Life long Brunswick Resident here. IIRC the Glynn Place Mall was originally slated to open in 1985 - the columns at the center court had “1985” on them in Roman Numerals for a long time - they tried to speed up the construction after the Brunswick Mall burned under suspicious circumstances in September 1983. JCPenney was first to open in 1984 followed by the rest of the mall a couple months later. People would go to Penneys just to get a peek into the new mall as they were finishing up construction. The Embassy Suites and the theater came along in the late ‘80’s and K-Mart in the early 90’s. K-Mart was the last anchor to go into the mall and the first to close. Steve and Barry’s moved into that space and went under not too long after. More recently some of around here would refer to it as “Belk Place Mall” because of all the Belk outlets that had opened in former retail spaces in the mall.

this mall is as dead as inlet square mall pretty soon we wont have a mall to go to

i remember the Sports Card Shows they had there were LIT.... so sad. great memories

More abandon buildings! Love it!

I will say, I live here, and this mall did just get a few new restaurants to move in to the outward facing parts in the past 3 months!

Looks like you filmed this in 2022, today … about 90% of the stores in this video are boarded up. With that said , best movie theatre in orlando, watch a movie alone for $7 and awesome nachos !

I love the tour! I can imagine what it looked like back in the day! Thank you for sharing

It was an odd place to put a mall.

This was where I spent a good bit of my teenage years. Crazy to see how much has changed in 14 years. Also wild this randomly popped up lol nice video though man

I used to go to this mall as a kid in the late 80's and 90's. It's been a very very long time. I see they carpeted it, which is weird for a mall. It's also brighter. That Pizza Place was there way back in the day. I'd get pizza then go to the arcade which was close to the food court. Good times.

What county?

To bad when I was a kid it was much much busier

Totally crazy to see my own mall on here lol

We have a couple of places like that in Clover, SC

Please keep posting these random places! They are great to see, as most of us will never see them in person and there are possibly viewers that worked or have family that worked in these buildings. 🎉🎉🎉

Please legalize Urban exploration

Spent a lot of my high school years with my friends at that mall. Sad to see it like this, but impressed with its condition.

There was a meme going around “If Fashion Square Mall hasn’t given up yet, neither should you”

The halls of this mall are where I pulled open my Charizard Pokemon card from a pack back in 1999. First time I ever visited this mall. I still remember running back to the card shop to show them and having my picture taken. They were in disbelief. I wish I had that picture. When I got back to school that Monday and word spread what I had, I was the talk of the school that day. That seems like yesterday to me. I went back with a girlfriend in 2008 or 2009 and the mall was already heavily in decline by that point. I remember the American Eagle had just gone out of business, it was the first time we had ever seen an AE go under. There was a womens clothing store that she liked though. I remember the abandoned Kay Bee Toys was still there at the time with the signage still up

The mall in Watertown is so dead it used to be so cool😭

It's sad Rutland use to be so full of life and busting during my early years growing up during the mid 80's to early 2000's.

My entire childhood was here every weekend which included the same 2 security guards over a 15 year span😅😭 tile floor is the same but looks way different 😢 and soulless

This mall was built to replace the smaller more modest Saratoga mall which was torn down in 1998ish. for a while we had 2 malls right next to each other.

Lechmere is pronounced Leechmere :)

Lechmere is pronounced Leechmere

I loved the Waldenbooks at the Dayton Mall.

That area isn't "inner city Orlando".

Doesn't even exist anymore.

Do you know what mall is still going strong? the Altamonte mall.

That means. Valley View Mall ins't dead?

this video makes me sad... i havent been in there for a few years and it somehow is still kicking so at least that makes me a bit happy

It used to be very lively back in the 2000's..they renovated it a few times..they had fountains in the hall ways and blood red carpeting LOL..but after the renovations it never really got back together especially after KB toys, Sears, EB Games, and other stores disappeared..the food is ok..

Went to my first date with my girlfriend the same exact day this video was made. Went through the whole thing seeing if i could find myself, i only saw a glimpse but it was me

Killeen sucks balls...harker heights used to be good..now, its bad too. Had to move to salado.

Excellent editing. Great mix, musical selection and pacing.

It's not pronounced Maaan-row.... it's Munroe

I recently went up to the second floor area with the mall offices and they still have the 80’s floor that’s the same as the one from all the popular old photos of the mall

People go there everyday to walk belks left in 1981 jc penny in 1988 Halieg Myers an Harris teeter in 1992 eckerd was there till 1993 when it was replaced by the dinner bell restaurant till 1998 when the board of education took over the eckerd drug and dinner bell spot an then it was all county offices

Bro I live in Mississippi and taht is the mall I go to in Tupelo

Rip the upper valley mall in Springfield

Started going to Fashion Square in 2004 as an East Orlandian. I am 32 now. I spent the best parts of my life coming to this mall, hanging with my friends as a teen. Got to experience the arcade, Colussium of comics, Japan HQ. The mall was always busy then. Started dying around 2010. Depressing that it's all over. Some of the best memories.

Anyone remember the big clock in the floor? The glass over it was probably a minimum of 1 to 2 inches thick and perfectly flush with the floor so people wouldn't trip. There was also a wall made up of rocks, mostly mica. We would peel thin layers of the rocks off, we were just dumb kids in the 70s. Cool video, thanks for sharing. 😅👍

I was just at the Turnpike Mall this weekend. The only store left in the mall is Petco. The AAA is closed. The book stand is still there. At the right end of the mall there's a Harbor freight with no internal access.

This used to be a dope spot when I was a kid. But, like with all malls, they are dead thanks to online shopping.

I grew up in Appleton, I watched the mall being build for a while summer. All the families that came out regularly in the summer were given the chance to sign the building I beams before they were put in place.

Being filmed in 2020 would make any mall look dead

I used to live not far from this mall 1994 and 95 not too far from Hunt Valley Mall in Delaney Valley. Assumed this mall would be gone like most of the rest for shocked to see that it is still open! Makes me wonder about Hunt Valley Mall I hear it's gone? the small is not far from Towson State University

Worked at Dillards around 2010 used to eat at Romas Pizza every day.

Thanks for the walk through of my old stomping grounds in my high school days of the 1980's. I met my husband there- we were both working at JCPenneys in 1996. We celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary this year, so I have to say thanks to the Oaks mall for bringing us together.