COMPARING DEAD MALLS IN PENNSYLVANIA

Come Sail with The Philly Captain as he tries to figure out which Mall is the deadest. In this video The Captain compares The Franklin Mills, Oxford Valley and Neshaminy Mall.
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[@ApeLikeCreature]

Neshaminy Mall did not open in 1989, it opened around 1968 or so. See the plaque outside of the old original Strawbridges, it has the date on it. The mall was extended from Strawbridges (later it was Macy's) down to Boscov's later on.

[@mystre_tplays.........4246]

I remember watching the historical automaton dioramas by Strawbridge's in the early 80s

[@frankfielder]

I was only 12 when it opened in 1968. My mom got a job at the brand new Strawbridge's. She made $1.65 an hour as a sales associate in the China/Glass and Silver department. Most of what she made she spent on her employee discount, which she loved! We got lots of Waterford Crystal which we normally could not afford on her discount. Some was defective but hardly noticeable; she got that real cheap. I don't want to be 12 again but I do miss those days when Neshaminy Mall was the place to shop! PS: Cherry Hill and Willow Grove Park malls are still doing well and if you want the old mall experience go to one of them.

[@Pantherfan831]

You wanna see a dead mall, check out the Chambersburg Mall in Franklin County. We literally have a movie theater, an antique store, and bath n bodyworks. The highlight of the mall: Still have a soda machine with the star wars: the phantom menace cover on it.

[@jduke93]

The soda machine is actually bad ass

[@brendan555]

The mall was sooo beautiful and nice before macys closed in 2016. That was my childhood mall and when Macy’s closed that’s when it went down hill. The memories at that mall were soo awesome with my family. I even know most of all the stores that were there. Friendly’s, salad works, charming Charlie, The childrens place, justice, fye, Charlotte Russe, Express, Hollister, pac sun, modell’s sporting goods, sears, and Aeropostale. Neshaminy mall you will be in my heart ❤.

[@matthewpotts4529]

Malls are dinosaurs. In the 80's and 90's, the mall was the place to go.

[@matthewpotts4529]

I worked at the Montgomery mall around 1990. It was always busy. On your break you would go and see some of your high school friends. I used to visit Orange Julius. A couple of girls worked there.

[@jonathan6480]

I've been going there since I was little (born in 1996). I miss the Disney Store that was taken over by H&M.

[@subteeninhumansamuraiamphi5019]

You should do another vid, it’s gotten even sadder in just a few months at Neshanemy.... no Chick-fil-A. They now have flea market type venders with tables set up inside.

[@Chefpavel]

Plymouth Meeting Mall deserves a nod in your next video. Mom, bro', and I went on opening day in 1965. Who could forget the record selection at Franklin Music? I was in a bank a few years ago and the teller asked where I got my corduroy jacket. I told him Macy's in Montgomery Mall. Reflecting back, that was in 2007, and my last time in a mall.

[@nickdottcom]

Wow, I went to most of these malls almost everyday as I was growing up, specifically the skatepark at Franklin Mills. It's depressing seeing them die out like this, lots of good memories with my family and friends at these places :(

[@momthemeatloaf202]

I remember being a kid and looking at those displays of the battle of Trenton and the signing of the declaration behind the stage. They’re getting moved now.

[@annaelisavettavonnedozza9607]

“I wonder if Tiffany came here” Lmaoooooo 😂😂😂

[@kingicicle]

Every time I go to the Neshaminy Mall, it seems like more and more stores close. Sad.

[@JP5466]

Can't even get ice cream there anymore. Rita's water ice closed last year, Friendly's closed 2 years ago and Coldstone closed 6-7 months ago.

[@kintsugiforty2520]

LOL: "...if you call it 'Philadelphia Mills'...you're an @$$hole!" LMAO! Dead! Love it. Truth. Also, thanks for making this. It's a sad reality. VERY sad. Grew up in the 80s, early 90s when malls were thriving. Now...dead. Seeing how dead Neshaminy, tho, really hit home

[@jduke93]

It’s a shame what’s happening to malls

[@naturesrecovery4516]

Covid did it

[@byronbenguche]

@@naturesrecovery4516 Nope malls have been dead since the mid to late 2000's when people started buying stuff online that's when the malls stared to decline then when Sears and Kmart merged that killed trying to compete with Target and Walmart that also killed the malls don't get me wrong COVID did hurt the malls but this was happening way before it people feel better buying things online

[@ronjay1209]

Rest In Peace to the Granite Run Mall. KOP Mall is still successful.

[@BeachChairSays]

Captain really enjoyed this video. The candy section at Boscov's is also a very big draw, their selection is hard to match when seeking jumbo chocolate covered marshmallows, or milk chocolate coconut clusters.. It should be noted that Franklin Mills has a Mega Marshalls where you can easily spend 2-3 hours walking the aisles buying random flavored oils for cooking, latest Flyers gear or a laundry room organization system. Wishing you calm seas and safe travels

[@hangtimedangjang]

We were in town for a cpl days and I visited Neshaminy and the Mills. I've been to a lot of dead malls, but I've never actually walked out of one feeling depressed until Franklin Mills (see, not an A-hole). Then I saw BILL ARTHUR's video of the old commercial and I was like "just burn it down".

[@jdizz]

You wanna see a dead mall go to Burlington Center in Jersey... oh wait 😅😂

[@KevintheK93]

You need to go to Montgomery Mall in North Wales, that mall is slowly dying.

[@markmurphy3177]

Neshaminy Mall is from the 60s not 1980s

[@jduke93]

Yup, 1968

[@raccooneyes2099]

my hearts breaks when i watch dead mall videos. i was a 90s mall rat.

[@xxrfmxx]

end was the best part people know who you are or is it HERE WE ARE

[@catherinebunnell1603]

You could check out the Steamtown mall in Scranton Pa. If you come this way, you should grab a bite at Coopers Seafood-it's got tons of pop culture decorations and Scranton history displays. 🙂

[@sevzas]

2:05 neshaminy mall opened in 1968. I went there as a kid in early 1980's

[@benschwartz6565]

Check out the Echelon Mall (now the Voorhees Town Center 🤮). It makes me so sad. 2001 was the beginning of its decline and I had to watch that in real-time

[@joshuaevans6065]

That’s sad. I remember visiting the Franklin Mills mall around 10 years ago. It was full of people and stores. I remember visiting the sports store there watching the Sixers play the Warriors on the 50th anniversary of Wilt’s 100 point game. It’s a shame what a combination of COVID and Amazon/online shopping has done to malls.

[@frankfielder]

Neshaminy Mall update 2023: Chick fil-A left the food court, now only 2 open restaurants, the pizza joint and the Chinese restaurants. A third tried, it was called Ola but last time I was there, in January, it appeared to be closed.

[@my2cents945]

you should have included the Gallery and Willow Grove in your list. I think they're all doing the death spiral.

[@stevebabiak6997]

King of Prussia still gets a crowd.

[@PhillyBagel]

Willow Grove is still getting good foot traffic despite losing all the upscale inlines.

[@tpz_bri0886]

Willow grove is still doing good

[@ApeLikeCreature]

I live within 5 to 15 minutes of each of these three...and to me, Neshaminy is the worst at this point. At least Franklin Mills and Oxford Valley get weekday traffic, but Neshaminy, wow! Thhe ONLY things keeping it on life support is Boscov's, the AMC theater and Barnes and Noble (which is pretty empty as of the past few weeks). I've always loved that mall, been going there since I was a kid in the late 60's and into the 70's. So sad.

[@nickbannigan]

8:24 LOL I live in Levittown, my neighbor had that exact thing on his front lawn during halloween. I came here because I think its ashame things like malls, Best Buy, diners will be a thing of past soon... just to loose to such boring things like Amazon. Blockbuster already died.... so sad. I think it will affect society in terms of health and communication.

[@zackeryson5626]

What happen to the neshaminy mall? I remember going there all the time like 4 years ago and it was packed and I used to love going to the friendlys restaurant there as a little kid

[@jeffvisitstheearth597]

My 3 malls! I like that Neshaminy looks like it is frozen in time. They still have plants! Modern malls look like "philadelphia mills". Sterile and lame. And we may as well stop calling it Franklin Mills, they stripped the fun and soul and everything out of that place. It's a lobotomized building with no aesthetic. That ain't the place I grew up. I'm glad you did the Boscov's tour, love that it's still like that. I have a fleece that's a generation old from there, and it looks like new. No joke.

[@IvyANguyen]

Luckily I last visited Neshaminy Mall during the final Xmas season before COVID-19: 2019-11-29. I got some pix in the mall, including the tree & some of the shops. The others you mention I haven't been to in many years (at least late 2000s for Franklin/Philadelphia Mills, Oxford Valley, Willow Grove Park, Granite Run).

[@mtndewmonst3r626]

The Burlington center was the mall of my child hood

[@daveassanowicz186]

I used to work at that Macy's at Oxford Valley Mall until the end of 2018 and it didn't have a toy department like that

[@jeffg3800]

I enjoy your videos, especially you attending the sporting events. Thank you!

[@Nitro2001_]

I miss the Burlington mall…the rc racing was my favorite

[@ford982]

Burling Center Mall. I worked at Strawbridge’s. Building was destroyed recently

[@Nitro2001_]

@@ford982 yea man to make way for another jersey warehouse I’m tired of seeing them everywhere and those asshole Amazon drivers

[@EagleFX1]

My malls are neshaminy and oxford valley. Both are so dead but i love going with my friends! If you see the store Exclusive Sneaker in the Oxford Valley Mall, me and my friends got kicked out because "we were unsupervised children." In reality we are just 14 year olds looking for new shoes.

[@Gage623]

For me Neshaminy was the mall to go to when I was a kid. Now I only go in there for GameStop, solely cause I talk to the folks there when buying stuff.

[@elizabethorsillo7187]

Wanna see a bunch of dead malls in PA? Go to the western part of the state! Shenango Valley Mall (closing on May 31), Towne Mall/Cascade Galleria, Clearview Mall, Cranberry Mall, Clarion Mall, Indiana Mall, and the Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills…just to name a few!

[@SoyElTonka]

I just moved back to the area because your videos kept me motivated happy😊 I was 5 years in Florida. I’d love to meet you one day!

[@clydeandjulesatw]

Hit him up on instagram he’s a super friendly guy, I’ve messages him before and he responds

[@stevebabiak6997]

Section 301 at Citizens Bank Park when the Phillies play …

[@KatelynnHanesack]

You are so right 👍👍 the Sbarro pizza isn't really that good and it is expensive it cost my $30 but thats because we bought drinks there to

[@BRMets]

Great video, I love the mall vids.

[@maxaddicks1743]

been to a bunch of these malls and more in pa most of them have been on a decline with stores closing amd never being replaced. granite run was a nice mall went down pretty quickly.then was demolished. exton mall did a quick decline too

[@JP5466]

Neshaminy Update 1/7/22: Chick-Fil-A... GONE!

[@momthemeatloaf202]

They should convert these abandoned malls into indoor “neighborhoods” for patients with dementia or Alzheimer’s. The shops can be converted into apartments and the bottom level is the neighborhood with grocery store, cafe, post office, etc. They have them in Norway and the patients do well since they’re safe and keeping their minds active

[@LifeofMarie267]

Oxford Valley Mall is in Langhorne. They're right now working on a project to put in luxury apartments in the area where Boscov's once was. There's a whole project to completely transform that mall actually.

[@donaldlewis567]

Oh man, what a flashback to my childhood. Grew up going to all 3 - mostly Oxford valley as it was just a few minutes away from us. But we would go to Franklin Mills often as well as Neshaminy to eat. So sad to see them like this.

[@JustinaLynn]

I remember going to these 3 malls when I was little, my mom and grandmom always take my sisters and I there just to get out of the house when we were living in SW Philly. It's a shame they are going down hill. I remember one of them that had Strawbridges that was my mom's fav store.

[@justing9528]

It the same thing with the willow grove mall. Sometimes when I go there on a week day. The mall seems to be dead. The fanciest store on the mall is definitely Kay jewelers and time after time.

[@adammitry6011]

Willow Grove is probably the best out of the regional malls (except KOP but who wants to drive there) Still busy.

[@bob4364]

Hey PHILLY CAPTAIN, great video while comparing all 3 PA malls...Hopefully you will do more Mall comparison elsewhere down the road...Great day and TOODLES...

[@shaunjones7344]

The stir fry 88 hits

[@peggyforlano4634]

This was great about the Mall's it's really sad.

[@chester5243]

check out Exton Square mall. it will win this contest

[@irenebrophy3284]

Love Boscovs!!!

[@edfusar964]

The Oxford valley mall is in langhorn. The diner spot is pretty good food and reasonable prices

[@CinephileSanityTV]

lol I thought this was gonna be about the shopping mall in Pittsburgh where they filmed Dawn of the Dead back in 1978.

[@2facej0k3r]

Update: Chick-Fil-A left so now all they have is the food court is the pizza place and stir fry 88

[@Lonelymann36]

Neshaminy mall was opened in 1968. I grew up in Levittown and went to a lot of the malls I the area...most of the area malls have been dead for over a decade

[@brianf4342]

Check out Montgomery Mall, it is sad. Willow Grove mall seems to be doing ok.

[@daveassanowicz186]

Yo Captain! Check out Tyler State Park and Bucks County Community College campus. Should be all all neat for Halloween with the changing leaves

[@FrankG5874]

Also look at Oxford Valley Mall in Langhorne it’s almost a Dead Mall as well.

[@przski]

Boscovs for sure.

[@Lori72604]

Oxford Valley is in Langhorne Pa

[@Blorkion64]

It will always be the Franklin Mills Mall. Do they still have that chinese store that sells pet turtles? I haven't been there in years.

[@ginnielynnwomer8048]

Boscovs

[@johneveland1350]

Lived down the street fo a while in the 70's always packed. All over the US malls are dying

[@albondinga6479]

I think it's gunna get worse

[@VamjeiEurope]

I got in this mall and I got old etch a schech

[@fluttershyamy]

👍

[@heathermanning5368]

It’s a shame malls are becoming a thing of the past! Used to be the place to be! King of Prussia Mall is still nice though!❤

[@johns8653]

I get lost everytime. I wondered the 3rd floor for like 2 hrs trying to get back down to 2nd floor. The joint I smoked didn't help I guess though

[@heathermanning5368]

@@johns8653 😂😂😂🤣

[@BreakerDM]

I am pretty sure the Springfield mall is close to dead.

[@heathermanning5368]

I was in there the other day it’s depressing 😢

[@adrianaschmann6275]

Not many Malls Deader Than Hamilton Mall In Atlantic County NJ, There is still Macy's which is still doing OK but little else, Sears and J.C Penny, Both gone !

[@timmymonte9813]

I'm Registered ... Josh is good for youtubing content ... Josh will help to broaden the destruction of society and bring Philadelphia to seattle/LosAngelas/SanFran style degradation

[@edwardlobb931]

Homeless housing? Prison industries? Amazon sub warehouses?

[@dvferyance]

The Neshaminy Mall is kind of dead I don't see how the other 2 are at all.

[@mattdoroshow2825]

I grew up minutes from that mall - it has been around for a long time - longer then the 80’s

[@SeanCurran215]

I love Franklin mills better BUT this mall definitely is #2. Sucks it's dead🥺

[@Christatum1021]

Check exton mall

[@JadZeI480]

Just went there

[@jimhanratty9543]

Boscovs doesn't have a very good size selection of men's clothing, lots of sizes for small guys. Waste of time if your average to larger guy. But they do gift wrap for free.

[@ford982]

YAS. Franklin Mills isn't in Philadelphia lol

[@adammitry6011]

Yes it is, part of it.

[@philanastasijr]

Not in PA but the Hamilton Mall is just about DEAD

[@ChrisTaylor-zw8bf]

Franklin mills sucked from day one. I never liked that mall.

[@nole8923]

Too many dead mall videos in the rust belt and northeast. Not enough in the rest of the country. I’ve seen enough dead mall videos in the rust belt and northeast. You guys need to fill up your gas tanks and head south and west a little more.

[@ThePhillyCaptain]

Do you think all of the KZbinrs will see this?

[@sandrasamara-c4i]

I don't like huge malls. Annoying huge space , which must be passed. I like small shops within walking distance.

[@ErdTirdMans]

This is the right approach. Malls *should* die. Turning the space into dense mixed use housing\commercial would be better for everyone. It's easier for people to see and point to the jobs and shopping options when they're all in one place, but they still exist even when they're distributed across a neighborhood that you can live near, walk to, bike to, or scooter to. All the malls do is fuel car dependency, which encourages communities to spread out because they can and they have the cars, which then encourages more car dependency, which... you see where this is going Fortunately, Philly mostly developed before this drain circling cycle began, so we are very well-poised to reverse it if we could get leadership that cared about the long-term health of the city and a transit authority that wasn't hostage to the suburbs because of the design of its board of directors