Thanks for another look at American reality. Those of us from Northern California have been seeing this at our own Bay Area, such as San Francisco's Embarcadero Center, and in malls and street-side retail shopping areas all along the East Bay and Peninsula. There is a guy in our area named Metal Leo who makes films of our local scene and the similarity to Portland is scary. All of this came crashing down since the triple intersection of COVID, flash-mob theft, and the rise of online shopping. The cities are DEAD.
Thanks for the tour of this once-lively mall. I almost entered as I passed it last month but decided not to bother. I wonder what will happen to PP if PDX doesn't recover in the next few years?
I remember that place being always be full of people back in the early 2000's pretty much at any time of the day. Given that malls have been dying for the pas two decades, if not longer, I'm surprised there anything happening there.
That’s a nice little fountain area! The mall is a bit too sterile, but of course that’s upscale “design”…😂 Not sure how to feel about the dimly lit food court. Might fall asleep while eating.
It's design feels much better filled with stores, people, and the seasonal installments throughout the mall. There would frequently be giant clusters of sculptures hanging from skylit areas. This video was filmed shortly before the mall closed for good. The food court had its own water feature, and had a completely open before this corralled, bar lighting renovation. I'd say by the time the Apple store moved to its own ground level storefront in mid 2010's, that signed the death warrant for the food court. Really, the entire basement level of the mall. There were maybe 10 empty storefronts in the mall at that point, most of them being in that top-level area after crossing the catwalk. The blue path that runs along the floor used to be completely followable before they redid the flooring and expanded storefronts in areas. Not only that, but instead of sparkly blue vinyl, it was a river of blue marbles set into the floor under glass, and lit from the sides. It was such a neat feature, and you would frequently see kids wandering the mall along the river.
Thanks for another look at American reality. Those of us from Northern California have been seeing this at our own Bay Area, such as San Francisco's Embarcadero Center, and in malls and street-side retail shopping areas all along the East Bay and Peninsula. There is a guy in our area named Metal Leo who makes films of our local scene and the similarity to Portland is scary. All of this came crashing down since the triple intersection of COVID, flash-mob theft, and the rise of online shopping. The cities are DEAD.
Thanks for the tour of this once-lively mall. I almost entered as I passed it last month but decided not to bother. I wonder what will happen to PP if PDX doesn't recover in the next few years?
I remember that place being always be full of people back in the early 2000's pretty much at any time of the day. Given that malls have been dying for the pas two decades, if not longer, I'm surprised there anything happening there.
Got past security! What camera are you using?
Insta360 X3
3:10 The only Raising Cane's in the Pacific Northwest.
That’s a nice little fountain area! The mall is a bit too sterile, but of course that’s upscale “design”…😂
Not sure how to feel about the dimly lit food court. Might fall asleep while eating.
It was better with the old look of it. It looks ugly now and doesn't fit with the building at all
It's design feels much better filled with stores, people, and the seasonal installments throughout the mall. There would frequently be giant clusters of sculptures hanging from skylit areas. This video was filmed shortly before the mall closed for good.
The food court had its own water feature, and had a completely open before this corralled, bar lighting renovation.
I'd say by the time the Apple store moved to its own ground level storefront in mid 2010's, that signed the death warrant for the food court. Really, the entire basement level of the mall. There were maybe 10 empty storefronts in the mall at that point, most of them being in that top-level area after crossing the catwalk.
The blue path that runs along the floor used to be completely followable before they redid the flooring and expanded storefronts in areas. Not only that, but instead of sparkly blue vinyl, it was a river of blue marbles set into the floor under glass, and lit from the sides. It was such a neat feature, and you would frequently see kids wandering the mall along the river.
The Roots foods new renovation sucks. It was sooo much better when the food court was Cascades
all gone....because of stealing
Malls have been dying for a long time, my friend.