Malls were fun to go to, especially when my husband and I had small kids. The holidays were so festive and you'd come across your neighbors doing their Christmas shopping. I wouldn't trade those days for anything!
After a bit of research, it turns out that the dress (worn at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival and designed by Catherine Walker) was a part of a charity tour called the "Legacy of Love" put on by a U.S cable TV station called Romance Classics and The May Department Stores Company. The tour, which was originally named "A Dress to Di For" before her passing, displayed a number of her dresses at various shopping malls across the country and even ran a contest where someone could win one of Diana's gowns.
Those japanese photo booths are are called Purikura. They are popular with high school girls and some arcades ban males from entering the floors with them on them. One thing i love about living in Japan is the fact the malls are still popular here.
@oooh19 They're going to perv on the girls, I guess. What if they've got shopping to do on those floors that's got nothing to do with the photo booths? What if they need to use the booths for their own business? Why should all men pay for the transgressions of a few?
Columbus is my home town! Eastland was a fantastic mall until it wasn't. Very sad. It had a Woolworths with a second floor restaurant that overlooked the mall. My Mom took me there every weekend for lunch. As for Westland Mall and Northland Mall, well they are gone...torn down.
Malls were such an integral part of my life for many decades. I even managed a couple of clothing stores in one when I lived in Illinois. I hired many of the local teens for part-time jobs. A shame to see them close down one by one. I don't like ordering online. I prefer to try on my clothes before purchase and shoes are a must to try on. I've spent a ton of $ on returns. Sad to see this way of life go by the wayside. Thanks for the tour.
I hate that I could never find e.g. great lather jackets in the local stores. It was not me about not wanting to stroll the stops and actually feel the leather quality and such, it was just nothing available. I HAD to shop online to find good quality leather goods.
It's so sad to see the way the world is traveling. Lots of luck to Future generations. You're going to need a lot more than that. Frozen in the 1990s? That's my era.
Glad I was born in early 01. Got to experience a bit of the '90s since nothing really changed that much. Even into some of the later years. Very slow transition from the East to the West.
Mostly just a thing in the US and certain countries. In most of Asia malls are still thriving because their local government knows how to make them relevant
We have a mall down here in Beloit that was closed and then turned into a community center with things like the library, a dental clinic, and other health clinics. Otherwise it would be sitting empty.
Malls decaying is just a thing in the US and certain countries. In most of Asia malls are still thriving because their local government knows how to make them relevant despite online shopping being available. Malls in the US can be brought back if enough effort is put into them again. One of the main reason for the decay is the lack of integrated infrastructure that should coexist by the mall so that driving isn’t the main way to go to the mall.
Grew up going to Northland all the time. Lived like 2 minutes from there. I remember that place during Christmas time. Now there's Polaris, Easton, etc. Don't live in Ohio anymore, but its cool to see parts of my childhood and teen years. I need to find the Northland episode, its been gone for a while.
@@thestars386depending on how you see it. The reason online shopping became more popular than actually retail is because of availability, more of what you want is available online than in actual stores. Imagine driving all the way to the mall and then not having what you want or they do but a size smaller. Now with online it shows store availability (which is almost always low) which doesn’t do retail any favors also. We can blame online shopping as much as we want but it’s like these corporations have neglected retail to a certain degree as well with lowering retail supply
Dang, even Ohio lost their Eastland Mall. I’m from Charlotte, North Carolina and we lost our Eastland Mall back in 2010. So many fond memories have come and gone😢
18:30 exactly to *socialize* which everybody thinks online is socializing nowadays. 18:45 *arcades, family fun Time,* most definitely. Kids today don't stand a chance with what we knew back then.
Absolutely stunning exploration of the Eastland mall. The way this video was pieced together was impeccable. I thought something was wrong with my eyes because seeing the interior concourse lights still on was fascinating on it's own as all the exploration videos I've seen prior to yours showed that the power was cut to the mall except for the side that had the learning academy. Nothing screamed a contrast difference between what a year did to this mall. There's nothing more destructive than people, and the proof is also in steeplegate mall. However interesting to note, 2 weeks ago, some guys went in, and strangely, all the stuff that was trashed in the walkways in-between the shops had been swept into the open shops, so all that trashed stuff are in the in line tenant stores with the walkways swept clean. Even the people that entered was in confusion over why someone would be cleaning up the walkways. Awesome video Rick
Crazy how fast vacant malls get torn up. Shit, Greenspoint Mall in Houston was heavily vandalized and looted this year. The interior mall officially closed in August. Mall entrance glass doors and windows are boarded up with the damage beginning in 2023. Getting access to the inside may be worth your trouble. The mall has tons of leaks, and the old Macy's building is open to walk right into.
Our mall is alive and well due to the amount of Hispanic farm workers in our area who are either passing through, paid in cash, or both. I'm grateful. Sometimes you don't appreciate what you have until it's gone.
The reason the signage was left behind because those were quote mom and pop stores . Eastland was having a hard time getting any of the bigger store to sign up so they went local .
That’d be super cool if there was a RadioShack that was still in business in there lol. Being that RadioShack closed up most of their stores, that would be something if you found one still operating. Lol.
The Japanese machines are called purikura. Purikura, shortened from the word purinto kurabu-literally "print club"-refers to Japanese photo booths that are incredibly popular among the country's youth.
Malls were a large part of the social fabric of generations. Now, we can’t even sit in the same room and hold conversations effectively without some kid having a damn episode due to some sort of anxiety
38:00 I sold an air hockey and helped another person sell an arcade full of games to Akiba Arcade back in 2018. They were located on the northeast side of the mall. Snow Phoenix, a Japanese arcade machine importer, stored their machines in this mall during that time. They vend to conventions and bring arcade machines to them so they would store them here. I have been in that room and it was FILLED with machines. Interesting that they still have things left, but all of that stuff looks like it could be tossed other than Rolling XTreme and the skeeball. I would love to buy them.
I think it depends on the spraypaint.. when places fall into ruin, especially a shrine to consumerism, good street art can beautify it and keep it “alive”.. damaging things on the other hand, I don’t relate to.
The Japanese arcade machines you saw belonged to akiba arcade. The arcade had alot of Japanese arcade machines I remember the initial d machine they had there was very cool
So, I'm going to take a guess that the one store that was full of 'kids' stuff was actually a store aimed at teachers/classroom supplies. It's the right kind of decorations and stuff...
Interesting to note, this mall didn't entirely fail economically. It ultimately closed because of structural problems, it did have a thriving small business niche for about a decade. It's even more weird because I know for a fact that it had issues with organized crime, robbery and human trafficking since at least the late 90s, before Easton was officially opened. People always thought Eastland would be first to close and City Center to be last one standing until the great recession.
if i recall correctly i remember proper people or a similar channel stating once a mall or building goes abandoned, utilities are free as there is no one responsible to pay the bills. mind u dont quote me on that this is basically hearsay@@christian_lied
I find it kinda funny that nobody has mentioned that this mall was, in part, due to gang activities. At the end, police were called on average twice a day 😳
The same thing(with Amazon's help) that killed malls are the savages that vandalized this one. You've been conditioned to never say this truth by the merchants. Big reason the country is in such sad shape. TNB.
I like how he found graffiti that said “help me I can’t stop k*lling people” and what looked like a dried up puddle of blood 5 minutes later and didn’t get creeped out.😂
I lost interest when he came back one year later. It's not the same when you was looking at it, the first time. Now I must go find something else to watch.. I wanted to look at the stuff that was in the '90s but you blew it. Ain't nobody want to look at broken glass, I like it when you saw it the first time
I don't get why these urban explorers are so scared to film abandoned places! Just tell security you're filming for UA-cam, most of the time they will give you a pass if it's just a quick film session. I've been to many abandoned places to film things, I don't give a fuck I walk right in and start filming! It won't be there soon anyways...
There is this mall I wanted to get into by my house but there is security. I am afraid of charges on my criminal history. Aren't you guys afraid of your criminal records getting tarnished. I have a criminal trespass charge on my record from over 20 years ago and it still haunts me when looking for jobs and even apartments.
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Malls were fun to go to, especially when my husband and I had small kids. The holidays were so festive and you'd come across your neighbors doing their Christmas shopping. I wouldn't trade those days for anything!
Blame amazon
@@Goldrefinedthrufire wasn't just amazon. Covid didn't exactly help malls.
@Allmightyimortal ya but malls have been going out of business longer than that
@@Goldrefinedthrufireyeah not just Amazon, it’s pretty much all online shopping.
Yall must live in quiet areas. Im in FL and the malls are always poppn.
After a bit of research, it turns out that the dress (worn at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival and designed by Catherine Walker) was a part of a charity tour called the "Legacy of Love" put on by a U.S cable TV station called Romance Classics and The May Department Stores Company. The tour, which was originally named "A Dress to Di For" before her passing, displayed a number of her dresses at various shopping malls across the country and even ran a contest where someone could win one of Diana's gowns.
I wish I could have seen it in person
What an unfortunate choice of pun.
Those japanese photo booths are are called Purikura. They are popular with high school girls and some arcades ban males from entering the floors with them on them.
One thing i love about living in Japan is the fact the malls are still popular here.
Why do they ban males?
@oooh19
They're going to perv on the girls, I guess. What if they've got shopping to do on those floors that's got nothing to do with the photo booths? What if they need to use the booths for their own business? Why should all men pay for the transgressions of a few?
the sound of the smoke detector beeping just adds more to the eeriness
What a perfect representation of why it died. Better than a spray painted epitaph.
Columbus is my home town! Eastland was a fantastic mall until it wasn't. Very sad. It had a Woolworths with a second floor restaurant that overlooked the mall. My Mom took me there every weekend for lunch.
As for Westland Mall and Northland Mall, well they are gone...torn down.
Oh wow! Well welcome back!
Never thought I'd see a video of Hank Hill exploring an abandoned mall, but I loved every minute of it! 😅
oh my god I'll never unhear it
Malls were such an integral part of my life for many decades. I even managed a couple of clothing stores in one when I lived in Illinois. I hired many of the local teens for part-time jobs. A shame to see them close down one by one. I don't like ordering online. I prefer to try on my clothes before purchase and shoes are a must to try on. I've spent a ton of $ on returns. Sad to see this way of life go by the wayside. Thanks for the tour.
I hate that I could never find e.g. great lather jackets in the local stores. It was not me about not wanting to stroll the stops and actually feel the leather quality and such, it was just nothing available. I HAD to shop online to find good quality leather goods.
I really like watching your videos, about abandon places. You have a way of telling the story that makes a person feel like they are their
Thanks Sharlene
Was sad to see Eastland like that, back in the 60's, I got my first job there at Sears when I was in high school.
The mall in my hometown is still a popular hangout spot.
AMAZON ,ONLINE SHOPPING KILLED THE MALLS
@ekop1778 Maybe in your area, but not mine.
It's so sad to see the way the world is traveling. Lots of luck to Future generations. You're going to need a lot more than that. Frozen in the 1990s? That's my era.
Glad I was born in early 01. Got to experience a bit of the '90s since nothing really changed that much. Even into some of the later years. Very slow transition from the East to the West.
Mostly just a thing in the US and certain countries. In most of Asia malls are still thriving because their local government knows how to make them relevant
Why do people feel the need to destroy things-and things not belonging to them? What a gorgeous mall that was. Oh the fun times at the mall.
Hi Rick!❤ Thank you for taking us through the mall, I don’t understand people who does this graffiti it’s awful.
My thoughts exactly
We have a mall down here in Beloit that was closed and then turned into a community center with things like the library, a dental clinic, and other health clinics. Otherwise it would be sitting empty.
That was a great explore there!
I think so too!
Malls decaying is just a thing in the US and certain countries. In most of Asia malls are still thriving because their local government knows how to make them relevant despite online shopping being available. Malls in the US can be brought back if enough effort is put into them again. One of the main reason for the decay is the lack of integrated infrastructure that should coexist by the mall so that driving isn’t the main way to go to the mall.
Grew up going to Northland all the time. Lived like 2 minutes from there. I remember that place during Christmas time. Now there's Polaris, Easton, etc. Don't live in Ohio anymore, but its cool to see parts of my childhood and teen years. I need to find the Northland episode, its been gone for a while.
Being able to order practically everything online I believe ended the generations of the mall forever.
Yep, it's called we downgraded.
@@thestars386depending on how you see it. The reason online shopping became more popular than actually retail is because of availability, more of what you want is available online than in actual stores. Imagine driving all the way to the mall and then not having what you want or they do but a size smaller. Now with online it shows store availability (which is almost always low) which doesn’t do retail any favors also. We can blame online shopping as much as we want but it’s like these corporations have neglected retail to a certain degree as well with lowering retail supply
That is why malls need to add dining and other forms of entertainment so they can strive. Malls cannot survive on just shopping alone.
@@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj many malls, even on a much smaller scale have food courts, movie theaters,, arcades, spas, and places to loiter like no tomorrow.
online shopping is a symptom, not the cause, of the decline of shopping malls
I have so many fun memories here from when I was younger 😊
Dang, even Ohio lost their Eastland Mall. I’m from Charlotte, North Carolina and we lost our Eastland Mall back in 2010. So many fond memories have come and gone😢
18:30 exactly to *socialize* which everybody thinks online is socializing nowadays. 18:45 *arcades, family fun Time,* most definitely. Kids today don't stand a chance with what we knew back then.
At 30:30 thats quoting jefferson airplane - somebody to love lmao
ive never known this happen in the UK shopping malls here are the same malls that re here when I was a kid
Man I love your mall videos so much. Good way to end the night laying in bed 😴
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Besides being 'trashed' for the most part it seems like things have held up compared to some of the other malls out there.
In Argentina we also have abandoned malls:(
So cool thing. I came across you today completely randomly. I love your stuff and bonus. We have somewhat similar voices.
Absolutely stunning exploration of the Eastland mall. The way this video was pieced together was impeccable. I thought something was wrong with my eyes because seeing the interior concourse lights still on was fascinating on it's own as all the exploration videos I've seen prior to yours showed that the power was cut to the mall except for the side that had the learning academy. Nothing screamed a contrast difference between what a year did to this mall. There's nothing more destructive than people, and the proof is also in steeplegate mall. However interesting to note, 2 weeks ago, some guys went in, and strangely, all the stuff that was trashed in the walkways in-between the shops had been swept into the open shops, so all that trashed stuff are in the in line tenant stores with the walkways swept clean. Even the people that entered was in confusion over why someone would be cleaning up the walkways. Awesome video Rick
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@@RangerRickTV thank you for making this stunning video rick!
Crazy how fast vacant malls get torn up. Shit, Greenspoint Mall in Houston was heavily vandalized and looted this year. The interior mall officially closed in August. Mall entrance glass doors and windows are boarded up with the damage beginning in 2023. Getting access to the inside may be worth your trouble. The mall has tons of leaks, and the old Macy's building is open to walk right into.
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I will ☺️
Jefferson airplane lyrics-grace slick. I can hear her singing!! Don’t you want somebody to love.
Great explore! I like your mall videos.
Thank you very much! Cherlyn
Our mall is alive and well due to the amount of Hispanic farm workers in our area who are either passing through, paid in cash, or both. I'm grateful. Sometimes you don't appreciate what you have until it's gone.
The reason the signage was left behind because those were quote mom and pop stores . Eastland was having a hard time getting any of the bigger store to sign up so they went local .
I remember this mall, although pretty vaguely. I only went in it a select few times, all when I was less than 10.
I miss these mall’s! With ordering online the mall’s don’t stand a chance! Very awesome video bro! Stay safe out there! 👍❤️🤘
That’d be super cool if there was a RadioShack that was still in business in there lol. Being that RadioShack closed up most of their stores, that would be something if you found one still operating. Lol.
RadioShack was there until their bankruptcy. I believe an ATT store replaced it until the building was closed due to structural failure.
Such a great video. Thank you!
That’s a lot of shared prosperity.
You've got the best videos!
Okay so is everyone gonna ignore the fact there is still music playing inside of the mall???
I worked in this mall for 5 years
Welcome back
The children area was probably a day care center for the workers or a place for parents to drop of their kids while they shopped. That's my guess.
The Japanese machines are called purikura. Purikura, shortened from the word purinto kurabu-literally "print club"-refers to Japanese photo booths that are incredibly popular among the country's youth.
Malls were a large part of the social fabric of generations. Now, we can’t even sit in the same room and hold conversations effectively without some kid having a damn episode due to some sort of anxiety
38:00 I sold an air hockey and helped another person sell an arcade full of games to Akiba Arcade back in 2018. They were located on the northeast side of the mall. Snow Phoenix, a Japanese arcade machine importer, stored their machines in this mall during that time. They vend to conventions and bring arcade machines to them so they would store them here. I have been in that room and it was FILLED with machines. Interesting that they still have things left, but all of that stuff looks like it could be tossed other than Rolling XTreme and the skeeball. I would love to buy them.
I live in Columbus and only remember the mall while dying
I live near Holyoke mall in mass I fear that place will be gone soon. Good memories there
I don’t understand why people want go to abandoned places ( to spray paint / damage places )
I think it depends on the spraypaint.. when places fall into ruin, especially a shrine to consumerism, good street art can beautify it and keep it “alive”.. damaging things on the other hand, I don’t relate to.
I agree.
@@CulturesCongress paint damages. Keep it on infrastructure. 🙄
Because they are retards that want to spray paint their gang sign shit
The Japanese arcade machines you saw belonged to akiba arcade. The arcade had alot of Japanese arcade machines I remember the initial d machine they had there was very cool
So, I'm going to take a guess that the one store that was full of 'kids' stuff was actually a store aimed at teachers/classroom supplies. It's the right kind of decorations and stuff...
Great explore!
At 30:30 you were reading the lyrics for "Somebody to Love by Jefferson Airplane".
Oh wow 😳
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Yuppers! I listen to LOTS of music and have tons of records. White Rabbit is also a great song by them! Check it out.
The Malls have shut down except for the last mall is barely open and it's about to shut down also
0:40 are those photos from security of shoplifters that aren’t allowed in?
Interesting to note, this mall didn't entirely fail economically. It ultimately closed because of structural problems, it did have a thriving small business niche for about a decade. It's even more weird because I know for a fact that it had issues with organized crime, robbery and human trafficking since at least the late 90s, before Easton was officially opened. People always thought Eastland would be first to close and City Center to be last one standing until the great recession.
That arcade u came across was a hidden away gem that was an Japanese arcade called akiba arcade
Awesome video buddy!
Was that music playing in the mall or was that added in the video?❤
Hi Rick
Hi Helen
me just sitting here thinking grab the crock pot i definitely would've grabbed it🤣🤣🤣🤣
Are we losing malls in America because of Walmart &Target taking the customers who used to shop at the mall?
Hopefully you were able to do Gwinnett Place Mall aka star out mall near Atl
Jefferson Airplane lyrics were not something I expected him to find.
Hope it gets turned into an apartment or something, like that newspiece I saw.
I went to school in side that mall
I can’t afford my electric. But abandoned buildings have electricity running 24/7 🤬
HAHHAHA YUP!
I wonder if someone is actually paying the electric bill
if i recall correctly i remember proper people or a similar channel stating once a mall or building goes abandoned, utilities are free as there is no one responsible to pay the bills. mind u dont quote me on that this is basically hearsay@@christian_lied
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Yeah Easton Mall took over
It makes me so angry that people go and vandalize the mall, like why can't we just preserve it and keep it that way
the fact that crime has been on an uptick in our country due to a certain policy issue with illegals it makes me think this is because of that
My childhood, trashed.
I think WallieB26 did this mall and I know if Doomie Grunt did this mall too
18:05 is that a System of a Down reference in the top right written on the cabinet?
Possible!
I find it kinda funny that nobody has mentioned that this mall was, in part, due to gang activities. At the end, police were called on average twice a day 😳
Yes! The bloods, Elaine crips and ms13 were robbing and kidnapping people here for decades.
I hate how police/higher ups are so against people going inside dead malls and filming?
Found your problem 0:41 and the “why” it all went downhill. 😆
The building is actively falling apart. That's why Franklin county closed the building to the public 🤦
Truth
You are hearing the Ghosts of the Mall..👻👻👻👻👻
What's the name of the song at the very end of the video?
Id have to look it up again.
That would be more errie looking video if there just the right amount of fog while you were fliming the parking lot Rick
Oh definitely.
@@RangerRickTV you are right about that Rick 👍👌
The same thing(with Amazon's help) that killed malls are the savages that vandalized this one. You've been conditioned to never say this truth by the merchants. Big reason the country is in such sad shape. TNB.
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What are the tapping noises he is referring to at 28:05?
I like how he found graffiti that said “help me I can’t stop k*lling people” and what looked like a dried up puddle of blood 5 minutes later and didn’t get creeped out.😂
what happens in Security guards go into the places and let friends take stuff for a take on the money
The hole in the wall : They were probably looking for copper pipes and wire
I lost interest when he came back one year later. It's not the same when you was looking at it, the first time. Now I must go find something else to watch.. I wanted to look at the stuff that was in the '90s but you blew it. Ain't nobody want to look at broken glass, I like it when you saw it the first time
22:21 is that a bullet hole?
Maybe it's ghosts that loved the Mall
Was that music in the mall I’m hearing ?
The gold teeth store tells me all I need to know about why this mall is closed.
8:55 Hank Hill? Is that you????
Metro center in Phx is being torn down as we speak! 12/24
Those Crt Video game monitors are worth big money..
I fix those.. Worth 500 a Piece 😮 without broken Yoke..
Fck World Wildlife fun..
Question: Would this MALL be an AWESOME HOMELESS SHELTER. Would you agree?
I don't get why these urban explorers are so scared to film abandoned places! Just tell security you're filming for UA-cam, most of the time they will give you a pass if it's just a quick film session. I've been to many abandoned places to film things, I don't give a fuck I walk right in and start filming! It won't be there soon anyways...
The front door was just unlocked huh?
Notice they never tell you how they got inside. Any entrance is illegal
There is this mall I wanted to get into by my house but there is security. I am afraid of charges on my criminal history. Aren't you guys afraid of your criminal records getting tarnished. I have a criminal trespass charge on my record from over 20 years ago and it still haunts me when looking for jobs and even apartments.
malls located in minority communities have suffered the most. upscale malls are thriving. it's not surprise really.