Is Chapel Hill Mall in Akron Ohio the new Roling Acres? On todays episode we will take a look the mall before and after covid-19 as well as its history.
This brings back good memories. It's ashame online shopping is killing places like this. The younger generation will never experience how shopping was in the past. People would go here just to talk and people watch. I miss this mall and the great memories. I love the music you play. Thank you for a well done video.
Glad I can preserve the memories for future generations. Online shopping isn’t solely responsible for killing malls. Now a days with recent inflation you can’t afford to buy anything. Without malls where do you go to try and discover new products? Malls are not about just shopping they are also about the community. It’s sad that future generations will do nothing but work and be isolated like I am forced to be. Thanks for supporting my work.
Great memories of sports cards shows at Chapel Hill Mall back in the late 90's. Also, who remembers the creepy giant talking snowman at Christmas?? When I moved back to Akron in 2007, ownership was still really trying to give it a go. RIP Chapel Hill Mall...good times off of Howe Road.
I spent so much time in that mall. When I was a little kid, the Woolworth had a soda fountain. I remember seeing a ton of movies there. Star Wars, Conan the Barbarian, and Scarface come to mind. They use to have a comic book convention in there the day after Christmas. Good times. Sad to see it go the way of the dinosaur.
Hey thx for coming to this mall. I used to live there but moved to FL in the last year. I went to Chapel Hill in college around 09 -12 era ... Sadly I seen it going the way of my childhood mall Parmatown ..im 30 yrs young btw. Keep up the great content!
Great video! Very heartbreaking seeing the mall that was once filled with life and magic, turn into a run down, forgotten, husk of its former self. As someone who is also a dead mall enthusiast, I have a very hard time going into this mall just because of how dead it is. Just kind of feels like a part of my whole childhood and adolescent years is slowly dying. The mall is definitely not at 60% capacity though especially with one wing of the mall only having 1 store open, I would probably say it’s close to being 15-20% capacity. I live nearby this mall so if you have any questions about it let me know, would love to have discussion about it and Rolling Acres!
GrownNimble sadly I never made it to rolling acres and I said it was at 60% because that was the only information I could find. I can only go off of what researching comes up with. It’s very sad that this year is probably the end for most physical retail. Even in upscale areas I’ve seen many businesses closing or abandoned and in lower income areas it’s even worse. Kmart Sears penny’s bed bath and beyond are just a few of the major retailers we have or are loosing this year.
Haven't been ther in years. I have no idea what I'm even looking at. Not saying that in a negative way! Wish you also did a walk through (good idea, 2 videos) so maybe recognized something. Again, not being negative at all. Really was looking to get nostalgic place a finger on places I still think about, "when I grow up I'm going to work in that store"...
Not quite sure what you are asking? Do you mean you want one long continuous shot as I walk through the mall? I don’t do this because it’s lazy not creative and results in bouncy footage. Aka everyone in the mall community films that way. I try and stand about amongst the crowd. I’m sorry if I missed anything. I think I will be heading back to that mall the end of this month. If there is something specific u want to see I can try and get it.
Akron ohio kid born and raised was just there this past june didn't get a chance to visit chapel hill mall from what I heard not much to look at anymore I use to work there back in 2009 2010 I had good times the mall was busy food court food was good then some years later stores started leaving I noticed it from macys side it was partially empty where the other side was busy then the other side started falling off man I miss this mall when it was busier
I left there in March1974 and don’t know where this place was. I lived in Norton, on route 21 just south of the Loyal Oak Golf Course. Can you tell me where this mall was in relation to where I lived? I knew of a big mall in Fairlawn and one towards Barberton near that big cemetery.
@@TiltedTripodMedia That one musta' been built after I left I suppose. When I arrived here in the Palm Beaches, the West Palm Beach Mall was the largest in south Flo0rida and pretty new - probably around 1968 or so - and I got here March 4, 1974 - so it was six years old then. Today, it is long gone and replaced with a huge outlet center with outside walkways and a few restaurants in a few spots. Pretty busy still, after being open a couple years. But, I doubt it will last long because the area was, and still is, the problem - not cracks in the sidewalk but roving bands of youth up to no good.
Physical retail isn't going totally away but it will have a much smaller footprint. Some things you just have to see in person and try on. Also, returns sometimes can be a hassle when you return to an online store over taking it back to a physical retailer. The way Amazon packages some things in little bags makes it hard to reseal to send back
Dennis W I will agree on most of that. I’d rather have a physical Amazon vs online because the amount of stuff I end up sending back going well that wasn’t what I thought it was is very high. If I could see it try it I would have picked something else
Kmart Man Yeah the bath and Bodyworks will always be open it will always be there even when the mall is torn down LOL because that’s how Bath and Bodyworks rolls😂
@@TiltedTripodMedia I used to call GNC "the cockroach of dead malls" because like Bath & Body they would be the last to go. Not so much now: amp.usatoday.com/amp/3252560001 They went Ch. 11 and are dumping 800+ shops. For some time people were thinking "which Akron mall will wind up the next Rolling Acres?" With JCPenny following Sears into the grave the answer is obvious.
Crazy this mall is where I first met my ex wife Graceanne 7 years ago. Our first date we walked the mall and it was pretty dead back then and we ate at the olive garden there then went across the road seen a movie at the regal cinemas. Things were good then wish could go back in time!
Yeah I was looking at some houses over on that side of Akron for moving and then I remembered that the mall for that side of town is dead and I was like oh yeah right maybe I don’t wanna live there and I’d rather live somewhere closer to Cleveland
@@TiltedTripodMedia yeah Parma is a nice community, so is cities that surround it! Hope you find something up this way it would be cool. My brother Ryan Ryder hangs occasionally with Manny and they film around here there's plenty of cool places to film around cleveland in general. The new meijer in seven hills is where an old Kmart was that hot demolished. I used to work there years back after highschool graduation
I’m very familiar with most of the Cleveland Canton and Akron area as I grew up in Detroit and visited Northeast Ohio frequently to film things like waterfalls malls and other various places. Now that I live in Cincinnati area I come up to Northeast Ohio to film abandoned places and Malls frequently
I love all the Cleveland suburbs that are basically around the 90 Corredor out to Amherst and then going down the 71 Corredor to Strongsville and Brunswick and Medina and everything surrounding that area on the east side it would have to be from Mentor to Euclid and then down the 271 Corredor all the suburbs along there like Bedford and stow Hudson chagrin Falls etc.
@@TiltedTripodMedia that's totally awesome Chris , well I am a fan of yours on youtube love your out take on places as well as cool style on filming. There is an abandoned Ames in Brooklyn OH near Memphis Kiddie Park. Those two places alone would get you a ton of likes and more subscribers. Manny did the Ames once but didn't film much of it.
Nahhh that’s the crazy old lady! Aka mom. She’s in many of my videos. She doesn’t get out to often due to her cancer so I try and include her when I can ☺️🙂
You think is opening back some time I visited couples of time this is sad and listen to this government clowns saying economic is back yeah back spiral downwards ☹️
i got hired to clean the windows at the foot locker there like right in 2019 when covid hit and i had to wear a mask and the confirmation process was so old it was toxic like i had to use their landline phone and it took longer than it did to actually clean their windows. it was a unique experience because I grew up in that mall but you could see on everybodies face it wasn't going well. None of it.
it appears this mall is owned by Kohan and that's not a very good thing, they almost got its power turned off in 2020 also my mall opened a Bath and Body Works a year ago, there used to be another one but it closed years ago
@@TiltedTripodMedia Kohan and Namdar are just those companies that buy dead malls for cheap prices and do nothing to them which lead to the malls being shut down for safety concerns, little to no stores, etc
If they were smart they would turn it into upscale apartments with shops& services. Akron is so behind in many ways it's why it isn't drawing people to live here.
Happy to say chapel hill died but almost immediatly got repurposed as a business center with a storage america, a cabinet maker, and other industial spaces for rent. No longer retail but still alive in a new way!
Yeah, unfortunately, turning moles into business parks, don’t really benefit the community as a whole they only benefit those that are skilled enough to work at whatever the business Park is or factory or warehouse. We need places like malls in the community where people can actually do stuff other than just work and go home.
@@TiltedTripodMedia true. The shopping has mostly movee to the more modern strip mall thats closer to the highway and the surrounding big box stores. Woulda been nice to keep it a shopping mall in some way tho. Thanks for the reply!
@@randybutcher5713 your welcome. Yeah I’d rather the malls turn into living on one level shopping on lower level and lots of dining and entertainment. I’ve seen a few malls with museums in them and that’s also a great idea. One mall even had a casino.
Still, a great place to work mobile HF Amateur Radio from; "DX", or "skip"! Otherwise forget about walking around looking through and past windows at tacky clothing that was way over-priced anyway. I mean really, who's gonna go buy a cheesy leather jacket for $200.00 - 300.00 only to wear to some doo-doo hole bar or nightclub filled with superficial personalities today?
Charles E. Woods II kd8efq yeah I don’t care for any clothing from any store either boring and gross or way over priced and everyone has it. Sorry I don’t want to pay $$$$ for jeans that look like the ones everyone else has
Ha too funny I used to take my TS 430 and an antenna tuner with a piece of wire and hook to the water tower and work 80 meters from the tower. had a lot of fun on HF from there. Although i am not licensed anymore i`m sure if i did that today i would get arrested! I guess back then it paid to know Mr Buchholzer thru my dad who worked maintenance there from the day they opened. 73s N8MXA
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This brings back good memories. It's ashame online shopping is killing places like this. The younger generation will never experience how shopping was in the past. People would go here just to talk and people watch. I miss this mall and the great memories. I love the music you play. Thank you for a well done video.
Glad I can preserve the memories for future generations. Online shopping isn’t solely responsible for killing malls. Now a days with recent inflation you can’t afford to buy anything. Without malls where do you go to try and discover new products? Malls are not about just shopping they are also about the community. It’s sad that future generations will do nothing but work and be isolated like I am forced to be. Thanks for supporting my work.
Great memories of sports cards shows at Chapel Hill Mall back in the late 90's. Also, who remembers the creepy giant talking snowman at Christmas?? When I moved back to Akron in 2007, ownership was still really trying to give it a go. RIP Chapel Hill Mall...good times off of Howe Road.
I wish I could have experienced it like you did
I spent so much time in that mall. When I was a little kid, the Woolworth had a soda fountain. I remember seeing a ton of movies there. Star Wars, Conan the Barbarian, and Scarface come to mind. They use to have a comic book convention in there the day after Christmas. Good times. Sad to see it go the way of the dinosaur.
Looked like it was a great place
So glad I got to document it for everyone
Hey thx for coming to this mall. I used to live there but moved to FL in the last year. I went to Chapel Hill in college around 09 -12 era ... Sadly I seen it going the way of my childhood mall Parmatown ..im 30 yrs young btw. Keep up the great content!
lyd wetzel thanks for the positive feedback I’m 30 too
@@TiltedTripodMedia awesome dude. I'm subscribed and look forward to your content 🤞
lyd wetzel thanks so much
Great video! Very heartbreaking seeing the mall that was once filled with life and magic, turn into a run down, forgotten, husk of its former self. As someone who is also a dead mall enthusiast, I have a very hard time going into this mall just because of how dead it is. Just kind of feels like a part of my whole childhood and adolescent years is slowly dying. The mall is definitely not at 60% capacity though especially with one wing of the mall only having 1 store open, I would probably say it’s close to being 15-20% capacity. I live nearby this mall so if you have any questions about it let me know, would love to have discussion about it and Rolling Acres!
GrownNimble sadly I never made it to rolling acres and I said it was at 60% because that was the only information I could find. I can only go off of what researching comes up with. It’s very sad that this year is probably the end for most physical retail. Even in upscale areas I’ve seen many businesses closing or abandoned and in lower income areas it’s even worse. Kmart Sears penny’s bed bath and beyond are just a few of the major retailers we have or are loosing this year.
I'm guessing he did turn into Amazon like Rolling Acres and Euclid Square Mall
Well if they do turn this mall into Amazon that would be stupid since acorn already has an Amazon.
Haven't been ther in years. I have no idea what I'm even looking at. Not saying that in a negative way! Wish you also did a walk through (good idea, 2 videos) so maybe recognized something. Again, not being negative at all. Really was looking to get nostalgic place a finger on places I still think about, "when I grow up I'm going to work in that store"...
Not quite sure what you are asking? Do you mean you want one long continuous shot as I walk through the mall? I don’t do this because it’s lazy not creative and results in bouncy footage. Aka everyone in the mall community films that way. I try and stand about amongst the crowd. I’m sorry if I missed anything. I think I will be heading back to that mall the end of this month. If there is something specific u want to see I can try and get it.
Akron ohio kid born and raised was just there this past june didn't get a chance to visit chapel hill mall from what I heard not much to look at anymore I use to work there back in 2009 2010 I had good times the mall was busy food court food was good then some years later stores started leaving I noticed it from macys side it was partially empty where the other side was busy then the other side started falling off man I miss this mall when it was busier
The Big O Show I miss all malls
The Big O Show thanks for the memories
@@TiltedTripodMedia I know Amazon took over where Rolling Acres use to be i agree i miss it all too
I left there in March1974 and don’t know where this place was. I lived in Norton, on route 21 just south of the Loyal Oak Golf Course. Can you tell me where this mall was in relation to where I lived? I knew of a big mall in Fairlawn and one towards Barberton near that big cemetery.
The one in fairlawn is summit place and the chapel hill mall is located on the north side of Akron just south of cuyahoga falls.
@@TiltedTripodMedia That one musta' been built after I left I suppose. When I arrived here in the Palm Beaches, the West Palm Beach Mall was the largest in south Flo0rida and pretty new - probably around 1968 or so - and I got here March 4, 1974 - so it was six years old then. Today, it is long gone and replaced with a huge outlet center with outside walkways and a few restaurants in a few spots. Pretty busy still, after being open a couple years. But, I doubt it will last long because the area was, and still is, the problem - not cracks in the sidewalk but roving bands of youth up to no good.
Physical retail isn't going totally away but it will have a much smaller footprint. Some things you just have to see in person and try on. Also, returns sometimes can be a hassle when you return to an online store over taking it back to a physical retailer. The way Amazon packages some things in little bags makes it hard to reseal to send back
Dennis W I will agree on most of that. I’d rather have a physical Amazon vs online because the amount of stuff I end up sending back going well that wasn’t what I thought it was is very high. If I could see it try it I would have picked something else
I just went today and the jcpenney is closed and just looks sad and so does this mall right now😔 also the bath and body works is open 😁
Kmart Man Yeah the bath and Bodyworks will always be open it will always be there even when the mall is torn down LOL because that’s how Bath and Bodyworks rolls😂
@@TiltedTripodMedia I used to call GNC "the cockroach of dead malls" because like Bath & Body they would be the last to go.
Not so much now:
amp.usatoday.com/amp/3252560001
They went Ch. 11 and are dumping 800+ shops.
For some time people were thinking "which Akron mall will wind up the next Rolling Acres?" With JCPenny following Sears into the grave the answer is obvious.
@@dr666demento My local mall had GNC close when it was still semi-thriving.
Crazy this mall is where I first met my ex wife Graceanne 7 years ago. Our first date we walked the mall and it was pretty dead back then and we ate at the olive garden there then went across the road seen a movie at the regal cinemas. Things were good then wish could go back in time!
Yeah I was looking at some houses over on that side of Akron for moving and then I remembered that the mall for that side of town is dead and I was like oh yeah right maybe I don’t wanna live there and I’d rather live somewhere closer to Cleveland
@@TiltedTripodMedia yeah Parma is a nice community, so is cities that surround it! Hope you find something up this way it would be cool. My brother Ryan Ryder hangs occasionally with Manny and they film around here there's plenty of cool places to film around cleveland in general. The new meijer in seven hills is where an old Kmart was that hot demolished. I used to work there years back after highschool graduation
I’m very familiar with most of the Cleveland Canton and Akron area as I grew up in Detroit and visited Northeast Ohio frequently to film things like waterfalls malls and other various places. Now that I live in Cincinnati area I come up to Northeast Ohio to film abandoned places and Malls frequently
I love all the Cleveland suburbs that are basically around the 90 Corredor out to Amherst and then going down the 71 Corredor to Strongsville and Brunswick and Medina and everything surrounding that area on the east side it would have to be from Mentor to Euclid and then down the 271 Corredor all the suburbs along there like Bedford and stow Hudson chagrin Falls etc.
@@TiltedTripodMedia that's totally awesome Chris , well I am a fan of yours on youtube love your out take on places as well as cool style on filming. There is an abandoned Ames in Brooklyn OH near Memphis Kiddie Park. Those two places alone would get you a ton of likes and more subscribers. Manny did the Ames once but didn't film much of it.
Curious: Was that woman wearing the fur coat with you or does she happen to be the only person in the mall?
Nahhh that’s the crazy old lady! Aka mom. She’s in many of my videos. She doesn’t get out to often due to her cancer so I try and include her when I can ☺️🙂
Nice Video Chris
Towhid’s Official Adventures thanks so glad u enjoyed it
Your Welcome And I Really Did Enjoyed This Video
Towhid’s Official Adventures well I have thousands more in the archives and am off on a huge trip to film some legendary stuff next week
Oh That Cool Bro
Great video chris
Exploring Retail's With Andrew thanks
You should come back soon. It’s hurting so bad!!
I will be in portage lakes Ohio tomorrow
Looking to move to northeast ohio
You think is opening back some time I visited couples of time this is sad and listen to this government clowns saying economic is back yeah back spiral downwards ☹️
Rolling Acres II - electric boogaloo.
Dr Demento ummm what 😳lol
i got hired to clean the windows at the foot locker there like right in 2019 when covid hit and i had to wear a mask and the confirmation process was so old it was toxic like i had to use their landline phone and it took longer than it did to actually clean their windows. it was a unique experience because I grew up in that mall but you could see on everybodies face it wasn't going well. None of it.
Wow, that’s an interesting story
it appears this mall is owned by Kohan and that's not a very good thing, they almost got its power turned off in 2020
also my mall opened a Bath and Body Works a year ago, there used to be another one but it closed years ago
Yeah this mall is doomed🙁
@@TiltedTripodMedia Kohan and Namdar are just those companies that buy dead malls for cheap prices and do nothing to them which lead to the malls being shut down for safety concerns, little to no stores, etc
@@SearsCool I am very very familiar with them
If rolling acres Was still open the chance would high for it closed because of the pandemic
So lets see Chapel hill By the future
If they were smart they would turn it into upscale apartments with shops& services. Akron is so behind in many ways it's why it isn't drawing people to live here.
Call me crazy but I’ve been looking to move up to northeast Ohio including parts of Akron
If you need grillz for your teeth or a I can't breathe shirt this is the place to go.
Vince Ward i totally agree and I wish this mall wasn’t dying.
Akron is a shithole
Watch this mall sit abandoned and rotting away for eight years like Rolling Acres whenever it does permanently close...
I’ve heard it will be closing in march
Played a lot of games of poo dollar in the food court.
That’s random 🤣🤣
Happy to say chapel hill died but almost immediatly got repurposed as a business center with a storage america, a cabinet maker, and other industial spaces for rent. No longer retail but still alive in a new way!
Yeah, unfortunately, turning moles into business parks, don’t really benefit the community as a whole they only benefit those that are skilled enough to work at whatever the business Park is or factory or warehouse. We need places like malls in the community where people can actually do stuff other than just work and go home.
@@TiltedTripodMedia true. The shopping has mostly movee to the more modern strip mall thats closer to the highway and the surrounding big box stores. Woulda been nice to keep it a shopping mall in some way tho. Thanks for the reply!
@@randybutcher5713 your welcome. Yeah I’d rather the malls turn into living on one level shopping on lower level and lots of dining and entertainment. I’ve seen a few malls with museums in them and that’s also a great idea. One mall even had a casino.
Still, a great place to work mobile HF Amateur Radio from; "DX", or "skip"! Otherwise forget about walking around looking through and past windows at tacky clothing that was way over-priced anyway. I mean really, who's gonna go buy a cheesy leather jacket for $200.00 - 300.00 only to wear to some doo-doo hole bar or nightclub filled with superficial personalities today?
Charles E. Woods II kd8efq yeah I don’t care for any clothing from any store either boring and gross or way over priced and everyone has it. Sorry I don’t want to pay $$$$ for jeans that look like the ones everyone else has
Charles E. Woods II kd8efq we need a physical store for wish Amazon and AliExpress
Ha too funny I used to take my TS 430 and an antenna tuner with a piece of wire and hook to the water tower and work 80 meters from the tower. had a lot of fun on HF from there. Although i am not licensed anymore i`m sure if i did that today i would get arrested! I guess back then it paid to know Mr Buchholzer thru my dad who worked maintenance there from the day they opened. 73s N8MXA
When many ppl talk about abandoned Michigan they complain about Democrats and bla bla bla....Ohio is Republican State!
Not sure what this has to do with anything