So many memories associated with this mall. I live very close to it still and it saddens me that my children won't have the same opportunities for similar experiences.
I have so many memories of The Upper Valley Mall. As a young child, we would do all of our Christmas shopping there and across the street at Service Merchandise, Hills, and Gold Circle. We would watch the 4th of July fireworks from the Gold Circle parking lot. In the mall, we would ride the little train at Christmas time, eat at Woolworths where the cherry coke had chunks of real cherries in it, Spent a lot of time at the arcade where placing your quarter on the machine meant that you were reserving your turn to play next, Radio Shack next to Sears always had someone demonstrating the latest and greatest new toy, KB Toys and Spencer Gifts were the place to be (surprised to see Spencers still there), I remember the two story book store, the pet shop, the central water fountain was always full of coins, my friends and I watched Platoon, Top Gun, Iron Eagle, Breakin', and all the classics at the Cinama. Thank you for posting this!!
Your welcome. That place you described sounds amazing too bad it doesn’t exist anywhere. I’m just old enough to barely remember a time when you could enjoy yourself outside of working. Now all there is to do is work and pay bills. Thanks for the memories
Great documentation! I’m a local to the area. I was here a few weeks ago exploring what remains. About 80% of the mall is now gutted. Thanks for the video.
@@taylorhanson7404 Ok just didn't want anything bad to happen as I know for sone it has. im sure they have cameras somewhere as its an active construction site with power. anyway thanks for supporting my content.
@@TiltedTripodMedia Thanks man I appreciate it. I guarantee you there is no cameras. We were in there for like 30 minutes, and no one showed up. I enjoy the content you make on your channel. I just subscribed!
I grew up in Springfield and remember well when the UVM opened its doors. Lots of great times and landed my first job at the Kinney Shoes. Made some great friends and it changed the course of my life. Found I didn't want to be a shoe salesman the rest of my life which inspired me to attend university! It is sad that the young people of today would rather shop online than get out and meet their friends at the mall. They will miss out on a lot of great memories.
I used to grow up at the mall I will write down the road I remember Sears Auto center my dad used to get car stuff from there and then I started working there and when I was a teenager I got all my video games from Sears still have equipment Sony Walkman beds treadmills I used to get my hot wheels from KB Toys I used to spend a lot of time at radio shack when I worked at Sears I love that place The malt used to be a cornfield before it was the mall my friend monte Zinn what's a car dealer in Springfield and he had cars n the mall at the Grand opening back in 1971 all GM cars vette Camero truck Impala thank you for doing that video I brought back a lot of memories I'm trying I've seen it I had some strokes in 2016 and I couldn't walk very good but I'm thinking for you and yes that was a pretzel shop and I used to stop at Subway all the time my cousin used to work in there she loved it yeah she started working at JCPenney's and now she works in a Kohl's
@@TiltedTripodMedia I meant to say I live down the road the mall is like 2 miles from me thank you for recording them all be safe brother I know a lot about Springfield if you don't I don't know how to PM you on here I kind of know about a lot of places
Nice video. I grew up in Springfield in the 90s and my last 3 years of high school I lived at the apartments just behind the mall. There was a trail you could walk down so we’d sneak down to the mall sometimes. my best friend and I would also walk down to the Cinema a lot on Saturday afternoons to catch a matinee flick. Haven’t lived in Springfield or been to this mall in over 20 years, but was sad when Cinema closed and now the rest of the mall. Thanks for posting.
Your welcome I love documenting this stuff and seeing how it blesses those who grew up going to these places. Now everyone can remember places long gone better through my video
I grew up shopping here and playing games in the arcade. In the 80s 90s and early 2000s this place was hopping. It's sad to see this online shopping craze overtake these businesses.
I made many trips to the UVM and am sorry to see it go, but you know that the situation is hopeless when the largest outlet left open there is Spencer Gifts.
I grew up in Springfield and spent a chunk of that time at the mall. I watched countless movies at the theater, dropped many a quarter at the video arcade, and even worked at the Sears for a few years in the late 1980s. The mall was so vibrant and busy back then. It's so sad to know that it is closed for good.
I feel that the loss of this mall has hurt the community and makes it a less desirable place to live. I never got to see it in its prime but I’m glad I could document what was left for its last few years.
Everyone flocked to the low prices e.g. Walmart, amazon. Trouble is once they have finished destroying or buying up there competition it is quite likely they will decide those prices don't need to be so low any more and we as consumers will be screwed.
I had never been to Springfield or the Upper Valley Mall, but it is unfortunate to see it go. I couldn’t agree more that we shouldn’t just work or come home, and not having 0% of anything special to experience outside of our personal lives. If that’s the case, then I don’t think it’s a good idea for the future of human to experience or deal with. Good video, by the way.
Thanks for the positive comment yes we need to all slow down and stop working 24 seven unfortunately most people anymore have to just in order to barely survive it’s really sad so we can’t enjoy anything anymore and then the stuff that is out there that’s enjoyable closes because no one can afford it or has time to go and enjoy it such as museums zoos malls etc.
Also mall owners are not listening to what the shoppers and public want out of their malls like what kind of merchandise would they actually buy what would attract them to the mall
The Peanuts characters were donated to the historical society! :-) They were at the mall since the 70s. I spent so much of my youth there during the 80s and 90s. I believe Elder Beerman closed in the early 2000s.
@@TiltedTripodMedia I'm really gad the mall managers gave the historical society the option to pick up items for the collection. So many of these dead malls lose their history.
@@proseb4bros976 that’s because at the time of its closing I believe the county had owned the mall for several years. So since they owned it they preserved things. Doing a quick Google search it is owned by clark county.
@@TiltedTripodMedia Interesting! I didn't know the county took ownership of it. This video and your research was very well done. Certainly brought back a lot of good memories. Cheers!
Has anyone thought about building a nice high-quality multiple purpose high class casino / dinner theater in this area . It would attract people from larger surrounding cities. Like the ones in the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.
Please KILL that bad song of the 1990’s! I was there in the mid 1980’s it was dark brown and the floors were dirty! Some of customers was snobby about everything and brag how they are better then the poor people who was lazy!
I don’t believe the state of the economy is due to the pandemic. Yes the pandemic exacerbated it but the economy being in the crapper is all due to greed. Getting a job that can sustain the basics of living has become increasingly harder. The gap between wages and the cost of things have been growing. Raising the wages won’t solve the problem if the cost of things just increase to fund ceos and higher ups million dollar salary’s. So to put it simply inflation and not being able to get a good job is the problem. I was just turned down for a basic retail job because lack of experience! Umm I worked over 3 years retail soooo.
Sorry to hear that. That's just pitiful. I do feel like the pandemic is partly to blame, especially with the lockdowns and stimulus checks, but I'm sure it's due to different things.
@@charitysusan8234 yes I do agree the pandemic played a role in making things worse but we had an economic problem prior to the pandemic. Anyway thanks for supporting my content by watching. This is my new job since no one will hire me during this worker shortage🤣🤣. Here’s hoping I can make money at this as I’m talented.
Skipped school many times during my misspent youth and hung out here back in the 80’s
So many memories associated with this mall. I live very close to it still and it saddens me that my children won't have the same opportunities for similar experiences.
I have so many memories of The Upper Valley Mall. As a young child, we would do all of our Christmas shopping there and across the street at Service Merchandise, Hills, and Gold Circle. We would watch the 4th of July fireworks from the Gold Circle parking lot.
In the mall, we would ride the little train at Christmas time, eat at Woolworths where the cherry coke had chunks of real cherries in it, Spent a lot of time at the arcade where placing your quarter on the machine meant that you were reserving your turn to play next, Radio Shack next to Sears always had someone demonstrating the latest and greatest new toy, KB Toys and Spencer Gifts were the place to be (surprised to see Spencers still there), I remember the two story book store, the pet shop, the central water fountain was always full of coins, my friends and I watched Platoon, Top Gun, Iron Eagle, Breakin', and all the classics at the Cinama. Thank you for posting this!!
Your welcome. That place you described sounds amazing too bad it doesn’t exist anywhere. I’m just old enough to barely remember a time when you could enjoy yourself outside of working. Now all there is to do is work and pay bills. Thanks for the memories
Great documentation! I’m a local to the area. I was here a few weeks ago exploring what remains. About 80% of the mall is now gutted. Thanks for the video.
Be careful as I heard people getting in trouble for ignoring the no trespassing signs.
@@TiltedTripodMedia Thanks for your concern. I was well hidden. We entered through the back of the mall so no one could see me and my girlfriend.
@@taylorhanson7404 Ok just didn't want anything bad to happen as I know for sone it has. im sure they have cameras somewhere as its an active construction site with power. anyway thanks for supporting my content.
@@TiltedTripodMedia Thanks man I appreciate it. I guarantee you there is no cameras. We were in there for like 30 minutes, and no one showed up. I enjoy the content you make on your channel. I just subscribed!
I grew up in Springfield and remember well when the UVM opened its doors. Lots of great times and landed my first job at the Kinney Shoes. Made some great friends and it changed the course of my life. Found I didn't want to be a shoe salesman the rest of my life which inspired me to attend university! It is sad that the young people of today would rather shop online than get out and meet their friends at the mall. They will miss out on a lot of great memories.
Wow cool memories
Great Video Man! This mall was one 70's masterpiece.
Thanks! It sure was a hard video to make. Oh and I don't mean difficult to produce but difficult because it was such a sad thing I was witnessing.
I used to grow up at the mall I will write down the road I remember Sears Auto center my dad used to get car stuff from there and then I started working there and when I was a teenager I got all my video games from Sears still have equipment Sony Walkman beds treadmills I used to get my hot wheels from KB Toys I used to spend a lot of time at radio shack when I worked at Sears I love that place The malt used to be a cornfield before it was the mall my friend monte Zinn what's a car dealer in Springfield and he had cars n the mall at the Grand opening back in 1971 all GM cars vette Camero truck Impala thank you for doing that video I brought back a lot of memories I'm trying I've seen it I had some strokes in 2016 and I couldn't walk very good but I'm thinking for you and yes that was a pretzel shop and I used to stop at Subway all the time my cousin used to work in there she loved it yeah she started working at JCPenney's and now she works in a Kohl's
Thanks for sharing those memories
@@TiltedTripodMedia I meant to say I live down the road the mall is like 2 miles from me thank you for recording them all be safe brother I know a lot about Springfield if you don't I don't know how to PM you on here I kind of know about a lot of places
I remember when I was a teenager that mall was so packed you can barely walk through it
Wow one nice mall love the indoor Street lamps
Yeah the lamps are sooooo retro
Big part of my childhood and teenage years. So sad to see it go. 😔
I was glad to see it one last time and preserve it for others
Nice video. I grew up in Springfield in the 90s and my last 3 years of high school I lived at the apartments just behind the mall. There was a trail you could walk down so we’d sneak down to the mall sometimes. my best friend and I would also walk down to the Cinema a lot on Saturday afternoons to catch a matinee flick. Haven’t lived in Springfield or been to this mall in over 20 years, but was sad when Cinema closed and now the rest of the mall. Thanks for posting.
Your welcome I love documenting this stuff and seeing how it blesses those who grew up going to these places. Now everyone can remember places long gone better through my video
I grew up shopping here and playing games in the arcade. In the 80s 90s and early 2000s this place was hopping. It's sad to see this online shopping craze overtake these businesses.
I highly agree
I made many trips to the UVM and am sorry to see it go, but you know that the situation is hopeless when the largest outlet left open there is Spencer Gifts.
Yeah I bet it was a cool place back in the day
I grew up in Springfield and spent a chunk of that time at the mall. I watched countless movies at the theater, dropped many a quarter at the video arcade, and even worked at the Sears for a few years in the late 1980s. The mall was so vibrant and busy back then. It's so sad to know that it is closed for good.
I feel that the loss of this mall has hurt the community and makes it a less desirable place to live. I never got to see it in its prime but I’m glad I could document what was left for its last few years.
Love the vintage look of this mall. They kept this 1970's mall mostly untouched.
Yeah it was so great that it stayed mostly original but honestly I’ve been in malls that are more retro than this.
they’ve changed the whole color scheme of the mall now
Everyone flocked to the low prices e.g. Walmart, amazon. Trouble is once they have finished destroying or buying up there competition it is quite likely they will decide those prices don't need to be so low any more and we as consumers will be screwed.
Local businesses need to move into there and start a community of local businesses.
I agree sadly that isn’t reality and won’t ever happen
I had never been to Springfield or the Upper Valley Mall, but it is unfortunate to see it go. I couldn’t agree more that we shouldn’t just work or come home, and not having 0% of anything special to experience outside of our personal lives. If that’s the case, then I don’t think it’s a good idea for the future of human to experience or deal with. Good video, by the way.
Thanks for the positive comment yes we need to all slow down and stop working 24 seven unfortunately most people anymore have to just in order to barely survive it’s really sad so we can’t enjoy anything anymore and then the stuff that is out there that’s enjoyable closes because no one can afford it or has time to go and enjoy it such as museums zoos malls etc.
Also mall owners are not listening to what the shoppers and public want out of their malls like what kind of merchandise would they actually buy what would attract them to the mall
The Peanuts characters were donated to the historical society! :-) They were at the mall since the 70s.
I spent so much of my youth there during the 80s and 90s. I believe Elder Beerman closed in the early 2000s.
Yeah I heard that the peanuts got donated and that’s fantastic.
@@TiltedTripodMedia I'm really gad the mall managers gave the historical society the option to pick up items for the collection. So many of these dead malls lose their history.
@@proseb4bros976 that’s because at the time of its closing I believe the county had owned the mall for several years. So since they owned it they preserved things. Doing a quick Google search it is owned by clark county.
@@proseb4bros976 had this mall been owned by anyone else all that stuff would have been lost.
@@TiltedTripodMedia Interesting! I didn't know the county took ownership of it.
This video and your research was very well done. Certainly brought back a lot of good memories. Cheers!
Has anyone thought about building a nice high-quality multiple purpose high class casino / dinner theater in this area . It would attract people from larger surrounding cities. Like the ones in the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.
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Please KILL that bad song of the 1990’s! I was there in the mid 1980’s it was dark brown and the floors were dirty! Some of customers was snobby about everything and brag how they are better then the poor people who was lazy!
I don’t understand
We can blame the 'Plannedemic' on the state the economy is in.
I don’t believe the state of the economy is due to the pandemic. Yes the pandemic exacerbated it but the economy being in the crapper is all due to greed. Getting a job that can sustain the basics of living has become increasingly harder. The gap between wages and the cost of things have been growing. Raising the wages won’t solve the problem if the cost of things just increase to fund ceos and higher ups million dollar salary’s. So to put it simply inflation and not being able to get a good job is the problem. I was just turned down for a basic retail job because lack of experience! Umm I worked over 3 years retail soooo.
Sorry to hear that. That's just pitiful. I do feel like the pandemic is partly to blame, especially with the lockdowns and stimulus checks, but I'm sure it's due to different things.
@@charitysusan8234 yes I do agree the pandemic played a role in making things worse but we had an economic problem prior to the pandemic. Anyway thanks for supporting my content by watching. This is my new job since no one will hire me during this worker shortage🤣🤣. Here’s hoping I can make money at this as I’m talented.