Dead Malls Season 6 Episode 6 - Sandburg Mall

[@NeverlandSystemAngel]

I love that old Arby's sign in the opening. There's one near where I live (about 30 mins away) and it's always fun to see that old throwback.

[@NicholasShade-eq1ts]

I'm glad people are doing this subject. I love dead malls. This is so interesting. I love that there are other people than me, watching this material. I'm grateful for the upload. Have a nice night. 🌃

[@NorthCdogg22]

Thank you Nicholas!

[@Guard-og5cl]

As said before, I was showing the video to my mom and we were going to Sandburg before I was able to drive and I'm 62 now. We can't remember the train not being there. The carmark was originally JCPenney care service and was there long before the Mall closed. It was in competition with Sears. I can very well remember when the Kmart was added to the Mall. So many memories of Sandburg.

[@GhostGirl2696]

This mall played a HUGE roll in my childhood. Me and my mom spent many weekends there 😔

[@NorthCdogg22]

Twas a beautiful place when it was still open..

[@NicholasShade-eq1ts]

Thanks for adding what this mall was to you. 🙏

[@jimfaust6342]

That's how I felt about my Granite Run Mall. They tore it down in 2015 - but Boscovs is still there. I cherish it ❤

[@call.it.karma37]

This is my hometown mall. You should definitely check out those office/conference room hallways.. those were ominous even when the mall was operating. There are a couple more bathrooms back there and through one of the little windows on one of those backroom doors, there was always this weird purple light cast on a chain-link fence. I never went through that door.. but it always gave a weird vibe. Definitely worth exploring next time you come through the area. Great video! ✌

[@VenityGT]

I was born in Galesburg and still live there to this day. I remember going here as a little kid and seeing the model trains.

[@315Mikel]

same man, the trains were sold to a train group somewhere though, the breaks my heart.

[@BradJohns-bj5ck]

I miss seeing that mall and I miss seeing that model railroad

[@Chiro_ASMR]

I made the song! Thanks for featuring! My friends just sent me this

[@NorthCdogg22]

Quick list of former tenants in the mall, with timestamps! 3:44 - Maurice’s 3:48 - JCPenney 4:14 - Sandburg Twin Cinema 6:44 - Stage 6:50 - Osco Drug 7:33 - Waldenbooks 7:35 - Kirlins Hallmark 7:45 - Christoper and Banks 7:56 - Brauns 8:35 - Zales 10:10 - Kmart 11:00 - Diamond Dave’s 11:20 - Holmes Shoes 12:22 - Bath and Body Works 14:03 - GNC 14:06 - McDonalds 16:14 - Regis 16:28 - Musicland/Suncoast 16:34 - RadioShack 17:00 - Aladdin’s Castle 18:08 - Sears 19:35 - Spencer’s 20:48 - Karmelkorn 21:08 - Fashion Bug 21:10 - Hibbet Sports 22:01 - DEB 22:15 - Bergners 23:12 - Casual Corner 25:25 - Claire’s 26:36 - Spencer Gifts?? 27:56 - Foot Locker Let me know which ones I missed!

[@slackingpacking]

27:40 might’ve been a GAP?

[@NorthCdogg22]

@@slackingpackingit was actually a Stage store, but good guess!

[@slackingpacking]

⁠@@NorthCdogg22when you say Stage are you referring to the Stage department stores who owned Goody’s, Peebles, etc?

[@austinwetzell8488]

25:41 - Kirlin’s Hallmark

[@leeraymer166]

Stores and restaurants that you missed in no particular order and some that became different vendors over the years. A lot of these names were original with the mall and a few came later on. Chess King, Orange Julius, Wag’s (Restaurant), Pearle Vision Center, Team Electronics, Fannie Mae Candies, and Hickory Farms.

[@jasonhahn8797]

I grew up in this town. I live in Monmouth now, it's a town about twenty minutes away. If you ever get the chance to go back... You should. I watched a short video of the mall it came out a month ago. You're footage here makes the mall look pristine and shiny compared to what it looks like now, it's 50 times worse. I was both saddened and horrified at the same time. It looks like a stiff breeze can just blow that whole place over.

[@Mom2my4blessings]

Great episode of Sandburg Mall. Your last visit here was so very creepy. I’m glad you went back. This video gave me so much nostalgia for what was from my childhood in the 80’s. I’m still so sad that malls are becoming extinct.

[@NorthCdogg22]

Thanks for watching Mel!

[@JoshYT1]

The opening of the cozy and bright christmas lights, to then cut to the empty and foreboding tomb of the mall was a great intro! The advanced darkness bit was great too 😂. Your passion and personality is really what makes these videos that much better! May Sandburg mall rest in peace, not mold and rot 😭.

[@justinankeney6344]

Born in 1979 in Galesburg, lived there through high school and some college (save my year abroad in Finland). My father was General Manager for the McDonald's on Main Street, then Henderson Street. Both my sister and I also worked at the Main Street McD's. Spent a lot of time at Sandburg Mall, but through the years there were plenty of changes that occurred while I was in the area and well after leaving to go to Illinois State and beyond. Ended up working at the Dillard's store at Northwest Plaza in the Saint Louis area right before the Mills opened up and made a few trips to Chesterfield, Jamestown, Galleria, Plaza Frontenac. Northwest Plaza was dying out at the time I worked there before the Mills opened up, and closed up shortly after I moved out of the St Louis area due to a shooting at the mall there. Thank you for taking the time to document all of these malls. Although the age of brick-and-mortar commercial retail is waning (I don't think it will ever completely die out), it surely will not look like it ever did at the height of the Mall Age. I appreciate the fact that you not only want to document the current status of the malls, but also want to share the background of each mall. I find it interesting to see that so many malls seem to have very familiar stories which has seemed to lead so many of them ultimately to the same fate. I think that is one thing that Business (as a whole) tends to miss, trying to learn from its history and past mistakes and become better overall as opposed to looking at the present and plan for the future, while trying to quietly forget the past and move forward.

[@ToddSRossPromos]

26:37 You are absolutely correct! That was the original Spencer Gifts location in the mall!

[@NorthCdogg22]

That’s pretty sweet! Thanks for watching!

[@KyleKerber-ve6dk]

So, Diamond Dave’s came later, wasn’t OG. Two random memories I have…..my parents took me to a circus in the middle area prior to the model train being installed, had a trapeze and everything. Also, there was a creepy talking Christmas tree in Bergeners every year. I was also told there was a restaurant inside Bergeners along with a Ticketmaster counter I used to get all my concert tickets at.

[@JoshLogan-j7j]

But the robotic Christmas tree in Bergners during Christmas time was the best.

[@slackingpacking]

This place is such a time capsule and I’ll love to see it before it’s gone. Great video North C!

[@ecaillette]

Danke! Loved the first minute, such a beautiful and moody intro. Thank you for so many great videos and all the best for the New Year 🎉❤!

[@NorthCdogg22]

Thank you so much! Many more videos coming soon, happy new years to you too!

[@kenpomaster20]

I worked at this mall from 2000 to 2006 in Sears. Sad to see it like this. So many memories in this mall.

[@antto_333]

Hey! I live in Galesburg, cool to see you came here during the snowstorm! My girlfriend and I always talk about how young people go to places like Walmart and Target to screw around and waste time, and we always pin it on the mall being closed. Funny to see that Target and Walmart played a direct hand in Sandburg mall closing, huh?

[@justinankeney6344]

At 6:58 You have the Stage store on the left followed by a toy store (Circus World seems to come to mind) that turned into a Kay Bee Toys, followed by the original Spencer Gift Shop then Walden Books and Kirlin's Hallmark. There was a Joseph Banks (at one time) on the far side of Osco.

[@techchick3485]

Hard to see it like this. We moved from Galesburg to Ohio in1983 when I was 15. Loved going here. It was so much fun. This is sad.

[@mmpowell11]

I was born in 85 in galesburg, spent a fair amount of time in that mall. The train layout in the center court has been there long as i can remember. I had a few older buddies that worked there. I definitely miss sears and radio shack.

[@315Mikel]

I miss this towns mall. I live in this town and it breaks my heart to see this place closed.

[@ChanCassiMeowMix]

Seeing this is very bittersweet. It's sad seeing how run down and destroyed it is now, but it's also nice looking at the now empty stores and remembering all the memories I have of that mall. In 1997-98 my mom used to work at the McDonald's there while she was going to school to get her CNA license when I was about 4 years old. There were many days I would be sitting there in the eating area with my color books and toys while my mom worked. I got my ears pierced at the Claire's that was there around that time as well! My parents used to take me there every year around Christmas time to take pictures with Santa. My cousin had her birthday at the mini golf course that was there in 2004 (I think that's the year) and in 2006ish the girl's choir at my school would take field trips there to have lunch and shop, super fun when you're a 5th grade girl lol When I was in junior highschool my mom and I used to shop at the book store that was there and once I hit highschool we would get our eye brows waxed at the Tanning Gallery. In 2015ish a guy I knew in school opened a card game shop there (Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Magic) and I found myself hanging out there and trading cards and playing games for so many hours. The last time I went there was around the start of 2016. My now husband and I made a trip there to use to photo booth and I still have those photos from that day. Hell, I'm looking at those pictures as I'm writing this comment. Thanks for posting this video! I had a good time going down memory lane while watching ❤

[@thebreakfastmenu]

I'm going to add to this comment as I watch through the video, so apologies if I repeat anything you say in the video. My great grandma used to do her grocery shopping at Osco after we ate at the Sirloin Stockade that was recently torn down. That would have been around 1996-97. I remember during Christmas season once walking on that little plant area on the right at about 3:53 and a security guard yelling at me. I was probably like 7 at the time. As recently as 2013 (I guess it's been ten years, YIKES) I used to take my break when I worked at Walmart to come to the mall to have a nice long bathroom break in the bathroom at 13:09 in private ha... Apparently, in typical Galesburg fashion, people started meeting for not-so-kosher activities in those bathrooms. And as recently as 2017, I was denied a Bergener's credit card in there for having no credit. The irony. I could tell you what probably all those stores were in the 90s. And other locals could probably tell you what they were as far back as when it was constructed. My mom of all people shared your first video of it and couldn't believe her childhood hangout had deteriorated so much so quickly. She got her wedding ring at that old Zales, even. The model train was a staple of it. I was obsessed with trains as a kid. And it was my favorite part of the mall. It was all electrified and the trains worked, there were lights, and ahh... it was so cool. At some point people had started vandalizing it and they had to put the top plexiglass on it to prevent people from throwing things into it, and they cut the power to it. 14:08 was a McDonald's, still with the old 90s McD's brick facade. I remember the yellow lanterns out front of it, and how greasy the floor always was. It was a big McDonald's, too. The GNC, a friend of mine used to work in there. He's a beloved local firefighter and boxer now. If you know, you know. 17:05 was Aladdin's Castle, an arcade. They had one of the big Star Wars Podracers in there. Top of the line in 1999! That Musicland store actually was a Sam Goody before they closed. I remember going in there but CDs were expensive, and I was a wee lad. I remember flipping through the posters section. Sam Goody closed long ago, and of course they got bought by FYE, this store just closed. I can't remember seeing those colors there in the mall's last years, though. I think it may have been covered up? 20:04 oh the agonizing amounts of time my mom would drag me into that store! (Bath and Body Works, right? I dunno, soap store's a soap store's a soap store...) That walled off section sure was well-hidden. I didn't know about it at all! I do remember Spencer's gifts, and it was where you said it was, however from my recollection despite its location, more closely resembled the older example you showed. All I have memory of being there is a big wall, so clearly someone knew what was behind there! It almost looked like it had been converted into a break room or something. 5 years of being abandoned in a town like Galesburg, where despite it's small size the crime is up there with Chicago's, has ensured that the mall has only been SORT'VE abandoned, as people are constantly breaking in and running amok inside of it. Even stranger is the fact that 3 places in the mall remain occupied, walled off from the rest of it. JCPenney is now Warehouse Bargains, which is why that wall is there now. I bought my bed there last year, ha. There's the Uhaul rental where Kmart was, which was closed down long before the rest of the mall. It's walled off as well, as seen at 9:49. And Karmark has managed to continue operating independently. WELP. I guess this is what getting old feels like...

[@NorthCdogg22]

Thanks for sharing those memories! It sounds like it was a pretty magical place when it was still around!

[@thebreakfastmenu]

@@NorthCdogg22 It was definitely a place people gathered, like you see in old movies and whatnot. But ya know... greed destroyed it. They want millions for the mall, laughably, and the rent prices for the storefronts was so high that it motivated giant corporations to not even bother renewing. If McDonald's won't pay the rent, it should be a red flag that maybe you're charging too much. It was almost like they didn't even attempt to compete with Walmart and Target or face the local recession from Maytag, just jacked up prices and surprise pikachu faced when the stores left.

[@Aaron.Michael]

Thanks

[@NorthCdogg22]

Thank you Aaron!

[@uglyewok6715]

I live here… it is a disgrace what they allowed to happen. America in decline. Rich and wealthy enclaves… poverty and despair for the rest.

[@NicholasShade-eq1ts]

Thanks for telling us you live in this area. If I lived in this area, we would have definitely seen each other. I would have visited this place. And any other business in the area. This is so cool.🤎

[@tiggerbear3]

The problem is that we are overbuilt. It's just not sustainable, even before online shopping became a thing.

[@NicholasShade-eq1ts]

@@tiggerbear3 your right. The malls should only be built when there's a high demand. 🐝

[@tiggerbear3]

@NewCoke-PepsiMan84no, everything goes in cycles.

[@uglyewok6715]

@@NicholasShade-eq1ts the malls rose with the rise in the massive baby boomer consumer power and lots of credits card debt… once the baby boomers aged and stopped buying so much stuff and had less children then their generation the demand died and so did the malls… plus online shopping… but shopping online for clothes is horrible. Can’t even go to a JC Penny’s anymore close by to buy a dress shirt or pants… have to drive an hour to find one.

[@Evans_explores]

Couldn’t have done this video better myself! Any chance Marley Station?

[@marvelousme5]

I hope it’s Marley Station Mall!!!! I absolutely LOVE the neon lights in that mall!!! 👍🏻

[@tias512]

I think you are the most underrated youtuber ever, you deserve more dude. These videos are amazing! :D

[@NorthCdogg22]

Oh my gosh thank you! :)

[@tias512]

​@@NorthCdogg22Also have you heared of village square mall in Alberta? It's quite old and only a few people go there now. I can post a tour video on my channel if I get my parents to drive me there? And if you wanna see it. Though small I love how they made the roof look like separate houses and the fountain that used to be filled with water is now filled with dirt. They also shut down the food court due to teenagers causing problems

[@suzjon]

Is Eau Claire still around

[@tias512]

@@suzjon what's EAU Claire?

[@Haggis1983]

You are correct about Spencer’s!

[@LisaBarnes-y3f]

Fantastic video,thank you for sharing! I’m always fascinated by dead malls 😊happy new year 👍🏻

[@JenniferinIllinois]

Oh Sandburg Mall. How we've missed you so.

[@heatherwarner9384]

I was born and raised here and seeing our mall like that is just heartbreaking 😢. It was always fun times at the mall weekends meeting up with all your friends there just to walk around and shop .. my sister even worked in the mall as well. Just so sad but love your videos and for giving people the story of our little town 😁

[@NorthCdogg22]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

[@DOUGHBOY420.]

Congratulations on 13k subs bro love the feeling that intro gave me

[@NorthCdogg22]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@GoodNote]

Anyone remember Diamond Dave's in there past Kmart?

[@marjoriebond1648]

Yes

[@sueleibli6748]

Fond memories of riding on a ride on train there and more

[@JohnJohnson-yl9of]

Bro wake up new northcdogg just dropped

[@justinankeney6344]

There was a two screen movie theatre well into the mid nighties. My sister worked at the one in the mall, there was also a two screen movie theatre down the street on Henderson where the Big Lots (since has been converted over to a Community Church and finally the Slumberland is now). The theatre on Henderson closed first, with the other two shortly afterwards. I remember having to drive to the Quad Cities or Peoria in 1999-2001 era to watch some of the movies that were coming out. A late show (midnight) of Gangs of New York in Davenport with a car load of college buddies on a super foggy night was not a fun night.

[@LeatherDaddy97]

Always crazy to see just how fast these decay. I guess the earth really does take back the land we leave.

[@Guard-og5cl]

Also the train at one time you could put money into an coin drop to watch the train run.

[@NorthCdogg22]

I would’ve loved to see that in its prime!

[@missybaker1608]

So sorry to see. Love the mall in its heyday.

[@seabee73]

Another great video. Sad to see that abandoned. They will most likely level it though. Hope you have a Happy New Year 🎉

[@NorthCdogg22]

Sadly that is most likely the case.. Happy New Year to you too Seabee!

[@PeterAndersonMN]

I grew up in Minnesota, but have a lot of memories at this Illinois mall because my grandparents farmed a few miles outside of Galesburg. We would always come to visit several times a year, and especially at Christmas when we would often get a gift card to the Carl Sandburg Mall from our family. I remember shopping at the bookstore there with my gift card, going to the Mcdonalds, going to see the Little Mermaid with my cousins when it came out at the theater, and looking at the amazing train set there from the platform you see in the video. Lots of Christmas fun at that mall, it'll always have a special place in my heart.

[@DeadMallsOfTheWest]

LETS GOOOOOOOOOO

[@Neznut]

It’s like Jamestown or Rolling Acres. It’s toast! They are going to keep destroying it till it’s torn down 😣

[@russellhamner4898]

"The first anchor to drop ship..." OH I saw what you did there sir, and the cleverosity wasn't wasted on me. [golf clap]

[@NorthCdogg22]

Hehehe😉

[@CoolCatProductions-365]

Amazing video North! One of my new favs!

[@eiguajardo]

me at 13:50 gettin poltergeist chills just before you mention the movie... creepy but seriously, I dont know how people in the US is dealing with this, all the vibrant economy and society just , changing like that.

[@NorthCdogg22]

Super creepy!!

[@LesbaT1995]

You are correct. The original Spencer's store is where you believe it to have been. The shop before it was Walden Books, then the Hallmark store. At one time I could have probably told you the names of every original store.

[@chrislemaster2695]

Last time I went to this place as I Live 38.9 miles from here. I kid you not my 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee WJ 4.0L Straight 6 SELC TRACK 4x4. I was last here in the late summer.m going into fall I I had to use 4WD high though thr back parking lot so i would not get stuck and that was August/September 2018. I had to pull cars that got stuck in parking lot. Also their abandoned Sirloin Stockade Restaurant before you turn off of Henderson Avenue /US Route 150) and 1/2 north is US 34. You go about 4 stop lights on Henderson there is an abandoned Eagle Grocery Store (Bankrupt 2001) turned to B &G Grocery went defunct around 2010 and a couple blocks away the abandoned Econo Foods (Stuttered around 2010). Another Enoco Foods went defunct around 1994-2000.

[@thesugarwitch_co]

Your films are beautiful. It would be fascinating to see you do one on Puente Hills Mall in CA, the mall where scenes from Back to the Future was filmed. Rumors have spread that it's slated for demo, but it is a beautiful mall with an interesting history.

[@ironwarrior4276]

I'm 100% confident in 2 weeks you're going to Marley Station Mall in Glen Burnie.

[@NorthCdogg22]

🤫😉

[@aprilthompson3863]

The last movie I took my kids to at mall was the first Harry Potter movie

[@jakesawesomevids7908]

Have a good new years!

[@BuffaloChicken]

What flashlight are you using?

[@TheTimbo1983]

When was intro from it wasn’t snowing here in Dec 2023?

[@NorthCdogg22]

Just the other night! Friday the 28th to be specific, it was coming down pretty good for awhile!

[@TheTimbo1983]

Cool, I live over in Bloomington IL a little west. Was at Eastland mall today, it’s hanging on somehow.

[@Shalott99]

I was born in Galesburg in 75 but we moved to the Quad Cities in 83. I can't believe the planter/seating areas are the same. I was fascinated by the volcanic rocks in the planters and occasionally brought one home. I had a birthday party at the McDonalds, and I'm pretty sure that's the movie theater I saw the Dark Crystal in (the first one you explored). I have no memories of the model train, but there was a kid's train ride outside the McDonalds, loved that. Sad to see it like this, but I kind of expected it.

[@mizunashi995]

YAYYYY HI CDOGG!!

[@NorthCdogg22]

HELOO!

[@justinankeney6344]

No Hobby Lobby in GBurg proper, Wal-mart opened in the mid to late 80's across Henderson (right next to Hy-vee, where the Marshall's is), Target came in during the 90's, that is when K-Mart moved from it's location. There was a Jack's (which Shopko bought the location after Jack's closed) just north of Highway 34, I remember a Hornsby's on the corner of Fremont and Henderson, and a Montgomery Ward, which turned into a number things, including an Eagle Country Market just to the south of the Mall (right behind Perkins next to Joann Fabric).

[@tomharrison6333]

Hornsbys would become Alco. It was a Belscott prior to both of those stores. Don't forget there was Arlans across Fremont St from the Belscott.

[@gracefulgaming6774]

i don't know if it's possible, but you need to go back to forest fair mall since it finally permanently closed. another option would be tri-county mall because i actually went there countless times throughout my life.

[@NorthCdogg22]

I would LOVE to see both of those malls again,, maybe I’ll make a return visit again.. only problem is both of them are SUPER secure :/

[@daveolcott8428]

The train was added in the early 90s if I remember correctly. Diamond Dave's wasn't one of the original stores when the mall was built it came much later. The tire place was there well be4 the mall closed its doors. Yes that is the original Spencer's. What caught my eye is the old Osco sign u found. Osco closed down when they added Kmart in the 90s

[@SentaiAce]

Love your videos my dude. I love dead malls and the documentation of the decline consumer civilization. Please my friend, wear a respirator. Thank you for all you do!

[@NorthCdogg22]

For sure! Thank you so much for watching!

[@dylank.4498]

Not gonna lie. These videos are kind of depressing. As someone in their 40’s now, I grew up with mom taking my sister and I to the mall (not this one)to buy school clothes, or go Christmas shopping. Hitting up the video game store for Nintendo games, going to the toy store, hitting up the food court, then heading to the arcade and music store.

[@Archisphera]

I was born in Galesberg! I guess most of my childhood clothes came from this mall. Cool.😊

[@kimberlyangotti8767]

I worked at that musicland!

[@TimfromMKE]

Wonder how Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg is doing

[@JoshLogan-j7j]

Full. And always crowded

[@Polothemius]

Glad i got to visit this mall the center with the red flags hanging off the walls looks so fire 🔥

[@joeybuddy6]

I always watch dead mall videos and look for stores i worked at. That Things Remembered kiosk did not hold up well at all lol

[@helenr991]

That big lit up Arby's sign was nice

[@NorthCdogg22]

It was quite the sight to behold!

[@uglyewok6715]

@@NorthCdogg22 yeah.. it’s an OG Arby’s sign… one of the last left.

[@benb8407]

I like that OG Arby's sign even know not big on Arby's, where I lived going to my grandparents house always get off the highway and passed the Arby's and they had the OG Arby's sign they got rid of it sometime in the 2000s maybe it was in the 2010s it isn't there anymore.

[@thebreakfastmenu]

I remember when they remodeled Arby's and everyone was in fear they'd replace the sign. Thankfully they didnt.

[@helenr991]

@@thebreakfastmenu well all of the Arby's signs don't look like that no more all lit up

[@rockersrobloxandmore]

hiya ! havent been here in a while. been busy!

[@NorthCdogg22]

Glad to have you!

[@justinankeney6344]

Diamond Dave's was a late addition to the mall, originally just McDonald's and the Orange Julius when built. Diamond Dave's came in with the K-Mart wing. Orange Julius was originally across the center court a few spots down from Foot Locker. I do remember Fannie Mae's Candies across from Orange Julius on the Bergner's wing. Karmel Korn was early on too, in or near the current Orange Julius location in the JC Penney wing. Mall management fought with the McDonald's franchisee all the time in regards to air handlers and ventilation systems to prevent too many smells from entering the main hallways.

[@NorthCdogg22]

Huh, thanks for the info Justin! Hearing that McDonalds had a smells problem seeping into the mall is pretty interesting! I’m wondering what year they closed?🤔

[@tomharrison6333]

There was a Tiffany's Bakery, Casano's Pizza and a store that sold summer sausage, cheeses and other treats like that.

[@TheInspired79]

I don’t remember the “classic” Spencer’s but I do remember the all glass one.

[@thecalledout7]

Sad, WE WALKED through when it was gnc qnd one other store left but it wasnt trashed like that.

[@WhittyPics]

Doesn't look too festive in there. I usually don't like flashlight videos but it appears you have a bright one.

[@tiggerbear3]

Sandberg is such a creepy mall. I am a momma bear, so I do definitely worry...even about strangers on the internet

[@tiggerbear3]

I do find it interesting that they walled off the JCPenney. When did they do that? Isn't that where you heard the phone in season 4?

[@NorthCdogg22]

Well, I remember hearing the phone going off when I was walking back out thru the old Sears. I would assume they walled off that JCPenney entrance some time in early 2023 as that’s when I went and remember seeing it for the first time. I guess they just don’t want shoppers inside the bargain warehouse to see what’s going on behind closed doors🤷‍♂️

[@tiggerbear3]

@@NorthCdogg22 oh the Sears! IDK. Do you know when the bargain warehouse is opening up for business? Idk if I would be willing to shop there on a regular basis, given all the black mold just on the other side of the wall. Just doesn't seem all that safe.

[@sunkenchannel]

I actually own an Aladdin's Castle token from SANDBURG MALL!

[@bsteele1493]

I spent more money and time at Sandburg mall than Zi care to think about. Bergner’s store was a favorite for my kids clothes.

[@penelopejoann]

I feel like water damage is the kiss of death ☠️

[@NorthCdogg22]

It really is!😭

[@plushtimetv]

I think the next mall will be the Phillipsburg Mall, the Marley Station Mall, or the Berkshire Mall.

[@NorthCdogg22]

Yup you got it! Marley Station it be!

[@plushtimetv]

Lets gooooooooo@@NorthCdogg22

[@GEFMFost]

Hey im super curious, where do you get your music from?

[@NorthCdogg22]

Most of it I just find thru random liminal, Muzak, or KmartWave playlists, but one of my favorite slushwave artists I use is Desert Sands Feels Warm at Night, they have several amazing tracks

[@GEFMFost]

@@NorthCdogg22 do you find yourself running into any copyright claims or anything? All that sounds super cool

[@TheInspired79]

Why did they brick over the JC Penny’s?

[@mollyheffernen]

Are you covering Indiana or Ohio? Or is it somewhere else in Illinois? Hoping you have the chance to cover any updates on Chesterfield in St. Louis.

[@NorthCdogg22]

Much much further east than those states, we’ll be going wayy out to the east coast. And Chesterfield is one I definitely wanna stop thru and revisit sometime soon!

[@sueleibli6748]

THE BATHROOMS WERE VERY CLEAN TOO

[@Syko4life]

why is your 1st dead mall series episode hidden. its my hometown mall and wanted to see that video

[@DyingRetail]

If the roof is shot I would say it’s done. Would cost millions to repair not counting the HVAC

[@DanielTran-v9d]

Is it the east coast mall

[@QuaintMelissaK]

The only way that Sandburg Mall will be torn down if someone unalived themselves in the mall.

[@melissabushnell3254]

The brick building you went in across from G.N.C. is the old McDonald's.

[@patrick39432]

Some of this background music would be great in "The Shining!"

[@chrismcintyre845]

Also, the Railroad display still exists. I can't remember it's current location though

[@chrislemaster2695]

I forgot I believe this closed in 2015.

[@chrislemaster2695]

I only live 36 miles from here.

[@wadeewalt6375]

i miss my sandburg mall train track

[@kingnicer54]

The Fact it went to heck in a 5 year period is just depressing. I saw my first movie in a theater at that mall. I participated in the Mall wide trick or treat when I was a kid. Used to spend my time in Waldenbooks while my mom was shopping reading comics. I don’t know what it is about this city that attracts millionaires to buy property and then let it turn into dust. You had the Hotel on the square that got shut down and then tore down.and you also have St Mary’s Square which is now unusable. In a perfect world I would remodel all those spaces and turn them into museums and antique malls with restaurants and food carts run by the towns citizens and not someone who decided to purchase it as a last minute tax write off instead of it just being left there to rot. Instead of tax havens for the rich make them public landmarks clean them up and actually do some good with them. Those places should belong to the citizens of Galesburg not the rich elite jerks that bought them and won’t do anything with them besides use them as a tax write off.

[@Shades_99]

Eastfield mall?

[@cen2zero]

that’s in massachusetts and it got demolished. it was my mall.

[@simontriforceradiomall]

Do the mall at the source next

[@chrismcintyre845]

McDonald's did not open in the Sandburg Mall until 1980. They closed in 2001

[@sueleibli6748]

I USE TO GO GO TO SANDBURG MALL ORIGINAL CALLED CARL SANDBURG MALL

[@jameslaumand3686]

Hay everyone,what he’ll happen to ace adventure,where,sad,oh well

[@denial987]

I see demolition in the near future.

[@jerknorris2483]

Happy new year Dogg great year of work you done your parents would be proud guy you help my big sads thanks *hug* brother ayy another epic Dogg year thanks 😋❤️ itis dangerous take caution maybe take your Pitbull dmx style arr are peace