A Visit to Ridgmar Mall
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- Опубліковано 3 гру 2024
- Ridgmar Mall is a dead-ish mall within the Fort Worth area of Texas. It's gone through decline, resurgence, and back again, but seems to have stabilized on a more niche crowd.
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Very nice mall, so bright and airy, I hope it makes it!
I went to this mall when i was kid. I truly loved the weekend trips to Rigmar.
I had no idea that this mall was still standing. I thought when we lost Collin Creek Mall that this one was going to be the next one gone. It's really good to see that it's still open! Thank you so much for sharing the good news!
Nice looking mall. Hope it bounces back to whatever degree it's able to.
this is a really nice mall. i really liked the part where the colums on one side of the hallway here square shaped & the other side were more round along with the glass along the side of the upstairs part gives it a lot of character. plus some really nice fountains. my favorite is the one with the turtles
Growing up, I always preferred Ridgmar to Hulen because all of the stores they shared, the one at Ridgmar was always larger and had more of a selection. They also had Build-A-Bear (before it moved to hulen!) and just had more stores generally since it's so much larger. I try to go every now and then to see how it's doing. It really started to decline when I was in highschool (2016-2017ish) when Neimans and Macy's closed and Dillard's converted into a clearance center. So weird how slowly yet quickly it's died.
That's a really pretty mall ngl
My fav is the little bridge over that huge water feature
I wish my mall had that! We have fountains but that lil bridge is so cool!
Great vid!!
On one of the big columns, you can see an MM, ie 2000. Nice touch and reference to their big 2000 renovation.
Another rare mall that we have both visited. Ridgmar fell hard very fast. Once Neiman Marcus announced they were leaving, Macy's pulled out shortly afterwards. That left half of the mall without anchors, creating a void. I preferred this mall over Hulen Mall. Another bonus was the last DelTaco in Texas down the road that lasted about a year after all of the other Texas locations closed again.
I hope this one makes it- I love the turtles and fountains in it.
This is a pretty nice mall. It's too bad there aren't many shoppers. I like all the stars, all the fountains and the turtles. I also like the Greek style pillars.⭐🌟⛲⛲🐢🐢🐢Nice upload.
Thanks Doomie for another entertaining and informative video, Keep em Rolling!
I worked at Ridgmar Mall's JCPenney and Payless ShoeSource in the mid to late 1990's. It's still a clean, bright, beautiful mall. When I want to mall-walk I go here. Yes, the switch from Carswell Air Force Base to a Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base and the rise of internet shopping devastated it. The Military Museum is worth a visit!
This mall was my jam when i was growing up in for worth. So awesome that you covered this one
i grew up near this mall!!!!!!! its so sad its so dead, but im glad it still stands. compared to hulen mall i like its aesthetic and general vibes significantly more so its real sad ridgmar is our dead mall. i used to sit on those turtles w my sister. rest well, you beautiful thing.....
Seeing these vacant malls makes me sad, it's like part of my childhood just being erased right before my eyes
I haven't been to the Ridgmar Mall in ages, I mean ages. Probably since my earliest double-digits. The malls I mainline these days are the Grapevine Mills, Northeast Mall, and the closest being Parks at Arlington. Three very healthy malls. I'm hoping Ridgmar pulls through for the longer run, because if the three malls I mentioned can keep it up so can Ridgmar, if they just tried.
I go to the theatre inside this mall all the time. They've made at least 2 attempts to revive the mall and all or them have failed, unfortunately I think it's close to dying.
Great video. Little update I took my family to Sea Quest back around Labor Day of 2024. The poor animals seemed so neglected, depressed, the conditions were inhumane, and the place smelled of ammonia from the unsanitary environment. I looked at my wife and told her it wouldn’t be long before someone hears about this. Sure enough October 2024 Sea Quest was set to close due to PETA. Employees stated even the managers were keeping animals as pets, taking them home, and proceeding to brag about it on social media. The poor huge tortoise there was having sores from being stuck on a hard surface for years. He basically wandered around the area unsupervised. Sharks tanks were covered in algae. Otters were stuck in areas of filth and mold. Sea Quest was the main attraction, and the only remaining store that drew crowds and lines out the door. I assume this will be another distance memory, I find myself exploring abandoned, reliving the memories before the damage and graffiti come, and finally the demolition just like the Dallas mall that inspired Kane Pixels famous YT horror films. Those beautiful tortoise statues sit dry, and the fountains now sit with dust. Bath & Body is also closed. It’s slowly fading. When it does I’ll throw a video up on my channel before and after the damage. It’s truly a shame, such a beautiful little mall with many memories to follow, soon drifting away in time lost within the structure of what it once was.
A very nice Mall and these both Water-Fountains, especially the big one with the Turtles are soo beautiful.
I like the giant turtles!
I live near that mall from its beginnings and had worked in a couple of stores there in the late 80's early 90's and in the mid 80's it was the place to be when we were teens.
Very Wonderful Video!!!! I LOVE THE FOUNTAINS!!!!!! F+L, Corey
Interesting to see that there aren't vending machines on every corner. But there's still a 'mandatory' candy machine at 9:49.
This was the mall I grew up with. Crazy to see how much it has declined.
If I go to a mall in the Fort Worth area these days, it's usually North East Mall in Hurst. For outdoor shopping centers, I usually go to University Park Village near TCU. The main reason is that they both have White House Black Market, my favorite women's clothing brand. WHBM has been so friendly to me since my transition, I truly enjoy shopping with them.
Sometimes I'll go to NorthPark in Dallas, which has my other favorite brand, Aritzia, in their lineup. Southlake Town Square (outdoor mall) has both WHBM and Aritzia next door to each other, but their stores are smaller compared with the WHBM in Fort Worth (and Hurst) and the Aritzia in Dallas, so I don't usually shop with them in Southlake.
One of Fort Worth's other indoor malls, Hulen Mall (which I also grew up with) is doing fairly good, but they lack any of my favorite clothing stores. If I were still an American Eagle/Hollister/Forever 21/H&M person Hulen would be great, but I don't shop with those brands any more. Interestingly, Hulen Mall has the only Texas location of Rose & Remington, a women's clothing store mostly regional to the Ohio Valley (OH/IN/KY/WV) region and the state of Tennessee, although they also have one store each in Michigan (near Grand Rapids) and Pennsylvania (in Erie). The Hulen Mall location of Rose & Remington is their only store not in a state in, or adjacent to, their home region.
I lost it when you said Cox. Make up your own joke there lol
I hope you’re doing good I hope it makes it!
I visited Ridgmar mall today and it brings back nostalgia of when it used to be a lively mall. Today, 95% of the mall is gone.
Awesome fountain area!
Have you been to Town East Mall or Red Bird Mall yet? Two old school malls in DFW area. One thriving, one being redone.
Bath and body works is no longer there 😢
Your right, It won’t close in 2025
It will close in 2026 😈
Nice huge big mall
You going to do the sangertown square mall in new Hartford New York it’s a nice little mall
Cinemark absorbed Rave Motion Pictures, other locations have been completely rebranded but not this one, little money has been invested there.
This video must have been recorded a year or two ago cause ridgmar turtles aren’t squirting water out their mouth no more
Check out central mall , texarkana tx .
I blame the Internet
Giant Turtle 🐢 at 7:45
where this at?
Should’ve went to the creepy bathroom ppl be talking about
JCPenney in a couple Stores and Escar-Go in 2024 this year………… They were all over me!
Be careful if you are at Ridgmar Mall in Fort Worth, Texas because there have been sex trafficking going on over the last few years
Neat 😀
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Nuh uh, I am.
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