Abandoned - Randall Park Mall

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Bright Sun Films

Bright Sun Films

7 жыл бұрын

At one time the worlds largest mall. A structure with such promise and ambition, today we take a look at one of the largest abandoned malls ever, the Randall Park Mall.
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Cool exploration video on Randall Park
• Abandoned Randall Park...
• Randall Park Mall Demo...
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Outro Song - Jeff Kaale (X I X X) - Happy Days (rmx)
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@BrightSunFilms
@BrightSunFilms 7 жыл бұрын
A NEW ABANDONED IS OUT! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXyxhGCql8Sepbc
@jinxyrainfilms7057
@jinxyrainfilms7057 7 жыл бұрын
Can you do vidoes on southwyck mall, woodville mall and northtowne mall?
@Drac39
@Drac39 7 жыл бұрын
Do a video on Dixie Square Mall
@joecramer3684
@joecramer3684 7 жыл бұрын
BirminghamProTeam Eastwood isn't abandoned.
@LudicrousTorpedo
@LudicrousTorpedo 7 жыл бұрын
Drac39,what is Dixie Square Mall ?
@Drac39
@Drac39 7 жыл бұрын
It's a mall that stayed abandoned from the late 70's to the early 10's. It was the mall they went through in the Blues Brothers.
@AndrewL209
@AndrewL209 6 жыл бұрын
They shoulda turned it into the sickest paintball course ever
@pebblepod30
@pebblepod30 5 жыл бұрын
Andrew Loutzenhiser And skate park!!
@MariaM-ut3wq
@MariaM-ut3wq 5 жыл бұрын
Idiot it would not be safe would you really like to be playing paintball or airsoft where a shooting happened
@tgrgdv2621
@tgrgdv2621 5 жыл бұрын
Maria M r/wooosh
@exploder237
@exploder237 5 жыл бұрын
Yes holy shit yes
@aleksshadow
@aleksshadow 5 жыл бұрын
Im agree
@alphademic2
@alphademic2 5 жыл бұрын
UPDATE: This space is now an Amazon fulfillment center providing a lot of jobs for people in the surrounding area. And yes, they tore down everything and started over. But the abandoned hotel is still standing.
@mr.balloffur
@mr.balloffur 5 жыл бұрын
You would think they would tear it down and use that for housing
@jesussm2061
@jesussm2061 5 жыл бұрын
Wendy's is using a little bit of the Former.
@alphademic2
@alphademic2 5 жыл бұрын
@@pollard_central Amazon got rid of everything
@NikitaWolf1776
@NikitaWolf1776 5 жыл бұрын
Actually one of the other buildings, the former Sears is still standing as well.
@aliterarylady609
@aliterarylady609 5 жыл бұрын
The Hotel is being slowly dismantled due to its proximity to Wendy's.
@collegeman1988
@collegeman1988 5 жыл бұрын
When someone is murdered in the parking lot of a shopping mall, that’s usually the first nail in the coffin.
@zegurk
@zegurk 4 жыл бұрын
Of both the mall and that person.
@fwble_3888
@fwble_3888 4 жыл бұрын
@@zegurk lmao
@thysquid2157
@thysquid2157 4 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, the usual murder in front of a building.
@MetalPete_the_metalfan
@MetalPete_the_metalfan 4 жыл бұрын
It happened exactly that way at Northridge Mall in Milwaukee Wisconsin.
@Hogscraper
@Hogscraper 4 жыл бұрын
Or any business. I worked at a club in downtown Cincinnati that was an amazing place to work with customers from all over the city. One race riot and some random shootings nearby and that was all she wrote.
@anamericanman
@anamericanman 5 жыл бұрын
I always find watching old 60s and 70s video of people just fascinating, wondering where they are, what course their life took, how old they are now, etc.
@CarlosFlores-xf2sn
@CarlosFlores-xf2sn 5 жыл бұрын
AnAmericanMan i thought I was the only one who thought like this
@Jaysin13
@Jaysin13 4 жыл бұрын
Me three
@nobsoul2179
@nobsoul2179 4 жыл бұрын
And in 50-60 years they will watch us
@bearifiablepau2095
@bearifiablepau2095 4 жыл бұрын
Probably a similar course to the mall. .. The decay of this glamorous site is surprisingly similar to how the lives of many glamorous people pan out.
@K4R3N
@K4R3N 4 жыл бұрын
The years of American excess and bad decisions
@DarthSmirnoff
@DarthSmirnoff 7 жыл бұрын
"Mall Still Open" LOL Always a good sign.
@HoyeGraphics
@HoyeGraphics 7 жыл бұрын
"I assure you, we're open"
@Twinklesparks
@Twinklesparks 7 жыл бұрын
"cannot stress enough the fact that we are open..."
@ScarlettStunningSpace
@ScarlettStunningSpace 7 жыл бұрын
It's always a good sign lol I like that pun.
@LMacNeill
@LMacNeill 7 жыл бұрын
What I like most about your "abandoned" series is that you don't just walk around inside some big, abandoned building, talking about how decrepit the building is, and showing how everything is falling apart... You give us a history lesson. And a well-researched one, at that. You delve deep into the company's history and show how well things went when they were succeeding, and how badly things turned when it all fell apart. I really like the history behind the abandoned buildings. Well done. I look forward to more of these videos in the future.
@SarahJasmine
@SarahJasmine 7 жыл бұрын
You should check out the Westminster Mall in Colorado
@laceyphifer1132
@laceyphifer1132 7 жыл бұрын
That is what has made him my favorite person to watch when it comes to abandoned places. When I watch others I am always wondering what the story behind the place is. With this series I always know! It makes it so much more interesting.
@TrueRetroflection
@TrueRetroflection 7 жыл бұрын
LMacNeill If you're looking for a combination of both exploration and history, I would recommend a channel called This Is Dan Bell. If you haven't checked it out already, of course.
@Jamie-zs8ok
@Jamie-zs8ok 7 жыл бұрын
Dan Bell is too fat this days and the abandoned structures can no longer suport his weight so he mostly do Dirty hotel and stuff.
@GaryKetchum808
@GaryKetchum808 7 жыл бұрын
Jamie Ivx wow... ROASTED! 😂
@F15ElectricEagle
@F15ElectricEagle 5 жыл бұрын
If you ever see a Burlington Coat Factory move into a mall or retail center, it is often a sign that the place has no where else to go but down hill.
@LadyJay114
@LadyJay114 5 жыл бұрын
Not necessarily. NYC loves Burlington & all the malls that its in are doing fine.
@faiththeunknownbeing8126
@faiththeunknownbeing8126 5 жыл бұрын
There's a Burlington adjacent to Monroeville... And that's doing ok.
@kvltizt
@kvltizt 5 жыл бұрын
Yep. In Shreveport, the Burlington is attached to a former mall. The mall is now a giant church complex. It was a gang riddled shithole prior to that.
@MandieTerrier
@MandieTerrier 5 жыл бұрын
We have a Burlington and our town center is doing just fine.
@TheRednecklover4ever
@TheRednecklover4ever 5 жыл бұрын
We have a Burlington in Crossroads in San Antonio and its due to them and several other businesses that keep it open. Our other malls North Star and River center are doing amazing. Of couse River Center as its downtown next to the Alamo, but North Star is where you go when you are on the far north east as Crossroads is on the North West. Its also known for the huge boots outside of it.
@Coastiestevie
@Coastiestevie Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: DeBartolo’s malls started failing in 97 because he died, his son took over, had bad gambling debts and put the company up as collateral for his sports bets.
@VeraxMusic
@VeraxMusic Жыл бұрын
Interesting, this should be a pinned comment or have more likes. It really needs more visibility. I had to scroll so far before I saw this.
@michaelaradas1343
@michaelaradas1343 10 ай бұрын
DeBartolo used to own the SF 49ers
@Jen-jo5qu
@Jen-jo5qu 7 жыл бұрын
Why is this so fascinating to me?? Why am I so sad about the death of a mall I've never been to?? This is awesome!
@adams.5151
@adams.5151 7 жыл бұрын
Sunny Gurl It honestly was a beautiful mall, but a dangerous one. I was not even 10 when we stopped going there and that was right before it closed.
@zestydude87
@zestydude87 7 жыл бұрын
I heard it called Racial Park Mall one time lol
@Bruce12867
@Bruce12867 7 жыл бұрын
I was about 9 or 10 years old when it opened...It was the shit...But the neighborhood surrounding the mall started going downhill shortly after it opened (if it hadn't already started to).
@SynZ777
@SynZ777 7 жыл бұрын
Pretty much all the malls in Ohio shut down after the 90's. The only one remaining in Toledo, for example, is Franklin Park Mall.
@mcrfobhhpatdaar62893
@mcrfobhhpatdaar62893 7 жыл бұрын
I have a feeling the next mall to go under in the next few years is Chapel Hill Mall in Akron, you can see some of the things happening there that he explained here
@juanirving276
@juanirving276 7 жыл бұрын
When outlet stores start replacing the actual store you know you're fucked.
@blu1047
@blu1047 7 жыл бұрын
Juan Irving this is probably a stupid question but what the difference between outlet stores and regular retail stores
@DragonActual
@DragonActual 7 жыл бұрын
Outlets are like malls but it doesn't have an actual roof over it's head, seen in most of them. It's all just clothing retail stores. I don't enjoy those places because outlets are quite boring.
@blu1047
@blu1047 7 жыл бұрын
Microsoft Regime thanks for explaining
@vanillamarshmallow
@vanillamarshmallow 7 жыл бұрын
Smøl Tyler outlets are also where stores send old out of season stuff (or stuff they maybe never made it to retail in the first place) to sell at a cheaper price to get rid of it. They're fun to go to every once in a while but not on a weekly basis like regular malls are
@WorldOfExcitementE
@WorldOfExcitementE 7 жыл бұрын
Microsoft Regime That's not true for the outlet mall nearby me. It's a massive outlet mall that houses popular brands. It has a massive indoor mall and two outdoor areas with restaurants. It's also busy all the time.
@genovonniblakley1565
@genovonniblakley1565 5 жыл бұрын
My parents met each other at Randall mall in the 70's and that use to be my hangout spot in the 90's. Wow can't believe its gone
@charlescarter4608
@charlescarter4608 3 жыл бұрын
It was jumping in the 90s
@VeraxMusic
@VeraxMusic Жыл бұрын
Do you remember the two arcades? One of the lower floor and one on the upper floor.
@versthappening603
@versthappening603 4 жыл бұрын
Abandoned plot: **exists** Jeff Bezos: *hippity hoppity this is my property*
@serventofallah1426
@serventofallah1426 4 жыл бұрын
Lol
@clevejae9829
@clevejae9829 4 жыл бұрын
that 9 million was nothing to him
@salemsmelslikeoregon8568
@salemsmelslikeoregon8568 4 жыл бұрын
Jeff bezos: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
@FIXTREME
@FIXTREME 3 жыл бұрын
Pippity poppity, give me the property?😅
@jameskierstead9312
@jameskierstead9312 3 жыл бұрын
😂👊🔥
@ZaidenFilms
@ZaidenFilms 7 жыл бұрын
I live in Northeast Ohio, and you'd be so surprised how many abandoned things are around here. Countless malls, department stores, plazas, schools, and even amusement parks (the most famous being Geauga Lake of course). It just surprises me when I research this topic that so many abandoned places are in Ohio. Jeez, maybe I ought to grab a camera and go explore myself. Keep up the good work guys! I really enjoy your videos!
@fatcatboo
@fatcatboo 7 жыл бұрын
was so sad to see the video done on Geauga Lake. I remember going there many times as a kid
@iClone316
@iClone316 7 жыл бұрын
"The Wave" was the best part of Geauga Lake. Waiting for that tidal wave to come every, what was it, 10 minutes?
@zestydude87
@zestydude87 7 жыл бұрын
Yeah, i think it was around every 8-10min... It was like a Tsunami of human bodies....
@iClone316
@iClone316 7 жыл бұрын
+zestydude87 Yeah that was so cool. I remember hanging on to those silver railing things on the left wall (if you face the wave) hanging on for dear life.
@boricuaarecibo9259
@boricuaarecibo9259 7 жыл бұрын
Amy CS thank NAFTA for that
@katslat8410
@katslat8410 7 жыл бұрын
I LIVED at this mall as a teenager and it saddens me GREATLY to see this!! "(
@chatty2164
@chatty2164 6 жыл бұрын
K Slat me too it's so sad that a bunch of odors ruined the mall.
@icelyn1
@icelyn1 6 жыл бұрын
I know I remember this mall was everything❤ can't believe its gone down hill I miss da good ol day's I use to go to Randall, tower city,severance, Richmond & Beachwood mall🙂
@harrisonwells93rd82
@harrisonwells93rd82 6 жыл бұрын
Yeah my generation killed Randall something we're not proud of at all! But them Saturday's getting girls and fighting then shopping before the mall close at 9:30 #goodtimes00-02
@mikaylahstop
@mikaylahstop 5 жыл бұрын
Kat Slat how old are u??
@smoovejl
@smoovejl 5 жыл бұрын
@@mikaylahstop asking all the real questions
@ca-yp8tp
@ca-yp8tp 5 жыл бұрын
We used to drive 100 miles from Erie PA to go to Randall Park. Had lots of New Wave clothing stores in the early 80's
@missybarbour6885
@missybarbour6885 4 жыл бұрын
Wasn't the Millcreek Mall open back then? I've always found it to be decent
@jgn2112
@jgn2112 4 жыл бұрын
@@missybarbour6885 Yes, Millcreek Mall has been open since the early 70s. It's not doing badly, but it isn't great either. It's tough to say what its fate will be because the mall is such an integral part of Erie, but the boom of the 80s and early 90s is long gone from the Millcreek Mall. I think the only three stores that opened with the mall (or at least have been there since I was a kid in the 70s and 80s) are JCPenny, Spencer Gifts, and a pet store. In fact, JCPenny has never even changed their interior or exterior facades, so to stare at them you can almost get that early to mid 70s mall vibe!
@charlescarter4608
@charlescarter4608 3 жыл бұрын
@@jgn2112 I live in lake county just east of Cleveland, and I used to go Randall all the time un thg he late 90s. Then when they closed, I used to drive to Erie for the Millcreak mall. Sometimes I would hit the casino also lol. Is Millcreak still open? Burlington and Macy's specifically? I haven't been to Erie for a few years, but I always enjoyed myself at the mall and casino.
@TaliaIGhul
@TaliaIGhul 5 жыл бұрын
Sadly, if it wasn't for criminal activity, this mall could have still been opened today
@tomdeininger7379
@tomdeininger7379 5 жыл бұрын
Crime is allowed to flourish in America, a by-product of the liberalism allowed here.
@foreman3737
@foreman3737 5 жыл бұрын
That is exactly what I think. Its because of the punks that come to hangout with there homies and drive away the people that come to buy stuff.
@Bkings7
@Bkings7 5 жыл бұрын
@@tomdeininger7379 better than living in a police state
@kenetickups6146
@kenetickups6146 4 жыл бұрын
tom deininger yes because conservatives anti government circlejerking has nothing to do with it
@scratchpad7954
@scratchpad7954 4 жыл бұрын
While that was a major contributing factor, as well as the recession in 2008, the rise of the internet and e-commerce would have eventually doomed the mall to failure anyway.
@cameronw.2775
@cameronw.2775 7 жыл бұрын
Church n the mall. Preach af
@theoneandonlyrustyshaklefo6256
@theoneandonlyrustyshaklefo6256 7 жыл бұрын
Cam Winter one in midway mall in Elyria ohio.
@Pikachu2Ash
@Pikachu2Ash 7 жыл бұрын
Cam Winter I know right I've never heard of such of a thing XD
@shellie.alamode
@shellie.alamode 7 жыл бұрын
Well, with people shopping more online, they have to fill those former retail spaces. A mall in my city has a Church, an army career center, a women's resource center, and a charter school.
@eskro99
@eskro99 7 жыл бұрын
they also had a studio in there
@OutlawStarkiller
@OutlawStarkiller 7 жыл бұрын
AZ Outcast How is it not a career 😂
@paigeturner1039
@paigeturner1039 6 жыл бұрын
I spent my whole childhood, and then all of my teen years in this mall. I remember taking the bus there when it was mostly empty. I loved this mall. I was 8 when I got my ears pierced there. I kissed a boy there when I was 16, it meant a lot to me. When I think of Randall I think of my family, the original theater, and my first pair of hot pink and black LA Gears! Sad to see it gone, but glad for the jobs that are coming!
@JayColucci1
@JayColucci1 5 жыл бұрын
Lots of good memories in this mall. Footlocker, hobby store, theater, I can go on and on.
@Natureking113
@Natureking113 5 жыл бұрын
U the reason they tore it down being fast kissing boys with your friends
@therealladyk.hatake8400
@therealladyk.hatake8400 4 жыл бұрын
@@Natureking113 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😅😅😅😅 you Savage 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@therichard27
@therichard27 4 жыл бұрын
69th like
@surferbri5346
@surferbri5346 3 жыл бұрын
Randall park had the very last BEEF CORAL restaurant, delicious
@mikejay644
@mikejay644 5 жыл бұрын
As long as I can remember, we always called it Randall Dark Mall..... when I worked for Pacific Sunwear, I had to go there twice to fill in, and I had never been more aware that I could be killed going to or leaving work. Even safer malls had problems, for instance, Mrs Pesho was raped, tortured and killed at Parmatown. And that's a MUCH safer area.
@rickvacha3158
@rickvacha3158 5 жыл бұрын
It wasnt that bad was it???? I worked at DJ,s when I was 15 . Although my aunts car was stollen out of the parking lot in 86 somewhere between Casual Corner and Petite Sophisticate lol ! Station wagon w wood panel sides . they didn care .
@bmstylee
@bmstylee 5 жыл бұрын
Mike anything that abuts Cleveland is a shit hole. Maple Heights, Garfield Heights, Bedford, Euclid, all ghetto waste lands.
@here2laff397
@here2laff397 5 жыл бұрын
Goddess Sky put your old ass parents in a fucking home then bitch.
@miketaylor2366
@miketaylor2366 5 жыл бұрын
Hugo Stiglitz Oh my god racists bro
@witchblades6979
@witchblades6979 5 жыл бұрын
Mike Taylor lol
@clevelandboiohio492
@clevelandboiohio492 5 жыл бұрын
Wow ... growing up in Cleveland in the 90’s ... I always went to this mall .. and NEVER knew why it died until now. It’s crazy to see something that held so many childhood memories no longer there, at all, as if it never existed ... scary ...
@SimplyTrish04
@SimplyTrish04 6 жыл бұрын
I'm so intrested in abandoned buildings for some reason. I love history
@liengandriod55
@liengandriod55 3 жыл бұрын
Me too
@tyudeongis
@tyudeongis Жыл бұрын
@@nd4656 i’m the exact same way !! ever since my dad bought me a book about abandoned places i’ve had a huge obsession, and i’d die to explore a dead mall someday.
@AlexaZarjetskiy
@AlexaZarjetskiy 7 жыл бұрын
Here in Ohio, we keep our malls open.. for a year or two...
@Mokujo
@Mokujo 7 жыл бұрын
RIP Cincinnati Mills
@GWROliver
@GWROliver 7 жыл бұрын
I dunno, my closest mall (Eastwood Mall) has been open for quite some time.
@OrdinaryKy
@OrdinaryKy 7 жыл бұрын
GWR Oliver Southern Park mall as well.
@GWROliver
@GWROliver 7 жыл бұрын
Yep. I just went there today, actually.
@bonni-robloxmore2629
@bonni-robloxmore2629 7 жыл бұрын
Ah, Southpark mall. I love that mall, great staff, amazing stores (Like Petland and Pick Of The Litter), and there's a lot of space! Southpark and Great Northern seem like they'll stay open for a long time.
@nthgth
@nthgth 5 жыл бұрын
Just wanna say - love this series, I totally get the fascination with abandoned retail spaces and theme parks and stuff. I think a large part of it is how they formerly were so incredibly crowded and well-trafficked, and then they become a sort of Dark World version of themselves. It's a particular kind of eerie. Anyway, I don't comment on most of these because it'd be redundant. Just keep doing what you do man. Highly informative, frequent humor, great editing and enthusiasm, these are great watches!
@moniquecoker6481
@moniquecoker6481 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for doing this. I grew up here and this was my mall I was at every weekend with my friends just hanging around. I cried watching this because of all the memories this brings.
@4220E
@4220E 3 жыл бұрын
Me 2 girl....GOD I miss this place had so many goodtimes here I used 2 run down the platform with the red carpet me and my cousins do you remember Jeepers??? Lol I used 2 have a ball in there
@ArtzieMusic
@ArtzieMusic 7 жыл бұрын
this video is so depressing lol
@gtafreak37
@gtafreak37 7 жыл бұрын
Artzie Music aye never thought i would see you here
@jonathanpusar5931
@jonathanpusar5931 7 жыл бұрын
Imagine living there... Passed by Akron (Rolling Acres) a few years ago....and I just feel sad for anyone who has to live there. Obvious gangs and prostitution right near their downtown. Abject poverty. Abandoned property throughout. Throughout the Rust Belt, there's tons of areas with insane poverty. In Buffalo, there's the street of Broadway: An old connector street through the suburbs connecting to the Central Terminal (which needs its own video). The whole area is in poverty, with absolutely no businesses and over 95% abandonment. People live in abandoned houses with no running water or electricity... East Cleveland is similar. Not as bad, but miles long. Northern Detroit and many surrounding Cities/Towns (like Flint) are centers for poverty and dead industry.
@arsenalgooner401
@arsenalgooner401 6 жыл бұрын
Artzie Music 3rd
@thetwopointslow
@thetwopointslow 6 жыл бұрын
Artzie Music keep it up with the great music
@realdustydane
@realdustydane 6 жыл бұрын
Artzie Music we have a large mall and there was a kfc that got fucked by closing down There was also a robbery there in a jewlery store when i was there!
@athanagames
@athanagames 7 жыл бұрын
Isn't it ironic that both Randall Park and Rolling Acres started with Sears and JCPenney's as the anchor stores, and both closed around the same time? Especially since Sears and JCPenney's are both struggling right now
@steventeixeira9176
@steventeixeira9176 6 жыл бұрын
Engei I didn't realize that
@a-fox
@a-fox 6 жыл бұрын
Isn't it funny that both areas are full of government housing units and as a result high crime????
@scj6693
@scj6693 6 жыл бұрын
Engei I don’t think it’s ironic, I think that’s connected.
@stevenboswell220
@stevenboswell220 6 жыл бұрын
JC Penney is struggling?
@glamourgirl2123
@glamourgirl2123 6 жыл бұрын
At Rolling Acres, Sears and JCPenney were the first two anchors to open and also the last two survivors, both staying open a few more years after the mall itself shut down...
@pennsy6755
@pennsy6755 5 жыл бұрын
Moral of the story? Don’t build malls in Ohio
@SithLordAnakin
@SithLordAnakin 4 жыл бұрын
Especially in Eastland. Smh
@theoneandonlyrustyshaklefo6256
@theoneandonlyrustyshaklefo6256 4 жыл бұрын
Neven Karas There’s still malls that do well though dumbass, look up southpark mall.
@CrypticRoams
@CrypticRoams 4 жыл бұрын
@@theoneandonlyrustyshaklefo6256 Wow... have you ever heard of a joke before? 🤐
@theoneandonlyrustyshaklefo6256
@theoneandonlyrustyshaklefo6256 4 жыл бұрын
C 2 Yeah.
@airplanegod
@airplanegod 4 жыл бұрын
@@theoneandonlyrustyshaklefo6256 No you haven't, but that isn't surprising given the fact you're from Ohio.
@moonl0verr
@moonl0verr 4 жыл бұрын
I miss it When Malls used to have theaters. Now they’re just either your typical boring mall or the expensive riches
@TackyFlamingo
@TackyFlamingo 4 жыл бұрын
There’s malls where I live with theaters
@generpicado7838
@generpicado7838 4 жыл бұрын
Mine is all three
@slyguythreeonetwonine3172
@slyguythreeonetwonine3172 4 жыл бұрын
I miss having Malls that didn't cater to blacks.
@jeremymenchaca
@jeremymenchaca 3 жыл бұрын
The mall up the road from me has a huge movie theater.
@enclavesoldier770
@enclavesoldier770 3 жыл бұрын
Actually there are malls that aren't expensive that have theaters there's one I go it all he time to to go see movies
@adamhelsel6469
@adamhelsel6469 7 жыл бұрын
Jake can you do a abandoned episode on Borders which is a book store
@sherioky7349
@sherioky7349 7 жыл бұрын
Adam Helsel i miss borders it was my childhood
@GummyDinosaursify
@GummyDinosaursify 7 жыл бұрын
Seconded. Borders was a huge part of my childhood. Although, what Barnes and Noble did with Border's Customer Information was extremely shady.
@LindaFromSeaAtTull
@LindaFromSeaAtTull 7 жыл бұрын
Adam Helsel Borders was so much cheaper than Barns and Noble. I miss them.
@ProgrammerInProgress
@ProgrammerInProgress 7 жыл бұрын
Border arrived in the UK near where I lived with this amazingly huge book store, then it disappeared within a few years. I can remember how amazing it was to go to a borders, they had every book you could think of, it's just sad the model didn't really work with Amazon available at the click of a mouse.
@billwilliams5352
@billwilliams5352 7 жыл бұрын
I worked at Brentano's Booksellers and remember my manager saying, "Now who on earth would buy a book online? It'll never last."
@QuesoGr7
@QuesoGr7 6 жыл бұрын
With all of that crime surrounding it's downfall you would think this place was built in Gotham lol
@None-zc5vg
@None-zc5vg 4 жыл бұрын
A Gotham outlet?
@xxcandycornxx8255
@xxcandycornxx8255 4 жыл бұрын
@@None-zc5vg i may not be a fan of it but im pretty sure they're talking about Gotham city in batman
@cliftonmoore8316
@cliftonmoore8316 5 жыл бұрын
This brings me to tears man i use to hang out at Randall mall all the time as a kid. This place use to be the spot!
@ButterflyEMS
@ButterflyEMS 5 жыл бұрын
It's still hard to believe this place is gone. From the jeepers amusement park space, the magic Johnson theater, and visiting my dad's gym (he was a tenant there for a few years) I practically spent most of my childhood in this mall
@HoyeGraphics
@HoyeGraphics 7 жыл бұрын
There are more Abandoned Malls here in Ohio, than anywhere else in the world.
@rociodelalba
@rociodelalba 7 жыл бұрын
Ashley omf that pfp is amazing
@HoyeGraphics
@HoyeGraphics 7 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I love Ranma.
@nahndeskript
@nahndeskript 7 жыл бұрын
Is there a reason for that? Because there are none here in Oregon (that I'm aware of).
@HoyeGraphics
@HoyeGraphics 7 жыл бұрын
Ohio's economy is shit, when there are no jobs, people don't want to go out of their way to go to a mall.
@nahndeskript
@nahndeskript 7 жыл бұрын
Ashley Thanks for answering, I'd love to explore one.... We need some abandoned malls here 😢.
@HardeeQuinnDee
@HardeeQuinnDee 7 жыл бұрын
This mall was where I stupidly got a free cell phone in my early 20s thinking it was just that...free. Had to go back with my mom and fake a mental disability to get out of it. Such a gorgeous mall. Then it turned über ghetto.
@adams.5151
@adams.5151 7 жыл бұрын
Dee Liteful 😂😂😂
@eddieb9911
@eddieb9911 6 жыл бұрын
Dee Liteful iiii
@nativetexan5457
@nativetexan5457 6 жыл бұрын
malls turning ghetto is typically how they go out. I live in San Antonio, Tx. At one time we had...I think 11 shopping malls. Today, I think we have 6 and 5 of those are traditional malls. The one that I don't consider traditional is laid out like a mall, but the open area normally "inside" the mall is open to the elements so it's kinda a mix between an outlet center and a shopping mall. Anyway, the malls that closed over the years, the areas around them decreased in value. So in turn, less valuable tenants rented mall space. It's a down hill spiral which few malls ever recover from. The only mall here that closed that DID NOT get ghetto was called North Park Mall. Why did it close? Well I'm not 100% sure but the fact that it was immediately across the road from a more popular mall didn't help. lol. Google maps "North Star Mall" in San Antonio. If you do, the shopping center directly across San Pedro Ave was North Park Mall. It's now North Park shopping center. But yea, going ghetto is how most of them tend to die.
@gleegleek4eva
@gleegleek4eva 6 жыл бұрын
I just moved from San Antonio to North Carolina but man I loved North Star Mall. I went there every other weekend lol. Texas has some really good outlets, much nicer than ones I've been to in other states. La Centera (idk if I'm spelling it right) was a ways away from where I lived but I drove there every now and then just to walk around. The most 'ghetto' mall I've been to while staying in Texas was Rolling Oaks tbh. One girl threatened to beat up my sister because she thought we were following her (???) when really there were only five good stores and thus we ended up in each of them at the same time as her. Never went there again.
@nativetexan5457
@nativetexan5457 6 жыл бұрын
I used the live near Rolling Oaks Mall. You clearly just had a bad experience because that mall is far from ghetto. I guess you never went to Wonderland of the Americas, or what used to be the old Crossroads Mall. THAT is the most ghetto mall in San Antonio. There is absolutely ZERO doubt about that.
@aaronabbott6315
@aaronabbott6315 5 жыл бұрын
Jake, I love this channel so much. Keep doing this, it’s amazing!
@devisgreat25
@devisgreat25 3 жыл бұрын
And that, children, is why we don’t build a mall near Cleveland.
@linkfan95
@linkfan95 3 жыл бұрын
Rolling Acres learned that the hard way.
@ginacleveland7995
@ginacleveland7995 3 жыл бұрын
....nope, that had nothing to do with it!
@jennzifur
@jennzifur 3 жыл бұрын
🙄
@johnhumphrey7525
@johnhumphrey7525 3 жыл бұрын
That area just turned into a really bad area. It’s near the Akron canton area right? Enough said.
@weluvbry
@weluvbry 3 жыл бұрын
@@linkfan95 huh? That totally had nothing to do with it LOL.. I could just wasn’t really that big enough for so many miles at the time this part of the reason that one time there were three, +20 minutes north was Randall Park Mall and 20 miles south was Belden Village in Canton.. and Tara city is still hanging in there downtown Cleveland LOL
@Zizzily
@Zizzily 7 жыл бұрын
Love you videos as always, Jake! Thanks for taking the time to make these.
@BrightSunFilms
@BrightSunFilms 7 жыл бұрын
+Zzyzx Wolfe always, thanks for watching.
@Angie2343
@Angie2343 7 жыл бұрын
Can you do a video on Hollywood Video too?
@okyeahsure
@okyeahsure 7 жыл бұрын
Zzyzx Wolfe
@goodolgranite8247
@goodolgranite8247 7 жыл бұрын
Angie2343 Do You Mean The Stores With A History Similar To Blockbuster Video
@Angie2343
@Angie2343 7 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@BonJoviStatue
@BonJoviStatue 6 жыл бұрын
Update: 3 days after the video was uploaded, work crews have been in the Macy's building and have cleaned up most of the ground floor and removed most of the mold. On June 2017, PowerSports have officially left the property, leaving the mall completely empty. It wasn't until two months later when Amazon purchased the property and is currently planning on demolishing the remaining anchor stores and build an 855,000-square-foot warehouse, bringing 2,000 full-time jobs to the region.
@susansmith7287
@susansmith7287 5 жыл бұрын
SwagGum.....I hope Amazon makes sure to hire good security for their buildings. The area is a high crime area, bringing Amazon in is good for jobs, but the crime rate will still be high.
@saintshamrock6935
@saintshamrock6935 5 жыл бұрын
Significant shrinkage....
@feliciahull2335
@feliciahull2335 4 жыл бұрын
so did amazon ever build?
@tyrese3745
@tyrese3745 4 жыл бұрын
@@feliciahull2335 Yes, it did. Amazon Fulfillment Center CLE2 opened last year.
@TotosSword
@TotosSword 4 жыл бұрын
Amazon is there and it destroyed 1 anchor store but the others are still there.
@chrisinasia1997
@chrisinasia1997 2 жыл бұрын
This was THE mall to go to when I was a kid in Cleveland. Still remember the Commodore 64 game shop and how it had games you couldn't get anywhere else. Had to beg my parents to take me there at Christmas time.
@cmh1087
@cmh1087 4 жыл бұрын
You should do Gwinnett place mall it isn’t fully abandoned yet but it almost is, and it was also the location for the mall in stranger things Starcourt Mall
@Musiclover_3824
@Musiclover_3824 4 жыл бұрын
YES HE SHOULD
@Badbodyqueen
@Badbodyqueen 3 жыл бұрын
I Agree! I live in Gwinnett.
@visionaka1397
@visionaka1397 6 жыл бұрын
Hurts my heart Everytime I drive past it
@crystaljohnson3638
@crystaljohnson3638 5 жыл бұрын
Same used to lived there everytime we past it is scary to look at it and church n the mall me and my family went there and my grandfather walk and prayed so our pastor can owned it but it never worked
@Lucia-nl7og
@Lucia-nl7og 5 жыл бұрын
me and my friends once tried to get inside the mall but never did because we heard a noise and started to run and it also looks hunted I just wish it wasn’t abandoned since it live near me
@Jkhh12112
@Jkhh12112 7 жыл бұрын
I just found your channel! this is the best! I have a fascination with abandoned buildings! Thanks for making these videos!!
@BrightSunFilms
@BrightSunFilms 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching! (:
@arproductions6986
@arproductions6986 7 жыл бұрын
Bright Sun Films Can you do Hawthorne Mall in California
@chris809carhunters
@chris809carhunters 6 жыл бұрын
Kaitlin Greene ME TOO
@steveespinola7652
@steveespinola7652 6 жыл бұрын
I like you also I have a fascinating thing with abandoned buildings I am from Toronto Canada and we do have some of them and I found some cool stuff in them like some old matchbox and hotwheel cars.
@sallyannes.3566
@sallyannes.3566 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love all of the Bright Sun Films productions, I hope you are still making videos
@gerry4805
@gerry4805 Жыл бұрын
Very interesting but sad video. I was the first mail carrier for Randall Park when it opened and it was an amazing piece of architecture and a vibrant place to shop and hang out with your friends. It was a fun place to be for a young twenty year old like myself. I will forever remember the good times working and cruising around the second floor watching the girls go by with my buddies!
@MrMario2011
@MrMario2011 7 жыл бұрын
Crazy to see how everything surrounding a mall like this dies off so quickly after the main attraction shuts down. I always wonder what can be done to successfully revive areas like this when I see them. Awesome coverage on this :D
@Krosstic
@Krosstic 6 жыл бұрын
I’ve been binge watching these all day. Your costa Concordia video popped up in my recommended and I’ve been hooked, you earned yourself a sub.
@BrightSunFilms
@BrightSunFilms 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much man!
@guildrich
@guildrich 4 жыл бұрын
@Kross Same here!
@ayden121hr
@ayden121hr 4 жыл бұрын
Me right now !
@mehchocolate1257
@mehchocolate1257 3 жыл бұрын
@@BrightSunFilms with online shopping malls are slowly dying out
@Rochelle1985
@Rochelle1985 6 жыл бұрын
Love it!! Thank you again, so much for posting! I saw some stuff online about this one, and it's so fascinating. Actually, two of the malls in central Ohio (where I'm located) probably won't be around too much longer either, I'm guessing. Indian Mound Mall (in Heath), and River Valley Mall (in Lancaster) I would bet will be closing in the next 5-10 years. Indian Mound was built in 1986. They've been going downhill for years, due to the increasing sales of Wal Mart and Amazon.....really sucks though, a LOT of great days from my teenage years spent there. Thanks again!
@The_LadyAJ
@The_LadyAJ 3 жыл бұрын
The only mall I know of that has been successful in the current age, is an outlet mall nearby where I live. It's pretty filled with stores, but what helped it stay relevant, was that it changed with the times. It's got an aquarium now, a Lego store (complete with a big walk through attraction), a movie theater, and an arcade/bowling/karaoke place, along with a ton of really great restaurants. I'll be sad if that mall shuts down.
@pinkygirlno
@pinkygirlno 7 жыл бұрын
Yeah I just looked it up! They had an amusement park named Jeepers! , I had a birthday party there once!
@MrDigztheswagking
@MrDigztheswagking 6 жыл бұрын
Me 3
@ajones21606
@ajones21606 6 жыл бұрын
I remember that place!
@darkoasis9593
@darkoasis9593 5 жыл бұрын
I use to be so scared of that green dragon rollercoaster jeepers had 😂😂
@alexzandriahall8699
@alexzandriahall8699 5 жыл бұрын
I used to go to jeepers too. It was like a better version of chuckie cheese. I miss that mall. I grew up going there witb my grandma all the time as a kid. Its sad hoe things change.
@PierreMcclardy1117
@PierreMcclardy1117 5 жыл бұрын
I still have jeepers tickets after all these years.. i planned on using them but then.. well u know what
@SuperPussyFinger
@SuperPussyFinger 7 жыл бұрын
Wow. Really well-researched presentation. This was the mall of my childhood, and I worked there as a young adult. In its heyday, it was a truly magnificent structure.
@noherekruger3738
@noherekruger3738 5 жыл бұрын
I like these videos. I grew up in the 80's and 90's and thats what we did back then, hang out at the mall. Before the days of social media and cell phones thats where you met people. I live in south eastern PA and all the malls that I grew up going to are actually still thriving, and actually still growing.
@RyuichiSakuma13
@RyuichiSakuma13 5 жыл бұрын
I remember going to Randall Park Mall with my family back in the 1980s. It was a great place to shop and eat and play video games, much of which I did while there. It was a amazing place to be a young, married adult with a job and expendable cash back in those days! Unfortunately, people back then thought of malls as "cheap babysitters," so they would drop of their kids with some money in the hopes that the kids would go to the movies, buy food and hang out at the arcade. I'm sure that many of them did just that, but kids being kids, there were also that faction that would "see how much trouble they could get into before being kicked out," those that would steal and then jump on buses that were foolishly designated to sit right outside the mall's doors, or fights of "who's dating whom" that cropped up. The local economy taking a nosedive didn't help Randall Park Mall either, not to mention the sheer fact that America had an overabundance of malls, many of them so close together that you could literally drive a few blocks down the street and mall-hop from one to another. These factors, NOT the "African-American kids/poor neighborhood/gangs" people spouted off about in the comments is more than likely what caused the decline of this once grand mall. And for the record, I NEVER heard RPM referred to in racist terms until I read some of these comments! As for those that made racist statements in the comments, why don't you take off your white hoods and robes and go back to fucking your relatives!
@themuttonqueen1076
@themuttonqueen1076 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you! People can be such jerks! It makes me so sad to see all of this racism in the comments. Also Nittle Grasper forever!
@VeraxMusic
@VeraxMusic Жыл бұрын
Quick correction, the buses weren't literally right outside. You did have to walk a few minutes, unless I'm misjudging the distance from the closest "anchor" store (which would be Dillards) to where the busses were parked by that little hill.
@VeraxMusic
@VeraxMusic Жыл бұрын
Well I'm black, but I think you'd be crazy to not acknowledge that ill-intentioned people generally ruining a vibe of a place won't have any effect on people's willingness to go there. That's just ignorant and irresponsible to outright dismiss the idea altogether. That doesn't help anyone.
@RudieObias
@RudieObias 6 жыл бұрын
I'm actually from a Northeast Ohio. I lived in a small suburb on the border of Bedford Heights and North Randall, so Randall Park Mall was my mall growing up in the 80s and 90s. When I was old enough to ride my bike further away from my house and neighborhood, I would go there all the time to play video games at the two arcades, eat in the food court, buy music and movies, my family dentist was at the Sears there, and watch movies at the Magic Johnson theater in the late 90s/early 2000s. I have a lot of very good memories of Randall Park Mall and I was very sad to see it decay and finally die over the years.
@VeraxMusic
@VeraxMusic Жыл бұрын
Did you ever go there in the early/mid 90s when the dollar theater was still? But yeah I loved the two arcades there. The smaller one was on the top floor by the food court (KFC, Taco Bell, etc), and the bigger one was downstairs. I hung out at the arcades, always checked out EB Games and look at the back of the video game boxes, looked at clothes at Dillards, etc. Oh and KB Toys, Record Town, etc.
@louisianaapple2778
@louisianaapple2778 7 жыл бұрын
Greet video!! Top notch work as always informative and well produced!! This was a beautiful abandoned mall. The structure was amazing!!!an absolute MARVAL!!!!!
@BrightSunFilms
@BrightSunFilms 7 жыл бұрын
+A. Lò Thank you so much!
@MrDigztheswagking
@MrDigztheswagking 6 жыл бұрын
Louisiana Apple yes
@kristianyarbrough
@kristianyarbrough 2 жыл бұрын
I can still smell the scent of “carpet cleaner mixed with chocolate chip cookies”… Sooo many childhood / teenage memories at Randall…
@bigsirenguy
@bigsirenguy 5 жыл бұрын
The DeBartolos were from Youngstown Ohio, close to where I live. They are responsible for a ton of malls throughout the country and owned the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins for a brief time before selling them, and they currently own the San Francisco 49ers. Not to mention they were totally a mafia family.
@materialgirl8707
@materialgirl8707 7 жыл бұрын
I was born in 1987 and always loved going to the mall since I was 3 until about 5 years ago. Shopping mall just aren't fun anymore!!!!! Back in the 80's and 90's going to the mall especially on the weekends was bomb!! They still had elegant department stores, cool mom and pop stores and eateries, video arcades, book, music, and movie stores, specialty stores and so much more. Today you just have those fancy pretentious shopping malls that house only corporate retail stores and eateries now that sell cheap looking overpriced merchandise and food. I miss the old school food courts where there were still family owned eateries. All you have now is crappy Panda Express and Sbarro's. Sad how the economy made shopping malls which were once sparkling gems disappear forever. Shopping malls back in the day were so fun now they just make you depressed and remind you of the dismal state this country has been in for almost 10 years. Goodbye sweet old school shopping malls, you gave many people fun, happiness, and beautiful years of memories with family and friends.
@johnhoo6707
@johnhoo6707 6 жыл бұрын
The country isn't in a dismal state. You just don't see it, because all the good stuff happens on the Internet now. Jeff Bezos didn't recently become the world's richest man for no reason.
@mjadamci
@mjadamci 6 жыл бұрын
hey! watch what you say about panda express! ;-)
@ismaciodismorphus3320
@ismaciodismorphus3320 6 жыл бұрын
materialgirl8707 w
@dennischannells5683
@dennischannells5683 6 жыл бұрын
Very well written.
@femme_fatalist
@femme_fatalist 6 жыл бұрын
Japan still has shopping malls like this that are booming! It's a great country for shopping. The malls near my hometown in the States are all struggling to stay open.
@KylieStocksOfficial
@KylieStocksOfficial 7 жыл бұрын
Why does this guy get hate??? His videos are entertaining.. smh
@VeraxMusic
@VeraxMusic Жыл бұрын
Does he get hate? It seems everyone enjoys his videos.
@therealladyk.hatake8400
@therealladyk.hatake8400 4 жыл бұрын
Been hooked on this channel & I just can't get enough of the abandoned series. I love it soo much I even like before the video starts. Plus, I wonder if those places are ever haunted 🤔?
@patrickmaruniak5347
@patrickmaruniak5347 3 жыл бұрын
This mall was from my childhood. I use to go to this mall a lot with my aunt. I always liked running down the ramp that went from the second to the first floor. I went there later on as an adult a few years ago and I walked through it again and just about all the stores and eating places were closed. I also ran down the ramp again for old times sake. It was heartbreaking to see that something from your childhood become like this. I will always have very fond memories of this mall and they will remain in my heart forever.
@bloxyman22
@bloxyman22 7 жыл бұрын
If only they did like here in many european countries.. Here when you have a anchor store it is usually only accesible from within the mall itself and they are usually located in a spot near center of the mall, meaning you have to pass all the smaller stores and are more likely to do some impulse shopping. I really wonder why they never tried that in US...
@bloxyman22
@bloxyman22 7 жыл бұрын
Do you know how that worked out?
@Valchrist1313
@Valchrist1313 7 жыл бұрын
1. The big stores wouldn't like that, as they want people coming through their doors. 2.Most American states prefer free market choices rather than government regulations which arbitrarily limit competition. 3. A move like that would limit fire exits, lowering mall capacity, and/or increasing insurance prices.
@KC9UDX
@KC9UDX 7 жыл бұрын
We've had malls like that here, and they are all closed, too. No one wants malls anymore, they want Amazon and Wal*mart
@miamivicepastels83
@miamivicepastels83 7 жыл бұрын
KC9UDX i want malls
@Reddsoldier
@Reddsoldier 7 жыл бұрын
That and malls in Europe, well around the Southeast of England at least always have an air of niceness about them, no offence to Americans here, but all of your malls just seem to have mundane shops in them, nothing that you wouldn't get on your high streets (main street), and they all seem to be pretty soulless and samey inside and i think that is part of the problem.Sure they were all built at around the same time so were subject to the same sort of stores and the same sort of architecture, but pretty much no attempt has been made in them to be different apart from size, and if all the shops are crap, what difference does 100 make over 80 or 50? It makes going to them much less of a leisure activity and does just promote a switch to online shopping. Here in Essex (S.E England), we have 2 main malls, and both of them do really really well even in the age of internet shopping. Bluewater pulls in around 27 million visitors annually, and Lakeside (literally 3 miles from Bluewater) has 26 million annually.
@coolv553
@coolv553 6 жыл бұрын
Wow, I miss RPM. Lots of memories as a kid hanging out there on the weekends.
@themusicguy2879
@themusicguy2879 5 жыл бұрын
Amazons Fault
@peterhogben3304
@peterhogben3304 5 жыл бұрын
It's sad to see such things. A grand shopping mall that was opened in 1976 to much fanfare now reduced to an empty space. I love watching these abandoned videos. They're great.
@yoitsyume5538
@yoitsyume5538 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this. I grew up with this Mall.
@suecra13
@suecra13 7 жыл бұрын
I used to go to Randall all the time growing up! I remember the fountains being off and elevators being down for a lot of it too. Seeing the Magic Theater in this is so surreal because I used to stand in that same spot and walk through those halls, and now they're gone.
@adams.5151
@adams.5151 7 жыл бұрын
Stephen Johnson Just curious, do you remember that arcade in there, Jeepers?
@suecra13
@suecra13 7 жыл бұрын
Adam S. oh my gosh yes! I only went there a few times, but I did! I remember them having a little mini coaster or something in there too. It's been so long.
@adams.5151
@adams.5151 7 жыл бұрын
Stephen Johnson Yeah the coaster! That place was great until they had to shut it down with the rest of the mall, and I think some kid was being stupid and stood up on that coaster and got seriously injured, that was one of the nails in the coffin.
@suecra13
@suecra13 7 жыл бұрын
Adam S. at least it still exists in the memories of us that lived it. Shame someone got hurt though.
@MrDigztheswagking
@MrDigztheswagking 6 жыл бұрын
Stephen Johnson damn
@BHuang92
@BHuang92 7 жыл бұрын
The mall looks very similar to the abandoned mall in The Last of Us
@ralphjohnson3202
@ralphjohnson3202 6 жыл бұрын
BHuang92 it's also is the same thing that's started happening with metrocenter mall in Phoenix
@glamourgirl2123
@glamourgirl2123 6 жыл бұрын
I think that mall was Rolling Acres...
@briansaliga9645
@briansaliga9645 6 жыл бұрын
BHuang92 s
@BethanyB86
@BethanyB86 5 жыл бұрын
I remember the shooting at the mall! I lived in Akron during that time period, and went to Rolling Acres a whole lot. It was all over the news and our parents did say “don’t stay out too late you don’t want to get shot”. I just hate seeing these malls closed and demolished. I know my husband and I are of the mall generation so much of the shopping has gone to online and I love online shopping but it’s not the same as in store shopping
@silverkittenx9763
@silverkittenx9763 2 жыл бұрын
Great video, Jake! The Holiday Inn actually closed in 1991/1992. I thought it closed in 2003, but when I found out it closed in the early 90s, I was shocked. I've checked out some of the photos of this place, and you can definitely tell that it was frozen in time. Heck, some of the newspapers were from June 1991! Most of the furniture and architecture remind me of the mid/late 1970s (with one of the televisions in the decayed hotel room looking like it's from the mid-1980s). The hotel itself opened in 1972 with the Randall Park Mall, with Days Inn taking over sometime in the mid/late 1980s. Well, that's all the information I've found so far. This hotel has to be one of the most absurd abandoned places I've ever seen. It's no wonder it was demolished!
@VioletPurpleChloe
@VioletPurpleChloe 7 жыл бұрын
trust me, Ohio is more than just abandoned things😂 this is like the 4th abandoned episode about something in ohio
@VioletPurpleChloe
@VioletPurpleChloe 7 жыл бұрын
My closest mall will probably close soon tbh
@theoneandonlyrustyshaklefo6256
@theoneandonlyrustyshaklefo6256 7 жыл бұрын
hoopwarrior which one do you live buy? midway mall?
@NewPaulActs17
@NewPaulActs17 7 жыл бұрын
youngstown is why i avoid ohio
@MoreColtraneChanges
@MoreColtraneChanges 7 жыл бұрын
If it is Midway, than you are screwed dude!
@VioletPurpleChloe
@VioletPurpleChloe 7 жыл бұрын
the one and only rusty shakleford chapel hill mall in Akron
@UrbexDane
@UrbexDane 7 жыл бұрын
Job well done Jake. This video brings back so many memories. Must of them are sadly of the mall on the decline & safety concerns. I didn't know about the history beforehand...thank you for the video.
@hebham5633
@hebham5633 4 жыл бұрын
Who knew how interesting abandoned places would be. You make great content. You def don't have enough subs. You should do a series on business by decade...I am really interested in the 60s...but you don't see a lot about this stuff. Usually its music or mainstream stuff. I want to be taken to the mall or stores from that time period! Anyway. Great work. Keep it up.
@bretttomassetti4371
@bretttomassetti4371 5 жыл бұрын
I am from the Cleveland area and both of your mall videos are very entertaining and well researched. Well done Jake I enjoyed watching and listening to them
@lovetruth7065
@lovetruth7065 6 жыл бұрын
This was the mall of my childhood (I’m 38) and I watched as it declined, I forgot how beautiful it was, this video made me sad, I hate wasted potential!
@VeraxMusic
@VeraxMusic Жыл бұрын
I remember me and my friends having an entire routine when we'd go there on Saturdays. So on Saturday morning, we'd catch the 19 or the 15 RTA there in the morning when they first opened. Hang out in the downstairs or upstairs arcade, get some food from the food court. Then we'd go check out some stores like EB Games, KB Toys, check out clothes at Dillards. Then after spending more hours in the arcade, we'd catch a late movie in the dollar theater there, and finally get home around midnight or 1am. Ugh, the fun times! Apparently ruined by the criminal element, which I had no idea about.
@MariaHatHausaufgaben
@MariaHatHausaufgaben 7 жыл бұрын
I've been there before and my parents grew up going to that mall!
@danielgriffiths8754
@danielgriffiths8754 2 жыл бұрын
Enjoy your explanations of disused buildings I think they're quite good to the listen to keep keep up the good work
@sicklettuce
@sicklettuce 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Jake, these help me fall asleep. Love the videos!!!
@sammylane21
@sammylane21 7 жыл бұрын
Hardly any Mall in America is ever seen without a MACY'S,JC PENNY,SEARS and or BLOOMINGDALES,huh??Either all 4 or at least 2 of these are in our Malls.
@MrMoonpie001
@MrMoonpie001 7 жыл бұрын
Great job Jake! I didn't know if you knew the original owner of the mall also owned the SF 49ers when they won all those Super Bowls with Joe Montana. I saw him one time when he was doing a walk through of a large mall in Orlando, Fla. He had three bodyguards, all were packing heat and big guys! Keep up the good work Rich
@BornToPun7541
@BornToPun7541 6 жыл бұрын
DeBartolo. was also the original owner of Chesapeake Square Mall in Chesapeake, VA, not far from where I live. That mall is still standing; it opened in October 1989.
@christinebeaumont
@christinebeaumont 5 жыл бұрын
Love your documentaries! Would be great to see something about the closure of Future Shop. Three out of four in my area are still sadly empty.
@ducatikiki4399
@ducatikiki4399 5 жыл бұрын
I’m from Vermillion and we used to go to Randall Park around Christmas every year. Part of my childhood.
@IVR02
@IVR02 7 жыл бұрын
It's a shame that they demolished it... The interior looks like it was beautiful...
@infectedjinjer
@infectedjinjer 7 жыл бұрын
BikerBoyNJ the best part of this mall was being a kid and running up and down those zig zag walkways
@MrTone075
@MrTone075 6 жыл бұрын
On a Saturday afternoon in HS when you had plenty of money on you, man, it was nice.
@GenderJester
@GenderJester 7 жыл бұрын
Took ya a while, still its was worth the wait. You make something that seems boring interesting.
@GenderJester
@GenderJester 7 жыл бұрын
Never mind I forgot I've been gone for a while witch means more videos of yours for me to watch.
@adriannegrillo8394
@adriannegrillo8394 Жыл бұрын
Thank you Jake! From 1975 , for 7 years that was my favorite place to shop or meet up with friends for coffee. We were barely out of high school! It made me sick how quickly it went down hill! A bad element ruined it as your story has eluded to.
@adriannegrillo8394
@adriannegrillo8394 Жыл бұрын
Just to add Amazon built on the land.
@yootubevids
@yootubevids 5 жыл бұрын
Ah, so many memories from Randall Park Mall as a kid and a young adult. On the weekends we would be here as kids throwing pennies into one of the many ponds or riding the mini merry-go-round. As a teen back in the mid to late nineties I remember going here with my brother and best friend to buy shoes or coats or whatever. I had no idea they even tore the main structure down. So sad!
@LoCdogAK47
@LoCdogAK47 7 жыл бұрын
very cool video, impressive amount of footage and research.
@myguykree4725
@myguykree4725 7 жыл бұрын
Damn i grew up like 5 min away in the 80's was the best mall around sad to see what happened
@odinrodriguez5128
@odinrodriguez5128 Жыл бұрын
I remember when it opened. My brother had an apartment 15 minutes away. I also remember the manager of the Merry Go Round Clothing Store who killed it in sales. I used to manage the store in Parmatown Mall, now demolished and rebuilt with outdoor stores. Malls are the go to in snow storms.
@Somedumbasskid2009
@Somedumbasskid2009 3 жыл бұрын
I love this vid! Thx bright sun films😊
@gFamWeb
@gFamWeb 7 жыл бұрын
I love this series. While most KZbinrs would do a random one-off "Shocking! Creepy abandoned mall", you actually take the time to explain the history and the path to the decline, as well as speculate about the future. Very well covered.
@dolomite13
@dolomite13 7 жыл бұрын
I spent so much time at that mall in my late teens and early twenties. The video game arcade was a frequent destination for me. This video brought back so many memories.
@VeraxMusic
@VeraxMusic Жыл бұрын
Did you mainly frequent the upstairs arcade or the larger downstairs arcade? (with the shooting gallery thing they had for a while)
@dolomite13
@dolomite13 Жыл бұрын
@@VeraxMusic I think I only went to upstairs for the Tron game in the back. The downstairs was may main place to hang. Dragon's Lair, Cyberball, NBA Jam, Two Tigers, Techmo Bowl, WWF Wrestling, Tapper, Journey Escape, Battle Zone and so many others. I take it you were a big fan of that downstairs one as well. Do you remember the glamor shots near the arcade? I shopped for computer games at that Electronics Boutique and got some awesome Orange Julius and Sabarro Pizza at that mall.
@clayboutin400
@clayboutin400 2 жыл бұрын
The malls from the late 60's and 70's had a nice 25 -30 year run but like everything else that has come and gone, its time was up. Just have the memories and good times you had there growing up.
@ohno4262
@ohno4262 4 жыл бұрын
Walking through a mall that you vividly remember being popular and filled with people all the time now being quiet and empty with few stores or people and only you footsteps to listen to is quite spooky I must say.
@ScottWallace5
@ScottWallace5 7 жыл бұрын
Good stuff and very informative! I just binged your abandoned series and compared to your first few videos you have gotten 1000% percent better! Way to go and can't wait for the next one!
@BrightSunFilms
@BrightSunFilms 7 жыл бұрын
+Scott Wallace thank you very much!
@joeycox2614
@joeycox2614 7 жыл бұрын
I've been waiting sooooooooo long for another episode! Yessssss!
@patrickmorris2408
@patrickmorris2408 5 жыл бұрын
It was like a trip to Kenya or Somalia. So nice and friendly. Visiting there gave you the feeling of being glad to be alive!
@jameskierstead9312
@jameskierstead9312 3 жыл бұрын
Great Video Buddy Your The Man!🔥
@Ineedagoodscreenname
@Ineedagoodscreenname 6 жыл бұрын
Sounds exactly like the Regency mall in Augusta, GA. It was also the biggest mall in the south built by DeBartolo and the crime around the mall pushed all the consumers to the Augusta mall about 20 miles away. Up until a few years ago it was exactly how it was when it closed in 02'. They have gutted the mall because of fire code but the main structure is still there.
@UnchartedTravel
@UnchartedTravel 7 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video man!
@bgcutie559
@bgcutie559 10 ай бұрын
The Sweet Memories I Have Of This Mall..EVERY Saturday We Was There,, Hanging Out At Foot Locker And Original Cookie ( LOL) DAMN BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES.
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