Foliage, Fountains & Foreclosures - Richland Dead Mall Tour | Mansfield Ohio

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 40

  • @michaelaurban4120
    @michaelaurban4120 5 місяців тому +12

    OOOUUU this is my hometown mall! I’m from Ashland! I grew up going to this mall, and now it’s just a sad shell of its former self - being taken over by a hospital!

    • @stlac24
      @stlac24 5 місяців тому +3

      It was mine, too. So sad to see it now!

    • @lookb4youleap386
      @lookb4youleap386 Місяць тому +1

      Aladins castle, orange Julius, gone. Just a pit of despair now

    • @michaelaurban4120
      @michaelaurban4120 Місяць тому

      @@lookb4youleap386 EVEN THE PRETZEL PLACE IS GONE NOW 😭

    • @WelderVp
      @WelderVp Місяць тому

      ​@@lookb4youleap386 damn, Aladdin castle... I forgot all about it. Great times

    • @lookb4youleap386
      @lookb4youleap386 Місяць тому

      @@WelderVp --used to go there all the time. Everyone would have their bday party there and get tokens to play games. Boss level fun

  • @MrJpen82
    @MrJpen82 15 днів тому +2

    I remember the car and boat shows. Boats and cars all up and down the mall. At Christmas, all the animated displays. . . . and all the fountains! Nice video, thanks!

    • @MrJpen82
      @MrJpen82 14 днів тому

      Thanks "Ruined Road" for the ❤ . . . that means a lot to me!😊

  • @HkSniper
    @HkSniper 5 місяців тому +5

    I worked at this mall, and am very surprised at the depth of research you did for this video. Awesome!

  • @user-kp9cm7lk3r
    @user-kp9cm7lk3r Місяць тому +3

    Mannn I missed how the mall used to be, used to be so fun to go to as a kid now it’s a ghost town, crazy.

  • @slackingpacking
    @slackingpacking 4 місяці тому +6

    Dang, it gotten much worst. Sears left in 2019 and Macy’s left in 2021. I’m pretty sure this building will end up becoming a hospital eventually.

  • @oliverk1042
    @oliverk1042 Місяць тому +2

    I met my future wife at this Mall when I was 18 and about to leave for the Army over 20 years ago. And that Chinese restaurant has been there the entire time too, owned and operated by the same smiling man and his family too. Super cool guy. He should own that whole building.

  • @brianhuntington1438
    @brianhuntington1438 4 місяці тому +3

    alot of memories there back in 82

  • @merrittn6397
    @merrittn6397 Місяць тому +1

    I used to be a buyer for Lazarus, when Lazarus was a big deal but left a year before Macy's bought it. We would make monthly trips there coming from the Columbus buying offices.
    Always liked that restaurant with the view

  • @Maxdekriek
    @Maxdekriek 5 місяців тому +4

    great video ... as always... thanks ruin road team!!
    greetsz from holland/friesland.....max...

  • @Hi.ImJake
    @Hi.ImJake Місяць тому +1

    Moved from PA to Shelby 4 years ago. Ain't no mall like the Avita Mall!

  • @Heazytoohot
    @Heazytoohot 3 місяці тому +2

    I remember the mortal kombat 4 arcade cabinet being there when i was a young kid.

  • @reggieg2303
    @reggieg2303 Місяць тому +2

    Harvest House in Woolworth’s had the best cheeseburgers. I spent a lot of my parents money in Recordland.

  • @LongestRunningSuperHeroRPG
    @LongestRunningSuperHeroRPG Місяць тому +1

    I live 30 minutes from the Richland Mall, and really miss what it used to be like in the 80's.

  • @ERA_Productions
    @ERA_Productions 4 місяці тому +1

    Great Video! This was the first mall I ever documented on my channel, and even from 2019 to now, it has fallen apart so much. Back in 2019 you could still consider this place somewhat thriving, and now it’s firmly in the dead status.

  • @teresaobrien4708
    @teresaobrien4708 Місяць тому +2

    My sister-in-law, who lives in Ontario, refers to it as " the MallSpital"

    • @LordNavala
      @LordNavala Місяць тому

      Came here to say this. Moving back here I've heard that term thrown around. Sad that it's not really a mall anymore, but glad to see it have new life. Lazarus really fulfilled it's namesake.

  • @Abrinley23
    @Abrinley23 Місяць тому +1

    Thank you for making this video.

  • @jeshartge8343
    @jeshartge8343 Місяць тому +1

    Good times

  • @OhioTravelswithKris
    @OhioTravelswithKris 4 місяці тому +3

    Its not dead yet.. i live here in Mansfield and go there a lot

  • @MrJpen82
    @MrJpen82 14 днів тому

    . . . at the Eastern end of the mall (where Penny's is now), there was a dip-down in the floor where the men would sit and smoke and read the newspaper while their wives shopped.

  • @Nitrous0x
    @Nitrous0x Місяць тому +1

    This was my childhood mall from the 2000's and early 2010's. I haven't been there since 2012 or something like that. So many of the stores that I knew it for are mainly gone. Was Spencer's still active when you went there?

    • @starrfish-pg3wx
      @starrfish-pg3wx Місяць тому +1

      Yes Spencers is still open when I went a few months ago.

    • @joshelliott1826
      @joshelliott1826 29 днів тому +1

      Same. Spencers is still there. One of the few stores left. Even the pretzel restaurant is gone

  • @joshelliott1826
    @joshelliott1826 29 днів тому

    Spent a lot of friday nights here in highschool. Being the cool goth kids walking around lol

  • @VJacquette
    @VJacquette Місяць тому

    I think you might have skipped the part where O'Neill's became Kaufmann's. They were part of the same conglomerate, just like Lazarus was with Macy's. So, Lazarus became Macy's, O'Neill's became Kaufmann's, then Kaufmann's was bought out by Macy's and Macy's moved down to the old Kaufmann's location. Avita took over the old Macy's location.

  • @JayYoung-ro3vu
    @JayYoung-ro3vu Місяць тому

    The crustal ball is hazy so its future is still unwriten.
    I see shades of Springfield's (Ohio) closed Upper Valley Mall. They are generally the same era.

  • @revmvernon
    @revmvernon Місяць тому

    I worked there half a lifetime ago. It was still doing well, but early signs of decline were already showing by the time I moved on. Kinda sad to see its current state, but it's hard to call it entirely unexpected.

  • @Doomzdayxx
    @Doomzdayxx Місяць тому

    Is this mall still open? (7/16/2024)

    • @starrfish-pg3wx
      @starrfish-pg3wx Місяць тому

      Yes it is still open with a handful of stores.

  • @Anonymous-k8k
    @Anonymous-k8k Місяць тому

    The mall is under construction and revitalization! There is a new farmer's market open every Friday from 3-7pm. It's going to get back its former glory in due time!