I have worked for Bashas’ for 18 years, and worked at this store for a year and a half from 2004, to 2005. Bashas’ store #50 opened on Wednesday September 23rd, 1987, & closed forever on Sunday October 10th, 2009. The Cooper Village Shopping Center was named after Don Cooper who at the time was the President of Bashas’. He died a few months before this plaza was completed, and before this store was open for business. For this reason Bashas named the plaza in honor of him. The hospital originally planned to turn this plaza into a parking lot, but a 2014 report by the Arizona Republic said they decided to renovate the plaza into a multi-use medical plaza, and offices. The properties were to be connected by a pedestrian breezeway, with the Bashas’ space being the center on the renovated property. The property is still sitting vacant for the last 4 years since the report. This was my most favorite Bashas’ to work at, and it will always have a soft spot in my heart.
The restaurant was Wangs Fine Chinese Dining owned by my mother. I used to work there when I went to high school. Crazy to see the whole center dead like this
That 'mysterious nail lady' is a window cling youll find on every nail salon in the country! They must all shop from the same catalog! Whoever the artist was should be getting royalties ;-)
It almost looks like something Patrick Nagel would have come up with. If you Google 'Patrick Nagel art' and click on the images tab, so many of the pieces are similar to the nail lady.
Alex P. That is correct. No doubt the inspiration, even though the years are far apart. Gabriel posted a link above where Grafia is the name the supplier. There are definitely quite a few even I wouldn't mind picking up.
This was also the ONLY Bashas’ store that had a U.S.P.S. mail counter attached to the customer service desk. It was operated by the stores bookkeeper. The mail & packages were picked up by a U.S.P.S. mail truck everyday at 3pm. The ironic thing is there is a actual U.S.P.S. post office next door from Bashas’. This store also had a certified FTD florist on staff, who would deliver flowers to patients at the hospital.
Also, is anyone else skeeved by the fact that the hospital is storing equipment, especially beds and other things that come in direct contact with patients, in such a decrepit building? Even the "nicest" of the storefronts aren't exactly sanitary.
Texas and Arizona are nice states. I prefer Texas, but lately Mexico is doing much better. Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, Washington State, and Montana should really secede from USA, as District of Criminals is very toxic to all. However, Uncle Scam does get mad when American states want to leave. Many intelligent Americans of all spectrums do leave The States as expats/refugees from Uncle Scam. Too bad freedom minded and/or moderate states do not want to leave Uncle Scam, so people have to move out of The States. I do not trust anyone from District of Criminals and I should know somewhat, I was born inside the beltway. I did live in Maricopa County for 8 years from 1982 to 1990. Phoenix and Scottsdale. Interesting videos and your one video of Paradise Valley Mall was interesting. Looks kind of dead compared to the 1980s. Over and out. Oh lastly, the shopping malls are doing better in Singapore. Canada is doing slightly better, but not much better. It's our monetary system since 1971 that is messing things up everywhere in The States and the world with fiat currency. Nixon Shock of 1971 on August 15, 1971 is interesting history. Out.
By the way, I prefer Mexico over California. California has very bad economic policy. Arizona was much better on economics and Mexico has better economic policy over California. Oregon is getting to California like, as well. That is why my last American state that I lived in was Washington State. It's a blend of Arizona and California. Much better political and business climate in Washington. Much better real climate too!
I was thinking the exact same thing, but maybe the hospital maintenance staff replaced what was broken if any, since they are storing stuff in the buildings, and have cameras in some of them for security reasons.
@ most of the black people live in downtown Phoenix. The ones that do live in mesa are usually middle class blue collar workers. Mostly we have whites(mormons) and Mexicans. People get along here. There isnt racial tension down here like back east. Too many guns out here for someone to start shit lol
I lived in Phx Az from Feb 87 to may 88. I did inventory for a living...I counted this store, and on the morning of inventory day...I met Mr. Basha, AND his friend Mr. Albertsons..
Justin B If you think that's bad just over the river from me in Augusta, GA in South Augusta where a lot of hispanic, black, and Asian population live, they have one shopping center with 3 nails salons(one ran by an Asian, one ran by a black lady, and other a hispanic lady), and 2 beauty salons(one Hispanic owned, and one Black owned) right next to a run down Fred's store( kind of cross between a Dollar General/Family Dollar, and a low rent KMart).
We have a lot of these shops here in the U.K. .They have a bad reputation ,allegedly for illegal immigrants and money laundering .Most will only accept cash payments .No debit card payments
I use to shop at that Bashas before it closed. I remember there was a coffin store next to the Bashas. I think it was in the store with the arches in the window or right next to it. It always creeped me out.
I'm surprised that the postal service left mail collection boxes behind. Same for the newspaper dispensers and mobile home guides boxes. I mean, come on. No foot traffic except for transients and druggies. Take that stuff out and move elsewhere.
HerpyDerpyDoo11 this was filmed in the late afternoon/early evening on a Saturday and the newspaper dispenser was already full with Sunday's paper. This whole place is bizarre. Thanks for watching!
If you have any memories of this place I'd love to hear about them 😁 Also if you enjoyed this video you might enjoy one of my older videos on an abandoned outlet mall in Casa Grande, AZ: ruclips.net/video/mxPYWPT0Gz0/видео.html
18:48 One of my business class professors burned this into my brain: When you decide to open your own business, NEVER put your selected type of business in the exact same location where the same type of business had previously failed, because more than 9 times out of 10 you'll fail too.
I was gonna' say! Look at that sweet pink and glass brick sign that just screams totally 80's! It would be so rad if it had neon tubes inside that lit up at night.
That sign, when it was lit up at night was aesthetically beautiful especially with those glass bricks. It was a aesthetic asset! I was a regular at this store between 1997 - 2007 as a customer, and a employee for a year and a half from 2004 - 2005.
Albear972 - I was in the area Friday 6/22/18, & the sign facing Power road is still lit up at night. The sign featured in the video facing Broadway road does not work.
Cool video. I really liked the music. I'd never heard of Bashas,being from Indiana. After seeing the cool commercial at the end I feel like I should go shop there! The grocery store I grew up with just closed last week. But yeah keep up the great work!!! Thanks
I grew up in this area and used to work at the dairy queen in that same complex, back when minimum wage was $4.75/hr....i recently drove by this place, maybe around the same time you did and there were people moving shelving out of the bashas. Love your videos btw
I had to check to find out that this shopping center is at Power and Broadway in east Mesa. The name "Cooper" had me thinking it was much farther west (Cooper is what Stapley turns into when you get farther south). I actually have been in that Bashas. My mom was in a nursing home just the other side of Power around 2005 after having a stroke, and so she wouldn't have to eat hospital food for Thanksgiving I picked us both up a turkey dinner at their deli.
9:22 That's a Chinese buffet, I know because of the sign in the thumbnail and the layout of the restraunt. So sad to see it banged up, thanks for archiving it though. :)
Wow I worked at banner baywood. This place was happening place to be. Extremely surprised that “seizure world”. Leisure world can’t keep that place open. So many residents around there.
That second "vomit" spot almost looks like a bird smacked into the window and shit all over the place. I wonder if that crap is kids throwing eggs or something. Puke being all over the windows rather than the sidewalk would be weird.
Another great vid! These companies should hire you on as a historian to document these places because you never know when a store or company will close. I would've loved to have seen a video like this of some of the various places I remember as a kid that have long closed. That artwork is actually a knock-off of Patrik Nagel. If you look up his artwork you will see tons of cool art like that and the Grafia works is kind of like a ko.
I was surprised to see the blue mail box still in the shopping center. Normally the US Postal Service will take away the mail boxes if the deposited mail falls below a certain level.
That shopping center is close to old age communities like Leisure World. Why can't the hospital repurpose it as physicians offices and imaging centers? Or is it in such bad condition that it's more cost effective to tear it down and start over?
It's interesting watching this as a nail technician, cause even though I don't know who the lady is, what they advertised on the other windows is kinda funny to me and typical of older nail salons. Silk Nails, Gel Nails and Crystal nails are all technically the same exact thing. Like theres actually no difference to them at all, besides one might extend the nails, but they're all gel. The acrylic and the Pink & White are literally the exact same as each other, the only difference is Pink & White means french tips done with acrylic, lol, otherwise though they're the exact same.
+Mark Ellsworth lol, Oh definitely not the same price, that would be way too reasonable for nail places, lol. nope the prices are all different for just minutely different things and unless you know what you're going for, and what the different things are, good luck to ya.
It was surreal seeing the abandoned shopping center filled with cast-off medical equipment. It looks like once upon a time this was a beautiful place to go shopping. It is sad that abandoned retail spaces seem to have become so common across our country nowadays. Thanks for the great video - I enjoy exploration videos of these places!
That's crazy, I moved out of the area (to S phx) in 2009 and I never knew it was in bad shape. I remember it being almost all open, and know that I think of it I haven't been there since I moved.
Diné markets are located on Navajo land, pronounced more like "dee-NAY". One of the complaints I remember getting when I was a cashier was how the Bluebird flour was cheaper at the reservation market. I'm fairly certain that the new remodels are trying to mimic the feel of an AJ's. At least my old store got remodeled that way, so no neat tile work anymore, just faux wood.
That restaurant used to be called “La Abuleta” I remember going there as a child and having a good time. Sad to see it like that. Plus that Frazee Paint store used to be so busy and I remember going there with my dad. Thanks for the upload
This is right around the corner from my parents' place and I'm not over how it is STILL standing like this 5 years after this video was published. I'm afraid to even drive through there for two seconds to access a starbucks or whatever is left in the parking lot due to how bad the asphalt is, not to mention how nasty all of the buildings are. Such a good location, too.
I used to spend a week or so annually in Phoenix area from 94-08. In those years I really noticed the culture of urban decay and new growth spreading out from that,
I love watching this for your voice almost as much as for the awesome footage of old/abandoned businesses from times gone by. For some reason, your voice is very soothing to me, and I enjoy having your videos on while I'm working. I wanted to make one observation about your language; I've noticed in recent videos that I hear more "damn," "shit," etc. than in your older stuff. It's sad because I used to watch these with my kids. I'm not saying you need to change, or that I will stop watching, because you're still one of my favorite channels. Just that it doesn't have the same easy listening vibe I used to get, and I can no longer watch it when my little kids are around. Thanks for the videos, it's always interesting to see this stuff documented.
Near as I can tell that store open in 89 or 90. I would need to check the Arizona Room at the Burton Barr library to be sure. I have a list of stores with approximate dates they opened and closed.
I loved the food at their deli as well as the setting area they had. I remember my mom complaining how the produce department was bad and that's why we started shopping at Albertsons across the street instead. That's interesting that the hospital owns it now. Enjoyed this video, I drive by there almost everyday so it's neat to get a close up view of what it looks like inside these days.
McDonald's, while they used to be common in malls (at least I can remember one from when I was still living in New York in my childhood mall), aren't so much anymore. That might be part of it.
In 36 years of living in Tulsa Oklahoma and Fort Worth Texas I've never seen a McDonald's in an actual mall. I didn't even know any were in a mall anywhere. Sure wish that they would do that here.
Bashas' Dine (I think it's pronounced di-NAY) is marketed to the Native American community and is mainly in Northern Arizona as far as I know. Possibly including on the Navajo reservation.
Damn you're right in my own backyard!! My wife delivered 2 of our children at that hospital. Both of her parents died in that hospital as well... Crazy
The Dine stores are Indian reservation stores Bashas has a deal with the tribes for grocery stores on reservations they are the only ones no Kroger or Safeway can have stores on certain reservations. I was a truck driver for Bashas for 2.5 years
I've never heard vomit called "yak" before, but I like it and will now adopt it into my lexicon! Thank you for another excellent video, I'm always happy to see you upload. 😀
Another great video. Thank you. Ewww, i guess the person had a bad cocaine trip and stared smring vomit all over the place, that or a bird had explosive diarrhea. That place needs to be demolished. The graffiti on that piller was just stupid and cheesy. Can't wait for the new national retailer video.
It's amazing seeing an abandoned Arizona Property, because it is dry and there are no weeds in the parking lot or anywhere growing. If this was in Illinois, it would be a jungle. Just funny that way. Never heard of Bashas. Is that owned by a bigger corporation or is it on it's own?
Bashas' is regional to Arizona and the Southwest. Almost all locations are in Arizona. Family owned and not owned by any national company of any kind as far as I know.
You would think an old mall would be a great place to put all the outpatient stuff you have to go to a hospital for, turn it into a giant professional building. Just imagine being able to park close to your physio appointment
In addition to the weird real estate ad rack that is still being used, the USPS mail drop location is super weird. That thing has to be being checked or the usps would have removed it so people didn’t put mail that wouldn’t be delivered in it. Why it hasn’t been removed yet is completely baffling.
Oh man, my first job out of high school was working at this Bashas'. I worked there for around two years in probably 2004-06ish. I don't know what it was about the place, but the new store management people they shuffled in from other stores about a year into my employment there were complete assholes. None of the employee's really liked working there, and the customer base was 90% snow-birds/retired. The business was slow during the hot weather season's. All the surrounding stores would come and go, including a Salvation Army Thrift shop. Once Bashas' closed, the rest of the plaza cleared out with it.
I live like a mile and a half away from here btw. So I've seen the gradual undoing of this plaza over the years. I even ate at that Chinese buffet once before the employees were caught taking produce out of the Bashas' dumpsters to put in their restaurant. I took my breaks on those benches outside when the weather was good enough. I brought the shopping carts into those block windowed areas just inside. The reason there were so many hair/nail spots there is because different storefronts would close at different periods. Then a new one would open up at a different part of the plaza. Not sure why other than maybe the space they wanted/needed. I remember when those shoe and clothing stores had merchandise in their front displays. But the old people from Leisure World across the street would rather buy their stuff at Wal-Mart up the road than pay a premium for their Easter slacks or whatever they happen to want.
yeah stuff like this, especially in close relation to the hospital gets turned into a "medical mall" without any real tearing down, just slight remodels. Already centrally located and with parking lol
Evan Riddell well, I think they should partially demolish it to allow for a larger hospital that the company can move into and allow for other medical space in the rest of the mall
The Bashas Dine market is a diné market. As in Navajo! I went to the one in Window Rock, AZ. All their signage comes in the Navajo language as well and there's hella mutton.
The Bashas Dine markets are on Native American land. It's technically pronounce Dih-nay, the word for Navajo. Interesting that they are called something different.
I have stopped at the DQ a few times, usually pretty busy. The Starbucks in the parking lot is usually pretty busy too. However, the area can be pretty sketch.
Do you remember the Salvation Army thrift shop that was in this plaza? I drive by this plaza all the time but haven't been in ages. They definitely need to do something better with the space.
me and my friends explored this place and found random brownies in the trash. also dont go into the DQ in the shopping center. i got really bad vibes from it
Hey I live locally here in Mesa and have caught a few of your videos. This particular one interests me because I go sometimes for doctor's appointments in the Banner Heart Hospital and recently had a pacemaker installed (in me) there. Never knew Banner acquired this mall and is using it to store equipment. I didn't see you tape the Dairy Queen on the outparcel on the corner of the property, I think that is part of the mall also.
Idk if anyone has stated but Bashas dine was supposed to be more catered to the Navajo nation, selling some more specialized products and from what I can glean the signage inside is supposed to be in English as well as Navajo. also thanks for the movie reference, most of the time i hear references its to the first movie, not the new batch second movie
Found some info on the nail salon decals on Reddit. Looks like Grafia was not the artist but was the company that used to sell them. Their website is no longer running though.
Definitely got the reference as well. I'm watching Marathon Man in heavy rotation as it's currently on Amazon Prime. Oh and if a phony well dressed man insists that he's with the "division" that "provides", you know he's not really being polite for no reason.
I have worked for Bashas’ for 18 years, and worked at this store for a year and a half from 2004, to 2005. Bashas’ store #50 opened on Wednesday September 23rd, 1987, & closed forever on Sunday October 10th, 2009. The Cooper Village Shopping Center was named after Don Cooper who at the time was the President of Bashas’. He died a few months before this plaza was completed, and before this store was open for business. For this reason Bashas named the plaza in honor of him. The hospital originally planned to turn this plaza into a parking lot, but a 2014 report by the Arizona Republic said they decided to renovate the plaza into a multi-use medical plaza, and offices. The properties were to be connected by a pedestrian breezeway, with the Bashas’ space being the center on the renovated property. The property is still sitting vacant for the last 4 years since the report. This was my most favorite Bashas’ to work at, and it will always have a soft spot in my heart.
Pinball 541 This info is very interesting (especially as a compliment to this video). Thank you for it.
You are welcome. I am glad this store was documented before it meets it’s eventual demise.
isnt this on the corner or and broadway road in mesa across from albertsons
What department did you work in?
The restaurant was Wangs Fine Chinese Dining owned by my mother. I used to work there when I went to high school. Crazy to see the whole center dead like this
That 'mysterious nail lady' is a window cling youll find on every nail salon in the country! They must all shop from the same catalog! Whoever the artist was should be getting royalties ;-)
It almost looks like something Patrick Nagel would have come up with. If you Google 'Patrick Nagel art' and click on the images tab, so many of the pieces are similar to the nail lady.
Yep. Very much Nagel-esque. Don't know if the artist who "copied" would likely be entitled to royalties.
SinistarPro_Mike Patrick died in 84
Alex P. That is correct. No doubt the inspiration, even though the years are far apart. Gabriel posted a link above where Grafia is the name the supplier. There are definitely quite a few even I wouldn't mind picking up.
Yeah I think it's Patrick Nagel, that's what I found.
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This was also the ONLY Bashas’ store that had a U.S.P.S. mail counter attached to the customer service desk. It was operated by the stores bookkeeper. The mail & packages were picked up by a U.S.P.S. mail truck everyday at 3pm. The ironic thing is there is a actual U.S.P.S. post office next door from Bashas’. This store also had a certified FTD florist on staff, who would deliver flowers to patients at the hospital.
Also, is anyone else skeeved by the fact that the hospital is storing equipment, especially beds and other things that come in direct contact with patients, in such a decrepit building? Even the "nicest" of the storefronts aren't exactly sanitary.
No.
That is all inop equipment. It will probably get out in with the scrap at demolition.
That 80's style girl in the nail salon, Her name is Rio and she dance's on the sand.
Maelstrom Of Horror And when she shines, she really shows you all she can!
Texas and Arizona are nice states. I prefer Texas, but lately Mexico is doing much better. Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, Washington State, and Montana should really secede from USA, as District of Criminals is very toxic to all. However, Uncle Scam does get mad when American states want to leave. Many intelligent Americans of all spectrums do leave The States as expats/refugees from Uncle Scam. Too bad freedom minded and/or moderate states do not want to leave Uncle Scam, so people have to move out of The States. I do not trust anyone from District of Criminals and I should know somewhat, I was born inside the beltway. I did live in Maricopa County for 8 years from 1982 to 1990. Phoenix and Scottsdale. Interesting videos and your one video of Paradise Valley Mall was interesting. Looks kind of dead compared to the 1980s. Over and out. Oh lastly, the shopping malls are doing better in Singapore. Canada is doing slightly better, but not much better. It's our monetary system since 1971 that is messing things up everywhere in The States and the world with fiat currency. Nixon Shock of 1971 on August 15, 1971 is interesting history. Out.
By the way, I prefer Mexico over California. California has very bad economic policy. Arizona was much better on economics and Mexico has better economic policy over California. Oregon is getting to California like, as well. That is why my last American state that I lived in was Washington State. It's a blend of Arizona and California. Much better political and business climate in Washington. Much better real climate too!
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I'm getting a weird sensation when you stick your camera into those dirty windows. Like "hey, don't you rub my face into that!" :D
Abandoned for that long and not one glass broken.
I was thinking the exact same thing, but maybe the hospital maintenance staff replaced what was broken if any, since they are storing stuff in the buildings, and have cameras in some of them for security reasons.
We don't have that much vandalaism in Arizona
Mesa az is one of the most calm and tranquil towns you can find in America.
@ most of the black people live in downtown Phoenix. The ones that do live in mesa are usually middle class blue collar workers. Mostly we have whites(mormons) and Mexicans. People get along here. There isnt racial tension down here like back east. Too many guns out here for someone to start shit lol
@ officer? Yes here's the racist. He's right here
I lived in Phx Az from Feb 87 to may 88. I did inventory for a living...I counted this store, and on the morning of inventory day...I met Mr. Basha, AND his friend Mr. Albertsons..
Honestly how many nail shops do you need in one shopping center
Concurrently, how many eyebrow shops do you need in one shopping mall
Justin B If you think that's bad just over the river from me in Augusta, GA in South Augusta where a lot of hispanic, black, and Asian population live, they have one shopping center with 3 nails salons(one ran by an Asian, one ran by a black lady, and other a hispanic lady), and 2 beauty salons(one Hispanic owned, and one Black owned) right next to a run down Fred's store( kind of cross between a Dollar General/Family Dollar, and a low rent KMart).
Commodorefan64 I can believe it because I could probably find that here in Mississippi as well
We have a lot of these shops here in the U.K. .They have a bad reputation ,allegedly for illegal immigrants and money laundering .Most will only accept cash payments .No debit card payments
Some of them may be fronts to laundry money.
Medical equipment in abandoned stores reminds me of Silent Hill 😲
I use to shop at that Bashas before it closed. I remember there was a coffin store next to the Bashas. I think it was in the store with the arches in the window or right next to it. It always creeped me out.
I love the dead malls and the malls look so colorful but sad
Thanks for the heart
Your channel is simple but very interesting. I like how you provide so much information. Thanks man!🤙
I'm surprised that the postal service left mail collection boxes behind. Same for the newspaper dispensers and mobile home guides boxes. I mean, come on. No foot traffic except for transients and druggies. Take that stuff out and move elsewhere.
HerpyDerpyDoo11 this was filmed in the late afternoon/early evening on a Saturday and the newspaper dispenser was already full with Sunday's paper. This whole place is bizarre. Thanks for watching!
I'd disagree, as chances are if it's still there they get business to some degree.
You have to go through all kinds of red tape to remove a collection box im sure its picked up everday
If you have any memories of this place I'd love to hear about them 😁
Also if you enjoyed this video you might enjoy one of my older videos on an abandoned outlet mall in Casa Grande, AZ: ruclips.net/video/mxPYWPT0Gz0/видео.html
18:48 One of my business class professors burned this into my brain: When you decide to open your own business, NEVER put your selected type of business in the exact same location where the same type of business had previously failed, because more than 9 times out of 10 you'll fail too.
The restaurant was formerly “Wang’s” Chinese restaurant, and the O’neils Shoe store were original stores to the plaza.
I've also been obsessed with that nail lady drawing since I was a kid. It's very striking.
Gotta say, this is the best early morning, half-asleep content there is.
I was gonna' say! Look at that sweet pink and glass brick sign that just screams totally 80's! It would be so rad if it had neon tubes inside that lit up at night.
That sign, when it was lit up at night was aesthetically beautiful especially with those glass bricks. It was a aesthetic asset! I was a regular at this store between 1997 - 2007 as a customer, and a employee for a year and a half from 2004 - 2005.
Albear972 - I was in the area Friday 6/22/18, & the sign facing Power road is still lit up at night. The sign featured in the video facing Broadway road does not work.
Hopefully wether they tear the place down or rebuild it into hospital use someone will rescue the signs for collectors.
Cool video. I really liked the music. I'd never heard of Bashas,being from Indiana. After seeing the cool commercial at the end I feel like I should go shop there! The grocery store I grew up with just closed last week. But yeah keep up the great work!!! Thanks
I agree with you completely, it's a damn shame this place was left to rot like this. It looks like it was a beautiful place back in its heyday!
I grew up in this area and used to work at the dairy queen in that same complex, back when minimum wage was $4.75/hr....i recently drove by this place, maybe around the same time you did and there were people moving shelving out of the bashas. Love your videos btw
I had to check to find out that this shopping center is at Power and Broadway in east Mesa. The name "Cooper" had me thinking it was much farther west (Cooper is what Stapley turns into when you get farther south).
I actually have been in that Bashas. My mom was in a nursing home just the other side of Power around 2005 after having a stroke, and so she wouldn't have to eat hospital food for Thanksgiving I picked us both up a turkey dinner at their deli.
9:22 That's a Chinese buffet, I know because of the sign in the thumbnail and the layout of the restraunt. So sad to see it banged up, thanks for archiving it though. :)
I left a perfectly good replay of mass effect 2 for this video
Wow I worked at banner baywood. This place was happening place to be. Extremely surprised that “seizure world”. Leisure world can’t keep that place open. So many residents around there.
Great video! Any ideas why Banner hasn’t done anything with it yet?
Two years late, but commenting because Phantasy Star 4 is one of the best RPGs ever made. Love hearing the songs from it. ♥
That woman in the nail place is at basically every nail place in America
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Spotted two industrial sewing machines in the dead cleaners place---those are worth $$$$!!!!
That second "vomit" spot almost looks like a bird smacked into the window and shit all over the place. I wonder if that crap is kids throwing eggs or something. Puke being all over the windows rather than the sidewalk would be weird.
Lol. True, but people can be weird nowadays anyway.
904 CZV yeah you never know with druggie meth heads, and drunk homeless what they will do, I'm more surprised none of the glass was broken.
This place deserves a song for it, something that would sound kinda "Puke on da floor, puke on da door, I took a spoon and asked for more, yeah !"
17:10 looks like medication carts (that seem brand new) and specimen fridges. Wow. This was interesting!
Another great vid! These companies should hire you on as a historian to document these places because you never know when a store or company will close. I would've loved to have seen a video like this of some of the various places I remember as a kid that have long closed. That artwork is actually a knock-off of Patrik Nagel. If you look up his artwork you will see tons of cool art like that and the Grafia works is kind of like a ko.
I was surprised to see the blue mail box still in the shopping center. Normally the US Postal Service will take away the mail boxes if the deposited mail falls below a certain level.
That shopping center is close to old age communities like Leisure World. Why can't the hospital repurpose it as physicians offices and imaging centers? Or is it in such bad condition that it's more cost effective to tear it down and start over?
I remember this place! I never actually went into any of the stores, but I drove by it occasionally.
It's interesting watching this as a nail technician, cause even though I don't know who the lady is, what they advertised on the other windows is kinda funny to me and typical of older nail salons. Silk Nails, Gel Nails and Crystal nails are all technically the same exact thing. Like theres actually no difference to them at all, besides one might extend the nails, but they're all gel. The acrylic and the Pink & White are literally the exact same as each other, the only difference is Pink & White means french tips done with acrylic, lol, otherwise though they're the exact same.
Probably not the same price, though. :-)
+Mark Ellsworth lol, Oh definitely not the same price, that would be way too reasonable for nail places, lol. nope the prices are all different for just minutely different things and unless you know what you're going for, and what the different things are, good luck to ya.
That's not a safe place to store millions of dollars of medical machinery, shocked no one tried breaking in to sell it😂
With the background music you sound like you're walking around Hyrule.
It was surreal seeing the abandoned shopping center filled with cast-off medical equipment. It looks like once upon a time this was a beautiful place to go shopping. It is sad that abandoned retail spaces seem to have become so common across our country nowadays. Thanks for the great video - I enjoy exploration videos of these places!
That's crazy, I moved out of the area (to S phx) in 2009 and I never knew it was in bad shape. I remember it being almost all open, and know that I think of it I haven't been there since I moved.
Diné markets are located on Navajo land, pronounced more like "dee-NAY". One of the complaints I remember getting when I was a cashier was how the Bluebird flour was cheaper at the reservation market.
I'm fairly certain that the new remodels are trying to mimic the feel of an AJ's. At least my old store got remodeled that way, so no neat tile work anymore, just faux wood.
That restaurant used to be called “La Abuleta” I remember going there as a child and having a good time. Sad to see it like that. Plus that Frazee Paint store used to be so busy and I remember going there with my dad. Thanks for the upload
I wonder if the post office still tries to pickup mail from that postal box?
A food City I use to live near was a bashas even has some of the old parking signs and they didn't change much of the exterior
This is right around the corner from my parents' place and I'm not over how it is STILL standing like this 5 years after this video was published. I'm afraid to even drive through there for two seconds to access a starbucks or whatever is left in the parking lot due to how bad the asphalt is, not to mention how nasty all of the buildings are. Such a good location, too.
That Hangers at the end is a chain of prosthesis clinics that make leg and arm prosthetics since one of my leg prosthesis is from Hanger.
4:42: that patrick nagel style window
I grew up in that Bashas' still live about a mile away. The kid in me was crying walking around there.
I was born at the hospital behind it.
I used to spend a week or so annually in Phoenix area from 94-08. In those years I really noticed the culture of urban decay and new growth spreading out from that,
i live in the area i gotta check this out. i love abandoned places. great video!
Very cool. Love that you research your places.
Love your videos I’m only 13 and love dead retail keep up the great work
I love watching this for your voice almost as much as for the awesome footage of old/abandoned businesses from times gone by. For some reason, your voice is very soothing to me, and I enjoy having your videos on while I'm working. I wanted to make one observation about your language; I've noticed in recent videos that I hear more "damn," "shit," etc. than in your older stuff. It's sad because I used to watch these with my kids. I'm not saying you need to change, or that I will stop watching, because you're still one of my favorite channels. Just that it doesn't have the same easy listening vibe I used to get, and I can no longer watch it when my little kids are around. Thanks for the videos, it's always interesting to see this stuff documented.
Near as I can tell that store open in 89 or 90. I would need to check the Arizona Room at the Burton Barr library to be sure. I have a list of stores with approximate dates they opened and closed.
That Bashas opened on Wednesday September 23rd, 1987.
great soundtrack on this one!
The music is so creepy. Reminds me of exploring a castle in The Legend of Zelda games.
on Google maps, you can see a screenshot of bashas' #50 in November of 2007.
I loved the food at their deli as well as the setting area they had. I remember my mom complaining how the produce department was bad and that's why we started shopping at Albertsons across the street instead. That's interesting that the hospital owns it now. Enjoyed this video, I drive by there almost everyday so it's neat to get a close up view of what it looks like inside these days.
Why don't I see any McDonald's in the malls of your videos? In Germany there are a lot of McDonald's in malls.
McDonald's, while they used to be common in malls (at least I can remember one from when I was still living in New York in my childhood mall), aren't so much anymore. That might be part of it.
There is a Dairy Queen on the corner of this property.
Most of the McDonalds in the states are stand alone stores, save for a few within some grocery store locations like Walmarts.
In 36 years of living in Tulsa Oklahoma and Fort Worth Texas I've never seen a McDonald's in an actual mall.
I didn't even know any were in a mall anywhere.
Sure wish that they would do that here.
Nirrrina same, there's a lot of thriving malls here in Houston and I've never ever seen a McDonald's in one, or even around one honestly.
I always thought that picture at 6:00 looks like the same lady on Duran Duran’s RIO album cover
Haha! Someone blew chunks on the window!
Bashas' Diné Markets are located on the Navajo nation and carry products that are specialized for the needs of the Diné people.
I liked the BASHAS Stores, I use to shop at the one in South Scottsdale that closet around the end of the 90's.
Bashas' Dine (I think it's pronounced di-NAY) is marketed to the Native American community and is mainly in Northern Arizona as far as I know. Possibly including on the Navajo reservation.
I work at a run down shopping center as a security guard, the place is covered in the same stuff as what used to be in this place
Damn you're right in my own backyard!! My wife delivered 2 of our children at that hospital. Both of her parents died in that hospital as well... Crazy
The Dine stores are Indian reservation stores Bashas has a deal with the tribes for grocery stores on reservations they are the only ones no Kroger or Safeway can have stores on certain reservations. I was a truck driver for Bashas for 2.5 years
Cool I know a abandoned shopping center called high ridge center that has a abandoned Kmart and OfficeMax
I've never heard vomit called "yak" before, but I like it and will now adopt it into my lexicon! Thank you for another excellent video, I'm always happy to see you upload. 😀
bashas sensational savings and service too
When you list these things, can you please list the major cross roads so that I get an idea where it is. Thanks!
Cooper Village is at the intersection of Power & Broadway in Mesa Arizona.
Another great video. Thank you. Ewww, i guess the person had a bad cocaine trip and stared smring vomit all over the place, that or a bird had explosive diarrhea. That place needs to be demolished. The graffiti on that piller was just stupid and cheesy. Can't wait for the new national retailer video.
It's amazing seeing an abandoned Arizona Property, because it is dry and there are no weeds in the parking lot or anywhere growing. If this was in Illinois, it would be a jungle. Just funny that way. Never heard of Bashas. Is that owned by a bigger corporation or is it on it's own?
It would be same way here in western S. Carolina, and over the river in eastern GA.
The parking lot has pretty much turned into gravel!
Bashas' is regional to Arizona and the Southwest. Almost all locations are in Arizona. Family owned and not owned by any national company of any kind as far as I know.
You would think an old mall would be a great place to put all the outpatient stuff you have to go to a hospital for, turn it into a giant professional building. Just imagine being able to park close to your physio appointment
In addition to the weird real estate ad rack that is still being used, the USPS mail drop location is super weird. That thing has to be being checked or the usps would have removed it so people didn’t put mail that wouldn’t be delivered in it. Why it hasn’t been removed yet is completely baffling.
It is now 2022 and I assume this strip center is still standing or has it been torn down?
Oh man, my first job out of high school was working at this Bashas'. I worked there for around two years in probably 2004-06ish. I don't know what it was about the place, but the new store management people they shuffled in from other stores about a year into my employment there were complete assholes. None of the employee's really liked working there, and the customer base was 90% snow-birds/retired. The business was slow during the hot weather season's. All the surrounding stores would come and go, including a Salvation Army Thrift shop. Once Bashas' closed, the rest of the plaza cleared out with it.
I live like a mile and a half away from here btw. So I've seen the gradual undoing of this plaza over the years. I even ate at that Chinese buffet once before the employees were caught taking produce out of the Bashas' dumpsters to put in their restaurant. I took my breaks on those benches outside when the weather was good enough. I brought the shopping carts into those block windowed areas just inside. The reason there were so many hair/nail spots there is because different storefronts would close at different periods. Then a new one would open up at a different part of the plaza. Not sure why other than maybe the space they wanted/needed. I remember when those shoe and clothing stores had merchandise in their front displays. But the old people from Leisure World across the street would rather buy their stuff at Wal-Mart up the road than pay a premium for their Easter slacks or whatever they happen to want.
They could always gut it and refit the shell as a hospital wing. It would be cheaper than building a new wing from scratch.
This is an open air type shopping center-usually those survive-these are cheaper to run and maintain than enclosed shopping centers and malls.
Since a hospital owns this, the best for this center is to knock it down and make into a medical center.
if not more parking, at least it will be turned into something useful that helps people in the area.
yeah stuff like this, especially in close relation to the hospital gets turned into a "medical mall" without any real tearing down, just slight remodels. Already centrally located and with parking lol
Evan Riddell well, I think they should partially demolish it to allow for a larger hospital that the company can move into and allow for other medical space in the rest of the mall
I think it'd be better to just demolish it, based upon the condition this center is in
The Bashas Dine market is a diné market. As in Navajo! I went to the one in Window Rock, AZ. All their signage comes in the Navajo language as well and there's hella mutton.
The Bashas Dine markets are on Native American land. It's technically pronounce Dih-nay, the word for Navajo. Interesting that they are called something different.
I seen a video once about how that’s used in so many nail salons but I can’t remember anything about it
I have stopped at the DQ a few times, usually pretty busy. The Starbucks in the parking lot is usually pretty busy too.
However, the area can be pretty sketch.
Do you remember the Salvation Army thrift shop that was in this plaza? I drive by this plaza all the time but haven't been in ages. They definitely need to do something better with the space.
me and my friends explored this place and found random brownies in the trash. also dont go into the DQ in the shopping center. i got really bad vibes from it
Hey I live locally here in Mesa and have caught a few of your videos. This particular one interests me because I go sometimes for doctor's appointments in the Banner Heart Hospital and recently had a pacemaker installed (in me) there. Never knew Banner acquired this mall and is using it to store equipment. I didn't see you tape the Dairy Queen on the outparcel on the corner of the property, I think that is part of the mall also.
Idk if anyone has stated but Bashas dine was supposed to be more catered to the Navajo nation, selling some more specialized products and from what I can glean the signage inside is supposed to be in English as well as Navajo. also thanks for the movie reference, most of the time i hear references its to the first movie, not the new batch second movie
do parkridge shopping center at the battlegrounds in virginia
Found some info on the nail salon decals on Reddit. Looks like Grafia was not the artist but was the company that used to sell them. Their website is no longer running though.
Hangin'with mistah Coopahhhh! LOL. Really? Am I the only one, who remembers?!?
I tried looking these places up on Google maps but they don't show up
I got the Marathon Man reference!
AtomicAgePictures Yay! I'm glad someone did 😀
I'm a fan of 70's paranoid thrillers.
Definitely got the reference as well. I'm watching Marathon Man in heavy rotation as it's currently on Amazon Prime.
Oh and if a phony well dressed man insists that he's with the "division" that "provides", you know he's not really being polite for no reason.
I've been enjoying your videos. Small suggestion, maybe show a Google map pin showing the location you're filming.
Looking at Google maps, that moving truck is spotted in the street view in the parking lot.
it’s funny that the Cooper Village logo is in Cooper Black font