talking about in the beginning. Boardwalk Blvd was the spot as a kid😎. Thanks for a trip down memory lane
This mall holds a lot of memories. Especially for a kid who was born in the 90s. Man, I miss Auntie Anne's pretzels.
not having a food court growing up confused me so much when I went to other malls as a youth.
Very nice tour and narration. I actually love the 70s light jazz.
Thank you, I thought it fit the vibe of this mall well
Excellent video as always! This mall was one of my all-time favorites, so sad to see it in its current state.
Also it's really interesting that there's a news channel station right in the mall.
Yeah I was wondering about that
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Nice mall. Sad to see once a great pastime disappearing. Once bustling with joy and life now lifeless. Sometimes, I despise technology for the way society interacts today.
Man I cant believe someone is covering our mall lmao, I miss it
I really enjoyed the video! However, the plan for the mall is to have a section torn down and rebuilt with an expansion. The new owners are turning the mall into a senior living place and the rest of the mall is suppose to become an actual mall again. The details a scarce but that is the projected idea on the mall. Hoping to see a video in the future on the revised mall/senior living center!
The restaurant next to Auntie Anne's was a small cafe that had a couple different names, their sandwiches were one of my favorite things as a kid. The gift shop by Sear's was an Asian curio shop, don't remember if it changed towards the end, that always had good incense and a cool collection of knives and swords.
I love stores like that!
Looks clean and well maintained...cool but sad.
Oh damn when your old local mall shows up on randomly recommended old mall channel like this 😅
Beautiful vintage 70’s mall design. It’s a good bet that many of those raised planters were originally fountains. And there were likely once trees scattered throughout the mall, as well. Those were probably removed during the same updates that filled in the fountains and conversation pit, and re-tiled sections of the floor. I saw one section where the floor looked like an older terrazzo. I wonder if most of the original flooring was that same terrazzo? And that carousel is almost certainly leased to the mall by a 3rd party owner. It’ll be dismantled and removed from the mall after it closes.
I hope so, it would be a shame to lose it
A lot of them were fountains! And real plants, not plastic.
My first job was in So Fro Fabrics at this mall when i was in high school in the early 80s. I worked there for four years. I can still hear and see in my mind the many beautiful fountains that accompanied my work hours. It was quite the place in those days.
Really enjoyed the video, thanks! This was the mall closest to where i live and its sad it gone. I really miss how shopping used to be 15 , 20 years ago! Things will never be the same! 🥺..also they had a caracel in the mall and my oldest always used to love riding it when we would go shopping. Unfortunately my youngest never got to experience that!
Glad you enjoyed it!
The first store that I recall opening was anchor store Gee Bee, where I believe Burlington is today. It was open before the inside of the mall was. I recall as a kid looking through the glass doors in the back that went to the mall interior, locked as there was still construction being completed. The planters were visible and had real plants. The water features weren't running yet. That was the most amazing thing when the mall opened; it seemed like there was water everywhere. There was a Hess department store at the east end and a Woolworth's at the northwest side, if I recall correctly. There was a movie theatre and arcade at the southwest entrance. If Orange Julius was still there at closing, I believe that's the oldest store. It was there from the beginning. In the 70s and 80s Dalton's was the book store, Listening Booth was the record store, Holiday was the hair salon.
Really miss the 90s when the mall would be packed. Always loved going to boardwalk. 33 now and it’s weird to see this expose.
This is the mall I had as a kid I always loved it. It is so sad to see it like this now. RUclips recommended this to the right person.
One memory I will never forget about this mall that you mentioned about was the black light golf I used to love that when I was younger.
So weird I randomly came across this video and this is the mall I used to go to everyday. I live in jersey shore so I don’t live too far away! Just kind of crazy! Small world
This building was a place I grew up in and now it’s gone, this sucks to see it go
Those store fronts were amazing!
It was a real treat seeing all them!
Out of all the "deal mall" youtubers I watch, you are literally the first one that focuses in the store fronts and looking in, which is what I'm always missing from those videos. So many of them just walk the halls and maybe stop at 1 or 2 storefronts throughout the video.
I really appreciate hearing that! I really do make a concerted effort to show the storefronts and other small details of the mall. Aren't the stores the main point of the mall anyway? I don't want to knock any other RUclipsrs because some of them are my friends, but I feel like that sets videos apart from some of the others.
I remember when I was growing up and went to Lycoming Mall alot, it's kinda sad seeing something that was pretty predominant in my childhood end up like this.
I think its pretty cool to be in the comment section of so many peole that grew up in the lock haven, jersey shore, williamsport, muncy area.
I got lost in this mall as a kid at a store called Sears. I have so many fond memories in this mall. I even got a few bites to eat in this mall. Cars were even sold in this mall. It’s sad to see this mall go. I’ll never forget all the things I did in this mall and all the things I bought in this mall, including a 1/24 scale model NASCAR race car with removable tires. And the massage chairs? Are you kidding me? Most comfortable chairs in the mall! And that’s a fact from personal experience using them for massages!
I used to go here when I was a kid for school shopping eveey summer, its sad that its all gone
i grew up going to this mall all the time. I remember the fountain and hanging out there with my friends when i was younger. It was so weird to see it close.
It's a little sad seeing so many malls and movie theaters going under. I remember how busy the malls always were when I was a young kid. We really sorta have reached the end of the big mall shopping era.
It sure seems that way
God, I loved going here as a kid. I’m 20 and still live in the area, about 15 minutes away. Seeing all the old stores and spaces brings back so many memories that I won’t be able to share with my children the same way my parents shared with me. Also, the BAM is closing soon, which makes me extremely sad because it was the only place with a good manga selection
Thank you for saying what the stores once were 🙂 So many of these dead mall videos go by the stores too fast and never mention what was once there. I like seeing remnants of the old signs and fixtures
I was in high school in the early 90's, growing up where I did (north of the mall) there was two places to go to hang out. Lycoming Mall or Arnot Mall (Horseheads, NY) , what younger generations don't understand is that in the past the stores were not really the reason to go to a mall. Sure it was a place to shop, but it was also a place to socialize. You could meet girls at a mall, girls you would never see in your small town. It was exciting to go, and we would spend hours there sipping on a drink and wandering around. It was also a place to go on a date, yeah... lets go to the Mall on Saturday. Best of all it was a place to hang out that was warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
I hung out there, I took my kids there, and their kids will never have the experience of a local mall to run with their friends. Its sad, really sad. Great video, but also tough to watch.
Memories of a misspent youth. I grew up in muncy. Spent lots of time at this mall.
This is actually my childhood mall so this hurts to see
I started working there in 1978, Spent many years of my life there. I worked at Sears and did a short part time stint at the Listening Booth.
It's a shame for that mall growing up as kid my grands parents would take me there to do my school shopping. I took my first born daughter there back is 2009 and to see the transformation of store's closing and going out of business. I miss shopping there. It's only a 35 minute drive from my house.
Thanks for the tour, love this era
Glad you enjoyed it
I grew up with this mall. I remember all the fountains and live plants that used to be there. And the movie theater. So many stores! Then when I had children we always did back to school shopping there. And got most of my Christmas shopping done there too. When it got bought by the new company one could see a tangible decline that just never stopped. So sad to see it go 😢
The “conversation pit” was usually kids who could run a little wild and exhausted parents watching them!
I went to college at PCT (from 2016-2020) just 10-15 minutes down the road from this mall. Even when I started in 2016, this mall seemed like it was on a downturn. Obviously, kinda like the Coventry Mall (my local childhood mall), the COVID pandemic pretty much ruined any little chance the Lycoming Mall had of rebounding.
Edit: I was also shocked to see that the standalone Best Buy @ 14:21 looks like it has been closed. Again, it was still open while I went to PCT. Looks like the pandemic wasn't kind to Lycoming County's shopping district!
Yes, there was a closed best buy. I would have explored it if I had more time
The BestBuy across the street fro Mcdonalds? That thing shut down between summer and fall of 2022, so very recently.
Many many years ago there was a piano store. It was next to or very close to to Benetton. My dad poured the concrete for this mall’s sidewalks in the 1970’s, sentimental vibes 😢
Incredible. I love the gaudy pizza place.
Me too!
Dino's Pizzateria
I grew up with this mall and it's sad to see it go
Fantastic Video as always Ray!
Thank you so much!
Some parts of this mall interior look like they were designed by the set designers of Star Trek The Next Generation. Very 1987 futurist look.
I thought the same thing!
That store that you said was a gift shop near the Sears my family actually used to own it was a showroom for our construction company that went out of business in 2015 funnily enough they never changed the decor we built on the outside. Great video I was surprised to see our store.
That Sears sign at the beginning has to be older than most of the viewers.
Ive been going here since I was really young
Grizzly industrial had a retail outlet beside the mall .. I guess it has been gone at least 10 years.. I used to like to wander around in there, back in the day.....
Some of those light fixtures looked like the underside of an alien space ship or something, really cool mall! I love your commentary about what the shops used to be. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video, Ray! Sad to see another Crown American bite the dust
It really is sad. I wish people saw the value of these places
It's ashame, when I was growing up in tha 90s and 2000s, Malls were tha place to be, you'd hang out all day w your friends, go to arcades, eat, and just have fun, now these kids don't do that, I believe online shopping has taken a major hit on Malls, I'm thankful I got to experience Malls ...
it was all about that bonton entrance, i think they still turn that part into a spirit halloween
The old malls really take me back. It was so fun to shop at them and I hate shopping. I hope some of them survive!!!
Some will, but many won't
wow! not what I remember in the late 90's when I would visit from college in williamsport
6:00 I forget the name of this place, but it was a small coffee shop/bakery that had been there since the 90s.
11:55 This was Wall to Wall in the 80s before becoming The Wall in the 90s and then becoming FYE somewhere around the late 90s or early 2000s. Interesting fact, during the 90s, there were actually two The Walls operating simultaneously in the Lycoming Mall. This was the first, bigger, location, and the second, smaller, was at the end of the hallway by the old movie theater, which closed after the new theater was built around 2005/2006, in the area where BAM is now.
Thats really interesting. I had a Wall at my local mall growing up
The name of the place was Brennan’s
We used to shop there all the time from the early 90's up til about a year ago I think was the last time. A shame to see it go.
What a coincidence: I clicked on this video by accident ... and I was just at the Lycoming Mall the day before yesterday, driving around it, mourning the loss.
Oy, gevalt, lol.
It breaks my heart every time I see one of your video's, Ray.
I mean, I thoroughly enjoy them, but it's sad to see these marvellous buildings on death's door.
You was spot on Regarding that ceiling. Boy oh boy, that was such a beautiful design.
I've bought a few sneakers from dick's sporting goods.
A few year's ago now one of the managers were kind enough to ship some Reebok pump shoes to me here in the uk.
Cheers, Ray.🙌
Thank you so much! I've also noticed that my videos have been pretty sad lately, I want to try and lighten it up soon.
@@RayOutThere it's all good, brother.
Next time you upload I'll drop you some links to some old videos of malls near me in the 80s n 90s.
I know ours will probably be very similar to American malls, but I reckon you'd enjoy seeing them.👍
Just found out today that another Crown American mall closed (7/1/23). The Chambersburg Mall is closed officially. It was a great example of a crown mall.
I filmed it! I can't say when it will be published but I will definitely have a video for that one
Im 58 and my first job was at a Chess King that was kind of across from Spencer Gifts
Chess King! Nice!
I’m not sure if I have seen this one covered elsewhere previously, but you did an excellent job with the video!
Those ceiling designs 😍
Even for an original CA mall, this one has some particularly amazing unique details.
Will be a shame if this one is lost. It’s in great shape too, even with Kohan’s neglect.
Thank you so much! this mall is a real gem, I'm so sad to see it close
I used to go to this mall every few months and have wheelchair races with my friend on the ramps
There's video from 4 years or so to be found on YT, and it's like seeing a friend that's in fragile health versus the nearly dead shell we see here. One pandemic later and the financial slide downwards...and here we are.
I went to this mall many times as a young kid. Its ashamed there's only a couple stores left.
In early 2000’s that I went in this one mall only 2 chain stores were left and one restaurant. I remembered in the late 90’s this one mall had a lot of shops in it. Another mall had a few stores and it just gone down hill over the years. Even this one mall that I went to when I used to lived in Illinois. It was a part of my childhood, teens, and even in my early 20’s. It went down hill very slowly in the the late 80’s. In the 90’s the mall had a few stores opened. It was torn down in the beginning of 2004. The mall that I was thinking of was built in early 1970’s and it was dated,too. As I remember it that hasn’t changed since the 1970’s. Another mall that was built in the 70’s that had been remodeled during the 1980’s with a food court and even the flooring had been replaced. There was one mall that has been opened since the early 90’s. It had been remodeled in the 2000’s. That mall that I liked during the 90’s one food court had a 1950’s feeling which was cool back then. I do missed in going to a mall. The one that is close to me is not a mall no more.
Hi Ray
That was a cool dead mall explore sad to see it like that I loved FYE bought many CD’s from that store and also Friendly’s was always a favorite too
So many great places that aren't around anymore. Thanks for watching!
Damn I really wish i had known that this place was going to close. I would have liked to walked around inside it one more time. I use to go here when I was living in Williamsport all the time.The mall was really dead back in 2017/2018 and I had known then its days were numbered. Its really sad to see these places all shutting down.
The Exton Mall in Exton, Pennsylvania has a ton of stores that are closed just like this place. It's actually a surprise that it's still open to this day, considering that it's got not even 10 stores left. The only realistic reason I can think of for why they're still open is because they have a Round One arcade, which I think is the only thing giving people a reason to go there. Because I can almost guarantee you, if that place were to close down one day, or if it was never even there from the start, the Exton Mall would most likely be closed by now, considering that with most of the stores in the mall being closed nobody would have a reason to go there. It's actually kinda sad if you think of it, because they had so many stores there when I first showed up there in 2019 in comparison to today.
That's my mall! 😢
And Game On Arcade left me with a few memories. It wasn’t the biggest arcade, as Hoopla’s Family Fun and Longshots Grill dwarfs it in size, especially with its outdoor miniature golf course that has its fair share of occasional bee inhabitants.
Tbh I miss going there...
the last time I went there was to go Christmas shopping.
I picked out an Invader Zim T-shirt from the Spencer’s.
It looks so much like the mall in Dawn of the Dead...the original
I recently visited the mall where they filmed Dawn of the Dead and I will be releasing it sometime in the future
Great great video as always
Thank you so much!
BAM is actually closing… I saw the sign when I went there a few weeks ago..
What’s crazy is I moved here in 2012. Grew up in MI. It was striking to me how similar it was in layout and aesthetics to malls I had growing up…Livonia Mall in Livonia MI specifically.
Wife and I enjoy your channel, we wish you had said something we live a county away and would have loved to meet up with you!
The BAM attached to the mall is also closing its doors soon. I live near this mall (this isn't my hometown mall so no memories but it brings back nostalgia of the other) and go to the area frequently for Sam's Club. Having to go by it all the time kinda saddening.
I live 4 minutes from this mall and i never even been here, i have to watch a youtube channel to see what it looks like from the inside (and outside since i never even knew it existed lols)
6:09 the one in the middle of auntie annes and dairy Queen was a small cafe with coffee smoothies and some random foods
Nice video Ray.