Mostly ABANDONED PENNROSE MALL In Reidsville NC
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- Today I am exploring the Pennrose Mall. This mall was opened back in the late 1960’s. How many stores are still open? What kind of condition is the mall in after all these years? We are going to find out NOW!
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I think growing up in the 70s 80s and 90s was the best time to grow up. I feel everything after 2000 just changed. People do shopping online. People have their groceries delivered to their homes. Its like people dont get together and hangout like they used to
I agree with you. When the internet became embedded in most households after the 2000. It really changed the landscape of day to day life. Have a good day my friend.
I feel like we skipped to an alternate timeline in or around Y2K. I actually feel like it was a bit later, maybe as late as 2006. People changed. Not everyone tho.
So sad seeing malls like this now. You know back in the day it was probably the place to be. I miss the excitement that malls use to have. I love seeing the old pictures when malls would be full of shoppers. Usually people were dressed nice. It was an event to go shopping at a mall. I've been to quite a few malls that have so many empty stores. Thanks for sharing.
Really your sad for a empty mall
@@Mike-fd5zq Absolutely! Think of all the jobs lost. Also the increase in buying online and the decrease of using cash. The tax dollars lost for the community too. Just like the local businesses when they close is sad to me.
There are children going to bed hungry right this minute some were in world and your sad for a empty building
@@Mike-fd5zq There are so many sad things in this world. Children are murdered before they are born-that is a tragedy. But the most important thing is that people accept Jesus Christ as their Savior. This world is temporary and eternity is not.
Jesus Christ is the most important thing in my life much more than a empty building
Hey! So, my Dad was originally from Reidsville, moved to the DC area after the Navy, met my Mom, got married, had myself & 4 younger siblings. After the 3rd youngest sibling was born, we moved from VA, back to Reidsville, where I lived until I graduated from Reidsville Sr High in 1978. Now to the mall. The backside is where Winn-Dixie used to be. That Chinese restaurant used to be a dry cleaners at one time & I think it was a bank before that. The end of the mall closest to the restaurant was Penney's, with an entrance at that end. Next to it was The Peanut Shack. I can't remember what was across from it other than Catos. Then, of course, the ever-hanging-on Roses. I've since been to a Roses north of Ocean City, MD & one in Cumberland, MD, all looking in about the same condition, though back in the 70's, the Reidsville store was a pretty nice store. There or extremely close to the Lemons Jewelry Store, was The Jewel box, a very nice jewelry store. There where Hibbett's was, was Eckerd's Drug Store. Inside of it, there was the drugstore area to the right & to the left, was a very nice sit down restaurant where you could eat lunch while you waited for your prescription. Across & to the left, just before you go down the steps or ramp, the store with the shingle type of roofing, was the AWESOME...Hodge Podge! It was a very nice, yet "hip" type of store. You could buy place settings, housewares like pictures, lamps, simple costume type jewelry, greeting cards & great smelling candles & incense. Smelled SO good in there. You could buy nice stuffed animals, small floral arrangements & I remember buying these haha fuzzy/furry shaped feet that you could peel the paper off the back & stick them on your notebooks or inside your school locker. It was such an eclectic choice of items in there, this & that, which fit it's name perfectly, a hodge podge of items but displayed very nicely, with taste. Across from Belks was/is? Strader's shoe store. I saw an old 1947 video on Reidsville & uptown, there was an Eckerd's & a Strader's shoe store, so it's been around for a long time. When I moved from Reidsville, you could still access Belks from the inside. Last yr, I had to stop in to Belks to make a Belks credit card payment for my Mom, who's 87 & she told me about having to use the end entrance...blew my mind! I talked with the cashier around my age & I told her that this was my first time being in there since I left in '78 & she said it has changed SO much in the 45 yrs & definitely not to the good. By the way, my paternal grandfather, who has been gone for quite awhile, worked on building the Pentagon & he retired from the American Tobacco Company in Reidsville. Back in 1947, it was I believe, the #1 tobacco business in the world? with a value of $6 MILLION! That's alot of money nowadays but for sure it was back then. It put Reidsville on the map & it was a very thriving city! Anyway, I forget who bought them out but when I was in elementary school, one of our field trips was to tour the American Tobacco Comp to see how cigarettes were made! Do you think that would happen these days?! I think not! There's a place in Reidsville that I wish I had been able to tour before it was sold off & that was the Chinqua Penn Plantation. You can google about it instead of me going on & on about it, but at one time, it was given into the trusteeship of the University of North Carolina System. When I visit, my sisters & I hike around the outskirts of the property. I REALLY enjoy your vlogs & maybe some time, you can travel around to all the NC lighthouses & go up in the ones that still allow it though you'll probably need to have a part 2, 3 or even a 4 parter! THANKS!!!
Hello Deb! Thank you for sharing your story with us about Reidsville and some of your life story. Sometime in the future I would like to visit some North Carolina lighthouses. I have plans to visit the Outerbanks to show some lighthouses in the future. Thanks for watching and have a blessed day my friend.
The “kiosk” was The Peanut Shack. Snacks, drinks, candies, cookies, and the best item… ICEE’s! Past that was JC Penny. Across from the Peanut Shack was CATO and CATO PLUS, women’s clothing. Hibbet Sports came later. Before that it was an Eckerd Pharmacy that had a small food counter. I remember eating grilled cheese sandwiches there.
Thank you for the info Josh. Thanks for watching and have good day!👍
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Great job!! Thank you I like watching stuff like this.
Awesome, thank you for watching my friend. I hope you have a great day!
Love the Shelby jacket! This is my home city and I tell ya it’s said to see what once was a bustling little mall in the condition it’s in today.
Hey for noticing the Shelby jacket.😉 I am a long time fan of the brand and owner. I can totally understand the sad feeling as you watch your beloved mall decaying. I grew up in Statesville North Carolina. My childhood mall is finally closed this past year. Thanks for watching my friend.
I was truly impressed by how long Signal Hill stayed on life support. We all knew it was coming, but it was still really sad when I stopped by to see it was finally closed.
The fact that the JR building now has the red x of death on it surprised me too. Hard to believe it's in that bad of shape now.
I'm going to check out this mall soon. I was also lucky enough to get to go in the eden mall right before they closed it for good. It was the same as far as temperature. It was so hot inside because the I'm sure the AC was off.
JR Tobacco was my first job after I graduated high school. I hate to see that building in such disrepair. Thanks for watching my friend.
Great vid...Dan Bell does alot of good vids on dead malls
Dan Bell is my favorite when it comes to dead mall tours.
There's a Jin's Chinese Buffet just a few miles from Statesville down I-40 in Conover across from Wal-mart if you're ever in that area.
Oh cool. I will check it out someday.
I grew up school shopping at this mall..lol This place was dope at one time.. It was a lot of life there..
I have the same thoughts about my local mall. Thanks for watching my friend. Have a good day.👍
There also used to be a Sears on the side you started on (according to my dad). It was physically demolished, and apparently he used the gravel for the house's driveway.
Thanks for the info. I appreciate you watching my friend. Have a good day.👍
I like Reidsville, but yes....a lot of the businesses closed after the tabacco industry left. It is getting better and there is a lot of new development, but there are still a lot of shuttered businesses in town. NC is currently turing route 29 into Interstate 785 and its expected to bring a lot more industry and jobs to Reidsville. Myself and a lot of other people living near Reidsville wouldn't want to live anywhere else.
Hey Jay! Thanks for watching buddy. Also, I appreciate you shedding some light on the positive outlook for Reidsville and the surrounding communities. It sounds like interstate 785 will be a big boost to the area.
TheMall...
Used to Be "Bumpin'"...Back in TheEarly90's.😢
It is so sad to think today’s generation for the most part will never experience how much fun malls could be back in the 90’s.
There is abandoned malls. All over the USA. So sad , everybody buys on line. The brick and mortar bldg s can't survive.
You are 100 percent correct William. The online shopping has destroyed the American Malls. Thanks for watching buddy.
You should see the remenants of the "mall" up the way in Eden!! They've sold the ends of the building but the middle used to be just terrible, they may have it blocked off by now.
I think you are correct about the Eden Mall. It is permanently closed when I looked it up on google. Thanks for the information. I like going to old malls. Thanks for watching my friend.🙌
@@HitchHikingYeti weirdly another youtuber named @AcesAdventures1 did penrose 4 days ago and eden 5 years ago!
I guess the old Pennrose Mall is becoming famous!😂@@fluffyashes
Lol I used to work in this mall...one of my first ever jobs was One Stop Cellular and I worked in several locations at one point or another...this was one I worked in many, many times
That is cool. I found Reidsville to be an interesting little town.
In hickory Gins is a good Chinese buffet I live in Taylorsville NC 😊
I will give it try. Thanks neighbor!👍
@@HitchHikingYeti you're welcome 🙏
Funny enough Im living about a mile and a half from yhere right now. Wasnt expecting to see it on UA-cam.
😂 Thanks for watching Nick! It’s funny what you can find on UA-cam. Have a good day buddy.👍
When pennrose mall open it had a Cato and a Winn Dixie and eckards and Belk’s hallmark’s had 2 locations in the mall I have lived in reidsville all my life since 1962
Thanks for the history. And thank for watching. I appreciate it.👍
I just moved to the Reidsville NC area. Sadly I have to drive to Greensboro area for a mall. Not that I go often but seeing what Penrose mall , I didn't really want to even go in!
@@Nolongerangry I live in Reidsville and they've got roses straders shoes in Belk which are really good stores. The rest of it obviously seem better days. Definitely check out Strader's shoes
Not much happen in Penrose Mall. Just locals walking for exercise.
That RC can came out around 78. That's the year I moved back to Greensboro. Holy shnikies. Loved that mall back then but I didn't really know any better.
Thanks for watching Roland. Thanks for the RC can date.👍
We had a Roses in Belmont NC
it's still here.. ?
Should go up the road a bit and see Danville’s two story dead mall.
Cool! I will look into it. Thanks for watching my friend. Have a good day.👍
We have two meals Carolina Mall and Concord Mills.
Concord Mills was my favorite mall to visit back in the early 2000’s. They had a cool NASCAR simulator I would frequent.😁
China grill just closed like 3 months ago
😢 what is happening to the stores etc. In Chicago allot of stores barely open. Small business gone. So Sad.
Online shopping is killing the malls here in America. Thanks for watching friend!
Pennrose has survived ages as a dead mall, and will remain there until the good Lord returns.
Bet the homeless use to break in
Abandon malls an sleep in it.😂
Probably happened a dozen times.
Homless guy:get out my house!!!
baseball player Rod Carew seems to be still alive
Thank for the info on Rod Carew!Thanks for watching!
Played silent hill 3?
No. Some of my favorites is the Gears of War series, Mortal Kombat, and World of Warships.
@@HitchHikingYeti that game takes
Place in an abandoned mall.
Creepy.
Abandon malls are creepy.
You don't know what's hidden in
There.
Not half as creepy as exploring a 100 year old abandoned home. Check out my video from last year. Here is a link ua-cam.com/video/-851gUYP8lk/v-deo.htmlsi=7YDOtoHt6872wysJ
@@HitchHikingYeti oh ok.
@@HitchHikingYeti scary movies
It's mostly zombies.
My hometown…man I miss those days…
Thanks for watching buddy!