QUIET TIME : Century Old Department Store Ruins on Howard Street in Baltimore

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[@markieboy4377]

that's literally asmr and urbex combined, *_sign me up_*

[@gripplehound]

Dan, seriously, you should have a late night radio show, your voice is hypnotic 😴🌛

[@jennielauber8308]

I love old buildings and your voice is so soothing

[@MaxZomboni]

You make a good point about these being the original dead malls. First the malls killed the department stores. Then the malls died. I don't think that retail will ever comeback to what it was. It looks like that are tearing a lot of those Howard street buildings down, which is really sad. These buildings could be gutted, and turned into nice loft apartments. With the light rail tracks are right outside, it looks like it would be a really convenient place for people to live.

[@GillianCranston]

Max Zomboni That is an awesome idea!

[@therpope]

this is exactly what will happen. People want to live in old buildings again, this is a cheap lot to get I guess, so..

[@ahabtheplant]

Max Zomboni It'll never happen. It makes to much sense.

[@victoriadryere9434]

It just got even more asmr!!!

[@DanBellFilmIt]

All it took was an infection. lol.

[@victoriadryere9434]

Dan Bell / Film It Omg thanks for replying.

[@Hydrospx]

You should do a book on tape. You have the voice for it.

[@student1621]

Victoria Dryere

[@Karmy.]

Hydrospx ya

[@lesnyk255]

Dan, with that voice you could have a future as an overnight classical music host on NPR! "Next, we'll be hearing the 'Symphonie Fantastique', by Hector Berlioz..."

[@andysorensen1737]

lesnyk255 "We're in our 47th hour of our pledge drive..."

[@lesnyk255]

Andy Sorensen LOL! "Give now, and we won't interrupt our programming again - for another month"

[@Karmy.]

lesnyk255 lol

[@dennisolof9994]

Oh my, that voice. For some reason I started thinking of that Motel Room with the red heart shaped bath, with Will in it. This type of voice would have been perfect for that clip :D

[@carolinewaite7185]

Hutzler's was the last Department Store to close in that area in 1989 having been a part of the street for over 100 years, started in 1858! Indeed so were 9 other shops around Maryland. Started by the Hutzler Brothers Company. Interesting stuff Dan and Will. Very eerie but lovely at the same time. Must have been something in its day. Thank you. Hope your throat is better - I have it too.

[@lildumplin9905]

OMW you are so awesome Dan thanks for taking us through this time capsule. You get better and stay warm and safe

[@OnTheRocks71]

I too have the sinus infection/laryngitis. I sound like a late night smooth jazz radio DJ that's been smoking for 40 years.

[@timo9186]

OnTheRocks "late night smooth jazz radio dj" sounds like a dream job to me.

[@TROOPSOFODIN88]

Hi Dan your videos are great thank you for them. I might be able to say why the floors are gone I used to work removing old wood floors from vacant buildings in Gary In and the Chicago area that were built in the late 1800s and early 1900s The reason why was because people building new houses with wood floors want that wood for the fact that if you measure the old wood it's a true cut of 2 in by 4 in or 2 in by 8 in. As todays 2 x 4s and 2 x 8s measure 1 3/4 x 3 x 3/4 - 7x3/4 and is usually warped and the old wood is settled. Rick might also agree

[@Idelia412]

Howard Street in the 70's and 80's had become antique shops when I lived in the Baltimore area.

[@DanBellFilmIt]

“Antique Row” was once a really popular spot in the 60s, 70s and 80s for antique collectors with dozens of shops. Not anymore though. Only a couple of the original antique dealers remain.

[@Idelia412]

Thanks for commenting Dan. I used work up in Hunt Valley when I lived out that way and would ride the light rail into Baltimore. It would go down Howard Street and Baltimore tried to revive it but it had gone down hill before I left and that was back in 2004. By the way, I like your Dead Malls series very professionally put together and I have gotten to see alot of the malls I use to frequent when living in the Baltimore area.

[@maggotplayground]

Dan doing asmr? Your voice is amazing ❤️

[@sandycooper5025]

I'm also fascinated by history of buildings, antiques, ect. I love this stuff.

[@deinellpugs]

+Dan Bell/ Film It thank you Dan and Will. Dan, I hope you feel better soon.

[@lizstevens8659]

You have the best voice even with a sore throat . hope CNN doesn't swoop you up.Thanks for another great Vid

[@lizstevens8659]

@vinnie97 you're absolutely right CNN is the leader in fake news!

[@nichole7965]

Dan I just rode am Amtrak first class to New York, and went through Baltimore. I was thinking of your channel, and I can see why you explore- wow. Baltimore looks like all the buildings where caught on fire, trash exploded everywhere, and building are left to rot. You have plenty of buildings to explore. Biggest Fan!

[@itskristajenna]

Love this!!!! Do be careful though!

[@kathleenpatricia728]

Sore throats suck. Hope you feel better soon. 🍵 💊

[@Justin_03svt]

I found your voice to be even more relaxing in its current scratchy state

[@jacobrosenberg8423]

As a kid, I remember those department stores in the 60s and 70s and they were all gone buy the 80s. Also, they tried to open one, it was Hutzlers or Hechts at the Inner Harbor at a mall they build in the Equitable bank building that failed rather quickly in the late 70s. Retail has changed much everywhere, I buy 90% of my things except food, online. It its sad to see that Baltimore is in such decay, it was, and still such a great place. Now I live in in a place that is expected to have another 1m residents by 2040. I wish Baltimore would get its act together and turn decay into growth. Great videos guys!

[@philiater1]

I love the old store fixtures and lights.

[@m3trooper]

Seriously, my son and I started giggling when we first heard your voice. We thought you were going for the "Sunday Night's Quiet Storm" voice vibe. lol. Hope you get better soon!

[@LakeNipissing]

True. ''This is Dan Bell, your host for The _Quiet_ _Storm_ on 93.7 WBLK...''

[@brit4026]

m3trooper I thought the same thing! 😂

[@seanz6397]

Again..excellent ! Thank you. Hope you feel better soon.

[@EllicottCity1]

I rented a house on Howard near Wyman Park (close to the Paper moon, although not sure it was there yet-?) in '97-98. It was a row home obviously but beautiful. Cathedral ceilings, it still had the original hardwood floors & an enclosed "sunroom" in the front. Lots of history down there~ loved this video♡

[@DanBellFilmIt]

I used to live up that way too on Howard. 2600 block. When I was there it was a shit hole. Now it’s fancy.

[@EllicottCity1]

Dan Bell / Film It - At the time, I remember a lot of really annoying (apologies in advance to any offended alumni) Hopkins frat houses & the area was "eh". At the time I was about 22 & just excited to live in a beautiful, old place.

[@brooket3217]

Thanks Dan! Crazy day at work and listening to your raspy voice helped relax me even more than usual. I like it 😂👌 hope you feel better soon x

[@bubl8015]

Great job Dan - always love everything you do - hope your voice and throat feels better...

[@patigiddens1314]

Thanks sexy voice Dan!!!!! I love history when it comes to buildings and such. I love old Southern homes as well.😀

[@PositionLight]

I'm still stunned that the light rail line didn't cause Howard to gentrify in the 25 years since it went in. It's not like all of Baltimore is failing. There are all sorts of thriving businesses just a few blocks away, but Howard remains stubbornly destitute.

[@schneewolf1988]

I had 1 Month internet Problems and I am back I love Watch your Videos.

[@kriegrrr]

Urbex AND asmr?! This is a beautiful day my friends

[@jimterryh1983]

As always, excellent narrative and great footage. Will looks so handsome with short hair. Dan, please get well. You are the best at looking at architectural details. The tin ceiling, the light fixture.

[@digitalwerker]

No artist or song titles on the 45's? You're killing me, Smalls!!

[@TheParisArchitect]

These buildings have restored, I was the historic preservation consultant on the project.

[@anthony_leckie]

This Quiet Time series is great.

[@kitterzy]

More like "sexy voice" to me!

[@MyrianeHuard]

Kitterz ha ha!! That's what i thought too...i'm in bed and about to go to sleep, it's almost like a ASMR video to me 😅

[@suicidalclock]

Feel better Dan! Really cool location!

[@vinylbee]

Love this vid! I'm sure they took the old floors out to salvage & recycle.

[@missausten3681]

Dan,I really enjoyed all yr quiet time series .I need to join Patreon and you need to continue more quiet time series .Dead mall and quiet time series are my fav ♥️♥️♥️You series and soothing voice is medicine to my anxiety 🙏🏻🙏🏻😅♥️♥️

[@samthemultimediaman]

looks like fire damage took out the floors in those buildings. the walls look solid though some new steal floor beams and some poured cement flooring and those buildings could be habitable again.

[@justinmccowan2543]

Being able to see how the buildings were built in their dissected state with their systems exposed and the decay are what fascinated me. You can still see many details from the interiors still intact at the same time, such as the fitting rooms. How about them washing machines still in the rubble? I find these buildings ideal candidates for building models of for a model railroad, as I enjoy building miniature structures in N-scale, and my level of craftsmanship is amazing!

[@ms.hotdoglegs614]

I'm curious.... why tennis shoes? Can we get some steel toe boots?

[@josephschroeder7778]

I remember the Hutzler's department store on Howard St. My mom would take us there during the Christmas season. They had a nice display inside the store.

[@Yanchea]

ASMR N ABANDONED PLACES!!!!! WHO KNEW THESE THINGS COULD COME TOGETHER AND BOY I GOTTA SAY I AM IN LOVE!!!!!

[@stealth865]

Gritty & awesome.

[@beckylohr8988]

wow even tho the buildings are in a bad state of decay its anazing to see a vintage department stores interior and how big they were! im guessing the first store was planned to be demolished and they scrapped. flooring & fixures on the upper levels since alot of vintage stores used real wood and marble or tiles but never tore it down afterwards.

[@MrHans818]

Very sad I grew up in Mt Vernon and we did all our shopping down town. I remember when My parents and I would go to the old China Doll on Park Ave. In the day that little remote part of the city would be called China Town and would even have the Chinese New Year Parade right in through there complete with the giant dragon. We moved out of the city 9-1970 and was a part of the mass exit of the city. So sad to see what it has become. I am now 63 years old.

[@HeatherExplores19]

This is seriously cool, but I do worry for your safety. I'd be so nervous that an old wall would just collapse or falling through the floor of course. I used to live in an old town with a lot of abandoned buildings like this, and a wall just fell off onto some people walking by one day. But thank you for going to these places for those of us who are too nervous lol!

[@DanBellFilmIt]

I do think about this a lot. A building that Will and I tried to get into this day just collapsed onto Howard Street a couple of weeks ago. Abandoned buildings in Baltimore are so bad. They’re always rotted, wet and ready to cave in. I’m just obsessed with old retail though so I’ll risk death. Ha.

[@Justin_03svt]

Dan Bell / Film It 😎

[@Toonen1988]

Dan Bell / Film It wear at least a safety helmet. I understand what you said, but we want more videos to watch, so it would be bad if something happend to you. :)

[@mokster5]

I love around the five minute mark when you're panning up to show the other floors, there's a cool old door into open air off to the left on the second level. And the tin ceilings! I'm always a big fan of those. It's a bit surprising no one's stripped those for the metal (tho I'm not sure how valuable tin is compared to something like copper wiring.

[@Chloedeegerz]

these always brighten my day, ty dan :)

[@DanBellFilmIt]

Thank you, Chloe!

[@MediaWatchDawg]

You see things as they are and ask "Why?" I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not $1700 a month loft apartments?"* *Plus utilities

[@KapitalP73]

All that black, bypass piping on the ground outside is what my company makes. Kinda cool to see that.

[@rebeccagibson3366]

Scratchy throat!! Please Dan! Nooo we've lost way too many legends this year! Please don't go!!

[@summerasmr8594]

Informative and relaxing 👍👌 love your videos so much, they are just so interesting.

[@joewood9307]

this is a perfect Sunday night vid, nice and relaxing before going back to the 9-5 grind.

[@sylvia2553]

this video reminds me of the time I worked in a department store quite a few years back, it had wonderful fittings and fixtures and very strick rules,but I loved every second of my time there,they knocked the whole place down and built a police station in its place,by doing so a lot of people lost their employment ,and the heart had been ripped from the once bustling town,thank you Dan for the trip back in time ,and best thing for a sore throat, a good brand of Honey ,

[@kellireeves4527]

It's ok Dan,that alley way made me wanna clear my throat too.The narrowness made it even creepier! Trippy old door there...

[@teresaneff8454]

I hope you are feeling better soon.

[@AbandonedExplorationUrbex1979]

I'm very interested in these types of old stores.

[@jordandurham8951]

Id imagine that the floor boards of property #1 were sold as architectural salvage.

[@ms.hotdoglegs614]

GORGI's World I was thinking the same or to prevent unwanted guests from living there.

[@colleenbeach9466]

You are so good. I used to shop on Howard street with my grandmother in the 60s and early 70s. Such a shame to see this. We would go to Hutzlers and Stewart’s.

[@MidagedgamerBlogspotter]

Low voice was very "Inside the Actor's Studio with James Lipton" :p

[@brit4026]

You could totally host a "quiet storm" radio segment with that voice 😂. Get well soon man.

[@bridgetroll9]

There used to be windows in the china doll alley. It looks like they were bricked up for some reason.

[@luissdstuff6381]

It would be great to see photos when the place was grand! And to see it's fall, is kind of sad. But that's time and changing tastes.

[@socalgal714]

I love the Quiet Time vids!

[@ScammerStudio]

Those drums look amazing! They're too good to be laying around!

[@candysantillo3325]

Really,really interesting.I almost started giggling when you first started to talk then felt guilty when you said that your throats was scratchy then YOU laughed.

[@missaustenfloatingonbliss1846]

You have the ability to soothe people with your voice .Thank you for your content ❤️.From floatingonbliss (Yr IG follower) I love QuietTime❤️❤️and Dead mall series ,🥰

[@2utoday]

I just saw this awesome video! Keep up the great work, Dan. You are giving us a look at places that should of been demolished a long time ago. Wow!

[@KoubuPilot]

Funny how the old Downtown Phoenix JC Penney and Korrick's department stores are still standing, but I think they're still used as office buildings to this day.

[@Stormx2233]

Adding the wind SF in the background is really distracting from visual effect of the decay around you Dan. But its nice to see a vid like this instead of the hotel ones you have been pumping out as of late.

[@Cherokeldylvsbrk]

Get to feeling better Dan.. another great video!

[@carolinewaite7185]

Would love to see more on Howard Street in videos please if you do more. x

[@cmmorris1969]

Love your hair Will!

[@watkinscopicat]

love the quiet time vids dan!!

[@fudk_off1312]

I just ate a big ass meal, your damn right im gonna fall asleep to dan's voice

[@user-rx9km4zp4c]

Class!👍

[@VeXis101]

The original malls before malls. I never thought about it like that but when you do it makes it even more interesting. It's like you can feel the history. Heh dead mall spinoff... dead strip malls!

[@sarahkelly5254]

Very interesting! Hope you feel better soon!

[@jerryskeepero]

Love these videos Dan

[@johngage1397]

My that wind is eerie and creepy .

[@ItsaRomethingeveryday]

Just subbd, Boogie the Mann sent me!!, Great video Series

[@jolie72046]

Gargle with hot whisky. Great vid.

[@internetkumquat4542]

Great content as always, I could recall when you still had 19 subs (I was the 19th sub), anyhow happy Sunday, happy 186,000 on the main channel and overall keep the livelyhood of exploration going :).

[@LikaLaruku]

5:28, woah, I have the same filing cabinet in my office. Definitely 70s or 80s.

[@MrDan708]

You're braver than I am, sir. I'd be afraid of the remains of that place falling in on me!

[@sagehasatarantula2749]

Another great video

[@ladylakemusic5958]

Hi Dan I used to go the the China Doll with my mom in the 70s 😊🙋

[@five5x]

Oh, Dan, you sound so hot. lol

[@yaleah]

Hope you feel better soon...you do have a lovely deep voice though. ;)

[@LakeNipissing]

It was really nice to see this without tons of graffiti, and deliberate vandalism. Looks like the place just naturally decayed after being abandoned. When would you estimate these shops on Howard Street were last open for business?

[@Karmy.]

LakeNipissing yq

[@espritfleck2623]

hope you feel better soon bud!

[@bethdk7328]

Will got a haircut! Looking good!

[@VinylToVideo]

Would be cool to buy and fix this first building up and attempt to put up a modern department store selling *top quality* North American, European, and Asian made goods as well as having a caring staff paid a living wage just like in the old days. Would be an interesting albeit expensive experiment. Perhaps the flooring was taken out with the intentions to do this or it is still owned by someone who cared enough about the place to clean up after the place collapsed. The little bit of original frame is all that is holding the building up! Needs A LOT of attention but is worth rebuilding for historical purposes alone over making a modern monstrosity from scratch. It will take small steps like this to bring this neighborhood back. Once one person does it others will follow; the first being the luckiest with the best choices in real estate! I just wish I had the money to do it myself.

[@jujybaby2416]

Hello Dan! You should definitely consider taking a trip to Salvation Mountain! It's in California, so that may be a setback, but I think you'd really like going there.

[@SeanBlazze]

get ready for the quiet storm on WHUR FM now with Dan Bell lol

[@skittlefog722]

so creepy.. love this building!

[@naughtyrat]

Nice !