I was visiting this mall in 2003 and it was spectacular. Everything was bright and full of shoppers even at night before they closed there were hoards of shuffling feet. Food court was 3rd floor and had every mall restaurant possible. I had to push my wife because she was wheelchair bound so we spent a lot of time in the elevators. Oh think I choose to remember the way it was. Thanks for documenting.😢
Hard to imagine, this was once a thriving mall. As an older millennial, I remember how malls were the place to be on Fridays and Saturday. There a shell of what they once were, but I'm sure, if you grew up with malls, would agree wherever you live in the US, will always hold special memories.
I just walked the outside of the mall yesterday. Three places to get in. No police or guard presents. After seeing this film I’m sure it can’t be saved now and will be demolished in the near future. I absolutely loved this mall and shopped there often. A lot of people blame the Waterfront in Homestead for the mall failing but it was truly Moonbeams neglect of the roof that caused people to stop coming here. I hope someone buys the land soon and builds something nice there. It’s so hard to drive by that beautiful mall and see it in the condition it is in now. Thank you so much for making this video.
I once snuck into Vallco in Cupertino, 3 months before demolition. I immediately got caught, just exploring for 21 minutes... after a group of policemen found me at the AMC main entrance. I was then arrested and sentenced to a year in Santa Clara County Jail.
I ask my self why I am I addicted to watching mall videos? Well, I was raised in a generation like Anthony when malls were one of the most popular places to be dropped off as kids. These were places that your parents dropped off for hours on end. We didn't have to worry about mall shootings or shopping online. This was our childhood and Anthony is filming it before it is gone forever. The music you use in all your videos is iconic. Once you went to my home town of Portland, Oregon and told the history of Lollyd Center I was hooked. I dove by Lollyd Center last week and was surprised how bad the area has gotten. Across the street from the mall was a Regal Cinema that is now gated all the way around. Homeless is all over. It's very sad. But I will say there is another mall called Pioneer Square located in Portland Oregon that will see the same fate as Lollyd Center. Thank You again for all you do and Have a great birthday in Europe.
I remember people who basically spent their lives in the mall. As teens they would be there everyday in the summers (and in many cases getting jobs in the mall). As they got older they kept going to the mall. They ate at the mall, they shopped at the mall, they worked at the mall. It was just a small economy built up in the mall. This one would of really been great for them as there seems to been a hotel at the mall. They could literally live their entire life in the mall. I met many teens and 20-somethings who hung out at the mall whenever they had any free time. We have the biggest mall in the country (based on store count. The mall of America is the largest in square footage), the King Of Prussia mall. I kinda miss going to our local malls (fairgrounds square, Whitehall, Coventry, KoP, and even Trexlertown).
@@CamaroAmx The thriving malls also have very bland and very boring architecture. When you walk into them you think your inside a hospital. Malls were hang outs because back in the "old days" there was no social media or worldwide web. If you wanted to socialize, you had to do it in person. Now in-person socializing is much less frequent.
@@chm9935 The demise of and or lack of socializing "in person" is unhealthy and bad for humanity. I don't think most people really think about this fact. The originators of the modern age mall said its primary function was to bring about a place for people to meet, interact, and socialize, the second function was for commerce.
Greetings fellow local lol. I went to Lloyd shortly after Christmas to see how busy it would get... not busy at all. There were still a fair amount of people, but very few Americans, around the ice rink, but if you walked away from the rink, it quickly became desolate. Very eerie.
So sad to the the state of this mall. Never been in person, but I can’t get over the architecture and textures in this mall. Outstanding documentation Anthony.
I used to bring my kids to see Santa. Malls were part of our lives. We had amazing events that would occur in different parts of the mall, and you would come and see them. Things like a school choir performing during the holidays, famous people who would come and we would take take pictures and see them. It was not just a place to shop. It was a place where there were events and things that happened and we would all come together and enjoy being able to shop and not have to be alone. There were food courts so you could just come and hang out for the day. As a race walker I used to mall walk all the time. I would go inside and they actually had a kiosk where you could check in and sign up and you would log your miles. Brochures would tell you exactly what tracks you could walk around the mall to get certain distances. We loved that we would come in before the stores would open and before I went to work. We would hike around the mall and get our miles in and it was really nice. Where I live there’s a lot of snow and really cold weather and so it was a wonderful place to be able to go to walk and you got to know people that you met as a part of the walking club. These are things that went on in malls. It’s heartbreaking to me. I hate to see it. One video I did see on the Internet was where they actually took a two-story mall and they made apartments out of it and so people would come in for businesses catering to the apartment community like grocery stores or medical or physical therapy clinics and seniors and were moving into these apartments. It might be a way to refurbish some of them. Sadly it’s too late for many and it’s very heartbreaking because they were places where you went as a family for events, for shopping, for exercise, and for time to just hang out because you were bored. These were the days before Internet and they would have postings on bulletin boards of upcoming events in the community. I loved that community bond and the death of the mall is one more way of isolating us so that we can shop online and never get to talk to another human being. As a woman who’s getting older this is becoming painfully more real to me.
Thank you Ace for this video. So sad...I worked at this mall back in 1986. It was so busy all the time. I remember when I was little my family came out on opening day. It was such a beautiful place!
Hey Anthony, just wanted to say how much I appreciate your content. I grew up in the 2000s, so I caught the tail end of the mall era, but it’s still very nostalgic. Your production value, music, and property choices are fantastic and have gotten me into the dead mall community. I’m from the Milwaukee area, so seeing your Northridge video was particularly fascinating. Thank you for all you do!
Happy birthday, Ace! I was in a bad marriage years ago in the 80s when I was 19. I was able to get away to go to a big, cool mall in Denver. The atmosphere and the ambience filled my psyche with those feel-good feelings and the 80s music, Desert Moon being one of them by Styx! I walked away and went home. I wanted to hang onto the feelings as long as I could because I knew when I went to sleep and woke up the next morning they'd be gone, and they were. So I can relate to what you described with your experience with lunch there at Century III. Thanks for the valuable historical footage of this mall. 👍👍👍👍😊😊😊😊
Even though it's not a mall I ever visited, as are most dead malls I see in videos, I think I, like many of us, can still feel a tug at our hearts over it because it's so similar to ones I've known. Just the JC Penney sign alone takes me back to another time that was "normal" and happy... I really don't understand vandals. They same people who smashed up this mall would probably do the same if they were let loose at the pyramids without supervision...
I've been living in Pittsburgh for over 30 years. Used to frequent the mail quite a bit. And every time I'd go there it got progressively worse. It's such a shame that it got to this point. I hate seeing it sit and decay the way it is. Thank you so much for doing this video Anthony it's very well done. Something needs to be done like demolition and not let vandals keep defacing it. RIP Century 3 Mall. You will always have a special place in my heart ❤️.
Capitalism.....that's what makes it so great. People can make it or break it....just like that!!!; Aristotle once said; a penny saved; is a penny earned!! Smoke cigarettes....
Humans who have no desire to do anything to benefit humanity are the trespassers and vandals who have already demolished this mall with their own bare hands. Humans with their own bare hands have the capability to destroy things and eventually destroy humanity. I know it sounds morbid but to me it’s true. We’re capable of destroying civilizations and eventually ourselves. I’m emotionally impacted by watching this video. Thanks Ace for sharing this video. I really appreciate your work Ace if you see this comment and share your sentiments. Sorry for being so morbid.
I lived near this mall from 1988 to 2009. Back in the 1990s it was such a nice mall. By 2009, 1/3 of its stores had closed and many of the remaining stores were indie comic shops, novelty stores, etc. Nothing against indie stores, they kept it alive for many years, it just made it very obvious how many of the original tenents had fled.
Amazing to see this but heartbreaking what has happened here. Thank you capturing what will probably be the last of the insides of C3 before something happens. Great video sir and happy birthday!!
Happy birthday. I love your content. Keep it coming. It's important to document these malls which are a dying institution for the sake of history and not just nostalgia.
I used to live in PGH and remember going on special trips to this grand mall at Christmas time after it had opened. Traffic was crazy and the mall was packed with happy shoppers! Store after store and food vendors... just amazing and the latest architecture. That was 1979 and it was a boost to the area back then. Even as a dead mall, the enormity of this property has to be seen to be believed. It's a shame to see what has happened here and across the country. Things change... shopping and businesses change... trends come and go. Those who enjoyed the mall will at least retain their memories of this once truly magnificent place.
Ace may have gotten the last video of this mall. It’s slated for demolition in the summer. The scary part about this mall is that in 2016 the mall had no functioning sprinklers, no heat, water had been shut off in a section of the mall and a wing had been blocked off, yet JC Penny continued to be open until 2020 (the very last store open in the mall). Moonbeam sold the mall in 2016. Current owner is unknown but plans for redevelopment have been in the table for over a decade. The more and more research I do on these dead and dying malls, makes me realize that a majority of them suffered financial blows within 10 years (or less) of their openings, many long before the internet. Those hits (usually anchor closings or replacements) just set the trend that slowly hurt the mall until they didn’t have a replacement for the closed stores. Malls need consistency in their stores. People need to know if the store they plan on going to is still there and will be there next week. The problem with malls is that a lot of people (more and more over time) got tired of spending an entire day in the mall when they only needed one or two things and the rest being impulse buys. Not to mention the location of the mall made people drive past other stores that very well could also have what they need. Or even if they drive a short distance in a different direction, they can just go to a standalone store that is also in the mall. In and out and home in the time it took you to drive the mall, park and walk to the store you need.
@@Crackrzz I tend to notice for Simon, they did more renovations at certain malls than they did at other malls. Sadly to say for Simon they probably saw this mall didn't get as much sales as other malls, hence why they decided to cut their losses and sell this mall. Too bad Moonbeam got this mall, which was a very incompetant slumlord who shouldn't be operating malls if you ask me.
The really crazy thing is a lot of people today have no idea of how amazing that time was. Like when these malls were in their prime. You just don't know how it felt to be a part of that when it was new and thriving.
I remember going here as a kid - my favorite thing was the carousel and the pretzel stand right next to it! Sadly some parts of the neighboring community can be quite dangerous. Also for those who know… …Century III Chevrolet, Lebanon Church Road Pittsburgh! Minutes from the mall!!
Fantastic direction and video Mr.ACE! Everyone experiences what you felt on this adventure and it doesn't just stem from malls but grand structures that lured many to fill up historic nostalgia we know today. Long time viewer here and wish everyone a great time! 😜
Im visiting this mall on Friday to pay my respects. I grew up in this mall. I lost my first tooth in this mall. I got my first job in this mall. And it saddens me that people have destroyed it to this extent
Enjoyed this bro. This mall was my whole teenage yrs. For like n the early 2000,s I used to hear it was closing. It didn’t back then and thought it never actually would
Happy birthday Anthony. Been a subscriber for 5 years and really appreciate all you do for the preservation of history. Also your production skills are top notch! My favorite mall of all time. Been there 50 times in the last year of its existence in 2018. Again, thank you for all that you do! Having a birthday toast to you right now man!
I grew up in the early 2000s and went there quite a bit as a child. I still remember the pet store that used to be there and seeing the dogs. The comic book store and so many others. I miss going there. I’ve since left PA, but I get a little less homesick watching your walkthrough of this once lovely mall that was a big part of my childhood.
A young couple posted a video of them walking through this mall not too long before you posted this video (like within a few months), and it's scary how much worse it got within that short period of time 😮. It's sad what has happened to so many malls. Based on the days you listed, this mall opened in 1980. I was 2 years old.
Love your work ACE!!! Like you I am outraged at vandalism and the needless destruction of places like this. Although I may have to make a painting of the chairs on the wall.
Wow... what an intro and outro; overall great video of a long dead mega mall! Amazing that these malls used to be where parent's dropped off their kids and didn't have to worry about the violence and other stuff that we do now. This has gone from a mega mall that was safe to a mass of ruins that time has run over. Thanks again for sharing these videos, Ace... no matter what is written on the walls right now and until demolition day.
I was here when it was just a slag dump.... I watched it be born, I watched it grow and thrive, and I had the pleasure of being here during its heyday .... And I, sadly, watched it die. Regardless, I'm so glad to have been part of it!
Thanks anthony for the video i'm a late 90s kid & I remember going to two of my local malls here in Hall county georiga & love the asmophere they have from the smell of the great American cookie club to going to the barns and noble book store & find the hot wheels there. Great video as always 😃
This is so sad. I literally grew up when that Mall was in business. My mom took me there to buy my grade school and early highschool clothes. Last time I was there was 2014, and just a few businesses were hanging on. Internet shopping is destroying the real life experience. RIP Century III.
I am a big fan of Anthony and the historic documentary nature of all his videos, but I am also a former decade long resident of Pittsburgh and I am beyond tired of this property being a porch light for moths that want to vandalize the structure and make things even worse for the already downtrodden residents of West Mifflin and the surrounding dirt poor areas down route 51.
@@AcesAdventures1 I agree Moonbeam needs exposed, but like the above person as a Pittsburgher this property needs demolished asap. There’s retail properties surrounding this that are doing quite well despite the down post industrial economy of the Mon Valley and this building is a depressing eyesore
@@AcesAdventures1 moonbeam is garbage thanks to them were are losing a lot of great places to go hang out I lost my mall and it was very dear to me that is where me and my friends hang out at the arcade every night after school and every weekend and now it's gone you came to east Tennessee and did a few videos of it easttown mall then went to Knoxville center
Anthony, you are so brave going into this mall. So spooky when there are no lights, crap is strewn on the floor, everything is empty. You convey the scale, the enormity, of what happened. Juxtaposing the nostalgic audio while walking is brilliant. That's a lot of editing. When I go into malls, I think of you. What is crazy is that I think of your videos when I look at strip plazas, and power centres. We have an abandoned ToysRUs nearby. The retail in the adjacent strip mall closed out one-by-one at/after the lockdowns. Some brave home improvement stores are coming in, but that still abandoned huge square footage looms. I think they will have to subdivide that space. Soon the BBBY on the other side will be empty. There is another mall to the west that is doing shit. I think the landlord is encouraging the sad state in order to get approvals to redevelop. In the meantime, this classic '80's mall could be one of your videos.
Thank you Ace for documenting these malls and keeping things professional and dignified- too many are showing a total lack of respect for these places by vandalizing which makes it bad for everyone.
Wow , so much destruction 🥺 Thanks for bringing us this content , i've been interested in abandoned places ever since I can remember .. love your channel ❤
It's hard to believe this truly interesting complex has been closed for less than 10 years it feels like it's been closer to 25 years with how things look and feel in there. This really is one of my favorite malls dead or alive. It's history is really fascinating to as is its location. I hope it's converted into something interesting and functional. In the meantime, it can be a great set for some kind of dystopian fantasy movie or production. I would film there in every way. Thank you for putting so much time and effort into these videos and for this mall in particular. Somehow this one needs to stand out and be remembered in particular. And for further highlighting the corruption that some of these do nothing owners are about. I also appreciate the narration and the explanation at the beginning. I feel like this is the next Dixie Square Mall, but it is far from a lost cause and I hope they renovate this place.
This was one of the best malls in america from when it was built until the early 2000s. Now it seems that time has forgotten it. I was born and raised in pittsburgh and used to frequent this mall. It’s pretty crazy to see it in its current state.
Good morning Sir Anthony. Thank you so much for all the hard work effort and just the history you give it to us with each of these individual videos I've been watching you for a couple years now sir I've learnt so much about malls and have reflected so deeply on when malls existed I'm 61 years old and I watch them come into existence and then exit so yeah. That being said thank you for all the kindness respect and dignity you apply to these places that you visit and explore that being said thank you once again for taking us along your Explorations stay safe stay strong one-step-at-a-time Sir ACE.
Thanks Anthony for another great enjoyable video. I have my all notifications on and never was notified of this video until I just stumbled across it. Happy birthday Anthony 🎂🍻🍻enjoy your Birthday trip!!!
Happy Birthday, and thanks for another outstanding video. You covered a mall in my neck of the woods that's fallen farther than I thought possible, Jamestown Mall. It's sad to see an iconic mall that was beautiful in its prime degrade into what it is today. Moonbeam, Kohan, and Namdar are the axis of evil in the world of malls. If they were represented by a literary figure it would be The Red Death from Poe's Masque of the Red Death. Everything they touch dies in agonizing fashion.
Happy 40th birthday! Damn, 7 years goes by fast for this mall. You still gotta stop in Utah, lol. The first Sears in Salt Lake just got torn down last fall.
When I was a moody teenager in the 00's, I used to both love and hate malls, and I wondered about them falling apart one day. I pictured an end of civilization thing, a global ecological collapse, where all the gears stopped turning at once, including all the malls. I didn't think it would happen in this one-by-one way, where this is happening to one mall while a strip mall just a few minutes away up the highway is thriving. And I didn't imagine that it would be caused more by mismanagement , corruption, and capitalistic inflexibility (repurposing malls to modern or government uses takes money that nobody's willing to spend) than by total, universal societal collapse.
Don’t quote me on this but these firms buy these properties as a depreciating asset as write offs on their more lucrative properties. Landlords up in NYC do that if the building is older and requires to much up keep. They keep it closed and never pay less taxes.
Haven’t seen a video in quite awhile from Ace. Due to YT recommendations being the first thing I see. Starting to use that page less and less because it’s recommending stuff that is garbage. So I’ll be checking in on my subscription page more often. Concerning Century III Mall. This is where building codes need to enforced wether their in use or not! I love Malls but I’d rather see this demolished. The city of Pittsburgh should be compelled to act immediately. For the safety of the community.
You mean West Mifflin Township, since this is technically there and not the city of Pittsburgh. But yeah, you'd think West Mifflin would condemn this property, and order it torn down immediately. Kind of wish that Century Travel neon sign could be preserved, before C3 is demolished though.
Thanks Guys for showing us the inside of this once great mall… I hate seeing all the vandalism inside. It hurts me seeing that. This was one of my Friday night hangouts when I was in high school(94’) hanging out in the food court. VIP pizza was what I always got, 2 thick with Pepperoni and mushroom. Has an urban explorer I just don’t understand why people mess things up. It takes away everything! I’m glad I got video of the mall a month before it closed. Thx again for the video!!!!!
I remember going to this mall as a kid in the early 80's. Christmas was so much fun. The place was packed, all the decorations and always a trip to the York Steak House.
I have been in the mall many many times and always enjoyed myself. The funniest thing is your video popped up in my videos to watch and this upcoming Wednesday after Easter they are supposed to start the demolition of the mall. It will crazy to ride by and the mall is gone😪. I have seen a lot of things change around Pittsburgh and I guess this is the next thing to change.
I was there around the time of their grand opening in 1980. I felt a pain in my right side all day, got sick, threw up. Ended up in the hospital with appendicitis. Had surgery. All went well. I miss that mall.
WOW. I'm 55 and remember going there as a kid. It was such a cool place with everything. You could spend a day just walking, looking around, people watching. Almost like being at a board walk at the beach.
You gotta do the Lycoming mall in muncy PA with its famous arch! It officially closes its doors on March 1st. There’s so much history and back story there I highly recommend checking it out.
This is gut-wrenching. I'm a local. I was inside CIII the week before it closed, just after the last water main break that got it condemned. It was already dead then -- now they're defacing the corpse. The hatred for Moonbeam for us here in Pgh runs deep. I'm not saying that CIII would have survived forever with someone else in charge, but my god, maybe it wouldn't be a dangerous ruin now. Thanks for sharing though -- appreciate it.
Thanks for another great video-your perspective and documentation are first rate. The destruction and vandalism of this once proud structure is a sad comment on our society in general. Enjoy your Paris adventure! Be safe in your travels🌟🌟🌟
Never have understood what some get out of tearing a place all to hell. Congrats on hitting the big 40 I turned 46 the day after your recorded this. A year ago I wondered if I would make it another year.
Great video Ace, I know a few people who visited this mall a few months ago, they told me that they're preparing to tear it down soon, comparing their photos to this video is an eye opener, it have unfortunately gotten a lot worse. They recommended me to not check it out as they saw many other people there too, so I'd suggest that to everyone who wants to check it out, please don't, as it only have become more and more dangerous
This is so sad, I spent my childhood years at this mall, middle school- being dropped off with friends. Wow this is like a punch in the stomach “your childhood is gone!”
@@joshuazarich4851 There is NO DOUBT to me this mall won't be saved, and it is only a matter if time when C3 is finally demolished. I just wish West Mifflin would do it now, rather than do nothing and let it further rot for many more years. Rolling Acres Mall in Akron being a prime example of what can occur, if a community let's a mall continue to rot and doesn't tear it down for so many years. I just fear this is going to become the next 'Rotting Acres'. This all said, someone should go inside this mall and rescue that Century Travel neon sign.
My grandparents lived in the neighborhood behind this mall. Literally less than 5 minutes away. We used to go there all the time. And even after they both passed away over a decade ago I would still make the half hour drive and come here. This literally breaks my heart. Ross park is my local mall. But this was my favorite mall.
Happy birthday Anthony. What an awesome way of spending your 40th putting out what could be the last video documentation on this mall. Since I have been following you and others this is one of the most coveted places. Sadly property developers like moonbeam are there to grab money at whatever cost, that being the decline of the building and the people working in retail who lose jobs (along with other factors but who would want to work in a place where half the water supply is off and no heat?). The UK is similar if on a smaller scale. I am aware a local shopping centre to me is now being redeveloped after years of decline due to lack of investment. It's only alive because it serves as a thoroughfare to outside and the anchor store of Asda (Walmart's UK store) and trying to keep it's history of the local area alive. What I do know is the property was bought by a developer for a fairly small sum. By the way, obviously you have been doing this some time but heed your own advice and take care in these properties. Glad you go in pairs/groups.
This mall has so many core memories for me. I grew up an hour away, so once a year, we'd make the drive to PA during my parents' vacation time. I remember the pet store, how big the whole mall seemed to 5 year old me. Even when it was dying, I remembered it. My dad and I went to 3 Rivers con when it was hosted in one of the old anchor stores. I got my copy of Majora's Mask on the 3ds at a game store there, watched a bunch of Stormtroopers and a Darth Vader ride the double decker carousel. I took one of the last pictures of my dad id ever have, before he got sick. A year or so later, I'd go back with my college roommate. I was getting big into the dead mall fixation then, and I wanted to show them the thrill, before we stopped by South Hills. The carousel was gone, and the game store, too. The part by the Mexican restaurant was already unlit. I can't imagine how surreal this video is to people who grew up going to this mall every weekend, or who worked here. It was undoubtedly part of so many lives, and now it's just...shattered and descecrated.
Wow how that mall has truly fallen off of a cliff. The damage both naturally and man made is just surreal! This mall was groundbreaking in its time so sad to see it like this. I sure wouldn’t want to be in there alone at all and am glad you got in and out of there safely. That place needs to be demolished there is definitely no saving it whatsoever. I see some others on here are promoting this mall as well so am guessing that several of you good guys have been in this mall lately. The individuals who come in here and do that kind of damage just infuriate me to no end so disrespectful. Thanks for sharing this mall yet one more time with all of us.
This is such a shame to let this go. I lived near this mall and used to go all the time before it closed. Moonbeam should be ashamed (they are not tho) and they need to be accountable for this property. Even the parking lot and streets around this place is in horrible condition.
OMG..my family & our kids came to C III almost every weekend. This is horribly sad to see. I believe this should be torn down now. It’s highly disrespectful to leave it this way. I just want to cry seeing it now. 😢 Have a great birthday & you’ll love Paris. My youngest son backpacked across Europe a few years ago. TY for showing this. You always do a great job!! Does anyone know how South Hills Village (also in Pittsburgh) is doing?? It was still a nice mall when we moved last year to the Central Coast of California. I’d love to know how it’s doing! ❤
I was visiting this mall in 2003 and it was spectacular. Everything was bright and full of shoppers even at night before they closed there were hoards of shuffling feet. Food court was 3rd floor and had every mall restaurant possible.
I had to push my wife because she was wheelchair bound so we spent a lot of time in the elevators. Oh think I choose to remember the way it was. Thanks for documenting.😢
Hard to imagine, this was once a thriving mall. As an older millennial, I remember how malls were the place to be on Fridays and Saturday. There a shell of what they once were, but I'm sure, if you grew up with malls, would agree wherever you live in the US, will always hold special memories.
YOu should see the malls in Asia, they beat ours hand down
I still have memories of Brookdale and Village North.
I just walked the outside of the mall yesterday. Three places to get in. No police or guard presents. After seeing this film I’m sure it can’t be saved now and will be demolished in the near future. I absolutely loved this mall and shopped there often. A lot of people blame the Waterfront in Homestead for the mall failing but it was truly Moonbeams neglect of the roof that caused people to stop coming here. I hope someone buys the land soon and builds something nice there. It’s so hard to drive by that beautiful mall and see it in the condition it is in now. Thank you so much for making this video.
Question is... did you actually sneak into the mall??????
I once snuck into Vallco in Cupertino, 3 months before demolition.
I immediately got caught, just exploring for 21 minutes... after a group of policemen found me at the AMC main entrance.
I was then arrested and sentenced to a year in
Santa Clara County Jail.
@@lord.d1_ no I just walked the outside but you could see how people were getting in. I would never go inside.
They are supposed to have security guards that's what they said after the fire and the teenager falling through Penny's
such CORRUPT GOV AND CONTRACTORS ALWAYS IN PA. THAT MALL WAS ONLY BUILT IN THE 80S.
I ask my self why I am I addicted to watching mall videos? Well, I was raised in a generation like Anthony when malls were one of the most popular places to be dropped off as kids. These were places that your parents dropped off for hours on end. We didn't have to worry about mall shootings or shopping online. This was our childhood and Anthony is filming it before it is gone forever. The music you use in all your videos is iconic. Once you went to my home town of Portland, Oregon and told the history of Lollyd Center I was hooked. I dove by Lollyd Center last week and was surprised how bad the area has gotten. Across the street from the mall was a Regal Cinema that is now gated all the way around. Homeless is all over. It's very sad. But I will say there is another mall called Pioneer Square located in Portland Oregon that will see the same fate as Lollyd Center. Thank You again for all you do and Have a great birthday in Europe.
Boomers, Gen X and some millennials grew up with malls
I remember people who basically spent their lives in the mall. As teens they would be there everyday in the summers (and in many cases getting jobs in the mall). As they got older they kept going to the mall. They ate at the mall, they shopped at the mall, they worked at the mall. It was just a small economy built up in the mall. This one would of really been great for them as there seems to been a hotel at the mall. They could literally live their entire life in the mall. I met many teens and 20-somethings who hung out at the mall whenever they had any free time. We have the biggest mall in the country (based on store count. The mall of America is the largest in square footage), the King Of Prussia mall. I kinda miss going to our local malls (fairgrounds square, Whitehall, Coventry, KoP, and even Trexlertown).
@@CamaroAmx The thriving malls also have very bland and very boring architecture. When you walk into them you think your inside a hospital. Malls were hang outs because back in the "old days" there was no social media or worldwide web. If you wanted to socialize, you had to do it in person. Now in-person socializing is much less frequent.
@@chm9935 The demise of and or lack of socializing "in person" is unhealthy and bad for humanity. I don't think most people really think about this fact. The originators of the modern age mall said its primary function was to bring about a place for people to meet, interact, and socialize, the second function was for commerce.
Greetings fellow local lol. I went to Lloyd shortly after Christmas to see how busy it would get... not busy at all. There were still a fair amount of people, but very few Americans, around the ice rink, but if you walked away from the rink, it quickly became desolate. Very eerie.
So sad to the the state of this mall. Never been in person, but I can’t get over the architecture and textures in this mall. Outstanding documentation Anthony.
Thank you
I want to take a moment to say thank u Century 3 Mall for the many years of Christmas shopping and summer shopping and back to school shopping!
Facts had my first date there lol wild good times it was so nice when I was a kid in the 90seven early 2000s
I used to bring my kids to see Santa. Malls were part of our lives. We had amazing events that would occur in different parts of the mall, and you would come and see them. Things like a school choir performing during the holidays, famous people who would come and we would take take pictures and see them. It was not just a place to shop. It was a place where there were events and things that happened and we would all come together and enjoy being able to shop and not have to be alone. There were food courts so you could just come and hang out for the day. As a race walker I used to mall walk all the time. I would go inside and they actually had a kiosk where you could check in and sign up and you would log your miles. Brochures would tell you exactly what tracks you could walk around the mall to get certain distances. We loved that we would come in before the stores would open and before I went to work. We would hike around the mall and get our miles in and it was really nice. Where I live there’s a lot of snow and really cold weather and so it was a wonderful place to be able to go to walk and you got to know people that you met as a part of the walking club. These are things that went on in malls. It’s heartbreaking to me. I hate to see it.
One video I did see on the Internet was where they actually took a two-story mall and they made apartments out of it and so people would come in for businesses catering to the apartment community like grocery stores or medical or physical therapy clinics and seniors and were moving into these apartments. It might be a way to refurbish some of them. Sadly it’s too late for many and it’s very heartbreaking because they were places where you went as a family for events, for shopping, for exercise, and for time to just hang out because you were bored. These were the days before Internet and they would have postings on bulletin boards of upcoming events in the community. I loved that community bond and the death of the mall is one more way of isolating us so that we can shop online and never get to talk to another human being. As a woman who’s getting older this is becoming painfully more real to me.
Thank you Ace for this video. So sad...I worked at this mall back in 1986. It was so busy all the time. I remember when I was little my family came out on opening day. It was such a beautiful place!
Hey Anthony, just wanted to say how much I appreciate your content. I grew up in the 2000s, so I caught the tail end of the mall era, but it’s still very nostalgic. Your production value, music, and property choices are fantastic and have gotten me into the dead mall community. I’m from the Milwaukee area, so seeing your Northridge video was particularly fascinating. Thank you for all you do!
Happy birthday, Ace! I was in a bad marriage years ago in the 80s when I was 19. I was able to get away to go to a big, cool mall in Denver. The atmosphere and the ambience filled my psyche with those feel-good feelings and the 80s music, Desert Moon being one of them by Styx! I walked away and went home. I wanted to hang onto the feelings as long as I could because I knew when I went to sleep and woke up the next morning they'd be gone, and they were. So I can relate to what you described with your experience with lunch there at Century III. Thanks for the valuable historical footage of this mall. 👍👍👍👍😊😊😊😊
and this is how malls die, by the neglect of Moonbeam. Sad to see this icon die this way, it deserved way more. ALSO HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Thanks 🎉😀
Even though it's not a mall I ever visited, as are most dead malls I see in videos, I think I, like many of us, can still feel a tug at our hearts over it because it's so similar to ones I've known. Just the JC Penney sign alone takes me back to another time that was "normal" and happy...
I really don't understand vandals. They same people who smashed up this mall would probably do the same if they were let loose at the pyramids without supervision...
I've been living in Pittsburgh for over 30 years. Used to frequent the mail quite a bit. And every time I'd go there it got progressively worse. It's such a shame that it got to this point. I hate seeing it sit and decay the way it is. Thank you so much for doing this video Anthony it's very well done. Something needs to be done like demolition and not let vandals keep defacing it. RIP Century 3 Mall. You will always have a special place in my heart ❤️.
It’s a shame
Capitalism.....that's what makes it so great. People can make it or break it....just like that!!!;
Aristotle once said; a penny saved; is a penny earned!!
Smoke cigarettes....
The place has been here since 1979 its a shame to see it get demolished soon
Humans who have no desire to do anything to benefit humanity are the trespassers and vandals who have already demolished this mall with their own bare hands. Humans with their own bare hands have the capability to destroy things and eventually destroy humanity. I know it sounds morbid but to me it’s true. We’re capable of destroying civilizations and eventually ourselves. I’m emotionally impacted by watching this video. Thanks Ace for sharing this video. I really appreciate your work Ace if you see this comment and share your sentiments. Sorry for being so morbid.
I lived near this mall from 1988 to 2009. Back in the 1990s it was such a nice mall. By 2009, 1/3 of its stores had closed and many of the remaining stores were indie comic shops, novelty stores, etc. Nothing against indie stores, they kept it alive for many years, it just made it very obvious how many of the original tenents had fled.
Amazing to see this but heartbreaking what has happened here. Thank you capturing what will probably be the last of the insides of C3 before something happens. Great video sir and happy birthday!!
Happy birthday. I love your content. Keep it coming. It's important to document these malls which are a dying institution for the sake of history and not just nostalgia.
Ty :)
I used to live in PGH and remember going on special trips to this grand mall at Christmas time after it had opened. Traffic was crazy and the mall was packed with happy shoppers! Store after store and food vendors... just amazing and the latest architecture. That was 1979 and it was a boost to the area back then. Even as a dead mall, the enormity of this property has to be seen to be believed. It's a shame to see what has happened here and across the country. Things change... shopping and businesses change... trends come and go. Those who enjoyed the mall will at least retain their memories of this once truly magnificent place.
Ace may have gotten the last video of this mall. It’s slated for demolition in the summer. The scary part about this mall is that in 2016 the mall had no functioning sprinklers, no heat, water had been shut off in a section of the mall and a wing had been blocked off, yet JC Penny continued to be open until 2020 (the very last store open in the mall). Moonbeam sold the mall in 2016. Current owner is unknown but plans for redevelopment have been in the table for over a decade.
The more and more research I do on these dead and dying malls, makes me realize that a majority of them suffered financial blows within 10 years (or less) of their openings, many long before the internet. Those hits (usually anchor closings or replacements) just set the trend that slowly hurt the mall until they didn’t have a replacement for the closed stores. Malls need consistency in their stores. People need to know if the store they plan on going to is still there and will be there next week. The problem with malls is that a lot of people (more and more over time) got tired of spending an entire day in the mall when they only needed one or two things and the rest being impulse buys. Not to mention the location of the mall made people drive past other stores that very well could also have what they need. Or even if they drive a short distance in a different direction, they can just go to a standalone store that is also in the mall. In and out and home in the time it took you to drive the mall, park and walk to the store you need.
I noticed a poster for Simon Mall gift certificates at 17:37 so they may have bought it and ran it into the ground. It definitely figures.
@@Crackrzz Simon owned it in the 90s before selling to Moonbeam when the mall was in serious decline.
@@Crackrzz I tend to notice for Simon, they did more renovations at certain malls than they did at other malls. Sadly to say for Simon they probably saw this mall didn't get as much sales as other malls, hence why they decided to cut their losses and sell this mall. Too bad Moonbeam got this mall, which was a very incompetant slumlord who shouldn't be operating malls if you ask me.
Thanks for bringing us great content as always. I'm always leery when you go to the abandoned malls. Here's to a Happy Early Birthday!!!!
You're the best!
Went here with my mother as a kid around 2008 I remember for some reasons those memories stick with me
The really crazy thing is a lot of people today have no idea of how amazing that time was. Like when these malls were in their prime. You just don't know how it felt to be a part of that when it was new and thriving.
I remember going here as a kid - my favorite thing was the carousel and the pretzel stand right next to it! Sadly some parts of the neighboring community can be quite dangerous.
Also for those who know…
…Century III Chevrolet, Lebanon Church Road Pittsburgh! Minutes from the mall!!
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Wow I can say I did tear up. Amazing video and it’s so heart breaking to see a place you sooo loved to go to just destroy. Thank you
Fantastic direction and video Mr.ACE! Everyone experiences what you felt on this adventure and it doesn't just stem from malls but grand structures that lured many to fill up historic nostalgia we know today. Long time viewer here and wish everyone a great time! 😜
Im visiting this mall on Friday to pay my respects. I grew up in this mall. I lost my first tooth in this mall. I got my first job in this mall. And it saddens me that people have destroyed it to this extent
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I was 17 when it opened. It was THE place to be.
Enjoyed this bro. This mall was my whole teenage yrs. For like n the early 2000,s I used to hear it was closing. It didn’t back then and thought it never actually would
Happy birthday Anthony. Been a subscriber for 5 years and really appreciate all you do for the preservation of history. Also your production skills are top notch! My favorite mall of all time. Been there 50 times in the last year of its existence in 2018. Again, thank you for all that you do! Having a birthday toast to you right now man!
I grew up in the early 2000s and went there quite a bit as a child. I still remember the pet store that used to be there and seeing the dogs. The comic book store and so many others. I miss going there. I’ve since left PA, but I get a little less homesick watching your walkthrough of this once lovely mall that was a big part of my childhood.
A young couple posted a video of them walking through this mall not too long before you posted this video (like within a few months), and it's scary how much worse it got within that short period of time 😮. It's sad what has happened to so many malls. Based on the days you listed, this mall opened in 1980. I was 2 years old.
I saw some photos some friends of mine took, they visited it about a few months ago, and a lot of the lower floors completely unrecognizable
Love your work ACE!!! Like you I am outraged at vandalism and the needless destruction of places like this. Although I may have to make a painting of the chairs on the wall.
Wow... what an intro and outro; overall great video of a long dead mega mall! Amazing that these malls used to be where parent's dropped off their kids and didn't have to worry about the violence and other stuff that we do now. This has gone from a mega mall that was safe to a mass of ruins that time has run over. Thanks again for sharing these videos, Ace... no matter what is written on the walls right now and until demolition day.
I was here when it was just a slag dump.... I watched it be born, I watched it grow and thrive, and I had the pleasure of being here during its heyday .... And I, sadly, watched it die. Regardless, I'm so glad to have been part of it!
Thanks anthony for the video i'm a late 90s kid & I remember going to two of my local malls here in Hall county georiga
& love the asmophere they have from the smell of the great American cookie club to going to the barns and noble book store & find the hot wheels there. Great video as always 😃
This is so sad. I literally grew up when that Mall was in business. My mom took me there to buy my grade school and early highschool clothes. Last time I was there was 2014, and just a few businesses were hanging on. Internet shopping is destroying the real life experience. RIP Century III.
Sad to see the mall came to this...I have never been but it seems like a fallen gem...
Thankfully it is demolished super soon....
I am a big fan of Anthony and the historic documentary nature of all his videos, but I am also a former decade long resident of Pittsburgh and I am beyond tired of this property being a porch light for moths that want to vandalize the structure and make things even worse for the already downtrodden residents of West Mifflin and the surrounding dirt poor areas down route 51.
I totally get it but someone needs to expose Moonbeam for what they are doing to these places
@@AcesAdventures1 I agree Moonbeam needs exposed, but like the above person as a Pittsburgher this property needs demolished asap. There’s retail properties surrounding this that are doing quite well despite the down post industrial economy of the Mon Valley and this building is a depressing eyesore
@@AcesAdventures1 Kristin Rose said in one of her videos that Moonbean only owns something like 8 malls
@@AcesAdventures1 moonbeam is garbage thanks to them were are losing a lot of great places to go hang out I lost my mall and it was very dear to me that is where me and my friends hang out at the arcade every night after school and every weekend and now it's gone you came to east Tennessee and did a few videos of it easttown mall then went to Knoxville center
@@WhittyPics if u go to their site they have tons of properties
Anthony, you are so brave going into this mall. So spooky when there are no lights, crap is strewn on the floor, everything is empty. You convey the scale, the enormity, of what happened. Juxtaposing the nostalgic audio while walking is brilliant. That's a lot of editing.
When I go into malls, I think of you.
What is crazy is that I think of your videos when I look at strip plazas, and power centres. We have an abandoned ToysRUs nearby. The retail in the adjacent strip mall closed out one-by-one at/after the lockdowns. Some brave home improvement stores are coming in, but that still abandoned huge square footage looms. I think they will have to subdivide that space.
Soon the BBBY on the other side will be empty.
There is another mall to the west that is doing shit. I think the landlord is encouraging the sad state in order to get approvals to redevelop. In the meantime, this classic '80's mall could be one of your videos.
theres a video where a group of ppl went into northpark mall at night and its way scarier
Thank you Ace for documenting these malls and keeping things professional and dignified- too many are showing a total lack of respect for these places by vandalizing which makes it bad for everyone.
Wow , so much destruction 🥺 Thanks for bringing us this content , i've been interested in abandoned places ever since I can remember .. love your channel ❤
Glad you enjoyed
It's hard to believe this truly interesting complex has been closed for less than 10 years it feels like it's been closer to 25 years with how things look and feel in there. This really is one of my favorite malls dead or alive. It's history is really fascinating to as is its location. I hope it's converted into something interesting and functional. In the meantime, it can be a great set for some kind of dystopian fantasy movie or production. I would film there in every way. Thank you for putting so much time and effort into these videos and for this mall in particular. Somehow this one needs to stand out and be remembered in particular. And for further highlighting the corruption that some of these do nothing owners are about. I also appreciate the narration and the explanation at the beginning. I feel like this is the next Dixie Square Mall, but it is far from a lost cause and I hope they renovate this place.
This was one of the best malls in america from when it was built until the early 2000s. Now it seems that time has forgotten it. I was born and raised in pittsburgh and used to frequent this mall. It’s pretty crazy to see it in its current state.
Good morning Sir Anthony. Thank you so much for all the hard work effort and just the history you give it to us with each of these individual videos I've been watching you for a couple years now sir I've learnt so much about malls and have reflected so deeply on when malls existed I'm 61 years old and I watch them come into existence and then exit so yeah. That being said thank you for all the kindness respect and dignity you apply to these places that you visit and explore that being said thank you once again for taking us along your Explorations stay safe stay strong one-step-at-a-time Sir ACE.
Thanks Anthony for another great enjoyable video.
I have my all notifications on and never was notified of this video until I just stumbled across it.
Happy birthday Anthony 🎂🍻🍻enjoy your Birthday trip!!!
I’m glad that you included the century 3 Chevrolet commercial
It's not a Moonbeam property without a "broken" water main.
My mom took my brother and I when the mall first opened. I’m devastated by hearing that are demolishing it. I wish we could all do something
Happy Birthday, and thanks for another outstanding video. You covered a mall in my neck of the woods that's fallen farther than I thought possible, Jamestown Mall. It's sad to see an iconic mall that was beautiful in its prime degrade into what it is today. Moonbeam, Kohan, and Namdar are the axis of evil in the world of malls. If they were represented by a literary figure it would be The Red Death from Poe's Masque of the Red Death. Everything they touch dies in agonizing fashion.
Happy 40th birthday! Damn, 7 years goes by fast for this mall. You still gotta stop in Utah, lol. The first Sears in Salt Lake just got torn down last fall.
When I was a moody teenager in the 00's, I used to both love and hate malls, and I wondered about them falling apart one day. I pictured an end of civilization thing, a global ecological collapse, where all the gears stopped turning at once, including all the malls.
I didn't think it would happen in this one-by-one way, where this is happening to one mall while a strip mall just a few minutes away up the highway is thriving. And I didn't imagine that it would be caused more by mismanagement , corruption, and capitalistic inflexibility (repurposing malls to modern or government uses takes money that nobody's willing to spend) than by total, universal societal collapse.
Don’t quote me on this but these firms buy these properties as a depreciating asset as write offs on their more lucrative properties. Landlords up in NYC do that if the building is older and requires to much up keep. They keep it closed and never pay less taxes.
Another fantastic video 👍 Thank you for your work putting this together.
My pleasure!
Haven’t seen a video in quite awhile from Ace. Due to YT recommendations being the first thing I see. Starting to use that page less and less because it’s recommending stuff that is garbage. So I’ll be checking in on my subscription page more often. Concerning Century III Mall. This is where building codes need to enforced wether their in use or not! I love Malls but I’d rather see this demolished. The city of Pittsburgh should be compelled to act immediately. For the safety of the community.
You mean West Mifflin Township, since this is technically there and not the city of Pittsburgh. But yeah, you'd think West Mifflin would condemn this property, and order it torn down immediately.
Kind of wish that Century Travel neon sign could be preserved, before C3 is demolished though.
Thanks Guys for showing us the inside of this once great mall… I hate seeing all the vandalism inside. It hurts me seeing that. This was one of my Friday night hangouts when I was in high school(94’) hanging out in the food court. VIP pizza was what I always got, 2 thick with Pepperoni and mushroom. Has an urban explorer I just don’t understand why people mess things up. It takes away everything! I’m glad I got video of the mall a month before it closed. Thx again for the video!!!!!
No problem
I remember going to this mall as a kid in the early 80's. Christmas was so much fun. The place was packed, all the decorations and always a trip to the York Steak House.
Pittsburgh's version of Rotting Acres Mall :(
How the mighty have fallen. This one really hurts. Incredible video, Anthony. Happy Birthday and enjoy Paris.
This is so sad. I didn't come here often but I really liked this mall. Very sad to see it like this.
I have been in the mall many many times and always enjoyed myself. The funniest thing is your video popped up in my videos to watch and this upcoming Wednesday after Easter they are supposed to start the demolition of the mall. It will crazy to ride by and the mall is gone😪. I have seen a lot of things change around Pittsburgh and I guess this is the next thing to change.
Happy birthday man, welcome to the forty club. Keep up the great work and love the videos!
Thanks a bunch!
Great job on this. You are my favorite dead mall youtuber. Happy birthday 🎂
I was there around the time of their grand opening in 1980. I felt a pain in my right side all day, got sick, threw up. Ended up in the hospital with appendicitis. Had surgery. All went well. I miss that mall.
Do you have any old pics?
@@AcesAdventures1 Sorry, I do not. Appreciate your great video!
happy early birthday. Another great but sad video. Keep up the great work
Thank you! Will do!
WOW. I'm 55 and remember going there as a kid. It was such a cool place with everything. You could spend a day just walking, looking around, people watching. Almost like being at a board walk at the beach.
You gotta do the Lycoming mall in muncy PA with its famous arch! It officially closes its doors on March 1st. There’s so much history and back story there I highly recommend checking it out.
I have
This is gut-wrenching. I'm a local. I was inside CIII the week before it closed, just after the last water main break that got it condemned. It was already dead then -- now they're defacing the corpse. The hatred for Moonbeam for us here in Pgh runs deep. I'm not saying that CIII would have survived forever with someone else in charge, but my god, maybe it wouldn't be a dangerous ruin now.
Thanks for sharing though -- appreciate it.
Someones gotta show people who is responsible
Super vlog mate, I'm loving your channel. New subscriber from the UK. 👍
Welcome aboard!
Thanks for another great video-your perspective and documentation are first rate. The destruction and vandalism of this once proud structure is a sad comment on our society in general. Enjoy your Paris adventure! Be safe in your travels🌟🌟🌟
Such a shame. My beloved Greengate Mall in Greensburg met the same fate before it was torn down in 2003. I should’ve went down with it.
The sounds in the mall are amazing!
25:07-26:36 what is that music playing
So upsetting to see, as someone who lives 10 minutes away and has gone there since they opened. Thank you for the video. So sad.
Thanks for the hard work in making these awesome videos. I love the music!
The eerie green hue in some of the shots gives the place an otherworldy look.
Funny, just as I read this, one of those shots came up. Was nice to see it, while reading mention of it.
Never have understood what some get out of tearing a place all to hell.
Congrats on hitting the big 40 I turned 46 the day after your recorded this. A year ago I wondered if I would make it another year.
Looks like the perfect place to build an Amazon distribution center.
Lol west mifflin doesn't want that. Nor do they want a UPMC hospital
Another great video. Happy Birthday. Have fun in Paris.
Thank you! 😃
I was the head manager at the photo studio: Glamour Shots, here.
Lotta time spent here. Lotta good memories. Great video.
Happy early Birthday Ace! Safe travels to Paris!
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Thank you!!
You always do an outstanding job on your explorations. I lobe the documentary style of your videos Anthony. Keep up the great work Anthony!
Happy birthday Ace. As a fellow millennial (38) it’s an obsession I COMPLETELY understand. Keep documenting, we love it!
Ty :)
Great video Ace, I know a few people who visited this mall a few months ago, they told me that they're preparing to tear it down soon, comparing their photos to this video is an eye opener, it have unfortunately gotten a lot worse. They recommended me to not check it out as they saw many other people there too, so I'd suggest that to everyone who wants to check it out, please don't, as it only have become more and more dangerous
Thank you for another great video, Ace!
Thank You for all you do Ace! It is a shitting shame that this is becoming Rolling Acres 2.0 😞
Just something both relaxing and haunting about watching dead mall videos like this.
So many memories as a child in this mall with my mom. Wow. Crazy to see it this way.
This is so sad, I spent my childhood years at this mall, middle school- being dropped off with friends. Wow this is like a punch in the stomach “your childhood is gone!”
Wow!!! Have you seen Northridge in milwaukee
Ok yes I subscribed no wonder your new video came up. This new one is awesome too
It’s so surreal seeing places I’ve been and ads I’ve heard being in these videos
Wow I can’t believe how bad that place it’s getting I been watch you guys on UA-cam for the last 2 years.
It’s crazy
Do you think they will end up tear the mall down. I wish some one will buy it and fix it up before it’s to late
@@joshuazarich4851 There is NO DOUBT to me this mall won't be saved, and it is only a matter if time when C3 is finally demolished. I just wish West Mifflin would do it now, rather than do nothing and let it further rot for many more years. Rolling Acres Mall in Akron being a prime example of what can occur, if a community let's a mall continue to rot and doesn't tear it down for so many years. I just fear this is going to become the next 'Rotting Acres'.
This all said, someone should go inside this mall and rescue that Century Travel neon sign.
My grandparents lived in the neighborhood behind this mall. Literally less than 5 minutes away. We used to go there all the time. And even after they both passed away over a decade ago I would still make the half hour drive and come here. This literally breaks my heart. Ross park is my local mall. But this was my favorite mall.
Happy birthday Anthony. What an awesome way of spending your 40th putting out what could be the last video documentation on this mall. Since I have been following you and others this is one of the most coveted places. Sadly property developers like moonbeam are there to grab money at whatever cost, that being the decline of the building and the people working in retail who lose jobs (along with other factors but who would want to work in a place where half the water supply is off and no heat?).
The UK is similar if on a smaller scale. I am aware a local shopping centre to me is now being redeveloped after years of decline due to lack of investment. It's only alive because it serves as a thoroughfare to outside and the anchor store of Asda (Walmart's UK store) and trying to keep it's history of the local area alive. What I do know is the property was bought by a developer for a fairly small sum.
By the way, obviously you have been doing this some time but heed your own advice and take care in these properties. Glad you go in pairs/groups.
I don't recall shopping there during my time there. I only remember Murphy's Mart, the mall in Erie, and our backyard pool.
Cool
You , Dan , and Sal have born witness to this . Thank you xxx
This mall has so many core memories for me. I grew up an hour away, so once a year, we'd make the drive to PA during my parents' vacation time. I remember the pet store, how big the whole mall seemed to 5 year old me.
Even when it was dying, I remembered it. My dad and I went to 3 Rivers con when it was hosted in one of the old anchor stores. I got my copy of Majora's Mask on the 3ds at a game store there, watched a bunch of Stormtroopers and a Darth Vader ride the double decker carousel. I took one of the last pictures of my dad id ever have, before he got sick.
A year or so later, I'd go back with my college roommate. I was getting big into the dead mall fixation then, and I wanted to show them the thrill, before we stopped by South Hills. The carousel was gone, and the game store, too. The part by the Mexican restaurant was already unlit.
I can't imagine how surreal this video is to people who grew up going to this mall every weekend, or who worked here. It was undoubtedly part of so many lives, and now it's just...shattered and descecrated.
Happy Birthday Ace. Your videos are some of the best
Wow how that mall has truly fallen off of a cliff. The damage both naturally and man made is just surreal! This mall was groundbreaking in its time so sad to see it like this. I sure wouldn’t want to be in there alone at all and am glad you got in and out of there safely. That place needs to be demolished there is definitely no saving it whatsoever. I see some others on here are promoting this mall as well so am guessing that several of you good guys have been in this mall lately. The individuals who come in here and do that kind of damage just infuriate me to no end so disrespectful. Thanks for sharing this mall yet one more time with all of us.
It looks like the mall was abandoned for years...but it just recently closed and it got vandalized...that poor mall
This is such a shame to let this go. I lived near this mall and used to go all the time before it closed. Moonbeam should be ashamed (they are not tho) and they need to be accountable for this property. Even the parking lot and streets around this place is in horrible condition.
It was such a cool mall...I got to enjoy it in the early 90s while I went to school there for a couple years...
Erie as hell with those pockets of light, power is still very much on!
We traded the mall experience for Amazon. How sad we’ve become.
OMG..my family & our kids came to C III almost every weekend. This is horribly sad to see. I believe this should be torn down now. It’s highly disrespectful to leave it this way. I just want to cry seeing it now. 😢 Have a great birthday & you’ll love Paris. My youngest son backpacked across Europe a few years ago. TY for showing this. You always do a great job!! Does anyone know how South Hills Village (also in Pittsburgh) is doing?? It was still a nice mall when we moved last year to the Central Coast of California. I’d love to know how it’s doing! ❤
It's supposedly going to be demolished this summer
@@DavidNgo86 Are you serious? Oh, geez! I wasn’t expecting that. Is it really in bad shape like CIII? Wow! Thank you David.
@@carolk5770 I meant CIII
South hills village appears to be doing fine from what I can tell.
@@loripetanovich7484 it is. Just went shopping there a few weeks ago