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  • Опубліковано 11 гру 2020
  • (11-28-20) Today I was given the amazing opportunity to explore the former Sears store at Chesterfield mall. This store opened in 1976, and closed down in late 2018. This tour takes you through both floors of the store with looks into some of the former storage and stock rooms. We also take a close look at the elevators and machine rooms. Both elevators have been turned off, so we do not get a ride on them.
    I want to give a huge thanks to the people involved in allowing this tour to happen. Also, this tour was done with permission so do not enter a place like this unauthorized.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 176

  • @Youngstown529
    @Youngstown529 Рік тому +8

    A closed retail store is so sad. As a child of the 1970s, i remember that Sears was the go to place for clothing, shoes, appliances, car repairs, family photos, kitchen goods, furniture, curtains and more. Incredible how fast such an icon failed and fell apart.

    • @gobbletegook
      @gobbletegook Рік тому +2

      Even as close as 2006, Sears (And KMART) had 355,000 employees!

    • @NathanDavisVideos
      @NathanDavisVideos Рік тому

      Well you can thank mister "Fast Eddie" Lambert for this! (Greedy asshole...)

  • @vintagetoiletstexas2443
    @vintagetoiletstexas2443 3 роки тому +17

    I love exploring old retail stores

  • @kalaniotsuka-jq9wl
    @kalaniotsuka-jq9wl Рік тому +2

    Sears was the best store ever I remember in early October there Christmas decorations go up I was always looking forward to this to see what new Christmas decorations came out that year

  • @joejeanettegleason8693
    @joejeanettegleason8693 Рік тому +1

    My Grandmother moved from Sears downtown store to Westgate when it opened to run the domestics department until she retired. I worked in the electrical department in 1970-71. Friends from high school worked there too and we had a great time. Thanks for the memories.

  • @ProspectElevators
    @ProspectElevators 3 роки тому +8

    Fantastic presentation my friend!

  • @statecollegewx4060
    @statecollegewx4060 3 роки тому +4

    I really love exploring old stores

  • @nomoresayingcusswordsjk612
    @nomoresayingcusswordsjk612 2 роки тому +3

    I KNEW IT THE BACKROOM PICTURES CAME FROM SEARS

  • @kalaniotsuka-jq9wl
    @kalaniotsuka-jq9wl Рік тому +1

    I loved sears I grew up with sears from there 90s to the early 2000sears Christmas shops were the bomb everything from Christmas lights that play Christmas music to snoring animated Santa's to mr Christmas musical carousel I loved sears ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @youtubeuser7082
    @youtubeuser7082 2 місяці тому +2

    The Entire mall building is about to close permanently for demolition please also do a mall tour beforehand if you haven't already

    • @stlelevators
      @stlelevators  2 місяці тому +1

      There’s not much to see anymore

    • @youtubeuser7082
      @youtubeuser7082 2 місяці тому +1

      @@stlelevators ok there is now 11 Sears remaining in the United States of America
      United States (11)
      California
      Burbank -
      Burbank Town Center (reopened store)
      Concord -
      Sunvalley Mall
      Stockton -
      Weberstown Mall
      Whittier -
      Whittwood Town Center
      Florida
      Coral Gables -
      Stand-alone store; not attached to a mall
      Orlando -
      The Florida Mall
      Massachusetts
      Braintree -
      South Shore Plaza
      Puerto Rico
      Plaza Las Américas, Hato Rey, San Juan
      Texas
      El Paso -
      Cielo Vista Mall
      Washington
      Tukwila -
      Westfield Southcenter
      Union Gap -
      Valley Mall (reopened store)
      If You can able to explore the Sears in Washington and California as well

  • @clickr73
    @clickr73 25 днів тому

    Thank you for your footage! Saves me a trip
    And a headache trying to find the photo studio! I once remember it to being in the clothes level next to the layaway department. (8:00). I hate to see the mall fall, but that’s the way of the times, hopefully they’ll have something to remember the old complex for in the new complex. I heard something about the old Sears auto being saved for “Capehart”??

  • @georgewills-ek1gg
    @georgewills-ek1gg 26 днів тому

    6:44. looks like someone really wanted that troffer!

  • @AlecRoth-id8fp
    @AlecRoth-id8fp 3 роки тому +3

    Great video Jason! You should do more of these but with permission!

    • @stlelevators
      @stlelevators  3 роки тому

      Anytime I get a chance like this, I definitely go for it.

  • @dantowns7546
    @dantowns7546 3 роки тому +2

    The loud buzzing sound was from a transformer most likely to convert 480v (escalators/elevators and HVAC) to 120v (outlets computers etc)

  • @Puppycorn1379
    @Puppycorn1379 6 місяців тому

    The former Sears store, Chesterfield mall Missouri. This store opened up at 1976 and closed down late 2018 onto 2020. 0:12

  • @MasonColemanWright1234
    @MasonColemanWright1234 3 роки тому +2

    My Sears closed too

  • @icecolespears
    @icecolespears 19 днів тому

    I like your Outro music it reminds me of Wii Sports Music

  • @conrad1478
    @conrad1478 3 роки тому +2

    My father grew up in Chesterfield and frequented this store- he said it used to have an arcade and a candy shop

  • @gobbletegook
    @gobbletegook Рік тому

    A friend of mine had a kid that worked at a Sears (Southridge Mall Greendale WI) store. Shortly before it closed in 2017, we were talking about that mall, and he always wondered why there were so many stainless steel sinks in the back rooms near the parking lot. Well, long before food courts in the 1980's started happening, they had a very good cafeteria that you entered from at the parking lot levels at most stores. And they were big! Decent food too, from hamburgers to steaks and those blue plate specials...but so few people remember or know about them. I was hoping to see if any of that equipment was left there in your video. The restaurant space later became the areas for things like lawn mowers, patio items, and a garden center.

  • @retroryan838
    @retroryan838 2 роки тому +2

    You should go to the Sears at the Janesville Mall in Janesville, Wisconsin. The building hasn’t been gutted and has two floors. It also has a cool skylight above the escalators. You should go there before it’s too late.

    • @gobbletegook
      @gobbletegook Рік тому

      The 4 Sears stores attached in big malls in suburban Milwaukee (SOUTHRIDGE, NORTHRIDGE, BROOKFIELD SQUARE and BAYSHORE were all demolished and/or sold for other things. I am surprised that the property went to other things here so fast after closing...although those malls are still semi-functional or re-imagined. I wonder if SEARS owned them and made profit on the sales...or if it was owned by developers

    • @retroryan838
      @retroryan838 Рік тому +1

      I’m sad the Sears at Southridge and Brookfield Square don’t exist anymore. They had pretty interesting exteriors.

  • @SuperVictor64
    @SuperVictor64 Рік тому +1

    My guy be exploring the backrooms! (the building looks like a backrooms level)

    • @funniguygames
      @funniguygames Рік тому

      The og backrooms image was taken in an old sears

  • @mrmikeflo11
    @mrmikeflo11 3 роки тому +1

    Great Video

  • @ERA_Productions
    @ERA_Productions 3 роки тому +1

    Awesome job man

  • @JoshSmith-me7oe
    @JoshSmith-me7oe 3 роки тому

    The Sears in my hometown in Columbus closed just last year, at Polaris Fashion Place Mall. It had the cool design of a Schindler center glass elevator in the atrium with escalators, and another elevator in the rear of the store. It’s abandoned but would love to go back in.

    • @stlelevators
      @stlelevators  3 роки тому

      That's just how South County Mall was.

  • @jamesmonroe7903
    @jamesmonroe7903 3 роки тому

    This was a very busy store for a lotta years-before it opened in 1976 lotsa folks in the West STL County area went to Crestwood Plaza because of Sears! They couldn’t wait for their own Sears!!!

    • @stlelevators
      @stlelevators  3 роки тому

      It's sad that Crestwood is now gone. :(

    • @jamesmonroe7903
      @jamesmonroe7903 3 роки тому

      @@stlelevators It sure is! Crestwood was a great place to shop-and even more so during this time of year! They got ULTRA busy at the Ultra Mall years ago!!!

  • @DalmationProductions
    @DalmationProductions 3 роки тому +8

    "Nothing Lasts Forever"

    • @stlelevators
      @stlelevators  3 роки тому +1

      Nope :(

    • @boiii3productions945
      @boiii3productions945 Рік тому

      It needs to be bought out by another store company (target for example) and the elevators need to be inspected

  • @iamthekittycat
    @iamthekittycat 2 роки тому +4

    This looks like… the backrooms
    4:02 its level 14 and level 1 at the same time

  • @ww1fan-b5h
    @ww1fan-b5h 2 роки тому +1

    Man New Backrooms Level

  • @telesniper2
    @telesniper2 6 місяців тому

    Never understood why they don't convert Dead Malls into classy office space and data centers. Especially since you could revive at least some of the food courts to provide services to the new office workers (looks like Ford did just that in Dearborn). Another idea (one that's been implemented) is to put satellite campuses or community colleges in there.

  • @user-bigpandarocks2007
    @user-bigpandarocks2007 Рік тому

    My Freind GRM Adventures AKA Griffins Retail mall He Actually came here 2018. To flimed during closing time. On Sep 2 2018 The chesterfield sears closed and GRM when live.

  • @toyabrown2617
    @toyabrown2617 11 місяців тому

    I used to work at Sears

  • @justinzeid212
    @justinzeid212 3 роки тому +1

    I wish you had gone into the auto repair shop on the lower level to see what that's looking like. I took my car there a few times so I could walk around the mall (when there was still stuff in it) while my car was being worked on.

    • @stlelevators
      @stlelevators  3 роки тому

      There’s a skate shop in the repair shop now.

  • @kellyc1513
    @kellyc1513 3 роки тому +1

    ONE OF THE BACKROOMS PHOTOS!!! 5:45

  • @islandcityelevandesc
    @islandcityelevandesc 3 роки тому

    Woah that's awesome

  • @DAVIDSRETAILADVENTURES
    @DAVIDSRETAILADVENTURES 3 роки тому

    Awesome video

  • @System6VideoProductions
    @System6VideoProductions 3 роки тому

    Oh nice!

  • @Blackcomb6.1
    @Blackcomb6.1 3 роки тому

    Your underrated! You need more attention.

  • @slade2381
    @slade2381 2 роки тому

    My Sears at Lakeline mall instead of the entrance just being gated like yours, they literally built a wall over the entrance. And I didn’t know it for YEARS, that store will likely never get open again

    • @stlelevators
      @stlelevators  2 роки тому +1

      I've seen that happen at some malls.

  • @CarwashReviewsFlorida
    @CarwashReviewsFlorida 3 роки тому +3

    How did it feel being inside of there? Anyways great video, love the music it's so catchy! Love the soundtracks you use.

    • @stlelevators
      @stlelevators  3 роки тому

      It was really cool. Glad you enjoyed it!

    • @CarwashReviewsFlorida
      @CarwashReviewsFlorida 3 роки тому

      @@stlelevators I wanted to ask you, what is it you use for soundtracks like the first one that played, the catchy one? I want to find some good tracks like that to use for my showcase/promotional video on another channel I've got.

  • @MJT777X
    @MJT777X 2 роки тому +1

    I miss Sears. I would see that every time I go to malls. Now all of them are disappearing. I wonder what will happen to the Sears Tower though… What is amazing is when it’s abandoned, it gives a similar picture to that big fictional maze by a 4channer, *Backrooms*

    • @stlelevators
      @stlelevators  2 роки тому +1

      All of the Sears stores I used to go to are all closed up. It's sad.

    • @MJT777X
      @MJT777X 2 роки тому

      @@stlelevators 🙁

    • @MJT777X
      @MJT777X 2 роки тому

      @@stlelevators also, what a quick response

  • @Carman1744
    @Carman1744 3 роки тому

    I saw two different video tours of that same store for two other people

  • @user-bigpandarocks2007
    @user-bigpandarocks2007 Рік тому

    Grm Adventures Know more about chesterfield mall and this sears

  • @ECFE
    @ECFE Рік тому

    I'm aware that this was over two years ago and the freight elevator had a door issue, but to get the freight to run, you couldn't have shut off the power to the doors?

  • @mikeygarcia8748
    @mikeygarcia8748 3 роки тому

    Can you do the inside of the former dillards store and take a tour there too?

  • @Jamestube8439
    @Jamestube8439 3 роки тому +1

    5:55 those most likely are fitting rooms.

  • @deb9999
    @deb9999 2 роки тому

    I LOVE SEARS

  • @paulchen9145
    @paulchen9145 Рік тому

    0:54 why is nobody talking about how this looks so much like the backrooms? It could actually be that the original photo that was posted on 4chan was some random Sears backroom and we would never know...

  • @ElevatorsOfTennessee
    @ElevatorsOfTennessee 2 роки тому

    I love your intro lol

  • @kittyboochanyesbongono8467
    @kittyboochanyesbongono8467 3 роки тому

    Enjoy Exploring Former Sears Store

  • @vambat3523
    @vambat3523 2 роки тому

    i would be scared to go in a old sears or kmart because its all dark in like closet rooms and storage rooms, i kinda have a feeling that there is some monster hiding but i like seeing them on youtube

    • @stlelevators
      @stlelevators  2 роки тому

      If I was a monster that's the last place I'd want to stay. There would be nothing to do lol

  • @realzacharykool9378
    @realzacharykool9378 5 місяців тому

    HOW DID YOU GET IN!!!!

  • @armorsecsys
    @armorsecsys 2 роки тому

    I need to find an older elevator for a house I bought that has an elevator shaft with no car inside. I wonder if I could find an old elevator and just put new hydraulics and safety devices on it.

    • @stlelevators
      @stlelevators  2 роки тому

      You'd have to find something that would fit in the existing shaft, or if you are handy enough, build your own.

  • @mitchellkelly3955
    @mitchellkelly3955 3 роки тому

    This seems creepy but cool.

    • @stlelevators
      @stlelevators  3 роки тому

      It is a little creepy not gonna lie.

  • @therainbowelephantofficial9510

    Liminal Spaces at it's finest!

  • @jonathancreveling5658
    @jonathancreveling5658 2 роки тому

    Aside from the repair shop being turned into a skate shop, what's the main building becoming?

    • @stlelevators
      @stlelevators  2 роки тому

      A pile of rubble

    • @drew_barringhaus5316
      @drew_barringhaus5316 2 роки тому

      The company I work for currently leases out the majority of the space for warehouse needs.

  • @Tracy-tree20
    @Tracy-tree20 Рік тому

    Can you explore in a abondoned sears but in mall of america located in Bloomington mn

    • @stlelevators
      @stlelevators  Рік тому

      If someone wants to invite me in to do so, yes

    • @GUMBALLTHECOOLESTCAT
      @GUMBALLTHECOOLESTCAT 2 місяці тому

      @romilopez-ni2hk. How can you go in that store. It’s boarded up. 🤔

  • @tmagico6674
    @tmagico6674 2 роки тому

    18:42 the backrooms level 0 on the left side ? 😱😱😱

  • @FranzFerdinandVIII
    @FranzFerdinandVIII 3 роки тому

    *11:37* likely a Notifier bg-6 pull station.
    21.Dec.2020

    • @stlelevators
      @stlelevators  3 роки тому

      Neat. I don’t know fire alarms that well.

  • @EASProductionsGaming
    @EASProductionsGaming 3 роки тому

    You should put this on premiere

  • @mitchellarmstrong3759
    @mitchellarmstrong3759 2 роки тому

    If the cab on the passenger elevator sunk and the interlock reset, would a drop key not work?

    • @stlelevators
      @stlelevators  2 роки тому

      you could get it open

    • @mitchellarmstrong3759
      @mitchellarmstrong3759 2 роки тому

      @@stlelevators Ah, OK. From what you mentioned about it sinking I thought it was stuck shut.

  • @Tracy-tree20
    @Tracy-tree20 11 місяців тому

    Honestly it looks like from Bloomington mn

  • @hammerhead_elevators3613
    @hammerhead_elevators3613 3 роки тому

    Really sad and interesting

    • @stlelevators
      @stlelevators  3 роки тому

      I remember shopping in this store.

  • @jzban1067
    @jzban1067 Рік тому

    i thought it said exploding sears 😂

  • @waptek2
    @waptek2 Рік тому +1

    4:20 we saw what you did there

  • @TotosSword
    @TotosSword 3 роки тому

    Wow

  • @edwardwagner2277
    @edwardwagner2277 2 роки тому

    Just like Parkrill sears

  • @mrmikeflo11
    @mrmikeflo11 3 роки тому

    Did that Sears have an automotive Department?

  • @noah95748
    @noah95748 2 роки тому +1

    welcome to be backrooms

    • @stlelevators
      @stlelevators  2 роки тому +1

      It was so cool to explore them too.

  • @johnoconnor4019
    @johnoconnor4019 3 роки тому

    How did you get a chance to film this closed store tour?

    • @stlelevators
      @stlelevators  3 роки тому

      I know someone who rents a small part of the store that let me do this.

    • @johnoconnor4019
      @johnoconnor4019 3 роки тому

      STL Elevators How did they let you do it?

  • @EGM5135
    @EGM5135 2 роки тому

    Remember The SEARS Store With The Glass Elevator What Mall Is That In

    • @stlelevators
      @stlelevators  2 роки тому

      That was South County.

    • @EGM5135
      @EGM5135 2 роки тому

      The SEARS At St Louis Park Mall Has One To

    • @stlelevators
      @stlelevators  2 роки тому

      St. Louis Park Mall?

    • @EGM5135
      @EGM5135 2 роки тому

      That SEARS At St Louis Park Mall Closed in March of 2021

    • @stlelevators
      @stlelevators  2 роки тому

      @@EGM5135What's St Louis Park mall?

  • @kittyboochanyesbongono8467
    @kittyboochanyesbongono8467 3 роки тому

    Where Is Bradlees Cor

  • @Scruds
    @Scruds 2 роки тому

    Hi I Live in Illinois I have been to that store was well when it was still open this mall will be demolished bin 2023

    • @stlelevators
      @stlelevators  2 роки тому

      Yep :(

    • @Scruds
      @Scruds 2 роки тому

      @@stlelevators Yes I will miss Sears the store in fairview Heights mall close I went to it on the last day it looked dead I loved that store so did my dad

  • @johnoconnor4019
    @johnoconnor4019 3 роки тому

    Why did you want to tour this closed store?

  • @georgegriviski3288
    @georgegriviski3288 Рік тому

    1 of those "rooms" has got to be where people get "INTERVIEWED" whether for good or bad situations........

  • @kittyboochanyesbongono8467
    @kittyboochanyesbongono8467 3 роки тому

    OMG! HOW YOU ARE HERE

    • @stlelevators
      @stlelevators  3 роки тому

      I know someone who gave me permission to go in.

  • @vancouverelevators_transit
    @vancouverelevators_transit 2 роки тому

    mall is demolished now?

  • @Ih8kone
    @Ih8kone Рік тому

    Sadly, this building has since been demolished.

  • @PlanetEscalators
    @PlanetEscalators 3 роки тому

    How did you manage to get in there?

  • @kittyboochanyesbongono8467
    @kittyboochanyesbongono8467 3 роки тому

    Why Do Not Go To The Place Unauthorized? :'(

    • @mitchellarmstrong3759
      @mitchellarmstrong3759 2 роки тому

      That's considered trespassing. If the wrong person caught you snooping around, you could end up jail or be faced with other legal consequences.

  • @cathbeck6643
    @cathbeck6643 3 роки тому

    I think it will be turning into the sports hall

  • @elevcarwashsirensandmore21
    @elevcarwashsirensandmore21 Рік тому

    Looks very disappointing but cool exploring that. However, you shouldn't explore abandoned buildings alone

  • @patricksaxon3983
    @patricksaxon3983 3 роки тому

    Sadly, department stores are becoming a thing of the past. Even as the internet has taken over retail sales, Walmart remains the number one retailer in America.

    • @stlelevators
      @stlelevators  3 роки тому

      It's sad. There's something fun about going into the store and looking around.

    • @gobbletegook
      @gobbletegook Рік тому

      @@stlelevators Retail therapy. But for me, its touch, feel, then put back. I am poor! LOL!

  • @user-pu2ho4ip3d
    @user-pu2ho4ip3d 3 місяці тому

    Tear it all down reclaimed land.

  • @Scruds
    @Scruds 2 роки тому

    In 2023

  • @ethanaerni8938
    @ethanaerni8938 9 місяців тому

    Rename:
    STLevators

  • @Doomzdayxx
    @Doomzdayxx 2 місяці тому

    So depressing.

  • @2dustinjayguest
    @2dustinjayguest 2 місяці тому

    Did u get to see the store loss povention roo,m

  • @tflelevators3104
    @tflelevators3104 3 роки тому +1

    Now this is awesome! I've always wanted to explore an old Sears retail store. Whom would I ask to get permission?

    • @stlelevators
      @stlelevators  3 роки тому +1

      Honestly depends on the situation. I got into this store through someone I know.

    • @tflelevators3104
      @tflelevators3104 3 роки тому

      @@stlelevators oh nice

    • @noxious_nights
      @noxious_nights 3 роки тому

      You'd probably have to ask the owner of the property it's on