Mall Turned Parking Garage - Checking Up on the St Louis Centre

[@jonathancreveling8699]

It's awesome that this mall was converted instead of being demolished completely. At least the structure still stands.

[@witttamra]

Sadly, they closed this mall in 2006. wow, did I have some good times there! It was a great place to spend time with friends and family. It just became too dangerous in that area for a lot of people.

[@SirensAndElevators]

I never thought about it, but NetCenter which used to be Newmarket Fair Mall in Hampton, Virginia (somehow Sears is still open I don't know why) was once a shopping mall turned into an office complex. The glass elevator in the middle still works.

[@chand101099]

When i lived in St.Louis in 86-87 i was 21 and i used to go to the St louis centre all the time, it's so sad what has become of it, it was a very busy place on any day, man i miss it.

[@BadDriversOfNapa]

1:52 - That looks just like the terminal at Chicago O'Hare International Airport leading to concourses 'H' and 'K'. Stunning resemblance!

[@saradavis448]

As a portrait photographer, I love photographing in the garage!

[@karenohara9669]

I worked for Macy's in 1977 for 5 year's I was a server Macy's Christmas time you could go to that place n Christmas shop good days

[@elevatorfan7568]

It’s such a shame to know that this was a thriving mall at one point, but now just a parking garage.

[@dougn2350]

The whole downtown mall for a city like St Louis was ill conceived. Downtown has lost so much of its clout as a business center. Corporations are fleeing. The only activity is sports events, a few conventions, yuppies along Washington Ave. Violent crime happens daily. Really sad..

[@LGKids]

Really kinda makes you sad, thinking about how Downtown used to be filled with people shopping and having a good time and now its just ok! Peace!

[@thefrenchelevatorchannel]

I've already seen the same thing but in the other way : a parking garage converted into a mall !

[@clareecedarius]

I loved that mall its sad to see that's all that is left

[@dougn2350]

I remember when this mall opened. High end retailers like Abercrombie & Fitch. The mall was a big hit for about 3 months. Then people realized they could all the same stuff at the suburb malls without the hassle of crime ridden downtown riff raff. People were murdered walking to their cars.

[@baelevatorsmore728]

I remember parking here and getting stuck on the other side of the bridge (on 4). I think the KONE’s are a bit glitchy now.

[@SamSitar]

that's a very strange transformation. how busy does it get?

[@SFCarWashChannel]

There is a retail building in San Francisco near the opera house that had several floors converted to a garage.

[@BrokebackBob]

Horrible mindless short-term thinking destruction. I remember it at it's glory on a work trip from Indiana University to St. Louis.

[@everythingelevators2168]

Why did you take down the old video

[@joshhhieee1]

+EverythingElevators +The Elevator Channel A lot of the old elevatorchannel videos have been taken down ?

[@mattscorner1232]

Can you post a link to the first video you made of this place?

[@hotelchannel2824]

unfortunately it seems it's been taken down

[@markiangooley]

I think I shopped there -- or mostly just spent time there while others shopped -- in the late Eighties. Nothing is too familiar...

[@shaddyhacker]

Did that happen during the recession of '08?

[@kyronhuey8694]

shaddyhacker no, long before

[@danielyoung6630]

WOW!!! !AMERICA IS GOING THROUGH HARD CORE CHANGES

[@JoshCraver9000]

When was this taken?

[@TheElevatorChannel]

+JoshCraver9000 December 2014.

[@mattheh]

+The Elevator Channel thats quite a while ago

[@lober0404]

+The Elevator Channel can you make a video dedicated to me it's my bday today thx

[@mattheh]

Logan O are you fucking kidding

[@lober0404]

+Mattheh no I'm not

[@danielyoung6630]

PARKING LOT GARAGE?

[@mattheh]

friends who enjoy elevators?