Well I can say that I bought shoes there like a month ago ago

Excellent.

Just think, with oxygen he would have done even better

This is superb--ties it all together. Thank you so very much for posting all of these. You can't find this information anywhere else.

What a wonderful new addition!!! A video for all those who could not attend the reception!!! Very appreciated. Thank you, Jack Montmeat!

Thank you again for these videos and thank you for the link!

Thank you for all your work putting these up; they are very helpful--getting information/details Ive never figured out and never heard from anyone else. You said he's using vine charcoal; what kind of paper is he using.

Very interesting

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Holy shit, I used to go to this mall when I was a kid.

It would be great if the mall could be replaced with at least an indoor skatepark, at least two restaurants, and at least one retail store.

Good video! I used to work at Sandella's Coffee Cafe, where Spencer's is now. I have so many memories of that place, and spent a lot of money, and time there. Remember Charlie's Restaurant?...and the stairs that used to wrap around the elevator near the food court?

I miss the red tile :( after the remodel it never felt the same.

The Toy Vault and Ice Imports are really good!! This N That is also decent. It’s a shame these mom and pop stores are close to the only things around now! 🥺😢

Guess this mall is quickly becoming a ghost mall. Shame 😥😪

Nice video. I managed to get over to Berkshire East in late January, and they were running the T-Bar Express that day. Bummed mountain ops closed it early this year, its a great ride. Looks like they got a lot more natural snow since then, the spring skiing looks great! ~Cheers

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Very good video. One of the best I've seen on the Crystal. Good job, like the reference to historical info too.

The place with the Spanish tile roof was Abercrombie, also across from Starbucks I remember there was a popcorn store that had like 50 different flavors and colors of popcorn

Looking good buddy. He's happy as a clam 👏

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The red brick floor tiles are still there just under the new floor plan. When they renovated in 2012 and were pulling the previous renovation tiles from the late 90s off the floor, the red brick tiles were still there. I was working at the mall so I was able to see them. I was so happy.

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Where is that wall? Can’t find one anywhere in RI.

Amazing!

Portrait unveiled at 2:27

You're a good tennis player

Q. How he died ?

The wall ! ….. my favorite tennis practice partner. I use the racquetball court at my club . I’m on the wall 5-8 hours a week practicing all the strokes Including serves, overheads and volleys.

As someone born and raised here in Eastern CT. The malls mistreatment by Simon real estate just pisses me off honestly. That was where the Original Burger King was by the way then it moved for a while to the food court where Arby’s and Taco Bell used to be.

I watched this mall die gradually after I moved here in 2010. Seeing the old red tiles in the video made my jaw drop since I hadn't even known they existed. They look so pretty and remind me a lot of the streets in Philadelphia, but I digress. I do want to say that the mall is seeing some increase in activity, but its not helping with revenue, since most of the incoming visitors are kids with no money going to the mall to hang out and not shop. If the mall hangs on for a few more years, the kids will have jobs and allowances and might start shopping. Its unlikely, but I want to look at the bright side as my favorite mall falters. Updates from my recent visit. I power has been cut to escalators and the elevator and the spirit halloween across from Rue21 is basically a mini anchor store now, since this is now the closest spot for all of Ledyard, Montville, and Stonington's Halloween and costume needs, with the other one being far past Norwich.

"Drawings don't lie. If you're bored with it, it shows. If you're overwhelmed by it, it shows. If you're intense about learning it and making changes and trying to fix it, it shows. Drawing, a drawing, is the direct evidence of your involvement with it. It doesn't lie."

Great video! I used to work at Prints Plus near Sears. Actually met my husband there. They just made it into a wall years later. Right next to Eblens. We used to visit our wall when we would walk the mall 😂 I also worked at Recordtown. That was a cool job.

i had so many good times there in the 80's!

As a young man, I did a BMX freestyle show INSIDE that mall. Probably in '86 or so. We had our quarter pipe up against the escalator/belt thing. MAN, I wish I could find footage of that. The guy who did the videoing disappeared years ago.

Burger King used to down the hallway to the right of Sears on the first floor. It got remodeled to a Tweeter and then eventually Eblens and the Burger King got relocated to the food court. There used to independent restaurants in the food court but I remember when Simon took over it went corporate. The mall lost most of it's charm when Simon took over. I heard from some the employees they were pretty religious and would ban the sale of certain items that didn't meet their Christian requirements(body piercing's come to mind). I'm sure the mall was doomed when other retail space was cleared up slightly down the road and definetly online retailers but to me the mall died when KayBee Toy Store filed for bankruptcy.

Where Champs (below FYE) is, used to be Taco Bell and had a sit down dining room (left side used to be kitchen, right side used to be sit down dining). That was my first job, back in mid 90s, while they were demolishing a restaurant in Groton and prepping the site to become the Groton Taco Bell.

I used to go to the Burger King. I always remember it being a Burger King and never a McDonald’s. I’m pretty sure there was a pet store next to or a store or two down from the BK.

Amazing

What kind of wall is this? - blocks with render? - some people complain the render comes off and the outside of the wall falls apart...

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Awesome

Can somebody post more of these lessons by Deane Keller? I had his book but lost it in the fires in Sonoma.

Is he using a charcoal pencil?

amazing

Thank you!!

Here is a link to Part 1 of "The Draftsman's Handbook" by Deane (part 2 to follow soon): archive.org/details/DraftsmansHandbookPart1DeaneGKeller2002_images

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