Abandoned Toys R Us - Highland Park, IL

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  • Опубліковано 15 тра 2024
  • Abandoned Toys R Us - Highland Park, IL. This store closed in 2018 when the chain filed for bankruptcy. There was a wave of closures to start before the company would close all locations just months later. At one point in time, this shopping center was much different than it is now. My friend, Jon, tells the story of this place.
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  • @BrLanshub
    @BrLanshub 21 день тому +14

    Kid- “Hey mom can we go to that cool toy store” parent-“sure tomorrow”

  • @Theabandonedplaceman2
    @Theabandonedplaceman2 21 день тому +19

    I love how the sign still lights up!

    • @AbileneExplorer
      @AbileneExplorer 21 день тому +1

      omg it's the abandoned place man what the sigma

  • @goreylagore
    @goreylagore 2 дні тому +2

    I used to shop in this store - I worked in Highland Park almost 15 years ago and went there a few times to buy Christmas and birthday gifts for my nieces. I don't remember it being very busy those days, but seeing it empty like this is sad. They all used to have so much life and energy in them!

  • @thewormzgummiezz
    @thewormzgummiezz 21 день тому +23

    I didn’t expect to see an abandoned toys r us video from WallieB26, But here it is. Cool abandoned find Wallie!

  • @mallaholicretailadventures
    @mallaholicretailadventures 21 день тому +17

    Oh wow. I did this one about a year ago and got inside. I'm glad I got to see your take of it. I didn't know the police department was right there LOL

  • @TheCubeTube
    @TheCubeTube 21 день тому +12

    Wow! Crazy how the signs are still there, let alone lighting up 6 years later! Cool video Wallie!

  • @fishlover377
    @fishlover377 21 день тому +4

    Great video! Super cool! Can’t believe the sign is still up.

  • @MrIceman22
    @MrIceman22 День тому +1

    Awesome Video Wallie thanks for sharing buddy :D

  • @moose4164
    @moose4164 21 день тому +4

    My childhood toys or us was in gurney mills IL

  • @spoingustheebaycat
    @spoingustheebaycat 21 день тому +4

    Hey Wallie! So I was driving around Davenport Iowa and I saw an abandoned Walmart. It was like a 90's style one. Its right by a Sams Club that is still active. I just thought that I would share that to you because you are in the Illinois area. I hope you visit it.

  • @Masonjensrud-zn3te
    @Masonjensrud-zn3te 21 день тому +5

    12:02 Great Job!!
    JUST SLAP SPIRIT HALLOWEEN OVER THE TOYS R US SIGN!!!!

  • @lindamikel1842
    @lindamikel1842 21 день тому +6

    Wow Awesome I love amazing Videos of all time favorite Abandoned Toys R us. It's pretty cool find Wallie.

  • @StantonsJourneys
    @StantonsJourneys 21 день тому +3

    Haven't seen a toys r us sign and actually still lights up, wow!!!! Thanks for sharing brother

    • @slackingpacking
      @slackingpacking 21 день тому

      Last time I saw one was in Lima, OH and they had a lot of stuff in the dumpsters. You were with me. That store is now a Micheal arts and craft.

  • @brandonb.6099
    @brandonb.6099 21 день тому +4

    Great to see a Toys R Us store again.

  • @chrisafton8860
    @chrisafton8860 2 дні тому +1

    Bro my grandma used to take me to this exact toysrus and than I just see this casually on my recommendation 😭

  • @anotherguy2741
    @anotherguy2741 20 днів тому +1

    The former Jackson, TN Toys R Us location is now an Auto Zone .

  • @bradelias9870
    @bradelias9870 21 день тому +2

    Hello, Wallie! My name is Brad and I live in Wrentham, Mass., which is just under an hour southwest of Boston. First of all, I started watching your videos about a month ago because they allowed me to relive my youth when I went shopping at two fantastic stores, Toys "R" Us and Ames. The closest Toys "R" Us for me was in Bellingham, Mass. off Interstate 495 and the closest Ames was on Route 140 in the neighboring town of Franklin, Mass. I always used to buy Hot Wheels/Matchbox cars and playsets, as well as Nickelodeon VHS tapes/DVDs from both places. Those were great times when I used to go with my father and we'd go bargain hunting $ 🙂$. Also, this video, in particular, is so cool because my father used to work as a pharmacist for Osco Pharmacy 😀 for Shaw's, a New England supermarket chain, which is also a subsidiary of Albertsons. Keep up the great work and I look forward to more videos 👍. Thank you!

    • @WallieB26
      @WallieB26  21 день тому +1

      Thank you for sharing your story! I have a cousin who lives in Boston and my grandfather was from nearby Fall River. I need to make my way back up there! I'm glad you enjoy my videos. Thank you for stopping by here! Take care! Stay awesome!

  • @danestegman155
    @danestegman155 15 днів тому

    Good video! You don't see too many abandoned Toys R Us around, The one, that I used to go to, was made into a Burlington clothing store!

  • @slackingpacking
    @slackingpacking 21 день тому +2

    Still lights up! 😍🥹Awesome! Those are even rarer! Great find dude!

    • @WallieB26
      @WallieB26  21 день тому +1

      Don't thank me! Thank Jon Rev!

    • @slackingpacking
      @slackingpacking 21 день тому

      @@WallieB26that’s amazing! My local one (Springfield, OH) closed in 2006. Used to a be former Sun Tv previously.

  • @chrissanchez4735
    @chrissanchez4735 21 день тому +1

    Fun fact: This location oddly got newer 2011/2012 decor meant for remodeled/newer locations (E.g. Cashiers, Banners, Displays, Walls)

  • @Speaker5411
    @Speaker5411 21 день тому +5

    Wow this video is amazing

  • @redstergtag
    @redstergtag 18 днів тому +1

    Love your videos, bud!!! Remember me, when I commented and you favorited it about a year ago?

  • @JonathanVanegas-iz7sp
    @JonathanVanegas-iz7sp 21 день тому +6

    I love abonded places

  • @Urban_nation.
    @Urban_nation. 21 день тому +1

    My childhood…. Is gone. Or is it. Thank you soooo much for showing this wonderful video this means a lot to me. I don’t want to grow up.

  • @ItzSkylandersGamerYT
    @ItzSkylandersGamerYT 21 день тому +1

    One of the best abandoned places I have found so far, I check it when I’m in highland park

  • @matthewfarmer2520
    @matthewfarmer2520 21 день тому +1

    That abandoned toys r us still has it's letters at the top lol thanks for sharing this Wallie. Awesome 😎👍

  • @shannonyoast6906
    @shannonyoast6906 21 день тому +2

    As always great video 👍

  • @AbileneExplorer
    @AbileneExplorer 21 день тому +4

    awesome

  • @witness63
    @witness63 21 день тому +2

    Lots of Abandoned buildings in Barboursville & Huntington, WV.
    Walgreens- 1st St & 4th Ave, Huntington
    Aldi- Adams Ave, Huntington, WV
    Toy R Us- Barboursville, WV
    Old McDonald’s- 1st Street & 4th Huntington
    Stationer’s- 6th & 6th Ave, Huntington, WV
    Old Glenn’s Sporting Goods- 11th St & 4th Avenue, Huntington

  • @ARRON_THE_ZEROTH
    @ARRON_THE_ZEROTH 21 день тому +1

    That looks very much like the Old Toys R Us in Beavercreek Ohio(at 2626 North Fairfield Road) but without the small "Kids R Us" sign to the bottom right of the main sign.

    • @slackingpacking
      @slackingpacking 21 день тому +1

      I remember that store, I know they moved the store down the plaza sometime in the late 2000s I think. The old location became a mattress store and then a Spirit Halloween.

    • @ARRON_THE_ZEROTH
      @ARRON_THE_ZEROTH 21 день тому

      @@slackingpacking the building at 2520 North Fairfield Road is the New Old Toys R Us, what you just mentioned is exactly what I was talking about, the Old Old Toys R Us. The strangest thing I remembered inside was a big black pendant mount dome camera that was seen there and in the Best Buy up the road from it.

  • @Tommyofthntn
    @Tommyofthntn 21 день тому

    Highland Park Illinois is where a tragic shooting took place at a Fourth of July Parade.

  • @margaretbrisbin6261
    @margaretbrisbin6261 21 день тому +1

    Great video Wallie

  • @scarlettbegonia4371
    @scarlettbegonia4371 21 день тому +3

    It was a Spirit Halloween at one point

    • @WallieB26
      @WallieB26  21 день тому

      I saw in the photos I found after doing the video!

  • @libertymartin5167
    @libertymartin5167 21 день тому

    Crazy that the signs still light up! I love it though. A bit comforting and a piece of nostalgia even if we "tru"ly know it isn't in business anymore. Still a great video, love the tiles and thanks for the images at the end! I loved the one of the boy smiling with a vintage (?) Geoffrey!

  • @carlavision6143
    @carlavision6143 21 день тому

    WallieB26, really enjoyed your awesome abandoned Toys"R"Us video! Long time no see! Wish I could meet you and Kayla if y'all ever come through Oklahoma going to Texas!

  • @jet34thehawk
    @jet34thehawk 21 день тому +2

    Wow 👌 awesome 👌 video ❤

  • @JoshMarconX
    @JoshMarconX 16 днів тому

    Dang that’s a good one.

  • @tuckerhuff692
    @tuckerhuff692 21 день тому +2

    Love you videos

  • @AlexEigel
    @AlexEigel 21 день тому

    I loved this. It gives me memorys about my early years. Thanks! I don't know about you but I really really miss toys r us and honestly the new toys r us is not the same. What do you remember about toys r us? I remember a lot because we used to go there all the time.

    • @AlexEigel
      @AlexEigel 21 день тому +1

      Also I did not know Albertsons owned stores out east like that. Speaking of which what do you think of Albertsons and there stores? I like Them they have great sales if you are a member.

  • @paulrotondo4420
    @paulrotondo4420 21 день тому +1

    I liked this even before I watched it!!! Cool 😎 🆒️

    • @WallieB26
      @WallieB26  21 день тому +1

      Thank you!

    • @paulrotondo4420
      @paulrotondo4420 21 день тому

      @WallieB26 I was gonna ask you if one still existed. But now I don't have to. I'm jealous you get to see some cool stuff. I'm sure you will be filming Century 3 mall at some point. Hopefully, one day, I'll get to meet you. I'm minutes from the mall! I'm about 5 minutes walking distance. 🚶‍♂️ stay awesome!

  • @jerrysanders9101
    @jerrysanders9101 21 день тому

    I know you probably get sick of hearing it but… John and Kate plus 8? 😂
    Love your work brother Wally .. 🎉🎉🎉😜🎊🍾keep up the great work 🎉

  • @MxCartney_Lou
    @MxCartney_Lou 20 днів тому

    Check out the abandoned toys r us in Rochester, Minnesota

  • @thunderray1987
    @thunderray1987 21 день тому

    I remember my dad and I would shop at Toys R Us for the latest diecast toy cars as often as possible. My parents would shop Toys R Us (as well as KB Toys) for other toys too like Legos, Playmobile and dolls. I don't remember my mom or sisters going to T.R.U. as often as my dad and I went. Great memories though! 🙂

  • @futonman66
    @futonman66 20 днів тому

    Just in case you didn't know the white settlements Toys r Us that you covered is now a Boot Barn so take care

  • @aaronvanslambrouck8229
    @aaronvanslambrouck8229 21 день тому +1

    Spooky the lights on the front letters are still on

  • @thesaexplorer
    @thesaexplorer 21 день тому +1

    I can't believe it's 2024 and the sign is still up/lit up at night

  • @abstracttom.cleanelephanto5659
    @abstracttom.cleanelephanto5659 15 днів тому

    Their was an abandoned Carson’s in Chicago ridge, Illinois. I don’t know if it’s still their.

  • @rmx77
    @rmx77 21 день тому +1

    well the location that was in lynnwood washington got turned into an Ashley homestore furniture store sadly. thing is they are devolving the area around the mall. the old sears became an apartment building. a dave and busters went in on one part of the apartment building. also one part of the parking lot to the mall got a shake shack. there is something going on with the old credit union there but idk what since i moved before the shake shack opened and the work on the old credit union was going on .

  • @lisafreeman4222
    @lisafreeman4222 21 день тому +1

    Fun video lol

  • @Spokaneexploration
    @Spokaneexploration 21 день тому

    I laughed pretty hard when you said aerostar and then I was like and my head that's a freestar then you corrected it lol 🤣
    Also that's a pretty sweet Toys r Us it's cool that the sign is still partially lit what's left of it

  • @sarahwilson6325
    @sarahwilson6325 20 днів тому

    U should do a abandoned video of fairway in Dollar general Sauk village Illinois and the two stores is right next to each other please

  • @TheRZone.
    @TheRZone. 21 день тому

    wow, still abandoned.

  • @michaelmohrmann
    @michaelmohrmann 20 днів тому

    Don't quite know how much longer that could be considered as "abandoned", I heard Toys-R-Us is working on making a comeback.

  • @jaspersilver1055
    @jaspersilver1055 21 день тому

    Indicative of the decay of the country. The values , the priorities

  • @Optopolis
    @Optopolis 21 день тому

    I'm shocked to see this tbh. SOOOOO many have been replaced. I don't think there is any TRU within 200 miles of me in Cheyenne, WY that's abandoned. A couple BRU's MAYBE, but that's it.

  • @bandithalo8697
    @bandithalo8697 19 днів тому

    🎶There Will Always Be A Toys R Us Store🎶

  • @Spawn3X5
    @Spawn3X5 21 день тому

    Not too far from me well maybe a bit further
    Saw some one else check out an abandoned tru getting inside
    A few things left behind and some trashed toys in the back

  • @jamesfrancisco6988
    @jamesfrancisco6988 18 днів тому

    I miss it inuse work another pet store around the corner from that

  • @LOAT_Official
    @LOAT_Official 21 день тому +1

    Here in Canada they still exist along with BabiesRus, one in my old childhood shopping centre just recently took over a Bed Bath & Beyond last spring or summer
    Although I never really found them interesting as a kid they are pretty cool though

    • @WallieB26
      @WallieB26  21 день тому

      As soon as I receive my passport, I'm coming up to Canada to shop at one and film it.

    • @LOAT_Official
      @LOAT_Official 21 день тому

      @@WallieB26 K 👍
      It's in Halifax, Nova Scotia and the shopping sentre is near a place called Bayer's Lake
      (Sorry for the late reply)

  • @mrlegoman9030
    @mrlegoman9030 13 днів тому

    There’s a babies rus in hurst Texas it still abandoned and next to it there was a toys rus

  • @AsoGamer33
    @AsoGamer33 21 день тому

    i wonder who is paying for the sign to light up all the years later

  • @user-hlijkuo67
    @user-hlijkuo67 21 день тому +2

    Can you do the abandon rite Aid in greengate pa

  • @ChipWoods-bp3ex
    @ChipWoods-bp3ex 21 день тому +1

    Like the one in Canton Ohio.

  • @davidellis5141
    @davidellis5141 21 день тому +2

    Maybe it will open for 2024 holiday season 🤔.

    • @WallieB26
      @WallieB26  21 день тому +1

      Wouldn't that be cool!

  • @BrandonLongwell-mw9iy
    @BrandonLongwell-mw9iy 9 годин тому +1

    Go back.

  • @christinamurray6546
    @christinamurray6546 21 день тому +2

    Can you do the abandoned babies. Rus in Burbank il

    • @WallieB26
      @WallieB26  21 день тому

      I'm not in Illinois anymore but i am returning later this year! I will try to do so!

    • @christinamurray6546
      @christinamurray6546 21 день тому

      @@WallieB26 oh okay dude

  • @mrscott5778
    @mrscott5778 21 день тому +2

    hi mr wallie go find go must go to white castle for lunch

  • @KindlyRaze
    @KindlyRaze 21 день тому +1

    Hello!

  • @earse5
    @earse5 21 день тому +4

    Walle hi

    • @WallieB26
      @WallieB26  21 день тому

      Hey!

    • @earse5
      @earse5 21 день тому

      @@WallieB26 Wait I remember seeing this building before

  • @Upgradedtitanspeakerman472
    @Upgradedtitanspeakerman472 21 день тому +3

    Hii

  • @jonathonlovvorn7905
    @jonathonlovvorn7905 15 днів тому

    Why did Toys "R" Us go out of business ?

    • @misstonate
      @misstonate 14 днів тому

      They filed for bankruptcy and shut down

  • @NickyClassicBackArchives
    @NickyClassicBackArchives 21 день тому +1

    yo

  • @Upgradedtitanspeakerman472
    @Upgradedtitanspeakerman472 21 день тому +3

    HII how are you?

  • @Lego.3000
    @Lego.3000 21 день тому +1

    Ryan has a banana

  • @GRM.Adventures
    @GRM.Adventures 21 день тому +2

    Omg even with the signs still up🥹