For anyone curious, department stores often put up those temporary walls in 'dying' stores. They were originally built to operate as a higher volume location and once sales slump they don't need all that space for merchandise anymore so they simply wall it off. I've seen many different chains do this.
Absolutely loved this video. Wallieb26, your videos have become my favorite ones to watch. I have also watched a lot of them from Ace's Adventures as well. Getting to watch you both together was totally amazing!!!
That alarm is a Tamper alarm for the sprikler pipes. NFPA 72 states that a notification appliance for fire alarm systems can only do so high and pitch, and this one far exceedes the high pitch allowed.
Another great production! I really miss Kaufmann's, was just at Monroeville Mall on Sunday, walking through now,JCPenney, formerly Kaufmann's was talking about shopping there, Macy's just isn't the same as Kaufmann's was.I guess we will always have the memories of the good old day and your great videos keeping those thoughts alive! Thanks Wallie!
Kaufmann's/Macy's would wall off parts of a store when it started to underperform and shrink the size of the sales floor as a result of carrying fewer lines, or if the store stopped selling furniture, they'd wall of the area and reduce the size of the sales floor.
I think they leave the alarm on to deter squatters. Kind of like those ultrasonic sensors for rodents. I would have liked to see the date of design on those Kaufman plans. It would have been on the Title block.
My local macys was Lazarus and shillitos before that and just now closed. It's been turned into one of those entertainment centers that does quite well.
Little risky going over the missing escalator steps, great explore! @14:31should of tried to see if that freight elevator still worked or not. Also subbed to Ace’s videos.
That is HIGHLY unlikely. When buildings become abandoned or vacant, it becomes necessary to lower all elevator units to the bottom of their hoistways. They did just that with the freight in Macy's Furniture back in 2009, they did it with the mall passenger elevator, and so on. They very well could have done that with the passenger elevator in this anchor building as well (it's not shown in this video). For this freight, since there's power still being fed into the building, you could probably turn on the power cutoff in the machine room. It's unlikely anything would happen though. The lights would probably turn on but that's about it
i used to be a manager for Kaufmanns ..didnt work this store but at ross park mall and then transferred to store in charleston wv..left way before it became macys but now the macys in charleston wv is closing..thats another dying mall..Charleston town center
Videos of exploring abandoned buildings very interesting American Tragedy in the retail stores I can't wait to see Morgan and then mention videos from you
We have a running Macy's here in the Volusia county Mall but sadly our Sears is closing very soon and The Sears auto shop was demolished and now it is home to a restaurant
This Macy's closed in 2016, and had a water line break in January, 2018, which is why the space was gutted. Not sure when you were there, but the mall experienced another line break over the comic book store. This got the mall shut down and all interior tenants evicted. The comic book store has moved to the Waterfront, but Dick's and Penneys are still open at the mall. What was making all that noise on the first floor? Airvents? 2nd floor had the alarm, but first floor had all the white noise.
I remember Kaufmans. I think I had to Kaufmans in my area I could be wrong or could’ve been one in shopping town Mall but I know there was one in great northern mall which what is converted into Macy’s in and I think the one in Destiny USA which is still a Macy’s was Kaufmans back in the day at the time of carousel center mall but I don’t remember what I do remember great northern mall being a Kaufmans. I only went in there a couple of times with my dad because he had to get some clothes for work some nice dress clothes for work. Sadly the Kaufmans/Macy’s at great northern mall is abandoned but Macy’s destiny USA here in Syracuse Still open
There was a Sibley's / Kaufmann's at Shoppingtown Mall. I worked for Kaufmann's in HR from 1998-2001. Shoppingtown along with Canton Centre and Eastern Hills did the lowest volume in the Kaufmann's. I don't know if May Company owned the Shoppingtown building.
Were already Subbd to Anthony, liked the vid GoodUp, have never seen an escalator apart like the one in this video, amazing they just leave this place wide open with power on
To all those walls you see a minute 954 was from the menswear Department the suit department they push the store back cutting the second floor and 1/2 claiming that part was going to be used for Macy's online ordering but in reality it was just to cut shrink the sales floor
Some of the best videos are when you two buds team up. You may film the same place, but each of you has your own style and perspective. Honestly these are fun videos because it's two friends doing what they love and respecting the Urbexer code. When evil Macy's took off Kaufmanns wonder how much of this store was original Kaufmanns decor and how much was cookie cutter sterile Macys. From the photos looks like the Macy's at my Newport mall and most of the other Macys (Herald Squre is an exception.) The fire alarm might have been set off by the ghosts of the founders of Kaufmanns, angry with what Macys did to their great chain (and other great regional chains: Foleys in Texas, Filenes in New england, etc. We already discussed this. May Department store let them be atonomous stores. Maybe that's why Macys is someone on shaky ground. Glad you both got to film there. Wondering how much time is left for Century III
Macy's walled parts of the store off because the store's sales were so low that they couldn't use all of the floor space. Basically they shipped low amounts of product because it wouldn't sell, so they didn't need the floor space.
Was that fire alarm never hooked up to a dialer or did they disconnect it when the place went out? Normally, they have a device hooked up to them to dial the fire department in case there’s a problem without anyone’s knowledge.
What a great find! Your poor ears from all that ringing. I wonder why they put up random walls there? I wonder if they were going to remodel at one point.
Hey WALLIE B did you know that May Company (Macy's) had a discount chon back into he 70's and 80's called Venture started in 1970 and lasted until April 18 1998. May company said that discount retailing want the way of the future back in 1998. Venture stores were way cooler than Target and Macy's put together. Venture Stores were mainly in Illinois Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Texas. Here is a little known fact May Company Brought 23 Turn Style Locations that went bankrupt in late 1977 early 1978 brought Turn Style out of Chapter 11 and turned all locations into Venture Stores INC . All buildings had the black and white stipes'.
I forgot to mention that Turn Style was a local Chicago land store that filed bankruptcy in 1978 and I thank were also based out ofSt Louis I think don't hold me to it.
Someone should turn off that fire alarm. I suspect that it is not being monitored anymore, or perhaps the phone line or cable line to notify the fire department has been disconnected.
This Macy's is attached to Century III Mall, which was shut down recently due to a sprinkler line break. The mall and Macy's no longer have working sprinkler systems. The J.C. Penney and Dick's Sporting Goods, which are still open at Century III, have their own systems, and I suspect the old Sears still has functioning sprinklers. I doubt the fire department would even respond now unless Penneys or Dick's calls them. Nobody else is at the mall anymore.
@@peterjszerszen Well, the 30-days isn't up yet. They still have two weeks for tenants to leave. Things might change towards the end of this month or later this year when Dick's and Penneys jump or close. But, for now, the lack of a working sprinkler system is why the doors are locked. Some part of me still wonders why a revitalization of the mall couldn't be done. Re-tin and coat the roof, new systems, renovated interior, and open as something new. Shouldn't be nearly as much work or cost as tearing down all that concrete and re-building. The structure is still good and would make a wonderful warehouse or assisted-living community. Simon's about to do more work than that to South Hills Village as an update.
I would have tried if it was me. That thing was annoying and it's not like the FD could even respond to it because most likely the monitoring service is turned off.
I think the Alarm going off, is because the Dry Pipe System has Flooded. The Air Compressor probably doesn’t have any power to it to keep the Dry Pipe System Pressurized with Air. They will Flood the Store, if any of the Sprinkler Pipes Freeze.
I don't know if I told you guys this before reason why all those walls are built was to cut the sales floor half a lot of that was the menswear but in its final months Macy's cut that sells 4 and 1/2
Macy's, or in the mall right near it, had a water line break in January, 2018. Mold prevention is why all the drywall from the floor up 2 feet is gone and the carpet missing. Macy's got flooded really bad, even flooding part of the main mall concourse. Nothing in the way of re-modeling has been happening. The only thing that's been added to Century III in the last year was a wall by the former comic book store next to the ramp...you know, right before a sprinkler line broke and closed the mall in February, 2019.
For anyone curious, department stores often put up those temporary walls in 'dying' stores. They were originally built to operate as a higher volume location and once sales slump they don't need all that space for merchandise anymore so they simply wall it off. I've seen many different chains do this.
Absolutely loved this video. Wallieb26, your videos have become my favorite ones to watch. I have also watched a lot of them from Ace's Adventures as well. Getting to watch you both together was totally amazing!!!
Please post a recording of that cassette tape. Listening to the old Kmart tapes is fun...
I live in the Detroit, Michigan area. Macy's had bought the Hudson Department Store Chain, and Macy's has been closing the Hudson locations down.
3:14 When you're in a former Macy's/Kauffmans and still find a random Walmart bag 😂😂
Wallie, I can only imagine how loud that alarm was! Excellent exploration all around!
That alarm is a Tamper alarm for the sprikler pipes. NFPA 72 states that a notification appliance for fire alarm systems can only do so high and pitch, and this one far exceedes the high pitch allowed.
More blueprints! YES!!!! 😊 Excellent video! You need to open up a museum with all of your finds!
i even went in this abandoned macys as well it was awesome! Spring 2016 Nostalgia it gives me! i really love this!
Another great production! I really miss Kaufmann's, was just at Monroeville Mall on Sunday, walking through now,JCPenney, formerly Kaufmann's was talking about shopping there, Macy's just isn't the same as Kaufmann's was.I guess we will always have the memories of the good old day and your great videos keeping those thoughts alive! Thanks Wallie!
Andrew reames aka dieselducy did a tour of monroeville
I'm crying I work there back in the 2000s I can't believe that's what it looks like now oh my God that poor store
Chris Hoff Can you tell us any history about the place
I agree
Good video! Thanks for filming.
Kaufmann's/Macy's would wall off parts of a store when it started to underperform and shrink the size of the sales floor as a result of carrying fewer lines, or if the store stopped selling furniture, they'd wall of the area and reduce the size of the sales floor.
Great video! Thanks.
Some amazing finds during that explore. 👍🏻
*First! This is gonna be awesome!*
I think they leave the alarm on to deter squatters. Kind of like those ultrasonic sensors for rodents. I would have liked to see the date of design on those Kaufman plans. It would have been on the Title block.
I don't understand why people dislike your videos you are one awesome dude
My local macys was Lazarus and shillitos before that and just now closed. It's been turned into one of those entertainment centers that does quite well.
I didn't realize Macy's was that big
Can you imagine how long it would take to pack up that Store ? That place is huge !!
Sounds like that Macy's has tinnitus.
Bruh!!!!!! THIS IS SO DAMN GOOD wow an abandoned macys
Awesome video Wallie B!
Ace and wallie! Great vids 👍😁
That ringing fire alarm could be the store begging for a second chance at life. Also, I am subscribed to Ace’s Adventures.
Little risky going over the missing escalator steps, great explore! @14:31should of tried to see if that freight elevator still worked or not. Also subbed to Ace’s videos.
That is HIGHLY unlikely. When buildings become abandoned or vacant, it becomes necessary to lower all elevator units to the bottom of their hoistways. They did just that with the freight in Macy's Furniture back in 2009, they did it with the mall passenger elevator, and so on. They very well could have done that with the passenger elevator in this anchor building as well (it's not shown in this video). For this freight, since there's power still being fed into the building, you could probably turn on the power cutoff in the machine room. It's unlikely anything would happen though. The lights would probably turn on but that's about it
i used to be a manager for Kaufmanns ..didnt work this store but at ross park mall and then transferred to store in charleston wv..left way before it became macys but now the macys in charleston wv is closing..thats another dying mall..Charleston town center
Videos of exploring abandoned buildings very interesting American Tragedy in the retail stores I can't wait to see Morgan and then mention videos from you
That escalator is nightmare material.
Awesome wallie!
Love this place. Nice video
Awesome video 👍
We have a running Macy's here in the Volusia county Mall but sadly our Sears is closing very soon and The Sears auto shop was demolished and now it is home to a restaurant
I CALLED IT! This was my hometown C3 Mall which has pretty much shut down with all remaining tenants being evicted (as of 2/16/19)...
C3 was a DeBartolo Mall and had a great history
@@ryanwolff4058 The same DeBartolo who developed Randall Park Mall in Ohio?
always amazing videos..really enjoy a lot keep doing what your doing
Crazy they just leave the door wide open!
Kyle B. It was sealed with a board and glue. The seal on the glue (presumably) decayed because of water that got in.
This Macy's closed in 2016, and had a water line break in January, 2018, which is why the space was gutted. Not sure when you were there, but the mall experienced another line break over the comic book store. This got the mall shut down and all interior tenants evicted. The comic book store has moved to the Waterfront, but Dick's and Penneys are still open at the mall.
What was making all that noise on the first floor? Airvents? 2nd floor had the alarm, but first floor had all the white noise.
10:08 Hello Kitty
Great video
Westinghouse Escalator!!
great vid
I remember Kaufmans. I think I had to Kaufmans in my area I could be wrong or could’ve been one in shopping town Mall but I know there was one in great northern mall which what is converted into Macy’s in and I think the one in Destiny USA which is still a Macy’s was Kaufmans back in the day at the time of carousel center mall but I don’t remember what I do remember great northern mall being a Kaufmans. I only went in there a couple of times with my dad because he had to get some clothes for work some nice dress clothes for work. Sadly the Kaufmans/Macy’s at great northern mall is abandoned but Macy’s destiny USA here in Syracuse Still open
There was a Sibley's / Kaufmann's at Shoppingtown Mall. I worked for Kaufmann's in HR from 1998-2001. Shoppingtown along with Canton Centre and Eastern Hills did the lowest volume in the Kaufmann's. I don't know if May Company owned the Shoppingtown building.
Were already Subbd to Anthony, liked the vid GoodUp, have never seen an escalator apart like the one in this video, amazing they just leave this place wide open with power on
I saw that the Macy's in Tyson's Corner (McLean, Virginia; just outside of D.C.) is going under.
Thanks for the warning about the alarm
Jason Maier there are two Macy’s right by each other. They are just closing the one at tysons 2. Fair oaks mall also has 2 Macy’s as well.
To all those walls you see a minute 954 was from the menswear Department the suit department they push the store back cutting the second floor and 1/2 claiming that part was going to be used for Macy's online ordering but in reality it was just to cut shrink the sales floor
Your awesome wallie
One of the two Macy’s stores near me is closing. It’s interesting because the other Macy’s store does so well that it steals sales from the other.
Come on your know you took the blue prints and cassette. I would have!!
We had all the big ones too at the Lycoming mall too in Muncy Pennsylvania too ok kh
Another quality video! Even with that loud ringing
Some of the best videos are when you two buds team up. You may film the same place, but each of you has your own style and perspective. Honestly these are fun videos because it's two friends doing what they love and respecting the Urbexer code.
When evil Macy's took off Kaufmanns wonder how much of this store was original Kaufmanns decor and how much was cookie cutter sterile Macys. From the photos looks like the Macy's at my Newport mall and most of the other Macys (Herald Squre is an exception.)
The fire alarm might have been set off by the ghosts of the founders of Kaufmanns, angry with what Macys did to their great chain (and other great regional chains: Foleys in Texas, Filenes in New england, etc. We already discussed this. May Department store let them be atonomous stores. Maybe that's why Macys is someone on shaky ground.
Glad you both got to film there. Wondering how much time is left for Century III
I hate to break the news; but Century III Mall is officially DEAD and abandoned now.
So you explored the Macy's at Century 3 Mall?
Look at the front, where Hello Kitty is displayed real nice and big!
I'm actually shocked you made it out alive! Congrats! Because most people fall victim to Cartoon Cat.
Macy's walled parts of the store off because the store's sales were so low that they couldn't use all of the floor space. Basically they shipped low amounts of product because it wouldn't sell, so they didn't need the floor space.
Saw an abandoned Walmart in Vegas don’t know if you’ve seen it or not but just wanted to let ya know about that in case you want to check it out
Was that fire alarm never hooked up to a dialer or did they disconnect it when the place went out? Normally, they have a device hooked up to them to dial the fire department in case there’s a problem without anyone’s knowledge.
What a great find!
Your poor ears from all that ringing.
I wonder why they put up random walls there? I wonder if they were going to remodel at one point.
Life saver power
Hey WALLIE B did you know that May Company (Macy's) had a discount chon back into he 70's and 80's called Venture started in 1970 and lasted until April 18 1998. May company said that discount retailing want the way of the future back in 1998. Venture stores were way cooler than Target and Macy's put together. Venture Stores were mainly in Illinois Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Texas. Here is a little known fact May Company Brought 23 Turn Style Locations that went bankrupt in late 1977 early 1978 brought Turn Style out of Chapter 11 and turned all locations into Venture Stores INC . All buildings had the black and white stipes'.
I forgot to mention that Turn Style was a local Chicago land store that filed bankruptcy in 1978 and I thank were also based out ofSt Louis I think don't hold me to it.
I loved Venture and have very fond memories. There were at least couple of stores here in NW IN as well.
Someone should turn off that fire alarm. I suspect that it is not being monitored anymore, or perhaps the phone line or cable line to notify the fire department has been disconnected.
This Macy's is attached to Century III Mall, which was shut down recently due to a sprinkler line break. The mall and Macy's no longer have working sprinkler systems. The J.C. Penney and Dick's Sporting Goods, which are still open at Century III, have their own systems, and I suspect the old Sears still has functioning sprinklers. I doubt the fire department would even respond now unless Penneys or Dick's calls them. Nobody else is at the mall anymore.
@@peterjszerszen Well, the 30-days isn't up yet. They still have two weeks for tenants to leave. Things might change towards the end of this month or later this year when Dick's and Penneys jump or close. But, for now, the lack of a working sprinkler system is why the doors are locked.
Some part of me still wonders why a revitalization of the mall couldn't be done. Re-tin and coat the roof, new systems, renovated interior, and open as something new. Shouldn't be nearly as much work or cost as tearing down all that concrete and re-building. The structure is still good and would make a wonderful warehouse or assisted-living community. Simon's about to do more work than that to South Hills Village as an update.
I would have tried if it was me. That thing was annoying and it's not like the FD could even respond to it because most likely the monitoring service is turned off.
I think the Alarm going off, is because the Dry Pipe System has Flooded. The Air Compressor probably doesn’t have any power to it to keep the Dry Pipe System Pressurized with Air. They will Flood the Store, if any of the Sprinkler Pipes Freeze.
I love which your videos
But like 12:50 and 12:57 that's the home store in the display that's old was the old bedding section and Christmas Trimmer home
I used to work in the home store men's shoes and women's shoes on lower level I can't believe that's what my store it looks like
Where was this mall located?
what mall is the macys located
Is this the one at the Fort Stubeun mall?
I don't know if I told you guys this before reason why all those walls are built was to cut the sales floor half a lot of that was the menswear but in its final months Macy's cut that sells 4 and 1/2
@WallieB26 I was able to remove the annoying tone. I'll send you the file to post if there's a way to do so.
The Macy’s closed in 2016
What mall was this?
Hey.. Umm, can you maybe explore Jeffery primary school? It's shut down and it's my old school.
Love walie
🆒👍👍 WALLIE!!!!
Oh a ceiling fan I love ceiling fans.
Can you do a re-tell Jerry video
My ears in ignored the loud fire alarm
What mall?
I was born in 2005 and in my whole life I never stepped one foot in the place.
Must of gutted it by the looks or they’re remodeling the space.
Macy's, or in the mall right near it, had a water line break in January, 2018. Mold prevention is why all the drywall from the floor up 2 feet is gone and the carpet missing. Macy's got flooded really bad, even flooding part of the main mall concourse.
Nothing in the way of re-modeling has been happening. The only thing that's been added to Century III in the last year was a wall by the former comic book store next to the ramp...you know, right before a sprinkler line broke and closed the mall in February, 2019.
Wallie the macy in saginaw is still operating
They section off the floor space!
Curious as to whether you’ve ever discovered vagrants or someone deceased in any of these buildings.
KAUFMANN'S was so far superior to that overpriced discount store, macy*mart.
escalator construction
This mall is going to end up to be the next Rolling Acres :(
This closed in 2016
JCPenneys Is Closing
Creepy!!!
someone might end up making it a indie store bc the door is unlocked
Oh yeah there's a abandoned Canadian Tire
it looks liek they are working on the place
Considering the mall is now pretty much abandoned, probably not
LET ME GUESS CENTURY III
Yep
1400 that's loss prevention security room
should have just turned off that alarm if you can.
They just leave the door open. The loud ringing didnt bother my ears
Holy annoying ringing, Batman. My dumb ass watched this with a migraine even after the warning though.
no signs no nothing GOOD JOB GUYS AND THANK YOU!
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