Dead Malls Season 5 Episode 26 - Eastland Mall (OH)

Only once in my life have I knowingly made a trip out to see a mall that was closing in a week. Only once, out of the hundreds of malls I’ve been to. And only once was I unintentionally visiting a mall that was closing forever just days after I was there. That mall was Eastland Mall in Columbus, Ohio. I’m lucky to have made my 1st Pittsburgh expedition when I did, because just 1 week after filming this mall in December of 2022. Eastland Mall would suffer a watermain break and owners would simply close the mall forever, with it being cited by the city as a public nuisance days prior.. But it wasn’t always like that, it wasn’t always a nuisance, and it wasn’t always this dead empty and dripping hell scape. So take a tour with me today, as I show you around and tell you the story of Eastland Mall in Columbus, Ohio.
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[@craft7185]

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[@Evans_explores]

Word of wisdom

[@michics100]

As a 75 year old senior I saw these malls in there hay day. It's sad to see these fails. I live in Rockford, IL and we have CherryVale Mall still hanging on but the signs have been there for years as all the anchors have left. It's hard to imagine what to do with these gigantic complexes since it is almost to expensive to demolish them and businesses do not work. One idea I've had for a few years is to turn them into senior citizen living centers. These complexes could be totally self contained living areas with apartments, small grocery, drug store, doctor offices, indoor walking, plenty of outside parking, etc. But the key is the rentals cost can't be excessive. A problem that has driven previous tenants out of these malls. Just stand in these malls and look around and imagine what could be done with all this space instead of retail. Just my 2 cents worth.

[@catherinesanchez1185]

Your idea isn't totally out of the realm of possibility. There have been malls turned into mixed use locations: housing, offices, etc since many of these older malls are located on bus lines and are centrally located (since communities often grew around them) ...I agree that there's all sorts of things that could be done with them .

[@sew_gal7340]

homes need windows all around, you cant turn a box within a box into an apartment, the law requires there to be some kind of outside light.Theres a reason why many malls dont get turned into anything . Its too difficult

[@Derekmartin20]

I remember all the malls in and around Columbus I worked in the Sign Industry. Everything has Changed. Once nice a safe place to raise a family and prosper is no longer.

[@heidiproudfit2041]

Came across your channel today. Makes me think back to when going to the mall was an exciting event as a kid and continued into my 30’s. I even carried on the tradition with my own kids, until they got older. Going to the mall, wasn’t always about “the shopping”. It was the place to meet… my moms cousins and sisters use to make it a weekly visit as a group to catch up, chat about the latest gossip and they loved to people watch. Thanks for the nostalgic Christmas pic… I was disappointed when companies tried the “Outdoor-Outlet malls” those are dying out too. It’s not the same as the indoor malls in the north where you were escaping the long winter weather blues. I never thought Malls would become a thing of the past. Thank you for showing and giving bits of their life history.

[@sutterpark]

I am ex W Worthington Franklin OH. I do rember the Northland Mall, Eastland Mall and Westland Mall ALL was top notch back in the 1960 to 1980's ALL was a open mall but in the 1970'sh to earlier 1980's then enclosed them! In the 1990 and 2000 things had turn to the worst beside the high crime, HIGH lease terms and change of malls owner! ALL are RIP! Columbus Ohio been trying to bring back these malls as outlets but not all made the cut! Northland Mall gain a major face lift but no mall mostly office, and few new grocery stores but that it!

[@superdave3506]

Maybe it’s just the nostalgia, but I find your content soothing and sad at the same time 😢….The Tri-County Mall episode in Cincinnati hit different, because I used to work at the Suncoast video in high school in the late 90’s….Your production value is excellent…Keep’m coming

[@NorthCdogg22]

Thank you! I try to make my videos as relaxing and informative as possible.. Tri County was probably one of my favorite malls ever, I’m glad you liked that video!

[@title4445]

It’s because our country’s peak sort of coincided with malls, so these scenes are doubly sad. We’ve been in a steady decline since the mid 90s and now we’re the Eastland Mall

[@Scotty_in_Ohio]

I had thought FOR CERTAIN that Eastland had closed well before Dec of 2022... I live only a few miles from it and grew even closer to the mall and visited many many times over my youth - to be honest I sort of avoid the area in general and there's little to no reason to travel down Hamilton Road that direction. The initial shots of the visits with Santa brought back some memories - heck I may have been in line there at that year from the looks of the clothing ;-) What was actually more impressive were the businesses surrounding the mall - there was a Brown Derby restaurant, a great arcade, a Stereo Lab (which sold Commodore computers where my dad bought our first VIC-20), an eight screen movie theater (then more screens when that had moved across the street), various other restaurants and my favorite Children's Palace. The amount of shopping was very impressive for the 60's, 70's and into the 80's....

[@catherinesanchez1185]

Brown Derby!! One of my summer jobs was during high school was working in their kitchen. Stereo Lab? I had totallyh forgotten about them. LOL!

[@JoshYT1]

Seeing this well documented mall fall over the years is truely heartbreaking, it was about time to say goodbye but it will be missed. Thank you for filming this 60s beauty one last time for us all to enjoy. Also, seeing that anchor store closed for 17 years is crazy! I wanted what its like inside...😲

[@eiguajardo]

18:03 perfectly framed.. you froze the camera at some perfect spots in this vid this mall has such a vibe for liminal photography, filled with nostalgia, there was such a great natural light great episode !

[@NorthCdogg22]

Thank you! This mall was just ripe with liminal sights

[@chrissasandlin8344]

I can almost hear the mannequin in the beginning asking the rest of them if they're going someplace after this. Loved the bright concourse which worked against the fading of the mall itself. Excellent video.

[@NorthCdogg22]

Thank you!

[@QuintusAntonious]

It's so strange seeing childhood malls on here. I know you're going to Century III and I saw the photos you posted of Shenango Valley Mall on Instagram. Hard to believe some of these small town malls matter to anyone.

[@EddyCruz1029]

Fun mall fact of the week: I believe the mall that lasted the longest without an anchor was the Carousel Mall in San Bernardino with a whopping 14 years without an anchor. Btw loved the video

[@NorthCdogg22]

Thank you for that fun fact of the week! I hope we get to hear more in the future, thanks for watching!

[@benb8407]

WOW amazing that an anchor less mall lasted for 14 years guessing that Carousel Mall was a lot of mom & pop stores and very few national stores. Very cool fun fact.

[@rickster3488]

- if mall walls could talk,...

[@Epic_C]

You should see Tuttle Mall in Columbus Ohio. It's not dead yet but it is almost there.

[@joeking433]

Yeah, they all moved to Polaris and Easton.

[@jonathans44]

We went there to get an engagement ring serviced at one of the jewelers, and to say that place was going downhill is an understatement. All of the escalators were closed but one in the JCPenney, going up. Maybe one in 8 spaces had active stores, we saw fewer than 30 other shoppers in half an hour on a Friday evening, and even the people working the little hat, bag, and cell phone kiosks seemed unenthusiastic. I remember a time when those kiosk workers would follow you a good 30 feet trying to hassle you for a sale, and I made a comment to my fiance “you know this placed is cooked when even the cell phone case guy won’t make eye contact”. Online sales have just killed the American shopping mall, especially after the 2020 lockdowns.

[@altoidsours]

That's sad. I remember when Tuttle Mall was built. We went during the grand opening. It was exciting! I still remember the chocolate rose I got from Anthony Thomas that day lol... I was a kid and it was the most exciting part of the day for me.

[@catherinesanchez1185]

Grew up close by in the 70's and 80's ....eating on the 2nd floor of Lazarus was "cool" if you could afford it. Saw the first Star Wars movie there in 1977!!! In the 80's/90's Sears 2nd floor had one of the original call centers for Discover Card Bank . Hundreds of employees would go to the mall during their lunch break or after work to eat and shop . I remember eating at the Wendy's during my lunch break. There was a Ponderosa steak house there too that was very popular. Some of the older viewers on here probably remember them! When all the bigger malls started opening up downtown, and northern Columbus when there was a lot of new deveolopment there , that's when Eastland started struggling . Many of these larger malls had twice a as many stores, restaurants and also drew higher end retailers as well. And the community around it went from blue collar to a bit lower than that. It had a rep as being a bit dangerous to go there and that was it. Thanks for posting this. As sad as it seems, this is still a great location in the middle of a highly populated area and could be turned into something else by someone with the vision and $$$$ to make it happen. My personal feeling is that malls got over built , so when online shopping became a thing it just dropped bigtime. Another thing, in other countries its common for grocery stores to be anchors at their malls , but not here in the USA. Maybe, thsi is something we need to start doing .

[@seabee73]

Your music choices are always spot on. The blue bricks really looked great. I saw my old debartolo mall today in Tampa today. Only the center section is left with the food court and several stores. The anchors were torn down. They put up a sprouts where the dilliards was. College housing will be on the other side. Thanks for another great video.

[@NorthCdogg22]

Thank you for watching Seabee! The blue bricks will be something about this place that always sticks with me, which mall was that your talking about?

[@seabee73]

@NorthCdogg22 university Square mall in Tampa. The last debartolo mall in our area. Back in 2009 I ran a bunch of fiber optic cables there. I should have taken a picture of the debartolo plaque in the back hallway.

[@keasieulie]

This was so crazy to see. I worked in this mall in 2017 before my store closed down. Even when it was open--there was almost nothing in this mall. Actually crazy. Thank you so much for this video!

[@Scooter4Ever]

Eastland was always the 2nd best option if you didn’t want to go to Westland. Frenchy’s was an awesome restaurant in the Sears wing that served the best onion rings. And I always wanted to eat in the restaurant on the balcony in Lazarus but my mom always said it was too expensive. The addition of Kaufman’s was a dumb decision. Kaufman’s had some success with their Polaris store and wanted to build near Easton but Steiner blocked them from opening in the area. Eastland was the only option

[@TiltedTripodMedia]

Your in my area😊 so I’ve obviously visited and documented this mall many times including it’s final days. Here is an interesting story. So I visited just before the pandemic and yes it was dying. I then came back sometime during the pandemic right around the time when blm riots were going on and I found the mall in a terrifying state. There was graffiti all over the outside and it looked apocalyptic. I had thought for sure it was over and the mall was closed at that point. I was visiting Columbus at a time the mall would have normally been closed so who knew if it was permanently closed. I then came back a week or so later and it was as though none of the graffiti happened and it was open as normal. So weird and I have footage I am going to compile into a video and tell the story.

[@NorthCdogg22]

I would LOVE to see that video when you get it done! Sounds like a pretty surreal expierence.

[@TiltedTripodMedia]

@@NorthCdogg22 I’ll let you know. It might be a while since I’m going to nc this month for a week to film the 30th anniversary of the land of oz and a bunch of other stuff 😄

[@tobynormoyle637]

Saw the original Ghostbusters here back when it came out. A trip to Eastland was such a treat!

[@joeabraham878]

I was almost 5 when Eastland Mall opened and lived within a few miles of it all the way until I was 20, so this video took me right back to the 1970s. The mall was a huge part of my childhood. Almost all Christmas shopping, Santa visits, Easter Bunny pictures, meeting friends, chasing girls, going to movies, etc., all centered around this mall. Parents could just drop us off when we were in 4th grade through junior high and not worry about us for hours. Eastland had a great run for about 15 years to the mid-80s. When busing was ordered in the Columbus schools in 1979, white flight occurred for the next decade and by the 1990s Polaris Mall and Tuttle Mall on the city's north and northwest sides were being planned. I doubt if I went into Eastland more than two times from 1985 until it closed in 2022, and I'm sure my experience is the same for most of us who grew up on the east side in the 1970s. Eastland, like so many malls, became unsafe, and just 10 years later into the late 1980s one wouldn't dream of dropping off their 11-year-old kid and letting them roam there for four hours.

[@WhittyPics]

When you put bucket on the floor to catch the water, maybe someone should empty them every now and then

[@melbrown6019]

Malls used to have it all. From clothing stores of all prices ranges, shoe stores, toy stores, book stores, etc but with online retailers, Walmart, and Target most of those stores have left the malls. There was something for everyone. I see retailers that used to be in malls that are only online.

[@Scotty_in_Ohio]

I believe it started even earlier than that (at least where Eastland was concerned) - many of the businesses out side the mall property (along Hamilton Road) started to take away business from the anchor stores - places like SUN TV and Appliances, Service Merchandise, and even K-Mart, Gold Circle and Rinks - by the late 80's most people were going to Northland (even if Eastland was closer) or to the French Market / Continent

[@bobhess8609]

My Dad used to work for Lazarus. When I was a kid, we went for a Sunday afternoon drive. As we drove past Refugee and Hamilton roads, my Dad said that Lazarus was going to build a store there. I thought the old man was crazy. The farmers in the area wouldn't buy enough to keep the store open. I 270 was a dream on an engineer's desk and I 70 to the north wasn't even finished...

[@MrJamesonStyles]

I find it odd how drawn I am to dead mall content, as someone who kind of hates malls, mall-like suburban consumerism, and shopping in general. Maybe it's catharsis for every time I was dragged through one of these places as a kid. Growing up just outside the MSP metro area in Minnesota, this happened frequently, and now when I go to even the merely half-dead malls like Southdale, Maplewood, Har Mar, and Northtown, I can't help but think... good riddance. Yet, other people did have good experiences in these places. First jobs, first dates, Christmas shopping, hanging with friends. But I didn't. I showed up too late for the prime mall-years. But when you tour these spaces, big and empty as they are, once filled with life and activity, I can't help but think I missed out on something. I mean I still go to MOA sometimes, but that's very different. These local malls for local people probably were something special at one time. It's just something I never felt.

[@ERA_Productions]

Great video! Just got to see it now. My final visit here was in September 2022. It was silent and crazy. It felt like it was even gonna close then. Im amazed this place lasted as long as it did.

[@bbrown5463]

Back in the day, Eastland was the place to go shop and meet up with friends!!! Good times! 😊😊😊

[@RetroreviewsPlus]

Watching this is nostalgic but sad at the same time. the world has changed so much.....and not for the better. Fitting music

[@coolcat8867]

As a cusp 80's, 90's kid it sucks to see some of these places like this one go down like this. I remember when we could hang out with friends, get stopped by security for roller blading/skateboarding in the mall, go shopping with family, or just plain go there to relax.

[@livingasustainabledream1]

Wackiest, craziest and zaniest... You must be going to the Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills. As always great dead mall content thanks for the videos.

[@NorthCdogg22]

Yessir! Thanks for watching!

[@greatesttoysevermade3693]

Remember this mall in it’s prime, spent many hours there as a teenager in the 80’s. Comic book and baseball card shows were held in the mall all the time. York Steak House, Woolworths, Gray Drug, Spencer Gifts, B Dalton Books, etc. Better simpler times.

[@sunsetrecords2548]

Sucks to hear another mall leave us but thank you for capturing it's beauty before it's gone forever. Great video!

[@5speedfatty]

Man that Cajun express used to have the BEST burbbon Chicken, Former Akiba Arcade employee here. (it was in the corner by the old lazarus)

[@drnotebender6442]

I remember this one as a kid in the 80s. It was at the top of its game at the time. Had some cool fountains. Lazarus had a restaurant on the top floor. Of course the arcade and all the 80s mall staples. The neighborhood used to be filled with other big stores, restaurants, etc, then other malls opened and times changed and the area went downhill. Sad to see what it’s become.

[@Mrshoujo]

So sad to hear / see Eastland Mall abandoned. I spent 2 years here in the mid 1980s attempting to get an education at DeVry & lived in one of the apartment rental places nearby & worked at Showbiz Pizza Place on Macsway Ave. I shopped & walked all over this area.

[@jeee1074]

Pittsburgh Mills is a whacky and zany type of mall. Has to be the next one!

[@upirons]

My (now) wife and I were dating in the early 90's and Suncoast at Eastland was our favorite place to go. I still have a notepad of the MGM logo from there that I have always kept on my desk at work and have never actually used because it was more of a movie-themed decoration. We attempted to go to Eastland mall recently and now there is fencing all around the parking lot. I have a feeling it's only a matter of weeks before they demo it sadly.

[@MetalPete_the_metalfan]

That picture of the wonderfall outside of JCPenny with the funny shaped P then reminds me of Brookfield Square mall in the Milwaukee Wisconsin area. In fact I almost thought that picture was Brookfield Square at first.

[@CoolCatProductions-365]

Amazing video North!

[@mmmmburgerz9442]

I live on the westside of Columbus. I remember Westland mall and City Center fondly. Both have been destroyed unfortunately.

[@charlestonpinballarcade]

Blazing into Pittsburgh soon! On fire my guy! 🎉🎉🎉

[@NorthCdogg22]

Thank you sir! Glad your enjoying!

[@slackingpacking]

Great video dude. It’s ashamed what happened to this place. I hope it doesn’t sit abandoned like Westland.

[@NorthCdogg22]

Thank you! And same, I really hope they are able to work this mall into something soon before it starts to seriously deteriorate

[@wolfy1987]

This is a weird one. Usually the anchor spaces are occupied while the mall interior dies. But it looks like on this one the interior was 60% occupied before the mall announced its closing, while the anchor spaces were empty

[@robertmiller2104]

This was the last one left with Westland closing years ago and Northland gone now to this was last land mall left 😢

[@leet7489]

your narration is so great

[@aaronhuffman4852]

I loved this mall as a kid! Damn man this is like watching a funeral! You hit the right music!

[@NorthCdogg22]

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it! I always love when you guys appreciate the music I put it!

[@aaronhuffman4852]

When I was a little kid in the 1990s I grew up in Scioto County Ohio! Mom and dad seemed to love getting a hotel room for a couple nights in Cincinnati or Columbus and then browse these malls! I miss Westland , Northland and Eastland! I also love Forest Fair mall! Yes they would spend a night or 2 in either Columbus or Cincinnati and we’d but all the malls for a short vacation and plus see Reds games! Florence Kentucky mall was nice too but idk how it’s doing!

[@jackobora3193]

The reason JCPenney had talked about buying out the old Lazarus store and either taking it over or rebuilding on the site was because their existing store was in such horrible condition. I don't know what the deal with it was compared to the other anchors, but for some reason it aged like milk. I remember going there in the mid 00s, and all of the escalators were broken; the only ways up to the second floor were a tiny emergency exit stairwell and one rickety elevator tucked in a back corner of the store. The Great Recession and JCPenney's misfortunes in its aftermath effectively torpedoed those plans, but I'm sure the store's management had been lobbying for a way out for years. The Hamilton Road corridor was my family's regular Columbus shopping destination when I was a kid, and Eastland was always the highlight. Unfortunately, the surrounding area has fared little better than the mall.

[@RollerskateKyle]

Great video. I never new how bad shape Eastland was until seeing your video.

[@NorthCdogg22]

Thanks!

[@mikeukb5]

Awaiting the final episode of the season which will no doubt be worth waiting for....Century III

[@NorthCdogg22]

Perhaps.. lol

[@letiacarlson7242]

Century 3 is boarded up no one is allowed inside cops r watching if they see u on KZbin they will prosecute they caught three guys on here recently in that mall they r facing jail time I don't think he should try

[@Parasyte316]

This one makes me sad. This was my local mall growing up. Saw it through pretty much all of its tough 2000s.

[@SynchroSk8]

It is wild how over malled the state of Ohio was. I lived in the state in the late 90s and remember checking out a different mall every weekend with my college roommate. She loved to shop, I loved to drive and people watch when I got to the mall. So many of these malls were still pretty busy in the 1990s and many weren’t even ‘updated’ yet, meaning they still had character and fountains. So wild to see so many of these places completely empty and no longer maintained. Thank you for documenting them.

[@benb8407]

Is Ohio the dead mall capital in America? I have heard that from other dead mall channels on here that Ohio is over malled.

[@catherinesanchez1185]

I know right?? Moved out of Columbus around mid 90's and it was crazy how many HUGE malls there were on every side of Columbus. Eastland started having issues because the newer malls were much larger and had two or three times as many stores, plus popular restaurants , movie plexes etc

[@jackobora3193]

For a brief period of time between 2001-02, Columbus had SEVEN malls--and that's not counting the mini-malls in Reynoldsburg, Upper Arlington, and Worthington. It was due for an industry correction.

[@joeking433]

I used to go to this mall occasionally. I lived closer to Northland Mall so that was my main mall, though.

[@EricsEscalators]

Could the next mall be Northway mall in Pittsburg PA?

[@SentaiAce]

Excellent video my dude. If you’re headed to Pittsburgh, you have to be headed to Pittsburgh Mills and Century III.

[@NorthCdogg22]

Thank you sir! And you know it!

[@nastynate1219]

I looked for social media but couldn't find it just patreon. Great job I watch a lot of urban exploration vids of years after they are empty. Your going to have to circle back to the Twin Cities soon as I expect the Maplewood Mall in Maplewood,MN will have the same fate soon. Keep up good vids 👍🤟

[@NorthCdogg22]

Insta handle is @the_northern_films_insta Thanks for watching!

[@ECFE]

The old Lazarus's bottom floor is flooded. Mold growth is pretty rampant in there. So you weren't wrong lol

[@olivius8891]

The whole Eastern tower area was water damaged and moldy, we needed respirators to get through there safely! (Also I think Lazarus was the one that turned to JCPenny and the water damage world was vacant but I might be misremembering)

[@ECFE]

Lazarus became Macy's and closed in 2006. Macy's built a new store, and that new building now houses a charter school

[@kickconnection83]

15 years ago I worked at the GNC at Eastland. Had no clue they tore it down.

[@jakesawesomevids7908]

Very good video love it! Have a good weekend! There is one of those water ones from top to bottom in a column at the Brookfield Square mall in Brookfield Wisconsin

[@NorthCdogg22]

Thank you! You too!

[@jakesawesomevids7908]

@@NorthCdogg22 np mate

[@christophercichon623]

I can’t believe how much that area went down!

[@yotsubafanfan]

Funny enough there's an Eastland Mall in Evansville Indiana that as far as i know, is still flourishing.

[@scottDchicago]

At 17:45, the creepy background music truly is the music of “death!” Yikes, well done!

[@NorthCdogg22]

Thanks Scott!

[@romanceplanet222]

you should hit lakeshore mall in sebring florida!

[@NorthCdogg22]

If I ever get down there I’ll definitely hit it up!

[@mollyheffernen]

Wishing I knew the Pittsburgh malls. But this one sort of reminds me of Southridge in Des Moines. I wonder if that is totally abandoned or anything. Never hear much on it. I think Target might be the only thing still out there. The food court was demolished in 2011 I believe. It at one point was great and had a carousel.

[@NorthCdogg22]

I definitely could see the Southridge vibes here! Especially with that ceiling, they’re almost identical

[@markrenton1093]

If you want to visit a dying mall go to Cherry Vale mall , it might not be dead but it is close.

[@amilcareschettini5881]

i lived a few blocks away from this mall when i was in Columbus for college. That part of Columbus sux

[@creatorjames807]

Seems like a lot of these malls die because of poor location in proximity to the interstate/exits .. (among other things of course) developers are so stupid. Love the vids!

[@catherinesanchez1185]

When it was built , this wasn't an issue at the time. They built it on cheap farm land ( like Walmarts do now) and entire communities were built around it. Everyone around the mall either shopped there, or worked there since they employed thousands of people depending on size. It was really more like buildng a community or small city . Now, if you build something large that requires a high traffic to survive you HAVE to have it close to a freeway exit. Back then, that wasn't an issue. Plus , Columbus didn't have real "traffic" back then....LOL|!

[@Kazzamatazzz]

i dont remember that being a Suncoast, only remember it being the Piercing Pagoda. Also oh my gosh I *covet* those blue bricks and I have since i was a little kid lmao

[@hillorisartin6129]

I grew up on the east side of Columbus and visited Eastland a lot. So sad all these malls are gone now.

[@retailanddixeddfan503]

🎉 I went to Santa Cruz today!

[@NorthCdogg22]

Nice!

[@Hodaggium]

I wanna say you're going to Pittsburgh Mills next. I've seen a couple videos about it in the past, and I would certainly describe it's look as a trip if you know what I mean.

[@NorthCdogg22]

Oh yeah, very much so, I hope you enjoy it when it comes out!

[@scottDchicago]

What a comparison at 0:30!!! Yikes!

[@hillorisartin6129]

I don't remember a theater in the mall. There was one outside the mall behind the strip mall and it didn't close until maybe late 90's. I went to see Jerry Mcguire there with my now husband in 1997.

[@TaylorDelRey]

Jimmy Jazz!

[@bobhess8609]

Sadly, the city is renovating the area around the mall now. If they did it 5 years earlier, the mall might have been saved. the same thing happened at Northland..

[@ajm3821]

Amazing video. Maybe college dorms.

[@dboy2762]

Reminds me of Lakewood mall

[@alexcutionman4569]

Have you ever visited Woodland mall in Bowling Green Ohio? It’s an interesting little mall, no larger in size than a Walmart super center (at least according to the measurements on google maps)

[@NorthCdogg22]

Not yet, but I will be seeing it in June!

[@alexcutionman4569]

@@NorthCdogg22 fun fun. I go there sometimes to study on weekends. The only food court option has some good soup so I get it when it’s cold

[@hauldeendabomb]

You need to visit east hills mall in saint Joseph Missouri it is completely dead but somehow still open

[@pokingchina]

have you ever been to Tangle wood mall? If not i recommend checking it out

[@Travels-GardeningwithDJ-1990]

Is it Pittsburgh mills Mall i used to pass by this Mall all the time when I lived in the area

[@NorthCdogg22]

Yep!

[@ItsaRomethingeveryday]

Very well put together vid❤❤❤ Pittsburgh Mills?

[@NorthCdogg22]

Thank you! And yessir!

[@ItsaRomethingeveryday]

@@NorthCdogg22 Hot Damn Cool 😎

[@Locutus22]

69 gigity you are not slick North 😂

[@NorthCdogg22]

Not in the slightest😭😭

[@waffleweave]

I found the artist mentioned on Spotify and am wondering what’s the first song called? I want to use it in my yoga classes 😊

[@NorthCdogg22]

For sure! The first song is called shochu

[@waffleweave]

@@NorthCdogg22 Is it on Spotify? Not seeing that track for the artist “desert sand feels warm at night”. And thanks for your videos! I love seeing old malls. It’s both nostalgic, comforting and melancholia all wrapped up.

[@NorthCdogg22]

@@waffleweave unfortunately after looking I don’t believe it’s on Spotify yet.. But I can provide a link to the KZbin album version 👇 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGiuaol6esiCoMksi=7vlfCDkiPmoUTQvY Thank you for watching!

[@waffleweave]

@@NorthCdogg22 thanks for the link! Their music is so perfect for videos like yours!

[@MrPerry234]

The mall is now closed and sitting abandoned to rot. You should go back to explore it.

[@craft_audio]

Great video! What's the song playing at around 13:00

[@NorthCdogg22]

Thanks! the song around that time stamp is called shochu by Desert Sand Feels Warm at Night, from their album Flush in Water

[@Archisphera]

I think we figured it out... My 15 year old son and I were walking through the Mall of Alexandria in Louisiana. We were talking about the demise of malls and noticed there were no traditional bridal shops. There were; however, three shops for prom dresses and trendy, colorful tuxedos for young men. That's when we realized malls were not dying from Amazon. They were dying from changes in the courtship rituals of today's youth. Most young ones dress up for prom. They chose their mate at prom, then shack up with them after high school. No traditional weddings. No ring. No business clothes to wear to the fancy job to attract a mate. The prom is the new wedding. All the stores after that are made redundant.😢

[@NorthCdogg22]

Exactly, it’s a changing environment and the older stores of the past just can’t keep up with how people are constantly changing how they shop and do things of that nature

[@pukeclaw1147]

this is all a natural cycle just think of how many downtowns died when malls where being built

[@NorthCdogg22]

@@pukeclaw1147 your very right, it’s the kind of the thing that makes me wonder what will replace the retail I know and love, like what’s the next big thing?

[@rosieHolliday5887]

Malls were a terrible idea. We should have spent all that money investing & improving our towns. But I'm British & we don't really have huge malls here. Maybe one or two. We just have towns & cities that are becoming ghost towns lol. So who knows what the answer is. So many people shop online now. We'll all regret it one day. Very sad to see.

[@aaronhuffman4852]

It wasn’t a terrible idea, it was a actually state of the art when they where conceived at first especially with new interstate highways coming in! Things and trends change over the years. High inflation, online shopping and people working more hours these days are the main reasons malls are dying. Downtowns in some areas are coming back.

[@nole8923]

Why was this posted 1 day ago when it was recorded in December?

[@heyshadyshay]

Do you plan on still doing River Oaks in Lansing?

[@NorthCdogg22]

Eventually, I gotta go back and get some new footage there

[@Greg87601]

I love Eastlandd Mall in Columbus Ohio.

[@sandordugalin8951]

So is the mall closed or not? Because some of those stores looked open and had merchandise inside them.

[@KTraska82]

Obviously not when he filmed, but as he said a week later the mall suffered a 'water main break' and closed.

[@Bomhilsnotcountries]

I know do a lot of abandoned malls. Can you please do me a favor ❤🥺Visit the Palisades Mall in NY/NJ. It's 3 floors and has a Farris wheel and Rollercoaster 🎢

[@Evans_explores]

Could it be any chance Galleria at Pittsburgh mills?

[@NorthCdogg22]

Yes sir it indeed is!

[@gearone]

@ 5:56 I've played enough games to know there a secret at that light.

[@butterboiii9810]

Is the next mall Century III?

[@NorthCdogg22]

not quite but good guess!

[@Ericgrulerbikesaz]

Fun I sub

[@JenniferinIllinois]

69 giggity 🤣🤣🤣

[@rockersrobloxandmore]

Hey dude nice vid!!!

[@NorthCdogg22]

Thanks man!

[@rockersrobloxandmore]

also, did i guess Century III next? @@NorthCdogg22

[@Aaron.Michael]

Thanks

[@Aaron.Michael]

Such an amazing vid dude! 😊

[@NorthCdogg22]

Thank you Aaron!

[@Walmartasorus]

just a random question. is this mall still there today???

[@Walmartasorus]

I heard it was demolished so just making sure

[@tonyjobber7901]

@@Walmartasorusno, it’s still standing. I drive by it frequently.

[@slackingpacking]

It’s still sitting and you can explore it.