Fairgrounds Square Mall | Dead Mall (Recently Abandoned) | ExLog 41

[@justinmorrison321]

That guy is like the terminator of mall walkers. It can't be reasoned with, it can't be bargained with. It doesn't feel pity or remorse or fear...and it absolutely will not stop. Ever. Until this mall is dead.

[@Blackwolffe097]

Thats awesome You just made my day. Also I wonder if the mall they used for the second Terminator is still open.

[@justinmorrison321]

@@Blackwolffe097 You are so welcome! I wonder about that mall too.

[@Jonathan-fj4bc]

😂😂😂

[@georgegriviski3288]

LOL

[@295g295]

10:38 mallk-walking man

[@BDBD16]

"Intense mall walker" That is the most polite term for a tweaker i've ever heard.

[@Mishmicks1]

BDBD16 lol I just saw this comment

[@robj8862]

Maybe hes not a tweaker asshole,maybe hes mallwalking some people exercize you r probably a fatass.

[@cookieskoon]

@@robj8862 Planes often fly low for you?

[@sailorsenshi4504]

I see him at the Berkshire Mall now!

[@katzfam1089]

Its haunting seeing a mall go from 95% occupancy to 5% to 0%.

[@sal]

It breaks my heart

[@katzfam1089]

@@sal we dont have to many dead malls in Canada. They are sparsely spread out and well maintained. We have one mall closure on Toronto and thats it. There isnt enough dead malls here to even think about starting a channel.

[@katzfam1089]

@@sal Maybe I should start a live mall series lol

[@brandonhickman428]

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🦉🦉

[@JJ-wk5wy]

@@katzfam1089 you are right. I'm from Ottawa, we still have 3 major malls that are still going strong. There aren't as many major malls here, as there are in the States. Probably why they don't go dead.

[@NixiePixel]

The antidote for Amazon package "Same Day" delivery poison is The Greenery at Boscovs. Iconic.

[@joelles]

seeing that boscovs really unlocked some memories in my childhood

[@sal]

Glad I could do that for you! Make sure to sub and get ready for some awesome new content….

[@DoomieGruntVentures]

That mall walker looks like he's just gonna walk right over top of you and keep on going if you get in his way.

[@lanerocha8180]

Doomie Grunt - Dead Malls & Derelict Digs bruh it’s been so long since i laughed out loud at something i saw on the internet. top notch

[@joeblowe7446]

Imagine what that Mall walker could accomplish if he put the same effort and determination into finding some employment , as he does Mall walking .

[@drkRoss89]

That mall walker is the John Wick of mall walkers. A man of focus. Commitment. Sheer will. Something we know very little about.

[@stevenlaput9496]

the Adjudicator.......absolutely relentless

[@jordana4910]

I love the use of old commercials and vaporwave in your videos. It's so well done!

[@susanhudek2458]

Never in a million years would I have thought this type of video to be of interest to me. Boy, was I wrong! Have a lot to catch up on. Thanks for enriching my viewing on YT!

[@sal]

Thanks for watching, Susan!

[@martiansurgery]

ironically, malls dont have happy endings whenever massage parlors move in

[@Sarah_Gravydog316]

lollll

[@robertobrien7102]

Never really thought about it like that but you’re kinda right

[@tonystark341]

😂

[@candyb2625]

I get my best messsages at the mall

[@kameronarian5537]

Sorry to be so off topic but does someone know of a way to get back into an Instagram account..? I stupidly lost my login password. I would love any tricks you can give me!

[@Decade8Media]

The Boscov's Restaurant looks amazing. It took me back to eating at the restaurants in Woolworth's, Sears, Woodward's, Hudsons Bay, etc. as a kid in the '80s. It seems they all had the kind of burger you can't get anywhere now. Thanks for more quality content Sal.

[@kylecartieri8409]

This mall opened when I was a kid. It was so big and modern and awe-inspiring in its day. By the early 2000s it was already in its decline.

[@murp61]

"Mall Walkers" would be a good title for a scary movie.

[@WouldntULikeToKnow.]

Aren't they zombies that are trapped in a mall?

[@YayAkiba]

The main characters hide in an Amazon locker.

[@mysock351C]

That Boscov's restaurant is the shit! Takes me back to when the department stores all had dinettes and restaurants in them.

[@miznic]

My boyfriend and I had our first movie date at Fairgrounds Square in 2002. He's now my husband - and living in PA seems like such a lifetime ago. Going through your PA videos has been one heck of a walk down memory lane. There's a part of me that wonders how Berkshire Mall and others (Lehigh Valley, K of P) have fared in the digital age, but I'm not sure that I want to find out. If and when I'm curious enough, it will be your videos I look to for those answers. Stay awesome. :)

[@robjohnson8861]

What was the movie? When did he kiss you? When....

[@jeee1074]

Man that burger looks awesome. Boscov's is a rare department store in the USA these days. The charm of the store designs with the mirrors, neon, and fancy lighting is so much better than the bland boxes everywhere else. Great video Sal!

[@janetfoster7174]

Great video! That mallwalker looks like that fake old guy in the 6 Flags commercials.. The Venga Boys are Coming...

[@Menaceblue3]

Thought it was slenderman! 😥😨😱

[@Strongbah43]

I appreciate his dedication, I bet he would do well at Naruto running toward Area 51.

[@steadyc9277]

OMG he DOES!

[@Chris-by1su]

Damnit now I have that song stuck in my head from that commercial

[@katieschaeffer561]

This was the mall I grew up going to. Sooooo many memories in that mall!

[@antoniohidalgo4943]

if an adidas outlet were to open id never go

[@antoniohidalgo4943]

just kidding id go

[@HillbillyReptiles]

It was tragic when the race track was sold off. It has been said that security guards at the mall would sometimes hear the roar of the engines after hours. Berkshire Mall in Wyomissing lost the Sears last year.....

[@craiggillett5985]

As a mall child of the 80s I really enjoyed the boscovs segment. The neon, mirror everything, took me back to my teenage years. Brilliant. I believe these documentaries are recording a life style that in the very near future will have disappeared. It’s very cool work you are doing

[@bl3005]

I remember my mom taking my shopping for my clothes on the girls’ section with the same neon signs. Then I remember my sister taking my niece there for clothes when she was a kid. And I’ve bought my daughters stuff there. Those neon signs and the ceiling mirrors are burned into my memory.

[@cxcountry09]

Went there last when Bath and Body Works closed. Took photos since I went there when I was younger a lot. I loved the neon when it was functional.

[@stevexray6253]

That burger looked great and a beer would have complimented it. It's good to see the mall walker. There's too many people in Walmart to walk like that. 👍😆

[@MrKillswitch88]

My guess that they are even keeping most of the malls up is in hopes of selling them off to monopolies like amazon or off to some developer for the land to get turned into either a distribution center or overpriced housing.

[@Acemans]

I heard they want to convert the place in this video into an outdoor outlet, similar to the one near Philly.

[@Stafernisy]

No dead mall is complete without a carnival. I found your videos after watching stranger things season 3 because of the starcourt mall which resparked my interest for “some reason” lol. Idk why but the 80s aesthetics and just the idea of our economy fueling such growth gives me this weird nostalgic feeling. Its like all the early malls are dying and just are husks of our culture, all from the same era, but then again most malls are from a particular growth boom. Its Just such an interesting but sad topic to think about, it’s all going to disappear due to amazon and our new sentiments. Almost makes me sick to think I haven’t stepped foot in a mall in YEARS. I loved your greenspoint mall video because I live in houston and watched all that unfold. Edit: It’s the neon. Got to be the neon.

[@animeshock2006]

Part of its remediation if there older malls with asbestos etc and demolishing can be costly too

[@wolftickets1969]

The long-defunct Seattle area department store chains Frederick & Nelson (liquidated in 1991) and The Bon Marche(bought up by Macy's in the late '90s/early 2000s) both had in-store restaurants similar to Boskov's Greenery as well as candy counters.

[@CJ-rf9jm]

Many department stores in Canada had them as well, Zellers was the last to have them in the 2000's some right up until their acquisition by Target which bolloxed the whole operation.

[@monkeywkeys3916]

Yes, the old store models have some of the best features!

[@mikeb8674]

Many department stores had lunch counters. There was one in the Woolworth's, one in the Times Square Stores where I grew up on Long Island, and I've seen the remnants of closed lunch counters in others. This video is the first time I've seen an entire food court walled off, however. EDIT - oh, of course. They still have cafeteria in Ikea's.

[@breezykit]

The Boscov's in the Moorestown Mall in NJ used to have this same style (minus The Greenery) until they "renovated" it last year to be a super bland and generic store. It too had the weird Auditorium turned liquidation center. I was so sad when I walked in and saw what they had done to it. Great video as always, Sal!

[@thinkcreative1068]

Great job documenting this mall. I enjoy your narration and history of the mall throughout the video, you pace it out well.

[@jasoncarskadon6809]

Sal, I love that boscovs. It is so vintage and that burger look really good. That vintage taco menu was cool too. I seen the mallwaker 9 times, but he looks kind of angry so be careful sal. Lol

[@scottr3484]

It was a melt, that IS NOT a burger

[@sal]

Felt pretty burgerlike in my mouth

[@adv112]

I used to work at the LLancasterBoscovs. They've since turned the greenery into their bargain area but I used to go to the greenery for my break many times a week. I was actually just thinking about this the other day and wondering if any were still open.

[@B_Y22]

When I was a kid I would mostly go to the Cressona, Fairlane Village and Schuylkill Malls, but when I got to go to Fairgrounds Square and Berkshire Mall it was a real treat. I bought my first pair of Air Jordans there and the Taco Casa made me sick.

[@blackflyingfox3365]

20:39 I lost count of how many times I've eaten at this place and ordered Salisbury steak back in 1998/1999.

[@stansvoices]

Nothing to do The abandonment Is all around Lack of fulfillment Wasted ground Echoes of happiness Were all to blasphemous Sadly My heyday Has just gone away Empty halls With Blistered walls No more commerce For our dead malls

[@martinbuinicki1056]

It's a snowy and cold Sunday afternoon. Where is a better place to spend some time than a bight and airy indoor mall? I miss them.

[@lifewithtodd7870]

I had that Boscovs burger when I stopped at the Fairlane Village Mall in Pottsville PA, and you are so right, soooo good. I wish every Boscovs had them

[@mazzycollins9856]

Man what a year that was. It's been a long time since I've seen an actual gift wrap counter open for service, much less a department store with an eatery inside. Now I want a burger, thanks a lot. Another great production, Sal. Thanks again for the journey. Subbed your other channel too.

[@Mark-xh9ne]

Sal, you are becoming a maestro of dead mall documentation! In particular the histories and political information are well presented. I believe this production is your best yet!

[@MuneageDaydream]

This is what’s missing from my life; department store restaurants. Our 1972 original JCPenny had one years ago; the store is still open but the restaurant is long gone. My grandfather used to take me to the lunch counter in Woolworth’s too.

[@72polara]

When I was a kid it was always a big deal to eat at the lunch counter in a store. I remember eating at Woolworth, K-Mart, and Emporium-Capwell. Back in the days before food courts.

[@JoseHernandez-iq3fs]

It's heartbreaking to hear of once thriving malls shutting down because of Internet sites taking over and ordering online is slot simpler than making a trip out to your favorite stores. When I was fresh out of high school I used to love going to the mall for meeting beautiful women and making a trip to music stores for CD's.

[@DoomieGruntVentures]

Boscov's makes any mall trip worthwhile. Even if the mall is closed & you can't get in.

[@wadezombie]

The mall Walker is pretty much the crazy part of Reading in a nutshell lmao. Probably still walking as I type this.

[@hspangler21]

I went to Alvernia University, and as I consider Reading, PA my home away from home, I couldn't agree more. Haha

[@freddyburger5574]

Another amazing Expedition Log, Sal! Thank you for doing this mall right, as you always do. I grew up not far from Reading, and in my childhood the Fairgrounds Square Mall was a bright place bustling with shoppers. I moved away from Pennsylvania in 1999 and last shopped at the Fairgrounds Square Mall while visiting family in the summer of 2002. In all of my memories of it, this mall was full of color, light, music and vitality, which gave the place a feel of permanence in my mind's eye. To see it so empty just 17 years later is truly surreal...

[@hanksr]

My vote is for Pretzel Dogs. Buttery doughy goodness.

[@sprkl5d]

What is wrong with people!? What kind of idiots would give this great video a thumbs down? Thanks for all the work you put into your Mall videos. You do a great job. I really enjoy them all.

[@KPalm603]

Just found your channel and have been working my way thru your awesome videos! Your commentary is really informative and well constructed....plus your voice is really soothing!

[@sal]

Thank you! Working on the next episode at the moment, stay tuned :)

[@DaveGreg100]

Watched several of your videos last night and subscribed. There are significant differences in your dead mall features as opposed to others, though that isn't meant as snark against others who do the same thing. Your videos have context, timelines, financial details, their own story, rather than just being documents of devastation and failure. Others I have watched don't attempt to explain "why?". I have to say, though, that Fairgrounds Square is one of the dreariest, ugliest malls I have ever seen featured. Not even filled with shops and customers would that be an appealing shopping environment. Thanks for your efforts. You have a style and a way of telling a story that's very effective.

[@sal]

Thank you so much! Lots more on the way :)

[@DaveGreg100]

@@sal Excellent. Lived in Chambersburg PA as a kid and ate that one up

[@ItsJustZark]

The exit/entrance next to the movie theater for years, I'm talking till around 2009, there was a mural style advertisement for Mario Kart on Gamecube... just to give you non locals of how dated the mall became. It eventually got associated with gangs and such so crowds dwindled as well.

[@sal]

That’s incredible

[@sinthetikterror4944]

I think one big contributor for the demise of the indoor shopping mall is the ease of online transactions without having to leave your home. As a teenager in the 90s, going to the mall seemed like a real treat, since some of the stores present there you couldn't visit anywhere else. Another major drawing point for me was also the arcade, which met a decline due to advancements in high definition TVs and more complex gaming systems. I could see a possible resurgence of malls if they devised a formula to provide services that were not found elsewhere so easily. This could prove challenging in our recent times.

[@kimt4870]

I’m a few years late watching this, but I really enjoyed it. I became a Sal subscriber, about 4 or 5 months ago. You do excellent work, and I have enjoyed every one I’ve seen. Thanks for making time to make these videos!

[@scottlillis4849]

This mall walker also goes to the Berkshire Mall. Last time I was there I saw him walking very fast. I worked at this restaurant for a few months back in 89.

[@harryprice208]

28:22 - Golden Eagle Comics at their 2nd location / 1st was in the beginning, before the tobacco store, and if I'm remembering correctly, Timeout (arcade) was in the first spot on the left at the same entrance.

[@wizpin]

wow, I love that 80s style mall, reminds me of the mall in my town in the 80's, but that was already demolished in 99

[@azelheidrruth1661]

..rumor has it, he's *still* walking laps..

[@vinto34]

But in a different direction.

[@super256colors2]

Was watching on the smart tv and had to come here to say that that intro music absolutely SLAPPED

[@refinemelikesilver]

I really like that you included the burger, fun addition to the video. When i watch dead mall vids i often wish that the person would try the food of the one open restaurant lol

[@trams66]

Great video as always!! It was nice to hear you shout out to Ace’s adventures as his last video forest fair village mall was amazing👋👋 keep them coming Sal👍👍

[@larskgren]

How can you have only 30K subs? Great narrative and so on. Thanks for all the good work!

[@sal]

Thanks Lars! Make sure to share my work over social media to get the word out!

[@madamhummingbird]

I'm pleased to report I'm finally up to date with all your recent video content, Sal. As always the content was entertaining and informative. My favorite out of all the recent uploads is the Burington Mall footage for the obvious reasons. Well done 🙌 Enjoy your Sunday.

[@sal]

Thank you Madam!!!! More coming soon...as you know I’ve been horribly busy...but ExLog 42 is coming :)

[@jasonjones2590]

Some reasons it takes longer to demolish is asbestos and lead test and containment in older buildings. time to separate materials for salvage and proper disposal.

[@superray21]

This was dope! The Boscov’s burger segment brought back memories of eating at the Broadway Cafe in the Broadway department store.

[@richierudd]

You always give a great backstory to the places and other information. I like that you visit Dead Malls that are still open; seeing malls and other places that are just destroyed by vandals just gets you disgusted. It's interesting to see and imagine how it once was; just looking at broken debris everywhere is just repetitive and boring.

[@lindajordan7712]

Great video! One could play a drinking game with that mall walker, probably couldn't get to the end of the video before one passed out!

[@erichicks2978]

What you are eating is a patty melt and they can be bought almost anywhere. Steak & Shake has great ones.

[@onyx8231]

😳 I had no idea how much I've missed those neon accents until I saw this. That's amazing!

[@chrispa9573]

I thought it was closed. How did you get it in there ? That mall walker was in dan bells video too

[@ShizeiTigras]

Which video?

[@sal]

It was open to the public when I went, as evidence shows with the open businesses and walkers. It closed days after my visit.

[@ve2vfd]

Maybe that mall walker is eternally stuck in that mall, like a bad Twilight Zone episode.

[@tod3msn]

I recall this being a bustling Mall into the 90's. It was on the outskirts of Reading a little off of Route 61. I traveled in that area a lot on my job and was at this Mall many times to grab a bite. Nice place and busy. And this was in the 90's and early 2000's. Hard to believe it has some focused solo mall walker and that's about it. As you said it though the Mall expanded and it would seem that it got expanded beyond it's reach. Got too big.

[@stanschollenberger1957]

The Fairground Mall pushed out one of the greatest Half mile dirt tracks ever. Many big names in racing visited the Fairgrounds. Many fans of the race track hated that Mall. Good riddance to the Fairgrounds Mall. Greed never wins, long Live the Reading Stock Car Association and it's memories.

[@VonChoker]

that burger looks similar to what we have in Australia, known as a Steak Sandwich. Which is a thin piece of steak instead of a burger patty but otherwise looks pretty similar to this meal. They're available over here at almost every Pub / Bar

[@f15teenyears]

It's settled - I am going to come down from Canada SPECIFICALLY to see the Boscovs. It's like Sears (I have no clue what Boscovs is to be honest, I've heard it mentioned before in other dead mall videos but that's it) but cooler and the sheer retroness of this one is killing me! I LOVE IT! Thanks for showing this!

[@huntersun9]

What a wonderful, if sad, video. I worked at Waldenbooks for 12 years, manager for 9. When I started there, the mall was not light and bright; the floors were an awful dried-blood color, making it dark and drab. The renovation was wonderful and we were hopeful. So many memories here... I got lunch or dinner at that Taco Casa many times and bought snacks at Your Bet, shopped at Boscov's for my clothes almost exclusively (still true), went to movies there, loved a little gift shop called Scribbles, and walked down to that management office to raise concerns about occupancy. Most of all, I loved the Waldenbooks and the wonderful people I worked with. It could be a drag, like any job, but we shared a lot of laughs too. When I saw the demolition, I got choked up. The space where we received and stocked books and talked with customers no longer exists and It's a strange feeling. I truly appreciate your taking the time to make this film. I will watch it again.

[@mstiefan6996]

I swear that mallwalker should have had a theme song playing as he walked along. Also...12:20 that X-Men cartoon theme. XD

[@SithLordAnakin]

You mean Whitney Houston's "Im your Baby Tonight" Lol

[@moonpatrol9717]

That mall walker has "Gonna fly now" playing over & over in his head.

[@fordprefect80]

I've noticed most of these malls you visit don't have automatic entry doors. I can't remember ever seeing manual entry doors around my way in Australia and I'm 48 years old.

[@tiffanystephens3460]

Hi Sal, this was a great video you have kept me so enthralled with these videos that I can't stop watching and listening to that golden voice that describes the history of these places makes me wanna binge watch (but I'm at work 🙊)I wanna say more but I'll catch you in the next video.👋

[@sal]

Thank you so much!!!

[@Laras_Infinite_Playlist]

Thank you for bring ASMR into Dead Malls. The pillow and the burger crunch. ☺️

[@I_Drank_WHAT_TTV]

That mall walker looks like he used to fit that enormous shirt...that cat was MOVIN! I counted at least 10 maaaaaaybe 11 times? (I counted the reflection too LOL) But MAN did that burger sound good! I need to kick keto for a day JUST for that burger! LOL

[@KayKay0813]

Love lemonade and love unsweetened iced tea. Never had them together, but maybe I'll try it.

[@lowbar77]

Loved this video as it reminded me of a store we used to have here in Mankato, MN called Bretts. It was around when we moved to Mankato in the late 1970's. By the early 2000's it was all but gone. The Brett Family was an influential name in the area. The store was very much like the Boscov's in your video. They had 4 floors of department type store and even a cafe in the basement very much resembling the one in this video. Unfortunately, The main buildings for that store, that were part of the downtown Mankato Place Mall, have been torn down. Only a single multistory building remains in use today. Watching your video really brought back memories of shopping in department stores with multiple stores, having an inventory on hand with almost everything you needed. It is really a bygone era. Anyways, great job and thanks for doing quality work.

[@30roundz]

Splended Sal! Your vids are the absolute hallmark of dead mall content 👌

[@thepoweroftruth3624]

I've come to the conclusion, after watching alot of your videos, that these malls meet their end due to one basic thing.......greed. The developers are never happy with the original size. They get so greedy that they feel they have to expand.

[@rcwpromotions]

This Mall was destroyed & now a vacant lot. Boscov is the only one that is there. Burlington moved across the highway. Sad to see that mall not there anymore. It was a childhood hangout for me thats now gone

[@butcharmstrong9645]

The very first thing I noticed was the size of the trees in this mall! The mall is dead but the enormous trees are thriving and beautiful.

[@GleasonB]

Its mind numbing to me a 2000 sq ft house in CA can cost over 1 million dollars, and they were able to buy a 725,000 square foot commercial structure with a ton of land for the same price....

[@ffddbp11]

The astronomical housing costs are just one piece of the puzzle as to why no one can afford to shop at the malls anymore.

[@robjohnson8861]

well, not quite. $1 then is $3.36 now.

[@RedShadowKick]

What a beautiful burger! That restaurant just seemed so pleasant. I definitely gathered the Andy Griffith vibes as well.

[@thepartyexpressdjs]

Just drove past it ten minutes ago!

[@harryprice208]

20:54 - Those giant kitchen things have been there since at least the mid-90's when my parents used to take me to the mall, and my mom would get me a giant chocolate chip cookie and milk. Such great memories. I'm just sad the mall was demolished.

[@Jim_Norcross]

I'm not going to try to change your mind, per se...just offer an alternative opinion: in the days of the Hills snack bar, having that pretzel with a Coke Icee was amazing!!!!

[@sal]

Omg coke Icee!!! I love this.

[@gordontheengineswifedr.nirmal]

Coke icee the size of a boat :)

[@Berkstechnology]

Watching this brings back so many memories. During the 80's and most of the 90's this mall was the place to be. Prior to the renovation in the mid 90's, this mall had very beautiful fountains at Boscov's and JC Penny and the center court was a grand fountain that shot 50 plus feet high which is why the skylights are higher in that area. During it's peek there were a plethora of eateries including Burger King, Chick Fil A, Arby's Taco Casa, York Steakhouse, and Your Place Restaurant (used to hang out there for a beer and pizza after bowling) where the tanning salon is now on your video. The original Time Out Arcade was were the movie theater expanded to as the theater used to be much smaller and that Arcade was huge even for its heyday in the 80's. That Golden Eagle used to be a Record Town. That store was literally the original design from the mall's opening and never changed despite different occupants using that space through the years after The Wall and Record Town merged in the late 90's to form FYE. Muhlenberg Township where this mall used to be during the 80's and 90's was a blue collar/white collar suburb with the major employers being Empire Steel, Carpenter, and Dana Corporation. The demographic at the time was mainly 75% middle class and 25% upper middle class. When I graduated from Muhlenberg High School in 1996, it was the same time those demographics began to change. Crime started to come to the mall and to Muhlenberg Township. Empire Steel went under, Carpenter was constricting and Dana Corporation was dying a slow painful death where they closed that plant by late 2001. When all of those jobs went away, Muhlenberg Township's demographic started to change with more people near or below the poverty level and as a result the stores in the mall closed as their client base was no longer compatible with what that demographic could afford at the same time Muhlenberg Township and The School Board kept increasing property taxes year after year after year. From there people in The City of Reading began to move into the township and the mall became a crime magnet and just folded up like a tent. I left the area in the early 2000's, but still get out there from time to time to tend to my grandparents grave site out there and driving through that area today is not the same anymore. That community I once knew where you could hang out and always have something to do was long gone. One thing I have discovered in studying dead malls is that, these malls tend to die when the average median income in that area falls below 50K per year for a family. At that point the cost of leasing space in a mall and being able to turn a profit is next to impossible.

[@mooglegiant]

in case no one else remembers phar-mor... think like a walgreens/cvs in size and products, but operates more like a costco, where you'd typically buy things in bulk/private labels. great concept and only failed because of massive embezzlement

[@leev2463]

mooglegiant yes I remember the phar-mor back in the mid 80’s, my mom got nearly everything there!

[@gordontheengineswifedr.nirmal]

I remember phar-mor! Wondered what happened there! Used to get these Betty Crocker snack packs with a kool aid thing, fruit roll up n these awesome granola n chocolate cookie bit things.

[@crowmigration8245]

My Boscov's got rid of the candy counter a long time ago. This was a time warp. 88mph.

[@RangerRickTV]

5:15 MF looks determined AF.

[@tammyferguson2707]

Wow that store had an old fashion candy counter . Years ago J C Penney had a candy counter like that. Would love the go there !!!! That burger looked yummy.

[@patchesmalonescolorfulthin9313]

When I was super young I'd have dreams of being in big huge empty rooms,these videos really hit me right there on that nerve...captivating to say the least.

[@BoxInACorner]

Sal and Nightwing at it again. Hope you're doing well over there brother.

[@ichhasseamerika]

Love the animal dude Interlude, so cute, thanks. made the video

[@deandanielson8074]

Sal, once again an excellent presentation with compelling videos. The narrative adds much to the sad story of changing times. Dean from Minnesota

[@Phriendship]

28:13 that guy's like HOLD UP

[@jdriley1964yahoo]

Love your videos. It's sad to hear about what looks like a perfectly good building being torn down. With online industries becoming more and more the preferred option of the public, seems like we are becoming a society of hermits. I hope we never get to the total point of never having to leave our homes to do anything. We work from home, shop from home, we've put in home movie theaters for entertainment. This such a sad thing to see.

[@alfredritcher]

Boscoves reminds me so much of the jj.newberies they always had a food counter and a discount section .i cant believe the number of stores ,car dealers,malls that have closed

[@gabrieltalaricomusic]

I used to go to the theater that was connected. The first time I went into that mall I never have seen such emptiness until that moment

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Way behind on vids... having a Sal binge right now! That burger looks very good- I need to get back to PA and have one. Best burger I had in recent memory was in this restaurant in Downtown Toronto,. So juicy, with the right amount of blue cheese (which I don’t always put on a burger).