Princes Quay (Hull, UK) : Waning on the Waterfront : Dead Mall Tour

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  • Опубликовано: 13 дек 2021
  • In the 1990s, a unique mall named for a former dock - Princes Quay - opened up in Kingston Upon Hull. Built on stilts, this entire dead mall is suspended above the water.
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    With the opening of a brighter and shinier mall opening in 2007, and the city of Hull facing economic downturn, Princes Quay is a shadow of its former glory.
    As we take a walking tour around this dying shopping centre, we look at the difficulties it faces and explore some of the things its owners are doing to (attempt to) revitalise the mall.
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  • @elkie4535
    @elkie4535 2 года назад +16

    about the up escalator in the corner, i’ve had that exact nightmare, where i’ve been trapped up there, at least once before. it really is creepy.

    • @DeTrOiTXX12
      @DeTrOiTXX12 2 года назад +5

      I've had dreams/nightmares about that area too, It gave me bad déjà vu seeing it in this video. I haven't lived in England for over 15 years and still get those dreams, how strange!

    • @hannahzamirski8386
      @hannahzamirski8386 2 года назад

      You could have gone out the carpark up there and down the stairs

    • @davidgraemesmith1980
      @davidgraemesmith1980 Год назад

      Plenty of options for escape lol I did a few labouring jobs with shop fitters in "prinny key" as the bosses used to text it 🤣

    • @paulmackinder6115
      @paulmackinder6115 Год назад

      😂😂😂

    • @paulmackinder6115
      @paulmackinder6115 Год назад

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @andrewnell287
    @andrewnell287 Год назад +10

    The top deck was very popular full of small independent unusual shops it did have a wild West Town kind of theme it was so unique and unusual. It was a very popular meeting place for teenagers. People were genuinely upset when it was closed and turned into a cinema.

  • @dougdixonhull
    @dougdixonhull 5 месяцев назад +3

    Hi and thank you for posting this video.
    I have lived in Hull all my life and have seen the rise and fall of Princess Quay. Hull is a lovely city and worth a visit, especially the old town which is steeped in history.
    The problem with Hull City centre is that for one it is at the end of the line city with no passers-by. And the City centre and retail especially is spread over a large area with three shopping centres (malls) and not enough retailers to go around. I walked round the city centre a few days ago and found that half of the shops were empty plus with high parking costs the remaining retailers are struggling. It's a big shame as the local people and independent retailers are so friendly. I urge people to visit for the free museums, the history and the fantastic bars and restaurants, aswell as the Deep submerium. And the wildlife along the coastline of East Yorkshire and Spern Head.

  • @MetalSEGAKid1990
    @MetalSEGAKid1990 Год назад +2

    Very 90s aesthetic in this mall almost feels like a childhood memory watching you walk through this mall

  • @pauldanks9878
    @pauldanks9878 2 года назад +19

    I was in Hull in July for a few days and your video seems a really good analysis of what I saw in the city centre. St Stephen's is bustling and full of stores and next to the huge transport interchange and it's quite clear that the retail core of the city has moved there. The Princes Quay / Whitefriar Gate areas are looking deserted and depressing.

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  2 года назад +3

      It's a real shame, because it's in such a nice spot right by the water!

    • @sameyers2670
      @sameyers2670 2 года назад +1

      This is the problem, when St Stephens opened it simply made most stores move there from other sites rather than attract new shops

    • @joannesaltfleet2071
      @joannesaltfleet2071 7 месяцев назад

      They shut marks and sparks down in whitefriargate!

  • @d1423w
    @d1423w 2 года назад +12

    It was actually recently sold to Tokyo Industries who have some interesting ideas planned away from retail. The council have been fast tracking more residential apartment developments in the city centre in order to boost footfall.

  • @cuzzyXXL
    @cuzzyXXL Год назад +4

    moved overseas from hull when i was 13 and was reminiscing and watched this. memories lol used to be packed when i was a kid in early 2000,and holy shit those christmas displays give me nostalgia

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  Год назад

      Glad I could give you a little burst of nostalgia, bud!

  • @Roblilley999
    @Roblilley999 2 года назад +15

    Wow, Princes Quay was a huge shopping centre, many floors full, but that was late 90s

    • @Archman155
      @Archman155 Год назад

      my dad worked there the day it opened, its shit now. only reason to go there is the cinema

  • @katiethegreat79
    @katiethegreat79 2 года назад +3

    In the 90's this was the place to be on a Saturday, especially top deck!! I enjoyed just going to hang about with my friends in Huckleberry's for a milkshake, then we would pop to Diamond lils arcade for a game of pool, have a look in Kingston jeanery for all your 90's trash jeans, eclipse and leather jackets.
    There was a shop that sold everything beauty related and I can't remember the name but I spent tons in there on false lashes and corn silk face powder.
    My boyfriend used to visit DJ's for vinyl and can't forget the original Leonardo's Bar/restaurant.
    It was sad to see it go.

    • @katiethegreat79
      @katiethegreat79 2 года назад

      Also just recently went to see Patrick Topping there, which was literally an under ground rave.
      That was quite an experience and a great way to bring some life back to the centre.

  • @Sparkles12340
    @Sparkles12340 Год назад +2

    Omg. I left Hull in 2008 and haven’t been back to Prinny Quay (as we used to call it affectionately!) since mid 2000’s. I went to the opening in 1991, it was absolutely packed out & was very very popular for a long time. The top deck was truly unique in its time , Leonardo’s cafe up there did the most amazing cheese toasties. There was a thriving coffee place over the balcony where you pointed out the up elevator, it was rammed on Saturday mornings! Such happy memories, even the tiled floor - yes it’s original! So sad, 😪I feel so old now….subscribed! Thanks

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  Год назад

      Thanks Claire! Glad to have you aboard. Yes, it's sad to see these places decline when you have such vivid and vibrant memories of them.

  • @mosstd
    @mosstd 2 года назад +10

    the bit at 5 mins was the top floor that is now the cinema. it was made up of small units for small outlets to trade from. local start ups would open there selling everything from clothes to tobacco, condoms to fractal prints. it was by far the best floor to walk around even if you didn't buy anything. if you are familiar with the lanes in sheffields meadowhall it was like that. some where you could waste a lot of you day out, looking at odd shops that are unique and a break from the main generic chain stores you see in ever city.

    • @user-bq4ji2bq8s
      @user-bq4ji2bq8s Месяц назад

      Best part up there even the arcades . Ticket master I think it was

  • @GZ9090
    @GZ9090 2 года назад +3

    I'm originally from Hull but I live in Bangkok these days. I fondly remember Princess Quay in the late 90s and early 00s as it was a magical place to visit as a child due to the imposing elevators, escalators and the general atmosphere due to the hustle and bustle of the place, especially during the weekends. It started going downhill around 2007/8, if memory serves me correct, as a result of St Stephen's opening and the financial crisis, economy collapse which destroyed the retail industry. However, the internet has also played a serious role in high-street decline. All things come to an end I guess, although it's very sad that such places (and city centres...) can go from extremely lively and popular places, to eerily quiet shells in just a few decades.
    In my opinion, it should become a sports complex that has badminton/tennis courts, swimming baths, rock climbing, and go-karting facilities (etc.) . That might be the only way to save it. If not, it will likely be turned into office spaces or just be left empty for years until it gets vandalized and eventually demolished. That appears to be the way HCC does things, unfortunately. The government along with councils and local business enterprises need to try and figure out the role of the high street because empty shops are only going to continue putting people off from visiting cities such as Hull, thus tourism being severely affected.
    I hope there is a future for Princess Quay but as things currently stand, I have somewhat of a pessimistic attitude and outlook about it. Regardless of what happens, I will always remember the good times I had there from 1995-2006 as a child /teenager, especially during Christmas. They were fantastic times, my friend! However, over time, culture and society changes and with it, peoples' attitudes, priorities, habits, etc. C'est la vie.

  • @jbrook9014
    @jbrook9014 2 года назад +1

    The old big house of fraser store across from the station is now called HOH its been transformed into food courts and bars with music on a weekend , very trendy and a great place to visit, very busy at the weekends.
    Lots of apartments been built in hull centre and the old town with the cobbled streets and the marina its a fantastic place, hull is changing we moved here and so are many others, the place is friendly and cheap to live, you do have a rolex and flannels shop if you want high end stuff.

  • @seanpayne3917
    @seanpayne3917 2 года назад +7

    I’d recommend checking out the brunel centre in Swindon, that’s seemed to have gone massively down hill in recent decades

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  2 года назад

      Will check it out if I'm in the area! Thanks for the recommendation.

  • @comeonman8191
    @comeonman8191 2 года назад +1

    Next on the top deck closes at the end of March 2022, River Island closes the following week. An old friend of mind who worked for the company who did the piling told be they had plans of how to dismantle the place if needed.

  • @theplotthickensallotment837
    @theplotthickensallotment837 Год назад

    The top dec was great, loads of character. I bought an Italian combat jacket from there back in the day. Loads of tightly packed shops, to explore. I was sad to see it go.

  • @elkie4535
    @elkie4535 2 года назад +4

    i’m so excited for this one omg

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  2 года назад +1

      Thanks again for your thoughts on the place, some of which make it into the video! ☺️

    • @elkie4535
      @elkie4535 2 года назад +1

      @@DeadMallWalking aw haha, not a problem. i enjoyed this one a lot :)

  • @johnr8813
    @johnr8813 Год назад

    The Wild West material was from the top deck before the cinema. It wasn't Wild West themed though, it was made to look like the backstage of a theatre that was doing a play set in the Wild West. The floor was different to the rest of the shop too. Instead of tiles it was planks of wood and I remember like a horse and cart type cart in the middle of the floor but I can't remember what was on it. The building was supposed to resemble the sails on a sailing ship. I used to go to the top deck at Christmas and film the giant animated ground floor Christmas display on the way down from the glass lifts.

  • @foppo100
    @foppo100 Год назад +1

    I came to Hull in 1968 as a young man.Met an Hull lass in Scarborough and we are still married.I grew up in Rotterdam Netherlands a twin city to Hull.There is something about Hull and the people.Rotterdam was bombed to shit like Hull in the war.I returned back once to the Netherlands but didn't settle.I missed Hull and I probably die here.We need some more competition regarding ferries to the continent.Steve Brady had a good idea a proper passenger terminal.We spend many hrs in Prinses Qui i remember Prospect centre build.St Stephens is cold in the winter but Tesco is a big attraction.

    • @tonywright8294
      @tonywright8294 Год назад

      Why do you think anyone is interested in your crap memory’s ?

  • @IlfordRetro
    @IlfordRetro 2 года назад +5

    It's funny how so many malls opened in the early 90s with such aplomb, designed during the excesses of the 80s. By the end of the noughties they seemed like cavernous relics of a bygone era. I wonder how the footfall compares to St Stephens shopping centre nearby? Once newer, rival malls spring up within a stone's throw, it sounds the death knell for the older ones. A shame on cohesive town planning.

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  2 года назад +2

      Love how you put that, mate. From what I saw, there was a LOT more footfall in St. Stephens. Hard to tell how much of that was just passing traffic though.

    • @IlfordRetro
      @IlfordRetro 2 года назад

      @@DeadMallWalking I'm not surprised. Perhaps in the future there'll be a concerted effort to consolidate the retail spaces for the sake of the town and bring everything under one roof, giving up the derelict site for housing or other much needed services. We shall see!

  • @WattoGAMES-24
    @WattoGAMES-24 Год назад

    I used to go to school in Hull, as a kid in the early-mid 2010s the place used to be much livelier but going in there now in 2023 its almost abandoned. The only parts of the mall that tend to get any attention is the large primark and vue cinema

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  Год назад

      That Primark really is huge for the space! I'm not surprised it sort of dominates foot traffic to Princes Quay.

  • @bazza5699
    @bazza5699 2 года назад +4

    top deck in the 90s was great. loads of smaller shops, there was a great computer shop, that totem pole was in a cafe, there was also a 70s clothing retro shop, it was a bit like afflecks palace in Manchester.

    • @TheMightyKinkle
      @TheMightyKinkle 2 года назад +1

      I loved that computer shop!

    • @bazza5699
      @bazza5699 2 года назад +1

      @@TheMightyKinkle yeah used to sell loads of PD disks.. waaaay before the internet was in every house..

    • @Leon-wo2kn
      @Leon-wo2kn 2 года назад

      My old man was gaffa in there . Quay tec it was called

    • @bazza5699
      @bazza5699 2 года назад

      @@Leon-wo2kn what happened to him and the shop, is he still floggin computers?

    • @Leon-wo2kn
      @Leon-wo2kn 2 года назад +1

      @@bazza5699 shop moved area but then went under not long after . That was after he left the place . He's not in computers anymore . But he still has plenty of them for himself 😂

  • @eatenbyghouls1849
    @eatenbyghouls1849 2 года назад +1

    Basically only go in there for primark and an alternative fashion store called "damaged society" which is maybe the only one in Hull (near the entrance couple of shops down from Claires)

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  2 года назад

      Yep, I remember seeing that place. Damaged Society is cropping up in quite a few places, sort of like a British Hot Topic.

  • @reselleroo
    @reselleroo 2 года назад +1

    I used to have a unit/shop on top deck right up until they decided to close it and open the cinema. Closing top deck was a very bad idea as we along with the other tenants were a big draw for the centre.

  • @DJ_Dopamine
    @DJ_Dopamine 2 года назад

    I was last here in summer 2018 and it was busy. Though you could see quite a few empty units...

  • @Mark85S
    @Mark85S Год назад +2

    Also the location where the world famous fallen reindeer meme picture was taken.

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  Год назад

      I *thought* that was the case! Good to get some confirmation 😀

  • @mencelan
    @mencelan 4 месяца назад

    ohh i missed Hull so much..... lived there frm 1994-96........

  • @Levonke
    @Levonke Год назад

    yep, I walk in this nightmarish place.
    Could never forget it.

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  Год назад

      Haha, despite everything I kinda like it! Being over the water makes it feel quite unique 🙂

  • @MrAwcarr
    @MrAwcarr Год назад

    I remember the Top Deck as being the only interesting place, filled with independent traders. I also attended a gig by Geno Washington on the lower deck, after the shops had closed. It was a terrific gig, with food and drink supplied by Leonardo's Italian restaurant. I think it must have been the early 90s.

  • @louisajean7178
    @louisajean7178 2 года назад +3

    Top deck of Prinny Quay used to be the place to be! We all used to meet up tgere in the late 90s /early 00s. It was all different vintage types of shops and restaurant /bar, sort of looked like you was in a market place abroad. Like you say there's bigger stores near station and if you want designer you go to leeds or york. Its a shame really coz they buildings great. Maybe it should become more of a food/entertaining venue.

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  2 года назад

      Nice! And, honestly, it's tough to know what the answer is in places like these: it seems like this one, and other similar spots, are pursuing restaurants and bars pretty hard. Not that useful if they have to close early though.

    • @cherryrotella3714
      @cherryrotella3714 2 года назад +1

      Top deck was destroyed when it was decided to open cinemas 🤨

  • @Corporal-cain
    @Corporal-cain 2 года назад +1

    My name is Cain from Kingston upon Hull love it I go all day for exercise

  • @spanishpeaches2930
    @spanishpeaches2930 2 года назад +10

    How to destroy Hull's retail city centre....build two large shopping malls.

    • @DJ_Dopamine
      @DJ_Dopamine 2 года назад

      This is what we all said at the time... a stupid decision, made by a very stupid city council...

    • @spanishpeaches2930
      @spanishpeaches2930 2 года назад +1

      @@DJ_Dopamine I was born ( almost, Beverley) and brought up in Hull. Lived there until i was 21. Left in '82. Fantastic time. That said, Hull Council was a bl00dy menace even then.That's Labour for you. How could they be so shortsighted ? Hull was a buzzing city then. I just see a dead one walking now....after I revisited in 2018. Don't get me started on Whitefriargate...

    • @rostkgb
      @rostkgb 2 года назад

      Agreed

    • @MbisonBalrog
      @MbisonBalrog 8 месяцев назад

      Two large shopping centers that died themselves not long after.

  • @adamh2900
    @adamh2900 2 года назад +7

    I've never been to this mall, but I can see many similarities between it and the Bon Accord Centre in Aberdeen
    Both look alike on the inside and were built in the early 90s
    Both had a major setback in the late 2000s when newer malls were built near the bus and rail stations of their respective home cities
    And both are suffering from low occupancy rates now
    I will be going to the Bon Accord Centre this afternoon to see what it's like now although I've not been in it since last December!

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  2 года назад +1

      Please let me know how it is! Maybe it’s one for me to cover in a future video ☺️

    • @adamh2900
      @adamh2900 2 года назад +2

      @@DeadMallWalking I've just been. Wasnt as empty as I thought it might be. You simply can't get into John Lewis though. The gates are shut there. Certainly some empty shops. Nowhere near as bad as you might think though

    • @ametrinemoon
      @ametrinemoon 2 года назад +1

      @@adamh2900 I've not been in the Bon Accord Centre for yonks, what about the St Nicholas Centre? I see it too with both cities as I was at Hull in the early 2000s as a student. I can remember the cowboy area in PQ. It was just that and the eateries were on the top floor, I never got that being blocked on level three, I hated the lifts in PQ Dead Mall

    • @adamh2900
      @adamh2900 2 года назад +1

      @@ametrinemoon Both Bon Accord and St Nicholas are still open but have lots of empty shops as well as phone shops and other low value retailers

  • @saamz32
    @saamz32 2 года назад +1

    In the 90s me & friends used to take LSD and spend hours in this place. Ah the memories 💕

  • @minifridgegaminguk2533
    @minifridgegaminguk2533 2 года назад +2

    I only ever really go in there for the primark and the cinema as the tickets are cheap, it is mostly just used as a car park really and people walk through to get to other parts of the city centre

  • @dannyallen
    @dannyallen 12 дней назад

    Just had a £3 million restaurant open across 2 floors, and Brewdog/Reds BBQ move in. Plans for a theatre to be developed in there too

  • @itswonky573
    @itswonky573 2 года назад +1

    So the top level used to be niche, thrifty and vintage shops mostly. I seem to remember a bar as well but I was to young for all that. Was more or less a place for the alternative crowd to gather from what I know.

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  2 года назад

      Funny how there's almost always a place in malls known for being where the "alternative crowd", as you put it, gather!

    • @paulkemp8784
      @paulkemp8784 2 года назад

      The bar/coffee shop was called Leonardo. Was great place to meet.

  • @davidgraemesmith1980
    @davidgraemesmith1980 Год назад

    Lots of fond memories from the top deck, meeting friends and family in the bar overlooking the atrium or chomping a burger and fries in the café with the totem pole before a night out, only bad thing about it to me was the stupid cinema lol

  • @dancingpanda2075
    @dancingpanda2075 2 года назад +2

    I honestly never noticed that there was no way down from that escalator in the corner, i just somehow manage to get back down

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  2 года назад +3

      Haha, maybe you took the stairs on the left? Or ran down the up escalator...

    • @Archman155
      @Archman155 Год назад

      @@DeadMallWalking to be fair that escalator is never on, you were lucky to see it working lol

  • @caitlynjessica1373
    @caitlynjessica1373 2 года назад +2

    I live in hull princess quay is amazing 😻

  • @riverraven7359
    @riverraven7359 2 года назад +1

    The town centre in hull is dying one shop/chain at a time. Compared to other cities it feels small and lacking options. Sad to see my city crumbling.

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  2 года назад

      Lots of closures there, Daniel, can't deny that. But parts of the centre were kinda nice too, so maybe all hope is not lost.

    • @bazza5699
      @bazza5699 2 года назад +1

      @@DeadMallWalking been going down hill for a while, first time i really noticed it was when the university of humberside (based in hull) upped sticks and moved to lincoln.. there were far fewer people in the city clubs and pubs. then one by one all the clubs shut down, LA's was great, long gone now, and silhouettes.. sharkeys, and circus circus, what used to be eclipse (not sure what it was called after that, but it's shut now too), then all the shops.. really really sad. Hull had a great night life, but it's gone now..

    • @callmesnake4945
      @callmesnake4945 2 года назад +1

      @@bazza5699 Me and my partner used to go to LA's / circus Circus all the time, the night life used to be great now it is dead. I miss the way Hull used to be.

    • @bazza5699
      @bazza5699 2 года назад +1

      @@callmesnake4945 LA's carwash/busstop night was such a good laugh..

    • @callmesnake4945
      @callmesnake4945 2 года назад

      @@bazza5699 Such fun nights.

  • @jamesclarkson3009
    @jamesclarkson3009 2 года назад

    Is a shame to see prinny quay struggling. Getting rid of top deck shopping was a big mistake imo. I remember when st Stephen's first opened it was a bit of a damp squib to begin with.

  • @theParkMayhem
    @theParkMayhem Год назад +1

    I live in hull
    This shopping centre is usually this empty
    Remember we had covid
    That meant alot of places were struggling with money
    So that's why some shops had to close
    Its not a dying shopping mall
    It's very much alive

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  Год назад

      Of course, my videos will always be timestamped by the time they were filmed - late 2021, in this case. The country had largely reopened by then, so covid doesn't really explain why this place was so empty. Glad to hear that it's hanging on though!

  • @stefedup3718
    @stefedup3718 2 года назад +3

    Nothing at all to do with all the consistent road works and traffic jams caused by cycle lanes I'm sure.

  • @Roblilley999
    @Roblilley999 2 года назад +2

    Think the totem pole and area was part of the top deck

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  2 года назад

      It does seem that way, especially looking at the height of the pole. But I really couldn’t find a ton out there about it.

  • @MbisonBalrog
    @MbisonBalrog 8 месяцев назад

    England does not need enclosed malls because the weather is generally tolerable no matter season. Unlike Northeast US where is too cold or too humid outside.

  • @porfavoralguemmemata8624
    @porfavoralguemmemata8624 2 года назад +2

    why the fuck this channel only has 1k subs having this awesome content????? Duuude, youtube is nutz

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  2 года назад

      Well thank you, I appreciate that! Hopefully you're still around when we hit 5k, 50k, and maybe even beyond :)

    • @porfavoralguemmemata8624
      @porfavoralguemmemata8624 2 года назад +1

      Sure@@DeadMallWalking. Bruh, still can't believe the gap between the quality of your content and the number of subs...

  • @leebryant1973
    @leebryant1973 2 года назад +1

    The western shop are from the top deck where the cinema is now

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  2 года назад

      Wish I'd seen them back in the day :(

    • @bazza5699
      @bazza5699 2 года назад

      @@DeadMallWalking i've not been on top deck since it was it had shops.. i can't imagine how they've got a cinema up there..

  • @susanofhullhumberside4753
    @susanofhullhumberside4753 2 года назад

    It was supposed to be one of the best attractions on Humberside back then

    • @franko1174
      @franko1174 2 года назад +1

      You mean the east Riding of Yorkshire

  • @shadowcreeper8735
    @shadowcreeper8735 2 года назад +2

    I live in Hull)))

  • @pilotgrrl1
    @pilotgrrl1 2 года назад +3

    Is it just me, or do the ceilings seem awfully low in this building?

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  2 года назад

      They do look that way actually! I guess because it crams 4 floors into space that would maybe be more suitable for 3?

    • @bellas8985
      @bellas8985 2 года назад

      as someone who lives in Hull and always has honestly in real life they don't look this low lol

  • @zeehaider8774
    @zeehaider8774 2 года назад

    Very hart braking to watch ..it was not like that in 2020 feb when i visited there

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  Год назад

      I imagine that covid did a number on this place, as it did many town centres, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's picked up since I filmed this video!

  • @stephanieflower9802
    @stephanieflower9802 2 года назад +4

    I miss top deck

  • @ezypzy6370
    @ezypzy6370 2 года назад

    It seems the only shop still there that I remember from the 90s is Millies Cookies

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  2 года назад

      Think a lot of the original '90s places have gone and been replaced!

    • @dmks4226
      @dmks4226 9 месяцев назад +1

      Pavers still there from when it opened 😮

  • @jameswilsoncomedy444
    @jameswilsoncomedy444 2 года назад +1

    I love prinny quay

  • @TheMightyKinkle
    @TheMightyKinkle 2 года назад +3

    Ahahaha. I go here all the time. It is a shame how dead it became after St Stephen's shopping centre opened

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  2 года назад +2

      Even though St Stephens seems way less interesting and unique 🙃

    • @bazza5699
      @bazza5699 2 года назад +1

      @@DeadMallWalking problem is.. anything interesting and unique gets ripped out after a few years and replaced with corporate nonsense..

  • @uwlodar
    @uwlodar 2 года назад +4

    Nobody calls Hull “Kingston-upon-Hull”. It’s weird to hear it called that lol

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  2 года назад +4

      Oh I’m well aware, I just wanted to be thorough as plenty of Americans will be watching.

    • @marcushull12
      @marcushull12 2 года назад +9

      I do and always have , always put it as my address too , then again I always put East Yorkshire too as I hated North Humberside.

    • @chrisgrego7359
      @chrisgrego7359 2 года назад

      "ULL"

    • @VoiceOfThe
      @VoiceOfThe Год назад

      @@marcushull12
      It’s East Riding Of Yorkshire, but, nobody ever put that when you addressed letters. I was 17 when Prinny Quay opened, remember it well.

  • @stephanieflower9802
    @stephanieflower9802 2 года назад +2

    I think people genuinely only go to prinny key for primark.

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  2 года назад +1

      That's definitely a feeling I got from some locals. A friend of mine warned me how quiet most of this place is and I was just like..."perfect" haha

    • @dmks4226
      @dmks4226 9 месяцев назад

      And thats in a building that pre dates PQ so you dont have to actually step foot inside the mall

  • @MrsZeeDee05
    @MrsZeeDee05 10 месяцев назад

    Hulls outlet floor is there as not everyone can’t travel to York outlet as they don’t have the funds

  • @ChrisJones-tp5ek
    @ChrisJones-tp5ek Год назад +1

    Link to an interesting video of Princes Quay being built from scratch in about 1988 - until completion and opening in 1991
    ruclips.net/video/R-rIjoB07lc/видео.html

  • @mohammednadeemanwar2213
    @mohammednadeemanwar2213 2 года назад

    Leicester is just as Shite, Highcross, is having former Debenhams area with two level parking decks above it totally demolished. To make way for 350 apartments, with boutique size small shops to take place of display windows and doors at two levels.
    Spent money extending now reducing.
    Broadway Nottingham was good, its part demolished wreck, Victoria Centre Nottingham 1/3 dead mall as well. Out off towm shopping centres & retail parks. need to be stopped and building of new malls that sweep away old Georgian and Victorian shops.
    Bring back cheap parking or make it free on weekends. Or just have more empty and derelict shops.

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  2 года назад +1

      Maybe this is a hot take, but having to pay for city centre parking is honestly ridiculous to me. Between that and parking tickets, then they wonder why people just stay home and shop online instead...

  • @jaypower9685
    @jaypower9685 2 года назад

    What about the koi carp

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  2 года назад

      Didn't see any! Will watch out for them next time :)

  • @zoeyelh
    @zoeyelh 2 года назад

    what's your prediction of house of fraser?

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  2 года назад

      This response is a long time coming, but I see it hanging on for a while. It seems like HoF comes close to going under once every five years or so, gets bailed out, ploughs ahead for a bit...rinse and repeat. Not sure it will last the decade though.

  • @Kirkee7
    @Kirkee7 11 месяцев назад

    Its a question that went begging, why did they allow the St Stephens to be built as a shopping precinct ? The city did needed a total rebuild as a bust station certainly but another shopping precinct ? Given the size and prime location of Tesco that dominates St Stephens; makes one wonder how many strings were pulled with dodgy hand shakes . I moved to Newcastle.

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  10 месяцев назад

      Overmalling is a very American concept - I’m currently working on a video about somewhere with three malls/outlet malls in a 3 mile radius - but unfortunately we’re not immune to it here either!

    • @dmks4226
      @dmks4226 9 месяцев назад

      St stephens provided the much needed larger units that were lacking in the city centre at the time. Although now you could easily do away with St Stephens and fit all retailers in PQ instead. Huge units vacant such as the old JJB and Zavvi

  • @ivanexell-uz4mv
    @ivanexell-uz4mv Год назад +2

    There’s just no reason to go there tbh. They should do it in sections; release a restaurant/eatery section, cloths section, kids section, keep the cinema on top, and just more entertainment shops.

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  Год назад

      Yeah, more restaurants might help - it seemed (at least when I filmed) that was what they were shooting for on that lower floor? It just felt kinda…uninspiring in general.

    • @ivanexell-uz4mv
      @ivanexell-uz4mv Год назад

      @@DeadMallWalking it’s gotten better since you filmed this.

  • @zoeyelh
    @zoeyelh 2 года назад +3

    macy's 😂

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  2 года назад

      Just a little different to the one we're used to, haha.

  • @buchonite
    @buchonite Год назад

    Princes Quay killed its predecessor which was Prospect Centre

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  Год назад

      Yup, that also seemed kinda dead when I walked through!

  • @GHExploration
    @GHExploration Год назад

    It's a shame it's dying on it's feet, there's been a slight improvement of late, but I'm not sure how much of an impact St Stephen's has had because in the grand scheme of things although new, it's not particularly alluring.

  • @dogwithwigwamz.7320
    @dogwithwigwamz.7320 2 года назад

    It is, of course, beyond the wits of Hull City Council to offer a discount in Business Rates for an enterprise that might propose opening 2 outlets / points of sale within half a mile of each other. No ! All they want is the ( quite non - existent ) money. But this is not unique to Hull.

  • @danielrichardcaprani9960
    @danielrichardcaprani9960 2 года назад

    City centre shopping is dead....final

  • @stevewelsh8560
    @stevewelsh8560 2 года назад

    StStephens is the biggest waste of money the council has spent, and trust me they waste a lot.

  • @DM-mu4et
    @DM-mu4et 2 года назад +2

    Not enough Money or ppl in hull to sustain all these New devs

    • @bazza5699
      @bazza5699 2 года назад +1

      plenty of money on the outskirts..

    • @DM-mu4et
      @DM-mu4et 2 года назад

      @@bazza5699 Same old

  • @TroggyPK
    @TroggyPK 11 месяцев назад +1

    bit of a morbid tit bit from this place about 6 years ago someone killed themselves in there jumping from the 2nd highest balcony all the way to the floor

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  10 месяцев назад +1

      Oh man! Morbid indeed, but interesting, so thank you for sharing. Someone also let me know that it’s the setting for a meme where Santa’s reindeer have all fallen off their cables into the main concourse.

    • @TroggyPK
      @TroggyPK 10 месяцев назад

      @@DeadMallWalking can confirm that is also 100% true

  • @katiestockdale7588
    @katiestockdale7588 2 года назад +1

    St. Stephens is naff

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  2 года назад

      Yeah, it felt pretty soulless when I was in there briefly!

  • @marcotaylos1289
    @marcotaylos1289 2 года назад +1

    Escaped from hull just after 2000 after approx 20yrs living there, best thing I ever did, living it up in the south of England ☺️

  • @sarribel
    @sarribel 2 года назад

    Another US import gone wrong. Britain is overshopped. Time to start thinking about what to do next. Exciting times ahead. THX

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  2 года назад

      But malls were popular here too, at least for a decade or two. Definitely agree that innovation is needed if they're to survive.

  • @billybraquemard1
    @billybraquemard1 Год назад

    Don't think I've bought anything from there this century ...

    • @DeadMallWalking
      @DeadMallWalking  Год назад

      I don’t think I bought anything either…Did have a look in the Next Outlet though!

  • @MbisonBalrog
    @MbisonBalrog 8 месяцев назад

    I can’t believe this happens in UK too. Have you been in non English speaking countries.

  • @LabRat6619
    @LabRat6619 2 года назад

    You just need a Sports Direct to cloth everyone in Hull

  • @tedthesailor172
    @tedthesailor172 9 месяцев назад

    Princes Quay is - in my opinion - an architectural abomination. With its irregular juxtapositioning of cheaply fabricated glass panels, that almost inevitably don't get washed often enough and are allowed to accumulate layers of dust and gull shit, it seems like the very epitome of inner-city failure. I do not understand how planners get the idea that such belated examples of brutalism can do anything but clash with the traditional architecture nearby. Many of the buildings around that part of hull are either 19th (even 18th) century survivors of the blitz, or classically styled rebuilds from the 1950's. To basically drop this huge heap of grimy prisms into their midst is nothing short of cultural vandalism. Yes; it's cheap. But cheap doesn't always mean cheerful. Money would've been better spent converting the dock into a marina extension. Ranks of smart yachts would've been easier on the eye and far more apt to both history and geography. St Stephen's is hardly better, but being more central, lacking the confused means of access and being largely single storey has secured its popularity. A huge Tesco has likewise assisted foot traffic. Meanwhile, the huge attractive `Hammonds' complex just across the road lies idle.
    Princes Quay was a neglected slum before it even left the drawing board.