Vintage ABANDONED Factory Outlets

Today we visit an incredible former Charles Town Mall. The structure began its life as a factory then was transformed to a outlet mall which served shoppers, restaurant goers and families for years. The mall eventually closed in 1991 and saw little use and remained relatively untouched until today. Where the abandoned ruins of the mall stand today. Let's take a look at whats left inside one of America's least known abandoned malls.
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Seriously, we debated on whether we should continue to film this place. We have been in a lot of horrible structures, but this place is seriously the most dangerous place we have ever been in. That garage area with the abandoned luxury cars, probably would have collapsed if we kicked it... I'm not kidding. I really suggest you don't visit here yourself, even for the local law enforcement since the fires have become such a problem. If we had known about that prior to our visit, we likely wouldn't have gone. Anyways thats my two cents.
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[@anita-2078]

lets take a romantic hot air baloon ride over the decaying neighbourhood and arson!

[@melodycjefferson1323]

This comment had me laughing to tears!

[@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307]

They are the screens used for the screen printing!

[@rissu8573]

Yeah but why were the cars set on fire? In my opinion some gone In 60 seconds type shit went down

[@sydneyrules529]

The frames are used for screen printing. That's why they're different designs and why there's so many of them. You cut out the design and push dye through the frame onto the t-shirt/whatever you're printing. You found a very cool screen printing factory and I am super jealous

[@DeerArmy]

How is your comment from 1 week ago

[@MCTogs]

@@DeerArmy yeah I just realized that wtf 💀 KZbin is tripping

[@littlemittenz7553]

They probably git access a week ago, probably on unlisted and yeah

[@vwfanatic2390]

Correct, even though they may not be made of silk, they are called silk screens

[@SavvyFaerie]

damn i wonder if any of those screens are still viable thats nuts how many there were

[@HobbyTimeSeattle]

That's not an auto repair. That was a chop shop for stolen vehicles.

[@Zero_Ninety]

As soon as I saw that I thought 'those cars are stolen'.

[@willstubleski986]

Yeah, probably the most likely scenario, as it’s all to common to see stolen vehicles in abandoned structures.

[@515despot]

no they are total wreck so... maybe illegal job gone wrong.. i don't think they are stolen for chop shop.. but all good engines are gone.. strange..

[@Wezqu]

I have to admit I doubt that it was a chop shop of stolen vehicles. It clearly was a site were the took part of the cars but I still would claim those were cars that had been in some accidents and someone was making some money by taking out anything that can be sold. Many of the cars look like they had some extensive damage like one had its roof caved in. I would not see any point of to use the energy to cave in the roof just for the kicks as they most definetly did not have any heavy equipment to do it easilly.

[@515despot]

@@Wezqu also sliding on the side (you can see metal no paint) and broken wheels. but great video btw. cheers

[@WillyWanker1974]

Was watching this video and something felt familiar. When you got to the screen printing area something clicked and I knew exactly what this place was. My aunt and uncle owned a restaurant in that mall. It was probably mid to late 80s when we visited them there. I remember buying a screen printed shirt at that place and of all things a book about farts (not kidding) at another store in the mall. My uncle told me how that place was once a gun factory and the pond on the property was full of defective reject guns that were tossed into the water. Thank you for the video and bringing back some good memories.

[@lavapix]

So good magnet fishing. Okay, someone make a video doing that.

[@NathanDahlvik]

Sees sign for screen printing -> sees screens for screen printing "What are these?" Priceless

[@amnesiacguy]

This entire complex burned down several months ago. Amazing that Jake managed to make it here just in time

[@atomiczoey6363]

The scariest part of these videos is the fact that they always wear shorts amongst all that rusty-ass sharp metal

[@BlackZillaPrime]

Right i would always hit up places like that in boots and rip stop pants. Gloves and a dusk mask. too risky for shorts.

[@oldenweery7510]

Hell, I would never mow my _lawn_ with a rotary mower in shorts---or even canvas shoes, let alone go into an abandoned building, even a vacation cottage!

[@arjanpetersen]

If that scares you then you have a problem.

[@chmstx7251]

Pussificaion of America at its finest

[@marsoelflaco5722]

If you are going to "explore" these types of places you should wear work boots, long pants, long sleeves, gloves and have some kind of weapon. 🙃✌

[@Joshtk94]

Notice how almost all the cars are luxury cars. Definitely a chop shop.

[@SuperOldShows]

Yes the first burnt out ones we see I think were Mercedes, stripped for parts.

[@F92Leo]

@@SuperOldShows yeah look like sclass sedans so most expensive mercedes sedan

[@1234dontcare]

I know I'm super late to the party... But it's weird to be a chop shop, as all of those cars are wrecked.... So you wouldn't think stolen. And if they're not stolen, why not scrap the remains for more $$? Why just leave them to rot like that? Such a weird scene.

[@adamruiz5201]

@@1234dontcare because most likely those cars were stolen, and the vin number is usually on the frame of the car, so those cars could’ve been traced back and reported stolen, so that’s why they burned them, so no one could be able to trace back those cars

[@Americandragonrider333.]

Very obviously so. I wouldn’t stick around that area long. Not without a gun.

[@MissRandomComment]

4:06 Me: "Wow, nature has taken over, birds are chirping, it's hauntingly beautiful" BSF: *"THIS LOOKS LIKE A WASTELAND NOW"*

[@AstraA000]

MissRandomComment lol true though I was like nature is taking back over yay that’s beautiful. And then that was said lol 😂

[@Wraith_Fire]

"50.000 people jused to love here now it's a ghost town"

[@infernoanonymous6840]

It kinda reminds me of The Chernobyl accident where people left the town which is deserted rn.

[@boovish]

That was a burnt out chop shop you found. Those two car shells were S-Class Mercs that were most certainly raided for parts. What's interesting is that they are both 2007-2012 W221 models

[@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK]

boovish weird, I wound imagine that high end german crap would be hard to steal

[@ScarabChris]

Good eye. They are for sure both S-Class in the year you noted. Yeah no reason for those high end cars to be in there for anything other than what you described.

[@BoostedPastime]

Somebody had a shopping list

[@envirovore]

Those were legit salvage, not a chop shop. City let the guy store them there as it was slated for demolition at some point.

[@anyhoot47]

You guys made my day. Here I am all these years later and this video shows up. I lost count of how many times I was in that building. As a kid I can remember a friend bringing IBM punch cards to school for show and tell, his mother used to work at Univac. I remember some of the old timers telling me how they used to work there when it was Savage Arms. Some of them went on to work at Remington Arms. When I was in high school I remember school shopping their. After I returned from the Army I spent many hours working in that building. I worked for a communications company and there were several customers that had phone systems I worked on. The biggest customer I worked with was Riverside School of Aeronautics. Lots of memories from that place. And just think, all these years later as I sit here watching KZbin in Waukesha, WI, I stumbled across your video on the old Charlestown Mall. Again, thanks for the video.

[@K-Riz314]

That's actually pretty awesome

[@FlyingSavannahs]

There's more of you on YT than you realize! A friend of mine, age 64, was watching a video of an 8mm home movie a guy was shooting in a municipal fairgrounds in the area of Virginia where my friend had grown up. Sure enough, my friend spots himself sitting next to his sister in a circling boat merry-go-round kiddie water ride, shot when he was around seven years old! Just to be sure, he can see his mom standing with all the other parents watching their kids ride. Just nuts!

[@willd6193]

The vehicles in the building included: Jaguar XK R (circa 2012), Land Rover Range Rover Sport (circa 2008), BMW 5-series (circa 2013), Ford Edge (circa 2009), Mercedes-Benz CLS-class (circa 2014), and what appears to be the charred remains of two Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedans (circa 2013). Definitely a chop shop for stolen vehicles. As a car guy, it is sad to see these cars ruined like this.

[@Zero_Ninety]

Um...I don't think that car shop was ever _legally_ operating...

[@LAG09]

I wouldn't be so sure when the cars that weren't burnt out wrecks looked like they were insurance company write-offs even before they were brought there. My guess would be someone either trying to make money fixing them up on the cheap or breaking them down for spares, realizing that he'd overpaid for the wrecks and wouldn't make any money on them, then torching the place for insurance money.

[@Zero_Ninety]

L_A_G Insurance money? They were operating out of an abandoned building.

[@LAG09]

@@Zero_Ninety Doesn't mean they couldn't have been able to insure their workshop and/or the cars. The building still has an owner so it's not impossible they rented that space as a workshop perfectly legitimately. We don't get to see how the space looked before the fire. An illegal chop-shop with cars that are clearly insurance company write-offs just doesn't make any sense.

[@Zero_Ninety]

L_A_G No insurance company is going to insure a business that is based in a condemned, derelict building. Whatever was going on there was definitely not legit.

[@LAG09]

@@Zero_Ninety You're assuming all insurance companies are going to check at what's actually being insured. If you look at the shots of the fire brigade at the workshop you can see that this part of the complex is in much better condition than the rest of it.

[@RandomAmerican3000]

I'm always amazed, and a little depressed, by the amount of resource that gets left behind in these places.

[@willowashe]

“Let’s go explore a condemned, abandoned building.” “Cool, lemme get my boat shoes.”

[@Chris-by1su]

LMAO yeah what a great choice

[@shaun8702]

We'd wear thongs in Australia. (Flip Flops) but we are mad.

[@johnnyappleseed6415]

Almost... "Let's go trespass for KZbin dollars." "Cool, let me put my man hair into a bun AND put mah skate shoes on." The ignorance boggles the mind...

[@Joypyf]

I think this is the most covered Matt Sonswa’s feet have ever been in an exploration 😂 he is well known for doing this constantly🤦🏻‍♀️ his explorations are excellent tho! Lol

[@2112pk]

@@johnnyappleseed6415 oh, OH! i finally have a chance to say it! Okay, boomer.

[@BCJDM]

You guys should wear hard hats going into buildings like those.

[@Ben942K]

Steel toe boots and pants too. Throwing some safety glasses and protective gloves they're set. I won't stress long sleeves but they should definitely have on better clothing. I saw the shorts and sneakers and thought what the fuck? Lol

[@sherimcdaniel3491]

Don't think a hard hat is going to help much when the ceiling/roof comes down....just sayin'

[@oldenweery7510]

@@Ben942K Yeah, I've been trying to convince Dan Bell and Kappy to wear steel-toed and steel-shanked heavy leather footwear for years. When I was a teen, a buddy and I explored an abandoned building one summer and he was wearing sneakers. He stepped on a board, which gave way under him, landed on a rusty 10-penny nail that went through the rubber sole, _between his toes,_ and out through the top of the shoe. Dan explained in one of his videos that he buys cheap canvas shoes so if he steps into some mess he doesn't even want to touch with a cleaning rag, he just chucks 'em and gets another pair out of his trunk.

[@JHamilton791]

As someone that wears a hard hat everyday, it will make no difference whatsoever. Boots on the other hand...

[@arjanpetersen]

That is for the weak.

[@Fazeof1p]

The charred remains of all those luxury vehicles seriously breaks the heart. Definately some shady shit going on in that chop shop

[@lShishkaBerryl]

*reads a giant sign advertising screenprinting *can't figure out he's in a screenprinting shop 🤔

[@colleen3690]

I’ve screen printed but I’m not 100% on how print shops work but did they never reuse screens? That’s so many uncleared screens!

[@kathymccaul2637]

I knew they were screens for screenprinting. When I was a little girl my dad had a friend with a screenprinting shop and I always loved going because he always showed me new stuff and would even let me make some things.

[@epilektric]

They probably held onto old screens so they could make additional prints for customers after the initial run.

[@colleen3690]

@@epilektric it must of been limitations of old tech cause i can't imagine how it would be worth it to make and store than manybscreens for the possibility of a customer needing more. You're probably right but it just seems so wasteful

[@epilektric]

@@colleen3690 I agree 100%. I can't think of a reason it would be more cost effective to buy new screens instead of reusing them.

[@berardil]

Jake, I wanted to let you know you were looking at a horizontal camera. It’s used to shoot the pics for the screen prints. That camera is also used to shoot pages for newspapers. The screen prints are those wood frames that were stacked up in those shelves. Hope this helps!!

[@j.michaelwiiams1859]

Chop shop. That’s why the other part was set on fire. The police aren’t there for trespassers. They’re there for the folks running the shop.

[@thechef.]

Makes absolute sense, i was trying to figure out how all these new models got inside that compound...smart guess

[@yahstino]

@@thechef. Very few of those vehicles are new models though. The newest would be that 5 series which is at the latest a 2016. If it was a chop shop, it hasn't been active for years. I imagine the people behind it were arrested for another crime or something a while back.

[@Jeddostotle7]

@@yahstino I think recent is meant compared to the fact that the whole building was condemned in 2009. Even if a car is from as early as 2012, that's still years after the whole building was legally supposed to be empty, so even if it hasn't been operating for a couple years at this point, there was still some kind of substantial activity going on much more recently than expected.

[@yahstino]

@@Jeddostotle7 Absolutely... I agree. If it was several years after the building being vacant it also seems odd that none of the owners or at least someone who cases the land has done anything with the vehicles as it appears they've been there for at least 3-4 years and vandals have bashed most of them beyond recognition. But i suppose the same could be said of all the abandoned materials inside the structure as well.

[@thechef.]

@@yahstino Well...its possible the cars were stolen at any time and immediately "chopped" and the place was set on fire right after, i dont think the cars were stolen off a lot..im pretty sure they were stolen from the customers and it happened immediately and i say this because i work for several dealerships and bmw specifically has tracking # on all its parts, including door handles and windows...so thats why he probably went to burn the cars

[@mdr48371]

The canvasses are silkscreens for printing T-shirts and such

[@thechef.]

yes it is..

[@deadgrlsuprstr79]

Yup

[@OGGalleryCrew92]

Yep their are original t shirt printing not like nowadays !

[@GlamorousTitanic21]

Anyone else immediately noticed the Soviet emblem on the wall at 4:38?

[@bojackthetrustworthy736]

I also did

[@lenoresalter3695]

Ethan Nelson

[@Euorgos]

Yugoslavian? The Utica area has a large Bosnian population. They are very involved in the repair and sale of luxury salvage vehicles. They purchase wrecked cars from insurance auctions, combining parts from several vehicles to rebuild another. This was a repair shop until the fire destroyed it.

[@XxrazorxX21]

Yep Seen it

[@fristnamelastname5549]

Yep.

[@CaptTerrific]

20:14 it's called a Chop Shop, gentlemen ;)

[@fristnamelastname5549]

Chop them up, and sell them on the black market!

[@OGGalleryCrew92]

Ringers

[@Happymali10]

"That wood looks really unstable, let's not walk underneath it." Proceeds up some stairs to walk on top of that same, unstable wood.

[@kathymccaul2637]

I thought the same thing...

[@MissRandomComment]

Yeah those comments made me feel like either he was really inconsistent in his worries or just trying to make it all more dramatic especially when he started calling the buildings 'deathtraps' lol

[@sugarjones731]

In. His. Boat. Shoes.

[@shannong2174]

This is probably my favorite exploration of yours and I've come back to this video several times. This seems like such a cool place, a really fun concept with the courtyards, and such a great way to repurpose such a large place. It reminds me of the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, Virginia, an old torpedo factory from the early 1900's which is now an art center.

[@BackTheNerd]

6:57 As a vintage computer collector, this is a sad and depressing site.

[@kocfuc1982]

The worst part is that those computers were probably left untouched till somebody went out of there way to destroy it

[@josephsager9425]

Was it a TRS-80?

[@thomasburk3205]

That’s a TRS-80 Model III

[@thema1998]

@@josephsager9425 What's a TRS-80? 🤔

[@josephsager9425]

@@thema1998 it's a vintage home microcomputer from the late 70's, early 80's. It was made by Tandy Computers, which bought Radio Shack and sold the computers in RS retail stores.

[@kenshin891]

I heard about this place from the EPA of all places. Part of the complex that wasn't used in the mall was left with asbestos and other shit and in worse structural shape than the mall. They tore down the unused buildings after clearing them out. During demolition they found buried gas cylinders, some potentially toxic, and other fun shit.

[@lbrizzleful]

Wow. This really brought back memories. My mother grew up in upstate New York and I used to go here as a kid. I remember it being really nice (in the 80's). Unreal...

[@BIendtecc]

Would love to see it back then

[@anyhoot47]

Yep, same here, lots of memories.

[@jregret123]

It was a fun place to shop with my mother and grandmother. The reward was getting to eat lunch by the pond after.

[@QuivaRPG]

I'm a middle-aged, middle class, suburban white girl and even *I* can tell that that was not a legally operating auto shop, lol

[@javeruco]

Cool story Karen.

[@danielabackstrom]

Good job 😂

[@driley5004]

Funny, i am too and even married to en ex -felon & i wouldnt have known that until he told me...i must be really naïve lol

[@jrmason]

Wow! I remember this place when we went to visit relatives in NY and a kid. My mom got wandering around the place and Dad and I got to hang out by the water area eating pizza. Sadly I don't remember much else about the inside. Sad to see it in such disrepair. Nice job! -Jon

[@joshuaayres121]

Nature doesn't take long to reclaim an area does it?

[@catdean828]

Joshua Ayres nope!

[@Wraith_Fire]

Never has and never will good ol nature

[@originalslack]

Nature, uh...finds a way.

[@galaxy7176]

Joshua Ayres You got it!That’s exactly what Mother Earth is doing.

[@veamio]

I'm like 90% sure those cars were probably there for insurance scams.

[@bricktonyb]

Yes they were stripping wrecked cars for parts, the rest of shop: legal or illegal?

[@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK]

Dancing Shark or a stolen car chop shop

[@thatsnotmyname9833]

Those cars there... something sketchy was going on there.

[@andromeda9340]

Stolen cars that were dismantled and burned up

[@thatsnotmyname9833]

@@andromeda9340 yup!

[@standepain]

10:38 Those are screens used for making prints on t-shirt.

[@snkfanatic]

Been working in screenprinting for many years now, was really cool seeing all that old equipment and all the screens laying around. Wonder what happened for them to just leave...all of that.

[@lars1296]

LOL “auto repair shop.” Sweet kids

[@thomasgarcia8118]

Alisha L ok boomer

[@Sammers987Man]

@@thomasgarcia8118 pogU

[@FlyingSavannahs]

The little dears!!!

[@pen_l]

when we have grandchildren we will probably get ask “What are Malls?”

[@Mista-Smith]

Lol!!! Same

[@Zero_Ninety]

"Well Zero Ninety Jnr, imagine if Amazon was a physical place..."

[@mac6]

Ok boomer

[@pen_l]

lol assuming ages by comments

[@vwfanatic2390]

Yeah, more like the children of millennials, since malls are disappearing so fast.

[@CrusifoxMedia]

Here's a good idea for an abandoned episode: the abandoned McCormicks factory in London, Ontario.

[@babyphat002]

CottonTALE AGREED!!

[@01FozzyS]

That V-8 on the floor at 18:35 looks interesting.

[@roveradventures]

Exactly what I was thinking. Looks more Italian than anything, or something audi would do.

[@landonploss4243]

I live in the city near the Charlestown mall! And I’m Not sure if you knew it but unfortunately, it was burnt down last year and is set to be demolished. Thank you for preserving this history!

[@BrightSunFilms]

Yeah, it’s almost fully demolished now!

[@TheSafeSquad]

Jake, you always take it to another level my brother. I’m extremely proud to say I have watched you work. A+ brotha, a freakin +

[@Triniman99]

The area with the stripe on the walls looks like a Circuit City car audio installations area...

[@standepain]

10:15 is a cutter. Mainly used for cutting the metal plates with engraved names that are put on trophies. Slide the metal in and use the foot pedal to cut the sheet.

[@speaktruth1302]

No. it is a Peerless Gem PAPER cutter. It was for cutting reams of paper.

[@standepain]

@@speaktruth1302 We used to use it for cutting metal as well. It was at my shop long before I started so they may have modified it as well but I've also seen similar models in other sporting good shops used for cutting metal.

[@standepain]

@@speaktruth1302 I should note the shop I worked at also used the same shears to cut paper as they did to trim fabric. lol That right there is a warning sign.

[@chrislamore2730]

Looked like a paper cutter to me too. Worked at a print shop for 6 years.

[@sarahvanorden670]

10:49: Printer’s daughter here! Those canvas looking things that are made out of translucent looking film is actually how you screen print, that is a blocking stencil so all the words and pictures in the clear parts would go through and not the colored parts!

[@sarahvanorden670]

So I think the first machine actually was something used to press the stencil onto the frame of the canvas

[@Themonkey8myleg]

Wow, that's awesome!

[@sarahvanorden670]

Andrew Howe My dad used to do screen printing for fun in his basement when he was younger, I did it one time in a Graphics class in High School

[@thema1998]

@@sarahvanorden670 I didn't know that screen printing was a thing until now. Sounds interesting! 🤓

[@thisismysea]

@@thema1998 It's the way most non-paper objects are printed. It can be done by hand or big machines.

[@evanjohnmo]

I wonder if you could use a drone in order to film in a area where the floors seem too dangerous to walk on.

[@mychemicalbromance97]

drones tend not to do well indoors because they rely so heavily on GPS and what not. Perhaps it depends on the drone but any I've used tend to get disoriented indoors and behave erratically

[@kelandryyemrot1387]

That place is absolutely huge....would have loved to see it in it's hay day

[@Mystickneon]

My parents drove all the way up from Maryland back in the day when those structures were being refurbished for retail to see if it would be a good place for their craft store(which they already had). They decided not to do it because it was too far away from family and the management wanted WAY too much rent for such a small space at the time. Like $1500/month.... in the early 80's, that was an incredible amount of money for retail space of less that 1000 square feet. Their store at the time was about 2500 square feet on 1.2 floors(it was a tall ceiling structure and there was an elevated room constructed)... in what at the time was a small town Main Street - for about $500/month.

[@Ayeohx]

How did a mall that looked like a prison fail?

[@FateBoost]

😂

[@Pistolpete147]

OMG! I grew up about 10 miles from this place! I used to shop there with my mother when I was in Jr. High, High School! We ate at that restaurant with the pond in the middle. It was a great place to shop back in the 🎈80’s. Sad to see it like this and going to seed, just a stones throw from the ole wrecking ball now. Utica is a small city nearby where I was born

[@LittleLilith481]

To bad the place burned down. There goes another part of upstate history 😢

[@ethansucksatcuphead]

Why do I always watch these before bed? Great video. Love your channel 👍🤘

[@jesshavinfun3547]

Emery Girling me too, lol

[@ceceliacorigliano1784]

Might be time for a 2020 update a huge fire has finally taken it's toll today.

[@Golfingbigfoot]

5:00 used to be a bar, I went to it a few times, always looked like you were walking through Gotham City getting to the bar

[@itsmznatnatbitchez]

17:43 - I was dying laughing when he almost slipped.... That noise though!!!

[@iij354]

Well this looks like the end of the main mall. As of today a fire has ripped through the whole building leading to multiple fire departments being called in. All that is really left is the outside as all the roof and interior has collapsed. R.I.P. Charleston Mall u will be missed.

[@OhBoiCJ]

Love the videos man. Really hits that exploring knack in my brain :)

[@tombuck]

I’m home sick today and was really wanting a new abandoned video. Thank you!

[@CombatSoup.]

This is awesome, I live in this area and work for the local tv station. We covered the fire that had happened in August, its crazy to see you do a video about it!

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

That's in Utica, I was there a while ago for a robotics competition. This is a cool place. This is my favorite exploration

[@visorij3374]

I see u everywhere

[@noahcricket]

Avery hi fellow Cuban American

[@Distractedgamer98]

I feel confident in saying you walked in on a chop shop, they steal the cars and stash them there and disassemble them for parts(hence why you only saw luxury cars)

[@kitsunemetal]

The structure looks so unstable like it could collapse anytime.

[@antonioblock2582]

Kitsune Metal Reloaded nooo really? I thought it was move in ready.

[@andrebrynkus2055]

As it says in the description.

[@HuggieBear39]

When you mentioned UNIVAC my ears perked up. It is a shame such a historic place is left to ruins like this. Those canvas were used to silk screen print t shirt and mugs and calendars

[@cookieridergirl]

This building is just gorgeous though. I would love to repurpose this is do something kinda of apartment building. The court yards alone to scream to me. To bad I don’t know the area that well. I just can imagine those courtyards being alive with people and lights. Maybe bring back some commercial use. Inside would have to be gutted. But if u can just preserve the exterior brick. Oh it be gorgeous. Also those look like silk screens to me. In the print shop.

[@mernisch8307]

yeah that would be so cool

[@RichieRouge206]

Alena Conrad agreed. They have done that with Albert Dock in Liverpool UK

[@cookieridergirl]

SteelRodent maybe not every part of the building would be salvaged anyways for a project like this. But if a crew went in now they can support the exterior brick walls then go in to tear down the interior structures. And some times the exterior brick does collapse during the project and it forced to rebuild it. I just went to a construction site where they are salvaging just the exterior walls of the brick building and constructing a new library with it at Smith college in Northampton MA. The inside is all brand new. And they are adding to the building as well. Went through some underground tunnels to a different building that they are just renovating which will also be use for the library. Pretty cool site. I had permission to be there. One of the project managers is in one of my architecture classes so we organized a field trip to go there. To bad I don’t go to that college but I still cant wait to see the finished project tho. I also see factory building remodeled into apartment buildings all the time here in mass. Though I don’t know the extend of their abandonment prior to renovation. Most of our mills have been abandon for over 20 to 30 years and we do get snow. But the exterior walls on this building do look nice for the moment. Maybe if I can find it on google maps I’ll play around with the idea on revit. They are expensive project. For my commercial public space class we have to come up with a commercial project proposal with estimated budget based off of sqft. And I decided to redesign the building my class takes in because no one likes it. And with that budget I’m not even gutting the inside I’m more like updating the interior, adding windows because the building has no windows, updating the exterior, rearranging some of the interior layout and doing and extension in the front and that alone is possible like 60 to 80 million dollar project. I’m basing it off of a base price per sqft is my sqft is about 200,000. I actually found out that maintenance needs for the building could cost them $40mil over the next 10 years. So I can’t imagine how much this would cost. But it be an investment depending on the area. Still a beautiful site this building what ever the cost may be.

[@chrisobrien3818]

@@cookieridergirl no point in repurposeing the building if it has building code violation it would cost a fortune which is why if it's rotting away and a few years from falling then might as well tear it down the history does not matter to any of us just build a structure and make it look nice and be done with it no point in saving that piece of junk waiting to fall

[@cookieridergirl]

Chris Obrien I never proposed that the project was realistic or financially possible. It just the excitement of working with the old architecture. Plus if they were to gut the entire inside. Your basically building an entire brand new building and just keeping the old exterior as a facade. Could have entire new layout inside. New stairs. New structure. And meet new codes. Is it financially worth doing that? Probably not. But I’ve seen project like that done. And they are beautiful. It be a more expensive demo really to not destroy the exterior walls and to support them to keep them from collapsing. It just a pain in the ass. I just like the feel of the building and the site is all.

[@UnchartedTravel]

Awesome video brother ! all the cars you found in there is crazy!

[@mrbr0wn215]

Uncharted Travel how the fuck did you comment a week ago on this

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

K B Patreon

[@andrewmonaghan3581]

Wow- this brings back a lot of memories, I grew up in this area and remember visiting this outlet with my mother. At the time the outdoor courtyards, abundant daylight and historic character were a nice counterpoint to nearby Sangertown Square and Riverside malls.

[@vb7200]

This is crazy, I live 15 minutes from this place! Just went in there a few nights ago. Can’t believe you were in the area! Place is definitely a whole different vide at night

[@CaptTerrific]

12:20 that's a reprographic system... adorable to hear you thinking about 3D imaging when confronted with a bellows camera

[@marisam9803]

Sometimes I forget how young these guys are!

[@thisismysea]

Pretty sure Jake was referring to how Disney famously used multiplane cameras to pan through 2D images and create a sense of 3D space (Sleeping Beauty is a great example). What he described is exactly how that technique worked and that tech is from the early 1900s, so he wasn't talking about CGI of today. Your comment is all kinds of condescending just because you aren't familiar with what he mistook that machine for. Multiplane cameras look very similar to this.

[@Al8101]

I enjoy your commentary. You do your research and give interesting historical background. Nice work!

[@BrightSunFilms]

Thank you very much!

[@HannahNicolification]

Wow! I know you always have such amazing aerial views, but this one in particular was soooo pretty to me! I was in awe! Well done!

[@zukimom2508]

Loved the video. They keep getting better & better everytime you release a new one. Keep up the good work guys!

[@MicrophonicFool]

The production of your videos continues to improve toward epic.

[@ItIsJustKetchup]

2:55 Shorts and Sperry's... Not the best exploring clothes.

[@chmstx7251]

Why are you worried about what another person is wearing?

[@LeveyHere]

That's amazing! I look forward to your uploads, they really are something!

[@JTreth95]

Dude this intro was amazing, not sure if you’re gonna move your abandoned into to that or not but it was great

[@javeruco]

I wonder if anyone is going to mention "chop shop" or "screenprinting" 🙄 But seriously, great job Jake! You keep getting better and better! Also great to see Matt 👋🏼

[@maxwellj4897]

Those were two Mercedes S-Class's from the 2007-2013 generation. That was a chop shop too 😬

[@jregret123]

I grew up not far from this. When it opened as an outlet mall it was quite popular. My mother, grandmother would shop here very often and take us with them. It is sad to see so many places left to decay in our region.

[@MajorasDaisy]

Came back here after the building was lit on fire (again) this morning

[@CuteLittleNeko]

10:40 those are silk screens for custom printing. You'll have a platform that holds it up and lay it down on the shirt and you would apply the ink and print. 12:12 That is for engraving a custom image on to the silk screen for printing. I have a step father who does this as a hobby.

[@jaredw3594]

No friggin way! I grew up living close to this place, I took pictures there for a band I was in during high school!

[@gordontheengineswifedr.nirmal]

J bubs where exactly is this place?

[@thisismysea]

The machine at 10:20 is a guillotine! It's for slicing stacks of paper. I used ones just like it in art school, along with many other kinds of vintage machinery that pretty much isn't made anymore but still has contemporary uses in the arts or production of certain goods. That thing is surely over a hundred years old and would've been worth a ton if it wasn't left to decay. And the frames at 10:38 are all screenprinting screens. They're mesh that you expose a design onto like a photograph, then push ink through the open parts of the design in order to print it onto an item. They work like stencils and produce a much higher quality result than digital printing.

[@photoc]

Love this video! I grew up just about 15 minutes east of this mall. My parents never frequented this establishment in the 80's when it was in full swing. Hardly ever looked open with very few vehicles in the parking lots back in those days.

[@jesshavinfun3547]

photoc , hardly ever looked open, few vehicles? Definitely sketchy! We have a few businesses in town my fam has questioned, must be satisfying to finally get proof! Lol

[@Pistolpete147]

photoc I grew up in New Hartford, but I left in the late 80’s and live our west now. I used to shop here with my mother in the 80’s. It was a nice place back then

[@maycausedizziness]

wow, that's a lot of money just sitting there in screens. All of those can be reused.

[@colleen3690]

maycausedizziness not really, if the emulsion stays on the screen too long it’s very hard to impossible to get it out

[@johnbenson4672]

It's probably cheaper to print digitally.

[@TonyTaurisano]

Most of those businesses and organizations around here are long gone.

[@standepain]

@@colleen3690 Nah. I reclaimed screens with emulsion that was on a good 10 or so years old on some screens and never had any problems. Reclaimer paste and s a shit ton of degreaser and a good pressure washer and you're good. ...But screens are dirt cheap anymore so it would be a wash. Mesh is probably fine but the frames are warped.

[@jlrvintagevinyl3552]

I'm sure there's some sweet vintage designs in there, definitely should be reused..

[@pleasedontwatchthese9593]

"The abandon mall stands abandoned"

[@kevinflores2011]

Hmm yes. The floor is here is made of floor.

[@olliegoria]

The air we breathe is made of air

[@Mari-fz7lb]

What a fabulous place!! Such a neat building, I can just imagine people shopping there in its heyday and going outside to hang out by the water.Another special local just rotting away. Great video👏👏👏❣❣❣

[@TheAnnieDeppeChannel]

I think those canvases arts silkscreens, maybe from the custom pribting place. I love everything about this video. The brownish red brick against the vibrant green foliage is making me wish I was there.

[@journeywithjay]

This video was amazing bro!!!!

[@uranicsnow1782]

Let's get this guy to 1 Mill before the new year💯

[@kerrycec03]

So I spent my childhood in the Utica area and spent many days shopping with my Aunt & Mom and grandmother at Charlestown. I remember children's stores. It was half abadonned then so I can't imagine how bad its gotten. Thanks this trigger lots of memories!!

[@tony14052]

Another brilliant video. I love the quality of what you do. it's obvious you invest alot of time in these videos. Keep safe and keep up the amazing work you do.!

[@johnp139]

10:30 - silk screens for T-shirt printing!

[@PaulEdgewatertheman]

At 10:53: Those are printing screens for shirts, etc. Screen printing is literally done with screens.

[@josephsager9425]

Amazing video, guys! Stay safe out there. When you mentioned danger and said "as we'll soon find out," I was really worried you were going to run into a hobo again.

[@ls6-ss413]

Great job as always bro. This was one of your coolest locations. ✌️👊

[@rwdplz1]

14:50 Look how new that car body is, looks like it was being used as a chop shop. Probably burned to destroy evidence. The other cars, especially the types of cars (BMW, Mercedes, Land Rover) seem to confirm it.

[@rebeccasprague5750]

That "cutter thing" looks like it might have been an old paper cutter, used to cut large stacks of paper.

[@Zeldarw104]

Bingo!!! My answer exactly! 🙂

[@iainwalker8701]

5:35 "this thing is a death trap" one of the funniest moments i have seen in your videos. lol

[@petercarlesimo3552]

Hey this old mall just burned to the ground a few days ago it was crazy to see the entire thing up in flames after seeing it so long growing up. just thought I’d let you know hope you see this!! Love your videos

[@MarkVaughnLive]

Do you ever have nightmares of the places you've visited?

[@noahcricket]

Why are your videos so damn entertaining

[@HenrysHowTos]

Great video!