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I`m Hungarian and it`s a fact that we`re not the biggest and most popular nation in the World. So to see a Hungarian museum in a dead mall in the United States is surprising and weird... But i got a mushy feeling and i would love to visit it but sadly it`s kind of far. I guess that`s exactly what makes it so interesting, to me at least. A little piece of home on the other side of the World.
Same here, I remember seeing some of the journalist (Probably Frei Tamás) to do a report there, apparently there is a big community there, from time to time they organise meetings and events.
There's more Hungarian ppl in Ohio than you may think. My old friend is Hungarian and he's from Ohio as well as his whole family. . He now lives in San Diego CA
I had to tell an old man that the mall we were in was going to be demolished by the end of the year. That was pretty depressing. We struck up conversation because he saw me trying to get a glimpse into the long abandoned JC Penney's.
Dan, In one of your other videos you mentioned about turning the spaces into apartments. I think you are on to something there. Apartments with grocery stores and other shops the residents would not have to leave.
@@lars1588 Everything you need would be right there and there's loads of parking spaces and public transportation if you had to leave, and a movie theater...after the virus of course.
The Galleria used to be such a big deal! It was super fancy when we were kids. When I was a teen I worked at tower city and walked over to the Galleria on my lunch break, and even by then (2004) you could tell it had begun to lose some of its gloss. What a shame.
This looks like some kind of insane asylum where you can only shop for shit, can never leave, eat Sbarro and sleep on the dirty mattresses near that busted out fountain
That first mall in Ohio was gorgeous omg the beautiful glass skylight roof the gold paneling the pretty mobile hanging from the ceiling superb! The second mall was super cheesy n cheap lookin lol total opposites
Galleria broke ground in the 1960s, and like usual cleveland projects, got hung up in cleveland crap, Cleveland goes Bankrupt , finally opened in 1987. Never lived up to the hype, but nice. Top of the town restaurant elevators were here.
A Flo I was just thinking this would be the perfect video to fall asleep to... His voice is like ASMR ... So calming and gentle on the ears... Now maybe we could get him to do a subliminal messaging/hypnosis reading! 😘
The first building is a beautiful mall. Malls like these should be reused into mixed use buildings. The second one is non descript and should be torn down and redeveloped.
Agree 100%. I think that the first one is worth repurposing. Eden Mall is very dilapidated and I think in a few years may be worth hitting the wrecking ball unless someone wants to do a serious remodeling job.
I don't know if therapeutic is the right way to describe how i feel watching these but I'm just deeply happy watching these and I don't know why. May you continue this series all across the country and never stop! Thank you.
I think it'd be fun to time travel back in time to explore malls at their height of popularity. I was a 90s kid, and malls were still pretty hoppin' then, but I imagine they were where all the cool kids were at in the 80s.
I'm not sure the Galleria is dead. It's been repurposed. It's a popular place for weddings, parties and special events. Much of it is office. The attached tower is being renovated to add housing. Obviously, there's nothing traditional about it anymore but it's not shutting its doors anytime soon. It's well maintained and the owners keep transforming it to stay relevant.
our mall is repurpose as well here turned into wedding an restaurant plus little coffee shops an office spaces . i notice recent though . black mold an leaking roofs an you can smell the musty smell in it . the mall should be torn down . i notice since i started watching dead malls an closed malls they all have the same problem leaking roofs an mold in them .
God. Being in my 40's, I miss the old mall hang out days. Hang out with friends, try to pick up girls, all the latest albums at your fingertips (in store), junk food meals, and smoking for the "cool" kids. I still crave that old feel, But it doesn't look like it's ever coming back. The malls in my area are busier than the ones you show, but still, very quiet compared to what I remember. Now all the dying malls here usually show signs of death when pretzel shops take up every corner and vendor stand.
H010 The biggest city in Michigan's Upper Penninsula, Marquette has two malls. The Marquette Mall is 97% dead. It has a car dealership at one end in the former Red Owl supermarket, and the DMV in a former movie theater at the other end. And a Dollar Tree discount store. The parking lot is bracketed by a Wendy's, a Pizza Hut and a car wash. The Westwood Mall had three anchor stores: Pranges' lasted 20 years, then was replaced by a Younkers, which closed in 2017. K-Mart lasted into the early 2000's, then it was replaced by Kohl's, which is still going strong. J.C. Penny was originally in downtown Marquette, then it moved to anchor the third arm of Westwood in the early 90's. That store started losing business when Penny's was reorganized in the early 2000's, then it was downsized a few years ago. The space was used as a Halloween Super Store for a couple of Octobers, then went kerplunk. A dozen retail spaces were taken over by a giant M.C. SPORTS store, which lasted for less than 10 years. And now that space is also being used around October as the Halloween Super Store for costumes and scary props.
The dead mall nearest me is in a town that's dying a sad, slow and painful death. It'd be perfect for some zombie game. I go to the Chinese Buffet in the mall every Christmas and our "landmarks" are abandoned buildings. The local mill finally shut its doors a few years back, so I expect to see more abandonment. I mean, I found 10 abandoned buildings trying to find a side street to park down (No success and I chickened out after passing a burned out grocery store). The only thing keeping it going is a Historically Black College, but its teetering on the edge. I mean, they were practically offering me a discount for being a "local" white person. I wish I was joking.
Vaporwave gives me anxiety so I sadly can no longer listen to Dan's voice during these videos, I get silence and subtitles. I'm rather pissed every channel now uses it in every "dead mall" video so I don't get to enjoy any of them now unless they're live and can't play it.
Radiant Paragon What's wrong with vaporwave in videos like these? Besides, I think the tracks he chose for this video aren't really vaporwave anyway. The ones with Dan Mason are vaporwave but I thought they match perfectly. I might be biased though since I was already into vaporwave when I found Dan Bell's videos.
I love the 80s vibe. The music you choose, and the style of the mall during the 80s. It makes me feel like I’m watching an 80s video without it being on VHS.
One of my favorite channels on YT. Great editing, relaxing narrative, cool music, sweet aesthetics. I'm so glad I found this channel. Also I have a good mall for you-the Inlet Square Mall in Murrells Inlet, SC. Interesting history in that mall-and yes, it's super dead. Serves as a mallwalkers HQ now basically.
omg i've been binge watching these videos all week long and then I came across this one!! I actually live right down the road from the eden mall, and I thought you'd like some info on how it used to be!! There is still a gym there, two restaurants (one I go to almost weekly), and a nail salon. A consignment furniture and clothing store moved into where belk used to be. One of the big buildings used to be a day care, but they closed down due to black mold I believe? There used to be a nice pet store there, ice cream stores, and a license plate office there also.
If you're looking for another dying mall to do a video on check out greenspoint mall in north Houston. Went from the largest in the area to losing all it's anchors and lost most of it's shoppers due to being in a high crime area and new mall openings.
YES, Eden Mall! I hope you also made it to Penn Rose mall in nearby Reidsville, it's almost as bad as Eden, but a little more traffic. A little more history on this mall, after Walmart came to town around 1990, Kmart only lasted a few more years. Once the Kmart closed, everything else went downhill quickly. The Belk survived until about a year ago but I'm suprised it lasted that long. It's a shame, used to be a nice place.
jcherrera104 They stay at home and shop online, they chat online and they date online. The shopping mall in Escanaba, Michigan closed down, was gutted, then Walmart possessed it's corpse. Now a MEIJER store has moved into Esky and is threatening to put WallyWorld outta business. I guess turnabout really is fair play, huh?
Dan I have a very unique dead mall for you to check out. The Sunset Center mall in Amarillo, Texas was one of the first malls in Texas, and was the 3rd largest in the state for a while. It's half strip mall, half traditional mall that opened in September 1960 with a Penny's, Sears, Woolworth's and a Gunn Bro's service station as anchors. The Sears was a separate building that was eventually renovated and used for the hq of the now defunct Hastings Entertainment. The mall started it's death pretty early in the 70's when the bigger and now demolished Western Plaza was opened less than a mile away(!). It remained an open mall until the mid-early 2000's when the interior of the mall was closed and renovated. The mall is now a large art gallery with artists able to rent the old stores as galleries, and a portion of the Penny's used as an auditorium. Probably the most unique "dead" mall I've heard of. Now, the Panhandle metro area is served by Westgate mall, Anchored by Belle's, Penny's, Sears, and 2 Dillards, a different store for men and women. The men's store used to be a Mervyn's
Doc B to the B I grew up on Sunset Terrace and went to school at Tascosa, and my family owns the old diamond shamrock/golden girls ceramics across Dixie and 15th st. from it for use as a hardware store, so I was always walking by it and wondering how it was in it's heyday. I remember being like 5, so around 2000/2001, and there was a furniture store and a surplus store (I got some cool 70s italian capsule tinker toy things for behaving well on a trip there, and I remember a lot of wallpaper was there too. Can't remember the name) inside the mall, with a 99 cent store and party supply store in the strip mall portion.
This man is an artist plain and simple, the music,the camera work, the insight. Kudos and keep it up, some of the most satisfying thought provoking and yet melancholy footage on UA-cam. Watched the whole dead mall series and more fascinating.
Lots of dead malls around Cleveland. Dan, if you're reading this, you should check out Euclid Square Mall before it's torn down next year to build an Amazon facility.
I love your choice of Vapor Wave for these dead mall videos Dan. The Eden Mall video is awesome one of my favorites and the track you used is epic ( Right through me ) . You are truly a pioneer in dead mall ambiance, often imitated never duplicated.
Even though malls are failing, outlet malls are thriving. And outlets pretty much have the same stores as the malls. I guess people like stores that are outside?
Mr. Arnold I think it's just the illusion that you're shopping in Main Street, Townsville, USA, instead of a mall. That and many of the stores have reduced prices, better sales, and carry stuff that's been discontinued or put into overstock at other store locations.
Dan explained it in another video, I think. Basically, people don't enjoy dragging through an enclosed mall anymore. They like to park in front of where they want to go and go there.
Mr. Arnold I am absolutely wondering why American malls are faltering while most Asian countries I've been thru (Singapore, Philippines, the Gulf countries) with less robust economies have a booming mall industry. Even with Internet selling.
Lolol, that creepy Santa doll scared me. I loved the plant scene. That looked like an old Jane Mansfield film. I was bracing myself for a jump scare. I still have the Willies from the Linken Park film.
Native Clevelander here. I was a kid in '87 when the Galleria opened to much fanfare. My parents and I make an annual trek downtown during the holidays (still!), and I can recall walking into there as a young bijagirl. It truly is an impressive display of light! I'm thrilled that you stopped in and let us all see.
I absolutely enjoy these, having grown up in the 80's and coming from a Generation of "Hanging at the Mall" these videos really bring back the nostalgia!. That Galleria Mall was stunning!, really loved the well kept shimmering Brass Railing with the Salmon color tile and turquoise color scheme. The Glass archway was truly spectacular!, that door handle at 8:26 is late 80's in a nutshell. I really miss this type of architecture Mall's once had. Superb Dan, as always Sir!.
Man, you make me laugh!! I was saying...he's got to touch the pinwheel...and you did!! Then the treadmill...trying to give directions while on the treadmill, just awesome !!
Thank you Dan for doing this video on the Eden Mall. I grew up going to this mall. I remember going to the K-mart closing sale with my grandma when I was little. Like most malls in their prime it used to be packed on the weekends. But for the last decade or so I have refused to step foot in that place. The last two times I went I got the creepiest, weirdest feeling like I was being watched even though nobody was in there. Still, thank you for documenting all of these dead malls. I love watching your videos. I just wish you could have done the Liberty Fair Mall in Martinsville Va before it was torn down.
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When Dan goes all out on the 80s aesthetic, I'm IN.
Not sure why, but I could watch your dead mall videos for hours. Something very cathartic about them.
You were high xD
Same! And depressing at the same time. But I can't stop watchingg
Its the death of a more innocent time...nostalgic and sad
I know right, these video is so aesthetic, and something about old vintage dead mall has a vibe that i cant describe, this is my 5th video
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That first mall in Ohio is such a beautiful mall! Love the glass ceilings and how big, open and tall the roof feels!!!
Tommy Siro I've actually been there it is gorgeous but so eerie
You should have seen it in the 90s when it was bustling - really a beautiful place.
I bet! I wish I could have seen it in the 90s. Must have been a cool place to hangout and shop in!
I`m Hungarian and it`s a fact that we`re not the biggest and most popular nation in the World. So to see a Hungarian museum in a dead mall in the United States is surprising and weird... But i got a mushy feeling and i would love to visit it but sadly it`s kind of far. I guess that`s exactly what makes it so interesting, to me at least. A little piece of home on the other side of the World.
Same here, I remember seeing some of the journalist (Probably Frei Tamás) to do a report there, apparently there is a big community there, from time to time they organise meetings and events.
Am I the only one who think that the Hungarian Museum, is next to the food Court?
I’m not from Hungary, but my grandfather was! Budapest is awesome!
Many Hungarians moved to Cleveland, Ohio hence why there is a museum for them there.
There's more Hungarian ppl in Ohio than you may think. My old friend is Hungarian and he's from Ohio as well as his whole family. . He now lives in San Diego CA
I love how Dan laughs at his jokes lol.
It’s ok to laugh at your own jokes!
Me too 😂
It's so sincere, like he's not laughing at the joke but at how dumb it is.
Thank you Dan Bell for touching that pin wheel.
nads If it says "Don't touch", that really just BEGS for someone to do otherwise.
That fish tank collecting dirty water is probably the saddest thing I've seen in a dead mall.
I had to tell an old man that the mall we were in was going to be demolished by the end of the year. That was pretty depressing. We struck up conversation because he saw me trying to get a glimpse into the long abandoned JC Penney's.
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I'd hate to be the poor soul who has to empty it. Must stink BAAAADDD.
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An object that is supposed to contain life that has none is pretty depressing
Dan, In one of your other videos you mentioned about turning the spaces into apartments. I think you are on to something there. Apartments with grocery stores and other shops the residents would not have to leave.
Liam Harrison I like that idea. Kind of like a safe, indoor gated community sort of deal. With everything enclosed.
Great for the elderly or very busy workers.
I personally would hate that, but some people would probably move right in.
@@lars1588 Everything you need would be right there and there's loads of parking spaces and public transportation if you had to leave, and a movie theater...after the virus of course.
Wouldn't it be loud when you're trynna sleep tho
these are such calming videos to me, love love love the series
olivia ! I listen and watch while falling asleep! So soothing :)
That's weird. I just visited the Cleveland Galleria mall for the first time last week, and thot, "Gosh, this looks like a Dan Bell mall."
The Galleria used to be such a big deal! It was super fancy when we were kids. When I was a teen I worked at tower city and walked over to the Galleria on my lunch break, and even by then (2004) you could tell it had begun to lose some of its gloss. What a shame.
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The first mall had a cozy looking feel and the second mall made me miss payphones.
UA-cam viewer sees: beautifully produced video
People at this mall see: high guy wandering around with a camera
Bold of you to assume there are people at these malls. :P
I was like... does he know I'm going to be high when I'm watch this?
Ryan Anderson Yeah so we can get a glimpse of the past and see the mall closely. I don’t think you’re a veteran to dans channel.
Interesting that you assume he's high just because he loves walking around these places.
I would love to explore dead malls while I'm stoned or tripping
This looks like some kind of insane asylum where you can only shop for shit, can never leave, eat Sbarro and sleep on the dirty mattresses near that busted out fountain
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god-tier comment, good call.
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That first mall in Ohio was gorgeous omg the beautiful glass skylight roof the gold paneling the pretty mobile hanging from the ceiling superb! The second mall was super cheesy n cheap lookin lol total opposites
InstaGlam the second mall looked like shit.
Eden nc is one of the most dangerous and corrupt city's here in North Carolina
Now Danny WHY DID YOU TOUCH THE DAMN PINWHEEL! YOU ARE BANNED!🤣🤣
Galleria broke ground in the 1960s, and like usual cleveland projects, got hung up in cleveland crap, Cleveland goes Bankrupt , finally opened in 1987. Never lived up to the hype, but nice. Top of the town restaurant elevators were here.
It’s still opened and apparently it was bought back in 2019. I hope they do something with it.
This is the prettiest dead mall I’ve ever seen! 😍
I love dead malls and your voice is so so calming.
A Flo I was just thinking this would be the perfect video to fall asleep to... His voice is like ASMR ... So calming and gentle on the ears... Now maybe we could get him to do a subliminal messaging/hypnosis reading! 😘
Can't believe you touched the hallowed pinwheel. Absolute mad man!
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These malls just make me so sad. Never thought I would say that I'm glad our mall is still busy lol
The first building is a beautiful mall. Malls like these should be reused into mixed use buildings. The second one is non descript and should be torn down and redeveloped.
Agree 100%. I think that the first one is worth repurposing. Eden Mall is very dilapidated and I think in a few years may be worth hitting the wrecking ball unless someone wants to do a serious remodeling job.
Such a contrast between the two malls. One is beautiful, the other so drab. But both are absolutely dead.
Great video.
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Dead Mall Series is better than therapy.
i don’t know about that one chief
And cheaper
I don't know if therapeutic is the right way to describe how i feel watching these but I'm just deeply happy watching these and I don't know why. May you continue this series all across the country and never stop! Thank you.
The glow in the first mall is simply amazing! It's like the vaporwave edit aesthetic but natural.
I think it'd be fun to time travel back in time to explore malls at their height of popularity. I was a 90s kid, and malls were still pretty hoppin' then, but I imagine they were where all the cool kids were at in the 80s.
I'm not sure the Galleria is dead. It's been repurposed. It's a popular place for weddings, parties and special events. Much of it is office. The attached tower is being renovated to add housing. Obviously, there's nothing traditional about it anymore but it's not shutting its doors anytime soon. It's well maintained and the owners keep transforming it to stay relevant.
Thank god its way to beautiful I knew it was the perfect wedding venue
It is truly a beautiful mall. Well kept, bright, and clean.
And it has like half the stores open unlike these other dead malls which have like one in ten stores open
Yeah the galleria is still there
our mall is repurpose as well here turned into wedding an restaurant plus little coffee shops an office spaces . i notice recent though . black mold an leaking roofs an you can smell the musty smell in it . the mall should be torn down . i notice since i started watching dead malls an closed malls they all have the same problem leaking roofs an mold in them .
I think you have unintentionally created some vaporwave fans
ocripcurrent absolutely!!! I am one:)
ocripcurrent Yep. He introduced me to that madness too
ocripcurrent I don’t understand, lol...what is vapourware? Excuse my ignorance 😆
Candystrap a genre of electronic music. Look on UA-cam for a video called "The music theory of Vaporwave" by Adam Neely. He explains it very well
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God. Being in my 40's, I miss the old mall hang out days. Hang out with friends, try to pick up girls, all the latest albums at your fingertips (in store), junk food meals, and smoking for the "cool" kids.
I still crave that old feel, But it doesn't look like it's ever coming back. The malls in my area are busier than the ones you show, but still, very quiet compared to what I remember.
Now all the dying malls here usually show signs of death when pretzel shops take up every corner and vendor stand.
ToMy Lot even the pretzel shops in my mall died
My parents met at my local mall. It somehow is still busy today, though business is slower than it used to be, according to my parents.
The Eden Mall could be a contender for the most depressing mall, especially from the outside.
The worst one IMO was Fairgrounds. I don't even know how it's STILL open, the cinema isn't even popular anymore.
H010 The biggest city in Michigan's Upper Penninsula, Marquette has two malls. The Marquette Mall is 97% dead. It has a car dealership at one end in the former Red Owl supermarket, and the DMV in a former movie theater at the other end. And a Dollar Tree discount store. The parking lot is bracketed by a Wendy's, a Pizza Hut and a car wash. The Westwood Mall had three anchor stores: Pranges' lasted 20 years, then was replaced by a Younkers, which closed in 2017. K-Mart lasted into the early 2000's, then it was replaced by Kohl's, which is still going strong. J.C. Penny was originally in downtown Marquette, then it moved to anchor the third arm of Westwood in the early 90's. That store started losing business when Penny's was reorganized in the early 2000's, then it was downsized a few years ago. The space was used as a Halloween Super Store for a couple of Octobers, then went kerplunk. A dozen retail spaces were taken over by a giant M.C. SPORTS store, which lasted for less than 10 years. And now that space is also being used around October as the Halloween Super Store for costumes and scary props.
forget the mall the entire city of Eden could contend for the most depressing place in the country
Shipwreked Mind agreed. When I go out in public all i see is old people and 80’s businesses that are closed
That iridescent, giant mobile was beautiful...and that Santa thing can burn in hell.
So, that's whats deep inside those tropical mall plants!
Seeing malls in decline just makes me sad. In highschool in the late 80's early 90's, the mall was the place to be.
Never knew a Hawaiian adventure was as close as my nearest mall plant.
Aaron Dean why buy a ticket to Hawaii when you can just jam your head into a magical mall plant? 😂
I always find magic mushrooms inside of mall plants, just like you did.
I love how awesomely 80's the Galleria at Erieview is! It's beautiful.
Dan this is the nostalgia series I've always needed.
All these dead malls would make a great setting for a Dead Rising game.
The dead mall nearest me is in a town that's dying a sad, slow and painful death. It'd be perfect for some zombie game. I go to the Chinese Buffet in the mall every Christmas and our "landmarks" are abandoned buildings. The local mill finally shut its doors a few years back, so I expect to see more abandonment. I mean, I found 10 abandoned buildings trying to find a side street to park down (No success and I chickened out after passing a burned out grocery store). The only thing keeping it going is a Historically Black College, but its teetering on the edge. I mean, they were practically offering me a discount for being a "local" white person. I wish I was joking.
Game??? How about Dead Rising "Real Life"
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Abigail Carroll the fuck kinda dump ass city you live in?
Christian Alfaro Yes, they will.
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You're doing the lord's work. That first mall is gorgeous and needs to be preserved.
Oh hot damn! I’m making cheese sticks AND Dan uploads?! Christmas came early this year my friends.
Aww man! Now I want cheese sticks!
I need snacks, I have cereal but I ran out of milk a few hours ago.
I hope those are deep fried.
Can I have one?
How exactly do you make cheese sticks? Is it difficult?
I was there at Erieview when it opened in 1987. The city of Cleveland has such a great historic past. The city had such a great vibe back then.
My kid (14) is convinced the world wouldn't need anti-anxiety drugs if they'd just watch Dan's videos while listening to his voice lol.
Vaporwave gives me anxiety so I sadly can no longer listen to Dan's voice during these videos, I get silence and subtitles. I'm rather pissed every channel now uses it in every "dead mall" video so I don't get to enjoy any of them now unless they're live and can't play it.
Heather Tackett I agree! His voice is so beautiful!
I doubt that!
Radiant Paragon What's wrong with vaporwave in videos like these? Besides, I think the tracks he chose for this video aren't really vaporwave anyway. The ones with Dan Mason are vaporwave but I thought they match perfectly. I might be biased though since I was already into vaporwave when I found Dan Bell's videos.
@@frankyu553 It gives them anxiety to hear it. The use of different types of distortion can do that to some people.
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Deadmall! Deadmall!!I've been waiting for another one. Never been so happy to see a mall die. Thanks Dan
I love the 80s vibe. The music you choose, and the style of the mall during the 80s. It makes me feel like I’m watching an 80s video without it being on VHS.
I need to visit more Mall Plants
lmao.... I was thinking that very same thought!!
One of my favorite channels on YT. Great editing, relaxing narrative, cool music, sweet aesthetics. I'm so glad I found this channel.
Also I have a good mall for you-the Inlet Square Mall in Murrells Inlet, SC. Interesting history in that mall-and yes, it's super dead. Serves as a mallwalkers HQ now basically.
dead mall day is always a good day
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omg i've been binge watching these videos all week long and then I came across this one!! I actually live right down the road from the eden mall, and I thought you'd like some info on how it used to be!! There is still a gym there, two restaurants (one I go to almost weekly), and a nail salon. A consignment furniture and clothing store moved into where belk used to be. One of the big buildings used to be a day care, but they closed down due to black mold I believe? There used to be a nice pet store there, ice cream stores, and a license plate office there also.
Wow that mall in Cleveland looks like a place I'd see in my dreams
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If you're looking for another dying mall to do a video on check out greenspoint mall in north Houston. Went from the largest in the area to losing all it's anchors and lost most of it's shoppers due to being in a high crime area and new mall openings.
I live right down the road from the lovely Eden Mall..lol, how this place is still open is a mystery because it's nothing but a dump
YES, Eden Mall! I hope you also made it to Penn Rose mall in nearby Reidsville, it's almost as bad as Eden, but a little more traffic.
A little more history on this mall, after Walmart came to town around 1990, Kmart only lasted a few more years. Once the Kmart closed, everything else went downhill quickly. The Belk survived until about a year ago but I'm suprised it lasted that long. It's a shame, used to be a nice place.
Poor people living in the stores for $450/mo
Where do the people go ? Where are the people
jcherrera104 They stay at home and shop online, they chat online and they date online. The shopping mall in Escanaba, Michigan closed down, was gutted, then Walmart possessed it's corpse. Now a MEIJER store has moved into Esky and is threatening to put WallyWorld outta business. I guess turnabout really is fair play, huh?
A sudden calmness overcomes me when I watch these videos. A calmness that overtones everything else.
It’s the calmness of the surrender to imminent death.
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Beautiful as always, Dan.
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This is easily one of my favorite series on youtube right now. That first mall looked amazing.
All the malls are dead, push me to the edge 💀
Man I love that little plant part, had a smile on my face the whole time!
Dan I have a very unique dead mall for you to check out. The Sunset Center mall in Amarillo, Texas was one of the first malls in Texas, and was the 3rd largest in the state for a while. It's half strip mall, half traditional mall that opened in September 1960 with a Penny's, Sears, Woolworth's and a Gunn Bro's service station as anchors. The Sears was a separate building that was eventually renovated and used for the hq of the now defunct Hastings Entertainment. The mall started it's death pretty early in the 70's when the bigger and now demolished Western Plaza was opened less than a mile away(!). It remained an open mall until the mid-early 2000's when the interior of the mall was closed and renovated. The mall is now a large art gallery with artists able to rent the old stores as galleries, and a portion of the Penny's used as an auditorium. Probably the most unique "dead" mall I've heard of. Now, the Panhandle metro area is served by Westgate mall, Anchored by Belle's, Penny's, Sears, and 2 Dillards, a different store for men and women. The men's store used to be a Mervyn's
Doc B to the B
I grew up on Sunset Terrace and went to school at Tascosa, and my family owns the old diamond shamrock/golden girls ceramics across Dixie and 15th st. from it for use as a hardware store, so I was always walking by it and wondering how it was in it's heyday. I remember being like 5, so around 2000/2001, and there was a furniture store and a surplus store (I got some cool 70s italian capsule tinker toy things for behaving well on a trip there, and I remember a lot of wallpaper was there too. Can't remember the name) inside the mall, with a 99 cent store and party supply store in the strip mall portion.
Dude I love these videos. The aesthetic, commentary, and humour.. it makes my smoke sessions so enjoyable.
I love the way you film these. So nostalgic and so great. Thank you for all this!
This man is an artist plain and simple, the music,the camera work, the insight. Kudos and keep it up, some of the most satisfying thought provoking and yet melancholy footage on UA-cam. Watched the whole dead mall series and more fascinating.
Cleveland! Yes! I love it
theVHSvlog you know it!
Honestly was waiting for him to cover this one CLE PRIDE
Lots of dead malls around Cleveland. Dan, if you're reading this, you should check out Euclid Square Mall before it's torn down next year to build an Amazon facility.
The plants have more people then the mall LOL
The second I saw the "don't touch the pinwheel" sign I knew he was going to touch it
Me too. People were probably poking at it to see if it would spin.
same XD such a rebel!
He then laughs and confesses right on the tape.
I wanted him to but wasn't sure
I love your choice of Vapor Wave for these dead mall videos Dan. The Eden Mall video is awesome one of my favorites and the track you used is epic ( Right through me ) . You are truly a pioneer in dead mall ambiance, often imitated never duplicated.
Glad you're still making these. Good way to start the weekend.
I can see the Galleria from my office. I wish I could have met you Dan, you're the best!
Even though malls are failing, outlet malls are thriving. And outlets pretty much have the same stores as the malls. I guess people like stores that are outside?
Mr. Arnold I think it's just the illusion that you're shopping in Main Street, Townsville, USA, instead of a mall. That and many of the stores have reduced prices, better sales, and carry stuff that's been discontinued or put into overstock at other store locations.
Mr. Arnold odd becuase tigers live outside
Dan explained it in another video, I think. Basically, people don't enjoy dragging through an enclosed mall anymore. They like to park in front of where they want to go and go there.
Abigail Carroll tbh the outlet mall here has so little parking and is so big it'd honestly be better to be indoors
Mr. Arnold I am absolutely wondering why American malls are faltering while most Asian countries I've been thru (Singapore, Philippines, the Gulf countries) with less robust economies have a booming mall industry. Even with Internet selling.
Better than A S M R..... *tingles*
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This is Dan Bell. Welcome back! Yay! Another dead mall series! :)
This is Dan Bell. Oh man! Where can I get a 'MALL PLANT'? HA ha ha ha
It's a shame the mall is doing so poorly.
hey dan, there is a space directly after the patreon link that breaks it
This is Dan Bell. love Your videos
This is Dan Bell. i live by sunrise mall where billie jean was filmed
I think I’d have a breakdown if I had to walk through these malls. They’re so depressing and lonesome...
i would love it and find it so relaxing. beats being around crowds and crowds of people.
Personally I love them. What’s depressing is that most will be demolished within the next decade.
Lolol, that creepy Santa doll scared me. I loved the plant scene. That looked like an old Jane Mansfield film. I was bracing myself for a jump scare. I still have the Willies from the Linken Park film.
this mall is stunningI would walk this thing and listen to depeche mode.
Dan Bell uploaded?! This is gonna be a good night.
"Please do not touch the pinwheel"
*touches it*
_okay same-_
Only halfway through, in love with the visuals!
Native Clevelander here. I was a kid in '87 when the Galleria opened to much fanfare. My parents and I make an annual trek downtown during the holidays (still!), and I can recall walking into there as a young bijagirl. It truly is an impressive display of light! I'm thrilled that you stopped in and let us all see.
The Need You Tonight cover is absolutely awesome. Made my day.
yikes that second mall was depressing as hell.
“please do not touch pinwheel”
Dan Touches pinwheel 😂😂😂
DAN YOUR VIDEOS ARE ART !
Your commentary about the treadmill at the guest services desk made me laugh out loud. Love your videos!
Love it dan ! Great job ! Had me rolling 😂😂on the treadmill In the customer service stand.
I absolutely enjoy these, having grown up in the 80's and coming from a Generation of "Hanging at the Mall" these videos really bring back the nostalgia!. That Galleria Mall was stunning!, really loved the well kept shimmering Brass Railing with the Salmon color tile and turquoise color scheme. The Glass archway was truly spectacular!, that door handle at 8:26 is late 80's in a nutshell. I really miss this type of architecture Mall's once had. Superb Dan, as always Sir!.
Time Travel won't be achieved through portals or police boxes, it'll be through Dan Bell.
there is something really relaxing about these videos its the music and the open spaces with no people
Wow that first mall looked really nice with the open sky like that.
Man, you make me laugh!! I was saying...he's got to touch the pinwheel...and you did!! Then the treadmill...trying to give directions while on the treadmill, just awesome !!
Perfect way to end my night! I love your videos so much Dan, the filming and editing is amazing.
They are like a 21st century bedtime story whispered in your ear...
It's a shame that the galleria is borderline dead. I love malls with glass roofs, they always give me a nostalgic feeling
Hey everyone this is Dan Bell 😎❤️
Starbawi ❤️ that's the first thing I said when I saw a new dead mall
I’m an idiot. I saw the apple on the Eden mall sign and I thought “wow! they have an Apple Store?!”
Wow, that Eden Mall was just horrid and sad.
That mall plant thing was hilarious! Great job on the editing, the flow of this video with music choice is superb!
They should care less about people touching the pinwheel and more about not allowing their mall to look like a shithole
Messer Productions I’m sure that sign is old asf. I’m sure they really don’t care anymore.
Thank you Dan for doing this video on the Eden Mall. I grew up going to this mall. I remember going to the K-mart closing sale with my grandma when I was little. Like most malls in their prime it used to be packed on the weekends. But for the last decade or so I have refused to step foot in that place. The last two times I went I got the creepiest, weirdest feeling like I was being watched even though nobody was in there. Still, thank you for documenting all of these dead malls. I love watching your videos. I just wish you could have done the Liberty Fair Mall in Martinsville Va before it was torn down.
11:00 You're going to hell for that you know
The minute I saw the "do not touch" sign I knew you'd have to touch it 😂
Another hypnotizing video in the series 🙃 love them