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Thanks for this video! 👍 I worked at the JC Penney in the 'package pick-up' department and on the receiving dock back in the early 2000s!!!

I worked at a Christine’s Hairstyling Salon

I remember all the places I would shop, but management of the mall contributed to the the end as I contracted there.

I live in Ohio and about 18 miles away from where I live in a single floor type Mall that is now 59 years old. Even though the mall lost most of it's anchor stores the mall is still going otherwise. In Ohio, the oldest mall in the state is "Arcade of Cleveland" which was built in 1890. Which will never be able to be torn down as it's National Historic Landmark.

We shouldn't allow the digital age to win mainly malls are being put out of service by affordable online shops like Temu, Amazon, Ebay, etc imagine if malls sliced prices instead of supporting price hikes then people would start getting out more the future will be all digital shops what's worse is there's gonna be virtual reality stores in the future this is bad very bad.

Thanks for documenting this important building!

It reminds me of Rolling Acres in Akron. 👍

You forgot about the City Center.

This mall use to be so beautiful. 😩

Thank you for the footage. I was out of town, but was planning on going and seeing the mall before it closed but because of the water damage I didn’t have clothes on while I was gone I remember being a teenager and hanging out at the mall on the weekends as well as working at some of the places in the mall. It is very sad and emotional to not only see how not only Eastland mall but how the whole Hamilton Road area has declined. 😢

I remember passing out in the Harvest House cafeteria. My husband panicked. I didn't know at that time that I was pregnant.

This place was such a time capsule, it’s ashamed how run down the mall became.

I wonder if the light fixtures from the food court are still up. I would've loved to have gotten my hands on one of those. My parents used to take my brother and I there every Christmas so we could eat at the Lazarus restaurant on the second floor. We would always try to get a table right next the window so we could overlook the mall while we had dinner. Good memories ❤

"It's sad really." "It's sad really." No, not really. It's sad only because your memory is talking to you. Malls are built on greed and other vices.

What is Joe Biden doing about this nationwide issue? That's right, nothing.

Used to go here as a kid

This is what Jeff Bezos at Amazon and other similar dirt bag-politician supporting liberals have done to America's meeting and shopping places. Now people avoid each other, sit at home on their @$$3s behind computers, avoiding as much interaction as possible, and click mice buttons, making Bezos and other such ignorant leftists richer while they donate huge mega-sums of money to politicians in Washington who then pass laws to benefit them, enslave and control us, make themselves wealthy on the backs of working taxpayers, and gain more power over our lives as time goes on. So sad... can't tell you how many of these stories are happening, or have already happened in the last few years. We are literally falling apart at the seems of the good ol' USA. And all of this was and is so unnecessary! Wake up, America! Find out everything there is to know about those running for political office -- local, state and federal -- especially those who claim they want to help you and give you free stuff. Vote accordingly, or this nation will sink into depths of depravity no one living now could ever imagine. America is NOT immune to decline. We now have the worst violent crime rates in the world and so-called liberal politicians (mainly democrats) are actually allowing criminals to get away with their crimes and violence. It's like something out of some bad, apocalyptic movie... but unfortunately, this time, it's real... right in the USA's back yard!

It used to be so pretty there at Christmas.

I remember woolworths and the fountain in front of it. When did the fountain go out. It was so big and I loved it

Malls are the modern day ghost towns.

Where is the kid that lost his nose?🤣

The internet has killed the mall depressing

This is happening all over the country with enclosed malls. Just name the city.

It had a good run

This just goes to prove nothing lasts forever. US malls have been dying for years. However, there are still many malls out there that are thriving. I would say the thriving malls are still there because the mall’s owners keep them well maintained, periodic renovations, and make an effort to keep all the spaces leased. Many malls have been incorporating other types of activities in malls like high end dining and entertainment. Maybe this mall will be demolished and replaced with some new venue where new memories will be made until such time when it too, will lose its novelty and shutter.

this is what happens after america exported all their manufacturing to china! as soon as america runs out of money its time to start shutting down! this is how you can tell the american empire is in decline!

A REALLY SAD place to see go by the wayside

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This is sad, I don't live in the area; but sad just the same.

The city has been trying to kill this mall for decades. This mall is in an “urban” area. They are going to let it sit abandoned just for that reason. Columbus is trash.

Nobody cared about this mall for the past 15+ years it’s been on the decline for a long time & nobody batted an eye lol it was just a matter of when it was going to close it’s doors for good

FYI Maycy’s is Lazuars lol

> liked going to Spencer's

Sad to see malls close I used to work in a few of them, I loved the hustle and bustle and you meet so many friends. End of an era

Before Easton, Polaris, and Tuttle mall you had Eastland, Westland, and Northland malls. These were the places to go. So many memories of Eastland Mall. On Sundays my parents and I would eat at MCL cafeteria which was across the street and then we would go to Eastland. When I would go with my mom we would eat at the Terrace restaurant in Lazarus and watch the people down below. Sad to see it close but thats what happens when the neighborhood gets bad and online shopping takes over.

Can hardly bear the smell of Bath&Body and Victoria's Secret separately. Can't imagine what its like in the same hallway.

My local mall has suffered the same fate, here on Long Island in New York. All the stores are gone, except for the first anchor store (Macy's) which opened in 1973, and a Dick's Sporting Goods. I did so much shopping in that mall over the years that it gets me in my feelings to see the state it's in now. It's like walking around an abandoned town.

I use to go to that mall before I moved I went and visited some family and went to the mall and saw that most of the store were gone I was so upset

Surprisingly the security contractor stayed until the mall and the contractor had a contract dispute with how the security company was being paid.Zelma Security Inc was the contractor that was based out of Lancaster that supported the mall.Zelma Inc. did this mall and was a contractor for the Detention center in Lancaster.He now does real estate for Realtree properties.And makes more than the mall was paying him.Zelma Security Inc. was employed from 1997 to 2021 .And was a one man show.

And pretty soon, a year maybe 2, we will see videos of Eastland that look just like Westland is now.

pretty soon....Tuttle Crossing Mall will join Eastland, Southland, Northland, Westland, Brice Outlet Mall, and City Center. Oh the days when Hamilton Road was worth making trips to, especially for music. Media Play, Record Connection, Karma, Camelot, then Record Town in the mall.

I used to love this mall as a kid. I spent so many hours in Aladdin’s Castle in the 80’s.

If the mall closed early, how'd you get in there?

All of the comments. Such nostalgia malls have for our generation. I love that people are documenting.

Grocery stores will be next . Think about it - Door Dash .

Used to get school clothes here, see Santa when I was real little, go to the food court to get some sbarro or Chick Fil A, go to the Lids and check out if they had anything new, get ice cream from the Hershey’s Ice Cream place. Lots of memories. It got closed down for 3 main reasons: 1. The area was full of crime within the past 10-15 years and there were many crimes happening inside the mall. 2. The opening of Easton and Polaris. 3. The rise of online shopping. Quite unfortunate. Hope they can repurpose it to something useful.

This is gonna decay quickly and is gonna be a VERY big spot for vandals and urban explorers.. God so many malls closed quickly already near the end of 2022, I wonder why...

Savannah Mall-in Ga.-the newer Mall is going out of business, yet Oglethorpe Mall-the older mall-will get to live longer. They're even both on Abercorn Street. Even Lenox Square Mall has lasted longer than the younger Gwinnette Place Mall. The age of a mall doesn't always cause them to die. We have a Canton, Columbus, Cleveland, Lebanon, and Marietta too in Ga. where I live. What will they do to this mall? Too bad they could turn it into a homeless shelter with individual little apts,, a food court, small shops, a food area, maybe a small auditorium, library, job centre, and mini park, security, plus a bus that could take people to jobs and back.Just an idea.

Get some safety boots in there water proof steal caps boots it can be dangerous in there

And yet? The "Powers and Planners that be" had no rest in their behinds when it came to building yet NEWER MALLS at Easton and Polaris. Which weren't needed, and sell the SAME STUFF from the SAME branded storefronts. And then there was the downtown mall, etc, etc, etc. But it's an obsolete business model in a click of the mouse era. KEEP SPENDING, PEOPLE! KEEP PRETENDING THAT THE ECONOMY IS GOOD, AND BY ALL MEANS, CHARGE IT, AT POLARIS AND EASTON! HAHAHA!