ABANDONED LINCOLN MALL

[@taebby78]

I don't like shopping online because I need to try clothes on, and colors aren't always what they look like online. There's so many factors that I like to see in person. I always enjoyed the experience of being at the mall too. I'm just one of those people who can't stand a screen in front of my face for every single function in life.

[@fivebook6226]

Amanda M same

[@davea4250]

Why? Because they came up with a better idea??

[@patriciamartin5055]

I prefer malls also and I don’t like ordering clothes online electronics yes I do order online but clothes and shoes need to be bought in person

[@dvferyance]

Same here I like going out to the store just to get away from home. I ordered a book online and it never came. You don't have that problem buying from a store.

[@billp4]

These dead malls would make good prisons. Sears can change its name to Years. J C Pen?

[@daboz8753]

billp4 ...HA!

[@bartman1238]

lol

[@c0ntrymouse]

Incarcerated Perry Scott.

[@codyzent6471]

*Years* 😂😂😂😂

[@re707]

XD you right but... this country does not need more of them things so don't go giving ideas my man lol 🙈🙉🙊

[@MrCounselor17]

I remember spending so much time there when I was very young. There was an arcade on the lower level, and a pet store that my grandma (may she rest in peace) used to take me to. Also, I spent a lot of time at that MacDonald's with the woodwork on the front entrance and its memorably green booths.

[@Infindox]

It's really said to see many of these places closing. I enjoy online deals but there's nothing like going to a store, seeing something cool, then being able to have it right away.

[@MDK22420]

That's 1 thing I like about physical shopping, but I notice I pull the trigger for online shopping more for some reason, maybe because I'm not moving through a million Items. Online I'm more focused on an item and have more time to make a decision.

[@C.G91]

Torrie Starfrost I don't get online clothes shopping that's just retarded how are you going to try it on before you buy and still have to wait until it comes and when it doesn't fit u have to return it. it's just a big hassle

[@juandelossantos3074]

@@MDK22420 I came To this Mall before when it got Abandoned is kind of sad

[@jrand2148]

As a manager for one of the largest still viable retail companies in the world (won't mention by name) these are troubling times. I greatly appreciate you putting out these videos!

[@battybethc]

So sorry to hear the Retailers are going into declining Sales. I hate to see People lose Jobs and the Stores and Malls go dead and fade out into Oblivion just because of Online Shopping. What would happen if the Internet went down, and was never to be able to get revived again? What would all these Shoppers do? Hope to see these Malls get to be repurposed instead of sitting there left to rot.

[@AroundIndiana]

that Macys commercial at the beginning made me think I was on the wrong video

[@ConstantXplorer]

It is amazing to see a place where there was once life. It was jumping and thriving...now turned ghost town. It's certainly the sign of the times. It's even somewhat disturbing to see vacant buildings these days.

[@deanafurnace8254]

It's really sad to see the inside of this mall i grew up going to this mall

[@gregorycyr9272]

@@deanafurnace8254 Hello.Where is this mall?

[@5roductionz1466]

@@gregorycyr9272 Matteson Illinois.

[@KiTTy11382]

LOVE THE MUSIC... SOUNDS LIKE THE TYPE YOU WOULD HEAR IN A MALL.

[@urbanpilgrims5455]

Watching this is even more awesome for non americans. Here in Portugal is just so weird to see such big places all abandoned. Awesome vid :D

[@kimberlyx4060]

I don’t know how I missed you doing this. You saw it when it looked better. I used to live not that far from this mall in early 1990’s. The lore of that Carson’s and how they treated the employees there during their last day was a surprise I heard. A good video overall.

[@ElevatorsMore]

Marshall Fields (Macy's) Never Operated at the Mall. The original anchors were JCP, Montgomery Ward, Wieblots (later Sears), and Carsons.

[@JianaSimone]

I was sad to see this mall turn to dust. My whole childhood and teenage life was inside this mall.

[@WhittyPics]

Not just Amazon. A lot of people don't have the money to spend like we used to

[@rebeccasmith3837]

dinosaur management refuses to adapt to shift in spending, thinking expensive is quality...

[@frothe42]

Yes, I agree, despite what the news reports as low unemployment, prices keep going up, wages are stagnant, as well as many other factors.

[@penelopedinkledongs.1481]

Everytime I watch these videos of empty malls I think about how they could be repurposed, turned into affordable housing, enabling new communities to be born. Turn the upper levels in apartments, keep the lower level for restaurants, medical, banking, gym, etc.

[@Idelia412]

I forgot one thing and that is the middle class has been dying since 2008, people have lost jobs and cannot find a job that pays the wages that the job they had. People in dead end jobs has increased dramatically.

[@vr6swp]

@@jptang1701 I just landed a job making more than I was, but it'll be a good long while before I'm back up to what I was making in 2015 prior to getting laid off

[@redpillmale6518]

2008 is not over. The Fed reflated the bubble instead of letting us go through the pain. We are soon about to finish off 08 but from a much higher cliff.

[@brianhoyt3780]

Thanks for covering the demise of the Lincoln Mall. I am from Illinois and although I never visited the Mall I remember when it opened and how stores advertised that they were now open in the Lincoln Mall. You mentioned a lot of local familiar names such as the Randhurst Mall I worked a security assignment there in the late 70's when I was in College, Wiebolts and Carson Pirie Scott which as I understand no one bought the chain and is in the process of closing.

[@nicolef4616]

I thought I was crazy for loving abandoned mall videos. Glad I’m not alone.

[@pcastillo988]

I used to shop there because of the gap store. It is still one of my favorite store. Thanks for uploading. My mom loves this restaurant that sold the best gyros.

[@vllgmz4]

I LOVED Lincoln mall it was a major part of my teen years. 😢😢😢😢rip Lincoln Mall whose last remnants were just demolished.

[@royquitter]

To add to what you said at 8:17 about the police patrols of this mall, the property owner had an arrest warrant issued for Seph Lawless after his photos of the interior of the mall started going around.

[@AcesAdventures1]

royquitter wish they woulda booked his lame ass

[@fatfuckerify]

I heard that the owner was pissed because he was getting loans to renovate the place, and the pics showed that obviously no renovation was taking place. That was what I heard, not saying it was true.

[@Johnny122496]

I went to have a look here a couple weeks ago, and after just looking through a window police pulled up and made a show of telling me to leave and never come back; they seem to be trying very hard to prevent this from becoming another Rolling Acres or Dixie Square.

[@tylerfrederick246]

Ace's Adventures I love your videos and I argee, Seph Lawless is a asshole!

[@BoratWanksta]

Ugh, I hate Seph Lawless! And for that matter(since I urbex all kinds of places), any arseholes who leak pictures of abandoned sites to the media.

[@richardm3023]

This was such a nice mall back in the 80's. It started to change in the 90's, and by 2000, the place was done.

[@jondoes7836]

Hung out at Aladdin’s Castle Arcade at Lincoln Mall back in the early 80’s. Was a nice place at that time.

[@RemoWilliams1227]

@@jondoes7836 absolutely!!

[@jwigeland]

Heartbreaking. My first retail job was that exact Suncoast video store and I practically grew up in this mall. Daym.

[@ATA-wi2lh]

Please do this for every mall. Malls were such a huge part of my childhood. I really appreciate and enjoy these videos. Happy to help fund your trips to make this video.

[@Christopher0817]

another awsome video it looked like it was your average style mall video thanks for feeding my dead mall hunger once again

[@spiderfox1988]

I spent a lot of time at this mall as a kid and it's really sad to see it like this and know it's completely gone now

[@td05771]

Great footage and excellent music!! Good job guys. :)

[@NickanM]

*Online shopping is a very good thing for me, since I'm not able to drive. Every mall is based on customers with cars, and for me it's always been a hassle to plan a trip to a mall or if I needed to buy some furniture etc. And i dont even have to leave my home now and I love it.*

[@mvdiva00]

This breaks my heart!! My first job was in this mall in 96 and to see it like this is crazy!!! Carson's was smart in owning the space they are in. The new talk is tearing it down and turning it into a athletic center.

[@kevinvarga6450]

Love that you used The Hurricanes ONLY ONE NIGHT in its droogiest form. Thanks for the great videos, enjoy all things Dead Mall!!

[@battybethc]

This is so very sad! Another beautiful Mall going into oblivion. R.I.P. Lincoln Mall. 😔

[@LudwigVonKewpa]

Love these! Keep up the good work.

[@tylerfrederick246]

You're videos just keep getting better. Anthony, I belong to an earlier era. I am a old fashion guy and I don't buy things on the Internet unless I have too and when I do, it is mostly books

[@akisey1]

Excellent video with nice and calm movements.

[@RomieDAHomiefrmthaBay]

Great job on the video veryyyy different intro keep it up I surcribed its very sad what happened to these malls I use to love the malls when I was a kid but u right times are changing

[@sugarpillz]

This mall closed because of the area it was in and the clients who shopped there were um.....less than favorable as far as gang activity and violence. Grew up going to this mall. Sucks to see people ruin it with dumb shit.

[@convair9]

Lincoln mall was doomed regardless of online shopping. The town is in decay and the south land burbs have always been doomed

[@daboz8753]

Y'know what I'm looking for in Macy's? ...the exit 🥁

[@azmillion]

You the man Ace keep it up

[@michaellevitt6540]

Potential future dead mall for you is Lakeshore Mall in Sebring, Florida. It has a Sears AND a K-Mart AND a JC Penney as their anchors. They have an arcade, too.

[@ericdee1310]

The music, haunting as it sounds (It’s a slowed down version of “Only one night”), is actually pretty appropriate.

[@alexsummy7509]

I'm not surprised that Macy's is closing up all these stores. They opened up way too many stores in the first place. I'm still mad that they replaced Hecht's, that was a great department store. The problem with Macy's or least with their men's section is that they sell 3 types of clothes:1) Business clothes such as ties, slacks, suits, and dress shirts2) A Young Men's department which consists of hideously trendy clothes that no one over 25 would be caught dead wearing, and most people under 25 would think twice about wearing this stuff anyway. 3) Clothes for older men playing golf.I miss you Hecht's.

[@henryspagnew854]

I used to work at Lincoln Mall when I was a teen, at Karmelkorn and Ballys Arcade. I spent a lot of time there as a kid. It's demolished now except for Carsons.

[@KiTTy11382]

HA FOUND THE SONG USED Track 6 "One Night Stand" FROM "Waterfront Dining - Night Lights in Japan (Full Album)"

[@beachcow9306]

Thank you so much! I've been looking for this for years and neither the uploader nor anyone else would help. You the gal! X!

[@nancydarling4918]

Excellent video! Please keep making them.

[@nancyhicksgribble9799]

I totally agree with your reasoning as to why they are failing. I wouldn't mind vintage and old if they kept their merchandise modern. I actually love vintage malls and stores more than boring white lol

[@bmstylee]

keep up the great vids. I love the dead and abandoned malls. Sadly Sears will be gone in 5 years and Macy's will be gone not far after that.

[@bmstylee]

ELEVATING WITH LENO​ the sad part is that is plausible. They don't have anything to offer after selling Craftsman.

[@BoratWanksta]

It'll be LESS than 5 years, before Sears goes out. I give them a year, maybe 2 years if they're very lucky and last past Christmas 2018. My guess is that they'll file for bankruptcy by sometime in the first half of 2018. Macy's, I'm not sure if they'll go out of business. But they are struggling, no doubt. My guess is that they'll survive, but be a much smaller company if they do survive. I just only hope if they go bankrupt by some bizarre chance, that some other company buys the rights to sell Frango mints. That's truly the ONLY reason I make rare purchases at Macy's, anymore! Yep, the Frango mints is the only lure Macy's(nee Marshall Field's) still has to me anymore. :)

[@Trekkie101GC]

I agree - Sears is almost certainly going to be gone by the end of 2018. IMO, JCPenney probably only has until 2020ish unless they make some major changes. Macy's I think will survive as a much smaller company, especially given how iconic they are in NYC.

[@monarch1957]

I am never a on line shopper I just want to shop at a store and buy good when I want and not have to wait to have it delivered if it ever comes.

[@nightreader1264]

Great video! Keep them coming!

[@nancydarling4918]

I love the interior architecture of this mall. It is so sad that it is receiving heavy vandalism.

[@campermike8879]

Still has power. Saw a lit up sign. Like the abandoned outlet mall I explored recently. Found one hallway and a backroom that still had power

[@elineff3895]

I just found this mall on Wikipedia, I didn't know it in person, but it's sad on how it was once a nice looking mall, and now it's tragic to see it on your video.

[@Idelia412]

Think of this, you want a pair of jeans and you go to a mall get out of your car and wander around to find a pair in your size. Then you have to find a cashier to pay for them, you get back and go home. You may have spent a whole morning or afternoon just to get a pair of jeans. Today go online, order your size and your through in about five minutes and also the price is lower. And just think you have done this all without driving anywhere. This is not rocket science why malls are dying.

[@101southsideboy]

update Carson remained opened for about 1 year after the mall it self closed in 2017 Carson's close roughly a year later in 2018 and the entire mall was demolished in 2019

[@thunderfoot11]

Contrary to popular belief, Amazon didn't kill off the malls, low real estate values did. Prior to the housing/construction boom of 1991 It was cheaper to lease space in a mall than own a stand alone brick and mortar store. Mall leasing organizations built 1000s of malls and opened stores throughout the 70s (back then the mall was considered the downfall of main street stores, much like Walmart is NOW considered their downfall), and corporations jumped on the on mall bandwagon and threw all their resources into mall anchor stores. Problem, after the booming 80s and the era of the mall, prices dropped, and the now unable to support themselves store lost their shirts in rent, utilities and such to mall conglomerations that flushed themselves and their anchors stores into oblivion. Stand alone brick and mortar stores, like Walmart & K-Mart enjoyed a boom of business as standbys like Target, Sears, JC Penny and such scrambled to switch gears. Target & Sears got out of the malls and back into their own stores, but Sears never got out of the mall pricing mentality and when they bought K-Mart in a last bid to be relevant, flushed both companies into the crapper by poor management. Montgomery Wards, Merchant's and similar catalog stores just went belly up. JC Penny, though it has survived has gone into sharp decline. Amazon is the bad guy, they just zoomed into the vacuum and realized that without catalogs, the new method of shopping will be electronically. The issue isn't undercutting, it's changing the model with the times. Those that can flourish, those that cannot die. It's business 101 and the soul of capitalism. You may not like it, but it has always been this way. The old general stores of the 1800s were destroyed by JC Penny and their damnable catalog. That gave birth to the specialty store (ie the mom and pop's), that littered main street America. The price of real estate forced those locations into lease-able areas (ie malls). K-Mart, Mor-Valu, and similar general stores all tried to bring that back and did so with limited success, Walmart started when Sam Walton tried to get that piece of territory back and did so in a big way (buying out many regional general merchandising stores in the process over the years). Amazon will probably never kill Walmart and someday if real estate prices go back through the roof, neither company will be able to maintain their warehouse shipping/distribution networks and someone else will step in and take over. It's the circle of life, folks.

[@mjfromjersey]

I think a lot of it is the fact that a lot of the stores closing are cheaper stores that haven't kept up with the times as well. The quality of clothes, at least for men, at Macy's is atrocious, compared to something like Nordstrom or other high end stores. You can just get better quality (cheap) clothes online. That, combined with the factors you mentioned, is killing these stores - maybe they deserve to die.

[@EasyCheesyChodes]

Hey, is there any way you could provide music credits for this episode? Thanks.

[@WhittyPics]

It is sad to see all these places getting tore up like they are. You hardly see a camera store in a mall anymore either. Even the busy malls.

[@michaellamon280]

Wow I had a lot of Awesome days in the 80's here. Cut school and came here to spend the day instead really great times there miss those days.

[@nicp2344]

What's the song that's playing? Also wanted to ask how did you guys get in if the malls deserted? I tried to go inside the Frederick towne mall and couldn't

[@Daniel28021991]

Great video, looks like a nice mall at one time.

[@Trumpetjoe40]

This mall was dying for years. Money mismanagement was its killer - they had already started a rebuild of this mall and surrounding stores when lawsuits were filed and everything went to shit. Doesn't help that Matteson is a bit of a dump, but this place thrived in the 80's and 90's - lots of great memories there.

[@jackfrazer576]

could you please do a vid on blue hen mall in dover delaware

[@LindaFromSeaAtTull]

Jack Frazer That would be awesome.

[@manymelons46]

i won't shop Amazon, but I do shop Sears Kmart Walmart etc online, just so I do not have to deal with the rude cashier's.. the last time I went into Kmart it's 8 miles away from house, the cashier had an attitude like she was working at some high end store lol she was so rude, the elderly lady in front of me in line was having trouble hearing the girl so I spoke to the lady, the cashier must've been no older than 22, says to me ''i can speak to the customer myself" the elderly lady walked out and I refused my purchase as well, the lady at customer service said "get over it" when another customer raised concern over the situation, I think there was 5 who left the line and store because of it.. I refused to go back and that was Thanksgiving 2015... I still have the receipt lol the customer service is not like it used to be before 2000... I used to work in marketing for stores like Kmart we trained the cashier's and employees back then treated them with respect they were happy so were the customers, now people are just full of hatred and anger... it's sad and these malls show it and remind us of when times were good

[@LadyAdvocate2u]

Melissa Ugly story ???

[@awesomotommy]

Great work as always!

[@MDK22420]

Should invest in distribution warehouses and drone delivery.

[@jimcook2715]

Such fun hanging out there in the sevinties and eighties. Just packed with kids from all the area schools

[@RemoWilliams1227]

I am from Kankakee and this was "the mall" until we got our own in '89, which is itself on Life support. Loved Aladdins castle, Athens gyros. As a kid this place smelled like caramel corn and joy.

[@KiTTy11382]

AT THE STORE YOU CAN TRY IT BEFORE YOU BUY IT. BUT ON-LINE IF IT DON'T FIT OR IT'S BROKE YOUR FUCKED BY A LONG RETURN AND EXCHANGE PROCESS.

[@danbuckholz9228]

You should check out The Shops at Ithaca Mall in Ithaca, NY. It's not dead in vacancies, but there's never any people there.

[@7JANEWAY]

It would be good to have a follow up video of this and other malls you've profiled, to see if anything's been done to them or if they're still there. Unlike a lot of the other dead malls, this one appears (I think) to still have an infrastructure that would make it not to hard to remodel or rebuild. But then again--is this mall still there?

[@jonrev]

This mall was demolished within a year of their visit, the Carson's anchor remained for a few years and is only now eating it.

[@MarvelousWesty]

My friends and family just don't understand my freakish obsession with dead malls. Why watch The Voice or Law and Order when we can explore these amazing relics!?

[@MarlinRectory]

Piggybacking off of +ELEVATING WITH LENO, Northridge Mall in Milwaukee. According to a previous news broadcast it remains in actually decent condition. The Memorial Mall in Sheboygan is closing its doors and will be demolished soon to make room for a Meijer, and the mall in Manitowoc, WI (name escapes me for the moment) is abandoned as well.

[@jonrev]

The one in Manitowoc is gone; torn down in late-2015.

[@zilahatakerhyne]

I played here with my school band in like 2011 I think for Christmas time. Insanity...

[@dicloniusgames]

*Matteson, sounds like he's saying Madison. But yeah, Lincoln Mall kinda did themselves in. Nothing really appealing as far as stores go. Why go there when you can take another 20-30 minutes to go to Orland Park?

[@gamer_j7322]

Is the Lincoln Mall still standing, or was it damaliged?

[@Tommyofthntn]

I was by there a month ago. They just about demolished it. They were working on what was Weibolts then years later Sears.

[@mathuetax]

Wow, amazing how quickly this place is getting torn up.

[@robbiem4624]

its also the fault of ceo who get in these companies, basically steal the money and leave. Parents cant afford to spend money in malls anymore nor have the gas money to drive to the mall.

[@martinnowak3324]

You guys got lucky with this one. I've wanted to go inside since they closed but now its gone.

[@AcesAdventures1]

Martin Nowak we sure did it was sketchy

[@trenchcoatmafioso]

Another great video, thanks. For what it's worth, I buy everything online because I live in a small town where I can't even buy pants.

[@Latin0318]

SMH.... POOR MALL HOW CAN PPL B SO CRUEL!!

[@nascaracing9]

I love online shopping and it will bring the death of the mall as we know it in the future. Let's face it online shopping is cheaper, and more convenient

[@StevenB]

came to to the uniontown mall in march when the sears is closing. its almost a dead mall already.

[@ilovetvshows4801]

am I the only one who genuinely doesn't really like online shopping? I LOVE the whole shopping experience and trying on my clothes to make sure they fit.

[@lord.d1_]

Tbh though they should leave vacant malls for daaaaaaamn airsoft matches

[@prismstudios001]

Got a popup Macy`s ad DURING the Macy`s bit in the video.......interesting.

[@johnbozic9920]

Haven't been inside since it closed, what a mess, but not from vandalism, just neglect so far.

[@aishahunt]

Lincoln Mall use to be a very nice mall once upon a time. The city has now begun demolition on it. Sad to see it go, but really needs to be torn down.

[@maryyung1994]

My sister shopped that mall all the time back in the day.

[@Urbaned]

nice video man!

[@maikeliRAIWALUI]

macy's now ships to australia and one of our department stores myer is loosing money and closed a lot of stores

[@TheNASCARJeff]

I have seen videos that others have posted on the mall, the damage increases each time. This is the next Rolling Acres Mall... it will waist away while people vandalize it and steal copper from it until the city has to tear it down.

[@jimcook2715]

Matteson Illinois not Madison Illinois. This is just south of Chicago. Madison is near St Louis

[@crystalscan2002]

so is this mall offically closed now

[@danbuckholz9228]

Tony Thatcher Did it look open?

[@awesomotommy]

hard to tell sometimes! I've seen videos of malls that remain open for 3-4 shops and this would be curtained off.

[@tarawu5924]

It was a nice mall but not a great neighborhood....Northfield Mall in Bradley will be next sadly.

[@juandelossantos3074]

@C MM Me to Bro I miss this Mall I came to this Mall I was just little kid before it close

[@soviut]

What is the music you used?

[@TheRedDevil_NC]

Would be a good location for a Night Riots video shoot

[@npwatso]

The store at 12:18 was LensCrafters I believe.

[@internetkumquat4542]

I just realized how new this video is, I thought it was 5 days old.

[@Aidan_Au]

damn this mall is trashed. They don't even care if you just walk into their empty stores

[@patricksacramento383]

I live here...and it's not Madison...it's Matteson (matt-sen)

[@thatkidonyoutube4290]

You should go to Forest Fair Village mall in Cincinnati OH