Original Release Date : April 30, 2015 Granite Run Mall Media Pennsylvania UPDATE : Granite Run Mall was demolished and the site was completely redeveloped.
I live very close to Granite Run and as of today Boscov's is actually still at Granite Run (Believe it or not there is still a good amount of customers going to Boscov's) and is the only anchor and store left from the original Granite Run Mall. Sears closed last year in August. Sears lasted for a while after the mall closed but no one went there anymore after the mall closed. The area where the mall used to be is now the Boscov's from the Granite Run mall and a shopping center with restaurants and stores such as TJMaxx.
I went to this mall a lot as a kid. They used to have a lot of baseball card shows there on the weekends back in late 80’s early 90’s which I went to almost every one. Also Granite Run mall had one of the first if not the first Chick Fil-a in the area.
I absolutely love these remastered masterpieces. Thank you so much Dan for the amazing work! Always looking forward to watching these videos! I'm blown away that the fountain was still working!!
I remember Sears being open in late 1973 before the mall was completed in 74 . Gimbals was an original anchor store . In the mid 70s there was a Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour .
Metal doors are from a Hot Topic. Thanks for the remaster of this one, Granite Run was beautiful. Sorry even the little amusement park couldn't save it.
My childhood mall. I had two jobs during high school and one when I started college there. I worked at that Chick Fil A for one. That was a Hot Topic and a PacSun. I went to high school right up the road I remember when Mortal Kombat came out the kids walked to Granite Run and everyone was yelling Mortal Kombat like the commercial.
I'm glad its you Dan. When I first got recommended these I feared someone stole your content and "remastered" it. Since I dont have fb, can you explain why you re-released your content? I'm not as much a fan of your dirty motel series, but if you keep making dead mall docs I'll keep watching them. I'm already subbed to your new channel. Here's to more dead malls. Also a (drunken) idea for new content: start a series of interviews with old mall owners and ask them about the economics of keeping the lights on at these dead malls, how much rent they get, etc. Maybe after the success of your series, more business owners will agree to talk candidly about the numbers and why they can't afford to stay in business. It might be a lot more interesting to hear from owners instead of the "because Amazon" common reasons we hear. Further, you could interview some of the new ideas to make malls into residential spaces or other re-purpose ideas people have had.
The "half-pipe storefront" that you weren't sure if it was a PacSun or a Buckle was actually a PacSun! I'm pretty sure only a few of these remain in operation. As for the storefront with the gates, that's an old Hot Topic.
I had no idea what a PacSun was. From google: Pacific Sunwear of California, LLC is an American retail clothing brand. The company sells lifestyle apparel, along with footwear and accessories designed for teens and young adults.
Come to Northern California to hilltop mall in Richmond CA, which is about 20 from Berkeley CA ( depending on the insane traffic.)It’s a dead mall. Closed.
The Granite Run Mall... The Philadelphia area is not immune to malls going defunct. I researched the decline of the malls in college, and it's not a good thing. Correct me if I'm wrong...but of the 25,000 plus malls, 2/3 are about to be demolished.
Local government should buy them up and convert a large section to a residential area and put in a few convenience type services like a quick care, maybe a book store etc
Dystopian living,brick & mortar stores are going the way of the dinosaur ,and online stores you can thank for that,not just amazon,but all stores,easier click and delivery by whoever,fed ex/ups/or even postal service has gotten into the act ,saves fuel,and hassle from bad attitude employees or dealing with bad attitude other customers ,only to which I ignore and just go in get what I want and leave,except last time in target I made huge mistake of asking a target employee where something was at,to which she starts yelling at me we don't carry tools for sink,since when is sink strainer a tool,to catch hair and other debris going in clogging pipes up,went on a whole diatribe barely could speak English to top it off,kept harping on it,I walked away could hear her yelping,as I just walked away ,America is gone/it's over/third world is here.
The 80’s and 90’s is when these stores seen their peak imo. And you’re right, no one wants to deal with today’s society. It’s full of tension and crime is spiking. I order everything online these days, even small things like sponges and shampoo-when there’s stores a half mile away. It’s just a matter of time, entire once thriving cities will be abandoned because crime is driving ppl away.
I know a lot of viewers love this series bc they love malls. But I love it for the opposite reason. Malls were bad decisions from the beginning. Suburban sprawl is unappealing across the board, and malls are a staple of it. Most malls are located outside of downtown areas, in residential suburbs. They are massive, land wasting structures with a sea of parking. It’s a product of car culture and consumerism culture. We’ve seen that this design sours quickly, and what does well long term is smart, mixed-use areas that are walkable and aesthetically pleasing. Canyon-style streets lined with apartments, restaurants, stores, bakeries, libraries, etc. The buildings are owned by the city or by people who live in the city, often even the same people who run the shops or occupy the apartments above them. When any one of those businesses leave, there is a vacancy that could be filled by something else. It doesn’t ruin the whole street. Shopping malls on the other hand are millions of square feet of parking lots and stained tiles reliant on a few anchor department stores (that were also destined to fail because they started on leveraged buyouts) or a single, absentee landlord to care for it. Malls aren’t maintainable by design. Not only is there a higher cost of maintenance per square foot, but there’s also a massive amount of square footage. All being maintained by one company, a landlord that often is just scamming the city and not paying taxes while still getting government subsidies to keep the lights on. They are so big, so maintenance and renovations on them are very expensive, time consuming, and difficult. You’re renovating hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of square feet of a building that was likely built between the 1970s - 90s, which is when construction materials got cheaper and construction methods got faster. As a result, you have buildings that weren’t made to last full of leaks, water damage, and mold that are too expensive to repair. As well as design that is to expensive to renovate and looks forever stuck in the past with dirty stained carpets, damaged tiles, and outdated faded signage. The few that are thriving are doing so because they are the last ones bankrupt retailers are renting in order to restructure their company so they don’t have to close down completely. But they inevitably will. And malls will all be dead and hopefully at that point instead of letting these crumbling eyesores deteriorate we can build something that is actually a good public investment. Death to all malls.
what a bunch of bullshit. The mixed-use Canyon style Street model you suggest is like the thriving small town Main Street America. Except it isn't thriving at all, Main Street America is dying too. And the reason for that is because people have begun to reject social commerce, and other forms of social engagement.
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The irony of the Sears being the last anchor standing is beautiful.
I live very close to Granite Run and as of today Boscov's is actually still at Granite Run (Believe it or not there is still a good amount of customers going to Boscov's) and is the only anchor and store left from the original Granite Run Mall. Sears closed last year in August. Sears lasted for a while after the mall closed but no one went there anymore after the mall closed. The area where the mall used to be is now the Boscov's from the Granite Run mall and a shopping center with restaurants and stores such as TJMaxx.
The closed Radio Shack is what got me.
I went to this mall a lot as a kid. They used to have a lot of baseball card shows there on the weekends back in late 80’s early 90’s which I went to almost every one. Also Granite Run mall had one of the first if not the first Chick Fil-a in the area.
I absolutely love these remastered masterpieces. Thank you so much Dan for the amazing work! Always looking forward to watching these videos! I'm blown away that the fountain was still working!!
I remember Sears being open in late 1973 before the mall was completed in 74 . Gimbals was an original anchor store . In the mid 70s there was a Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour .
It looks so lonesome in this mall. I feel bad that they left the plants to slowly die.
These remastered editions look fantastic. I've been binging them all weekend!
That store at 8:00 is (was) a Pac-Sun.
Metal doors are from a Hot Topic. Thanks for the remaster of this one, Granite Run was beautiful. Sorry even the little amusement park couldn't save it.
The amount of malls built in Pennsylvania was crazy! Time for an un-dead mall visit to King of Prussia.
Can't believe how well the spy glasses upscaled to UHD.
DUDE...I can’t either. I’m quite shocked honestly. Looks like 4K.
@@dmsremastered what brand and model are the glasses?
Boscovs is still around. And open. Even the theatre is out.
That version of "Edelweiss" playing in the background is unbelievably fitting.
My childhood mall. I had two jobs during high school and one when I started college there. I worked at that Chick Fil A for one. That was a Hot Topic and a PacSun. I went to high school right up the road I remember when Mortal Kombat came out the kids walked to Granite Run and everyone was yelling Mortal Kombat like the commercial.
Bring the sad mall music on😞😞😞 Oh and the dry sad plants 😔😔😔
I'm glad its you Dan. When I first got recommended these I feared someone stole your content and "remastered" it. Since I dont have fb, can you explain why you re-released your content?
I'm not as much a fan of your dirty motel series, but if you keep making dead mall docs I'll keep watching them. I'm already subbed to your new channel. Here's to more dead malls. Also a (drunken) idea for new content: start a series of interviews with old mall owners and ask them about the economics of keeping the lights on at these dead malls, how much rent they get, etc. Maybe after the success of your series, more business owners will agree to talk candidly about the numbers and why they can't afford to stay in business. It might be a lot more interesting to hear from owners instead of the "because Amazon" common reasons we hear. Further, you could interview some of the new ideas to make malls into residential spaces or other re-purpose ideas people have had.
The "half-pipe storefront" that you weren't sure if it was a PacSun or a Buckle was actually a PacSun! I'm pretty sure only a few of these remain in operation.
As for the storefront with the gates, that's an old Hot Topic.
I had no idea what a PacSun was. From google: Pacific Sunwear of California, LLC is an American retail clothing brand. The company sells lifestyle apparel, along with footwear and accessories designed for teens and young adults.
Thank you for remastering! Love all your content!
It’s so sad how some of these are demolished now
Would go to the theater next door with my poppop. Life is weird as fuck.
Memories are weird
Thank you for your great work Dan!
Man, them tearing down this mall was a crying shame and tragedy for the region. What they built up in its place is HORRRRIIIIIBBBBLE....
What did they replace it with?
@@ilanarhian a shitty outdoor mall with half the stores empty...though I like the Panera Bread that's there.
Awesome. Thanks for the memories. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Come to Northern California to hilltop mall in Richmond CA, which is about 20 from Berkeley CA ( depending on the insane traffic.)It’s a dead mall. Closed.
The Granite Run Mall...
The Philadelphia area is not immune to malls going defunct.
I researched the decline of the malls in college, and it's not a good thing.
Correct me if I'm wrong...but of the 25,000 plus malls, 2/3 are about to be demolished.
Haven't been there sense I was little. Holy shit thats crazy
If the site has been redeveloped, what's on the space now? I'm guessing a Walmart supercenter, just by default
Lively music playing in a dead mall is creepy 😳
A nice mall to no crime just out of style I guess I would come from south jersey on the commador Barry bridge
Local government should buy them up and convert a large section to a residential area and put in a few convenience type services like a quick care, maybe a book store etc
1:25 Anemoiapolis. If you know, you know.
Never seen anyone take the plants, they always just wither and die off
Adopt a snake plant. Too bad it would be theft.
Dystopian living,brick & mortar stores are going the way of the dinosaur ,and online stores you can thank for that,not just amazon,but all stores,easier click and delivery by whoever,fed ex/ups/or even postal service has gotten into the act ,saves fuel,and hassle from bad attitude employees or dealing with bad attitude other customers ,only to which I ignore and just go in get what I want and leave,except last time in target I made huge mistake of asking a target employee where something was at,to which she starts yelling at me we don't carry tools for sink,since when is sink strainer a tool,to catch hair and other debris going in clogging pipes up,went on a whole diatribe barely could speak English to top it off,kept harping on it,I walked away could hear her yelping,as I just walked away ,America is gone/it's over/third world is here.
The 80’s and 90’s is when these stores seen their peak imo.
And you’re right, no one wants to deal with today’s society. It’s full of tension and crime is spiking. I order everything online these days, even small things like sponges and shampoo-when there’s stores a half mile away. It’s just a matter of time, entire once thriving cities will be abandoned because crime is driving ppl away.
I know a lot of viewers love this series bc they love malls. But I love it for the opposite reason.
Malls were bad decisions from the beginning.
Suburban sprawl is unappealing across the board, and malls are a staple of it.
Most malls are located outside of downtown areas, in residential suburbs. They are massive, land wasting structures with a sea of parking. It’s a product of car culture and consumerism culture.
We’ve seen that this design sours quickly, and what does well long term is smart, mixed-use areas that are walkable and aesthetically pleasing. Canyon-style streets lined with apartments, restaurants, stores, bakeries, libraries, etc. The buildings are owned by the city or by people who live in the city, often even the same people who run the shops or occupy the apartments above them.
When any one of those businesses leave, there is a vacancy that could be filled by something else. It doesn’t ruin the whole street.
Shopping malls on the other hand are millions of square feet of parking lots and stained tiles reliant on a few anchor department stores (that were also destined to fail because they started on leveraged buyouts) or a single, absentee landlord to care for it.
Malls aren’t maintainable by design. Not only is there a higher cost of maintenance per square foot, but there’s also a massive amount of square footage. All being maintained by one company, a landlord that often is just scamming the city and not paying taxes while still getting government subsidies to keep the lights on.
They are so big, so maintenance and renovations on them are very expensive, time consuming, and difficult. You’re renovating hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of square feet of a building that was likely built between the 1970s - 90s, which is when construction materials got cheaper and construction methods got faster. As a result, you have buildings that weren’t made to last full of leaks, water damage, and mold that are too expensive to repair. As well as design that is to expensive to renovate and looks forever stuck in the past with dirty stained carpets, damaged tiles, and outdated faded signage.
The few that are thriving are doing so because they are the last ones bankrupt retailers are renting in order to restructure their company so they don’t have to close down completely. But they inevitably will. And malls will all be dead and hopefully at that point instead of letting these crumbling eyesores deteriorate we can build something that is actually a good public investment.
Death to all malls.
what a bunch of bullshit. The mixed-use Canyon style Street model you suggest is like the thriving small town Main Street America. Except it isn't thriving at all, Main Street America is dying too. And the reason for that is because people have begun to reject social commerce, and other forms of social engagement.
talk about not reading the room
also, cringe
@@TheBrandonn Congratulations on not even trying.