Charlottesville Fashion Square an Infamous Mall

The Charlottesville Fashion Square recorded in February 2024. A mall that’s tied to an infamous event.
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[@TheMallFox]

Really solid video, the darkness at the beginning in a way sets the tone for some of the... unsavory... moments of this malls history.

[@DyingRetail]

Funny how those things can work out :) Thanks bro :)

[@ashextraordinaire]

I haven't been to Fashion Square in... 20 years? Truly shocked by how it's changed!

[@DyingRetail]

It’s very sad from the stories of how I heard it used to be.

[@ashextraordinaire]

@@DyingRetailIt was a nice mall! My dad lived up there in Cville for several years, and we went there several times when I visited in the late 90s and early 2000s.

[@JDubKillinKicks]

When Belk pulls out its all over. Great to see a new vid from you.

[@DyingRetail]

I am glad you enjoyed the video. I am happy I was able to get this one out. It may be awhile before I can get another for a bit. I’m taking care of my elderly parent. If Belk left you’re right but since they own one of the stores outright, I think they’re staying. It did have traffic when I was there.

[@IronHorse1854]

Despite having spent my entire life to this point on the other side of the world from this mall, I grew up on the internet in the early 2000s and am intimately familiar with it thanks to it's most (in)famous regular visitor and his antics, many of which at that time took place within and around this mall. So interesting to see someone actually do a full walkthrough of it.

[@DyingRetail]

Im glad you got to see it. Hope you enjoyed.

[@wendyalexander1893]

Good grief, shoppers from Richmond VA used to make the journey to shop here.

[@DyingRetail]

@@wendyalexander1893 really? They must have been desperate for that drive.

[@wendyalexander1893]

@@DyingRetail I hear ya. But it was billed as a cool place to shop and eat; good restaurants. Back then Richmond was lacking.

[@DyingRetail]

@@wendyalexander1893 understandable.

[@wrathchildrocks]

Historical site right here. Some say the man in the pickle suit still roams the grounds.

[@DyingRetail]

Or he ended up in a chick-fil-a sandwhich 😂

[@wrathchildrocks]

@@DyingRetail With a side of Fanta. 😅

[@DyingRetail]

😂😂😂

[@hattree]

That umbrella motif was used at the now gone Cloverleaf Mall in Richmond. You can find pictures of it.

[@DyingRetail]

Interesting. That’s something I did not know. Thanks :)

[@hattree]

@@DyingRetail Tagged you in historical channel on DMOD with some pics

[@DyingRetail]

I’ll take a look. Sorry not responding sooner. KZbin alerts don’t always work.

[@wesleyspencer7082]

This is my hometown mall. Its so sad to go there because i remember how awesome it was when I was a kid. Its just so depressing. Hopefully Homedepot will be some revitalization! Thanks for the video!

[@laksefecheu3652]

Did you ever run into the guy in the pickle suit?

[@DyingRetail]

I’m glad you enjoyed. Home Depot appears to want to keep most of the mall standing so it will still be there in some form.

[@DyingRetail]

I didn’t. LOL! I would have interviewed.

[@royquitter]

4:35 This bin store used to be up by the former Sears before they closed that area off. Also, $12?? I've never seen a bin store charge more than $8 or so their first day of the week after stocking. 6:59 There was a Sbarro there too, next to Chick-fil-A and the Chinese place. 8:14 The store on the left was a Victoria's Secret. There was a Men's Wearhouse-type place past it, up at the corner. On the right starting where you are was Justice, Foot Action, Gap. 14:09 After Starbucks left, this was a New River Coffee Company for a while. It was actually pretty good. 15:21 If I remember right, there used to be a Waldenbooks either in the JABA (Jefferson Area Board for Aging -- social services for seniors) space, or in one of the nearby spaces. I lived in the area for a number of years, and this mall was never super busy. When Sears left, that wing of the mall started to necrotize. The chain stores that were having problems of their own didn't help.

[@DyingRetail]

Wow! Thanks for the extra info. There were some things that are hard to find in the papers on this place. With only 4000 people on grand opening I felt that was a pretty weak showing.

[@charlestonpinballarcade]

Great vid and voiceover Keith! Glad to see you back in action! This mall really sucks. Usually I see something cool in any dead mall, but not here. It’s not the lack of stores, it’s the overall design. All those exterior shots had me thinking this place was going to be wow inside.

[@DyingRetail]

Thanks bro. Still have family issues. Don’t know when next video will come right now. The problem here was the entire Sears wing is cut off. So that cut the walk short and the Penney store is owned by the county for emergency services.

[@Orefamilylawncare]

Ha i knew each street you were on lol. Ten years ago that mall was soooo different. Now its a ghost town and not even remotely hanging on. Its funny because the mall in Lynchburg va was all but dead while fashion square was thriving fast forward fashion square is dead and river ridge mall is now the hot mall. Good videos! Ohh for those not familiar the area around this mall in the video has MANY new stores in strip malls or stand alone spots. So the city is thriving just not this mall 😢

[@DyingRetail]

@@Orefamilylawncare I know. It’s crazy how well the strip centers around it appear to be doing compared to the mall.

[@shogun1965]

I really like your videos. Can you do a video of Southpark Mall in Colonial Heights, Va?

[@DyingRetail]

Hi. Glad you liked the video. I have done Southpark Mall. It’s in the video list.

[@DannyK1992]

11:27 Sonic the Hedgehog, not Pokemon "SONIC'S ARMS ARE NOT F----ING BLUE!" - Christian Weston Chandler

[@DyingRetail]

Thanks. I found out a few days ago I had misspoke.

[@pamelaaverrett5848]

Solid video! Subscribed!

[@DyingRetail]

Thanks for the sub! I’m glad you enjoyed it.

[@scottuncfan]

Lookis so good already!

[@DyingRetail]

Glad you enjoyed Bro!

[@bittyitty8706]

I was wondering if you would cover this mall. It’s my hometown mall, and has been dying for years! It used to be so nice.

[@DyingRetail]

Yep. Finally got to see it. I’ve heard from a lot of people how it used to be a good place.

[@mikenicholas42]

I grew up here in this town Charlottesville and I grew up in that mall too my whole entire family there does anybody remember the statue the guy On pogo stick holds a briefcase.

[@DyingRetail]

What is the pogo guy? Never heard this story.