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Yes! I dig the vibe and local focus versus so many channels focusing on brands. I really like seeing ordinary places I will never see in life. 🎉🎉🎉

A very appreciated comment, thank you. 🙂

Being from Missouri this makes me so sad 😔

I also have fond memories of going to this mall with my mom. My brother and I would run around like animals and play hide and seek in the clothes racks and probably drove her crazy! 😄 TYFW

@@wdgbirmingham2 Well at least everyone's filming it for you! 😉 TYFW

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It was actually a pretty spontaneous filming, I found my self nearby so.... I regret not going the last couple days, I debated about it all summer, but I already made my best video about it, and I have a fair bit of unpublished footage already. Still, I think this came out as a nice simple piece on it's own and the sight in the old Dillard's parking lot was an interesting bonus. 😎

I heard the sad news as well, my condolences. I'm glad you found this video, as I am glad to have made it. I hope you also found part 2, some of his best stories are in that part. Cheers, Dozenspeed

Thank for the lead, bud. 🙂 Sounds like something could be worked out, I might go and bug them. I''d rather film without customers anyway! Looks like I missed Uncle Bills, that one is gonna gnaw at me.... Cheers

Indeed, but the interior structure was pretty ruined after the fire and the dousing of the fire, followed by months of no roof. If you find my first video of this place you can get a look at the fire-damaged interior before it was gutted. Thank you for watching! 🙂

I haven't watched this one in a while, it's not so bad as I expected haha! But you're totally right, a lot of what he said was hard to make out. Total rookie stuff, it was only my 33rd video. I had no external mic and was far away, and the room tone wasn't doing me any favors! I genuinely appreciate your comment, it allowed me a moment to think about how my videos have improved with experience and upgrades. These days I would have at least boosted and equalized the sound in attempt to make it come through better. This video is so old I wasn't even color-correcting yet, much less narrating, but one the bright side one day I can take the original footage and remaster it and release it again! 🤓Thanks for watching 🙂

And I have to say, as hard as it was to turn into that building 35 years ago, putting a gas station there will be an additional traffic nightmare.

@@JoeyMcSmokey I haven't seen any plans but I'm sure they will have to follow modern curb and traffic-limiting easement standards. The customer parking lot for Sessions would never be allowed to be built right to the edge of an unprotected corner like that these days! They might even force them to incorporate a much-needed right turn lane for Lemay Ferry Southbound. I just hope they don't add another traffic light! 😒 TYFW

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Ah ha! I made a difference! Most likely now the aliens will NOT defeat us in 4357! Humanity and I thank you for watching! 🤪

Interesting compliment, thank you. I'm certainly trying to be me and not him, but I appreciate the positive association, as he was no doubt a very big inspiration towards my whole foray into making videos for posting on UA-cam. I didn't really start watching UA-cam consistently or take it that seriously until about 2015, and Dan Bell's inexplicably compelling videos contrasted and combined with videos of many others that in comparison seemed lacking if not downright awful, urged me to try my hand, as I felt I could at least move a camera slowly. 🙄 In fact, one of my biggest early catalysts was our local Mills Mall was incredibly dead, and I figured Dan would not be able to cover it before it disappeared, so I took upon myself to do so just in case. Yes, there were some okay videos of it, and some really really bad ones, but they didn't have much aestheticness, and frankly there is just something about filming something yourself personally. So I went (3 times) with my cheap camera and did my best to put the footage together with equally cheap software and cut-rate vaporwave, and I'm very glad I did, it was an amazing scene and probably the peak of any mall content I will ever produce. This was before I began voiceovers and that video contains some text referencing Mr. Bell as motivation for my "knock-off dead mall video" Dan has inspired many others to "pick up a camera" -as he takes after film makers who inspired him, so surely some of that even has trickled down into content of myself and others too. So I appreciate you observation of this, it shows I'm managing to convey a vibe I hope to, just as long as I'm not seen as some pale Dan Bell copycat wannabe.😬

I don't see it in the filter, but who knows, it could have been a random glitch. But I really appreciate you going through the effort to let me know about another very flattering comment, it certainly encourages. 🙂 I've only managed to check out one of your videos so far, I've been trying to focus on my backlog, but it was of a Howard Johnson's which I feel has become a rare bird and I hope to find someday. I found it quite palatable and liked it. I'll get around to looking at a few more I'm sure, and I bet you can relate to the conundrum of finding time to watch AND create your own videos! Cheers, thanks again for your kind remarks and support. 😎

What a cool lady! Awesome that she shared her passion. There are certainly many business owners that unfortunately push away from “online attention” and it’s a bit frustrating.

@@charlestonpinballarcade She certainly is, and it was. Your statement bears much truth and I try to appreciate they might have their reasons. Sometimes they can be won over, and my hope is to gain a reputation that might assure those willing but unsure of my intentions. In the meantime, I've managed to find many accommodating business owners so far to make the risks of asking pay off and cope with the rejections gracefully.

They're not too bad, maybe because I find them fun, satisfying and I've practiced doing stuff like that for a while. Thanks for noticing the effort, I'm just glad the effect translated. 🙂 Thanks for watching

Branson is certainly different and ever-evolving, in just a few years and a few visits I have accumulated footage of things come and gone already, and the place is full of stories. A channel could probably survive on Branson content alone. 😉 Thank you for watching.

Ha ha! Is it really? I can believe it, it's a 1.5 mile long monster! Thanks for watching

Have they started building new stuff on the site yet? In '22 it looked like they were rearing to go. Thanks for watching. 🙂

I'm confident the sign will be saved at least, to not would be outrageously foolish! 😣 TYFW

Thank you for one of the nicest and most meaningful comments I've received to date. 😎

We need to rebuild our stolen trolley networks and revitalize StL proper with dense development again!

@@StLouis-yu9iz I second that, and this goes for sooo many American cities. On that note, I saw that Omaha has kinda been making some strides towards improving their streets and trolleys.

Perhaps it was inaccurate to use the term "mixed-use" - I don't think anyone will be living here, at least not in any of the existing structure. People will still be essentially driving their cars to this destination venue from their subdivisions up the hill, but at least that is a much shorter drive and they don't have to go into the scary city! 🤪 The other Staenberg development at Chesterfield Mall proper will be interesting to see. Thanks for watching 🙂

Thanks for sharing. 🙂