THE ORCHARDS MALL - BENTON HARBOR MICHIGAN - SEAGULL INFESTED DEAD MALL

[@kishaward1992]

This is so sad this was my 90’s hangout spot. When it had Spencer’s, game rooms and good food. I heard there is a plan in place to bring it back to life. Such a sad story!

[@kculbert7789]

Thanks Amazon!

[@edwinearl4584]

I opened the Radio Shack store next to Sears as manager in 1981. My father worked at Sears. I would grab him for a burger 🍔 in the food court once a week or so. Those were the days. So many memories. My uncles were the contractors for the concrete foundation for the mall’s construction. This is as sad as anything I have ever seen. So vibrant in the early 80’s. There has to be a purpose for these malls now. They should not be cast off as uninhabitable. This is fixable. Where is the will?

[@jilliangrannon1939]

The whole town is fixable. I'm looking to move there. Hoping for it to get better.

[@rustyshackleford6637]

You can't fix everything

[@chevy266nova]

I worked for SEARS also. I miss that store.

[@lauraball9789]

"A flock of seagulls" (literally) really adds to the mall era aesthetic...

[@OriginalNethead]

And I ran??? I ran so far away... couldn't get away! (but he did escape un-pooped on, although odds are his car didn't)

[@rkworth1]

Sad to see all of this stuff. I managed the Radio Shack in the early 1990s (where Slackers is) - and it was amazing how busy it was. Those were the days.

[@bnelooks3767]

Yes they were

[@JelaniWood]

I worked at that Radio Shack very briefly also in the late 90's.

[@RelicsofRetail]

The combination of sounds make the mall sound like a horror movie. I loved the archival photos in the beginning. Great video!

[@maddiAlice7094]

In the 90's this was a fun place to be. My cousin's and I ALWAYS wanted to be there. Nothing was better than grabbing a new outfit, quick photobooth sticker photo and going out to Ramona's to skate!

[@ZachSmithMusic93]

I've lived in this area my entire life. I can remember in the mid/late 90's going there and it just being a huge bustling place with tons of people, food, shops, everything. Over the years I watched it slowly turn to this. Haven't gone in in many years.

[@vancouvertwerp]

Alfred Hitchcock would have loved the creepy birds aspect of this place

[@mmichal]

I live in Metro Detroit but I pass thru Benton Harbor sometimes to visit family. This mall failed mostly because of crime and white flight. However if those weren't factors, Benton Harbor/St.Joseph is just too small to support a mall. I kind of wish the town could just tear it down and turn it into a park. Heck they could remidate the property and turn it back into an apple orchard/cider mill for locals.

[@sirekumasutra7022]

I heard Whirlpool moving it's HQ hurt it too

[@christopherwernette1648]

There are a number of malls in Michigan that should never have been built. One that comes to mind is the Midland Mall. My grandparents live in Midland and I visited them a lot when I was younger. We would go to the mall and it was livelier a couple decades ago than it is now, but I don't ever think it was a successful property.

[@socyarriaward-clark1539]

Whirlpool moved the factory out of Benton Harbor but moved the Corporate Headquarters to Benton Harbor. They built a 60 million dollar building on Main Street.

[@kevinholmes1048]

@@socyarriaward-clark1539 Actually headquarters is still where it's always been since the 80's. It was never near the mall it's off blue star near the pawpaw intersection. They just have a lot of other building around the city as well including the new one on main.

[@kevinholmes1048]

Crime and white flight were around since well before the mall collapse. Almost all of the malls around the country have collapsed except for very large ones in very populated areas. This one is just in too small of a community to be able to sustain that much brick and mortar when that's not how commerce works any more.

[@pinball541]

This Mall is a Aesthetic Asset! I love the 90's style salmon, turquoise colors!👍 Nasry Ass birds Though! Hello from Phoenix Arizona!🔥

[@dennismanbook]

You can really hear the birds as Ace goes into the former Carson’s. Hate to be the unlucky maintenance guy who might have to go on top checking some of the HVAC systems that be on the roof.

[@AcesAdventures1]

Lol it was pretty gross

[@ashlealabine6937]

"Ruff's Soup and Stuff." Anyone remember that? It was the mid 80s, and some my favorite early, and mid-childhood memories take place at this mall. When I was young, eating out was occasional, and special, and I thought their broccoli cheese soup with croutons was the best thing I ever tasted. I used to go with my mom, just me and her. It was before my brother was born, and those memories are so precious. I loved the chocolate covered bananas, down the way at the ice cream shop on the corner, too. I would always get that or a scoop of bubblegum ice cream on a waffle cone. I have memories of going there with my dad, before he and my mom divorced. These were some of the best times in my life. I was so innocent to the world and it's cruelty. This video makes me want to cry. I miss it so much.

[@JelaniWood]

I DO remember Ruff's! It was right across from the Pizza By the Slice place and right by the Arcade "Games People Play". Oh man some of my best memories in life took place in here as an 80's kid.

[@ashlealabine6937]

@@JelaniWood same

[@JelaniWood]

@@ashlealabine6937 I totally forgot about the broccoli/cheese soup. Such memories. When I worked at imperial sports in there one of my co-workers and I used to flirt with each other so we kind of took each other out to fake lunch one day and she insisted on getting that broccoli and cheese soup.

[@josienevins4853]

I'm from Benton Harbor and this is coming out on my 23rd birthday lmao. 🎂🥳 If you guys haven't seen the Wendy's fight in Benton Harbor, MI.. do yourselves a favor and watch that rn here on KZbin

[@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803]

Happy birthday 🎂

[@ItsaRomethingeveryday]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎉

[@PaleOpal21]

Happy Birthday 💐🎉

[@larethamarie]

I live in Benton harbor and yes I’ve seen it. It was crazy

[@juanareyes7119]

What happened at Wendy's?.

[@torythefanman]

This mall was pretty surreal..all the bird noises combined with the humming lights give it a eerie feeling..the layout of that mall reminds me allot of my local mall..the tile colors too. If your ever in Indiana check out the Muncie Mall simular aesthetics but without the seagulls lol

[@SynchroSk8]

The tile patterns and colors are top notch. I bet it looked amazing when new.

[@TheRedDevil_NC]

Another awesome video. Really enjoy the nostalgia. Getting old sucks

[@alexthetiger7806]

Hey, awesome video! Loved the Flock of Seagulls remix in the video. Can't believe how loud the rain of seagull droppings really is in some parts of that mall. Keep up the great work and stay safe (and dry lol)

[@ItsaRomethingeveryday]

We were talking about what malls should be repurposed for while watching your vid, and the common consensus was,, to turn these into housing, with all the retail that would be common in a neighborhood, restaurants, markets and small business, so much unused space and so many people with no where to go, were really surprised that no developer has thought to do something like that with these spaces/places, with how much civilization shift that is occurring the world over, it's time to reinvent and reinvest to existing brick mortar, Liked your vid, Fullview, Staysafe

[@CR-hu1db]

Zoning laws in many places prevent dead malls from being repurposed into anything other than another big box mall. If you have a dead mall in your city, go to city council meetings and see if you can bring it up to them (after doing your research, of course)

[@jeffjackson9679]

They've already tried the public housing experiment (The Projects), didn't go over too well. SO doing it again would be a definition of insanity. Turning these malls into Amazon warehouses probably makes more sense (although that would be ironic, since Amazon has helped kill malls).

[@TGoose74]

I live there (next to Benton Harbor).....can't wait to watch. It's been years since I've stepped foot in that place. No reason to. It's switched "owners" a few times over the last few years. They are always having tax/utilities delinquencies. A winter or so ago the heat was shut off due to lack of payment.

[@SkylarMarieWolf]

🤦 why i don't see how it's hard to pay your taxes plus even you're utilities that keep the mall running cause I bet it's a beautiful mall too.

[@ffddbp11]

This mall doesn't appear to generate enough gross sales, to pay an apartments heating bill, sadly.

[@SkylarMarieWolf]

@@ffddbp11 that's sad to hear that. I hope to see this mall stay open but we need a whole lot of hope for the malls to stay in business

[@lklpalka]

In the 80s I cruised Southridge Mall in Milwaukee as a college student working out complex problems. Being around people helped and although I wasn’t really there for shopping, I found a strange comfort being among people that helped my thinking. Later in my studies it was the Philly suburbs and the now defunct Echelon Mall. Security would occasionally question but they understood ‘this is me workin’ it out’. Also amazing was the sheer abundance of retail in the Philly burbs and wondering where does all the money come from to support all these places? ... and who pays these prices!? Things have really changed.

[@aaronmenchinger]

I remember going to Kay Bee toys all the time and pretty much for anything, orchards mall was the go-to place back in the 90's... The music in the beginning was actually very accurate back in those days, being played throughout the building. Kinda sad really yet very nostalgic

[@christopherwernette1648]

I live in Michigan and have driven past/through Benton Harbor on a number of occasions and never knew they had a mall there. Interesting. I am from NW metro Detroit where there are 5 or 6 malls within 40 minutes of me, 1 just down the street, and most are still healthy and serving their intended purpose.

[@bnelooks3767]

This one would be healthy if the owners were doing their intended job of hiring a team

[@rustbeltrich2197]

This is awesome!! I live in Michigan City about 45 minutes from here and went to this mall the end of 2019...it looks like they moved the old Trabant car they used to have displayed there. My childhood mall growing up was Marquette Mall here in MC, very similar aesthetic, and it’s unfortunately closed now. It’s still standing and is a cool relic and piece of MC history, at least for dead mall nerds like me lol

[@JelaniWood]

This breaks my heart as this was my Mall growing up. Most of my Arcade memories were from here. KB Toys, JCPenny's, B. Dalton books, all of it. I met friends I still have to this day in there. I read comics in there, eat pizza, and as a Teenager I worked at Imperial Sports and KB Toys later on in my 20's. Back to School shopping, spending birthday money in here, you name it. This pains me to see.

[@imwearingcons1137]

I skipped around in the video and thought the song by Flock of Seagulls was coming from the arcade....well played, sir.

[@lauriesmith5008]

That poor mall. They just let the birds destroy it.

[@TT-lv4rg]

What’s destroyed in the mall? The birds are on the roof, they are hella birds in every lot in the plaza around

[@lauriesmith5008]

@@TT-lv4rg I didn’t mean inside . I mean help destroy it by people not coming.

[@945ashish]

This mall is surreal! Thank you for "walk the talk(or should I say.. sounds)"

[@SynchroSk8]

The hurricane machine… I can’t imagine those being popular post covid. But they are a deal mall staple these days for sure. Great video. Thank you for covering this one!

[@joybelljoybell8794]

Oh my goodness, I used to visit this mall when I attended school Andrews University in the late 80's and early 90s . I think there was Gap store there too. Wow! I can't believe this. So sad 😞. One would think that over the years the population would grow and businesses would increase, but I guess not. Thanks for sharing this story Anthony, great job 👏🏿. Canadian fan 🇨🇦

[@Zaltic]

I went to that very college and lived at the Meier hall. Visited this mall a few times before it was closed down

[@joybelljoybell8794]

@@Zaltic Awesome! I was at Lamson Hall. 89 to 92.

[@tolentarpay5464]

It's so strange how dead malls always seem so clean; they remain well-lit, there's no rubbish or build up of dirt, no tagging or graffiti & no obvious signs of anything damaged or broken. Clearly the cleaners are still working - add to that no people (at all!) & the whole effect is just so spooky...like some kind of 80s straight-to-video horror flick...

[@kimberlyx4060]

Did you see all the splatter outside? Even when Anthony walked up to an entrance the glass was filthy. A little bit of tagging in the anchor stores but not terrible.

[@John-uv7zp]

I started going here in the 80s was an awesome place ....glad I got to experience things like this before the internet and greed took it over ...

[@donovancaldwell3872]

I feel ya, I miss the 80's. Still waiting for a date at the mall with the girlfriend I never had. :(

[@John-uv7zp]

@@donovancaldwell3872 lol mall what's that.....

[@johnnydice]

I've viewed MANY of your mall visits over the years and I must say that this was one of the EERIEST. The seagull squawks and guano alone...Dear Lord! 😧

[@ladylandr]

I think the song that was used is Phil Collins- Paradise(Vaporhouse Remix)🤔

[@jerseytomato100]

"DO NOT GO PAST THIS POINT" ... keeps rolling on 😂

[@rickmapes2222]

I live a little over an hour from the Benton Harbor/St. Joseph area. I didn't even think that the mall was open anymore. I was in the mall a couple of years ago, and it was quite dead then. I may have to make a trip down there when I have a day off, check out the arcade. Keep up the good work, I love these dead mall videos.

[@danaralston6688]

Grew up about 25 miles from here in the 80s - Orchards always had a special place with me because my high school sweetheart lived across the river in St. Joseph. Attended LMC in 87, and would hang out here often - the food court had a pretty good pizza place (though the name escapes me) and it was pretty busy back then. Played an event or two with LMC Jazz Band in the mall as well. In the mid-2000s, I'd end up returning at times as I worked on CCTV and anti-theft systems in many of the stores there. The only mall in the area that has bucked the trend of dying malls (so far) has been University Park in Mishawaka, IN...they've somehow held on and grown. I miss the glory days of Orchards, the long-gone Scottsdale in South Bend, IN and Maple Hill Mall in Kalamazoo, Crossroads in Portage, MI when it was a lot busier, and Concord in Elkhart, IN...good times had at all of them. Thanks for sharing this!

[@JelaniWood]

I used to love that Pizza Place. I cant remember the name either but as a Teen and later on when I worked in this Mall (and Imperial Sports, Radio Shack, and later on KB Toys) I would always grab a slice of Mushroom Pizza before ot after work as a treat to myself.

[@warnerd79]

Yooooo that intro track is fffffiiiiirrrrreeeee!!

[@obeezcanoli]

whats the original sample called ?

[@Crackrzz]

@@obeezcanoli Another Day in Paradise by Phil Collins

[@jerseytomato100]

I'm trying to find it on KZbin but no luck yet.

[@Crackrzz]

@@jerseytomato100 I think someone mentioned it further down... I think this version is called Paradise... "Phil Collins- Paradise(Vaporhouse Remix)"

[@Crackrzz]

Hmm. There seem to be several...

[@davebruins8623]

Wow---so very sad what has happened to this country

[@larethamarie]

Honestly we jt go to south bend mall 🤣

[@drscopeify]

It's not the country. Just change in the way people shop. The big box stores like WalMart, Costco, Home Depot, Target and other such stores and online shopping have badly hit malls and also a change in habits like I used to have to wear dress clothes to work in 2012 but around 2015 it all changed and I wear anything now, jeans, t-shit at least for some companies it is this way and that made me reduce mall shopping drastically. On one hand it made work less formal but on the other hand it made it more relaxed and more open and comfortable place to work.

[@1L6E6VHF]

In the United States, local governments use property taxes to generate revenue. Homes are revenue-negative (they cost more to provide city services than the tax revenue they receive directly). Businesses - if functionally operating (such as a mall that is still functional as a place of commerce - which this one isn't) are revenue-positive, the city gains revenue. This is also a reason that so many areas of the US are "overmalled", they have too much unnecessary retail space.

[@MichaelAussie05]

Its like this here in Australia as well. Times change.

[@carrerasworld2845]

Ace’s Adventure please come to Hawaii! We have dead malls and stores. All Kmarts, Sears, and JcPennys are long and gone. Different atmosphere than the mainland. Aloha!

[@scotthopkins9458]

I live in Benton Harbor and used to work security at this mall. And it still going downhill

[@bnelooks3767]

Doing any kind of special work now. Maybe you know someone looking for security work back out here at the mall?

[@alwaysbeenmad8895]

Thanks for this video. Rumour has it they're gonna tear it down and build apartments. Piece of my childhood gone. This will preserve the memory.

[@fivehundrediq5212]

This mall is for the birds

[@bnelooks3767]

That’s a good one lol 🤣… any suggestions on getting rid of them

[@CNTrainMan5762]

I used to go to this mall when I was little with my Grandparents when they still lived in Michigan. We would go to the JCPenny when it was still open and we would go around the mall a little bit. I think we only went to Sears once. To see this place in such a state is just heartbreaking.

[@roibatty]

I remember going here a few years back. It looked like a nice place, but I had no idea the seagulls were that much of a problem. The place looked dated though, last time I was there, and it just felt sad. Thanks for looking at this place

[@sturgisCFB]

Update: JoAnn is leaving the mall and moving down the road, next to a brand new Ollie’s on M-139.

[@sweetgirl49022]

Seagull heaven there now. Miss the old book store tho n the pet store that use the be there so sad what they let happen to it.

[@AfallinAngel]

Put an electric fence up there and see how happy they are 😂

[@scotthopkins9458]

And I’ve personally watched JCPenny close its doors here at this mall

[@arthurprim6663]

I did too! On the day. Then I walked into the mall and took pictures because the rest was sure to fall.

[@Ryoko_01]

YOOOO, I went here a bunch of times in the mid to late 2010's. Especially the Slackers arcade they mentioned.

[@OnceWasRStrathfield]

16:40 I'm Australian, so I have no dog in this fight... but this breaks my heart. I hate seeing things like this disappear in time, when they're standing so nicely, waiting to be played.

[@OnceWasRStrathfield]

@@RoysMrs I completely agree. It was heart breaking seeing those games nicely set up. The owner takes pride in his arcade, and it's tragic to see them unused. The Kmarts and Westfields in Australia are also doing well, although MYER (where I used to work) has been struggling for years. I took a walk through the MYER I used to work at and it looks like a desert. My old co-workers told me that they spend half the day twiddling their thumbs.

[@andrewdavis8709]

Those buzzing lights are just eerie.

[@hollyarmstrong2293]

I loved the music you put in this video :D

[@AcesAdventures1]

Thanks Holly

[@phillipgarrow2297]

Buying online has really caught up with retail stores seems like only the big players survive like Wal-Mart and Meijer

[@B1jujv75]

I like your dead malls vids ..Thank u for the awesome uploads :)

[@vacant_exploration]

Awesome job as usual Ace 👍🏼

[@burg3rd3ath]

This is an amazing video!! My friends and I would walk around for fun when it started to turn like this. I appreciate your encapsulation of it through film. You’ve managed to capture that incredibly unnerving feeling…and more! I wish this was filmed during the holidays; there are very uncanny decorations put out. Some are peeking through the pitch black of abandoned stores…. Slackerz moved into Saint Joseph. I’m sad to see it go, since the mall added some sick element of suspense to me. However, I’m very happy for the store owners. You should’ve spoke to more store owners! Dr. Zzzzzzz’s place was just flooded-a second time! The family is considering suing for damage. Thank you for your insightful video!

[@anthonyjacobs2061]

I agree!

[@donnachapman3875]

Nice video.First time watching any of your content.

[@AcesAdventures1]

Welcome!

[@donnachapman3875]

Thanks! Subscribed nice channel

[@clairelfhs02]

The seagulls here are so gross. I was at the McDonalds over there a couple weeks ago and I had 5 of them land on my hood. If you're afraid of birds, just avoid the Pipestone Rd exit!

[@AcesAdventures1]

It’s insane

[@AfallinAngel]

❤ Welcome to Michigan ❤

[@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803]

✅Awesome looking mall

[@AcesAdventures1]

It was crazy

[@larethamarie]

It use to be. This my city🤣

[@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803]

✅@@larethamarie wow

[@chorlauheung4920]

Very depressing to see this mall empty with no people around and shops closed.

[@SuperNezzy]

It was raining poop?? YUCK! Sad..... ☹️ To me this mall almost seems like a Rolling Acres, waiting to happen.

[@lklpalka]

Sounds like silence but actually is the winds of change

[@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803]

👍👍👋

[@7JANEWAY]

Don’t you mean the wings of change???!!!

[@lklpalka]

@@7JANEWAY 😄

[@mrmonty86]

Ace Adventures should go to the Esplanade Mall in Kenner, LA because that's a dead mall.

[@Tw-ni2gy]

I would love to see this placed turned into a amazon distribution center, costco or sams club. It would bring much needed business and jobs to this part of southwest michigan

[@bnelooks3767]

Maybe some of the other vacant buildings in this area. Like downtown would be great for one of those, but BH will always have a mall and I’ve day with Gucci and LV inside.

[@sirekumasutra7022]

Some few notes as I went here days before Ace went here: I was here early in the morning and the only place open was a post office and Joann's. I too wish the best for the local business owners like the Mattress guy and I guess one of the clothing stores is co-owned by a 9 year old. The restroom by the food court had like 5 signs saying to not steal the toilet paper. That tickled me haha, not sure because of the TP hoarders from the pandemic. Muhammad Ali lived in the area for a while and would frequently visit the mall, there was also a photo of the Iron Sheik doing autographs at the mall too.

[@BoratWanksta]

I remember on older videos and pics of Orchards Mall, that there used to be a wall of pics of stores here including Walgreens, from the early decades(till the 80s or 90s I think?) of this mall. Is that still inside one of the hallways of this mall anymore, or has that been removed? I didn't see that, from this video Ace just filmed here not long ago.

[@bnelooks3767]

@@BoratWanksta they are by the food court now. And some at the entrances.

[@bnelooks3767]

Yes my daughter is the 9 year old owner of the clothing store Kaydi Kouture located in the mall. Unfortunately to fund her business I work a 9-5 and we open in the afternoons. Thanks for mentioning us in this reply.

[@fredoffred]

It's sad that the younger generations won't know anything about Sears, Hills, K-mart, Ames, Woolworth's, and possibly JC Penney, the way things are going. I also grew up with Chappell's, Addis Co., Dey Brothers and Sibley's...most people don't even know what the hell those stores were unless you grew up in the area :(

[@beachedbum8682]

Wow! I have so much history with this place! I grew-up in St. Joe, the much nicer of the Twin Cites (St. Joe/Benton Harbor). St. Joe was 99% White, BH was 90% Black. I was 17 years old in 1980, and like most bored teenagers my friends and I liked to hang-out at the mall. Sure, we spent some money there, but like most teenagers we didn't have a lot of money to spend. In those days the mall WAS PACKED! We liked to sit on the planters (large, blocky concrete and tile things that had plants in them that also made great benches) outside the food court and watch people as they walked by, especially the hot girls! Anyway, the dick-head security dweebs would always tell us we couldn't sit on the planters and eventually harassed us for even being in the mall "If you're not actually shopping!" So we left! AND WE NEVER WENT BACK! We grew into adults who did all our shopping at the new Meijer mega-store that opened just on the other side of the mall's parking lot. Then a K-mart and Walmart opened within eyesight of the mall. The mall started to die. I got a job at Meijer working in the photo lab and the shit-head that killed the Red Lobster manager also worked in the lab - for a short time. He was a total POS and I actually got into a heated argument with him about something and he soon after got fired. Then we heard he killed his boss at Red Lobster!!! Crime was always bad in BH (Benton Harbor) and roving hoards would walk through the mall (and other stores and businesses in the area) and shoplift, purse-snatch, harass, start fights, etc. and it drove more and more people away from the BH area. BH USED to be very nice in the 1960's and early 70's- and than people got tired of all the shit and just stayed away. BH became a crime ridden ghost town- and it still is today. Several things killed Orchards Mall: #1 They chased away their future lifeblood by harassing the teenagers who just wanted a place to hang-out with their friends. Then as adults we remembered this and SPENT OUR MONEY ELSEWHERE! #2 The societal rot of the City of Benton Harbor and all the crime and general shittyness that comes with it. #3 Meijer, K-mart and Walmart opened pretty much right next door and took care of the customers better. #4 I'm sure the mall was charging exorbitant rent to the stores that were still trying to make a go of it. #5 General mis-management of the mall itself. I heard stories through the years about how bad it was to work or be a tenant in the mall. So, I have ZERO SYMPATHY FOR ORCHARDS MALL!!! They told me and my friends to leave back in the early 80s- SO WE DID. AND WE NEVER WENT BACK. FUCK 'EM!!! 😒😒😒 Here is (click link) the POS that killed the Red Lobster manager- LIFE imprisonment!!!...... mdocweb.state.mi.us/OTIS2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=217291

[@jenniferlohraff9850]

Welcome to the dead mall. I used to work at JC Penney there years ago!!! The only thing you missed was the potholes everywhere that will pop a tire in no seconds flat. They are trying but I'm not sure how much that'll do since its so far gone already

[@bnelooks3767]

Just watch and see ☺️

[@MuvoTX]

Wow, so sad. My local dead mall closed ~3 years ago. It looked a lot like this in its last years.

[@aMuncieChannel]

Damn! That’s all I can say! Unbelievable! Awesome video!

[@itakethewords9]

I remember coming here as a kid and it was fun...and by time i graduated high school in 2007, it was half empty. Last time i went in here a few years ago, i thought it was creepy but this is so much worse.

[@fakesticks817]

This mall was on the tour stop with Joe Exotic and his tigers, around 2007-08. I have a picture of myself and one of his cubs at this mall. Crazy how much its changed since then.

[@lostcivilization6036]

Goat is watching you Ace. Closely.

[@AcesAdventures1]

I’m watching myself?

[@dhumbles5art]

Now that Joann fabrics has moved out the Orchards Mall is dead! R.I.P!

[@kimberlyx4060]

Benton Harbor according to the census has a 45 percent of people living in poverty. I like the music you matched with this. This was another great video. Your videos are extremely well produced and each one gets better. I thought I heard ping pong noises but it was the seagulls doing their thing. Really cool you got into JCP and Carson’s.

[@bnelooks3767]

What does benton harbor census property rate have to do with a loss of jobs in the community, lack of support and decline in tax paying dollars have to do with an owner’s decline of this mall. The property rate is fairly high because ppl keep making post like this spreading negativity about the city and scaring businesses from wanting to invest in great communities.

[@debbiecrothers416]

That's in Benton harbor Go upstate. We have one in petoskey Michigan too!

[@BlackArroToons]

Good video, thanks. Poor Dig Dug arcade cabinet at 17:35. I think I heard seagulls, but didn't see any. Only at the end do I see the evidence on the walls.

[@AcesAdventures1]

Trust me they are there

[@BlackArroToons]

@@AcesAdventures1 Thanks. I can imagine they're on the rooftops. That's a safe haven for them no doubt. Thanks again for the awesome mall videos!

[@CarlyCatharsis]

This REALLY IS A Dead Mall... Probably Now Says: Please DO NOT ENTER; DEAD INSIDE! "And I Ran, I Ran So Far Away!"

[@michaelallen6088]

I was the one who ended up robbing the same exact mall

[@Jendorfski]

I remember the large piles of apple trees they cut down before the mall was built. You could see them from I-94.

[@FHDTV]

Hah the dancy remix of Phil Collins in the intro

[@PootisPenserPow]

It crushes my heart to see so much rot in such a beautiful state.

[@jjb_stopmotions323]

I'm from Benton harbor and orchard mall was My favorite place to be... So sad 😭😭😭

[@em-jay5370]

Yes! Going in there is like a carnival spookville. You can see the feet and poop of the sea gulls on the sky light windows. There were dead baby birds at the entrance. Dead birds throughout the parking lot. you need an umbrella for the falling poop.

[@AcesAdventures1]

Gross af lol

[@bnelooks3767]

As a owner of a store I agree. We def need the outside to look worthy of seeing the beauty in the inside.

[@MarksKicksOnRoute66]

Nice job as always Anthony!!

[@SarahintheSuburbs]

My hometown mall. This mall has been dead for probably 20 years.

[@bnelooks3767]

It hasn’t been dead for 20yrs ma’am. This mall took a decline when all malls did in 2015-16 when the slumowner wasn’t keeping up on the bills and investing businesses started to want out. JCPenney just left in 2019. And Sears in 2009-10.

[@michaelallen6088]

I did all that in the jc penny thx for showing my robbery😌

[@deyzeus1476]

We just went there October 15th and there was 1 store open. Arcade was closed down only the bed store remained. Didn't see any seagulls though😄

[@chevy266nova]

This is heartbreaking to see. I am 80 years old ,and I remember the beginning of the malls from down town shopping. Now it is all On Line Shopping. That is hard for me to do. I like to see and hold the items I am buying. You can't do that on line.

[@maryyung1994]

So depressing to see what's happening to once thriving malls.

[@sabrinamiller4405]

Sea Gulls are there because it is not very far from Lake Michigan.

[@MsAngrybutterfly]

Oh wow I haven't seen lockers in malls since 2001

[@Swordfeather]

the intro song slaps

[@foxmccloud3377]

Any chance I can get a link for that song? I like that version more than the original

[@imwearingcons1137]

Let's turn parts of this mall into an indoor MTB Park like Ray's in Cleveland OH!

[@lordaustinking8366]

I went there almost 3 years ago now, when i got my first car. Was crazy how dead the place was to me

[@scottflentje2390]

Some day are grandchildren and great grandchildren are going to say..."What was a Mall Grandpa!" LOL

[@ilikerollercoasters4757]

You should come to Savannah, Georgia to the Oglethorpe and Savannah malls. They are both huge malls dying at a rapid pace.

[@warrenkec374]

let the birds take over it, I bet they take better care of it Lol.