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  • Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024

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  • @lisaf6508
    @lisaf6508 6 лет назад +9

    I'm so glad you did an update on this mall and I'm happy to see it doing better these days. I must highly recommend that Bangkok Reflexology place, the service and prices are excellent. Ask for Henry.

  • @ZombiiMilf
    @ZombiiMilf 6 лет назад +7

    If you’re ever in the Orange County area I️ think Westminster Mall is struggling and they have a lot of odd shops

  • @Trekkie101GC
    @Trekkie101GC 6 лет назад +9

    We have a place like this in Quakertown, PA. It's officially called the Quakertown farmers market but it's basically a mall full of small mom & pop businesses. It's got a really cool vibe to it.

  • @LipstickGold
    @LipstickGold 6 лет назад +2

    I’m so glad I found your channel today! I’ve only watched a few videos so far but I think you are quickly becoming my favorite dead mall series. If you ever come to York, PA please check out the York Galleria, a dead mall frozen in 1989. Keep up the good work!

  • @mitch7030
    @mitch7030 6 лет назад +1

    Grew up in the neighborhood south of here, about a 10 minute walk away. Moved in around '95 in a freshly built house when a lot of this area was just dirt. From about 1999 to 2002, me and my friends would goof around either inside or the parking lot. The interior is terribly boring for kids, but it's all we had. I haven't been here in 16 years, but it's surreal to watch both this and the Superstition Springs Center videos.

  • @Gabreya
    @Gabreya 6 лет назад +6

    This is great. I'm very pleased that this mall is starting to gain some life back.

  • @justdane2720
    @justdane2720 5 лет назад +2

    The Vintage retro stores fit this vintage mall so well especially the furniture store with all the vintage electronics definitely a cool looking place and kind of a time vault to the 80s and 90s hopefully it becomes successful again!

  • @MommyCassReborns
    @MommyCassReborns 6 лет назад +1

    wow this is nice to see! It's rare to see a dying mall turn around...yeah they are mom and pop stores but maybe many malls are heading in that direction..which is nice too.

  • @ThunderwingMatrix
    @ThunderwingMatrix 6 лет назад +1

    If you ever make it out to Las Vegas, the Boulevard Mall would make a good mall to explore. It's making a comeback with a lot of old big box stores being replaced by mom and pops, much like Power Square.

  • @andysorensen1737
    @andysorensen1737 6 лет назад +9

    Certainly a different concept for a Mall with all the retro-style shops. Here’s hoping it works long term.

    • @RetailArchaeology
      @RetailArchaeology  6 лет назад +4

      Andy Sorensen I hope it does, I really did enjoy poking around all the new shops.

  • @AllAboutParker
    @AllAboutParker 6 лет назад +18

    It's a good day when a new dead mall video goes up.

  • @seanorourke1010
    @seanorourke1010 6 лет назад +4

    Not dead, but Harlem Irving Plaza (aka The HIP) in Norridge IL is very interesting. It has a giant parking garage built onto of the mall, and still has lots of mom and pop stores as well as national chains. It serves as a shopping hub for the west side of Chicago as well.

    • @Almighty_cornholio
      @Almighty_cornholio 6 лет назад

      SMO0908 I haven’t been there in years hahahaha still a nice mall

  • @mikesexplorations9314
    @mikesexplorations9314 6 лет назад +1

    Dead mall revisited and revamped doing better is so awesome to find! Thank you for making and posting! Would love to see more dead malls come alive again videos, keep up the great work

  • @tnbspotter5360
    @tnbspotter5360 6 лет назад +13

    This reminds me of thrifting with LGR.

  • @Sula_Mareska
    @Sula_Mareska 6 лет назад +10

    If you are ever in the Pittsburgh (Pa) area, there's this mall in Washington Pa called the Washington Mall (original, I know). It's pretty empty and small, but I would love to see a video on it because my family tries not to touch it with a ten foot pool.

    • @fatcatboo
      @fatcatboo 6 лет назад

      No, the Washington Mall is closed and boarded up. The Mall you are refering to is The Franklin Mall, now known as the Washington Crowne Center.

    • @abrahamsalamah5773
      @abrahamsalamah5773 6 лет назад

      Holy crap, ive been there a few years ago and i remember how sad it was

    • @terminox6540
      @terminox6540 6 лет назад

      the washington mall closed years ago and its just a toys r us, staples, and a furniture store. i dont live in pa but ive seen this mall a few times on the freeway while going on summer vacations.

  • @geoboe84
    @geoboe84 5 лет назад +2

    Playing "Cruel Summer" in slow motion gives a creepy vibe.

  • @904czv4
    @904czv4 6 лет назад +3

    Now I wish my mom would’ve kept all those old Sears and speigel catalogs from the 80s. Nostalgia!!

    • @deendrew36
      @deendrew36 3 года назад

      Same...just a few of them. Especially a Christmas Wish Book or two. But in the moment, all those magazines and catalogues built up and you just wanted to get rid of them.

  • @gogreen7794
    @gogreen7794 6 лет назад

    I love VF! I live in Colorado, but have visited Tucson twice this year. I discovered the VF store and have gotten great deals on clothing and some other items. The quality is fine for casual clothes and the prices and selection are great. Years ago, I think there was a VF store near Denver, but we don't seem to have one anymore. 😧. I can see why VF in AZ is busy.

  • @justdane2720
    @justdane2720 5 лет назад

    It's actually a good concept to attract different types of small businesses like collectible and antique stores among others and this would probably work in a lot of other dead malls if they would lower their rent and make space more available for it would bring in more traffic that ends up going elsewhere!

  • @310McQueen
    @310McQueen 5 лет назад

    You should check out Yard Birds Mall if you ever go through Chehalis, WA. Yard Birds was a big box store like a proto-Walmart in the '70's and '80's and then became a mall and flea market with mom & pop shops in it like this. Its roadside attraction, the "Yard Bird" is still there and is periodically maintained to this day. The Yard Bird was built large enough to store a helicopter. Outside, the store's a rather ugly warehouse, but inside are railings from the second floor and two big spiral staircases. In its heyday this store was a county-wide destination. If I had the money I'd buy it and slowly transform it into a church/mission/community center. It's for sale for about $11 per square foot.
    A newer mall built as a mall is just north, it looks like an '80's building. It looked dead when I lived in the area ten years ago.
    The older Yard Birds store, southwest across the road from Yard Birds Mall, is about a third as big and was repurposed into a sporting goods store 40 years ago and has been that longer than it ever was Yard Birds. This building still has the '50's mid-mod vibe.
    Chehalis also just closed two elementary schools, after almost a hundred years of use as public schools, that would make interesting "malls" for mom & pop shops.

  • @JD-fc3jb
    @JD-fc3jb 6 лет назад

    If you are ever in the Chicago Land area, check out SpringHill Mall in West Dundee, Illinois. It is another small mall and it is pretty dead. However, they have been talking about redevelopment plans. I have not been over there for years so I am not sure if it is still the same. Closer to the city is a larger mall in Skokie, Illinois called Old Orchard Mall. It is pretty old, opened in 1956. It is always crowded there and nowhere near close to dying. Also, there is another extremely busy mall in Schaumburg, Illinois called Woodfield Mall. It is one of the largest around and is very popular. One more that I know of is Hawthorne Mall in Vernon Hills, Illinois. Not a huge mall, but a decent size. And it is sometimes quite crowded.

  • @horrorghoul
    @horrorghoul 6 лет назад

    Please go to Shenango Valley Mall in Shenango, PA. It's so sad how dead it's becoming. They even have a secret section they closed off back in the early 90s when I was a kid that had a sweet arcade. It still looks like the 80s back there. Definitely worth a trip if you go back East.

  • @stchamber111
    @stchamber111 6 лет назад +1

    Very good video. Years back, here in the northeast, the malls had a thing called percentage rent. Every store except anchors, had to pay a % of the sales. This is another factor of why businesses left the malls. I wonder it % rent is still around.

  • @nancydarling4918
    @nancydarling4918 6 лет назад +1

    That catalog was a cool find.

  • @StarlightPrism
    @StarlightPrism 6 лет назад

    Yeah, a lot of malls are trying to revitalize themselves by bringing in more unconventional stores and experience type stuff like the escape room.
    A while back I was talking with someone and saying that it would be cool to have a mall with nothing but retail and consignment stores, so it's pretty neat to see a mall with a bunch of vintage shops.

  • @EvilDarkCow
    @EvilDarkCow 6 лет назад

    If you're ever in Kansas, check out Central Mall in Salina. Just lost Sears and Dillard's last year, leaving a JCPenney as the only anchor. Very empty in there.

  • @leilaanders1703
    @leilaanders1703 6 лет назад

    I found this chanel cause the title was interesting. As former Valley of the Sun resident seeing the various malls has been fun stroll of memory lane. I was shocked that this outlet mall was still standing. In the mid 1980s. Power Road was the last exit of U.S60. I recall east mesa at the time as some farmland, orange groves, and the open desert. The suburban sprawl out east was very young. I think there was a Lennox China outlet nearby. Is that giant Leisure World (globe) still standing?

  • @JojoSchmo
    @JojoSchmo 6 лет назад

    Thank you for documenting these locations with such high quality and care! If you ever head back to Tucson sometime, totally check out Picacho Peak on your way there! Aside from the Dairy Queen, porn store, and kitschy gift shop, right nearby there's the remains of the collapsed Nickerson Farms restaurant from the 60s, the remains of the Picacho Trading Post that burned down in 2002ish (including the creepy, torsoless remains of the Native American statue that used to stand in front of it), and the Arizona Nuthouse store that was abandoned a few years back! The owners of these stores also lived right next to these buildings, I believe. Last I saw, their homes are abandoned and intact nearby as well! Might be a cool stop to document the stage past the mere death of a retail location- to the physical collapse of their structure after losing their fight to the elements.

  • @feedingthelocaleofshangri-1397
    @feedingthelocaleofshangri-1397 6 лет назад +2

    I love your videos they act as an antidepressant for me

  • @ashleighlittle3413
    @ashleighlittle3413 6 лет назад +2

    You should check out Outlets at Anthem in Anthem, AZ. It's always been a quieter mall in terms of foot traffic but it's looking a lot deader nowadays as more and more stores are leaving. It's a shame though because I really love the feel and the architecture of the mall.

  • @WhittyPics
    @WhittyPics 6 лет назад +2

    I like it when they find new life

  • @DeathCabforJenny
    @DeathCabforJenny 5 лет назад

    Monterey, CA has a struggling mall very similar in design. I believe it is called the American Tin Cannery. It is across the street from the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

  • @jaybonke3062
    @jaybonke3062 4 года назад

    Loved the old boom box at the furniture consignment place pretty cool. You know I've lived in Arizona since August of 1999 and I've never understood the point to the Arizona Center. I know it was primarily bars, clubs, and restaurants when I first moved here and could never figure out or understand why they went the direction they did with turning it into retail space. for the location it doesn't seem to make much sense.

  • @frankyu553
    @frankyu553 6 лет назад

    Nice work as always! I see what you're doing there with the transitioning between the corridor and each store, making it feel like you're in a video game haha ;)

  • @charlestonpinballarcade
    @charlestonpinballarcade 2 года назад

    All that furniture is great for a retro arcade living room! 😆

  • @rathorclemenger6125
    @rathorclemenger6125 6 лет назад +6

    If you were to ask me to choose a mall to live in if I was the last human on the planet, I'd pick this. At least, I'd pick it if I couldn't choose Penhorn Mall, which has long since been torn down.

    • @Bingbc40
      @Bingbc40 6 лет назад

      Rathorc Lemenger I would live in fiesta mall

  • @LethaWolfStudios
    @LethaWolfStudios 6 лет назад

    Come to Salt Lake City and check out The Gateway and Trolley Square. Both unique malls and both dying

  • @charlestonpinballarcade
    @charlestonpinballarcade 2 года назад

    Great vaporwave version of cruel summer!! 🎶 ☀️

  • @ccateni28
    @ccateni28 6 лет назад +1

    Forgot the closing vitamin store? Anyway,you should head to the buckland hills Mall and westfarms mall very interesting places.

  • @faviolagonzalez2997
    @faviolagonzalez2997 6 лет назад

    If you ever go to the Bay Area go to hilltop mall near Oakland it's been struggling for years and no one really goes to it JC penny's closed and we have a Walmart that's pretty much the only place super active.

  • @marmalade6170
    @marmalade6170 6 лет назад

    You should vist Gwinnett place mall in Atlanta, Georgia which opened in 1984. Theres hardly stores left and the foodcourt is empty. Anyways, Nice video!

  • @cman1512
    @cman1512 6 лет назад

    come to the loyd center mall in Portland oregon it is interesting because it is an extremely nice mall it looks kind of dead but at the same time it is kind of in a renovation process so maybe get footage of the mal now before it is finished with the renovation

  • @CrowdfundingHell
    @CrowdfundingHell 6 лет назад

    Irving Mall in Irving TX outside of Dallas would be a good one to look over. While it's never been a *dead* mall, it's certainly on life support as national chains move out and funky replacements move in. Funky? Try a tattoo parlor right off the food court as an example!

  • @StreetShark2013
    @StreetShark2013 6 лет назад +2

    I'm a filmmaker from Miami, if you come down, check out Southland Mall in Cutler Bay. Or Sunset Place.

  • @JMShearer
    @JMShearer 6 лет назад

    Well, there's the Western Mall in Sioux Falls, SD. It's markedly different than it was when I was a kid, but still doing relatively well, all things considered. Might be worth a look.

  • @cheesepuffs2904
    @cheesepuffs2904 6 лет назад

    You sould check out the berkshire mall in lanesboro massachusetts it's decling, losing stores the only thing keep it alive is the movie theatre and target, only two choices for the foodcort, pizza and chinese, and 14% of the mall not including target and the movie theatre is full of stores, seras, macys, bets buys, and jcpennys just closed so only 1 anchor store left

  • @InfinityMW2
    @InfinityMW2 6 лет назад

    Im addicted to watching these videos! love it!

    • @RetailArchaeology
      @RetailArchaeology  6 лет назад

      TrevorRat Feel free to check out my back catalog of videos 😁

  • @stphinkle
    @stphinkle 6 лет назад +11

    Actually Sears did a wish book this year for Christmas oddly enough. I find this off considering what bad shape they are in.
    money.cnn.com/2017/10/25/news/companies/sears-revives-wish-book/index.html

    • @HkSniper
      @HkSniper 6 лет назад

      Final hurrah maybe? Lol.

  • @stphinkle
    @stphinkle 6 лет назад +3

    Interesting use of the mall turn it into antique stores.

  • @MasaomiKida251
    @MasaomiKida251 6 лет назад +1

    Can you come check out "Plaza del sol" in Kissimmee Florida? It used to be called the Osceola mall before and used to be the main bus station area in Kissimmee before they moved the bus station spot to downtown Kissimmee (you should check there out, lots of local shops and dinners in downtown Kissimmee) and was struggling but then changed their name to Plaza del sol to appeal to the majority of Hispanic/Latinos in the area and local shops opened up in there along with a technical school inside. Its still not too active but much more than it used to be. Also the food court isn't that bad, I recommend getting something from the Mexican eatery or getting a Venezuelan burger from the eatery to the right of it. Sucks the comic book shop didn't last long there though. :(

  • @raymondfleming7349
    @raymondfleming7349 6 лет назад +1

    This isn't a dead mall but Hanes Mall in Winston Salem, NC is interesting. It's the only mall I can think of where you enter the mall and and have a mall area and then have have to walk through an anchor (J C Penney)in the middle of the mall to get to the rest of the mall.

  • @Lurker1979
    @Lurker1979 6 лет назад +1

    If you end up in the Puget Sound area. Check out the B&I in Tacoma Wa.

  • @Wyrdwad
    @Wyrdwad 6 лет назад

    It's not a dead mall, but one place I think you'd really, really enjoy checking out is Zern's, in Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania. I haven't been there in years, but I have no doubt it's still going strong -- it's in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country, and is kind of like a neverending flea market of quintessentially Pennsylvanian goods from the last 100 years, with shops and stalls largely operated by Mennonites. You'll never have another shopping experience quite like it (nor will you find better soft pretzels or Pennsylvania Dutchie desserts -- be sure to try some shoo fly pie and/or A.P. cake while you're there!).

  • @Bingbc40
    @Bingbc40 6 лет назад +1

    If you’re in the San Diego area check out the shoppes at Carlsbad. Has a good number of vacancies. Sears store is one of the top 10 performing.

    • @RetailArchaeology
      @RetailArchaeology  6 лет назад +1

      +Computers 101!!! I will be in southern California next month so I'll add it to our research list ☺

    • @Bingbc40
      @Bingbc40 6 лет назад

      Retail Archaeology The shoppes at Carlsbad just got redone about a year ago and it looks amazing. This was once a dying mall

  • @jeee1074
    @jeee1074 6 лет назад

    The Houston Tx area and outskirts have several retail gems like this. If you ever stop by let me know.

  • @dr666demento
    @dr666demento 6 лет назад

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminum_Christmas_tree Have started to make a nostalgia resurgence. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Charlie_Brown_Christmas was pretty much the death of them. The other drawback was you couldn't put lights (unless they were battery powered strings) on them. One little problem with standard lights on such trees is any little issue with the lights or wiring and the whole tree goes 120VAC live. Not merry.
    You got lucky with that Sears memorial catalog.

  • @carlkohler9043
    @carlkohler9043 6 лет назад +1

    Crossroads Mall in Omaha, NE
    Expected to be demolished soon and replaced with mixed-use development.

  • @okrajoe
    @okrajoe 6 лет назад +1

    Cool antique stores.

  • @caseygrim3583
    @caseygrim3583 6 лет назад +1

    Inlet Square Mall in Murrells Inlet, SC has been dead for a long time.

  • @anindrapratama
    @anindrapratama 6 лет назад

    There's this Mall in the Northeastern Suburbs of my City
    The whole mall is dead except the Automotive parts and garage plus used car dealerships on the top floors

  • @amybond8341
    @amybond8341 Год назад

    I lived in Phx 40 years and never heard of this mall.

  • @truecrimerip7936
    @truecrimerip7936 6 лет назад +1

    did you get money for that video? i am asking because they reached out to you and your channel is an effective promo video

  • @deralmighty8011
    @deralmighty8011 6 лет назад

    Let me know if you're going to be in eastern PA. I know an area with three dead/dying malls within like 10 miles of each other.

  • @SkyvatorProductions
    @SkyvatorProductions 6 лет назад

    When will Fashion Square be up? I really want to see which Freight Elevator you all rode or if you all found one that I never knew about. That mall has over 40 elevators in total.

    • @RetailArchaeology
      @RetailArchaeology  6 лет назад

      +skyvator Might be a week or 2. I need to go back and shoot some more to round out the video.

  • @ModPallet
    @ModPallet 6 лет назад +3

    Can you do a tutorial on how to make Vapor wave music

    • @RetailArchaeology
      @RetailArchaeology  6 лет назад +1

      ModPallet I don't think I'm in any position to make a tutorial, LOL. I'll ask around and see if there's any vaporwave artists I know that want to do one though.

  • @rootsm3
    @rootsm3 6 лет назад

    Your voice is so relaxing lol

  • @Imaminimonstertruck
    @Imaminimonstertruck 6 лет назад +3

    Carousel Mall San Bernardino California.

    • @raymondfleming7349
      @raymondfleming7349 6 лет назад +2

      Just read in the San Bernardino Sun today (12/6/17) that the city is boarding up the doors and windows. So, there might not be access to it. I t was an interesting mall 25 to 30 years ago.

  • @preciadoalex123
    @preciadoalex123 6 лет назад

    He's filling up spaces yes but hopefully they aren't janky shops

  • @siglerbricks2069
    @siglerbricks2069 6 лет назад

    Please come to mounds mall Anderson Indiana

  • @donnie2baker78
    @donnie2baker78 6 лет назад +1

    Tanglewood mall lone Oak Virginia

  • @collin711311
    @collin711311 5 лет назад

    Is this the old VF factory outlet?

  • @kitrocks8058
    @kitrocks8058 6 лет назад +1

    Oh yeah boars head is an amazing deli meat company Kroger’s sells it and that’s the only lunch meat Brand I’ll buy

  • @wolftickets1969
    @wolftickets1969 6 лет назад

    Now you're playing a vaporwave version of Cruel Summer.

  • @siglerbricks2069
    @siglerbricks2069 6 лет назад

    Mounds mall was the first mall developed by Simon and the first mall in Indiana

    • @Legoguy1979
      @Legoguy1979 6 лет назад

      Sigler Bricks last time I was there was early 2000 going to shop at sears. I did film the kmart on the north end of town. The video is extremely shaky. I did see that Target closed down too,last time I went back to Anderson, also how is Muncie mall doing?

    • @siglerbricks2069
      @siglerbricks2069 6 лет назад

      Zachary Solomon Muncie mall is doing pretty good but 1 or to good retail stores have closed tho

  • @Mda878
    @Mda878 6 лет назад

    Please travelOut of your very small state and do malls in other much larger states

    • @RetailArchaeology
      @RetailArchaeology  6 лет назад

      +TheMcdouble Arizona isn't exactly small, it's the sixth largest state in the United States. Also travel costs money, and that money is much harder to come by when RUclips keeps demonetizing videos.

    • @Mda878
      @Mda878 6 лет назад

      Ok I still enjoy your channel it’s very good love your content

  • @Shwalker07
    @Shwalker07 6 лет назад

    Good video, good music.

  • @jasonknapp2551
    @jasonknapp2551 6 лет назад

    Hi dan bell there is a dead mall in Nampa Idaho I would like you to take a look

  • @swissmediastuff
    @swissmediastuff 6 лет назад

    Hello from Switzerland!

  • @Bingbc40
    @Bingbc40 6 лет назад

    You make great content

  • @KhalilGhibran
    @KhalilGhibran 6 лет назад

    @3:35 what year is it? Lol

  • @garbage854
    @garbage854 6 лет назад

    Cool :)

  • @BrandonSugiura
    @BrandonSugiura 4 года назад

    Dole Cannery in Honolulu hi

  • @ZombieRyushu
    @ZombieRyushu 6 лет назад

    Did you ever edit it to be in the upside Down?

    • @RetailArchaeology
      @RetailArchaeology  6 лет назад

      ZombieRyushu what does that mean?

    • @ZombieRyushu
      @ZombieRyushu 6 лет назад

      Its a Concept from a TV Show called 'Stranger Things' dealing with a CGI Alternate Dimension, where there are tentacles and vines all over the walls and creatures/Monsters running around.

  • @amethyststar6303
    @amethyststar6303 6 лет назад

    5:13 Cruel Summer

  • @ThomasPurcell
    @ThomasPurcell 6 лет назад

    Still looks pretty low rent and on the verge of bankruptcy.

  • @engineeredfashion2710
    @engineeredfashion2710 6 лет назад

    I still have a tv like that😭😂😂

    • @RetailArchaeology
      @RetailArchaeology  6 лет назад

      Joycelynn Thomas I have a few. I need them for retro gaming ☺

  • @phantasMoon69
    @phantasMoon69 6 лет назад

    wow do you really buy those special edition cassettes?

    • @RetailArchaeology
      @RetailArchaeology  6 лет назад +2

      phantasMoon69 I do, I like to support the artists who let me use their music.

    • @phantasMoon69
      @phantasMoon69 6 лет назад +1

      Cool! I love that 80's music, vaporwave and such. This is also a reason why I like your videos. Great stuff!

  • @danielyoung6630
    @danielyoung6630 6 лет назад

    USA where is your economy going?

  • @sluzardo5879
    @sluzardo5879 6 лет назад

    But still almost no people

  • @khunopie9159
    @khunopie9159 6 лет назад +1

    I think Bangkok Reflexology has a deal - Buy 1 Happy Ending Get 1 Free*
    *conditions apply

  • @teemosupermo127
    @teemosupermo127 6 лет назад

    palatka mall is dying

  • @realcanadiana5796
    @realcanadiana5796 6 лет назад

    Stores coming back: the Trump effect?