DEAD MALL - EASTERN HILLS MALL - CLARENCE NY - FINAL DAY WALK THROUGH AND HIDDEN AREAS
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@BigFungus197 ай бұрын
This was a hard watch. Seeing those old photos of how the mall ust to be packed and full of excitement is very sad. This mall has been such a huge part of my childhood and young adulthood. Thanks for the video
@AcesAdventures17 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@Neckername1Ай бұрын
I live in the area. As sad as it is to see this amazing memory filled place go, this city needs new nice neighborhoods and plazas. Places like southgate in West Seneca are what really thrives in this area today. The only exception is the Walden Galeria due to the dense population, airport proximity, and ability to charge higher prices and attract higher end brands and stores.
@csmolko17 күн бұрын
@@Neckername1 I think Galleria also benefits from a volume of Canadian shoppers that the other malls don't get.
@stupid5pin10 күн бұрын
That clock you showed in vintage footage early on in the video instantly sparked nostalgia. Then as you're walking, I'm just thinking "oh, that's where Babbage's (later EB Games, then GameStop) used to be!" And as you're approaching Duff's, I instantly recognized that as the corridor where the arcade used to be. I recall there being a pet store there when I was a kid; and I'm pretty sure the menu board you showed toward the end of the video is the last place I ever ate at that mall, when Dave & Busters was still there but the wait for food was too long, so we went to the food court before heading back over there. Sucks a piece of my childhood is now someplace I can never set foot in again, but I appreciate that you posted this video!
@cynthiaj.simmons8707 ай бұрын
Cool video Anthony!!! I love the date the mall opened November 8, 1971 which was on my 7th birthday!!! 🤗🍰🎈🎂❤️
@AcesAdventures17 ай бұрын
Oh wow!
@dsanchez97037 ай бұрын
Bro, it's so hard to see all these malls across the country closing or in terrible condition. All the nostalgia and the memories people had there
@bmstylee7 ай бұрын
It definitely sucks. However all good things eventually come to an end.
@jqueen13806 ай бұрын
Wow! Decorated beautifully for Christmas. Nice mall. 😢 Thank you for your ongoing documentation of these malls. Congratulations on your marriage! ❤
@K0NVICTx12 сағат бұрын
I miss Niagara’s Emporium. I used to spend sooo much time just wandering in there. My kids loved the fish they had. Was like a giant flea market!
@renegarza237 ай бұрын
Hello!!! Ace, man, these are great retro videos
@AcesAdventures17 ай бұрын
Hey, thanks!
@jholder19667 ай бұрын
Glad you're back and big congrats on the wedding
@BoxInACorner7 ай бұрын
The legend lives! Good to see you back with another upload and hope you're doing well. Keep the good fight going!
@michelenelson80916 ай бұрын
I honestly thought I saw The Nelson twins, from Nelson performing in a quick clip in The Eastern Hills Mall.😊 Thank you for sharing this video.
@alexandrabond-johnson52439 сағат бұрын
Aw man, I had no idea the Eastern Hills Mall closed :( Thank you for documenting the mall's final day!
@seabee737 ай бұрын
Glad to see you back. Congratulations on your marriage.
@AcesAdventures17 ай бұрын
thank you
@gemini_starr2 ай бұрын
This place was most of my childhood. We used to go as a family on Saturday nights. Mom's favorite shop was Jenns'.
@jacobkakyoin688216 күн бұрын
Clicked because I have a ton of memories of this exact mall myself, subscribed when I heard you were a fellow Western New Yorker. I'm younger than a lot of the other commenters who's posted about this here, but I still used to love coming here, and that super "local" flair in its later years gave that era a fun sort of "character." I remember being surprised it was still open a couple years back, then pleased that it had a Duffs almost as good as the one in Amherst (am I crazy for thinking the original might be even better than Anchor Bar? Maybe, but I still think that! Sue me!), then had such a hectic year I somehow completely missed that it was shutting down. I also remember for some reason or another I hung around the old Summit Park Mall a lot in its final years, when it was basically a ghost town and empty shell you could still just walk around in, and as a kid that was my first experience with places like that. Bet the redevelopment they've been talking about for that one goes nowhere or goes somewhere bad given Niagara County's track record, honestly...
@robertmiller21047 ай бұрын
Every year more and more close so sad maybe one of.the first ones for year willnt be the last unfortunately 11 more months to go. When did it close obviously around this past Christmas did good job decorating ever though they knew be malls last. Miracle last so long if had trouble in 90s. Still had fountain running on last day amazing. So happy you are back!! Be good 24
@darlenebigos82227 ай бұрын
I was there as well last Saturday , for quite awhile, lot of amazing memories mall walker almost a decade, met my boyfriend there at smile mail, mom worked there
@stevewagner228228 күн бұрын
I was there once to visit a store I worked for. Tracy Wirth was the manager Of Jeans West/JW.. I miss those days. Chess King, Merry go Round, Oak tree, J.Riggings etc..
@swallace81826 ай бұрын
Great to see the videos back again. Kinda miss the days of public access channels and shows with their celebrities. We had the Don Majakowski show here, lol. But granted, Thurman was a much bigger and better NFL player. Awesome video!!!
@str115339 күн бұрын
This was my mall ): I loved the emporium and the little Dipson theater most
@5ch3nkАй бұрын
I grew up in the area and this was my go-to mall from my mom taking us here as kids, hanging out with friends as teenagers, or just walking around checking out the shops as an adult. It's been really sad to see it dying over the last decade+ and now closing.
@ToeTag98997 ай бұрын
Great video!!! I'm going to miss this mall so much I love those clips. I wish the local news would release archive footage there must be tons and tons of film of these local malls back in the day just sitting in a room somewhere such a shame.
@AbandonedAmbience7 ай бұрын
What a well done video! It is interesting, yet sad at the same time to see those old photos from the mall's heyday. America's shopping malls are slowly being replaced with Amazon, and other online shopping sites, which is depressing to witness.
@retroxcellence51866 ай бұрын
Thanks for making it out. The weather was not cooperating
@Nyaahoja17 күн бұрын
It's so crazy to see one of these abandoned malls videos so close to home. I used to go here all the time! It's really bittersweet. Most of the malls near us are going out, Eastern Hills, McKinley, etc. It really sucks.
@SuperBuickregal7 ай бұрын
Thanks for all of your entertaining and informative videos!
@AcesAdventures17 ай бұрын
OMG ty!
@SuperBuickregal7 ай бұрын
@@AcesAdventures1 Just wanted to let you know the video of the Sunrise Mall was very special to me because it was where my future Wife and I went to be on an informal date and I was stationed at Ingelside Texas and the Padre Staples mall and the Sunrise were the places to go along with all the other neat places in Corpus Christi. I would say Corpus was unique from all of my duty stations. Originally from N.E. Ohio and I especially liked the Ashtabula and Beaver Valley also besides all your others videos! Grew up with the Chapel Hill mall and actually worked there a few months at the Woolworth.
@bmstylee7 ай бұрын
Man I miss these old malls. I grew up at Randall Park(also a DeBartolo mall) and they had some kick ass fountains. As well as ramps that were so long they had a place to sit and rest in.
@raymondp.kotiiesq.59347 ай бұрын
I remember the Randal Park Mall from my childhood. It was a larger version of Eastern Hills Mall.
@danefilander63067 ай бұрын
Great to have you back making these great videos and congratulations Anthony and all the very best with married life keep up the awesome job.
@scottl81377 ай бұрын
My local mall, Eastfield Mall in Springfield Massachusetts closed 7 months ago and watched it get torn down some yesterday, had been going there all my life, saw Santa there and brought my son there last 10 years to see him to. I think you did a walk through a few years ago there to Anthony... They're planning the same concept as here
@AcesAdventures17 ай бұрын
That was actually Eastern Hills twin!
@scottl81377 ай бұрын
@AcesAdventures1 that's funny cause all through your video I kept thinking it looked so similar which was why I commented
@TheCubeTube7 ай бұрын
Great video, Ace! Did not disappoint! Welcome back!
@AcesAdventures17 ай бұрын
Hey, thanks!
@darlenebigos82227 ай бұрын
RIP Eastern Hills, you'll be missed by many
@pdxaviation7 ай бұрын
In a way, it feels kind of like losing the innocence of a bygone era when life was easier and so much more simple.
@AcesAdventures17 ай бұрын
True
@ivyseal51617 ай бұрын
first of all Anthony welcome back and congratulations on your wedding and it be great to see more of your videos
@AcesAdventures17 ай бұрын
Thanks so much!!
@user-nb5hm1cd2j7 ай бұрын
Hi Ace. Welcome back. You have excellent taste in music. Much like myself. Thanks for artists such as Night Riots and Mr Kitty. I wish I could offer you the same. Try Blue October(she’s my ride home)Dark Waves, Godzillionaire(absolute zero) Away(too close),Hilltop Hoods(shredding the balloon).
@AcesAdventures17 ай бұрын
Hey, thanks!
@stevexray62537 ай бұрын
It's great to see you back at it again! 😁👍
@Archisphera7 ай бұрын
The store is Hart Schaffner & Marx. It was/is a higher end suit brand and is still sold in Dillards stores now. I don't know if they still have any stand-alone stores.
@OriginalNethead7 ай бұрын
Seconded. I've seen suits with the brand.
@lisaapp8397 ай бұрын
Dillard’s is the best.
@marlawitkowski13955 ай бұрын
Was just coming to say this!
@mas5867Ай бұрын
Dillard's brand is the worst. Cremieux is one. Sorry, sorry quality
@lb76617 ай бұрын
Niagara Emporium was pretty great. I will miss walking around Eastern Hills.
@pamelaaverrett58487 ай бұрын
Awesome video! Happy Birthday and congratulations !
@elphive4229 күн бұрын
For what it’s worth, this idea of making it a whole living compound with houses, offices etc. is closer to what the original mall concept was meant to be than the 80s-2000s layouts. The fact we wound up with what we got was a side effect of the concept not working as intended.
@Black_Benz20237 ай бұрын
So sad to hear this about E.Hills Mall. As someone who lives in Ontario, Canada, we always went across the border to Buffalo / Western NY shopping. Our dollar is too low, but we still occasionally drive across the border. Please do a video on the Outlet Mall on Military Road (it's very empty lately), Walden Galleria, Main Place Mall, and Boulevard Mall. Buffalo area stores/malls have been closing even before the pandemic. Sad.
@TheCubeTube7 ай бұрын
I saw Sal’s ExLog on Eastern Hills. Can’t wait for the premiere!
@markm.j.lewandowskijr11716 ай бұрын
@ 10:35 I want to an estate sale up in Tonawanda New York and somebody had passed away that was a die-hard BILLS fan and they had several volumes of the Shout Magazine from the Super Bowl years that I bought.
@renegarza237 ай бұрын
Congratulations on your marriage!!!! Wooooo!! 😊
@ilovecoffee63187 ай бұрын
It's good to see you back, Ace! Good job on this video and congrats on your recent wedding.
@AcesAdventures17 ай бұрын
thanks so much!
@chaddeez84467 ай бұрын
Hahaha I was was just watching Wallie's video on this mall. It's a double feature of nostalgia.😍 But also sadness 😔
@cazxy5.527 ай бұрын
Cool
@drkmagneto7 ай бұрын
Cool video Ace!
@galford767 ай бұрын
Hart Shaffner Marx! Looking at a tie made by them. A little pricey but nice stuff. Good to see you back in action ACE!! 👍🏼
@AcesAdventures17 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@MamaCarola16 ай бұрын
I used to work for a company that sold them fabric for their suits
@sKid-ez7zn6 ай бұрын
Welcome back ace technology is changing our world. The old ways are disappearing. So sad
@crystalscan20027 ай бұрын
great video ace
@jasonwilliams60057 ай бұрын
Worked there for several years and shopped there longer. It's a shame... and I worked the Thurman Thomas show several times
@someweirdlookingdude790119 күн бұрын
I used to go there all the time as a kid. During the summers they used to have a carnival in the parking lot right in front of Dave & Busters so once you had fun outside you would then go to D&B and have fun inside. By the end of its existence there was nothing let but a bunch of second hand thrift stores.
@dgonthehill7 ай бұрын
great videos, going to miss you take care & stay strong
@steffyherself7 ай бұрын
I'm happy to see you back! It's a shame it closed, the aesthetics were really great!
@AcesAdventures17 ай бұрын
thanks so much!
@K0NVICTx12 сағат бұрын
I live just a few blocks away. So crazy to see this mall closing. But it became just a mall walker location. No business succeeded here. Maybe except Raymour, Sports Park or Pennys. But idk if they make enough to pay for their large buildings.
@mikewatkins83427 ай бұрын
I like your videos keep it up
@AcesAdventures17 ай бұрын
Thanks, will do!
@sacrosbyАй бұрын
I went here just about every weekend in the mid 80s as a teenager! Sure sad to see it closed down, and now Red Lobster too across the street from it 😞
@BoratWanksta3 ай бұрын
That was Hart, Schaffner, and Marx at 11:38 in this video. Also this is REALLY good, particularly the hidden back portion of the mall that you saw.
@davelaramore96997 ай бұрын
Used to drive from with my parents from Toronto to go there and Hills next door when I was a kids
@19JohnConnor844 ай бұрын
What a beautiful mall this was. So much time spent here.
@MoeLarrycurly17 ай бұрын
Congratulations 👍👍👍✌️
@BuffaloChicken7 ай бұрын
Great video, thanks!
@AcesAdventures17 ай бұрын
thank you!
@DJWhitetailfluff2 ай бұрын
Big Backroom vibes here. I like it. : )
@cynthiaj.simmons8707 ай бұрын
"Congratulations to the both of you on your wedding!!! I'll send you and e-card out with greetings to the both of you soon!!!" 🤗🎆🍰🎉🍾🎈🎇🎊🥂✨️❤️
@marlawitkowski13955 ай бұрын
This is so sad… mall of my childhood and teens. I worked in the food court, and then as a perfume girl at Jenss. I can’t remember - where was the Kleinhan’s store?
@TheCabbagequeen7 ай бұрын
Thanks for covering the mall nearest me, East Towne Mall, before it got demolished. As for Eastern Hills Mall, what was the name of the store that was hidden all those years?
@AcesAdventures17 ай бұрын
Kleinehans
@chucky62997 ай бұрын
Noooooooo! My old fav mall!
@unchainedsilver97025 ай бұрын
Good video ..hopefully they don't demolish all of it ...Around here a lot of dead malls have been revived buy them building condo towers in the parking lot or onto the mall ...that has made these malls much more busy becasue then people living in the towers don't have to travel anywhere to shop ...They have become like smaller city centers ..
@19JohnConnor844 ай бұрын
The malls should be preserved and even restored. The parking lots should be turned into restaurant and living complexes around the mall.
@BDBD167 ай бұрын
Never seen a mall with a physical "get rich" quick scam store.
@steve10-107 ай бұрын
Feels like it was just yesterday you started out filming at century 3. Where have 8 years gone? Good to see you back!
@AcesAdventures17 ай бұрын
Ty ty
@randomations11Ай бұрын
Been here countless times, at least every year for Xmas just to see if they had something. It's kind of sad to see it go, but, it's time.
@Dimebag033311 күн бұрын
RIP my local mall. Went there all the time as a kid with my friends
@raymondp.kotiiesq.59347 ай бұрын
Somehow I don't feel the Town Center concept will go over that well when the Town Center prices are announced.
@Muonium17 ай бұрын
This is about a mile away from the site of the country's most recent fatal plane crash 15 years ago in 2009 - Colgan Air Flight 3407.
@JohnDoe-xo7gg5 күн бұрын
And here’s the ticker! The proposed plan is no longer feasible! The sewer system can’t handle what they’re proposing!
@joshuakennedy98143 ай бұрын
I’m gonna miss you. I grew up going there until 2005 till 2017
@WhittyPics7 ай бұрын
Missed your videos Ace. I bet that was quite a place in it's heyday.
@AcesAdventures17 ай бұрын
thanks so much
@gordontaylor28157 ай бұрын
Looks like there's a lot of stuff left in that sealed off area that could still be salvaged by sending to the nearest Goodwill or similar store. Hopefully someone will decide it's worth the effort to do that...
@AcesAdventures17 ай бұрын
Probably get trashed
@TheeMrShtinker7 ай бұрын
The Harrisburg mall will be demolished over the next year, maybe even less. It is still open at the moment with very little stores.
@danlavelle99897 ай бұрын
11:47 Hart Schaffner & Marx, now stylized as Hart Schaffner Marx
@taubesnusschen21Ай бұрын
used to go here ALL the time when I was younger, makes me sad to see it go
@TheWill.Suttie4513 күн бұрын
It sucks, I used to love going there also, that first clip was from channel 2 WGRZ in case anyone was wondering
@cshubs7 ай бұрын
There are still many malls doing all right. Coronado and Cottonwood in Albuquerque. Kenwood in Cincy come to mind. A study could be done and probably has been done about why some malls survive.
@AcesAdventures17 ай бұрын
I thought Cottonwood was struggling?
@cshubs7 ай бұрын
@@AcesAdventures1 struggling a bit but certainly not dead.
@FatalMasamuneАй бұрын
I've passed by the Eastern Hills mall probably 100 times since this video released and am only now finding out they closed.
@geoffs237 ай бұрын
wow haven't been there inside there in 20 years
@suzjon7 ай бұрын
Congrats!!
@AcesAdventures17 ай бұрын
Ty!
@vf-31tomcatters2 ай бұрын
This is horrible to see. I went a little bit ago and everything was walled off and there was vendor stands blocking hallways. I only got the last dying years of this place but still remember there being stores and people crowded in there. Is the manager still giving tours? If so, does he have an email I can reach out to him for a tour? Thank you again for a last glimpse at my childhood!
@tc50745 ай бұрын
It’s Hart, Schaffner & Marx. Higher end suits.
@lochnessymonster46237 ай бұрын
Congrats on getting married!!!
@DancerChic91525 күн бұрын
I used to shop here when i was younger. This is so sad
@chellastation7 ай бұрын
Good to be back for 2024. Congrats on the marriage 🎉
@drkmagneto7 ай бұрын
They got rid of a mall where I live in Va Beach to make a “mixed use” development
@ItsSoDane7 ай бұрын
I’m 42 myself. I know how that is. Life happens.
@crystalscan20027 ай бұрын
rip eastern hills mall
@LonghornRPh887 ай бұрын
Hart Schaffner & Marx
@AcesAdventures17 ай бұрын
yes that's it
@tonylentini33407 ай бұрын
hart schaffner & marx
@Spaceality7 ай бұрын
Stratford Square Mall is in its final year. 😬
@kaitosdogfrАй бұрын
It's crap like this that makes me so sad and mad man... not at the video of course. Just taking a beloved mall that's still used by people, and also a big part of people's childhood just striped away to be a cash grab for rich people. I loved the water fountains, one of my favorites to take a break and sit by growing up. I miss walking along the tiles of the floor and going to the, once was Dave n busters. The vhs tapes made me want to cry man
@markvolpe23057 ай бұрын
RIP Eastern Hills concourse.
@renardfranse7 ай бұрын
I will miss the beer at Duffs
@markvolpe23057 ай бұрын
Duffs is staying, for now. Any stores with exterior entrances are allowed to stay.
@wickedlester2743Ай бұрын
The Galleria needs to go next. Nothing but gangsters that pickpocket and shoplift.
@asciicatfaceАй бұрын
the galleria's the only one that's alive though. I'm hoping the mckinley will find a buyer soon enough and turn it into something. even the red lobster isn't there anymore.