ABANDONED Colonial Park Mall! Dead Mall Walkthrough!

The Colonial Park Mall opened in 1960 as the Colonial Park Plaza in Harrisburg Pennsylvania. This included a Sears and a Food Fair as anchor stores. By 1970s the popularity of indoor malls had grown to the point that the shopping plaza was reconfigured into an indoor mall. This would include a new Pennsylvania based anchor store Pomeroy's. In 1987 the Pomeroy's chain would be rebranded as the Bon-Ton. That same year the Colonial Park Mall would receive a third anchor, Boscov's.
In 2018 the Bon-Ton location would close; Sears would follow three years later.
Today the mall is completely dead with the exception of the Boscov's location that hopes to remain in place despite redevelopment proposals for the land.
The Sears at this location appears to me in near original condition in some places giving a glimpse of the early 1960's shopping center aesthetic.
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[@TashaRute]

I grew up going to this mall. It was a busy place back then. So sad to see it empty.

[@reneastle8447]

It won't be empty forever.

[@shelldisna6285]

Nice video!! Looks like a very unique mall. Sad about the malls, and the communities it brought together.

[@TheFourthSeal]

I live in this area. Its so sad to see this mall dead, i spent alot of years inside that mall at the record store right around where the movie theater is.

[@djiqs]

Spent many many years here in my youth. Back to the days of the Space Port arcade in the early 80s and Italian Delight pizza shop right across the way. Great memories

[@philipmclaughlin9636]

I remember the mall before the Boscovs wing opened. The brown mall carpeting and divits in the carpet on the ramps feeling like you would get your foot stuck lol. I also remember Pomeroy's

[@geezberry8889]

you can thank Globalism. The local economy shipped to China and storefronts moved to Amazon

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

The Globalist agenda is going to destroy the planet for most. But those 1% elite will flourish.

[@reneastle8447]

Good thing fundraising campaigns can save and restore this mall to retro mint condition.

[@MrAnonymous389]

This world is going downhill smh

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

Agreed. It's not just this mall I grew up in, but it's the entire world. Things are changing and not for the better.

[@meghanhause9435]

From what I read up, the Boscov's location is staying, because Boscov's owns that location.

[@robertmiller2104]

good music selection throughout video so sad and depressing feel

[@plateshutoverlock]

Looks in very good condition, still has electrical service. I really hope they don't tear it down. It would be such a waste of a perfectly good complex.

[@matthewlawton9241]

The roof for sure is not in good condition. Before they closed rooftop parking you could see it was buckling up there. The people who bought it will be tearing it down, or at least chunks of it.

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

​@@matthewlawton9241nobody wants that piece of crap mall. The magic is gone. I loved it as a kid and now Globalist agenda has ruined retail unless you prefer shopping online and having your item shipped to you. I don't.

[@carlinbrown1114]

this was a huge part of my childhood so wild

[@jaarriaga1978]

Still looks very clean and almost like in functioning condition. Wonder who pays the electrical bill because it still has a lot of energy consumption. Also, many stores left furniture and equipment behind, seems like one day they were working and the next one they were forced to leave

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

Usually how it goes. The employees were probably told the last morning they showed up to work. I'm sure they saw the writing on the wall though.

[@717dash_cam]

That's because it's not totally abandoned yet. It's still open, with very few stores, and is being/has been sold with redevelopment in the works after the owners neglected to fill stores and failed to pay taxes. Most of the stores that were there have relocated to nearby strip malls that have popular restaurants and attractions amd are easier to get in and out of. It's also not far from Hershey which has Tanger Outlets, which gets all of the tourism and has popular brands. The mall is dated, and in need of major rehab for its redevelopment. Once American Eagle, Hollister, and Aeropostale pulled out others followed suit and the mall lost what drew people in. Sears and Boscovs were ancher stores but really weren't super great and were both failing anyway. The Buffalo Wild WIngs was unpopular because serivce and quality were always lackluster. The area just became saturated with better options so close that the indoor mall and duplicating stores didn't make enough sense.

[@francoamerican4632]

I prefer the "dated" look of this mall compared to malls that have been renovated, updated or redone to look modern/contemporary.

[@spurlocktrevor4922]

​@@717dash_camBoscov's is actually staying. Rest of the mall has plans for demolition

[@m60mgman]

Sad.

[@jhonwask]

I as only here a few times, but in the 80's and 90's, it was very popular. It seems as if all the east coast malls are closing, but the west coast malls are thriving. I wonder how The Mall of America is doing?

[@Jimbosliceeeeee420]

Love the video. Just out of curiosity, how did you get in? Was there an unlocked door or something?

[@Karveyheitel]

Mall is still open. I still get Japanese food from the food court . OSAKA, they have excellent chicken teriyaki. The only reason ANYONE goes there. I used to live in this mall when I was a teenager. So many fond memories. It used to be so popular. Crazy how this happens

[@PeterLang-u6y]

You have a lot of talent❤

[@chapmje]

Those old malls have large spaces with all those storefronts, bathrooms and food courts. Seems they could be repurposed to meet immigration or homeless needs. You could deliver migrants to one end, have them work through medical screening to claims processing, feed them, have courtrooms set for immediate immigration hearings then out the other end to immediate deportation.

[@Mr.VonStoogle]

I spent quite a bit of time on those planters at 6:14 before heading into the multiple used game stores that occupied a space throughout the years just below them or heading up the ramp to KB Toys about 4 or 5 stores on the left before 2 exits and Sears if my memory is correct. It's been close to 20yrs since the last time I was at Colonial Park Mall.

[@sew_gal7340]

Why is there creepy music when it could have been some nice vintage songs? =[

[@francoamerican4632]

The music enhances the somber atmosphere of the lifeless mall and sounds like background music you'd hear in a mall.

[@francoamerican4632]

Surreal.

[@dawnkindnesscountsmost5991]

I remember the 1990 remodel. The carpet throughout the mall was torn up, floor leveled where it could be leveled, steps and ramps installed where needed, and tiled throughout. SO DUSTY! The work was finished finally, and the mall had a grand reopening party. Sad to see this.