I am from that area of the country and I have been in that mall numerous times. I was doing a lot of work in Uniontown in the 1990's, so I would stop there every so often. I remember it being incredibly packed with shoppers especially during holiday season. It's crazy what online shopping has done to retail stores.
@@subzeroarctics1299 : It's a cover version. If you listen to the original version, it doesn't have the bells, and the percussion is a bit more abrasive.
Why don't these deadmalls just lower the rent to an acceptable level where you'll have vendors begging to sign a contract When the Mall gets revived they can start charging more in the next contract?
LurkerDood it’s not that simple. Even with much lower rent tenants know the place is dying and can’t complete with online stores. The mall age is over. Unless the mall is in a high income area they will die. This place is done. Put a fork in it.
@@jzabady1 Yea, I guess you're right Instead of letting the Mall rot, I would probably just convert it into a huge food court with differant Countries food represented or something ex. Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, Italian, French etc... lol
@@jzabady1 even in high income areas it hard. Especially when things like shootings happen. Beachwood Place in Cleveland just had one. The suspect is one of Cleveland's finest citizens. Stuff like that will kill a mall in short order.
@@LurkerDood It doesn't help that Pennsylvania is still heavily over-malled, even with all the closures/demolitions. The U.S. has an average of 23.6 square feet of retail space per capita (more than five times the average in other countries), and in Pennsylvania it is even higher. And that's sort of the problem... there's *too much* retail space, and many retailers have been victims of changing consumer tastes, a widening wealth gap and growth in online shopping. Many large chains, the malls they took space in, and even flagship urban stores have failed to adapt to today’s consumer, who wants a unique experience. This experience can run the gamut from excellent customer service to value-buys. I hate to say it (because I hate what Apple has become), but Apple generates more in-person retail revenue than any other company in the world, at $5,546 per square foot; consumers can purchase the same items on Amazon, Best Buy or even Apple’s website, but most choose to visit Apple’s stores. The interactivity of an Apple store - the ability to touch and try its devices - makes visiting the store a social experience worth investing in. Anyway, it's inevitable that some malls are going to struggle. Even if they *do* adapt to today's consumer, there's no guarantee they'll be able to survive. Your idea of a multinational food court is not a bad idea, though... because where else could you sample so many different cuisines in one visit? (See what I mean? These days, it's all about the "unique experience".)
@@SpearM3064 Wonder if Apple pulling its stores out of Shops at Willow Bend in Plano TX will kill that place. They just turned a lot of old retail space into restaurants. The only anchor I remember is Nieman Marcus, the place is pretty nondescript.
I noticed there's usually a "retail apocalypse" every one hundred years or so. Usually because peoples' shopping habits change alongside new ways to shop, and those chains and retailers who can't or won't adapt usually go quietly into the night.
Try every 30 years. A hundred years ago catalog sales crushed the mom and pop shop. 70 years ago the post war building boom created the large department stores. 40 years ago the department stores were massed together with smaller chains into the malls we know and love. And for the last 10 years, on line shopping has transformed the scene again. In another 20 years something else will take Amazon's place. Who knows what. Maybe the mom and pop shops will return?
Awesome video of a sad looking mall. All those empty stores, the plants look sad, the shoppers look sad and that pistashio color all over.. .bleh. Looks like it hasn't been updated since the 80s. It's such a sad mall the crane at the grab a prize toy is broken. Sad. And yet JC Penney hangs on. If it's one of the stores on the latest closings list... RIP Uniontown Mall. Thanks for the variety of places you visit and the vapor wave music and 80s music that brings me back to my teenage days!
Excellent video again!! This mall is reminiscent of our mall here in Tennessee. It’s pastel, pink and its still thriving. We have lost at our mall Payless, Gymboree, Crazy 8 and Charlotte Russe. But there are people wanting to lease it’s our main mall for our area. I love the pastel it’s definitely a 90s thing.
I'm in this video at 8:01 closing the book store. I remember seeing you film this. Funny thing is I often blast waterfront dining during my shifts in an irony of the mall dying that absolutely noone understands so this is really cool. Good work!
Dave Porter I third this notion, Regency Square should be a good one, that mall is actually one of two dead malls in the area (the other being Virginia Center Commons which is even more dead).. Be wary of security though, they are a bit uppity about cameras (in both malls). Regency has been getting strangled by the much smaller Chesterfield Town Center, as well as the outdoor mall Short Pump Town Center.
That old Gee Bee photo was of the one on Scalp Avenue in Johnstown, now a Giant Eagle... I remember GeeBee and their flagship Glosser Bros store in downtown Johnstown
See lots of comments so not sure if your inquiry of Gee Bee was answered or not. Gee Bee was a chain division of the Glosser Brothers Corp. Glosser Brothers was started as a small department store in Johnstown PA in 1906, they eventually evolved into a full scale department store and began their expansion in the 60’s with the Gee Bee brand. The brand continued its expansion into the 70’s with the introduction of Gee Bee Jr. which was a scaled down version of the full size store. We had a Gee Bee in the Richland section of Johnstown which is now a Giant Eagle and a Gee Bee Jr. in the Westmont section of Johnstown which was the last Gee Bee Jr. to go and is now a shuttered grocery store from what I understand
Love your videos on dead malls. Just heard that your are coming to the Detroit area. You might want to check the Somerset Collection in Troy, MI. It is not a dead mall, but a destination mall. It is also across the street from the old Kmart headquarters.
Oh man... This is the mall I grew up going to. I went back a few months ago. It's getting even worse. Buckets placed under drips coming from the ceiling. Thank you for this video. Nice to have the memories.
This is one of my local malls I travel to. About 20 minute drive. So sad to see malls dying out like this. Used to love coming here and hitting the arcade in the early 80s to mid 90s
5:20 - parkway center mall got demolished in 2016, I can still hear the jingle is playing in my head. The only store left open was a tenant and anchor tenant a Giant Eagle grocery store and amazingly a tour of them all down around the Giant Eagle
ive seen this place in a dream i had not too long ago. (Wont go into details) it had a feeling that i cant describe, like youre more than welcome to be there but you cant buy a single thing because everything is priced way too high, so you just walk around in a perpetual state of curiosity and hopelessness. And to put the icing on the cake, its bright on the inside while the outside is a never ending night, only for stars to periodically shine and disappear.
Gee-Bee was part of Glosser Brothers, the G and B of Gee-Bee, which was based in Johnstown. Every year, when we would visit family in Johnstown, we would go to their large department store downtown, although my mom preferred Penn Traffic.
to only be back in the late 80's early 90..this place was happeing.and like you mention century 3 mall..was an trip we always tooked to go there and in early 2000's buying clothes and what not from there cause we didnt have stores in uniontown like pittsburgh did...to only be a kid again back in the days
90s and malls go together like bees and flowers. A lot of factors contribute to why malls are empty/dead. We have several malls that are continuing to thrive good location, food courts, and solid anchor stores which brings in the little guys to open stores. Surprisingly the ones that are demolished are built up as outside venues, open air stores, and condos/apartments. Usually accompanied with a movie theater.
You should do a video of the Temple Mall in Temple, TX. It had only 7 vacant spaces when I moved to the area in 2013. The mall now has in excess of 25 vacant spaces including two anchor stores. They put a planet fitness in the former Dillard's -- after Dillard's moved to the former Macy's. They used to have a Steve and Barry's. It is now used for seasonal purposes. Halloween, Christmas, and may 4th of July...
The malls in my city are still pretty busy. They are even adding a second level in one with a parkade to accomodate the parking overflow. There is even talk of a third mall coming....but then again red deer and other cities in Alberta must be the exception as well as a few other provinces in Canada. Malls here still have that social aspect of going out, shopping, eating, and chatting with friends you run into while out. They also let local farmers and producers sell their products on tables inside like an indoor farmers market.
This is what happens when the anchor stores go. That is the problems with shopping malls. It needs strong anchor tenants in order for the rest of the specialty stores inside to thrive. Once the anchors go, so do the rest of the smaller shops inside.
There is a mall over the border called Honeydale mall. It was opened in 1973 and closed in 2013. When I was there a few years before it closed it looked really old school and had the weirdest pet store there. Its still standing but closed, not sure for how much longer.
When you come to Boston, don't forget the Arsenal Mall in Watertown, it's a shell of it's former self now and part of it was knocked down for new construction.
.....I used to go to Uniontown often with my fiance when i lived in Pittsburgh.....But that was only to go to a car dealership.....Didn't know Uniontown had a mall.....There isn't much down there....And you're right....That area has so many malls.....As someone who grew up in the NY Metro area, i was surprised.....But, I also saw a lot of dead malls in and around Pittsburgh, too.....
Anthony, Let me know when you are at Swansea mall. I am a huge fan of the channel and live right near by. Would love to meet up. Great video and thanks for all of the content!
In the mall when I was a kid you had Sears hess's McCrory's which was Dunham's before they went out with the restaurant Bon-Ton and before pennies that whole wing used to be gee bees it's spanned all the way up to the parking lot with grocery then back when I was 7 or 8 years old Back in 88 I believe they pushed jeebees back to expand and build JCPenney's the AMC was a Carmichael for that they expanded into a Carmichael 6 I still have memories of my third grade class going there and being on WTAE project bundle-up wengie B's went out of business it converted to a Value City and then the Value City got converted over to Burlington also fun fact there used to be a water fountain in front of the Bonton when the store first opened the part of the water fountain came undone flooded Banton
I just visited this mall today. Outside the former Burlington Coat Factory store there were signs for a Spirit Halloween store coming soon in the space, which is Spirit's MO for old mall anchors. But what was weird was...the ENTIRE empty store was completely open to the public. There were no gates pulled down or anything.
Been into a Mall just like this. If they turned it into small apartments /homes it would be come villages for people. In NYC Manhattan they have done it to the first ever mall. Now it is busier than it was in the 1890s
Every time I think I’ve watched videos of all the malls in the Pittsburgh area, bam there’s another one. I’m sure Penny’s are already plotting their move from this place. Once that happens this place will fall like a stack of cards. Another sad mall with little hope. Good video.
All I stated was what several LONG TIME employees said-- JCP owned the building but the mall owned the ground it sets on. You would probably have to contact the mall manager/owner to find out what the ownership/leasing details are.
The mall is nice looking. I wonder how you would feel about Westmoreland Mall if they are doing good. Sears will be gone in two days and we will be down to two anchors. The casino is supposed to open in two years but it may be too late.
Westmoreland has some nice 90s aesthetics to it, too. I had grandparents that lived in Greensburg PA and would go to that mall whenever we visited them.
It seemed fine back in December when I went to Westmoreland mall. Although I am not a huge fan of malls, I would like more walkable places than just Greensburg in Westmoreland County.
I'm kind of conflicted on how I feel about the death of malls. On one hand, they helped originally kill main street in the U.S. On the other hand, they were a cool place to hang out and peruse. Ironically, it's now main street which is doing much better...
For a bit of a different view; just to the left of that big sign, across the highway, is Mount Saint Macrina, the site of the largest Byzantine Catholic pilgrimage in the country.
been to Uniontown mall many times over the years.. sears was my main store I went to...my wife still goes to JC Penny's at times I guess the mall is still hanging in there ,but for how long ? so many business are gone from there sad to see
At our mall we have a Lensecrafters still, but they only have a dr in the office twice a month. I went to make an appointment for an eye exam, I know, they were the ones on my insurance, and the earliest appointment they had was 2 months away. I don't know how these place stay open in a mall like this. Yes it's a dying mall, and kinda small too. Most malls today always look like right before opening or about to close.
We had to take my wife’s phone in to the Apple Store that’s in a mall near us and that shit was depressing dude. Same thing, most stores straight gone. Even the food court had weird one off like Mcburger Char Grilled Chicken? Never heard of that before, but the mall had one.
I remember when they built this mall. Everyone was scared that it would kill downtown Uniontown where about the only place to go shopping was a Montgomery Ward.
Remember when Middletown Mall had FOUR anchors--Sears, Gee Bee, Hess's, Stone & Thomas. I don't think S & T renovated since the store opened, but they always had nice merchandise. I believe there was also a large McCrory's store there.
Come to the Hamilton mall in May’s landing New Jersey. It’s on life support. We just lost jc penny’s and Charlotte Russe. Also Payless. The only big store left is Macy’s and that probably won’t be there long. You want a dead mall ? We also have the Cardiff circle mall in egg Harbor Township nj. Not far from Hamilton mall. Harbor square across the road used to be a great big shopping center as well. It’s practically reduced to nothing with only boscovs and Burlington coat factory.
I basically grew up in this mall and it's the closest mall in my area besides Laurel Mall which is hardly a mall anymore. I wonder how much longer this one can last.
Laurel Mall is actually doing well. Rural King has been doing so well they have enlarged their store. Dollar Tree, Burger King and BFS opened a new stores.
Didn't know Dunham's Sports moved out. That sucks. Lowering the tenant rates might help keep it afloat temporarily. Regardless, it's as if I'm watching a former giant crumble to pieces.
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Those pastel colors really give this place a Miami vice era vibe!
I miss 80's new save colours and fonts, those floriscent lights arranged in cursive hand writing, hot pink, lime green, :_(.
This mall screams of the late 1980s/early '90s (especially early '90s)! I love it!
Dude, same. I love the vintage aesthetics.
I completely agree!
The 90s called they want their mall back.
ha ha...very original.
What did you expect to find, was it something you left behind?
I am from that area of the country and I have been in that mall numerous times. I was doing a lot of work in Uniontown in the 1990's, so I would stop there every so often. I remember it being incredibly packed with shoppers especially during holiday season. It's crazy what online shopping has done to retail stores.
LOVE that music - so 80's - I miss the 80's......lots of good memories with that time for me... ♥
Kind of eerie how this goes from looking like a typical mall on one side to absolute ghost town on the other.
Great video! This mall is so retro! I love the ceiling with the tile look. Some of the store front that are empty are retro looking too.🤗
Music: "Surrender Your Heart" by Missing Persons (Original Date: 1984).
Is the version in this video a cover? Or is the pitch just lowered?
@@subzeroarctics1299 : It's a cover version. If you listen to the original version, it doesn't have the bells, and the percussion is a bit more abrasive.
Where can I find this version? I have had no luck finding it.....help!
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The mall I grew up with in the mall I went to as a kid😭😭😭😭😭
It is so sad. Very enjoyable times with my mom and also my grandparents. I can’t set foot in there anymore
Why don't these deadmalls just lower the rent to an acceptable level where you'll have vendors begging to sign a contract
When the Mall gets revived they can start charging more in the next contract?
LurkerDood it’s not that simple. Even with much lower rent tenants know the place is dying and can’t complete with online stores. The mall age is over. Unless the mall is in a high income area they will die. This place is done. Put a fork in it.
@@jzabady1 Yea, I guess you're right
Instead of letting the Mall rot, I would probably just convert it into a huge food court with differant Countries food represented or something ex. Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, Italian, French etc... lol
@@jzabady1 even in high income areas it hard. Especially when things like shootings happen. Beachwood Place in Cleveland just had one. The suspect is one of Cleveland's finest citizens. Stuff like that will kill a mall in short order.
@@LurkerDood It doesn't help that Pennsylvania is still heavily over-malled, even with all the closures/demolitions. The U.S. has an average of 23.6 square feet of retail space per capita (more than five times the average in other countries), and in Pennsylvania it is even higher. And that's sort of the problem... there's *too much* retail space, and many retailers have been victims of changing consumer tastes, a widening wealth gap and growth in online shopping.
Many large chains, the malls they took space in, and even flagship urban stores have failed to adapt to today’s consumer, who wants a unique experience. This experience can run the gamut from excellent customer service to value-buys. I hate to say it (because I hate what Apple has become), but Apple generates more in-person retail revenue than any other company in the world, at $5,546 per square foot; consumers can purchase the same items on Amazon, Best Buy or even Apple’s website, but most choose to visit Apple’s stores. The interactivity of an Apple store - the ability to touch and try its devices - makes visiting the store a social experience worth investing in.
Anyway, it's inevitable that some malls are going to struggle. Even if they *do* adapt to today's consumer, there's no guarantee they'll be able to survive. Your idea of a multinational food court is not a bad idea, though... because where else could you sample so many different cuisines in one visit? (See what I mean? These days, it's all about the "unique experience".)
@@SpearM3064 Wonder if Apple pulling its stores out of Shops at Willow Bend in Plano TX will kill that place. They just turned a lot of old retail space into restaurants. The only anchor I remember is Nieman Marcus, the place is pretty nondescript.
This mall was my childhood 😔
Love this retro mall!! Nice to see the original work.
I've been waiting for a video on this mall. If I remember correctly Gee Bee was similar to Ames and Hills.
I noticed there's usually a "retail apocalypse" every one hundred years or so. Usually because peoples' shopping habits change alongside new ways to shop, and those chains and retailers who can't or won't adapt usually go quietly into the night.
That Filthy Weeaboo every 100 years? So that would mean the last one was the Great Depression?
Try every 30 years. A hundred years ago catalog sales crushed the mom and pop shop. 70 years ago the post war building boom created the large department stores. 40 years ago the department stores were massed together with smaller chains into the malls we know and love. And for the last 10 years, on line shopping has transformed the scene again. In another 20 years something else will take Amazon's place. Who knows what. Maybe the mom and pop shops will return?
This Mall has that 1986-1990 look!
I'd probably say early '90s like 1990-'93 at least...
The memories these videos bring are massive ! Especially when pastel colors are a part the cast members.
Awesome video of a sad looking mall. All those empty stores, the plants look sad, the shoppers look sad and that pistashio color all over.. .bleh. Looks like it hasn't been updated since the 80s.
It's such a sad mall the crane at the grab a prize toy is broken. Sad.
And yet JC Penney hangs on. If it's one of the stores on the latest closings list... RIP Uniontown Mall.
Thanks for the variety of places you visit and the vapor wave music and 80s music that brings me back to my teenage days!
So excited you're going to visit Swansea Mall. It's a beaut.
Excellent video again!! This mall is reminiscent of our mall here in Tennessee. It’s pastel, pink and its still thriving. We have lost at our mall Payless, Gymboree, Crazy 8 and Charlotte Russe. But there are people wanting to lease it’s our main mall for our area. I love the pastel it’s definitely a 90s thing.
Yeah I was about to say that! This mall [Uniontown Mall] screams of the '90s!
I'm in this video at 8:01 closing the book store. I remember seeing you film this. Funny thing is I often blast waterfront dining during my shifts in an irony of the mall dying that absolutely noone understands so this is really cool. Good work!
A really good video thanks
This is so sad. I have memories here.
If you come south, the Regency Square mall in Richmond is one to consider. It's already hanging by a thread, with a rundown JCP as its last anchor.
I'm from Richmond. Requency was awesome back in the day
Dave Porter I third this notion, Regency Square should be a good one, that mall is actually one of two dead malls in the area (the other being Virginia Center Commons which is even more dead).. Be wary of security though, they are a bit uppity about cameras (in both malls).
Regency has been getting strangled by the much smaller Chesterfield Town Center, as well as the outdoor mall Short Pump Town Center.
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That old Gee Bee photo was of the one on Scalp Avenue in Johnstown, now a Giant Eagle... I remember GeeBee and their flagship Glosser Bros store in downtown Johnstown
Thee called FYE closed in fall of 2018 I live 5 mints away from the Uniontown Mall. So sad.
See lots of comments so not sure if your inquiry of Gee Bee was answered or not. Gee Bee was a chain division of the Glosser Brothers Corp. Glosser Brothers was started as a small department store in Johnstown PA in 1906, they eventually evolved into a full scale department store and began their expansion in the 60’s with the Gee Bee brand. The brand continued its expansion into the 70’s with the introduction of Gee Bee Jr. which was a scaled down version of the full size store. We had a Gee Bee in the Richland section of Johnstown which is now a Giant Eagle and a Gee Bee Jr. in the Westmont section of Johnstown which was the last Gee Bee Jr. to go and is now a shuttered grocery store from what I understand
Jeez. This one hits hard. My mom used to take me shopping here and would push me around in a stroller when I was a toddler.
Love your videos on dead malls. Just heard that your are coming to the Detroit area. You might want to check the Somerset Collection in Troy, MI. It is not a dead mall, but a destination mall. It is also across the street from the old Kmart headquarters.
Oh man... This is the mall I grew up going to. I went back a few months ago. It's getting even worse. Buckets placed under drips coming from the ceiling. Thank you for this video. Nice to have the memories.
This is one of my local malls I travel to. About 20 minute drive. So sad to see malls dying out like this. Used to love coming here and hitting the arcade in the early 80s to mid 90s
i still shop here, i guess it’s just relaxing because of the nostalgia
5:20 - parkway center mall got demolished in 2016, I can still hear the jingle is playing in my head. The only store left open was a tenant and anchor tenant a Giant Eagle grocery store and amazingly a tour of them all down around the Giant Eagle
more like pastel HEAVEN! I'm new to the mall obsession, and this one is on my short list.
I've been here seven times in the pas years from 2002-2014 when I Lived in Moon PA
ive seen this place in a dream i had not too long ago. (Wont go into details) it had a feeling that i cant describe, like youre more than welcome to be there but you cant buy a single thing because everything is priced way too high, so you just walk around in a perpetual state of curiosity and hopelessness. And to put the icing on the cake, its bright on the inside while the outside is a never ending night, only for stars to periodically shine and disappear.
Gee-Bee was part of Glosser Brothers, the G and B of Gee-Bee, which was based in Johnstown. Every year, when we would visit family in Johnstown, we would go to their large department store downtown, although my mom preferred Penn Traffic.
Awesome!
to only be back in the late 80's early 90..this place was happeing.and like you mention century 3 mall..was an trip we always tooked to go there and in early 2000's buying clothes and what not from there cause we didnt have stores in uniontown like pittsburgh did...to only be a kid again back in the days
Gee Bee was more like a K-mart. "It's got to be Gee Bee!"
I remember Gee Bee's, think your right it was a discount grocery store. Used to get lolly pops from there as a child. LoL
I had great times in this mall during the 80's. I was there last year (first time in 28 years) and was sickened how dead it was.
I remember shopping there as a kid when I would visit my grandmother in Morgantown.
90s and malls go together like bees and flowers. A lot of factors contribute to why malls are empty/dead. We have several malls that are continuing to thrive good location, food courts, and solid anchor stores which brings in the little guys to open stores. Surprisingly the ones that are demolished are built up as outside venues, open air stores, and condos/apartments. Usually accompanied with a movie theater.
Looks like our Newburgh mall. South hills mall in Wappingers falls NY also.
You should do a video of the Temple Mall in Temple, TX. It had only 7 vacant spaces when I moved to the area in 2013. The mall now has in excess of 25 vacant spaces including two anchor stores. They put a planet fitness in the former Dillard's -- after Dillard's moved to the former Macy's. They used to have a Steve and Barry's. It is now used for seasonal purposes. Halloween, Christmas, and may 4th of July...
I have family that lives in Uniontown & man.. I've been to that mall soooo many times!! So many memories rushed back to me when watching this
The malls in my city are still pretty busy. They are even adding a second level in one with a parkade to accomodate the parking overflow. There is even talk of a third mall coming....but then again red deer and other cities in Alberta must be the exception as well as a few other provinces in Canada. Malls here still have that social aspect of going out, shopping, eating, and chatting with friends you run into while out. They also let local farmers and producers sell their products on tables inside like an indoor farmers market.
Boston has like no dead mall but I fell like Cambridge Side is starting to struggle because there sears and gap closed recently
Gee Bee was the suburban version of Glosser Bros, which was a traditional downtown department store
What about the Middletown Mall in Fairmont, West Virginia? That mall sure has history.
Uniontown Mall.... great until, like, six months ago. Seriously, WTF?
This is what happens when the anchor stores go. That is the problems with shopping malls. It needs strong anchor tenants in order for the rest of the specialty stores inside to thrive. Once the anchors go, so do the rest of the smaller shops inside.
There is a mall over the border called Honeydale mall. It was opened in 1973 and closed in 2013. When I was there a few years before it closed it looked really old school and had the weirdest pet store there. Its still standing but closed, not sure for how much longer.
Pastel hell? This is a beautiful prison 💚
Wow..my mall...
When you come to Boston, don't forget the Arsenal Mall in Watertown, it's a shell of it's former self now and part of it was knocked down for new construction.
.....I used to go to Uniontown often with my fiance when i lived in Pittsburgh.....But that was only to go to a car dealership.....Didn't know Uniontown had a mall.....There isn't much down there....And you're right....That area has so many malls.....As someone who grew up in the NY Metro area, i was surprised.....But, I also saw a lot of dead malls in and around Pittsburgh, too.....
Anthony, Let me know when you are at Swansea mall. I am a huge fan of the channel and live right near by. Would love to meet up. Great video and thanks for all of the content!
In the mall when I was a kid you had Sears hess's McCrory's which was Dunham's before they went out with the restaurant Bon-Ton and before pennies that whole wing used to be gee bees it's spanned all the way up to the parking lot with grocery then back when I was 7 or 8 years old Back in 88 I believe they pushed jeebees back to expand and build JCPenney's the AMC was a Carmichael for that they expanded into a Carmichael 6 I still have memories of my third grade class going there and being on WTAE project bundle-up wengie B's went out of business it converted to a Value City and then the Value City got converted over to Burlington also fun fact there used to be a water fountain in front of the Bonton when the store first opened the part of the water fountain came undone flooded Banton
Who gives a shit lady
I just visited this mall today. Outside the former Burlington Coat Factory store there were signs for a Spirit Halloween store coming soon in the space, which is Spirit's MO for old mall anchors. But what was weird was...the ENTIRE empty store was completely open to the public. There were no gates pulled down or anything.
Man I loved going to the mall asa teen watching the one where I live becoming a ghost town is really creepy
Been into a Mall just like this. If they turned it into small apartments /homes it would be come villages for people.
In NYC Manhattan they have done it to the first ever mall. Now it is busier than it was in the 1890s
You need to come to the lakes mall in Muskegon Michigan
That cieling gives me flashbacks of Seaworld.... a brilliant stroke of genius? Or a fatal flop??
Every time I think I’ve watched videos of all the malls in the Pittsburgh area, bam there’s another one. I’m sure Penny’s are already plotting their move from this place. Once that happens this place will fall like a stack of cards. Another sad mall with little hope. Good video.
JCPenney owns their building, according to employees there. Talk has been JCP might wall off the mall entrance.
All I stated was what several LONG TIME employees said-- JCP owned the building but the mall owned the ground it sets on. You would probably have to contact the mall manager/owner to find out what the ownership/leasing details are.
The mall is nice looking. I wonder how you would feel about Westmoreland Mall if they are doing good. Sears will be gone in two days and we will be down to two anchors. The casino is supposed to open in two years but it may be too late.
Westmoreland has some nice 90s aesthetics to it, too. I had grandparents that lived in Greensburg PA and would go to that mall whenever we visited them.
It seemed fine back in December when I went to Westmoreland mall. Although I am not a huge fan of malls, I would like more walkable places than just Greensburg in Westmoreland County.
Sears, Lids, Gymboree, Charlotte Russe, Helzberg Diamonds, and Payless are finished at Westmoreland.
This mall has a "subwaystation" feel to it - with a touch of 90s Hospital^^
Wish you could do one on collin creek mall in plano tx. My childhood is gone
I'm kind of conflicted on how I feel about the death of malls. On one hand, they helped originally kill main street in the U.S. On the other hand, they were a cool place to hang out and peruse. Ironically, it's now main street which is doing much better...
Is this UNIONTOWN PA 45 minutes from downtown Pittsburgh PA
Yes, that's the one.
I like the pastel colors
what title of the music from Waterfront Dining He Use Thou?
You should come back and do an update on this mall.
Hope you feel better
Yeah, Gee Bee's was a spinoff of Glosser Brothers. Uniontown was hit hard in the late 70s, and never truly recovered.
For a bit of a different view; just to the left of that big sign, across the highway, is Mount Saint Macrina, the site of the largest Byzantine Catholic pilgrimage in the country.
I left Pittsburgh in 79 yet Gee Bees sounds familiar. Did they sell stuff like zayres? It sounds so familiar
Gee Bee was similar to Zayre; large discount department stores, highly promotional, good basic family merchandise.
been to Uniontown mall many times over the years.. sears was my main store I went to...my wife still goes to JC Penny's at times I guess the mall is still hanging in there ,but for how long ? so many business are gone from there sad to see
Awesome video! I am trying to go the Swansea mall soon, when are you going?
Now, I can see myself converting one of the stores into an apartment and living here. Or even surviving here during the Zompoc.
At our mall we have a Lensecrafters still, but they only have a dr in the office twice a month. I went to make an appointment for an eye exam, I know, they were the ones on my insurance, and the earliest appointment they had was 2 months away. I don't know how these place stay open in a mall like this. Yes it's a dying mall, and kinda small too. Most malls today always look like right before opening or about to close.
The ceiling tiles are straight out of the movie Aliens!
We had to take my wife’s phone in to the Apple Store that’s in a mall near us and that shit was depressing dude. Same thing, most stores straight gone. Even the food court had weird one off like Mcburger Char Grilled Chicken? Never heard of that before, but the mall had one.
I have been by there lots of times.
The Boston Beanery has also closed since this was posted.
The Mall at Robinson is a Pittsburgh area mall, and it’s doing well.
I remember when they built this mall. Everyone was scared that it would kill downtown Uniontown where about the only place to go shopping was a Montgomery Ward.
Sad, I am 25 mins from Uniontown. Will you do a video on the Middletown Mall in Fairmont, WV? It had a lot of life back in the 70's to the 90's
Remember when Middletown Mall had FOUR anchors--Sears, Gee Bee, Hess's, Stone & Thomas. I don't think S & T renovated since the store opened, but they always had nice merchandise. I believe there was also a large McCrory's store there.
Come to the Hamilton mall in May’s landing New Jersey. It’s on life support. We just lost jc penny’s and Charlotte Russe. Also Payless. The only big store left is Macy’s and that probably won’t be there long. You want a dead mall ? We also have the Cardiff circle mall in egg Harbor Township nj. Not far from Hamilton mall. Harbor square across the road used to be a great big shopping center as well. It’s practically reduced to nothing with only boscovs and Burlington coat factory.
Gee Bee's was like a Kmart with no food or I'll pull up other old discount stores Zayre's, Hills, Grants Ames, etc.
I use to live in Uniontown
Intro song??
In January, I tried to film a dead mall video at this mall but a mall cop told me to stop filming lol me and him were the only people there.
Except for the massage chairs this place is like a time capsule.
This is my local mall I really hope it comes back I don’t wanna see it die
It also once housed a Hess store that is now the Present day Tel Tech
I basically grew up in this mall and it's the closest mall in my area besides Laurel Mall which is hardly a mall anymore. I wonder how much longer this one can last.
Laurel Mall is actually doing well. Rural King has been doing so well they have enlarged their store. Dollar Tree, Burger King and BFS opened a new stores.
Didn't know Dunham's Sports moved out. That sucks.
Lowering the tenant rates might help keep it afloat temporarily. Regardless, it's as if I'm watching a former giant crumble to pieces.
Can you Do the Coventry mall in pottstown
That tile colour is so much like Portage Place Mall in Winnipeg
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