Euclid Square Mall - From Dead Mall To Dust

[@ryszard68]

When I watch these I sometimes wander about the contractors building them back in the day, all their efforts that went into construction, they must have thought these cathedrals of retail would be around long after they were gone. Little could they have known that many would be torn down within their lifetimes. It might be quite interesting to get an interview with builders of a mall to get their perspectives on the decline and fall.

[@threexladi]

Yaas, Colin!I always think that way, too. Of how we never can predict how things will turn out.

[@moose030406]

You think they were 1 years old and are still around 100 years later?

[@skeletankmcgraw7343]

I have seen a lot of these "dead mall" videos here and other channels; however, nothing has yet to hit me quite as emotionally as near the end of this video. The part where he is walking towards the end of the mall where the building has been busted out where the doors once were, and the light from the sunset is flowing in. Just chilling. I hope he took some actual photos of that as it could be an award winning photo.

[@AcesAdventures1]

skeletank mcgraw i did take some, im no pro but they look neat :)

[@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803]

It was awesome! :)

[@crystaljeannieto3889]

My fav yet most depressing part. So beautifully done.

[@garygansbrubaker]

@Peter Nadreau JonRev's DSM videos? Do you have a link, please?

[@robjohnson8861]

The closing music was chilling, but his timing was great because as he turns and walks toward the sun, the music changes from haunting to acknowledgement and celebration that the future always comes. I've listened to it 25 times at least.

[@marisam9803]

This was beautiful and shot very nicely! The closing music was haunting...

[@krisgardier801]

I had the same feeling.

[@robjohnson8861]

"The closing music was haunting... " haunting, but his timing was great because as he turns and walks toward the sun, the music changes from haunting to acknowledgement and celebration that the future always comes. I've listened to it 25 times at least.

[@crystaljeannieto3889]

This video is amazing. The end..with the music and walking to the demolished entrance brought me to tears. You are amazing at what you do. Thank you for everything you do. Look forward to future content.

[@AcesAdventures1]

wow thank you, i just try to evoke emotion and do the best i can ty!

[@crystaljeannieto3889]

Ace's Adventures you never cease to amaze me, thank you.

[@Catmannj1]

This is how you do a dead mall video. The part with Euclid in rubble letting the pictures speak fior themselves... truly fine film making. I see you are becoming an even better film maker. Can't wait for Northridge Mall.

[@thepinkyprincesspoetc.a.5767]

The Northridge video was Fantastic ❤️

[@eileenparker3265]

I love that you included the history of the area.....

[@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803]

:)

[@creepmike77]

I'm crying. I used to go to this mall all the time in the 80s and 90s.

[@sheenablueeyesblondie2363]

Born and raised in Euclid..use to be a great place to grow up and the mall was the hot spot to hang out..the neighborhood went to hell and we got out.its not even safe to drive there.

[@digital4282]

I got out of there in 2004, and even that was way too late. I had my car stolen out of my driveway 4 times in one year, that's when I knew it was time to finally leave and say goodbye to a city I used to love.

[@mrsmaul2010]

Yes it is. People love to exaggerate.

[@djuanbenjamin9149]

I went to Forest Park, Central, and Euclid High…go Panthers.

[@jasongibson3496]

I love Expose their voices are so soothing. I always loved that song by them. It is a 1989 song.

[@stinkybuttism]

Anthony, one of your best so far. Great music at the end.

[@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803]

:)

[@drpc97]

OMG ACE! i live about 15 miles from Euclid square mall. I remember lots of memories there. last time i was there was in 2006, but i remember going there and having dinner there in the mall after dad got off work at Parker hannifin in the late 70s to mid 90s on Friday nights.

[@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803]

:) Great memeries

[@siliconinsect]

Ace, If you'd like to research and explore what's now Severance Town Square I have intricate knowledge of the property -- including a binder of construction plans and photos for the 1999 remodel and conversion into strip shopping. Used to plow snow for them and parts of the original 1960's shipping/receiving tunnel and employee break rooms are still intact. Great video as usual!

[@armchairwomanmao2922]

Absolutely stunning metaphorical video. The music goes so well with it. I can't believe it actually made me tear up inside .

[@carlklitzke9455]

Way to raise the bar, Anthony! Awesome video. Great history and music. Really captured the feel of the place.

[@kellireeves4527]

Ace,everytime I see one of your vids you take me back to a beautiful time with my mother.Shopping bags 25 cent machines used to burn her butt for some reason,but she always gave the quarter and would try to find a million reasons to use the bag once it got home.I would give the world for one more afternoon like that...

[@AcesAdventures1]

Kelli Cox me too, i miss the 90s

[@jamiehinton2349]

This is your best work right here. It depressed me but it still had beauty.

[@kelly3014]

The Euclid Square Mall is close to Cleveland, but it’s located in Euclid, Ohio. I grew up going to the Great Lakes Mall in Mentor, but I came to this Mall, too. My Dad works right beside the Mall so we would meet him at the mall after he’d get off work. I remember the seating area with the fan-like sculpture. I remember waiting in there for my Dad and thinking it was so cool since it was in a ‘pit’. Lol We stopped going there in the 90’s when the Ashtabula Mall opened up, but I still have memories of this Mall. I knew the Randle Park Mall and the Richmond Town Center. I pray the Great Lakes Mall beats the odds and stays open for years to come!

[@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803]

Wow :) Awesome

[@fan4life345]

Great lakes mall is hanging strong as of Feb 2022!

[@seann2769]

I grew up going (and still do) to the Great Lakes mall as well! I never got to experience the Euclid square mall, though :(

[@rebeccawolf9900]

Thank you so much for this. I’ve been so sad lately because the Euclid Square Mall was an important part of my childhood. I live in Euclid, and I’ve had to drive by, watching it become less and less. I have such fond memories and now they’re preserved. I loved the old images in the beginning - they brought it all back. PS: to those who asked about the song at the end, it’s “One of These Mornings” by Moby. One of my favs!

[@AcesAdventures1]

Rebecca Wolf miami vice!

[@chrislemaster2695]

Wow that burger king cup was from the late 1980's to mid 1990's

[@JoeyLeddzDippin94]

Man, I miss that old logo.

[@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803]

Love the old logo's.

[@as6110]

Erin Bricker - Urban Historian did you see that Taco Bell logo though. That was beautiful.

[@dakotasanders9799]

Last couple of minutes were like poetry!

[@luissdstuff6381]

Man, it tears my heart to see such places become pushed in the past. As you said, there will be fewer malls in the future though there will be but a few left. Excellent video. It'll live forever online when none of the mall exists.

[@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803]

:)

[@JJR93]

It's always interesting when people who used to work in these spaces show up in the comments and share their memories....

[@fan4life345]

The store with the yellow football goalpost is northeast Ohio's oldest operating sports retailer called "FAN4LIFE" they moved out of Euclid sq.mall on November 7th 1999 into newly remodeled Richmond mall up the street, stayed loyal to that mall until January 2020, and now CURRENTLY call Great Lakes mall there home next to Dillard's and Tony Saccos pizza. 33 years selling great sports apparel to Cleveland fans....simply amazing!!!

[@colleenmoriarty4436]

Breathtaking. What an amazing job on this video.

[@AcesAdventures1]

Colleen Moriarty thank you 🤗

[@crystaljeannieto3889]

You're videos touch me, they've made me tear up a few times. Your choice of music is usually what sets it off. Reminds me of my childhood and growing up in the 80's and the mall scene. Thank you for everything.

[@AcesAdventures1]

Thank You!...being a DJ, music is everything to me, and the emotion it invokes in video is super important, i want people to feel my videos

[@crystaljeannieto3889]

Ace's Adventures it is much appreciated, keep on keepin on lol!

[@shayneramsay1388]

As an Australian i still find it shocking how bad the mall scene is over in the US. Fantastic work Ace with capturing Euclid Square

[@itrack4u]

Applause to you, Anthony. You beautifully captured the past and blended it with the heartbreaking present. You are the best at what you do.

[@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803]

:)

[@AcesAdventures1]

Suze Glesky thank you dear! And for the help with northridge!

[@904czv4]

Great opening sequence!

[@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803]

It is!! :)

[@davidc.pierce9631]

I watch, with sadness... 😞amazing choice of music! Great job on this vid!! Deep sense of loss, but a fine job, sir👍

[@CadgerChristmasLightShow]

You always seem to find some damn fine music. Super rad.

[@misled1982]

Thats because of Dan Bell....

[@JohnnyStanwyck]

That's a loop of Exposé's "When I Looked At Him." I never realized how much the song sounded like mall music until now.

[@AcesAdventures1]

misled1982 actually it’s not, people were into dead malls long before he was around

[@misled1982]

Sure, but he created this "eerie" feeling yet peaceful, with 80's mall-elevator music to show us somehow, the dead mall was still alive...

[@AcesAdventures1]

misled1982 the only similarity in this video to his is the vaporwave tracks, but that’s what works best with malls

[@crittervlogs5525]

I grew up on the East Side of Cleveland; I don’t have many memories of this mall or Randall Park seeing as they just starting to be past my time and I lived closer to Richmond Town Square and Beachwood Place but the few memories I do have are dear to me. This one choked me up a little bit.

[@lowbar77]

Again, I know this is not a new video, but great work! It is awesome that you got the chance to film before and after demolition to contrast the situation. Thanks for all your hard work. Keep it coming!

[@armchairwomanmao2922]

Absolute masterpiece. Should be inducted into hall of fame for modern art

[@derrickmulling1506]

Best video yet! I love the vintage Taco Bell sign! Keep up the awesome work, Anthony!

[@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803]

So do I Derrick! :)

[@Cadey]

I really like your documentary style. Please keep it coming. I love it.

[@battybethc]

😭😭😭😭 R.I.P. Euclid Square Mall.

[@susanherrold2436]

So sad. Used to go there alot. Remember the inside of that mall like it was yesterday. Sad to see all the malls going away!!!

[@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803]

It is sad

[@10191927]

That opening was awesome, great music.

[@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803]

It is... :)

[@essspressso]

Exposé ~ Exposé - When I Looked At Him

[@ijulesy]

what a beautiful ending!

[@creepmike77]

My mom used to take me to this mall in the 80s and 90s. One time she got mad at me and threw my meatball sub from Sbarro pizza out the car window in the parking lot. Oh fond memories. I can still remember the smell of the cookie store haha and my dad buying me the latest Jordans from Foot Locker.

[@jqueen1380]

This video was fabulous!

[@leannbrooks218]

Such a good job on this! I appreciate your work!

[@Doongie4ever]

Amazing video, I love the ending. It's so hunting to think of all that which well fade in time.

[@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803]

:)

[@lizmoulton8628]

This was put together so perfectly. Amazing information and footage, thank you!!!

[@madchiller123]

With a culture built on consumerism it's no wonder we have such an emotional connection to this structures. I have now seen all the structures of my childhood in the city I grew up in been torn down. If your a millennial Euclidian you know what I mean. Thank you for that one last walk through my childhood. Great video....

[@astrofrk]

I rode my bike there when it opened and yea, I was an early Mall-Rat. When I had money, I would buy records, eat and other stuff. I think I seen the A New Hope at Euclid Mall and got a strobe and black light at Spencer's. It was a "Happening Place", it wasn't that big but it was OUR mall! I seen it again in 04 and knew her days were numbered. Kids will never know what they missed. Now, I live where another mall is dying and I miss the days that are going away.

[@marisajgifford1982]

I've seen all your content Ace and this is one of my favorites. Watched it multiple times lol!! The music hits just right. Thanks for all you do. You're very much appreciated

[@mikesexplorations9314]

I see your videos evolution, I would say you at the top of your game these days, great work, and a great journey you have made.

[@mikesexplorations9314]

On a side note, after some research and watching many videos, I think the formula for a mall does still work, but it all about location, and you can't have more than 1 mall within about a 100 mile span, I notice most dead malls, or struggling ones, have other malls nearby, or in neighboring towns/cities.

[@Deep3rShadeSofHouSe]

One of my first jobs as a teenager was at Winkleman's at the Euclid Square Mall. It was owned by Petrie's, a woman's clothing store (MJ Carroll brands) popular in the 80's and into the late 90's. They went out of business just before the turn of the century. The store was located near the Diamond Men's Store and the shuttered location is clearly shown at 6:22 - 6:30.

[@WickedWonder1979]

Awesome! Feeling a little somber, but happy that this video and memories will remain.

[@JenniferJones-qn6lg]

Mind blown!!!! Just awesome and very vintage aesthetics throughout. You just keep getting better and better Anthony! It was just way cool watching both this one and Wallies take on this torn down relic. Too bad the Subway got torn out. Just all around amazing! 😍😍😍

[@urspendy]

So sad. I remember when this mall opened. My dad was a tool and die worker at addressograph across the street from this mall in the 1970's -80s. My first date with my now husband was at the Burger King.

[@krisgardier801]

Interesting. The ending music was eerie

[@WhittyPics]

Seems like Ohio has been especially hard hit. So sad. I feel like I grew up in malls

[@kelly3014]

Dennis W We have! 🙁

[@sweetcat1639]

Dennis W There still are two good malls in north east Ohio: Eastwood mall (where the last super Kmart is) and Southern Park Mall

[@horrorghoul]

LittleBoi4Trump wow you must live by me! Eastwood amazes me because I used to work in there in 2010 and it was so dead but now when I go there it's so busy. It's insane.

[@as6110]

The northeast US in particular is full of deal malls, but the famous ones are all in Ohio.

[@Clay3613]

The malls closet to me are doing great.

[@TheCookingDojo]

Great video Anthony. Last time I checked on the mall I remember there was a ton of churches in there.

[@krystalgardier69]

I like the song in the beginning Expose-When I look at Him. I am really feeling the energy of this mall. Nice Footage, I really like the Diamond Store Front.

[@scottlillis4849]

Excellent video Ace. I think its cool how you and WallieB both made a video of this mall. You both captured something different in your videos. Its a shame to think that at one time this mall was full of stores and customers. Now all of those customers have is memories of once was.

[@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803]

:)

[@ThomasSpychalski]

Darth Vader in front of 'father and son' shoes in 1977...now we know where Lucas got the plot twist for Empire...

[@nickrod9526]

One of these mornings Won't be very long You will look for me And I'll be gone........Sad ending.............everything in this world is temporary. Cherish what you have!!!

[@RomeGoLARGE]

Man... I miss this mall soo much. This mall is where I purchased my very first PlayStation. Christmas was awesome here. I'm so glad you were able to capture this. Up next: Richmond Park Mall.

[@jaredstrand3609]

I’ve never been here but this video was extremely emotional

[@AcesAdventures1]

Jared Strand thank you! That was my goal!

[@cjhernandez9758]

This was just Awesome how you did the Euclid Square Mall. Just sad to see how much is going these days. Makes you wonder what the future will be.

[@threexladi]

What kills me is how you don't see kids playing anymore. No laughter, no boring afternoons. All hothouse flowers, riveted to cell phones. No social skills. Everything is 'looks' + 'sexiness.' If you wave or say hello, they recoil.

[@JazzyBabe56]

the guy singing sounds like you Ace! LOL!! great vid! loved it ♥

[@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803]

Lol

[@ramaturnes]

you did an amazing work with this one

[@Jack.333]

Good Job... Well Done Good footage Thanks for the memories Time moves us on

[@horsechick818]

I’m too young to have known the mall before it died, but the Dillard’s Outlet that was there until 2013 was a great place to get Homecoming/Formal/Prom Dresses, got all of mine there throughout high school and never paid more than $30 for one.

[@marcarcoria7672]

But it was a big part of my childhood in the 70's and its heyday will be missed

[@beastlygota]

I have probably watched this video all the way through 3 or 4 times. Every time, without fail, that last part of the half-demolished space mixed with the vaporwave music in the background mixed with the sunset shining through the remnants of the entrance brings me to tears. I never once saw this mall in person, as I live hours away in the St. Louis area, but what I would give to have seen it now. Anthony, if you ever see this, this is my favorite video of yours by far. This is the only video on KZbin that can bring me to tears. The cinematography is absolutely stunning and the abandoned-feel of the mall gives me a feeling I don't think I can experience anywhere else. Nothing, and I mean nothing, can hit me as emotionally hard as this video can. I truly applaud you for your ability to make such amazing content, and this video is my case and point of that statement. Thank you, Anthony.

[@dutsu89]

Amazing video, Your next one could be Summit place mall, as The crews have begun disconnecting power and preparing the site for its demolition this year. Id love if you could go in one more time.

[@as6110]

Look at that old Taco Bell logo 😍

[@Crispycheeze]

A S When?

[@KoubuPilot]

Nice the area had a role in WWII. Where I'm at (Mesa, AZ), they trained pilots for WWII. Mesa had Falcon Field and Williams AFB south of where Superstition Springs Mall and Power Square (outlet mall) are located. Both operate as regional airports. From what I heard, the delay in completing the Superstition Freeway east of the mall was from looking for old artillery.

[@shaneinkster8872]

Just imagine what this mall would’ve been like during Christmas time

[@thelmalee489]

I can tell you....it was beautiful.

[@dakotasanders9799]

Last couple of minutes were like poetry!

[@charlesbutler4646]

Very Haunting. The sad death of not only a place of family happiness, joy and fun, but an entire era of warm, charming and happy Americana. Three decades of life a D joy now just a ground up heap of twisted steel, broken glass, wood fragments, and dust drifting in the breeze.

[@justinmorrison321]

The ending was so sad!

[@straightforward]

I'm liking this video, even though it hurts to see a place I remember fondly....gone.

[@scottyPsychotty]

Incredible video. The slow walk from the intact portion to a pile of rubble hurts my heart. It’s like a POV shot of being a pall bearer for my childhood.

[@eastender74]

@15:40 the music along with the shot of the walkway leading to the sunlight was very moving and symbolic ❤️ Ace your the Best! ❤️

[@WedgeBob]

Let's not forget that there's newer malls around, like Legacy Village, Beachwood Place, and I believe just recently in Orange Township, I think there's one that just opened about a few weeks ago, and I know that name was mentioned, but I keep forgetting it. Parkwood or something? Anyway, yeah...the days of indoor malls are certainly numbered. Look at some of them here on the west side of town. Parmatown Mall is gone, it's now replaced by Shoppes of Parma, which is almost all drive-up stores now. Then there's Westgate, which also was transformed into a similar shopping center. However, the west side of Cleveland holds on to their malls better than the east side, apparently.

[@drrushfan81]

Great video. The closing music eerie and somber.

[@JoeyLeddzDippin94]

Just subscribed to your channel recently. I love your content, keep up the great work!

[@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803]

:) Love his channel!

[@patricksaxon3983]

So sad! I love the ceiling as it looked so beautiful.

[@catherineduarte4824]

Awesome video

[@nicholasferguson3014]

Great video. Melancholic.

[@dannyb982]

Nice video. Me and some buddies used to skateboard in there after it was closed down!

[@robertcarillio9126]

Over saturated with such retail centers in such close proximity...and crime issues were driving forces of these places shuttering. Shame.

[@DynV]

17:58 I hope you took that sign. Right after, I--love--those kind of building facade.

[@deckard43]

This a great video

[@nasirb3914]

That intro 😍😍😍

[@donswietlik4292]

I remember the Euclid square Mall my favorite was the magic shop.

[@ericheld4382]

Grew up in the 330 Chapel Hill Mall was my go to currently being renovated into a business park, Rolling Acers in now a Amazon

[@Honda2015]

It’s so ironic how an Amazon fulfillment center is being build where this mall was. Online shopping truly killed malls.

[@simonandgarfunkelfan]

Oh that's awful. Thanks but also not thanks for telling me that. I used to work at one of the Amazon Fulfillment Centers. Me and both my roomates did at different times. The longest any of us lasted was 1 and a half months (and was me).

[@dstrvyer69]

@holeheadmole isn't complex at all... every bit of what you stated, every excruciating moment our society has to endure with respect to cultural differences between whites and blacks, blacks and whites... is at this point, sorta necessary. a race which has been completely beaten, subjugated, and disadvantaged doesn't just turn up middle-class when that oppression ends. it takes time, quite a bit of time actually... decades. a deep cut can happen in the blink of an eye but the scar it leaves can take a lifetime to fade... sometimes, even longer.

[@patricksaxon3983]

So as that they could moved into the mall than it being torn down.

[@ericzerkle5214]

Very.

[@straightforward]

I had the same thought...but, it was the landlords that didn't change with the times (imho).

[@jsnichols1]

I lived in Euclid from 2005-2008, and about 6 minutes from this mall. It was basically empty then and the only time I remember going anywhere near it was when some fly-by-night liquidation company held one of those "pay to enter" sales events for electronics and furniture in the parking lot. We did most of our shopping at Great Lakes Mall in Mentor, which is apparently still thriving today.

[@Wojtek628]

The sytyle of this video highly reminds me of Dan Bell's "Dead Mall series", even the music is similar. Great work!

[@djuanbenjamin9149]

I first went here as a kid in 1991 thru 1996…I’m 45 now and wow time goes by so fast.

[@garbage854]

Look's like it was a cool mall :)

[@damianlatimer5753]

thats the jam! i havent heard that song in years!

[@redrayman1977]

Nice video some great history very cool

[@kristarizvi7137]

This was the mall I shopped at growing up. I lived on the east side of Cleveland and my mom and I would ride the bus there almost every weekend.

[@floridadave224]

Great job documenting when the Mall began :-) and when it ended :-( Hate seeing the old malls being torn down but I guess that progress.

[@MarlinRectory]

I grew up in West Allis, and I'm really looking forward to your Northridge video in Milwaukee. I always went to Southridge as a kid, it was closer to me. But Northridge and Southridge were like twins.

[@craigbathurst9839]

I remember this mall. I have been in it several times as an older teen and early 20’s in the late 70’s 80’s. My dad worked at Lincoln Electric as a electrician at the time. The Great Lakes Mall is not what it used to be either. I now live in eastern Pa and go back home in Lake County, Ohio every 5 years. Sad to see these malls due off. They were fun to go to as a kid back in the 1960’s to 1970’s.