Man, it’s sad and sucks to see all these malls closing up. I love going into all the different malls and let the kids play when me and the wife travel.
Malls as a thing aren't going anywhere soon... In tourist heavy areas, like LA, Miami, Orlando, etc, many people come from other countries to shop, and it's sometimes inconvenient, risky, and/or impossible to buy online ahead of a trip. But as for big malls in smaller less tourist frequented cities... Yeah, I'm afraid most malls will be out of business in the next couple of decades (Most, not all, I do believe that there is room for smaller malls, in lesser quantities).
I liked to go to the mall to walk for exercise. I'd see others doing the same and then sitting at Starbucks or in the seats in the food court to stare at their laptops or play games on the while their kids ate a meal or played in the kiddie pen. When we got tired of Lenox Sq. or Perimeter Mall, we'd visit a new mall. Not all malls are dead. Oglethorpe Mall, the older mall in Savannah, Ga., has outlasted the newer mall. I could practically walk from my aunt's house on Abercorn to Oglethorpe, but never got to visit her new mall. I think Mall of Ga. and Cumberland Mall are ok. Not sure about Northlake and even Town Centre Mall (near me). Maybe, dead malls could be re-purposed as a homeless shelter. Like the walkers in one to be able out of bad weather, they could get the urban outdoors folks off the streets.
There's only a very few that still inject money into remodeling them and making them look nicer. But most malls I go into just seem antiquated, old carpet, old smells. Not many people. It kinda is sad. As a teen me and my cousins would always go to the movies inside the mall or just browse everywhere.
The kids from this generation won’t know what they’ve missed. Malls were not just for shopping. You could hang out in them all day, meet countless girls, go to the movies, the arcade, the food courts, etc, etc. They had huge indoor fountains, escalators, sky lights, etc. Malls were an EXPERIENCE. Companies like Amazon won’t stop until the entire earth is a giant cement ball with nothing but warehouses and UPS trucks. What have we become?
I am only 11, but I think stranger things has really unlocked a new fascination in retro malls for me! All the neon lights, the social activites... It makes me really sad to see all these malls either being remodelled into plain gray concrete blocks or being demolished. I would love for all malls to look like Starcourt again.
22 in a few days and I currently work in a mall that appears to be thriving, I even got to hang out with friends here, every other mall I've been in has practically been deserted, but this one is typically pretty crowded still, it's probably the closest I'll get to that experience even though I'm sure malls were more crowded back in the day
No words other than this was beautiful, Anthony. 5 years ago I would have laughed at anyone who suggested a dead mall walkthrough could bring tears to my eyes.
same !! than i saw old fashion 80s movies and series like stranger things ..........and now....i wished, i could be a part of it back in time and it hurts that such beautiful places got shut down now :C
This area brings back lots of memories. Eating at Circus Pizza in the mid 90's, going to Qzar in the early 00's. This being the main mall anyone went to b4 Mall of GA or Sugarloaf Mills was built. Eating at the Ryan's buffet that had a train that would go through the restaurant on the ceiling, and if you ate all your vegetables, begging your parents to play mini golf at pirate's cove (right behind the Ryans) Everything except the mini golf is gone now. Poor local community and better/newer malls ran this thing into the ground. I vividly remember the fish fountains at the food court and a model car with a bunch of looney tunes characters near the exit that we'd see every time we came.
I live about 15 miles from Gwinnett Place Mall, and it’s been over 20 years since I last visited it. I like that you added the photos with people, showing how it used to be. Some friends of mine lived on Boggs Road, about 2 miles from the mall. I can remember when the mall was under construction, and how excited my friends were and anticipating the opening.
I cant be the only one who finds it really sad but also like just trippy to see a place you grew up and have so many found memories of turned to well…this. and seeing it a popular show, that really tripped me up like “hold on a second i know that food court-“
This was my childhood mall, it was sad watching the decline of this mall over the years. It used to be a grand sight, with beautiful architecture and lighting. Boy I miss it. On another note, this mall was recently closed and sold to the county's redevelopment agency for 32 million dollars.
@@haroldisintrouble They want to knock it down and turn it into housing/distribution. Last time I was near there they were using Sears for covid shots and the rest of the mall had a bunch of movie sound stages proped up in it. Plans for demolition have already been discussed.
Growing up I remember this was the mall everyone went to, then as you stated Mall of GA and Sugar Loaf Mills Mall came along and unfortunately hurt this Mall. I wanted to add that I remember one time my family and I were going to spend some family time together and guess what? We went to the Mall of GA instead. I went to this mall today, obviously I was only able to see this mall from the outside, there was no security or anyone to ask to see if I could get a sneak peak and go inside. I sure do miss this mall and it's sad to see what has become of this mall.
As a kid of the 80’s and early 90’s, the mall was the place to go! Girls, Footlocker, The Arcade, Radio Shack, the department stores… you and your buddies could just get dropped off at the mall and you had 3-5 hours of entertainment. Then go to the Skating Rink and skate to the hits of the 80’s. Michael Jackson and Prince, or Pat Benetar and Madonna. What a time to grow up in.
Fantastic. That was great seeing old photos of the place. They really do need to make a permanent attraction. The place would get more people than ever then. That piano version of the main theme is incredible. Yeah, I'd be expecting the Mind Flayer to crash through too, certainly at night.
I worked at that mall in 2003 with my cousin and our friends. We worked in a kiosk selling lotion and nail kits. We barely made enough money to eat so we would go get "samples" at every food vendor or do surveys to try and get 5 bucks or a sample meal. It was a weird time for us as we were all in our early 20s and west coasters. It's crazy to see the mall now after almost 20 years having not seen it. I have weird memories of those times. Thanks for making this video. Pretty cool that this mall was in stranger things. That kinda blew my mind.
Bro I would be so down for that mall to reopen as a stranger things themed mall with Food,Clothes,Gadgets and Costumes from Stranger Things what do y’all think?
Mall of GA about 10 miles up interstate is bigger and anchor stores at gwinnett place ended up moving there. That mall attracted higher end better quality stores. Simon who owned gwinnett place and mall of GA stopped investing in gwinnett place hence that mall slowly died. The area around gwinnett place died with it so effect was more far reaching.
It is terribly sad , The last time I went to this mall the only stores open were shoe stores and clothing stores. Belks is usualy always the last to go
Used to work at The GAP in this mall on the 2nd floor, back in the late 90’s. This was the place to be back then. I miss all the good old times my friends and I had. Hanging out at the Electronics Boutique to check out the latest games, chilling at the food court, and drive bys of Hot Topic knowing they had all the cool stuff for sale but never letting my friends know otherwise. I raise my cup to you, Gwinnett Place Mall.
My name Bill Thompson i used go to this Mall a lot it was a nice place to shopp it sad that we all now doing shopping online we need help keep malls open they keep people working an everyone need to do walk because once they gone they gone it be nice to see malls come back to life ❣️
Quite a video, Anthony! Earlier today, I got a COVID shot in a former Bon Ton in Lancaster, PA's Park City Mall. Afterwards, I spent a brief time walking through it; the stores were mostly not open, yet. Park City is hanging in, but it's clear they were hurt by the shutdowns like every other mall.
I grew up in a small town two hours northeast of Atlanta (near the Georgia/South Carolina line), and, if my family wanted to shop in the suburbs of Atlanta, we drove to Gwinnett Place mall. I spent many happy hours in this mall during the mid-to-late 1980s, when Gwinnett Co. was the fastest growing county in America. As a hub for activity around northeast Atlanta, Gwinnett Place was hopping year-round, and when I reflect on the boom years for suburban mall shopping, this mall was "Exhibit A." With the demise of these local cultural centers, our society has been left all-the-poorer in their absence.
I would pay Disney World amounts of money to be able to go into a replica of an 80s mall, like Star Court from Stanger Things... Complete with contemporaneously dressed crew, mandatory dress code for visitors, AND most importantly, replica or original good (even if they aren't all for sale). For example, you can go into a Footlocker, and see 80s shoes in the racks, but perhaps you can only buy one or two types of shoes. For stuff like restaurants, it'd be cool to have a business agreement with franchises like Taco Bell to sell their products with 80s packaging, and offer most or at least some of the products that they used to sell in that time. Maybe they can even get a few old cars and park them in the first lines of parking, so that from the inside, you can only see the old cars. We need some billionaire that grew up in the 80s to make this happen! Elon Musk, what are you waiting for?!? xD
@@porfiriato84 well, to each their own, I say. "Wasting money" is a subjective conceñt (well, almost always). If you like something, then the experience won't be a waste of money, like going to see a movie, or Disneyland, or even tourism in general.
@@scotianbank maybe in 20 years this would be a good idea when all malls will be completely gone. But we still have plenty of them. Too early to create such a "mall museum"
I would love to go to this mall one day as i'm a huge stranger things fan. Sadly I think there's probably more of a chance that the mall will be torn down then me actually going. I can't see it being there for that much longer with the rate that things are are going in terms of store closures. What a shame that they didn't keep the set for tours. I get it would have been a huge cost because of licencing etc but that could have made the mall some money.
I moved from the Chicago suburbs (I lived right near Woodfield Mall) to Atlanta in the mid-90’s, and I really enjoyed visiting Gwinnett Place Mall. We’d always visit the Warner Bros. store, hit the food court, stop into Kay-Bee Toys, HMV, the book stores, various clothing stores, and others. The mall was seemingly always near 100% occupancy, but the narrator is correct; once Mall of Georgia (and its many, many satellite strip malls and stores) opened up, Gwinnett Place Mall’s decline was evident and quick. One day I want to go visit Woodfield Mall again and see if it’s anywhere as big and fun as I remember.
So sad all these magnificent malls are dying and closing in the states. I live in Australia and our malls here are as busy as ever. Hard to find a parking space at times.
This mall opened February 1, 1984. Anchors Davison's, Rich's, and Sears also opened that day. Mervyn's opened later on October 17, 1986. JCPenney opened October 22, 1997 at the mall in the space that Mervyn's vacated. I still remember the story on the news (WAGA, channel 5, which we watched every evening for news) where an aerial view of the mall and empty parking lots were shown saying that tomorrow, it would be packed for the mall's opening.
So glad you had access to the whole mall for your tour. This food court area is as close as you can get to true 1980 styles. I visited this mall once in 2004 and it was a decent, but forgettable mall. Several years later, Sears changed my opinion of the mall with their newly remodeled retro store. Can you put some of the extra footage on your second channel?
A place of memories. Was so awesome back in the day it has changed a lot. All of the fountains are gone. The plants everything. Location killed it. Miss it much
I lived in GA this mall was still open the years I lived there. I went to the movies at this mall. I knew we were up 💩 creek when Payless went out of business.
this was the mall to go to in the 90s as a teenager, incredible how it has turned into a ghost town. you know this mall has been going down for a while when the old payless shoe source logo still up
Great video, nice mall design, thanks. Rather than demolishing these classic, often beautiful indoor building designs, it's good when they find a way to keep them going with some kind of business.
Thank you for sharing! I have always wanted to see the inside of this place. I accidentally came across it while in the Gwinnett area working on Axanar.
I really hate that that young lady you mentioned in the video died way too soon. This proves to show you that life is precious and short that tomorrow is not promised. That’s why we should treat all people with kindness and respect because we don’t know what others went though in their past, enjoy your life to the fullest and keep God and Jesus in your life. This is a nice mall that is going to waste. Hopefully they do something better with the mall in the future. Great job with the video and paying your respects to the young lady in the end. 👏🏾
I use to love the malls hanging with my best friends, no cell phones we were at south dekalb mall northlake and I went to Gwinnett a few times. It was always busy, my first job sgt singers on memorial drive, super-x downtown Decatur and cub food on Covington hwy my mom bought her first car at northlake , iszui I mark, I remember richway on Covington hwy and drug emporium on memorial drive..wow
this is like talking to grandma asking her what it was like on a horse to get places before the car came along. Eventually no one talked about horses any longer just like they wont talk about malls but we will have these cool videos to watch in history class instead of some old black and white photos of people sitting on horses or carriages with their school bag in tow and their Dennis the Menace overalls wardrobe.
It truly breaks my heart. This mall had beauty and character. 80s malls were far superior in design and feel than 90s or 2000s malls. I don’t like the harsh, cold, and rigid personality and feel of the design of Mall of Georgia with its noisy, echoing, impersonal auditorium like food court that feels little better than a high school gymnasium.
Wow! The "mall experience" may become a thing of the past. Kids will only know of malls by media sources. Even now in 2024 North Dekalb Mall is being demolished to make way for a mixed use community. Also Northlake Mall is on life support as well as a few other malls. Man have times changed.
It reminds me a lot of how growing up, I got a frontrow seat of watching my local mall die. Now it’s almost completely gone, with all of its big shops closed, and even long staples gone too
I hope I will get a visit permission for this mall.. 🥶 It‘s on my bucket list to visit different stranger things locations this year.. I planed this a long time ago.. I‘ve got the fact today that there is a new owner but I‘ve no clue where to ask for a visit permission now.. 😢 my trip to the States stats at 5th July..
Perhaps the best choice in the usa for the poster child of dead malls. The busiest mall in the south east in the 90s if i recall. Century III in Pittsburgh is another great poster child
How did you obtain permission? Would like to bring my girlfriend there for a birthday present as she's a fan of a few movies and shows that we're filmed there
Man, it’s sad and sucks to see all these malls closing up. I love going into all the different malls and let the kids play when me and the wife travel.
I know its heartbreaking malls are pretty much a thing of the past
Malls as a thing aren't going anywhere soon... In tourist heavy areas, like LA, Miami, Orlando, etc, many people come from other countries to shop, and it's sometimes inconvenient, risky, and/or impossible to buy online ahead of a trip.
But as for big malls in smaller less tourist frequented cities... Yeah, I'm afraid most malls will be out of business in the next couple of decades (Most, not all, I do believe that there is room for smaller malls, in lesser quantities).
I liked to go to the mall to walk for exercise. I'd see others doing the same and then sitting at Starbucks or in the seats in the food court to stare at their laptops or play games on the while their kids ate a meal or played in the kiddie pen. When we got tired of Lenox Sq. or Perimeter Mall, we'd visit a new mall. Not all malls are dead. Oglethorpe Mall, the older mall in Savannah, Ga., has outlasted the newer mall. I could practically walk from my aunt's house on Abercorn to Oglethorpe, but never got to visit her new mall. I think Mall of Ga. and Cumberland Mall are ok. Not sure about Northlake and even Town Centre Mall (near me). Maybe, dead malls could be re-purposed as a homeless shelter. Like the walkers in one to be able out of bad weather, they could get the urban outdoors folks off the streets.
There's only a very few that still inject money into remodeling them and making them look nicer. But most malls I go into just seem antiquated, old carpet, old smells. Not many people. It kinda is sad. As a teen me and my cousins would always go to the movies inside the mall or just browse everywhere.
The kids from this generation won’t know what they’ve missed. Malls were not just for shopping. You could hang out in them all day, meet countless girls, go to the movies, the arcade, the food courts, etc, etc. They had huge indoor fountains, escalators, sky lights, etc. Malls were an EXPERIENCE. Companies like Amazon won’t stop until the entire earth is a giant cement ball with nothing but warehouses and UPS trucks. What have we become?
I am only 11, but I think stranger things has really unlocked a new fascination in retro malls for me! All the neon lights, the social activites... It makes me really sad to see all these malls either being remodelled into plain gray concrete blocks or being demolished. I would love for all malls to look like Starcourt again.
Ehem I’m from the 2000’s generation and I’m a kid :) I was practically raised in the Holyoke Mall
22 in a few days and I currently work in a mall that appears to be thriving, I even got to hang out with friends here, every other mall I've been in has practically been deserted, but this one is typically pretty crowded still, it's probably the closest I'll get to that experience even though I'm sure malls were more crowded back in the day
It's because most Americans have become lazy fat a@# who want cheap easy home delivery 🚚. We're living in very sad times.
I agree with you. Definitely blessed to have experienced the 80s
No words other than this was beautiful, Anthony. 5 years ago I would have laughed at anyone who suggested a dead mall walkthrough could bring tears to my eyes.
same !! than i saw old fashion 80s movies and series like stranger things ..........and now....i wished, i could be a part of it back in time and it hurts that such beautiful places got shut down now :C
This area brings back lots of memories. Eating at Circus Pizza in the mid 90's, going to Qzar in the early 00's. This being the main mall anyone went to b4 Mall of GA or Sugarloaf Mills was built. Eating at the Ryan's buffet that had a train that would go through the restaurant on the ceiling, and if you ate all your vegetables, begging your parents to play mini golf at pirate's cove (right behind the Ryans) Everything except the mini golf is gone now. Poor local community and better/newer malls ran this thing into the ground. I vividly remember the fish fountains at the food court and a model car with a bunch of looney tunes characters near the exit that we'd see every time we came.
Dude you unlocked a memory 😢
I can’t thank you enough for documenting my childhood mall one last time. So many great memories. 😭
stranger things
I love that Taco Bell that appears at 4:10 that's been there so long that it has the old logo, yet says "coming soon"
that was a part of the Stranger Things set.
Am sure that was for movie
I live about 15 miles from Gwinnett Place Mall, and it’s been over 20 years since I last visited it. I like that you added the photos with people, showing how it used to be.
Some friends of mine lived on Boggs Road, about 2 miles from the mall. I can remember when the mall was under construction, and how excited my friends were and anticipating the opening.
I cant be the only one who finds it really sad but also like just trippy to see a place you grew up and have so many found memories of turned to well…this. and seeing it a popular show, that really tripped me up like “hold on a second i know that food court-“
This was my childhood mall, it was sad watching the decline of this mall over the years. It used to be a grand sight, with beautiful architecture and lighting. Boy I miss it.
On another note, this mall was recently closed and sold to the county's redevelopment agency for 32 million dollars.
The county has bought the mall back and they are gonna bring it back alive!
@@haroldisintrouble They want to knock it down and turn it into housing/distribution. Last time I was near there they were using Sears for covid shots and the rest of the mall had a bunch of movie sound stages proped up in it. Plans for demolition have already been discussed.
I went through my childhood mall yesterday, so sad, I took pictures just in case the next time I go it isn't open anymore
Growing up I remember this was the mall everyone went to, then as you stated Mall of GA and Sugar Loaf Mills Mall came along and unfortunately hurt this Mall. I wanted to add that I remember one time my family and I were going to spend some family time together and guess what? We went to the Mall of GA instead. I went to this mall today, obviously I was only able to see this mall from the outside, there was no security or anyone to ask to see if I could get a sneak peak and go inside. I sure do miss this mall and it's sad to see what has become of this mall.
This has to be one of the most Cinematic episodes that Ace has directed. You can really tell from the improvement in the editing style.
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As a kid of the 80’s and early 90’s, the mall was the place to go! Girls, Footlocker, The Arcade, Radio Shack, the department stores… you and your buddies could just get dropped off at the mall and you had 3-5 hours of entertainment. Then go to the Skating Rink and skate to the hits of the 80’s. Michael Jackson and Prince, or Pat Benetar and Madonna. What a time to grow up in.
I worked there from 1987- 1991 at Mervyns. It was a great time in my life and I miss it, Mervyns and Gwinnett Place Mall. ❤
Fantastic. That was great seeing old photos of the place. They really do need to make a permanent attraction. The place would get more people than ever then. That piano version of the main theme is incredible. Yeah, I'd be expecting the Mind Flayer to crash through too, certainly at night.
I worked at that mall in 2003 with my cousin and our friends. We worked in a kiosk selling lotion and nail kits. We barely made enough money to eat so we would go get "samples" at every food vendor or do surveys to try and get 5 bucks or a sample meal. It was a weird time for us as we were all in our early 20s and west coasters. It's crazy to see the mall now after almost 20 years having not seen it. I have weird memories of those times. Thanks for making this video. Pretty cool that this mall was in stranger things. That kinda blew my mind.
Bro I would be so down for that mall to reopen as a stranger things themed mall with Food,Clothes,Gadgets and Costumes from Stranger Things what do y’all think?
What a beautiful mall. It's really hard to believe that it couldn't keep business going.
When you have 2 bigger newer malls nearby yes I can believe they couldn't keep it going.
Mall of GA about 10 miles up interstate is bigger and anchor stores at gwinnett place ended up moving there. That mall attracted higher end better quality stores. Simon who owned gwinnett place and mall of GA stopped investing in gwinnett place hence that mall slowly died. The area around gwinnett place died with it so effect was more far reaching.
Id shop there. Very nice place
It is terribly sad , The last time I went to this mall the only stores open were shoe stores and clothing stores. Belks is usualy always the last to go
I think malls are outdated because of the internet has taken over😢
Aces Adventures a chronology of America's malls. Thank you. You rock.
Fantastic job on this one, as always! Great historic photos showing the mall's better days and awesome narrating. Keep up the amazing work!
Used to work at The GAP in this mall on the 2nd floor, back in the late 90’s. This was the place to be back then. I miss all the good old times my friends and I had. Hanging out at the Electronics Boutique to check out the latest games, chilling at the food court, and drive bys of Hot Topic knowing they had all the cool stuff for sale but never letting my friends know otherwise. I raise my cup to you, Gwinnett Place Mall.
My name Bill Thompson i used go to this Mall a lot it was a nice place to shopp it sad that we all now doing shopping online we need help keep malls open they keep people working an everyone need to do walk because once they gone they gone it be nice to see malls come back to life ❣️
Quite a video, Anthony! Earlier today, I got a COVID shot in a former Bon Ton in Lancaster, PA's Park City Mall. Afterwards, I spent a brief time walking through it; the stores were mostly not open, yet. Park City is hanging in, but it's clear they were hurt by the shutdowns like every other mall.
I grew up in a small town two hours northeast of Atlanta (near the Georgia/South Carolina line), and, if my family wanted to shop in the suburbs of Atlanta, we drove to Gwinnett Place mall. I spent many happy hours in this mall during the mid-to-late 1980s, when Gwinnett Co. was the fastest growing county in America. As a hub for activity around northeast Atlanta, Gwinnett Place was hopping year-round, and when I reflect on the boom years for suburban mall shopping, this mall was "Exhibit A." With the demise of these local cultural centers, our society has been left all-the-poorer in their absence.
I would pay Disney World amounts of money to be able to go into a replica of an 80s mall, like Star Court from Stanger Things... Complete with contemporaneously dressed crew, mandatory dress code for visitors, AND most importantly, replica or original good (even if they aren't all for sale). For example, you can go into a Footlocker, and see 80s shoes in the racks, but perhaps you can only buy one or two types of shoes.
For stuff like restaurants, it'd be cool to have a business agreement with franchises like Taco Bell to sell their products with 80s packaging, and offer most or at least some of the products that they used to sell in that time. Maybe they can even get a few old cars and park them in the first lines of parking, so that from the inside, you can only see the old cars.
We need some billionaire that grew up in the 80s to make this happen! Elon Musk, what are you waiting for?!? xD
I just don't see the point in doing this. Wasted money.
@@porfiriato84 well, to each their own, I say. "Wasting money" is a subjective conceñt (well, almost always). If you like something, then the experience won't be a waste of money, like going to see a movie, or Disneyland, or even tourism in general.
@@scotianbank maybe in 20 years this would be a good idea when all malls will be completely gone. But we still have plenty of them. Too early to create such a "mall museum"
I would love to go to this mall one day as i'm a huge stranger things fan. Sadly I think there's probably more of a chance that the mall will be torn down then me actually going. I can't see it being there for that much longer with the rate that things are are going in terms of store closures. What a shame that they didn't keep the set for tours. I get it would have been a huge cost because of licencing etc but that could have made the mall some money.
I used to go to that mall back in the 90's, it strange to see it so dead. At least I can now see it in Stranger Things.
I moved from the Chicago suburbs (I lived right near Woodfield Mall) to Atlanta in the mid-90’s, and I really enjoyed visiting Gwinnett Place Mall. We’d always visit the Warner Bros. store, hit the food court, stop into Kay-Bee Toys, HMV, the book stores, various clothing stores, and others. The mall was seemingly always near 100% occupancy, but the narrator is correct; once Mall of Georgia (and its many, many satellite strip malls and stores) opened up, Gwinnett Place Mall’s decline was evident and quick. One day I want to go visit Woodfield Mall again and see if it’s anywhere as big and fun as I remember.
So sad all these magnificent malls are dying and closing in the states. I live in Australia and our malls here are as busy as ever. Hard to find a parking space at times.
Thank you once again Anthony.you have made a real difference in our lives.
Pushed my baby through this mall in a stroller every weekend, 1993. Great memories.
This mall opened February 1, 1984. Anchors Davison's, Rich's, and Sears also opened that day. Mervyn's opened later on October 17, 1986. JCPenney opened October 22, 1997 at the mall in the space that Mervyn's vacated. I still remember the story on the news (WAGA, channel 5, which we watched every evening for news) where an aerial view of the mall and empty parking lots were shown saying that tomorrow, it would be packed for the mall's opening.
Ace man... thanks for doing all of these videos... so many good Memories coming back to me... dates, etc...
no problem my guy!
So glad you had access to the whole mall for your tour. This food court area is as close as you can get to true 1980 styles. I visited this mall once in 2004 and it was a decent, but forgettable mall. Several years later, Sears changed my opinion of the mall with their newly remodeled retro store. Can you put some of the extra footage on your second channel?
possibly, i have a lot of B ROLL
@@AcesAdventures1 I'd love to see some of that extra footage that didn't make it to this video, for a video on your 2nd channel.
to me it looks more futuristic like 2044 then 1980
I joined the NAVY at the recruiter outside this Mall. Also, I remember seeing a Lava Lamp for the first time here.
A place of memories. Was so awesome back in the day it has changed a lot. All of the fountains are gone. The plants everything. Location killed it. Miss it much
I used to go to this mall as a kid and then I worked on Stranger Things as a set dresser there. Pretty neat
I wish they could keep it as a landmark to the Stranger Things shows.
Netflix still owns that property meaning they are probably gonna shoot there again!
@@nikitavoigtlaender256 I hope that's true
I just drove through the parking lot in Gwinnett mall were starcourt mall is and there’s a film crew with trailers right infront
I lived in GA this mall was still open the years I lived there. I went to the movies at this mall. I knew we were up 💩 creek when Payless went out of business.
this was the mall to go to in the 90s as a teenager, incredible how it has turned into a ghost town. you know this mall has been going down for a while when the old payless shoe source logo still up
I like the neon signs at the food court
Me too
What’s the song playing at 4:14? Absolutely beautiful sound
Great video, nice mall design, thanks. Rather than demolishing these classic, often beautiful indoor building designs, it's good when they find a way to keep them going with some kind of business.
Thank you for sharing! I have always wanted to see the inside of this place. I accidentally came across it while in the Gwinnett area working on Axanar.
I really hate that that young lady you mentioned in the video died way too soon. This proves to show you that life is precious and short that tomorrow is not promised. That’s why we should treat all people with kindness and respect because we don’t know what others went though in their past, enjoy your life to the fullest and keep God and Jesus in your life. This is a nice mall that is going to waste. Hopefully they do something better with the mall in the future. Great job with the video and paying your respects to the young lady in the end. 👏🏾
This makes me sad. I used to love Gwinnett place when I was younger.
I use to love the malls hanging with my best friends, no cell phones we were at south dekalb mall northlake and I went to Gwinnett a few times. It was always busy, my first job sgt singers on memorial drive, super-x downtown Decatur and cub food on Covington hwy my mom bought her first car at northlake , iszui I mark, I remember richway on Covington hwy and drug emporium on memorial drive..wow
this is like talking to grandma asking her what it was like on a horse to get places before the car came along. Eventually no one talked about horses any longer just like they wont talk about malls but we will have these cool videos to watch in history class instead of some old black and white photos of people sitting on horses or carriages with their school bag in tow and their Dennis the Menace overalls wardrobe.
why does it still look like starcourt everything is gone even scoops ahoy everything is
I remember walking through this mall when I was 6 years old I miss the good times now this mall is closed I remember this so much so nostalgic 😢😢
Man this olace is 15 minutes away from me. I learned how to drive in the parking lot almost 10 years ago now. Its crazy to see the dismay its in now.
Grew up in this mall. It started going downhill when Sugarloaf Mills opened and now it's just echoes of my childhood
It truly breaks my heart. This mall had beauty and character. 80s malls were far superior in design and feel than 90s or 2000s malls. I don’t like the harsh, cold, and rigid personality and feel of the design of Mall of Georgia with its noisy, echoing, impersonal auditorium like food court that feels little better than a high school gymnasium.
Wow! The "mall experience" may become a thing of the past. Kids will only know of malls by media sources. Even now in 2024 North Dekalb Mall is being demolished to make way for a mixed use community. Also Northlake Mall is on life support as well as a few other malls. Man have times changed.
This was great!!! Me and the fam watched it together. I was wondering, was filming there creepy at all given that there was a murder there?
Thank You!
This was one of the best malls in GA at one time. Very sad to see now.
That music... wonderful.
I'm the 1,000th like!!! Great job Ace's Adventures and keep up with the great work. Love the 80s!
Just caught the ending of the premier
Great documentation of a great mall which hosted a great series!
I remember coming to this mall when I was a lot younger, It's such a sad sight to see that it's no longer here
Man, I loved that mall back in the day.
Ace, thank you for the very true words at the start.
This is sad especially for those people who used to go there
Appropriate sad ambient synthwave track (Bryce Miller - Spectral Drift, if anyone's looking for it) at the beginning.
The night tour and inside the restaurant was my favorite.
what's the music being used in this video, especially between 2:15-4:36
Worked at Macy's there in 1992. It was booming then.
How do I contact you in regards to Gwinnett place mall
It reminds me a lot of how growing up, I got a frontrow seat of watching my local mall die. Now it’s almost completely gone, with all of its big shops closed, and even long staples gone too
I remember when they shot one of those photos. I would always get ice cream on Saturday but now it brings me to tears it has shut down.
Thanks for capturing this. So many memories.
Come to admit the sunroof in this mall is stunning.
How did you get in here? tried to go in here today but everything was closed wanted to see it since grew up around the area a long time ago
I hope I will get a visit permission for this mall.. 🥶 It‘s on my bucket list to visit different stranger things locations this year.. I planed this a long time ago.. I‘ve got the fact today that there is a new owner but I‘ve no clue where to ask for a visit permission now.. 😢 my trip to the States stats at 5th July..
Nice footage I love all. Your videos
This mall was beautiful
it’s such a shame they rebuilt such a cool and accurate 80s era part of the mall just to not use it after stranger things
I used to go to this when I was a little kid
Great job !
Perhaps the best choice in the usa for the poster child of dead malls. The busiest mall in the south east in the 90s if i recall. Century III in Pittsburgh is another great poster child
Forest Fair in Cincinnati is the golden child of dead malls
@@AcesAdventures1 did you make a video on that mall?
It is a beautiful center...it’s too bad competition kills
So clean and looked after, sad
If only this mall could be in glory again...
what was that store at 17:31 in the show stranger things?
I was there two Months ago 😊 went there to MasterBeauty to get a wig for my Beauty Pageant
Place is in great condition what a shame
Excellent video. Your intro made me so sad.
Great video. Thanks.
Thanks Nancy!
Awesome video!
And no one smelled the body? Interesting this was mall stranger things film in
So amazing guys
Man this mall was very upscale and popular in the 80s and 90s it’s sad to see this
Love your videos.
amaaaaazing...
didn't the Evolution (2001 film) also got filmd in that mall?
How did you obtain permission? Would like to bring my girlfriend there for a birthday present as she's a fan of a few movies and shows that we're filmed there
Stranger things irl
How did you get permission to go in?
i was lucky to have my good years 20th century this 21st century suck