American Shopping Malls - Now & Then - From the Abandoned to Thriving

The father of the American shopping mall, the Austrian-born architect Victor Gruen, envisioned the mall as a sort of European-style town center for the American suburbs. He saw malls as climate-controlled Main Streets, with post offices, supermarkets, and cafes, set amidst larger complexes with schools, parks, medical centers, and residences. You’d hardly need to drive at all. Gruen found cars repulsive.
But only part of Gruen’s vision caught on: the climate-controlled gray box, famous for encouraging car culture rather than stopping it. In 1978, the elderly Gruen railed against what his idea had become.
“I would like to take this opportunity to disclaim paternity once and for all,” he said. “I refuse to pay alimony to those bastard developments. They destroyed our cities.” - Smithsonian Magazine
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[@michaeldavidson8971]

Yeah we had a healthy middle class in the 1980's ... not anymore.

[@DerelictDoug]

Amen Brother

[@kellychuang8373]

Yeah it really was a different time and there are stuff done then that wouldn't be allowed today like the part of Bon Marche Mall where they showed stuff like bows and arrows and guns which now would really make people uneasy and not sold like this now and for one of those it was a twist that it still thrived.

[@DerelictDoug]

​@@cacarat53089 The erosion of the middle class is the primary reason. Economist can tell this by comparing modern Online sales to what was spent in brick and mortor malls. Once inflation is factored in, we can see we actually spend less on consumer goods . Which indictates that we have less money to spend over all. Questions?

[@loosingmymemory7]

@@DerelictDoug I think you are absolutely right about the disappearance of the pre-millionaire society being responsible for abandoned malls but you can not tell economic health by what is spent in a store location vs electronic mail order. I think convenience plays a major role in economics. It's all those unnecessary fake mediocre jobs that fueled the middle class. It is strange when you know that is where corporate culture was born and ultimately what decided to abolish anything union, except for the police and fire dept that is, oh and legislative of course, since they write laws to fund their own paychecks, which is essentially what the police and fire are their to protect now. Mind blowing, really, when you think about it.

[@DerelictDoug]

​@@loosingmymemory7Agreed. Except for the math between digital and physical sales. If we are to account for inflation; it indicates that we have less disposable income. Thank you so very much for watching and for your insightful comment. Best wishes and much love!

[@Jhihmoac]

Most malls are from the 80s, an era long gone when there WAS a middle class that did much of the spending... Thanks to corporate downsizing, job offshoring, and online shopping, these places are becoming modern-day "Ghost Towns"!

[@DerelictDoug]

100% agreed. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the topic and best wishes!

[@ADrunkCrayfish]

Aimee Webber a mall my mom used to go to as a kid during the 80s just got closed down recently because of so much crime.

[@MrJestyler]

Amazon has devoured brick and mortar and most retailers couldn’t survive or were not prepared for change to online shopping. The middle class as it used to up through 80’s no longer exists, they are now the poor. Making less and spending less. The new reality thanks to globalist and globalist running government.

[@ArizonaWillful]

@@MrJestyler And what changed in the 80's? Ronald Reagan was elected and instituted trickle down economics that resulted in the largest transfer of wealth in history from the poor and middle class to the already rich. Nothing trickled down. This is still Republican economic policy.

[@MrJestyler]

@@ArizonaWillful yes partially agree with however disparity was always present. Trickle down did not work because was unchecked. Bush and all his predecessors significantly accelerated income disparity with globalists policies and corporate went unchecked. The 80’s though compared to last 10 yrs was overall, for me anyway,much better.

[@oldenweery7510]

Seeing dead malls makes me sad, as some of them were---and still are---quite beautiful. The year I graduated high school, 1958, my girlfriend was working at a place called Corned Beef Corner in a big outdoor mall in North Milwaukee, WI. (I worked in Marshall Fields' store in a new mall in Wauwatosa, WI, a year or so later. Quite an experience; classy!)

[@DerelictDoug]

Thank you for painting such a vivid snap shot in time and thanks for sharing. All the best!

[@enterprisingcaptian875]

Was that Mayfair Mall you worked at?

[@oldenweery7510]

@@enterprisingcaptian875 No, my girlfriend worked at a mall in the north of Milwaukee, right on a busy boulevard. Mayfair Mall is in the Brookfield area, nearer to where we lived, in Waukesha County. We used to go there all the time, particularly during the Christmas buying season. She worked at Corned Beef Corner after high school. (Makes my mouth water just thinking about it: terrific corned beef, piled high on thick rye bread...MMMMM!) Stay safe.

[@Artuar3CRaFT]

people do be singing in old commercials

[@DerelictDoug]

Ahahaha, I like the way you put that and it's so true. All the best!

[@Artuar3CRaFT]

@@DerelictDoug Haha 😄

[@jolikmathers4034]

I miss the 80's. Great video as always!

[@DerelictDoug]

Good times, lol. thanks for watching!

[@unknownwolf4046]

I was born in 90s may 3 1990 i use to get video games for my NES and SNES N64 and gameboy

[@jakeperkins6725]

Nothing says shopping like a Macy’s perfume stand in 1998

[@DerelictDoug]

Love it! Those were the days. Thanks for watching

[@reznortetrault4348]

I was a 90s kid, and I remember how popular our mall was back then. Brick and mortar stores were thriving, Pokemon card stands were the hottest thing, Game Crazy showcasing Super Mario 64. People actually went to the mall for Christmas and was massively packed during the holiday season. The last time I went to the mall was when I was in High School lol....

[@DerelictDoug]

Ahhh the good ol’ days. Your comment really takes me back. Spending countless hours in the arcade and being a mall-rat is a lost art. I was a fan of Sam goody and KB toys. Stay safe and all the best.

[@harveyhalloway]

Some fantastic archive advertisements for the malls in the early 80s, really interesting, poignant to think of the way malls were then and now. Greetings from UK, a lot of folk still love their malls here, both city centre and out of town but retail is not what is was with online shopping.

[@DerelictDoug]

I am very glad you enjoyed and thank you for watching. We still have malls, but all of the lower to middle income malls are closing 🙁. Thanks again!

[@jamesjameson7635]

Malls have lost their authenticity. Especially with the modernization of certain stores, how are you going to not have a theme for your own store? Hot topic used to have these cool red and green vines outside the store it was cool, now they are gone and it just says “hot topic”. Most of the neon signs have been replaced and the overall atmosphere of malls has been lost.

[@DerelictDoug]

Very well put. Thanks for watching✌️💙

[@CZac2k12]

I think that it was the Great Recession of 2008 that killed many shopping malls. It's tragic to see Garden City Mall die slowly.

[@DerelictDoug]

100% agreed. Thank you so much for contributing and watching. All the best!

[@Squicx]

to hell with online shopping

[@natedog2304]

I’m glad you put Northshore on there. It’s one of the malls you put in there that’s actually still doing really well. I live near that mall and I can tell you that the mall is still alive and well. In fact my parents even said it looks a lot like their times in the 80s

[@lakaumbucha]

I wish the local dead mall around here had a re-education center. I remember when the mall had an arcade and a pet store.

[@DerelictDoug]

The good ol' days. Thanks for watching and all the best!

[@len-zeplin480]

I Grew up In The '80s. I never understood "The Mall" Mentality. Sure We Were "Middle Class" I had a Paper Route & My own $ but if I Didn't Have enough $ To buy Something in 10th Grade, I didn't Buy it. Yet My Friends all Had "Credit Cards". They didn't work or Have Jobs. I Always wondered If they Actually paid for Stuff. Now We have 8 Year Car Loans and the Cars are Spent in 4 Years. Kids are Leaving College $400K In Debt going home to Live in Mom's Basement. The "Middle Class" has Always Spent 10X More than Their income.

[@DerelictDoug]

Very true. I grew up much like you. When we were a consumer culture most of us had the ability to spend. We also had easy access to credit cards, car loans, and school debit. The difference is our wage stopped rising. People and services are now commodities we trade in. We flipped from consuming products to consuming labor. There is no incentive for large corporations to raise wages. In the end the middle class continues to spend 10x but with inflation they get much less. Thanks for watching, best wishes ✌️💙

[@len-zeplin480]

@@DerelictDoug Well Now People want Minnimum Wage set at $20/Hr. Well Ok But, When You go to MacDonalds to Order a Big Mac Value Meal, It's Now Going to Cost $18.75 up from $7.95 Because everyone at McDonalds Makes $20/Hr. So it's all Relevant Somehow. (You didn't actually "Get A Raise" Because Everthing else got expansive With You.

[@DerelictDoug]

I am not looking to get in to an economics debate. But, I do wish it was that simple 👆. Basically: we lived in a consumer economy that allowed for things like McDonalds to exist at all. The more we erode our consumer economy, the less of these things we have. Best wishes mate!

[@CoyoteSeven]

Nowadays that guy would get written up for walking away from his job to go find the kid's family.

[@DerelictDoug]

Haha, sad, but true. Thanks for the laugh and all the best!

[@chrisvillines9934]

I miss life in the 89s so much better happier times !!!!

[@DerelictDoug]

It was certainly a good time and I hope for more good times soon 😊. Take care and the best!

[@GamingWithAlice186]

I can only imagine the amount of work as well as time it took to build the mall itself, the people who constructed the massive mall I the beginning as well as the development Before

[@unknownwolf4046]

Different nowadays Was born may 3 1990 early 90s kid Miss going to a mall when i was growing up getting video games

[@DerelictDoug]

I bet it was at a KB Toys? I miss those times too. I didn’t have a console, so I was mostly found in the arcades. But I drooled over those consoles in the windows.

[@sharonj3797]

@@DerelictDoug My 1st job was at KBToys! I still have my uniform shirt 20 years later

[@ArizonaWillful]

Malls were built in a time of prosperity that we thought would go on forever. But the GOP beginning with Reagan gradually shifted most of the nation's wealth into the hands of a small elite group of people. Now people cannot afford high priced boutique shops and department store prices. We shop at Costco and other bargain big box stores. This is a necessity because most of us no longer feel affluent and secure as people did back when the Malls were popular. I think Malls were a fantastic idea, being able to shop indoors when the weather is very cold or hot. But our economy has become pretty bleak for many Americans. We no longer have the security and luxury of shopping in such places when we can now get better prices online or in big box stores without the overhead for supporting a beautiful mall. I knew the writing was on the wall for Malls when all Lens Crafter stores moved out of all Malls and built their own stand alone stores. Len's Crafters were always a fixture of Malls.

[@DerelictDoug]

A very well put comment and shows that you know your political history well. The trickle down economics of that era did what it was intended to. The true intention that Regan did not make us aware of was it was designed for the rich to get more rich (the rise of the 1%). Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and opinions. Stay safe and all the best!

[@HiBye-ek7rj]

6:54 those airmaxes🤤...wtf I also have that Purfume at 6:58😶

[@DerelictDoug]

I love the airmaxes too! thanks for watching and all the best!

[@ItsaRomethingeveryday]

Like the now n then thing you got going on here in the video!! Good Up!!

[@DerelictDoug]

Its a Rome Thing Everyday I honestly appreciate that and thank you for watching ✌️💙

[@madamhummingbird]

Word. I second this 👍

[@ItsaRomethingeveryday]

@@DerelictDoug yw. Good vid

[@melgon25]

If you make it to WI again, in SE WI there is Regency Mall. Our last anchor store is in the middle of going out of business. A company bought the mall and is redoing it and trying to revitalize. It’s so dead there. I hope the best but can’t imagine it improving. Thanks for the interesting video. It was a neat perspective with the “then and now” angle. So surreal to have lived through the rise and fall of The Mall.

[@DerelictDoug]

Thank you kindly for sharing an update 🙏🏻 I am hoping to be out that way this November. I will be sure to check it out. I hope the revitalization works. Thanks again!

[@rama30]

It makes me sad. Maybe it was a little more labor intensive than online purchases but it was great fun and the place to see and be seen. The loss of malls and theaters really hurts.

[@emojipandafireman7163]

Northshore Mall is Very Old, Opened in 1958

[@DerelictDoug]

Wow! Thank you for watching

[@emojipandafireman7163]

Located in Peabody, MA

[@JS_1983]

I'm taking a huge dump right now.

[@DerelictDoug]

You too!? 😮 thanks for watching and best wishes.

[@NostalgiCrazy]

@@DerelictDoug LOL 😆

[@sharonj3797]

I love you

[@orlandofigueroa2137]

Same

[@jasburger]

Same

[@Exgrdbachata]

2:09 its sad to think that that nice elderly lady probably passed away 😭

[@DerelictDoug]

I never thought of it that way, but you’re probably right. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and all the best.

[@Exgrdbachata]

@Derelict Doug Yeah its pretty sad most of these people along with this mall have died

[@jasperdilincoln2341]

Malls have pretty much died all over the United States. Growing up as kid in late 80s and early 90s. My grandmother aunts and sometimes my mother would take us to the Malls for serious shopping. I started really noticing a decline in a lot of Malls during the early 2000s. In the 80s it was all glitter and glam of Dynasty & Dallas looking characters by the 90s the 90210 & Baywatch etc. But due to technology and items just a click away was the start of killing off Malls and other things.

[@DerelictDoug]

This was so very well put and thank you for sharing your experiences! My time in the malls was spent in arcades, KB-toys, and Spencers gifts. The rise of online sales combined with a major recession closed many of our malls. I hope the smaller malls remain after the current crisis. Otherwise we will only be left with up-scale malls (provided by the "Taubman Group"). Thanks so much for joining us and please stay safe!

[@nicoblaytherealflamingo445]

Lets go to the shops dancing scene. Reminds me of arrested development. But this was real lol

[@DerelictDoug]

Hahha nice! Thanks for watching✌️💙

[@judyjennings3426]

We get a beautiful place to shop and this young generation can't behave. That ruins everything. Years later this big place becomes a ghost town. Pitifull!

[@DerelictDoug]

Is it that they can’t behave, or is it that they can’t afford what we once did?

[@yanirafonseca8013]

@@DerelictDoug yesn't

[@MrButch-ls8vl]

I liked the part that begins around 7:32 ... handsome slim guys dancing with each other with shopping bags ... very gay !!!!!

[@DerelictDoug]

to each their own bro, thanks for watching!

[@williamgoodale259]

so what.

[@nicoblaytherealflamingo445]

I'm onlyvatvthe 2 min mark. I need a good chuckle

[@nickanzohrevand7547]

No it's actually pretty cool

[@oldenweery7510]

@@DerelictDoug "Oui," as my grand-mère used to say, "chacun à son goût." It cuts down on the competition for honeys.

[@BuccaneerBruce]

Indian Spring's in Kansas City Kansas is now demolished.

[@DerelictDoug]

Very interesting. Thank you for watching and merry Christmas 🎄✌️💙

[@retrotechandmore8899]

I actually liked how that mall looked.

[@scottjackson5422]

Cost of living hurting people to possibly to be able to save. More or less be able to purchase alot on a budget.

[@DerelictDoug]

Very good point and thank you for sharing your thoughts. All the best!

[@marshaflorom5036]

We unfortunetly said goodbye to the southroads mall in Belview Nebraska .Marsha

[@DerelictDoug]

Ohh no! Did they level it?

[@sprkl5d]

Great video!

[@DerelictDoug]

Thank you kindly 🙏 and best wishes!

[@BreakingBrick]

I'm deeply impressed and shocked at the same time with the decline of the middle class in the USA. Nearby in every occidental society spread over so many countries and continents the decline of the middle class is not more to oversee. In the US, there's this "mall dying", in other countries are the rents for housing so expensive, that nowadays so many people can not afford to pay them anymore, so that they have to left their hometowns for cheaper places. I think, the middle class should get wages to live, not those minimum-wages to survive.

[@BreakingBrick]

Anyways, great intro, the Fox Valley Center Song is quite catchy. Nevertheless, here's a video from a 70s inauguration of a local mall in Munich, Germany. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZKphJeNqdajmKc It's still existing and was renewed three or four times to be as appealing as possible to the crowd. It was a great boost, that the mall was connected after 30 years to the subway. Because nowadays not everyone has enough money to maintain a car, furthermore parking is now priced and not free as it was in the 70s and 80s. I'm also quite surprised, that (for me as mid-european) mall-owners in the motherland of capitalism, the free-market-economy, haven't had the intuition for the market to appeal more for the clients. A lot of those dying (and died) malls looked like a time travel into 70s and 80s. I think, that's the result of extense counting little green bills and not planning ahead for tomorrow. Business should be sustainable for everyone, even if today the revenue won't be as high as possible, but the business will exist probably in the future. Yuck, it's always humanity's greed...

[@DerelictDoug]

Agreed, thanks again mate!

[@ArizonaWillful]

Other countries do not have the Republican party to deal with. After 4 years of Donald Trump, the American middle class is the smallest it has been since the Great Depression in the 1930's. We had to go to war to get out of that mess.

[@geet77777]

Whats the music around 3:30, its really weird and kinda interesting

[@DerelictDoug]

Unfortunately the exact title escapes me. I’ll try to dig around a little bit. Thanks for watching and all the best!

[@celticandpenobscot8658]

@@DerelictDoug Please get moving with that -- it's the most awesome dying-mall theme on the Net!

[@bigburgerboi2005]

@@DerelictDoug I remember, commenting the song name here but looks like my comment got removed

[@stereomonovici5796]

We live in a society

[@DerelictDoug]

Stereo Monovici I can’t say I disagree... ✌️💙

[@jonise2524]

I just realized that in many places they turning malls into apartments or apartments studios

[@Jhihmoac]

Even when they were the big things in retail, I had a "get in, get what I needed, get out" frame of mind when it came to malls... I'm not really missing them much today, but I see that many of these once crowd drawing icons have fallen into complete abandonment and decay as more people utilize the internet for their shopping needs...

[@KristinRyans]

I love how Indian Springs is preserved. All the original interior still there, really hope thry do not demolish or change it for the worst.

[@kaelanthefox6036]

try the Hanover mall in Hanover Massachusetts

[@DerelictDoug]

Thanks for the tip and thanks for watching ✌️💙

[@gigi3377]

So what states are these malls in? Information would be greatly appreciated.

[@kingkowabunga]

States filled with lots of Vibrants who bless us with their Diversity.

[@galaxywolf583]

It's sad that these malls are currently abandoned Also I think the last one was Northridge mall (a mall located in Milwaukee that closed in 2003) it looked similar.

[@Omegajunior2658]

I have never seen any of shopping centres in North America like those before. Anyway that fox puppet's voice sounds like Kermit the Frog. Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@DerelictDoug]

Hello from across the pond! Oh yeah we have tons of them. Thanks for watching and best of wishes!

[@celticandpenobscot8658]

Trust me: you're not missing anything. Your Stateside cousins are getting lazier by the season.

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

I used to go to ford city in the very early 80s, boy it used to be a beautiful place to go shopping and go see a movie! Now I won't even drive through that inner-city hell hole! Nothing but inner-city gang banging, shootings and if you park your car there! It will end up without tires or stolen! What a dump it is now. Sad very sad 😥

[@BlueLazeMusic]

Nice vid man btw whats that songs ?

[@DerelictDoug]

Thank you, I am glad you liked it. Unfortunately this was before I kept good notes on the music. However, it can be found in the YT creative studio. Sorry I couldn't be of much help and all the best!

[@rbibbe34]

Man this is a bummer. The malls are still around, just support them even to walk around: it’s healthy, grab a coffee, grab a shirt. fuck Amazon, human interaction is slowly going away

[@DerelictDoug]

It is a bummer, and you’re right all we have to do is support our malls to help them thrive. I am happy to say I’ve only bought two things on Amazon my whole life. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and all the best.

[@rasmusfrederiksen600]

I was born in 2005 i know it isnt like the 80s or 90s but i still miss 2009-2016

[@DerelictDoug]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and all the best!

[@fx5376]

why shoppin center are closed today: answer: because this 4 Happy-Mens 7:30 are in pension or too old.

[@DerelictDoug]

😂 thanks for the laugh, and thanks for watching!

[@liamdstuff]

Why are they closed? Because they’re not in Australia. Yes, shopping centres will always be part of an australian’s life especially with coles and Woolworths and Aldi and Kmart and target!!!

[@ArizonaWillful]

@@liamdstuff Yes, but you have to live on a continent that is mostly uninhabitable and way out in the middle of nowhere far far from the rest of the Western world. To the rest of the Western world, Australia might as well be on the dark side of the moon.

[@jong2368]

I have never been a mall shopper. I never found them to be an experience.

[@DerelictDoug]

Looking back it really is a strange shopping format. Thanks for watching✌️💙

[@laylaharb1410]

The first mall in my hometown died in...1995. It has some stores that were still in it, but its owner had been wanting to redevelop the land since 1999, and it was struggling by 1990. It WAS actually redeveloped into a very successful open-air concept center in 2006-2011. It died for the same reasons that malls die now. First, it had competition from a new, bigger, shinier mall with more upscale stores--and lost its one more upscale anchor then. The county was overdeveloped with two malls. But paradoxically, the anchor spaces that were build in the 1960s were actually TOO SMALL for the stores of the 1980s and 90s. And the very nature of malls changed--for example, Wal-mart was one of the early mall anchors (really!) and then moved out to its own "big box." In fact, malls were the child of the old "downtown", just made indoors after the first 10-15 years or so, as retail settled out into "indoor malls" and "strip malls" for a period of about 40 years. But the game changer wasn't online shopping. It was oversaturation and the advent of the cheaper box store model, and then competition from strip malls turned upscale in various ways. It's just another turnover in buildings. This has been happening for centuries in other places--it only feels new to us because, with cars, it is financially more appealing to leave "dead" suburban space to fully deteriorate down the scale of class B, C, and worse space before it makes monetary sense to turn it over again. If you want REdevelopment of things that don't work, then you have to create disincentives to breaking virgin ground for the next box store when there's derelict space existing. There really is no reason to throw money into a community center unless you actually NEED that community center and it's a cheap place for it.

[@DerelictDoug]

Thank you for the well thought out comment. Tell me, do you know why most towns had two malls? It has little to do with retail space. If we are to look at retail real estate today we see retail space still closing while warehouses continue to be built. This indicates that e-commerce is growing faster than retail. We compounded the problem during the 80’s and through the Great Recession. I am not taking sides or making a point, other than providing food for thought. Best wishes ✌️💙

[@EZGreen-on7qs]

That chipmunk music is horrible.

[@DerelictDoug]

Ok

[@Squicx]

so much better back then and i'm 16

[@DerelictDoug]

It was in many ways. Thanks for watching ✌️💙

[@gircakes]

Not necessarily better. You had to spend money for gas to drive out there, hope you get a parking spot, and even then, there wasn’t a guarantee that you would find something you wanted to buy while you were there. I go to destiny mall a lot whenever I go up to Syracuse to visit my BF. It’s a great mall full of stores and entertainment. It’s the only mall I feel is worth going to, and that’s only because It’s one of the best malls in America and it has free and easy parking.

[@ditchweed2275]

"Is still Triving"

[@DerelictDoug]

Good catch, 😂. Thanks for the feedback and best wishes!

[@petermuller9496]

Gutes Video, leider schlechte Bildqualität.

[@DerelictDoug]

Die schlechte Bildqualität ist altersbedingt und wurde von VHS übertragen.

[@kelleyannethomas5372]

Which state were these malls located in? Ohio?

[@DerelictDoug]

None were in Ohio. Are you thinking of a particular mall?

[@kelleyannethomas5372]

No, I'm just wondering which states these malls are in.

[@mrpwp7814]

@@kelleyannethomas5372 The Bon Marche mall was located in Baton Rouge

[@mysteryinc8131]

you're probably thinking of rolling acres mall in Akron ohio

[@DerelictDoug]

@@mysteryinc8131 I think you're right

[@markdugan7782]

what's the first songs tittle?

[@DerelictDoug]

It was a jingle from an 80s commercial for “Fox Valley Center”

[@zakkprice1213]

This is just like in the Philippines.

[@DerelictDoug]

Really? That’s fascinating to me. I wish the best for the Philippines

[@zakkprice1213]

There is the best, but some mall are completely haunted. Ok I heard the entire story of each mall, keep in mind, only one mall completely haunted. First, I saw the commercial of Fiesta Mall, first mall ever in Lipa City. Very fascinating, it’s neat, and very simplistic. It has bowling alley and billiards. There is a cinema, department store, furniture store, and grocery store. I visited so many times when I was a childhood, before Robinson Mall and SM Lipa established. Due to the successful operation SM and Robinsons Mall, Fiesta Mall become unpopular. Nowadays, Fiesta Mall turns thrift store, there’s a second hand clothes, fake products, fake toys, and much more. Only Jollibee in Fiesta Mall still operate, what a deal. One building section of mall turns into call center section, it’s called the “The Results”. The other side is the department store, still exist today. Thank God there is a grocery store, only problem there is no deli section, it will be fine. Bowling alley still operate today, with the absence of billiards. The cinema completely abandoned, 😞. One more thing, you never heard the story of StarMall Alabang, absolutely haunted rather than you thinking. That mall established over the former cemetery, the resting place and dead body still remains under the mall. People are now aware about the spirits roaming around the entire mall, but try not to visit at midnight. Until 8:00 pm, the closing of malls, I guess. Sorry, I never visit the StarMall, but I heard the story. Many people witnessed, that the spirit is not more enough, a hundred of spirits inside the mall. The mall is still operate, but beware. StarMall is very old. StarMall is very infamous, whatever it goes into haunted mall. Considred it was a haunted mall but it still operate, simultaneously. Warning: White Lady is the worst experience in StarMall. Do not visit ever at midnight. Then, StarMall become popular in Alabang. Now, completely haunted after they realized that the mall was haunted.

[@mannylugz5872]

Malls in Philippines are not only thriving. They are becoming behemoth and there are now even condos in some malls so you can virtually live there. Your experiences are the exceptions rather than the rule. I for one know 2 malls that are decaying and its because they were constructed in the 70s' to 80s and the owners didnt bother to maintain them. One is the Harrison Plaza in Pasay City. if you go there, its like a time machine as the mall resembles 80s era buildings and when you go inside its cavernous. Less and less people are going there and instead opting to go to the nearest SM malls. The other is the Makati Cinema Square. I used to go there when I was in college, and when I visited it recently I was surprised it looks almost the same as when I last remember.

[@briankelly9347]

@@mannylugz5872 o my god enough damn foreigners

[@briankelly9347]

@@mannylugz5872 damn hook

[@madamhummingbird]

The added background with voice @ 0:31 is annoying AF. Just saying lol 😬

[@DerelictDoug]

Thanks for the feedback and thanks for watching ✌️💙

[@ImLooKingAtYou76]

@@DerelictDoug What' the title? It's funny af.

[@DerelictDoug]

@@ImLooKingAtYou76 I wish I knew, sorry bud!

[@user-sc1es4wz4g]

Brothers keeping it real. The end of all malls. 2 in my area.

[@DerelictDoug]

You’re right, it’s the beginning of the end for malls. Thanks so much for stopping by and all the best!

[@mathiasbradford4319]

Are you still responding to comments 3 years later

[@DerelictDoug]

Surely 😉

[@tinotse2007]

Every Shopping malls around the world do their X-mas shopping roughly on the 23 or 24. Of December . Why not buy everything like a week before X-mas. Or? even 2 Weeks . This way you won,t have to be so crowded with the headaches when the 25th does arrive.

[@DerelictDoug]

good point. thank you for watching!

[@MissAmazanda]

How bout all the land, nature and wildlife we destroyed back in the 70's building all these massive concrete structures with their huge parking lots only to decide decades later that well....going to malls just isn't the "thing" anymore....

[@DerelictDoug]

You make a very good point. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and all the best!

[@susanwebel2512]

Aww

[@skaitheunicorn377]

4:57 sears who? lmao

[@DerelictDoug]

Right!? Thank you for commenting and watching. Best wishes!

[@skaitheunicorn377]

@@DerelictDoug anytime :3

[@dominquedoty458]

Man, our Nation went form stable decent places. To gang-banging, or Just simply...Shit holes. Internet is a factor on why Malls died out. But the Middle-class of the 80s and 90s, became the wave-slaves or scrappers of today. And scrappers of the 80s and 90s are now wave-slaves, due to the wages not going up, and the cost of living constantly inflating. Leaving little to no income to spend for malls or the like... America is more like Murica in a shit-hole fashion now. It's on life-support now.