Can only speak for myself, but PLEASE do more videos like this. Really enjoyed the unedited walk and talk format, like a livestream that's...not live. Very cool spot!
@@DeadMallWalking seeing the malls I once had so many friend and clothes laughing and eating our way to our fave place ; even just for a little while to do it again . Wasn’t that long ago but seems like it. Every store has left to go to Amazon yuk
Great video!! Thank you for the work you do in preserving history on some of the things we once cherished in our lives like our shopping malls. I much rather shop in malls versus online shopping. There’s no greater way to shop than trying on clothes, shoes, smelling perfume, looking at physical media forms like books, music, movies, games, and actually eating inside a building with people around. To me there’s nothing in comparison. Like most everyone here, there’s a bit of nostalgia growing up walking through these concourses and corridors. Thank you for your videos.
It’s strange. I don’t understand the financial aspect. It cost money to keep the lights on. Plus insurance. I don’t understand how these malls exist. Are the owners so old and rich that it’s just not a thought? Weird
I've lived in Reidsville my whole life and it's a shame what this has turned into. I remember in the mid 90s it was still a fun place to be. Even had an arcade and a comic book shop. And I'm not sure how many times, but in the 90s they actually had a small fair with rides in the Belk side parking lot. I have alot of happy memories there. And to add to the sadness a bit, right behind it is what used to be a Winn Dixie that has been vacant since it closed down. I wish someone could do something with that whole area but I doubt that'll ever happen.
When I see this space I ONLY see potential. Its not too huge. It's fixable. A food hall. Smaller pop up shops restaurants with Cafe seating in the concourse. Escape rooms. Game rooms. Bowling with food and beer.
That’s what I was thinking, it just seems the population of this town has left or something since I was a kid and a lot of people that stayed are older so idk if they’d get enough business.
Also, that brown shack looking area near the old JC Penny was the Peanut Shack. You could get a bunch of different dessert items like cookies and whatnot. I used to go there and get haystacks and ICEEs.
Doomie Grunt's video of whatever the name of the mall in Ardmore, Oklahoma, confirmed there is one left at this very mall. Not sure how many other Peanut Shack locations are still open to this day, besides that one.
I used to live in Reidsville, and still visit yearly for family. This place was a dump in the late 90s and it's only gotten worse. Literal holes in the roof that water pours through when it rains. Interesting to see Bob Adams Florist is still in that building as they have been there forever. I guess there's enough older people in Reidsville that keeps the Belk afloat. I remember going into Roses in 2007 and seeing extremely faded Sega Genesis cartridge port cleaners dating back to 1993 displayed prominently on an aisle endcap. Funny too, that little fighter jet ride was something I rode on when I was 4 (I'm 38 now). The roof is by far the worst part of the building, and the mold is atrocious.
I remember these things for the Genesis. That would clean out the ports or something like that for the console. I have one of those for my Sega Genesis
The florist at pennrose is just like the jeweler at signal hill. I’m sure the rent has to be very low… but you want to walk in and ask wtf they’re still doing here with mold literally taking over their lungs?
I grew up behind the Rose's that used to be in Newport News Virginia in Denbigh. It was a great store in the hey day of discount stores. They outlasted Montgomery Wards, Zales and Kmart in the immediate area. I still visit the one in the Outer Banks from time to time. It's like a time capsule.
Ace, thank you so much for your videos, ever since I was a kid, I loved exploring places like these, my family always thought I was crazy, glad to see I'm not alone 😎👍
Great Video !.....reminds me of some of the smaller malls i used to go to as a kid in the 80s that had more mom and pop type stores and places like Radio Shack ....Miss those days and malls like this ..this one is dead now but then places like this had a charm that the newer big malls do not have and the shop owners back then were so friendly and knowledgeable ..
I used to go this mall as a kid, haven't been there in years now. Edit to add it was a real treat back then to a country kid lol. It's sad to see the condition its in now, just like the mall in EDEN NC
The Eden Mall finally has closed, and has been converted into a large consignment antique store where Belks used to be, some unrented office suites in the middle, and a granite countertop manufacturing company where K-Mart formerly was. I don't think malls can even exist today, due to changing customer needs and Walmart and Amazon offering the same things at much lower prices. I remember when the Eden Mall first opened, with three large department stores, four jewelry stores, two toy stores, one cafeteria, and around five shoe stores. The mall even had a store that sold nothing but cameras. The mall was doomed from the start, because it was "more mall than a small town really needed."
Great video, Ace! I like this format, how relaxed it is. Honestly, though, when you went "beyond the caution tape," I was on the edge of my seat! I kept expecting something to jump out at you!
Looking in J.C. Penny had me on edge. I went there in January and I got a bad feeling, thought there might be a gang of homeless people back there or something.
What a liminal space!! I love dead mall content and this one is a gem! Also, your voice is so similar to Dan Bell's that I had to do a double-take on whose content I was watching! This is the first time I've seen your content and now I am looking to much more! Happy exploring!
None of that looks creepy to me, it looks sad and neglected without all the people or stores in it. I think of all the moments of people just killing time walking through looking at all the stuff for sale, the teenagers who went on first dates there or parents going to get christmas gifts for their kids. Places like that just seem to echo a longing for people to come back and give it life again rather than become some sort of haunted house.
I’m from about 20 miles north of Reidsville. This mall has been run down since about 92-93. I remember visiting on a weekly basis back in early 90s and it was booming then. Roses is the anchor keeping the doors open. Needs to be demolished asap as same with Eden mall too. Check out Eden mall for yet another dead mall. Eden, nc
@@AcesAdventures1 it’s just dead as Penrose. Still can do a walk through. But no store. It has a gym to do workouts (like planet fitness). Has a tax prep store.. that’s about it. Few gaming machines and kiddie rides as Penrose has as well. That’s about it.
@@AcesAdventures1 it has to be open for the gym. Cannot access it from outside. I guess it’s been sept 23 since my last visit. Maybe they did lock it up. Idk. I heard the rent was terrible. Maybe they did lock it up and shut down the last couple stores since sept 23. SMH.
Anthony .i love the still of the rose's department store the lighting and the amount of clouds in evening sky made me😭😭 because it made me think of time back in the day when I was a young man thank you for the still picture of the Roses department store
This looks like something from a Resident Evil game. It is creepy AF. Dirty massage parlors usually have their windows blacked out like that but I've never seen a casino that did. Weird
I remember seeing this mall before. It does look like an old 60s time capsule. The Flower shop displays pretty cool. I remember those and some of those older malls like that when I was a kid.
It is so sad to see what this mall has become. I remember when it was hustling and bustling. I was born and raised in Reidsville. I remember going to Belks, Strader Shoes, Penney's, Bob Adam's Florist, The Hodge Podge, Prago Guyes, Catos, The Jewelry store. So sad to see this.
Sailing Away all the Malls ! can’t try on the clothes before a purchase or try on a pair of shoes , have fun with ur friends; Days gone By . Ty’s for this . Living life on the edge being in there and no squatters
Pennrose Mall used to be so fun as a kid in the 80’s. Peanut Shack was my favorite because it was the only place I could get an Icee😂 so many memories. Belks used to have people modeling clothes out in front of the store. That empty glass case to the left of Belks was used by a local photographer Tim Talley to display his work. I used to shop at Jewel Box for my mom or a date in High School. They would decorate the mall for Christmas and the Christmas parade would start in the parking lot. They had the best Santa for many years. Wow, just a flood of memories. Thanks for sharing
That poor mall looks like it was a dead mall from day one... so I'm inventing a new term: stillborn mall. The drop ceiling looks awful in malls. That place looks as though it never stood a chance and is amazing it still exists :/
LOL...Generally speaking, the people in Reidsville are really nice and polite. Surprisingly, a lot of Reidsville businesses look completely dead outside but are actually full of people when you go in. It's anticipated that the current conversion of Route 29 to Interstate 785 is going to bring in a lot more industry. In the past, a lot of major companies have decided NOT to break ground on new facilities because Reidville was not located on an Interstate. I'm pretty sure my neighbor just purchased one of the adjoining buildings and turned it into a climate-controlled storage facility.
WOW, what a time capsule. This place is slightly older than me (55). Nice intro, Christopher Cross's "Sailing" song is timeless, so thanks for taking us back in time. :)
You’re not missing anything. That one isn’t well kept. The newer ones are similar to the ones in the 90’s. Cheap t.v.’s and radios in the electronics section, cheap toys, cheap made to assemble furniture, and clothes. Bought a rug in January and girl was vacuuming it and it pulled 3 feet of fiber out.
Good evening Ace. Just wanted to day thanks for this relaxing video of one of my favorite classic old malls from Dan Bell's Dead Mall Series. It still looks the same as it was in the 2010s. Abandoned stores & all. Anyways, happy travels & have a great week!
Signal Hill is waiting patiently for this one in dead mall heaven….😢 It’s another example of “how can this still be open? It’s not safe for people to be inside!”
Wow! Crazy you opened with CC on the music. I have been listening to him over the last few months after his old interview with Howard back in the Krock days popped up on my feed. Excellent video as always!
I loved going here with my mom and grandma in the early 90s. The comic book shop, arcade, snack shack, and Rose's was a lot of fun. Growing up and growing old, watching the world change has been sad.
Thanks for calling out the property owner! If anyone is looking for more places to film, visit their website…. Looks like the portfolio has lots of old, run down properties that have never been updated for great content!
Another great dead mall production,thanks for sharing your experience.Being an older guy I can remember some of my local malls at their “Grand Opening” and although we probably all find it sad to see them in this state,this is what happens in time.Much like seeing an accident on the freeway,I find it hard to look away and actually do enjoy seeing what happens when places and things become obsolete and fall out of favor with the public.this is one of my favorite places you’ve explored and somehow I still have a small glimmer of hope for its future although I wouldn’t bet on it and it’s probably a goner. Thanks again for sharing.
It's interesting to me that this is an indoor mall, yet most of the store fronts have standard swinging doors (as opposed to the roll-down grated doors). I wonder why this was. Also, looks like they only budgeted to replace 1/3 of the burned out fluorescent tubes in the lights.
The fact that you posted this video is a sign that you survived, and that’s a plus. Reidsville is known for a really good high school football team, and not much else. That place made Lenoir Mall look good in its closed state. (It’s completely taken over by a storage container company now.)
@@CoolCatProductions-365 IDK, their huge anchor store Macys closed years ago. Target and Ikea are still thriving. The quality of other stores seem to be getting worse and worse. Many buckets are deployed when it rains. Some days the base of the escalators turns into a mini flea-market. Last time I was there 3 of the 4 escalators were out of order.
It doesn't blow my mind that the Reidsville mall still exists. I can't speak of Reidsville itself since I've never been there, but I have been to Chesterfield, just outside of Morganton. There's some areas like that where a mall like this is pretty much a requirement to have for locals because otherwise, there's not much in the way of shopping unless they want to go out of town with a drive of a half hour or more, and that'd be a one way trip.
I enjoyed the walk and talk and the opening music. I have lots of copyright strikes but I've never been monetized so I thought it wouldn't matter and YT says deleting the video doesn't fix the issue. I've got over a hundred videos that I uploaded for fun with about 20 copyright strikes. Stay safe out there. 😁👍
Bob Adams, Belk, Roses and Straders Shoes have been there forever. I moved to Reidsville back in 1980 and they were there. I used to go there all the time back then.
You moved here the year before I was born. I went riding around with a girl last week not from here and was just mind blown at how much this place has changed since I was a kid in the 80’s.
Hello again, Ace, from a fellow Buffalo Niagara guy. Definitely a zombie mall. Half alive, half dead. I'm very surprised that there is essentially no dividing line between what is falling apart and what is still essentially open. Definitely a different set of standards down there or at least in this area. Please keep us updated on this one! I love all of your videos. This is pretty much the only Dead mall video channel I go to.
Anthony, another great video. I always like the music you use. Seeing this old school mall stuck in time was awesome. I like how you kept this video basic, it really made you experience this mall as if we were their right with you. Excellent job!
The brown looking shack was a food shack, I remember as a kid they had the red and blue icee as well as muffins and peanuts all that good stuff. The department store beside it was catos. And that one stop cellular was a shoe show long time ago. I'm 36 years old now it's terrible to see how much this mall has gone down.
Why doesn’t the town step in and condemn the building or fine the owners? Just for safety reasons alone, someone needs to do something. No one is going to rent a store in its current state. Liked the history in the beginning and then raw thoughts without the editing. Nice change!
Plenty of dead and dying malls in Atlanta also. Even now there is one mall being torn down to make way for a mixed use community. Malls may one day be a picture slide show our kids will find unbelievable. Todays kids only value Amazon deliveries. Anyone still have a a cassette tape or their Blockbuster card? Still got a typewriter from the 70s that still works.
Great video! I have to say, the shots showing the lit up part of the mall leading to the dark parts was so unsettling. Here in the Dallas area, many of the malls I grew up with are getting "re-imagined" as shopping centers or fancy apartments. It's fascinating from the perspective of a former 80s kid that so many malls are still standing even though they are abandoned.
Lol what all our technology has done to the simple, bedrock, nostalgic times of America. Instead of face to face interactions with people, we now are reduced to a mouse click on our computer and a tap on our phones. Sad really as I remember the malls being full from the later 60's to early 90's.
The City should be able to condemn the building and take possession. I don’t like the idea in general but when some New York real estate group is taking the lease money and not keeping up with maintenance on the property that is just a commercial slum lord.
I was born and raised in Reidsville, I remember in the 80s when I was a kid going to Pennrose mall, it was always full of people back then. Hibbett sports used to be Eckard drug, it had a lunch counter we used to eat at all the time. I still live in Reidsville but I never go to the mall anymore. Lol. But thanks for the nostalgic walk through my childhood.
I live in Reidsville and this always upsets me. In the 80's it was great. The Peanut Shack was the place to get popcorn or cookies and my favorite cherry coke icee. Sure do miss the good ole days.
I watched to the end, to see if you got locked in😂. 2 hours north? If your family is in charlotte, we had one here similar. Everyone on the West Side did their shopping there in the 80s. Teens hung out there. Ice cream shop and a peanut Shack facing each other.. and I swear just about every pretty girl I went to high school with worked at one or the other. I think target was the first big store to pull out. And when nothing filled their footprint, it started to trickle down. The smaller chains left. It ended up being a bunch of privately owned businesses in a low rent space, surrounded by a lot of vacancy. I'm not sure it ever got to the mold and dilapidation. The whole property got turned into government offices several years ago
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Can only speak for myself, but PLEASE do more videos like this. Really enjoyed the unedited walk and talk format, like a livestream that's...not live. Very cool spot!
@@DeadMallWalking seeing the malls I once had so many friend and clothes laughing and eating our way to our fave place ; even just for a little while to do it again . Wasn’t that long ago but seems like it. Every store has left to go to Amazon yuk
Great video!! Thank you for the work you do in preserving history on some of the things we once cherished in our lives like our shopping malls. I much rather shop in malls versus online shopping. There’s no greater way to shop than trying on clothes, shoes, smelling perfume, looking at physical media forms like books, music, movies, games, and actually eating inside a building with people around. To me there’s nothing in comparison. Like most everyone here, there’s a bit of nostalgia growing up walking through these concourses and corridors. Thank you for your videos.
The decay of America , so sad . We used to hang out there with friends .
It’s strange. I don’t understand the financial aspect. It cost money to keep the lights on. Plus insurance. I don’t understand how these malls exist. Are the owners so old and rich that it’s just not a thought? Weird
How’s that missing teeth with gray hair bro
I've lived in Reidsville my whole life and it's a shame what this has turned into. I remember in the mid 90s it was still a fun place to be. Even had an arcade and a comic book shop. And I'm not sure how many times, but in the 90s they actually had a small fair with rides in the Belk side parking lot. I have alot of happy memories there. And to add to the sadness a bit, right behind it is what used to be a Winn Dixie that has been vacant since it closed down. I wish someone could do something with that whole area but I doubt that'll ever happen.
When I see this space I ONLY see potential. Its not too huge. It's fixable. A food hall. Smaller pop up shops restaurants with Cafe seating in the concourse. Escape rooms. Game rooms. Bowling with food and beer.
That’s what I was thinking, it just seems the population of this town has left or something since I was a kid and a lot of people that stayed are older so idk if they’d get enough business.
Also, that brown shack looking area near the old JC Penny was the Peanut Shack. You could get a bunch of different dessert items like cookies and whatnot. I used to go there and get haystacks and ICEEs.
Doomie Grunt's video of whatever the name of the mall in Ardmore, Oklahoma, confirmed there is one left at this very mall. Not sure how many other Peanut Shack locations are still open to this day, besides that one.
Yeah that place was great as kid growing up
I liked those peanut butter layered chocolates and the chocolate covered pretzels. I loved the butterscotch haystacks too.
I used to live in Reidsville, and still visit yearly for family. This place was a dump in the late 90s and it's only gotten worse. Literal holes in the roof that water pours through when it rains. Interesting to see Bob Adams Florist is still in that building as they have been there forever. I guess there's enough older people in Reidsville that keeps the Belk afloat. I remember going into Roses in 2007 and seeing extremely faded Sega Genesis cartridge port cleaners dating back to 1993 displayed prominently on an aisle endcap. Funny too, that little fighter jet ride was something I rode on when I was 4 (I'm 38 now). The roof is by far the worst part of the building, and the mold is atrocious.
Most towns/cities in america have become vacant hellholes. TONS of vacant CRE
I remember these things for the Genesis. That would clean out the ports or something like that for the console. I have one of those for my Sega Genesis
The florist at pennrose is just like the jeweler at signal hill. I’m sure the rent has to be very low… but you want to walk in and ask wtf they’re still doing here with mold literally taking over their lungs?
@@charlestonpinballarcadeas long as you don’t disturb the mold it’s harmless .
@JosephPerdue1789 OBX now but I still have family in Reidsville
The music fits perfectly! Super nostalgic.
It sure does :)
Sounds exactly like what the owners would have chosen to spend money on in there to match the ambience. 😊
I grew up behind the Rose's that used to be in Newport News Virginia in Denbigh. It was a great store in the hey day of discount stores. They outlasted Montgomery Wards, Zales and Kmart in the immediate area. I still visit the one in the Outer Banks from time to time. It's like a time capsule.
Ace, thank you so much for your videos, ever since I was a kid, I loved exploring places like these, my family always thought I was crazy, glad to see I'm not alone 😎👍
Glad you like them!
This would definitely be a great location for a zombie movie. 🧟♂️
*Dawn of the dead has entered the chat*
Great Video !.....reminds me of some of the smaller malls i used to go to as a kid in the 80s that had more mom and pop type stores and places like Radio Shack ....Miss those days and malls like this ..this one is dead now but then places like this had a charm that the newer big malls do not have and the shop owners back then were so friendly and knowledgeable ..
I used to go this mall as a kid, haven't been there in years now. Edit to add it was a real treat back then to a country kid lol. It's sad to see the condition its in now, just like the mall in EDEN NC
I forgot about Eden mall.
@@danrichards496 Time flies man!
I literally live in Rockingham. I hope they remodel the building
The Eden Mall finally has closed, and has been converted into a large consignment antique store where Belks used to be, some unrented office suites in the middle, and a granite countertop manufacturing company where K-Mart formerly was. I don't think malls can even exist today, due to changing customer needs and Walmart and Amazon offering the same things at much lower prices. I remember when the Eden Mall first opened, with three large department stores, four jewelry stores, two toy stores, one cafeteria, and around five shoe stores. The mall even had a store that sold nothing but cameras. The mall was doomed from the start, because it was "more mall than a small town really needed."
@@Supernimo735 I still do myself, just never go to Reidsville much anymore. It would be nice to see the old Mall get a new life.
I am ashamed,lived here all my life,my favorite memory is coming at Christmas going to Roses for toys & winn Dixie for groceries & the peanut shack.
Great video, Ace! I like this format, how relaxed it is. Honestly, though, when you went "beyond the caution tape," I was on the edge of my seat! I kept expecting something to jump out at you!
The Mold Monster!
When I went there I wouldn’t even cross the tape.
Looking in J.C. Penny had me on edge. I went there in January and I got a bad feeling, thought there might be a gang of homeless people back there or something.
Wow that mall is definitely seen better days. Shame on the owners to let the place fall in such disrepair.
M@££ s£umlords dont care
That mall is always ROSES
What a liminal space!! I love dead mall content and this one is a gem! Also, your voice is so similar to Dan Bell's that I had to do a double-take on whose content I was watching! This is the first time I've seen your content and now I am looking to much more! Happy exploring!
None of that looks creepy to me, it looks sad and neglected without all the people or stores in it. I think of all the moments of people just killing time walking through looking at all the stuff for sale, the teenagers who went on first dates there or parents going to get christmas gifts for their kids. Places like that just seem to echo a longing for people to come back and give it life again rather than become some sort of haunted house.
I’m from about 20 miles north of Reidsville. This mall has been run down since about 92-93. I remember visiting on a weekly basis back in early 90s and it was booming then. Roses is the anchor keeping the doors open. Needs to be demolished asap as same with Eden mall too. Check out Eden mall for yet another dead mall. Eden, nc
I have been to Eden Mall, heard it closed up a few years back, what’s the latest on that place
@@AcesAdventures1 it’s just dead as Penrose. Still can do a walk through. But no store. It has a gym to do workouts (like planet fitness). Has a tax prep store.. that’s about it. Few gaming machines and kiddie rides as Penrose has as well. That’s about it.
@@rudyru9761 wait Eden isn’t closed? I heard it was locked up
@@AcesAdventures1 it has to be open for the gym. Cannot access it from outside. I guess it’s been sept 23 since my last visit. Maybe they did lock it up. Idk. I heard the rent was terrible. Maybe they did lock it up and shut down the last couple stores since sept 23. SMH.
You still play the best intro music. I like this new format. That's crazy that place is still open. Thanks for another great video.
Glad you enjoyed it
I love those old Chattahoochee River stone walls! That stuff was so popular decades ago!!!
Is this The Last Of Us HBO Season 2 Trailer?
The stonework is pebbledash, stucco with rocks thrown at it
Anthony .i love the still of the rose's department store the lighting and the amount of clouds in evening sky made me😭😭 because it made me think of time back in the day when I was a young man thank you for the still picture of the Roses department store
This is sick. 😍
U are sick
This looks like something from a Resident Evil game. It is creepy AF.
Dirty massage parlors usually have their windows blacked out like that but I've never seen a casino that did. Weird
Macys doing another round of store closures. Closing 150.
Awesome you're back doing dead mall vids again. Nobody does them better. Thanks ace
Ty ty :)
If it is full of mold, you would think the health department would close it down. I forgot to mention, your videos are great! Thanks for sharing.
🤫 Let it stand for nostalgia as long as possible.
It feels like revisiting the 80s.
I miss going to malls. So much better than Amazon.
Another fantastic choice of music! Just like your selection for Forrest Fair Mall! These songs make these videos truly immersive!
Thank you very much!
Go beyond the caution tape to another world full of mystery and fascination! 😂😂😂
Its actually quite sad. Many Gen Xers frequented this mall back in the day. Pitiful
Who’s paying the electric bill!?
yeah i can tell they dont give a fuck if they dont even change the lights that are burt out
I remember seeing this mall before. It does look like an old 60s time capsule. The Flower shop displays pretty cool. I remember those and some of those older malls like that when I was a kid.
Thank you for only recording stuff that deserves to be shown. This genre has been over ran with "holiday at (store)"
It is so sad to see what this mall has become. I remember when it was hustling and bustling. I was born and raised in Reidsville. I remember going to Belks, Strader Shoes, Penney's, Bob Adam's Florist, The Hodge Podge, Prago Guyes, Catos, The Jewelry store. So sad to see this.
Yes, it is Ann.
Sailing Away all the Malls ! can’t try on the clothes before a purchase or try on a pair of shoes , have fun with ur friends; Days gone By . Ty’s for this . Living life on the edge being in there and no squatters
Pennrose Mall used to be so fun as a kid in the 80’s. Peanut Shack was my favorite because it was the only place I could get an Icee😂 so many memories. Belks used to have people modeling clothes out in front of the store. That empty glass case to the left of Belks was used by a local photographer Tim Talley to display his work. I used to shop at Jewel Box for my mom or a date in High School. They would decorate the mall for Christmas and the Christmas parade would start in the parking lot. They had the best Santa for many years. Wow, just a flood of memories. Thanks for sharing
Same here! Peanut Shack was family owned and they were amazing people
This was filmed on my birthday 🥰 great present imo. Fantastic video as always
Happy birthday!
@@AcesAdventures1 thank you!!
That poor mall looks like it was a dead mall from day one... so I'm inventing a new term: stillborn mall. The drop ceiling looks awful in malls. That place looks as though it never stood a chance and is amazing it still exists :/
Well it did. It was built in 68 when drop ceilings were the thing. That place used to be busy.
@@danrichards496 That wasn't meant to disrespect someone's youthful memories... My apologies if it came across that way.
@@BollingHolt no offense taken, just saying that place was full of life in better times.
LOL...Generally speaking, the people in Reidsville are really nice and polite. Surprisingly, a lot of Reidsville businesses look completely dead outside but are actually full of people when you go in. It's anticipated that the current conversion of Route 29 to Interstate 785 is going to bring in a lot more industry. In the past, a lot of major companies have decided NOT to break ground on new facilities because Reidville was not located on an Interstate. I'm pretty sure my neighbor just purchased one of the adjoining buildings and turned it into a climate-controlled storage facility.
FOR RENT. Smh. Most of america
Basically
WOW, what a time capsule. This place is slightly older than me (55). Nice intro, Christopher Cross's "Sailing" song is timeless, so thanks for taking us back in time. :)
This mall had me going between Amazing and Terrifying the whole time! Amazing vid Ace!
I worked for Roses when I was 16 ( 38 years ago ) I loved the peanut shack , hallmark & the Woolworth. Great memories...
This place must just be used as a tax write off
The illegal casino is what's probably keeping it open
@@BGNOLAi thought the same thing
@@AcesAdventures1 someone's getting paid off to ignore the building code violations
@@BGNOLA no doubt
Yep. Without saying who, there was corruption exposed a few years or so ago. They still have their positions.
Nice vid ace.. liked to have seen inside roses I’ve never seen one. 🎉cheers
You’re not missing anything. That one isn’t well kept. The newer ones are similar to the ones in the 90’s. Cheap t.v.’s and radios in the electronics section, cheap toys, cheap made to assemble furniture, and clothes. Bought a rug in January and girl was vacuuming it and it pulled 3 feet of fiber out.
Good evening Ace. Just wanted to day thanks for this relaxing video of one of my favorite classic old malls from Dan Bell's Dead Mall Series. It still looks the same as it was in the 2010s. Abandoned stores & all.
Anyways, happy travels & have a great week!
Love the song. Sailing by Christopher cross.
I live near Reidsville, but have never been there. I had no idea they had a mall
Signal Hill is waiting patiently for this one in dead mall heaven….😢
It’s another example of “how can this still be open? It’s not safe for people to be inside!”
Very creepy it's completely deserted awesome video though nice job on this welcome back
Thank you very much!
Wow! Crazy you opened with CC on the music. I have been listening to him over the last few months after his old interview with Howard back in the Krock days popped up on my feed.
Excellent video as always!
I loved going here with my mom and grandma in the early 90s. The comic book shop, arcade, snack shack, and Rose's was a lot of fun.
Growing up and growing old, watching the world change has been sad.
**Sees location, punches into Google Maps** Oh cool, this one's only 4.5 hours away. **Watches Video** Needs to be further get it away from me.
Lmao
Thanks for calling out the property owner! If anyone is looking for more places to film, visit their website…. Looks like the portfolio has lots of old, run down properties that have never been updated for great content!
Thanks for the info!
Another great dead mall production,thanks for sharing your experience.Being an older guy I can remember some of my local malls at their “Grand Opening” and although we probably all find it sad to see them in this state,this is what happens in time.Much like seeing an accident on the freeway,I find it hard to look away and actually do enjoy seeing what happens when places and things become obsolete and fall out of favor with the public.this is one of my favorite places you’ve explored and somehow I still have a small glimmer of hope for its future although I wouldn’t bet on it and it’s probably a goner. Thanks again for sharing.
Thank you!
It's interesting to me that this is an indoor mall, yet most of the store fronts have standard swinging doors (as opposed to the roll-down grated doors). I wonder why this was.
Also, looks like they only budgeted to replace 1/3 of the burned out fluorescent tubes in the lights.
The fact that you posted this video is a sign that you survived, and that’s a plus.
Reidsville is known for a really good high school football team, and not much else.
That place made Lenoir Mall look good in its closed state. (It’s completely taken over by a storage container company now.)
Is lenoir still empty? Or did they gut it
I’m amazed you can use real music and RUclips behaves itself
I just lose money on them oop lol
No website for the mall.. no marketing
Wow! I loved this whole video. The backrooms vibe was awesome. I just know Long Horse lives in that old JC Penney.
Lol who?
Excellent style choice this time around, my guy.
how hasn't it been condemned?
Who knows
*ULTRA EXCELLENT AND GREAT THANKS FOR THIS 👍🙏🏻😅😊😮🎉😂❤😢*
Anybody on Long Island? Broadway Mall has numerous vacancies. Champs sports and a discount clothing store is currently closing.
I'm an islander. Broadway commons always has seemed to hold its own, so those store closures won't be major losses
@@CoolCatProductions-365 IDK, their huge anchor store Macys closed years ago. Target and Ikea are still thriving. The quality of other stores seem to be getting worse and worse. Many buckets are deployed when it rains. Some days the base of the escalators turns into a mini flea-market. Last time I was there 3 of the 4 escalators were out of order.
It doesn't blow my mind that the Reidsville mall still exists. I can't speak of Reidsville itself since I've never been there, but I have been to Chesterfield, just outside of Morganton. There's some areas like that where a mall like this is pretty much a requirement to have for locals because otherwise, there's not much in the way of shopping unless they want to go out of town with a drive of a half hour or more, and that'd be a one way trip.
Waiting for a raccon to come flying out of one of the open ceiling tiles 😅
NC resident here, this mall is a Sh!thole and has been for years! You think this is bad you should have seen the Eden, NC mall!
I have been there
I enjoyed the walk and talk and the opening music. I have lots of copyright strikes but I've never been monetized so I thought it wouldn't matter and YT says deleting the video doesn't fix the issue. I've got over a hundred videos that I uploaded for fun with about 20 copyright strikes. Stay safe out there. 😁👍
great music choice 1983?
Why is there still power in it?
Bob Adams, Belk, Roses and Straders Shoes have been there forever. I moved to Reidsville back in 1980 and they were there. I used to go there all the time back then.
You moved here the year before I was born. I went riding around with a girl last week not from here and was just mind blown at how much this place has changed since I was a kid in the 80’s.
Hello again, Ace, from a fellow Buffalo Niagara guy. Definitely a zombie mall. Half alive, half dead. I'm very surprised that there is essentially no dividing line between what is falling apart and what is still essentially open. Definitely a different set of standards down there or at least in this area. Please keep us updated on this one! I love all of your videos. This is pretty much the only Dead mall video channel I go to.
Anthony, I should say... 🖖
This weekend I was by malls and an outdoor outlet center in 3 New England states all crowded
This shot right here…end times liminal space vibes. 1:04
Great video, surely a mall stuck in time. The Jcpenny shot was incredibly creepy, did anyone tell you when the mall was popular?
Not since the 90s
Anthony, another great video. I always like the music you use. Seeing this old school mall stuck in time was awesome. I like how you kept this video basic, it really made you experience this mall as if we were their right with you. Excellent job!
Glad you enjoyed it
Great to see another one of your dead mall videos!! Be safe and well ☺️
The brown looking shack was a food shack, I remember as a kid they had the red and blue icee as well as muffins and peanuts all that good stuff. The department store beside it was catos. And that one stop cellular was a shoe show long time ago. I'm 36 years old now it's terrible to see how much this mall has gone down.
Has to be one of the top 10 liminal spaces of all time, and a monument to laziness.
Agreed
Why doesn’t the town step in and condemn the building or fine the owners? Just for safety reasons alone, someone needs to do something. No one is going to rent a store in its current state. Liked the history in the beginning and then raw thoughts without the editing. Nice change!
Ty :)
like the video you did on great northern mall in clay ny and all your videos
Plenty of dead and dying malls in Atlanta also. Even now there is one mall being torn down to make way for a mixed use community. Malls may one day be a picture slide show our kids will find unbelievable. Todays kids only value Amazon deliveries. Anyone still have a a cassette tape or their Blockbuster card? Still got a typewriter from the 70s that still works.
Great video! I have to say, the shots showing the lit up part of the mall leading to the dark parts was so unsettling. Here in the Dallas area, many of the malls I grew up with are getting "re-imagined" as shopping centers or fancy apartments. It's fascinating from the perspective of a former 80s kid that so many malls are still standing even though they are abandoned.
The lose of malls is a self-destructive behavior. The 3rd place, a place that isn't home or work, is needed for society to remain human.
Lol what all our technology has done to the simple, bedrock, nostalgic times of America. Instead of face to face interactions with people, we now are reduced to a mouse click on our computer and a tap on our phones. Sad really as I remember the malls being full from the later 60's to early 90's.
I grew up going to this mall in the 80s. So many good memories. Sad that it’s in such disrepair.
The City should be able to condemn the building and take possession. I don’t like the idea in general but when some New York real estate group is taking the lease money and not keeping up with maintenance on the property that is just a commercial slum lord.
Nice but sade and you have great voice keep doing it
I was born and raised in Reidsville, I remember in the 80s when I was a kid going to Pennrose mall, it was always full of people back then. Hibbett sports used to be Eckard drug, it had a lunch counter we used to eat at all the time. I still live in Reidsville but I never go to the mall anymore. Lol. But thanks for the nostalgic walk through my childhood.
I remember the last time I went through there, back in 2008/2009 when I was a kid
I live in Reidsville and this always upsets me. In the 80's it was great. The Peanut Shack was the place to get popcorn or cookies and my favorite cherry coke icee. Sure do miss the good ole days.
I watched to the end, to see if you got locked in😂. 2 hours north? If your family is in charlotte, we had one here similar. Everyone on the West Side did their shopping there in the 80s. Teens hung out there. Ice cream shop and a peanut Shack facing each other.. and I swear just about every pretty girl I went to high school with worked at one or the other. I think target was the first big store to pull out. And when nothing filled their footprint, it started to trickle down. The smaller chains left. It ended up being a bunch of privately owned businesses in a low rent space, surrounded by a lot of vacancy. I'm not sure it ever got to the mold and dilapidation. The whole property got turned into government offices several years ago