Here is the link to the Blizzard of 1978. Sadly KZbin copyrighted me for having it in my video, I would highly suggest checking it out as it’s pretty entertaining! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJvKaHhupK6mqZo
@AbcDef-iq4no2 жыл бұрын
When you think of the thousands of people who worked at all of the stores in this mall, stocked its shelves and delivered the merchandise, as well as those who cleaned it and kept up the grounds it is a staggering loss. Add to this the hundreds of thousands of customers over the years it is a sad thing when something of this magnitude fails. I can't help think of this failure as a total breakdown in terms of city planning, when too many malls are allowed to be built in too close proximity of each other.
@chiefamylee2 жыл бұрын
Wow, I'm so glad that you had such a pleasant experience with this Mall's Security Guard as compared to the big belly one in one of your other videos. Thanks for the great content!
@AnimeJSaysBah2 жыл бұрын
This video effected me as much as your video of Mall of the Bluffs (It used to be my hometown mall). So sad to see a mall in such good shape and so empty. Good job on this one!
@NorthCdogg222 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@ccc2021 Жыл бұрын
There is currently a closed sign at the main entrance due to “clean up.” Not exactly sure how long it’s been there. I live close by, and worked at the Elder Beerman years ago
@melodiejones7100 Жыл бұрын
It would be a shame to tear this down since it's in such great condition. I dread to think of these malls and all that material, concrete, glass, tile, etc going into landfills. Thanks for the video.
@adrianfederici58502 жыл бұрын
The best deadmall I have ever seen filmed. I am from the UK and watch a lot about deadmalls in the US, this is very well filmed, music is just right and the narrative spot on. Fantastic.
@HorrorDox2 жыл бұрын
I don’t watch this channel that often but god damn. This was a great episode, great history, great music choice, great set of well, everything.
@NorthCdogg222 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I really stress about getting everything as right as I can so thank you!
@BB-ig2ft Жыл бұрын
I grew up in Middletown and still live near by. So many days and nights spent in the mall.
@jenniferrogerson24862 жыл бұрын
This Mall Is So Sad. The Security Guards Let You Flim Is Amazing.
@NorthCdogg222 жыл бұрын
I know right
@NicholasShade-eq1ts Жыл бұрын
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@hollymead9032 жыл бұрын
I’ve been searching for more dead mall videos and I’m glad I came across your channel. Thank you!
@NicholasShade-eq1ts Жыл бұрын
I love Dead Malls.🤎
@missybaker16085 ай бұрын
Another beautiful mall. Towne Mall Galleria. Not a food court yet but 2 resteraunts inside the mall. Eastland Mall here had a food court in 1981. I loved the Miss Selby's pink store front and the white storefront near the old Sears! Nice security guard that didn't try to throw you out. Glad it was open still to the mall walkers.
@Inquisitor8111 ай бұрын
First 12 years of my life I lived in Middletowne (84-96) and have fond memories of Towne. Thanks for the video my man
@AllMindsOnBoard2 жыл бұрын
It's like watching a scene from the movie, Passengers.... the lights are all on - even mood lighting!... somebody is watering the plants!... truly an incredible and rare thing to see... grew up in Middletown up to summer '77...
@rmkuntz3189 Жыл бұрын
I worked at Zondervan Christian book stores at this mall in the early 1990s. My mother taught piano at the Moeller music piano store which was near Sears all throughout the 80s. The center of the mall always had some form of entertainment. One year they even had a bear along with other animals. One interesting thing about Town Mall is it's actually part of Franklin Ohio. Middletown had a mall in their downtown area called City Center Mart. It went out of business. It was very very close to Middletown Library.
@QuintusAntonious2 жыл бұрын
If you're ever on the east side of Ohio, go 15 minutes over the border into PA and check out the Shenango Valley Mall. It's very similar to this one, complete with a township plan to revitalize it by turning it into what you termed a "lifestyle center".
@Zurpanik Жыл бұрын
Very good rendering! Excellent mix of real-world elements!
@NicholasShade-eq1ts Жыл бұрын
I love Dead Malls.❤ Keep the content coming.🤎 I was like #400, for this upload.🤎
@heathermilton2216 Жыл бұрын
I practically lived in this building from birth to age 21. My boyfriend and I still enjoy coming here. We walk around, tell each other stories from childhood, and test our memory of the store names/locations. At Christmas time this year, we visited Santa. (Yes. There was a Santa. And holiday decorations. Lol) Do you know what current plans are for this place?
@SynchroSk8 Жыл бұрын
I am FLOORED at how many malls you’ve covered that I have been to. This one we would go to if we needed a watch battery done etc. in the late 90s early 2000s. I always referred to this one as Middle TOWNE Mall and everyone knew which one that was. I never knew any information on this one, so I am thrilled you covered it.
@SynchroSk8 Жыл бұрын
I also TOTALLY remember the bookstore. Just wild. So thrilled you covered this.
@passholder_trav2 жыл бұрын
I stumbled upon your KZbin channel, and I gotta say, it’s my favorite “Dead Mall” channel on the platform. How you don’t have hundreds of thousands of subscribers is beyond me! The storytelling is A-1, you are so deserving of more support! Keep doing what you’re doing, I love it!
@NorthCdogg222 жыл бұрын
Thanks man! That really means a lot!
@butterboiii98102 жыл бұрын
I just subscribed a few days ago and I’m glad I did. Your mall videos are fantastic. :)
@NorthCdogg222 жыл бұрын
Thanks man!
@adventurelogs2 жыл бұрын
Ah, Middletown. I only live maybe an hour 15 from there. I had no idea they even HAD a mall? Anyhoo, I love the music choice! Perfect "mall muzak". And did they actually have a Radio Shack?? I miss Radio Shack.
@nancydarling49182 жыл бұрын
Great video! That place reminds me of Euclid Square mall. Thanks for filming.
@Rudy572 жыл бұрын
Yes, i had the same thoughts. This mall without the churches though.. Extremely nice video 🙂
@CoolCatProductions-3652 жыл бұрын
Incredible video North! I never seen a mall so nostalgic and lost on time seemingly a liminal place. It shocks me this place is even open but, all the vacant tenants in mall just gives me a weird feeling like I am lost on time. I wish I could visit this place one day but, I sadly live to far away to do so. I am glad you got this mall on your journey and decided to do it because this mall, is like no other. Next mall is Miami Valley center I believe but, I know I already lost the guessing game. I had a streak going so I had to be stop lol!
@NorthCdogg222 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching CoolCat, glad you enjoyed! And yeah walking in this mall was so surreal just felt like I was lost and frozen in a different time. Bizarre how it was open.. And hey maybe you’ll get it next week!
@Leanne-mw8nm2 жыл бұрын
What does the word limitations mean anyways?
@stot26142 жыл бұрын
A nice and genuine security guard at a dead mall? Who heard of such a thing? 😉😄 I do hope that security guard has more to hope for in the future and as you said, only the future can tell. Thanks for sharing your experience with us and as always, I look forward to another mall video from the dead mall video historian, NorthCdogg22!
@NorthCdogg222 жыл бұрын
Thanks man!
@Mom2my4blessings Жыл бұрын
Wow this mall is lost in time. I like the light fixtures. It’s sad that it’s just sitting empty. The security guard must have a boring job but the mall looks clean and cared for. I wonder if there’s a way to revitalize it. It’s surreal seeing Radio Shack and Waldenbooks signs again.
@markstrouse31012 жыл бұрын
great video as always from the Dead Mall King
@galford762 жыл бұрын
I guess you’d eventually get tired of it, but it has to be a quaint/fascinating feeling to walk around to your own soundtrack, inside of this empty but healthy anachronism. Probably more meaningful than most of the stuff I do, tbh.
@thredsnroses19042 жыл бұрын
When I was younger… mid 90’s to the early 2000’s, malls were really the only place we had to shop. It was exciting to hang out with friends and family while looking for trendy clothes. Then came online shopping, and then came inflation. Myself personally, with this crazy world, I would rather shop online in the comfort of my own home. Evidently most people thought the same. It’s very sad tho! It’s like these malls are frozen in time! 😢
@ItsaRomethingeveryday2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely Great 👍👍👍 Liked
@pepsi_man49622 жыл бұрын
Very nice!!!! And the Kmart music. Gotta love it! See! You can easily use old un copyrighted music! Your doing great man! You got through that whole KZbin copyright debacle like a champ!
@NorthCdogg222 жыл бұрын
Thanks you so much Pepsi Man! It was a struggle but that means a lot!
@pepsi_man49622 жыл бұрын
@@NorthCdogg22 of course North!!😎👍
@GaM3oRdI32 жыл бұрын
Check out the Mall of Monroe in southern Michigan! Love the vids
@NorthCdogg222 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Actual well be checking that mall out pretty soon for Season 5!
@missybaker16085 ай бұрын
The exterior was nice as well.
@iworkout69122 жыл бұрын
I keep thinking wouldn't it be great if you was the searcher from Hollywood, looking for a almost made to order set for a movie, these malls are the place to shot the movie. Unfortunately, Hollywood doesn't make many movies that need this kind of made to order set about everyday life. Anyway a great video, and I can see how you could get emotional about this mall.
@scottDchicago2 жыл бұрын
Awesome episode!
@NorthCdogg222 жыл бұрын
Thanks Scott!
@appalachianwoman5619 ай бұрын
Wish more old malls instead of drywalling over empty spaces would just leave them open and have the stores that have gone out leave their signs up. That old Radio Shack sign is nice and the wooden plank faced store I'm positive was a vintage 1980s Foot Locker.
@DoomieGruntVentures2 жыл бұрын
wait... this place is still open?! I went the day after Memorial Day 2019 and back then was wondering how Towne Mall Galleria was still open.
@NorthCdogg222 жыл бұрын
I know right!? This mall has been empty like this for years, idk how they keep the lights on..
@berserkr19792 жыл бұрын
When I was in Middle School my church youth group took us to a revival at some church in Middletown and they had us go to Towne Mall to "evangelize" to customers. I managed to hide in the arcade until Security kicked us out of the mall and called the cops.
@Noone92272 жыл бұрын
That had to have been uncomfortable. I would have hid in the arcade too.
@museluvr Жыл бұрын
So, you shunned the duty Christ calls us all to do, and that is bring more souls home. I might hit a confessional if I were you... meanwhile, God bless.
@diecastbros Жыл бұрын
CBL properties owns W. County Center in Des Peres Missouri I didn’t know that until recently lol
@mollyheffernen Жыл бұрын
Wondering how this will end up for sure. Hoping for the best.
@Noone92272 жыл бұрын
I once saw an employee of a store in this mall laying on the floor behind the counter. By the time it took me to get my camera up on my phone to take a picture, they had gotten up. I love the atrium with the skylights and, while dated, the smoke lamps.
@annschiraldi17512 жыл бұрын
I remember the roaring 80’s The malls were so crowded, Now a mall on a weekend is empty ,eventually they will be Gone,,
@Mapmaker15592 жыл бұрын
Another great video man! Such a sad mall, and I'd hate to see it get redeveloped into _another_ outdoor center. Also, where can I find that live stream?
@NorthCdogg222 жыл бұрын
Thank you! And the stream should be on the channel around the time of the Mid Rivers episode of Season 3
@Mapmaker15592 жыл бұрын
@@NorthCdogg22 Ah thank you. For some reason I thought the stream was on another platform! 😅
@museluvr Жыл бұрын
Really wishing I hadn't watched this. The idea of a kind older man securing this place is sad .... abandoned himself it would seem from conversing with shoppers, deciding to remain in a structure completely forgotten. There may be a cleaning crew that comes in since it was in no way neglected? That's more heartbreaking than the building. God bless his heart for his dedication to a place forgotten.
@VladisRed2 жыл бұрын
I want to visit dead mall like this. But here in Estonia we don't have that malls ...
@johnburke13172 жыл бұрын
Nice video
@Steve.Cutler2 жыл бұрын
I don't understand why security at these dead malls worry about people recording? There's usually no one there. I lived in RI when the blizzard of 78 happened. It was brutal on a huge chunk of the north east.
@NorthCdogg222 жыл бұрын
Really? I wasn’t aware that it was such a large system to spread that far, that’s fascinating
@Steve.Cutler2 жыл бұрын
@@NorthCdogg22 yes, it shut down Providence, probably the state, for 2 weeks. We pretty much had it easy, heat, food, and even tv. Just couldn't go anywhere. We lived at the top of a hill and I remember seeing people on skis! All through the night cars would try to come up this hill and they'd get stuck, the skiers were going down the hill slaloming around the cars! lol Traffic on 95 was just big white bumps.
@leejtam09142 жыл бұрын
I can only imagine being a security guard in a dead mall
@yaboiatticus75952 жыл бұрын
So what do you think is the best way to find these malls? Also love the vids!
@NorthCdogg222 жыл бұрын
If your looking for dead malls to check out I’d definitely check out Labelscar.com or the dead mall enthusiasts Facebook page. And thank you!
@yaboiatticus75952 жыл бұрын
@@NorthCdogg22 thanks so much! I seriously appreciate it. Keep up the amazing work.
@InvincibleRainbows10 ай бұрын
Hey I grew here, can I ask what entrance you used. I’ve always wanted to enter this mall
@Idelia4122 жыл бұрын
It appears there are no stores open in this mall, I wonder why it is still open?
@robertmiller2104 Жыл бұрын
So mall was supposely closed but door still open very weird
@abendroid Жыл бұрын
At least the plants are in good condition.
@JenniferinIllinois Жыл бұрын
The security guard probably had no problem with you filming because at least you were a person in the mall.
@lceecl116 Жыл бұрын
you should go to towne west sqaure wichita ks
@biobrat862 жыл бұрын
Was anything at all open in there? Didn't look like it.
@NorthCdogg222 жыл бұрын
When I visited there was absolutely nothing left
@scottwoosley83882 жыл бұрын
It’s been dead for 20 years. It’s been a running joke here for forever
@mallrun81052 жыл бұрын
Next up: Miami Valley Centre Mall?
@NorthCdogg222 жыл бұрын
You got it! Congratulations!
@JoJo-ie8sl2 жыл бұрын
that guard :(
@NorthCdogg222 жыл бұрын
I felt so bad for him.. His hope for the mall made me so emotional. I genuinely hope this mall comes back
@paposwing29252 жыл бұрын
All I can say about all these dead malls videos, besides sadness and nostalgia is: What a waste 😕