*Permanently Closed* Harrisburg Mall - VINTAGE 70s DEAD MALL

Closed on January 31, 2024, Harrisburg Mall had a long history of robberies, riots, nuclear accidents, abandoned renovations, and even caves discovered beneath it. Take a final walkthrough with us as we cover the entire history and dig up rare vintage photographs and video.
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[@stashmerkin9576]

I worked there during the 80s. Thanks for covering this!

[@jordynburton6056]

So cool to be able to show this to my grandma, who went here a lot. Thank you

[@pmcpmc8005]

My Mom worked at Buster Browns in the 80s then at JC Penny. We also use to eat at The Patio Restaurant in the Hess's department store. They had gigantic food protons there.

[@CoolCatProductions-365]

Nice video man! I’m really upset I never got to see this place in person but this video at least provides a look at this beautiful gem. Thank you for documenting.

[@hattiem.7966]

I've been to this city twice and never saw the mall.😢

[@karenstoddard8278]

Great job on the video. Interesting mall-looked to be in good shape at the time it was closing. Similar layout of the local mall in my hometown.

[@opaqueentity]

Very interesting and well presented :)

[@hattiem.7966]

It's always the crimes that kill malls then people stay away.I have this in my city at one mall and it was built 25 years ago and still is nice.A third of the stores are empty inside and almost all of the shops outside are,that's about 20 businesses.

[@anadthebarbarian]

I went to that SW convention in '97! Tempus fugit

[@trainnerd3029]

Balls were such a big thing and fun thing while growing up! Another social event, stripped from generations to come…

[@razy7609]

ha

[@OL-Tom]

My buddies car is in one your pictures. He worked there for years until they closed

[@juniorr2646]

Reminds me of Metrocenter mall in Phoenix AZ, that opened in 1973 and closed in 2022

[@jester1cp]

April 19th Penn live has an article and pictures of demo.

[@ChristianWatson]

The research you did for this was amazing! How'd you find all this information? Google doesn't turn up a lot of the things you cited in the video. Curious to learn so I can do more research on the topic.

[@RuinRoad]

Newspapers.com is the best investment I've made

[@arturocuizon69]

What a shame I was just there last year and now it just closed down and it's going to be demolished. It's a good thing I did cause now I have something to remember it by since I took a lot of pictures when I was there. Very nice mall so sad to see it go.

[@fayecox9401]

Such a shame all your malls close and lay empty they could be used for shelter the homeless mind you lot shops seem to be closing in uk

[@4got102c]

Bummer. Blame online shopping. Weird to think how computers have impacted our lives. Oh, well, that's life.

[@hattiem.7966]

Walmart started it all.

[@MrAnonymous389]

0:39 is that Elon musk

[@robertmiller2104]

How long ago was this filmed?

[@hattiem.7966]

Go to the top of the posts or right under the video pix.

[@GeeEm1313]

Having four malls in the area: war of attrition