I watched this video after watching Sal’s video about Carew Tower. I subscribe to both of your channels. This building is absolutely beautiful! The observation deck is amazing. It’s really neat that you can see 3 states from there.
Wow. You guys, I'm blown away. Not only is this building amazing...but the production quality of your work has become so polished and entertaining. Seriously well done!
Not gonna lie, I came here because of the video Sal posted today about Carew. But I'm staying because of your first-rate production and storytelling. You've got a new sub! Can't wait to binge more lol! 😊 EDIT: I grew up in Louisville, KY, but had never heard of the Carew Tower until today. The building is just BEAUTIFUL, the history fascinating, and that mall-turned-parking garage just absolutely enraptured me! Very cool to learn about some local history!
Welcome! This is an oldie so there's a lot more recent stuff to explore on my channel. There's so much art deco architecture in Cincinnati; it would be a great day trip!
@@UniCommProductions oh hey, thanks for the reply! Watching the Eastgate Town Center video now, and I just have to say, Sister, you have a with words! The images you describe, your metaphors, I love it all! And I learned a new word from you: kenopsia. Felt it many, many times. Never knew there was a word to describe it. Thanks for teaching me! As far as visiting Cinci, I've been through there, and my anxiety didn't like it one bit, lol. I'm a country girl through and through. But I'm so glad I can experience the beauty and wonder vicariously, through explorers like you! Keep up the good work!
I grew up in cincinnati and always went to carew tower because my mom works on the observation deck. I have a lot of good memories around the building it was so much fun going down there. The only place I did not like going to was the sub basement that was the only creepy place to me. The little shuttle car that takes you almost to the deck freak me out with the noises it made. My mom is still the cashier on the observation deck but now it's close due to covid.
Ok at the 9 minute mark when they showed the parking garage that stopped my heart . This was my teenage hang out at tower place mall . I can’t BELIEVE it’s a parking lot now 😭 don’t it always seem to go u don’t know wat u got till it’s gone . They paved paradise and out up a parking lot . That song really hits different now 😭 this is so crazy . My first job was in that mall . My first boyfriend worked in that mall . This is so crazy
I was so shocked to see it the first time I realized that’s where it was. If you ever go in that garage, if you look down into the middle of that center opening you can see where the fountain was-there are some marks on the floor and some drain covere
One of the best memories as a kid in the 90's was my Dad and I traveling to Cincy from Central KY every year around Christmas time. We used to go to the mall inside Carew Tower and the Observation Deck. Thank you so much for making this video guys. Brings back good memories. Subscribed!
Wonderful! I am so delighted that you captured the Carew Tower and Tower Place! Carew Tower and the neighboring PNC Tower (previously Central Trust Bank Tower) have been featured prominently on a couple of national television shows through the decades. From 1956-through-1980 the downtown Cincinnati skyline stood in as the fictional city of Monticello in the opening and closing credits of the daytime TV soap opera, “The Edge of Night”. Both buildings were featured again on the opening and closing credits of the TV sitcom “WKRP in Cincinnati” from 1978-through-1982. Carew Tower is simply the epitome of total class. It was constructed with meticulous detail and was designed to last, unlike today’s disposable buildings. Wasn’t that tiny elevator (aka: phonebooth) to the observation deck a hoot!? The last time I rode it there were four of us. Fortunately, we are very close friends!
That elevator was a tight squeeze even for two people and a messenger bag full of camera equipment. Cincinnati really does have some lovely art deco architecture; oddly enough another stunning example is the inside of the Hamilton County Domestic Court building, which was used when they filmed the movie Carol as the interior of a department store. Soap Operas---brought to you by Proctor and Gamble. I suppose it should surprise no one that out skyline was used in one.
Yes, they made great use of all the varied downtown Cincinnati architectures in the movie “Carol” to represent NYC in that brief post-WWII period (1945-1953) before the glass and steel towers took over Manhattan.
Just a beautiful, stunning building. It really is from an era we will never see again. Art Deco is by far my favourite design era. A great video with great music and research! I came here from Sal’s video.
My Nana was the cashier at Carew in the parking garage in the 60’s & 70’s. She met a ton of people. Regular people, famous people, baseball players. We used to ride the car elevators up & down. It was cool. Hathaway’s was where we ate. I’m glad you showed the observation deck. I took a group of foreign exchange students up in 1987. They loved it!
It's a crown jewel of the city, definitely not the sort of thing you'll see just anywhere. I'm glad that The Powers That Be have an appreciation for preserving it's uniqueness. The 60s and 70s were such an exciting time for Cincinnati sports--she must have had some great stories to tell about working there. Thank you for watching!
At least the power is still on! The Carew Tower was way behind on their electric bill a couple weeks ago. A bunch of the stores have closed since our last visit too, sadly.
@@UniCommProductions yes its a testimate to old style and craftsmanship. And was the tallest building in the city until great American added that wire construct on top.
I can't believe they took that mall and made it into a parking garage! Not sure I've ever seen that before. Is your narrator Janeane Garofalo just with her voice sped up?
Nah, it's just me (Kristin). :) I haven't heard that before but alas it is probably accurate. I think I remember reading the "downtown mall" in St Louis met a similar fate. It's really sad being in that garage knowing what was originally in there. Ironically, they tore it out less than a year before downtown started experiencing a revival and it may have done better now than it did in the 90s.
When it was restored they found under the paint cherry the walls were made of cherry wood under the paint on the light fixtures they found silver let's not forget the pink marble from Mexico
They did so many hideous "renovations" to this building in the 60s and 70s to "modernize" it. I remember watching a piece from one of the local news stations where they removed this awful-looking generic panels in the Netherland Plaza and uncovered these stunning Art Deco relief pieces.
Sad it’s a parking garage. Being from Cincy, I’ve always felt like we always did stupid shit with old beautiful buildings. I like your channel, I subbed, keep up the great work!
We’ve done better than some with preserving some old buildings (yay Union Terminal!) but it’s criminal what has been done with others...thank you so much! It warms my heart when locals find us!
Fox19 said on Dec 20th the tower got bought and will be remodeled into condos. Living in South dayton area I never knew Cincy had a mall inside a building like this.
I'm glad the building is staying intact but it always kind of disappoints me when public spaces get turned into places the general public can't really go, because you can't go back and visit.
It feels like the stores that are left there would make a killing if they were restaurants and coffeeshops for the downtown workers during the week. With a convenience store too.
I just found your vids yesterday and now I'm hooked! I worked downtown Cincy back in the late 90's and our office was adjacent to Tower Place. My co-worker and I would frequent at lunchtime (i think a Limited store if I'm not mistaken). I believe a TJ Maxx was in there sometime around the early 2000's - that was the last time I was in the Tower Place area. Thanks again for another walk down memory lane!
Thank you for checking us out! I grew up out in the suburbs and getting to go down to Tower Place to shop was always an "event". I know that the food court held on longer than the rest of the mall because of downtown workers like you, and there have been some rumblings of wanting to open something food court-like downtown again (Downtown Dallas has something akin to a food court with no mall attached).
Just came across your channel. Thank you Algorithms. As a native Cincinnatian I’ve experienced 50 years of the Carew Tower that was beautifully depicted in your Documentary. This was extremely well done! I’ll definitely share this with like minded people.
Thank you for that! If you enjoyed this I have a series called Overmalled about all of Cincinnati’s malls and how they sort of ran each other out of the market in some cases because there were so many at one time.
I went there a few times in the ‘90s. I also remember going to McAlpin’s across 4th Street. Carew Tower is an amazing gem of architecture. It’s interesting how Cincinnati, Cleveland (Terminal Tower); and Columbus (LeVeque Tower) each have an elegant signature Tower from the 1920s.Minneapolis also has had several dead malls in their downtown, as downtown never recovered from the opening of Mall of America.
About 2(?) years ago, I went to Cincinnati for a several day trip. I didn't go inside the Westin and Tower Place, but I did go inside Carew Tower and loved the art deco interior of that building! The observation deck was really great, as well. Fountain Square was also a nice place to sit down and relax for a little bit, as well. Didn't know there is a Big Boy restaurant, inside Carew Tower now.
The Big Boy only opened about 6 months ago...it's by far the cleanest and most modern one I've ever been in (the ones out in the suburbs kind of thrive off their "just like when you were a kid" aesthetic which I really enjoy.) It was weird eating their food in a "trendy" environment.
Absolutely a stunning exponent of American art deco, with a masterful craftsmanship and use of North American materials. Gorgeous. Great video on the building. What’s the name of the first song after the video intro? A wonderful complement to the interior spaces of this building.
Hi yall here because of Sal! Cool video and what a view!👍🏼🫶🏼🥚🐔🐰 Happy april fools easter! 🤡 ps watching the Halloween episode : spooky Cincinnati Mills part 2 with Sal hilarious! 👻😅
I remember being in Grade School on a Field trip to the Carew Tower!! The observation deck was Cool, but SCARED me a Bit! I don't think I had Ever been That high in the Air!! But I think it Looks Nicer Now, than when Tom Cruze filmed Rain Man there!!
It was beautiful at Christmas. I think it was just an idea with bad timing. Ironically they are getting ready to open an Auntie Anne's in the Carew so maybe it's on it's way to being "remalled"
@@UniCommProductions yes when I got in to watching this stuff on malls... He was on of the first i found that I really liked.. An then I found you... An if I remember right did u say you grew up at forest fair mall too.. if so then your from my side of town.. Love your Logs two..
Dear Lord this place is amazing! Some of you guys' best work yet. I mean that sincerely. The reasons for coming out to Ohio keep stacking up. This place has decidedly gone ON the list. Keep up the incredible content, y'all ❤
Thank you @ThresholdDreamer111 when you're in town you definitely should check out Union Terminal too--it was the visual inspiration for the Hall of Justice and very deco as well, along with Lunken Airport. :)
It's still there but in a block or two away in another building accessible via the Skywalk from the Carew Tower--there was also a Macy's across the street that closed in March of this year.
@@UniCommProductions I was referring to the glass roof that was appearing, at the top of the parking garage; the converted mall IIRC. I find glass stained by paint appealing.
Isn't there another mall downtown, anchored with that Lazarus? Or was it Macy's? Racking the memory bank here. Never set foot in THIS mall. You tend to rush the voiceover commentary sometimes.
WideGauge I apologize for the “rushed” commentary; I’ve been working on trying to speak more slowly IRL also. The mall you’re remembering was gutted and was called Tower Place And is now a parking garage.
Yes. The existing arcade space was once Pogue’s and the building next to it, once Tower Place Mall that is now the Mabley Place Parking garage was originally a Mabley and Carew department store.
Downtown is blooming, if it's been a few years since you've been down there, you may be pleasantly surprised at what a vibrant place it is these days. Still sad to see the mall go, however. I think if it had made it a few years longer it would be blooming too.
dam true about city rolling up sidewalks unlesss u were a bad person or u wanted to drink the building ws very nicely designed n my opinion insted of building new buildings maybe have some building that r there try and make them work remember crosly field for reds then they made riverfront stadium and guess wnat now great american ball park looks like it related to crosly hmm maybe people and dam enginneers need to think about past instead of all looking at future maybe make old buildings like they did shillitos into apts or condos but try not to have them cost a dam arm and leg
That building needs a renovation bad! Too much beauty! Too much architectural detail! Paint it white! Actually, I guess it's alright. I'm joking, I love the old art deco buildings of the 20's and 30's. Great video and fitting music.
This building always reminded of the Shinning the movie.....now they (3CDC) wants to turn this majestic structure into condos ?!!! WTF thats a horrible ideal with there being no feasible retail to support such a lux life style
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I watched this video after watching Sal’s video about Carew Tower. I subscribe to both of your channels. This building is absolutely beautiful! The observation deck is amazing. It’s really neat that you can see 3 states from there.
Wow. You guys, I'm blown away. Not only is this building amazing...but the production quality of your work has become so polished and entertaining. Seriously well done!
Not gonna lie, I came here because of the video Sal posted today about Carew. But I'm staying because of your first-rate production and storytelling. You've got a new sub! Can't wait to binge more lol! 😊 EDIT: I grew up in Louisville, KY, but had never heard of the Carew Tower until today. The building is just BEAUTIFUL, the history fascinating, and that mall-turned-parking garage just absolutely enraptured me! Very cool to learn about some local history!
Welcome! This is an oldie so there's a lot more recent stuff to explore on my channel. There's so much art deco architecture in Cincinnati; it would be a great day trip!
@@UniCommProductions oh hey, thanks for the reply! Watching the Eastgate Town Center video now, and I just have to say, Sister, you have a with words! The images you describe, your metaphors, I love it all! And I learned a new word from you: kenopsia. Felt it many, many times. Never knew there was a word to describe it. Thanks for teaching me!
As far as visiting Cinci, I've been through there, and my anxiety didn't like it one bit, lol. I'm a country girl through and through. But I'm so glad I can experience the beauty and wonder vicariously, through explorers like you! Keep up the good work!
I grew up in cincinnati and always went to carew tower because my mom works on the observation deck. I have a lot of good memories around the building it was so much fun going down there. The only place I did not like going to was the sub basement that was the only creepy place to me. The little shuttle car that takes you almost to the deck freak me out with the noises it made. My mom is still the cashier on the observation deck but now it's close due to covid.
Good to know Daria Morgendorffer found her niche narrating dead mall TH-cam videos
I don't know if you meant that in a good or bad way, but I always loved that show so I'll take it as a compliment. :)
@@UniCommProductionsthought the same thing lol
Ok at the 9 minute mark when they showed the parking garage that stopped my heart . This was my teenage hang out at tower place mall . I can’t BELIEVE it’s a parking lot now 😭 don’t it always seem to go u don’t know wat u got till it’s gone . They paved paradise and out up a parking lot . That song really hits different now 😭 this is so crazy . My first job was in that mall . My first boyfriend worked in that mall . This is so crazy
I was so shocked to see it the first time I realized that’s where it was. If you ever go in that garage, if you look down into the middle of that center opening you can see where the fountain was-there are some marks on the floor and some drain covere
Thanks for posting this. It brings back good memories and makes me miss my hometown.
Thank you for watching it! We have plans to give Union Terminal the same treatment. It should be up in the next few weeks.
One of the best memories as a kid in the 90's was my Dad and I traveling to Cincy from Central KY every year around Christmas time. We used to go to the mall inside Carew Tower and the Observation Deck. Thank you so much for making this video guys. Brings back good memories. Subscribed!
Thank you and we always aim to scratch the nostalgia itch. :)
The Carew Tower observation deck on the 49th floor is still open, and with $5 adsmission, an amazing value and experience
Awesome video !!
Wonderful! I am so delighted that you captured the Carew Tower and Tower Place!
Carew Tower and the neighboring PNC Tower (previously Central Trust Bank Tower) have been featured prominently on a couple of national television shows through the decades.
From 1956-through-1980 the downtown Cincinnati skyline stood in as the fictional city of Monticello in the opening and closing credits of the daytime TV soap opera, “The Edge of Night”.
Both buildings were featured again on the opening and closing credits of the TV sitcom “WKRP in Cincinnati” from 1978-through-1982.
Carew Tower is simply the epitome of total class. It was constructed with meticulous detail and was designed to last, unlike today’s disposable buildings.
Wasn’t that tiny elevator (aka: phonebooth) to the observation deck a hoot!?
The last time I rode it there were four of us. Fortunately, we are very close friends!
That elevator was a tight squeeze even for two people and a messenger bag full of camera equipment. Cincinnati really does have some lovely art deco architecture; oddly enough another stunning example is the inside of the Hamilton County Domestic Court building, which was used when they filmed the movie Carol as the interior of a department store.
Soap Operas---brought to you by Proctor and Gamble. I suppose it should surprise no one that out skyline was used in one.
Yes, they made great use of all the varied downtown Cincinnati architectures in the movie “Carol” to represent NYC in that brief post-WWII period (1945-1953) before the glass and steel towers took over Manhattan.
2011 Was my first time in the mall
Catching up on some of your older videos. Subscribed....fantastic building and perfect music pairing!
Just a beautiful, stunning building. It really is from an era we will never see again. Art Deco is by far my favourite design era. A great video with great music and research! I came here from Sal’s video.
My Nana was the cashier at Carew in the parking garage in the 60’s & 70’s. She met a ton of people. Regular people, famous people, baseball players. We used to ride the car elevators up & down. It was cool.
Hathaway’s was where we ate.
I’m glad you showed the observation deck. I took a group of foreign exchange students up in 1987. They loved it!
It's a crown jewel of the city, definitely not the sort of thing you'll see just anywhere. I'm glad that The Powers That Be have an appreciation for preserving it's uniqueness. The 60s and 70s were such an exciting time for Cincinnati sports--she must have had some great stories to tell about working there. Thank you for watching!
This building is like a movie set
It’s very Great Gatsby
My office is on one of the upper floors. I remember when the mall was full of stores but it's down to a handful now.
At least the power is still on! The Carew Tower was way behind on their electric bill a couple weeks ago. A bunch of the stores have closed since our last visit too, sadly.
@@UniCommProductions the pandemic has really hurt a lot of what was left.
Which is such a shame...it’s such a beautiful unique building with so much craftsmanship
@@UniCommProductions yes its a testimate to old style and craftsmanship. And was the tallest building in the city until great American added that wire construct on top.
This place is STUNNING! And you guys did a great job of showing it off. I love this video. I wish I could love this more than once.
It really is a very unique place! (and thank you, I really wanted to make sure we treated this one with the reverence it deserved)
@@UniCommProductions You did just that. Standing ovation.
I can't believe they took that mall and made it into a parking garage! Not sure I've ever seen that before.
Is your narrator Janeane Garofalo just with her voice sped up?
Nah, it's just me (Kristin). :) I haven't heard that before but alas it is probably accurate. I think I remember reading the "downtown mall" in St Louis met a similar fate. It's really sad being in that garage knowing what was originally in there. Ironically, they tore it out less than a year before downtown started experiencing a revival and it may have done better now than it did in the 90s.
When it was restored they found under the paint cherry the walls were made of cherry wood under the paint on the light fixtures they found silver let's not forget the pink marble from Mexico
They did so many hideous "renovations" to this building in the 60s and 70s to "modernize" it. I remember watching a piece from one of the local news stations where they removed this awful-looking generic panels in the Netherland Plaza and uncovered these stunning Art Deco relief pieces.
Sad it’s a parking garage. Being from Cincy, I’ve always felt like we always did stupid shit with old beautiful buildings. I like your channel, I subbed, keep up the great work!
We’ve done better than some with preserving some old buildings (yay Union Terminal!) but it’s criminal what has been done with others...thank you so much! It warms my heart when locals find us!
Well you'll hate what they are going to do with the Carew Tower now lol its such a shame
Fox19 said on Dec 20th the tower got bought and will be remodeled into condos. Living in South dayton area I never knew Cincy had a mall inside a building like this.
I'm glad the building is staying intact but it always kind of disappoints me when public spaces get turned into places the general public can't really go, because you can't go back and visit.
The haberdashery I frequented here, Hunt Club Clothiers, closed earlier this year.
It was going out of business when I shot the stuff that made it into Overmalled in early 2020. There's really not a whole lot left in there.
It's just lovely
It's definitely not the sort of design you see everyday, for certain.
It feels like the stores that are left there would make a killing if they were restaurants and coffeeshops for the downtown workers during the week. With a convenience store too.
Great video. I really like your channel. Looking forward to seeing more mall videos from your channel. Thanks.
Awww thanks!
I just found your vids yesterday and now I'm hooked! I worked downtown Cincy back in the late 90's and our office was adjacent to Tower Place. My co-worker and I would frequent at lunchtime (i think a Limited store if I'm not mistaken). I believe a TJ Maxx was in there sometime around the early 2000's - that was the last time I was in the Tower Place area. Thanks again for another walk down memory lane!
Thank you for checking us out! I grew up out in the suburbs and getting to go down to Tower Place to shop was always an "event". I know that the food court held on longer than the rest of the mall because of downtown workers like you, and there have been some rumblings of wanting to open something food court-like downtown again (Downtown Dallas has something akin to a food court with no mall attached).
I can see why the stores in carew around the hilton haven't done well either. It's a maze down there.
Cincinnati wasn't doing particularly well for most of the 90's and the early part of the 2000s. It was a terrible time to try something like that.
win award for most beautiful dead mall ever
It's definitely unique. You dont see them this opulent every day.
Just came across your channel. Thank you Algorithms. As a native Cincinnatian I’ve experienced 50 years of the Carew Tower that was beautifully depicted in your Documentary. This was extremely well done! I’ll definitely share this with like minded people.
Thank you for that! If you enjoyed this I have a series called Overmalled about all of Cincinnati’s malls and how they sort of ran each other out of the market in some cases because there were so many at one time.
Excellent video!
Thank you Kenneth!
I went there a few times in the ‘90s. I also remember going to McAlpin’s across 4th Street. Carew Tower is an amazing gem of architecture. It’s interesting how Cincinnati, Cleveland (Terminal Tower); and Columbus (LeVeque Tower) each have an elegant signature Tower from the 1920s.Minneapolis also has had several dead malls in their downtown, as downtown never recovered from the opening of Mall of America.
About 2(?) years ago, I went to Cincinnati for a several day trip. I didn't go inside the Westin and Tower Place, but I did go inside Carew Tower and loved the art deco interior of that building! The observation deck was really great, as well. Fountain Square was also a nice place to sit down and relax for a little bit, as well. Didn't know there is a Big Boy restaurant, inside Carew Tower now.
The Big Boy only opened about 6 months ago...it's by far the cleanest and most modern one I've ever been in (the ones out in the suburbs kind of thrive off their "just like when you were a kid" aesthetic which I really enjoy.) It was weird eating their food in a "trendy" environment.
Absolutely a stunning exponent of American art deco, with a masterful craftsmanship and use of North American materials. Gorgeous. Great video on the building.
What’s the name of the first song after the video intro? A wonderful complement to the interior spaces of this building.
It’s “Lone Digger” by Caravan Palace :) thank you for watching and taking the time to comment!
Hi yall here because of Sal! Cool video and what a view!👍🏼🫶🏼🥚🐔🐰 Happy april fools easter! 🤡 ps watching the Halloween episode : spooky Cincinnati Mills part 2 with Sal hilarious! 👻😅
Is the observation deck still open? A buddy of mine said they closed it cause someone jumped off of it…
I remember being in Grade School on a Field trip to the Carew Tower!! The observation deck was Cool, but SCARED me a Bit! I don't think I had Ever been That high in the Air!! But I think it Looks Nicer Now, than when Tom Cruze filmed Rain Man there!!
Liked the video as soon as I heard Caravan Palace :-D. What an incredible building!
It really is. Definitely not something you see everyday-and we LOVE Caravan Palace!
I’m from there but only stop in now & then but I remember early 80s it being a nice mall
It was beautiful at Christmas. I think it was just an idea with bad timing. Ironically they are getting ready to open an Auntie Anne's in the Carew so maybe it's on it's way to being "remalled"
UniComm Productions oh ok thank you sad to see some things change I love it there loved your videos
That place looks awesome may have to go check it out since I don't live far from cincy.
It's well worth the trip and is kitty corner to Fountain Square.
Your videos give me a real sense of wanderlust. Just wish I had the money to support it lol. You guys are great.
Thank you very much! A lot of these trips have been day trips--travel is incredibly expensive especially when you factor in overnight stays.
@@UniCommProductions you guys should explore the Richland Mall in Mansfield.
@@AwesomeSaucePictures I would love to make it up there sometime soon!
Sal Sent me lol... Always was at Forest fair or Tri-County so regret not going to this mall back in the day... I also like your one on Forest Fair..
Sal is a good friend and I am so glad he sent me so many new viewers! Welcome!
@@UniCommProductions yes when I got in to watching this stuff on malls... He was on of the first i found that I really liked.. An then I found you... An if I remember right did u say you grew up at forest fair mall too.. if so then your from my side of town.. Love your Logs two..
Dear Lord this place is amazing! Some of you guys' best work yet. I mean that sincerely. The reasons for coming out to Ohio keep stacking up. This place has decidedly gone ON the list. Keep up the incredible content, y'all ❤
Thank you @ThresholdDreamer111 when you're in town you definitely should check out Union Terminal too--it was the visual inspiration for the Hall of Justice and very deco as well, along with Lunken Airport. :)
Holy Art-Deco Batman...
I think I remember a saks fifth ave there
It's still there but in a block or two away in another building accessible via the Skywalk from the Carew Tower--there was also a Macy's across the street that closed in March of this year.
Someone needs to do a video on this legendary Kenwood Town Centre y’all keep talking about in these Cincinnati mall videos
Me and my buddy seen the weirdest shit under the carew towers I'm leaving this message to see if there has been any other witnesses.
I’m actually staying here next month
It's a beauty! The hotel is even more amazing. I'm sure you'll have an amazing stay.
UniComm Productions I didn’t know all that stuff was inside the building, looked almost like a Big Boy??
There is indeed a Big Boy in there that opened earlier this year...we had lunch there when we got done filming.
Spooky, creepy. Where is everyone?
On that particular day, a Bengals game.
I know it might sound weird but the architecture reminds me of the Queen Mary shopping area.
I could see that--the main corridor is very ship-like.
That intro 😍
I was floored when I saw that--it fit so well with the style we had to use it.
Nice dead mall video sad to see that most of the place is now a parking garage
13:20 made me want to target practice with a paintball gun.
DynVec point it toward the Bengals stadium if you do!
@@UniCommProductions I was referring to the glass roof that was appearing, at the top of the parking garage; the converted mall IIRC. I find glass stained by paint appealing.
Wow I read that comment completely wrong! You’re right that would be really cool...
Isn't there another mall downtown, anchored with that Lazarus? Or was it Macy's? Racking the memory bank here.
Never set foot in THIS mall.
You tend to rush the voiceover commentary sometimes.
WideGauge I apologize for the “rushed” commentary; I’ve been working on trying to speak more slowly IRL also. The mall you’re remembering was gutted and was called Tower Place And is now a parking garage.
Kristen’s voice sounds so much like Brianna Keiler from CNN
And that is a compliment
too bad you couldn't see the once operational automated parking garage at Carew tower
I read about it! It sounds really neat. It was gone before I was old enough to remember it
Oh and there’s the Macy’s headquarters
Down the street from a closed Macy’s!
UniComm Productions lol
Was Pogue's in the Carew tower?
Yes. The existing arcade space was once Pogue’s and the building next to it, once Tower Place Mall that is now the Mabley Place Parking garage was originally a Mabley and Carew department store.
EXCELLENT JOB!!! U 🎸.. ROCK!!!
Yep! ANOTHER parking garage! Just what every city needs, right?! Endless amounts of parking spaces for businesses that do not exist!
Downtown is blooming, if it's been a few years since you've been down there, you may be pleasantly surprised at what a vibrant place it is these days. Still sad to see the mall go, however. I think if it had made it a few years longer it would be blooming too.
dam true about city rolling up sidewalks unlesss u were a bad person or u wanted to drink the building ws very nicely designed n my opinion insted of building new buildings maybe have some building that r there try and make them work remember crosly field for reds then they made riverfront stadium and guess wnat now great american ball park looks like it related to crosly hmm maybe people and dam enginneers need to think about past instead of all looking at future maybe make old buildings like they did shillitos into apts or condos but try not to have them cost a dam arm and leg
That building needs a renovation bad! Too much beauty! Too much architectural detail! Paint it white!
Actually, I guess it's alright. I'm joking, I love the old art deco buildings of the 20's and 30's. Great video and fitting music.
Blasphemy!!! ;)
It's been a few years since I've been there. It's soo far up! Now, compare that to the One World Trade Center!
This building always reminded of the Shinning the movie.....now they (3CDC) wants to turn this majestic structure into condos ?!!! WTF thats a horrible ideal with there being no feasible retail to support such a lux life style