Dead Malls Season 6 Episode 18 - Uniontown Mall

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  • Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
  • PASTEL HELL? or PASTEL PARADISE?Located atop a hill, and overlooking the town of Uniontown, Pennsylvania sits the turquoise wonderland of Uniontown Mall. A mall which, in its time, and for quite a long while, did VERY well for itself. Even during our visit in June of 2023, the mall had “some” life to it. But maybe that was just the strong blues speaking, because upon watching footage taken here from just a few weeks ago.. It has gotten far worse.. Brands have since begun to close in droves. And the hallways now have an eerie aura to them.. But at the time, I truly believed, that this was one of the malls that did have a chance of making it to the other side.. Unfortunately, Uniontown Mall like many has begun its fall from grace..
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 65

  • @ERA_Productions
    @ERA_Productions 4 місяці тому +11

    Oh, nice to see my favorite mall once again! I’ve always loved Uniontown Mall since the first time I went. It’s truly an amazing 90s pastel gem! Great Video!

    • @NorthCdogg22
      @NorthCdogg22  4 місяці тому +1

      It really is, thanks for watching!!

  • @ShinobiShaw
    @ShinobiShaw 2 місяці тому +1

    This was one of your recent best, this mall is so liminal! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @CoolCatProductions-365
    @CoolCatProductions-365 4 місяці тому +4

    Amazing video North!

  • @tnbspotter5360
    @tnbspotter5360 4 місяці тому +3

    It's always a surprise when an indoor mall starts its decline in the 90's. Those were peak mall popularity times.

  • @eiguajardo
    @eiguajardo 4 місяці тому +4

    hot cocoa, cookies, a rainy saturday afternoon.. AND dead malls new episode , can life get any better ?! 😊
    that blue ceiling is so mesmerizing, looking from the outside you would never imagine is so colorful and nice on the inside. 💙

    • @NorthCdogg22
      @NorthCdogg22  4 місяці тому +1

      For real it’s such a hidden gem!

  • @victor3410
    @victor3410 4 місяці тому +2

    that shot of the mountains at the end behind the mall was beautiful

  • @JoshYT1
    @JoshYT1 4 місяці тому +2

    Oh yes were are being TREATED with this crown american gem!! Namdar is really letting that roof get leaks in some spots, hopefully it doesnt get too bad compared to other malls owned by them. Great work North, seemed like a fun road trip too!

  • @fatmad13
    @fatmad13 3 місяці тому +1

    amazing video!!

    • @NorthCdogg22
      @NorthCdogg22  3 місяці тому

      @@fatmad13 thanks!

    • @fatmad13
      @fatmad13 3 місяці тому

      @@NorthCdogg22 np! have you visited dead malls more towards the west coast?? there are some really nice ones

  • @JenniferinIllinois
    @JenniferinIllinois 4 місяці тому +9

    Namdar ownership is never good for a mall.

  • @Mom2my4blessings
    @Mom2my4blessings 4 місяці тому +4

    With Namdar as the owner, this mall doesn’t stand a chance unfortunately. I loved the neon colors.

    • @rachelrivera91
      @rachelrivera91 4 місяці тому

      Unfortunately true. Kohan is another one for communities to be aware of.

  • @GrimRockandRoll
    @GrimRockandRoll 4 місяці тому

    The Sears side had Radio Shack, The Hess side had Keyboard World, McCrory's and that was a jewelry store with the blue tiles coming out of that section. There used to be a food court and 2 arcades in there. Fun City was the original one in the mall and Pocket CHange was in the food court when it opened. The arcade that you saw wasn't that years ago. NRM was the sports store on the corner and the Bon Ton was the large space that had the checker tiles in front of it. THere was a Kay Bee's toys at one time. Fashion Bug took over the food court portion if I remember correctly.

    • @JohnStockton76
      @JohnStockton76 4 місяці тому +2

      The Hess' wing was also the original location of Disc Jockey, and had a Video 2 Go (VHS rentals) back in the 80s

    • @GrimRockandRoll
      @GrimRockandRoll 4 місяці тому +1

      @@JohnStockton76 Koenig Sporting Goods took over Keyboard World up on the corner and Keyboard World moved into the Disc Jockey location if I remember right. There was The Appliance Store at one time in that wing too.

  • @Bpb-z6j
    @Bpb-z6j 4 місяці тому +4

    This mall used to be great moved here from Cedar Rapids in the 1980s just miss here and lindale 😢

  • @mollyheffernen
    @mollyheffernen 4 місяці тому +2

    Great video North! I have a guess. Is it the Mountaineer Mall in West Virginia?
    I have enjoyed the live streams for different malls - especially the ones that are Namdar or Kohan. Hoping we can get to either St. Louis again sometime or some other Iowa malls. We need to find you some Cinnabon.

    • @NorthCdogg22
      @NorthCdogg22  4 місяці тому +1

      It is, great job!! And I’d definitely love to do a few livestreams down in STL, if I ever get a chance to head back down there

    • @mollyheffernen
      @mollyheffernen 4 місяці тому

      ​@@NorthCdogg22: St. Louis Galleria has a Cinnabon in it. There is one mall that is rarely ever filmed down there.
      It's called South County Center. CBL Properties owns it. They never filled the old Sears in it. I know they remodeled it a lot since the 1990s when I was last there.

  • @karenbarcheck
    @karenbarcheck Місяць тому

    In the Hess’s wing was The Limited (I worked there in the early 90s), Casual Corner, The Deb Shop, a kiosk Gemstone Jewelry, and Amend’s Jewelers with the bright blue tiles. 😊

  • @QuintusAntonious
    @QuintusAntonious 4 місяці тому

    It's a real mind bender seeing roads I grew up driving on in the opening montage.

  • @pagandrow1967
    @pagandrow1967 29 днів тому

    I used to recruit for the Navy there in 1997-2000...I used to go to the Auntie Ann's when I first got to the office and get a pretzel and talk to the girls behind the counter before getting on in the job for the day...the Mall was a pretty nice place back then...memories'!!

  • @rachelrivera91
    @rachelrivera91 4 місяці тому

    Pretty cool looking retro mall! Love the turquiose and pink colors blended together. Another cool video!! Keep ‘em coming! 👍🙌

  • @SammieGee-xj3dy
    @SammieGee-xj3dy 3 місяці тому

    Great video! Uniontown Mall used to be the place to be in the 90’s and early 2000’s. I actually work for TeleTech…from home!

  • @johnburke1317
    @johnburke1317 4 місяці тому +3

    Nice video

  • @Dan-km7nu
    @Dan-km7nu 4 місяці тому

    Love your work

  • @LoganMartin-l8h
    @LoganMartin-l8h 4 місяці тому

    Whoa epic bro

  • @WhittyPics
    @WhittyPics 4 місяці тому +1

    NAMDAR? Say no more. This mall is toast

  • @brianscott2404
    @brianscott2404 День тому

    The first place you looked at on the right was a pizza place when I was a kid and I wanna know what the name was because I really want their marinara sauce again 😢

  • @juvefan154
    @juvefan154 4 місяці тому +3

    I love that this mall has been painted with the "trans pride" colour palette. Always an excellent choice :) Thanks for the consistently wonderful videos!!

    • @NorthCdogg22
      @NorthCdogg22  4 місяці тому

      Glad you enjoy them, thanks for watching! :)

  • @helenr991
    @helenr991 4 місяці тому +1

    Looks Cool

  • @venomdude-gc8sw
    @venomdude-gc8sw 4 місяці тому

    Hey NortCodge I’m a big fan of you and I’m wondering by if you could one day cover the PlazaAmericas mall in Houston, it’s a mall close to my heart as I’ve gone there since I was a kid, but now I think it’s dying thanks for reading this

  • @cultivatelife
    @cultivatelife 4 місяці тому

    This feels like the mall the "Saved by the Bell" Crew would do their shopping at during the weekends.
    Right next to Max's Diner where they'd hangout and grab a rootbeer float and a banana split afterwards.

  • @GarrettGoodenough
    @GarrettGoodenough 3 місяці тому +1

    First time watching it with headphones and never fully appreciated the music 🎧 until now.

    • @NorthCdogg22
      @NorthCdogg22  3 місяці тому

      @@GarrettGoodenough that’s always the best way to watch my vids! 😁

  • @patchhunkey3633
    @patchhunkey3633 Місяць тому

    The ocean blue tiled store was an Edmunds Jewelers.

  • @PizzaMan-ItsaRomethingeveryday
    @PizzaMan-ItsaRomethingeveryday 4 місяці тому

    FANTASTIC Fullview always

  • @innercityprepper
    @innercityprepper 4 місяці тому +2

    Oh yes.... this means it's a TRUE saturday evening

  • @Vean-ql2yq
    @Vean-ql2yq 4 місяці тому +1

    I don't know what day or time it is at which you are filming, but literally there are not enough people in the halls to pay the light bill.😢

  • @nole8923
    @nole8923 4 місяці тому +1

    First I want to say thank you to NorthcDogg22 for another great video. Before I go any further I want say that my critique of this mall is not in any way a critique of the content creator who always does great work. It’s a critique of those who designed or remodeled this mall.
    The design of this mall is gaudy, cheesy, and annoying. It’s not just because I hate the pastel look. The flooring has those dull cheap pastel tiles. Just the look of this mall would make me avoid it. This look only works for a seaside surf shop like Ron Jon’s, but you’d also need the interior palm trees and artwork to go with it. Maybe some people like it, but I think it’s hideous. And by the lack of business in this mall I know I’m not the only one. Regardless, great video NorthCdogg22. If you ever get to head out west look into the Tucson mall. I promise the review I give on that mall will be very positive.

  • @frankertlsd
    @frankertlsd 4 місяці тому

    I love the vaporwave

  • @fredchipps3237
    @fredchipps3237 4 місяці тому +1

    I am afraid my local mall is dead & finished This mall used to be packed.

  • @fredchipps3237
    @fredchipps3237 4 місяці тому +1

    After Hess's we had a furniture store there.

  • @fredchipps3237
    @fredchipps3237 4 місяці тому

    We had stlores down that hallway the a call service came in called Tele-Tech but it is closed now we had a food court and resturants.

  • @georgelorence1089
    @georgelorence1089 9 днів тому

    Excellent. I’ll comment more later. Super tired.

  • @wolfaliceinchains
    @wolfaliceinchains 4 місяці тому

    7:32 gotta be a former hot topic there

  • @fredchipps3237
    @fredchipps3237 4 місяці тому

    I was there this week it inot good.

  • @uvoros1512
    @uvoros1512 4 місяці тому

    nice music

  • @drewk1514
    @drewk1514 4 місяці тому +2

    That mall was very nice for many years, but part of the reason for it never reaching its potential was poor planning. "Restaurant Row" in front of the mall contained a large number of chain restaurants, each with its own entrance on busy Route 40; it would have made more sense to have all traffic go to the light and have access roads BEHIND the restaurants. There were so many accidents and near accidents which could have been avoided. The mall owners kept raising rents to the point many stores couldn't be profitable. Also there is CLEARLY NO PLANNING in Oniontown. There are random stand alone plazas scattered around, no organization. Look at Walmart --next to it is a medical clinic, a Honda dealership, Dick Sportswares and Hobby Lobby. in front is a strip of shops. Another plaza has Target and some small shops; across the road is Home Depot, Michaels and some small businesses. My point is that NOTHING is convenient--no planning, no organization. In other places there are large plazas where customers can visit multiple stores at ONE stop. In Oniontown you must drive from place to do errands. Aldi wanted to relocate to a larger store. Instead of working with the county and mall owners, they could have put their store in the former Sears or The Bon Ton space--the infrastructure was already in place and Aldi could have helped revitalize the mall. Or the mall could have been 'de-malled" like Middletown Commons in Fairmont. It's like Oniontown really doesn't get it. It's easier to drive up to University Town Centre in Morgantown where everything is CONVENIENT.

    • @somepeopleskids-ph7te
      @somepeopleskids-ph7te 4 місяці тому

      Most of the properties u speak of were owned by private individuals who slowly sold off property for profit. Why everything is chopped up.

  • @plushtimetv
    @plushtimetv 4 місяці тому +1

    Green Mountain Mall?

  • @jacksonburgess3867
    @jacksonburgess3867 4 місяці тому +1

    Wait is that a mall?

  • @candyg21
    @candyg21 4 місяці тому +1

    Hey man any plans for FL if so, my kid has a lot of malls in store and here are two mall riddles from my kid, I am a strip mall, the first mall ever built, I am 3 story, but i'm abandoned. the second riddle, I am also a strip mall, the brother or sister mall, I am 4 or 3 story to, but I was abandoned a year later. Guess the two riddle and if you guess correctly, I will say "Great Job⭐" but if you get it wrong, allow me to correct you. Also please comment okay, alright my kid I love your so much. See you in FL.

    • @NorthCdogg22
      @NorthCdogg22  4 місяці тому

      Hoping to see Florida one day, thank you so much for watching!

  • @helenr991
    @helenr991 4 місяці тому +1

    Hi

  • @Steve.Cutler
    @Steve.Cutler 4 місяці тому

    I find the colors boring and too neutral. Its a real shame they removed most character from most malls in the late 90's. All the things that made them stand out gone. I do feel retail shopping at all malls are on their way out. Brick and morter stores cant compete with the internet with price and selection. Technology always flows in the way of convience. Movie theaters are on the same decline.