James Ingram - I Believe In Those Love Songs (But it's the final day of Rolling Acres Mall.)

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[@shamus248]

You just recreated a moment in history. To think a handful of people experienced just this

[@fisitron7256]

This brings back memories of when I was a kid and watching the footage of the last days at Rolling Acres Mall.

[@GiovanniCloud]

James Ingram was born in Akron, Ohio. So, it's fitting that one of the last songs played in this mall is from an Akron native.

[@GiovanniCloud]

@@siljr2381 Where did you get this info?

[@GiovanniCloud]

@@smithys_exploration Something about James Ingram not being born in Akron.

[@robbiepayne97]

Honestly that's kind of ironic

[@Ninventoo]

0:53 - The moment.

[@mateocampos8669]

the picnic video at the last day !

[@jazzsolo84]

Insert slow camera pan around of the Rolling Acres food court.

[@tommythomas5299]

I remember the original walk-around videos from the last day of Rolling Acres. I kept trying to find the song that was playing and finally did. I've played the actual song, but the echo and the way the song sounds in those videos and this one not able to understand the words is how I'll always think of the song. lol. Thank you for this video! Great job!

[@dresden5646]

wait there was more than the picnic area videos for last day I can only see one reupload which is of the picnic area.

[@sears1211]

​@@dresden5646yeah this is the alt of the person who reuploaded the picnic place area footage, the rest is lost to time because for some reason the original creator privated it

[@richardespinoza2839]

@@sears1211Chromacolor originally posted it in 2008, and the only remaining clips from it are on Bright Sun Films abandoned Series

[@nolanbromley5254]

0:56 *WRAPPED UP IN MEMORIES*

[@itsautumnboyz8501]

your profile picture is great i love the rockafire explosion

[@nolanbromley5254]

@@itsautumnboyz8501 thanks! Me too as you can tell lol

[@dancetomlover99abandoned98]

@@itsautumnboyz8501 Me too

[@maxtheprotogen4328]

Perfect encapsulation of the calm before the storm. I always wanted to visit this place and walk through the halls of closed storefronts and battered displays, but oh well, guess all I can do is dream. Thank you so much for uploading. ❤️

[@michaelguernsey9685]

This Was A Nice Mall. Memories Won't Be Forgotten.

[@aleklesniaktelevision5159]

My favorite abandoned shopping mall 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭R.I.P August 6 1975- October 31 2008

[@cityhotel5959]

Im crying my tears out, this means so much to me, my family memories were lived in this mall, RIP 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🙏 They should have saved the red fountain. We start noticing the beauty when it gone, so sad, I spent my life here, Christmas, birthday's, weddings. Why is everything disappearing, 😭😭😭😭😭😭 My name is Kevin

[@thecrazycoaster6635]

I feel kinda bad for you

[@cityhotel5959]

@@thecrazycoaster6635 Thanks ☺️☺️🐾🐾 Happy holiday's

[@thecrazycoaster6635]

@@cityhotel5959 happy holidays to you to

[@cityhotel5959]

@@thecrazycoaster6635 Thanks allot, stay safe in the coronavirus times.

[@CarwashReviewsFlorida]

I feel you one hundred percent. It's sad that anything good nowadays is taken away from us, what makes us smile, laugh and now all we can do is cherish the moment of good things that are here, until it goes. Nothing lasts forever unfortunately... I know this comment was last year, I do apologize. Hope you're doing well my friend!

[@iamaverysmart8936]

This video is so surreal but cool

[@butterboiii9810]

This is awesome. Well done. 😀

[@blandmalls]

Thanks!

[@dianeadkins-diorio1783]

3:27 "...a man was electrocuted apparently trying to steal copper cable from the Rolling Acres Mall..."

[@Saul_Soto82]

I dont get it :(, can you explain please?

[@dianeadkins-diorio1783]

@@Saul_Soto82 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpvOY5iChsp6o9U

[@thecrazycoaster6635]

That's creepy as hell

[@Imanoob5721xtimes]

i heard that there was a body behind the mall

[@dianeadkins-diorio1783]

@@Imanoob5721xtimes in 2011, a few months after that idiot electrocuted himself trying to steal copper cables outside the mall, they found a body believed to be one of the victims of the infamous "CraigsList Killer"... also, in 2016, another body was found hanging from a tree behind the mall; the 2016 case was believed to be a suicide

[@rockersrobloxandmore]

Dang, this is depressing, Yet also calming.

[@retailexplorationwithdanny8070]

Sadly James Ingram died on January 29, 2019 of Brain Cancer according to google and Siri

[@sears1211]

thats really sad.

[@retailexplorationwithdanny8070]

@@sears1211 yeah, RIP

[@marigoldmusic33]

this gives me very odd deja vu though i haven't been to rolling acres ever

[@itsautumnboyz8501]

this is amazing thank you

[@carolinebilliot2298]

RIP James 😞

[@sammellow6275]

What happened to the orginal video where the guy was at the food court? Can I watch it somewhere else? Thanks for the vid though

[@Bigboybusington2988]

I can’t believe this played on the very last day which was October 31, 2008 what’s today the only Reminence of the mall that is left is the former seers building which is now recycling center and as for the rest of the property it has been completely demolished in 2016-2019 and an Amazon fulfillment center sits in his place as of 2023

[@TrustsLiars]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpvOY5iChsp6o9U That song was playing the last day the mall had power, and James Ingram is from Akron, where the mall was located.

[@YourLocalSpongeBobPopsicle]

Well done son!

[@danielwolfe4169]

It's coming for you..

[@HwoarangtheBoomerang]

Who plays music like this in a mall anyway?

[@blandmalls]

Whoever owned Rolling Acres Mall on the last day it was open

[@EMD_F59PHI]

*The Part You’re Looking For Is **0:50* *Ur Welcome UwU* *RIP Ingram And Rolling Acres*

[@daxmoney5011]

This sounds like it would be in a caretaker album

[@nixbeamish757]

0:52

[@hainescityrailfan9983]

What was the real reason that the mall closed? Also, Give likes if you love this mall

[@Imanoob5721xtimes]

probably because it went into bankruptcy or the building was too damaged but i’m not sure

[@baliebox4916]

in the early 90s there was a shooting in the theater in spring of 1991 alongside other newer malls opening in ohio which made rolling acres feel obsolete things didn't get better at the turn of the millennium as after the wall street crash following 9/11 most of the major anchor stores like macys closed or became discount centers on top of the mall being stuck in the 90s even by the 2000s (a time period when malls were being modernized (even the twin towers mall was originally meant to be renovated before 9/11 with plans to renovate it in 2003 announced a few months before 9/11) back on topic while most malls were starting to look pretty rolling acres stayed the same with its tired 90s feel on top of the upper middle class in america being low even these days (which is why these days they say that the house in the simpsons would be unaffordable to the middle class in 2021) so the mall closed in 2008 after dollar general closed and the target became a storage center and the former sears discount store became a waste facility after that teen gangs and scrappers pretty much destroyed the mall to an irreparable state and even during a snowfall in 2012 the glass roof was shot at covering the mall in snow (which is why in its later years the floors got all wet and mouldy with frogs sometimes living in the pools of water after it rains in its final days) as you may know today its an amazon fulfilment plant like most dead malls in rural areas these days

[@carolinebilliot2298]

Crime and bankruptcy

[@dianeadkins-diorio1783]

The last TWO ownership groups of this mall were bogus; the owners at the time the mall first shut down (in 2008) were backed by a Ponzi schemer; they sold the mall (two years AFTER it closed down) to Premier Ventures, who then proceeded to fight the city of Akron tooth and nail over property taxes, all while the place sat abandoned, rotting away, heavily vandalized... the city of Akron finally took possession in 2016 and began demolition