ABANDONED Childhood Mall With Retro Movie Theatre LARGEST MALL IN OHIO | Richmond Town Square
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- Опубликовано: 24 фев 2023
- Richmond Town Square opened in 1966 with Sears and JCPenney as its original anchors, a Loews Theater, and Woolworths. After several changes, including the addition of the Richmond Town Square Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library, Kaufmann's replacing Woolworths, and the renovation of the mall in 1998, DeBartolo Realty Corp merged with Simon Property Group, which expanded and renamed the mall.
In 2006, Kaufmann's was rebranded to Macy's, and Barnes & Noble closed in 2010. WP Glimcher purchased the mall in 2014, but the mall was sold to the Kohan Retail Investment Group in 2016. Both Sears and JCPenney announced they would close in 2017, and in August 2020, the Kohan Retail Investment Group announced that the mall would close permanently to allow for redevelopment to take place.
DealPoint Merrill later announced plans to bring luxury apartments, a hotel, and a park to the mall's north end, where the vacant Sears building and parking lot are located, in a $69 million investment named Belle Oaks at Richmond. The mall was planned to be demolished in the fall of 2020 but remained open throughout the rest of 2020 and until May 6, 2021, when it finally closed for good. The remaining portions of the mall were sold to DealPoint Merrill in July 2021, and an event was held in the parking lot of the former Sears in June 2021 to show locals the plans of Belle Oaks.
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Great video. Had to have bowl of popcorn. Lol you have a wonderful weekend 😊
I live near Charleston, SC. I really enjoy your videos Steve. Keep up the great content!
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Three generations of my family worked at this mall! My mom was at Sears from 1977-2005, my sister in the mid-1980s at Woolworth's, me at JCPENNEY from 1995-1998 (left right after the renovations were done so I remember the red carpet in the mall all too well). My child worked at Regal for the last month they were open at the end of 2021. A lot of memories!
Woolworth's?! Talk about a blast from the past.
Good times what’s Woolworth ?
What is Woolworth's? Never heard of it
That's only two generations LOL but small world
@@nickromo8195it’s 3 generations they said their mom worked there they worked there and their kid worked there
It breaks my heart to see these beautiful pieces of memory and history just being abandoned like that . With all the life that use to pass through the malls halls and having its stores full of shoppers . now it’s just a echo and shell of a distant past. :( . If buildings could speak ….
Dude, I went to this mall ALL THE TIME as a kid. Hanging around the GameStop just to look at all the games and occasionally buy a GBA Pokémon when they didn’t cost a thousand bucks, seeing movies with my family, getting free samples of Anne Ann’s, poking around the FYE despite being way to young to understand much of what I was looking at in there and grabbing chicken teriyaki fried rice from the food court (shoutout to Osaka, the cashier lady was always happy to see me and the food was delicious coming after a long day of high school). The last time I was in there they had posters saying stuff along the lines of “the mall isn’t dying! We’re getting ready for bigger and better times!” I and nobody else believed it. Absolutely tragic to see it like this but at least some of its memory is preserved in this video.
This is literally the mall from from my childhood. My parents both worked at that mall from the 70's through 90's. I saw SO many movies at both the indoor and outdoor(connected) theaters at that mall. I remember decorating poster board egg shells and they would hang them from the ceiling. I remember going to Scotto's Pizza. I remember going to Woolworths there. I've been by there multiple times over the years and took photos/videos of the outside of the mall. I'm completely heartbroken that after all the money they poured into the mall during the renovation in the late 90's... they're tearing it down. I will miss that mall so much. Thank you so much for taking this video. I wish I could have been with you to walk through this mall one last time.
I grew up in Cleveland. There were many malls around the area, Richmond, Rolling Acres, Parmatown, Westgate etc. It does bring back memories.
At the beginning of this video, before you mentioned that you were from another state, I already knew by your pronunciation of Cuyahoga.😂
Thanks for the video.
Thanks for sharing
That mall just closed not to long ago. The planet fitness is still open. Back in the 80s there were 3 huuuuuge malls about 5 miles from each other and all were always packed! Richmond, Severance closed but Beachwood Mall still open with Dillards and Saks 5th Ave as anchor stores.
OMG!!! I used to visit this mall on a regular basis from the time it opened all the way to shopping the liquidation sales when it was closing. Thnx Steve for taking me down memory lane :)
I used to shop at this mall before the pandemic. I remember plenty of stores like Claire's, Rainbow, Shoe Department, New York and Company, Victoria's Secret, an Avon Kiosk, Bath and Body Works, just a name a few.
I’m so sad malls are closing. I was born in 1976 and my whole life they were the place to be! Thank you for documenting these malls before they are gone forever. What is Rick’s RUclips channel?
Why are mall going down if the the epidemic reclusion is already over?
No all are, in my hometown our mall is doing great.
Richmond mall is now Belle Oaks, it is to be opened sometime next month
@@LuannOsbourne who is the guy of your picture?
@@nochistar ur mum
Thank God it hasn't been vandalized. 🤞🏽👍🏽❤️
That mall is still in great condition. One of the best I've seen in any of these abandoned mall videos. It looks like It could still operate as a mall with a little bit of clean up.
I totally agree!
I hasn't been close long and immediately at the point of it closing me development started around it so it's pretty untouched because the area is really active and the new owners frequent the surrounding development.
Man this hits home. Just like you said, I grew up with my family taking me to the mall. Times were sure different back then. The mall we always went to is still open, but I haven't been in several years. You've made me realize that I really need to go while I still can.
It's kind of sad and strange to think about all the memories I've had in malls in my life - then to think about the fact that most malls will be gone in the next 10 years. Such a big part of growing up in the early 2000's and having these as a hangout spot with friends. Also, I'm from Ohio and I have never heard of that Exit store either.
I grew up right down the street from here. I haven't lived in Cleveland for decades, but I remember walking through this mall... sad Americana that is slipping away much like drive-in movie theater's did.
There's still the drive in a few cities away on Mayfield rd. Mayfield drive in.
They made a little come back in 2020. Our drive in was boominh
I use to go to this theatre and mall all the time. So many memories.
I was the Director of Public Safety there from June 5,2005 until it closed. When Simon sold it, it’s slow death was imminent. I miss that place, a lot of memories.
Definitely a lot of memories but not the same as everyone else has 😂. I guarantee Duffy had the felony case from LensCrafters!
Nice to know about that Mall...😍 Thank you for exploring it for us 😍
Awesome thank you, I haven't been to a mall in 5 decades. 😔 nostalgic.
Glad you enjoyed
I'm from Ohio and I always love watching people going to explore abandoned place it make me happy thank you so much for upload it makes my day
More to come!
@@SteveRonin thank you so much :)
Harrisburg Pa here. There's 3 Malls in my area. Two of them are on the verg of being tore down and turn into something else. The one mall has 2 anchor stores which will stay once the mall is gone
Luckily the malls in my area are still booming around the Louisville Kentucky area.St.Matthews mall and Oxmour mall in Louisville is always slammed packed especially on the weekends.It’s crazy how in certain parts of the US malls are dying.Even with online shopping I still like to visit the mall from time to time.
I have to commend the audio quality of your spoken word when reading the script. It is clear and distinct to understand every word.
I am originally from that area and have been to that mall, stores, food court and movie theater numerous times and did not know it was abandoned - scheduled to be torn down. Wow, so many memories lie inside there!!
Hello, do you know the name of the mall? I just want to know its history.
@@AlexGamerRBX Richmond Town Square Mall
Ditto. I have such fond memories of it
We just called it Richmond Mall
I grew up going to that mall and movie theater. I miss it. But I’m really glad they are repurposing it. The JC Pennys or Macys has storage units in it now. Thanks for letting me see it one last time. A lot of the stores changed there in the last 15 years and none of us had heard of them
Oh wow! I lived in Richmond and Mayfield Hts back in the 70’s!
The Richmond Mall I remember was smaller back then…. So Richmond Town Sq. Was expanded (obviously) in ver the years!
How things change…..lol!
Thanks for sharing this video! ❣️
I used to walk to this mall on my lunch break to eat at the food court in the early 2000s. I’ve also seen movies at that theater. So sad to see everything closing up.
Malls were the hotspot of my generation! I’m sorry to see them close brick and mortar stores and malls😢. I’ve never been to that mall but I’ve been to a hundred others. Great video! I’m from NC.
Born in 67' I basically grew up in this mall. Magic Shop was the best!!
Hi Steve. I'm in Orange County Southern California. LoL. You won't be able to start the security golf carts. They need to be hooked up to a charging station. I learned that when I worked at Knott's Berry Farm, during Haunt construction. I was licensed to drive those carts then. Super fun to operate. LoL. My Mom was from Ohio. Newport to be exact. I've still got 4 Aunt's, 1 Uncle, and cousins all over Ohio, so I shared this video to my Facebook page for them to comment on. I'll add their comments here as they post.
I miss when malls were the places to be. Even when you had no plans to buy anything you'd go to the mall.
I am from Niagara Falls,NY. Love your videos. You are very lucky to be able to travel the world!
i'm from niagara falls too.... howdy neighbor
Ex Lockport resident hete!
I love Niagara Falls!
I’ll be up there next fall for a vacation!
At first, because of the outside of the movie theater, I thought it was the Magic Johnson theater at the Randall Park mall, which I knew the interior had been gone for a while
I grow up at that mall the best time with my friends and so sad to see it now
no way!! my boyfriend lives in cleveland & i’ve always wanted to explore all the abandoned places when i visit. we had no idea this retro gem was hidden just a little bit away🥺
Wow. I'm from United States (Nashville TN) Really enjoy the videos 😊
Awesome! Thank you!
I actually live really close to this place. It's becoming "luxury apartments..." something we don't need. It amazes me that everything was fine, but as soon as the pandemic hit, they closed.
I grew up just about 15 minutes away from this mall down the hill in Euclid, another Cleveland suburb. I remember the original mall design as a kid and when this mall was renovated in the late 90s. Interestingly I grew up near another mall that has since been demolished (Euclid Square Mall) and that mall declined as the tenants moved to Richmond Town Square. I was a frequent visitor to the movie theater you went to almost every weekend with my mom and my uncle. I had a lot of great memories in the mall and the food court and it’s sad to see the mall gone for good.
Can an explorer still get inside?
Thanks I was going to ask if Euclid square mall was still open. I grew up going to both, as well. Good times.
Same, I grew up on 250
@@angelamurphy6233the entire lot has been turned into a amzon delivery area
Richmond was a relatively small mall to me. Compared to Beachwood and the now demolish Randall Mall
I'm very disappointed that malls are closing along with my favorite stores. I hate shopping online. I want to see, touch and try on what I'm buying. Shipping things back and forth is a pain. Other than Sears and JC Penney I didn't recognize a single store/restaurant there. Beautiful architecture though. Great explore. 👍❤️
That place was pretty cool. The theater was really cool, very retro looking. It was kind of eerie and a little spooky seeing a place thats usually packed and busy, and empty and abandoned! weird! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Steve I’m in the Uk. Really enjoy watching all your films. Sometimes with my granddaughter who is 8. She always says your a beautiful boy 🤣🤣. This was very interesting explore
This was one of two of my childhood/young adult malls. I remember it differently, as I remember it before it was renovated. I was at the theater pre-Covid and it seemed pretty nice. I had heard the theater was going to stay a part of the new development but guess not. Thanks for the share!
Such a nice mall, I bet that was the place to be in the 80’s and 90’s( looks like a 90’s restyle or that’s when it was built and opened). Some malls are still thriving, but others didn’t make it. I love that here in Memphis all malls that closed are torn down eventually , rather than allowed to sit there..
Edit: I see that that mall is to be torn down also.. glad you guys got to capture it !
Why are mall going down if the the epidemic reclusion is already over?
It was an almost complete rebuild. The theatre was in a different spot and an old school loews
It was. EVERYONE shopped there. I miss it.
Wow ❤️ movie theater 🎦
Thank you for showing the mall. I grew up a few miles away. I worked at the JCPenney for 2 years. I have so many memories of going there especially sears, penneys
Glad you enjoyed it
Hi!steve I’m one of my followers,I’m always watching your videos.I’m from Tokyo Japan.mabuhay ka .take care always.God Bless you
Thanks for this. Sad to see. One of the malls I went to as a child. Grandma and I always had lunch at Woolworth's.
I worked in radio in Cleveland early to mid 2000’s and used to do movie screenings here quite often. Saw a lot of good flicks in that building.
Would frequent Richmond mall throughout my high school years, definitely went down hill in the 2010s and could only hold tenants that were lesser known. The middle of the food court had a merry-go-round and once had an A&W which I always looked forward to!
The movie theater was probably the only living aspect of the mall for at least a decade.
Don’t blow up the name of the mall
Will get trashed very quick
I grew up going to this mall, and Randall Park Mall was the largest mall....
Love 😍 that movie, Mallcop the guy from king of queens.
How sad to see a beautiful place like that go!!! I’m so glad you were able to capture it before it got demolished. Really appreciated you sharing! Keep up the great work.
Dope explore that's a massive mall shame it's empty I'm from a small town in Western Australia
They are tearing down the Iconic Metro Center Mall in Phx,Az as we speak. Fun for us kids in the 70-80,s
I miss this mall so much I grew up when it started to slowly shut down. I use to call it “the mall” omggg I’m so happy u guys uploaded thissss
This is the mall my mom grew up going to and then me and my sister. It really just slowly died out. So sad to see 😥
Wish I cab walk around an abandoned mall like that, getting teary 😢 eyed but good memories 😊
You and me both!
I love that good-ish attempt on "Cuyahoga."
This was really cool to watch, thanks Steve
@Steve, some of the stores might be Mom and Pop clothing stores not a national chain store or just local chains, that's why people won't recognize it if you've not from the the area.
There use to an Arcade in the mall. Parents would drop off their kids either at the movies or Arcade so they could shop. At Christmas time the large court was used for Santa and Christmas displays.
Funny part about the Arcade and movie theater. You could always find someone who would keep an eye on the kids . 😆
@Steve the computer in the mall security office didn't turn on probably because you didn't turn on the power strip under the monitor. Those big flat power strips were popular in the 80s and 90s. i still use one because i like the retro look.
I love Auntie Ann’s lemonade and there soft pretzels
Omg I went to that place so many times before moving out of state in 2008. Saw soo many movies there Pirates 1, Xmen, Disney Movies. Randall Park Mall 10 miles away was much bigger than Richmond though. Man hurts my heart a little, I visited Richmond back before the renovation in the 90s when they had 2 small cinemas next door to each other. Crazy
Hello Steve & I’m Tennessee U.S.A! Another awesome video bro! I share all your videos!
Love the Malls. Peace Love and Hair Grease. Keep "em comin' Bro'!
So amazing but so sad to be abandoned... thanks Steve take care always and your friends 😊
Lived in the area in 2012-14. I saw several movies at the theater - Skyfall, Django Unchained, and more. I remember it always being clean and well-maintained. It still looks great!
Today’s open-air, mixed use centers don’t have the same feel as a mall. And who wants to walk around outdoors on rainy, bitter cold, or blazing hot days?
I used to love to people watch there, from the upper level, during Christmas. It had such a festive atmosphere. Then they closed down the second level and that, in my opinion, was the beginning of it's end. Woolworth's was the bomb!!! Best fish sandwich in the world.
Our mall here closed last month. Due to online purchasing, it is estimated only 1 in 5 malls will survive.
Hello Steve. I've only been subscribed for a month or so. Heard Angelo talking about your channel. So I looked you up. Glad to be here, loved the video of this mall. It's so sad that kids today won't have such places to hang out. Please be safe out there.
Welcome aboard!
This is such an awesome upload! I grew up with this mall and it brings back good memories. A lot of the stores you aren't familiar with are small businesses that took over spaces that were formerly well known brands such as Foot Locker. Also, RTS isn't the largest mall in Ohio. It is one of the largest, but not the largest. Other Ohio malls such as SouthPark Mall and the now closed Cincinnati Mills are bigger.
Why are mall going down if the the epidemic reclusion is already over?
@@nochistar It isn't like this in other countries. But, in America at least it's because of online shopping, places with cheaper prices, and places like Walmart or Target that have everything.
Severance mall, too.
I'm surprised the Exton Mall in Exton, Pennsylvania isn't looking like this. I mean, almost every store there is closed. They've got like, not even ten stores left, and that's including food places. They've got a Round One arcade which apparently has been there since 2016, which is actually kinda surprising that it's even still there to this day considering that it's letting itself go downhill rather quickly. Honestly, I think the arcade is basically the only reason the place is somehow still open. Because if that place were to shut down one day then nobody would have a reason to go to the Exton Mall, which would quickly result in the rest of the places in the mall shutting down, and that would mean that the Exton Mall would be gone completely.
When my oldest daughter was younger I use to give her $5.00 and it was enough for her to go to the drug store next to the movies 🎥. She would get her snacks there go over to the movies 🍿 pay to get in and still have a quarter left over to call me when the movie was over to come pick her and her friends up! This was a great video! Loved 🥰 the whole thing! Thanks 😊! Looks like that mall could still be renovated??!! But I don’t understand why just about all mall’s close up ?! We have one in Slidell, Louisiana off Airport Road closed up !
I REMEMBER AS A TEENAGER BACK IN THE 70'S AND EARLY 80'S HANGING OUT AT THE MALL WITH MY FRIENDS
Love love love abandoned malls! Great explore! 🥰🥰🥰
Osaka in the food court is so good. I'm pretty sure it's Thai food. My local mall that is still functioning has that place. Charley's cheesesteak is also a good place to eat. I actually just ate at one in the mall a couple months ago.
Aww what a beautiful mall! its sad to see malls are closing. They were place to be and hang out back when I was in junior high(2003-2004) sad...wished we appreciated it more. ❤
It feels very odd seeing it like this. I have so many memories from this place, particularly Friday nights at the movies as a teenager. Thank you for giving us one last look.
This was a great mall...glad you vlogged it! I remember there was also a fye,ruby tuesdays, etc in here as well! If I knew you were coming to Cleveland I could recommend you visit some of the places I have explored in the area
All the malls in Las Vegas and Henderson, NV are still open and thriving. Even the one I went to when I was a little child in the early 80’s.
That abandoned mall is in remarkably good shape and is actually very clean. Thanks for your videos! They are very respectful to the properties you visit and your videos are very professioanlly done!
Thanks for watching!
I really enjoy your videos! Keep up the great work! Take care and God bless you! (John 3:16)!@@SteveRonin
I have never been to this mall, but I started watching Urbex videos during covid because a suggested video popped up that was an explore from a mall in the small town I grew up in. I didn't even know Urbex was a thing back then. Now I regularly watch about half a dozen explorers. :) I appreciate seeing different things that I would never probably see on my own. 😊
I’ve hear many creators talk about this Mall, wow!
Yes Steve, I Would love to see some more abandoned malls and I really enjoyed see the inside of the cinema . nice AZ
sears and jcpenneys were the dream team in the mall man i miss sears so much dang
Good Afternoon Steve 😊
The card you found with the 🌟 is from Speedway Gas station it's a speedy rewards card.
We have alot of Speedway"s in Indianapolis, Indiana .
Great upload! I've been binging your videos for a couple days. I'm finally caught up. Keep up the good work
It's such a shame that malls are closing. I live in NJ, which has a lot of malls like this one. NJ also has a lot of strip malls, which is a row of stores. This is a beautiful mall, it must've been really nice when in full operation. Thanks for bringing back and saving the memories!
Most know that the Cleveland area was completely over mall-ed. There are four other malls (and 1 outdoor mall) in the near vicinity which contributed to the Richmond mall closing. Two of those other malls are now closed.
I used to come to this mall occasionally when I was little…
Is Tower city mall still thriving? I saw that the front fountain was taken out which i thought was cool with the jumping water. Last time I was there was a few years ago for the tree lighting for Christmas but not sure how it's doing now. I don't go to Cleveland all that often.
@@cleliawurgler9704 No, that mall is dying, too. I went there a lot back in the 90’s, and it’s now so dead. 😞
@Steve Ronin
Awsome, you are in my home town, I live about 20 minutes from there. That mall was a great place to meet people, i met my daughters mother in that mall. They had great stores and employees. They put it a good neighborhood so hopefully you wont see any graffiti.
Austin Texas and there never been an exit store in Texas
Thank you for sharing
My pleasure
I loved going to Richmond mall as a kid. I saw Wayne's world as a kid there. I took my first wife to the lotr trilogy there.
I used to work for sesrs auto center !! The Chinese place was absolutely amazing!! Used to be my favorite place to grab lunch!! Definitely a trip down memory lane I worked for planet fitness
Hi Steve I'm from ft worth tx and awesome video I love watching your videos keep them coming be careful and stay safe.
A lot of history in those halls! Great video! Traveling the world and seeing places like this would be so amazing. Keep up the good work! 🤙🏼🤙🏼