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Welcome to the Turquoise Admiral, built by the legendary Crown American Realty Trust company! The Uniontown Mall is legend in its own right, and a dead mall struggling to keep up, yet shining with its beautiful aesthetic. Thank you all for watching!
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Welcome Thurston Charlemagne to the Mall PA club! Dude sounds nuts, looking forward to hearing from him. Haven't heard from Marna, I wonder if she's okay? Thanks for watching everyone! Let me know if you want to book Mr. Charlemagne for your next middle-aged Uncle's birthday party. Like, sub, ring the bell please.
Hey , I was at the river walk in New Orleans last week. Most of the restaurant are open. Only a couple of the store are closed. Love your vids. Keep it up.
Hope you made it to Gkenbrook Mall in Ft Wayne Indiana on your trip. I messaged you multiple time's about hitting it up on Instagram...
It's been getting smaller as Sears has left than JC Penny's... Used to have a ice skating rink in the middle
don't care that you got vaccinated. stop virtue signaling that you got vaccinated. i am done with your channel. you just have to cover damned abandoned malls. You will get replaced by black lesbians.
Half the people you saw in Fayette County weren't wearing masks? Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat??
Lying on the floor feels so rebellious, so liberating. Something you're not meant to do. No-one has ever stopped there to use that space in the way you did. Magical
Unless you’re dead,unconscious,or a 3 year old mid tantrum.
I have no idea why I love this. I just find it surreal a place of constant human traffic, ends up forgotten. Haunting, vintage and sad. Humanity :/ xx
I LOVE the drone shots!
Agreed! A bit of tilt-shift lens making the shots look like a model, well done!
Spent many a moon at this mall. I can tell you Fayette County, where this is, didn't really give 2 poops about covid. Also, the area did have a pretty huge amount of commercial outgrowth post mall construction which didn't help it much.
Not quite true, I saw more people being safe with Covid here then in where I use to live, at least here people wore masks
This was a blast from the past! I was Manager in Training for that Finish Line circa 2004 after graduating from Cal U down the road in '02. The mall was starting to get a little sketchy back then, and there were lots that stayed empty in a couple of the wings for a long time. The Finish Line floor space is HUGE. As a result, we were always sent all clothing on sale and discount shoes from our entire district... rounders upon rounders of cheap clothing; good to get rid of them for the company, but, man, our price per transaction was usually pretty low.
Haha I was CalU class of '13. I used to go to that mall just to walk around and get off campus.
Sal: thanks for posting. Pitcher Terry Mulholland(Phillies '93 World Series) hails from Uniontown. Cheers!🥨
Got my haircuts by either Kevin or Wendi at the hair salon near Sears in the 90s. This mall used to be packed with people back then.
I work at the AEO there! It’s definitely been sad seeing so many stores close over the years that kept people coming back. I have so much history with this place ❤️
I dig that turquoise paint . makes the mall look kinda tropical
As you have probably noticed, there has been absolutely NO PLANNING in Oniontown. NONE! Randomly scattered stores and restaurants dot the landscape. Many of the businesses that left the mall are now inconveniently located in stand alone structures. The county permitted a new Aldi store to be built despite anchor space and amenities already in place at the Onion Mall. Good sources say the management absolutely will NOT work with tenants on rent. Closing anchors resulted in diminished foot traffic, yet the mall management doesn't feel it necessary to adapt to the reality. One store manager said they were not able to maintain profitability since foot traffic disappeared, and asked for a reduction in rent. The mall management refused--evidently preferring NO rent to receiving a reduced amount. It appears NAMDAR doesn't care about strengthening this property.
Namdar cares about nothing.
Aldi tends to avoid malls. But yes Namdar does suck.
I love the pink and turquoise colours of this mall. Very 80's and 90's. There is something about those retro aesthetics that I just love and cannot explain why.
Ah, I remember Uniontown Mall from when I was a kid. Although I hadn't been to that one as much as Laurel Mall, or Westmoreland in Greensburg, or even Greengate when that was still in existence.
I'm looking forward to your Laurel Mall video. The last time I was there was back in 2013 when I was visiting the area and stopped there for nostalgia's sake/morbid curiosity, and the first thing I noticed was the inside of the mall smelled like a giant pile of dirty laundry that had been left out and someone's solution was to cover it with more dirty laundry.
“If we don’t pour acetone down the drains,.how will the sewer mon sters be able to have decent mani-pedis?”
PA state police in the 70’s nicknamed the county this mall is located in Fayettenam (Fayette County).
Woah. Why???
Troopers compared the county to Vietnam because it was a dreaded assignment for cadets at the State Police Academy. The county was also 2/3 understaffed for patrols.
I grew up in Fayette County and after I moved away I heard the residents there referred to as the Fayettecong.
The colors of this mall make me think of North Miami's Art Deco District.
Even when this mall was at its peak in the 90s and 2000s you always felt it never met it’s full potential.
Part of my family grew up in this area of PA. Uniontown mall used to be an exciting place to go. Fun fact: one of Pennsylvania's top rated resorts, Nemacolin Woodlands, is 20 minutes up the mountain from this mall
Lol at the safety clip, acetone lady yelling would have made me drop the glass back when I would work in the labs.
One thing that is never mentioned is imagining a system where profit and capitalism is not the main objective. Imagine how much good these facilities could do if they were used for public medical, dental, performing arts, art and recreation. Just imagine. Instead of leaving it to rot or for the next developer to try and extract more profit from it. Keep up the great work. I really enjoy your videos!
Great video! It's so cool seeing my own local mall in the series!
Thanks for doing these videos. They really are a trip down memory lane !
I'm lucky enough to have THREE dead malls to walk through near my hotel in Buffalo, NY. Boulevard, Eastern Hills, and McKinley. Absolutely amazing to have real-life perspective on dead malls now. I feel incredibly lucky to have seen them before they all died.
RIP Main Place.
@ODD PUZZLE PIECE They're all still around, I was just in all of them this week. They aren't dead yet...but the 80% vacancies in each one speak for themselves.
Love your videos so much dude. Your production values get better and better with each video, can't wait to see more
Hey thanks!
This one was great! The doll analogy had me 🤣. You do great work man, thanks for sharing your gift.
Robert Hall clothes, Jeez that’s digging into the past. Son the ceiling is beautiful, get the hell up off the floor. I absolutely love the drone footage, it really accentuates the Malls footprint. Mr P’s vision for mall space could in fact come to fruition at some point. Loving M Charlemane. The COVID doll with the yellow eyes is truly creepy. Once again great job. Music was great as usual🥰🦇🕷🕸💃
A great look at my local mall that has been hanging on a thread for awhile how I remember how different it once was.
Great video! So crazy seeing you in my hometown mall! Spent many times at this mall when I was younger👍🏻
These videos relax the heck outta me! There is some malls in west coast you might be interested in.
Notorious 80's early 90's color scheme. I have been to this mall too as a kid and hundreds more on the east coast. I m the mall rat ah I gets all emotional watching these episodes from being the era of when the mall was everything and seeing the old school location like this that flood my mind with flashbacks and god forbid there's footage of xmas decorations like this episode has and its depressing and even teary eyed. I miss that social safe zone and my friends . sigh
Great video! I hope one day you'll check out the Northwest Mall in Houston TX. I had heard they're turning it into a train station soon. Anywho; keep up the good work Sal. We love you
Turn a mall into a train station? Talk about random.
I am actually LOL at you laying on the floor...I wonder if anyone had seen you and what they were thinking lollol! In addition to getting information that I wouldn't have otherwise about these malls, you also amuse the hell out of me. Never a dull moment in your vids! You seem to have the perfect personality for doing videos like these. :) Keep up the great work!
Very nice Drone shots, there so great.
Okay, so I seriously thought the host of that safety video was that Hail-Bop comet cult leader when it started.
Really dig the drone shots. Epic. Keep up the awesome work. 😎
Thanks man. They won’t be part of *every* episode moving forward because I lots in the backlog, and the FAA restricts flight in some spots, so I can’t film…but when I can, you’ll see drone shots :)
I live 35 mins away from there. As a kid I always loved going to justice and Clair’s and all the stores in there. 😢
This was my childhood mall!! I also worked at the bath and body works there for 3+ years.
Enjoyed the video!!! Have a great night from Alabama
Mr. Pascarella had the right idea with his vision for future malls. I'm honestly surprised that so few malls have been diversified in this way. I think the owners are missing out on a great opportunity. Another great production, Sal. Interesting to see the footage from two different times in one video. Looking forward to more as always! Thanks for all you do!
Thank you so much for watching!
I recognize that route out of Morgantown to hit the interstate. Hope you had fun in my neck of the woods Sal!
It had a pretty big food court there near JC Penny in the late 80's-early 90's. Back when I worked in local radio they had a pool tournament in the food court that I broadcast from.
Bought my wife's engagement ring at one of the jewelry stores there and she worked there at the old McCrory's before I knew her.
Saw a lot of movies there too.
Another great video👍🍿
Growing up/ when I was in school..... This was a booming mall ! It also had my favorite pizza shop in it. Sadly it closed a few years back
Certainly some feelings for me watching this one. My first store as a store manager was in the mall. I was there spring-fall of 2003 and it wasn't exactly thriving then...but it was nothing like this! Thanks for this one!
Unfortunately the mall is hurting…it was doing so well up until 2017 though!!
21:28 "Tickle Me 2020 Doll" sounds hilarious yet it touched us in a very killing silent manner, yet never to be forgotten.
Fantastic drone shots. I love this mall.
The drone shots are beautiful
An excellent video as per usual
Thanks a ton, Steve.
As a fellow PAer love seeing your series of malls in PA.
Good stuff as always
Great video! Thanks!
Thanks for watching, Nancy!
Always ❤️ your video sal !!
This was great. (Although once again I grr'd at the idea of a mall removing its fountains. Here in Australia, one of my favourite indoor/outdoor malls still has a water feature.) I'm amazed you're on the opening-back-up upswing. Here in Sydney, Australia, we've just locked down again due to a Delta outbreak. We're only around 10% vaxed, so can't take chances with Delta.
I'm walking around my "almost abandoned" Eastland Mall, in Detroit, MI.
My goodness that natural light 💜
Isn't it something else?
@@sal I thought It was from the skylight and then I noticed the walls pushing that beautiful turquoise
Wow. Went here YEARS ago. Crazy to see it now :')
An amazing aesthetic and video💜
Thank you!
Currently buckling up for this one. Brb!
I hope you enjoy!
The day you went back was my 32nd Birthday, June 28th 2021 lol. I absolutely love this channel, keep up the good work.
Thanks Brent! Just lost another two days prepping the next episode…stay tuned!
@@sal I definitely will! You have researched each location so well, but have also described business concepts in a practical way that most people can understand which is awesome lol.
I grew up going to this mall. 💗
The COVID “story” this episode!!! Fantastic!!!
Typical liberal.. always pushing the covid agenda..
Pandemic* … not “agenda”. Make sure to get your vaccine Wolf. Thanks for masking up!
@@sal based.
Just subbed btw, love your videos!
Great video sal
Thanks Jason!
My most significant personal historical mall experiences were with - Pheasant Lane Mall - on the NH/MA boarder, back the mid/late 1980s, along with - Burlington Mall - some miles to the south in MA, both still standing, but nothing like what they were in the 1980s, when the "only" major shopping was mall shopping, long before amazon, and the rest of e-retail began to bulldoze "in person" shopping nearly out of existence.
I love your video commentary!
Great stuff
Thanks!
Dude that 2020 story literally scared me! Not wrong at all though! Great mall and great video!
I love your descriptions of Covid on each of your newest posts.
These dead mall explorations are amazing.
What is even more amazing are the historical narratives included with them.
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I watch these videos because they give me - chills - about the way in which our society has changed, and is changing, dramatically, and in ways that corrupt "legacy media" (TV - newspaper) seems to want to bury its head in the sand about.
"Jose..STOP... there is acetone in that Container" Entire cast attended the William Shatner School of Over Acting.
lol
Great video , grew up around that mall. I got so many stories there it ain’t even funny. I remember when KBs, The Video Rental Store, EB Games , and Pocket change, I remember the McCoreys was off the edge where old radio shack was. I used to work there to I’m the telemarketing in the back corner near Sears.
I grew up here and back in the day, this was the place to be. I remember it being packed with people, pretty much shoulder to shoulder especially on the weekends. I moved to WV about 8 years ago and just moved back recently and was so sad to see how empty it is now.
Thanks, you're a doll.👏
Always the best intros
You just made my day :)
@@sal when it's safe are you gonna do meet and greets?
Yep. Best way to catch one is to join the discord.
Hanover shoes! That sparked a memory of times past.
i am so glade that mall still going drive save out there sal
this mall is quite beautiful
Awesome video!!!! I see you stayed in Morgantown lol
Sal... strange request, but if you're ever near Fort Wayne Indiana my kids would love to meet you and get an autograph. They are HUGE fans and so am I! Keep up the amazing content. I'm a child of the 80s and need my fix!
fantastic video dude. if you ever go take a trip to northeast Ohio, one of the malls you should visit is Southpark mall. its located in Cleveland, and its not dead, but you should because its one of my favorite malls ever.
It’s on the list!
@@sal Thanks for putting on the list!
I 100% used to smoke weed in one of those patches of woods from the drone footage .. in the early - mid 90s this was still a fairly busy mall .. spent lots of Friday nights getting dropped off by my parents walking around this place , stealing the occasional cd from national record mart
This mall reminds me of a smaller mall near me called Southgate. They both have teal ceilings
Turquoise, Ross. Come to convo pit and I’ll explain lol
Sal, I'd get a major kick that Crown American Realty Trust had the same letters as the Championship Auto Racing Teams, or CART. With me being an Auto Racing Student, this would be the Virginia 90 Exlog for Richmond and their Cup Series # and the Turquoise fits b/c of Heilig Meyers. Carmike Cinemas always got big off of Mergers and Acquisitions and they've monopolized the Cinema Scene in a Lot of Cities, like mine in Cedar Rapids.
This premiere snuck under my radar, I'm afraid. Still a good video.
This is the “wild weasel” of dead mall channels.
This is my hometown I only live like 5 minutes away from the mall I use to be lit there but between the crime rate and covid all the shops started to close and what it seemed like no time it was a Ghost mall with car distroying potholes in the parking lot
the jc penny in the ut mall is like triple platinum rated as long as they're there the ut mall will be up lol old folks with a lot of money live around here, its fading but its still here
I went to Mt St Macrina in Uniontown PA
I was in this mall shortly before the pandemic before seeing a movie in the adjacent theater (I believe they’re now an AMC theater) with some friends. There was some decent foot traffic at the time and there were a few good stores, but I could tell the place was on its way out. COVID was probably the nail in the coffin for many tenants and the population of the Mon-Fayette region has been declining for decades.
We went there last year on a vacation we stayed at the hotel next to the mall me and my dad were walking in the parking lot and we saw a deer in the parking lot
Sal, Have you considered doing a couple of logs around Harrisburg, PA, only 1.5 hrs north of B'more. There are at least 2 nearly dead malls here; viz, The Colonial Park Mall and The Harrisburg Mall.
100%!! Absolutely on my list
I was shooting some video in the section heading back to teletech, and I stumbled onto a security guard who looked at me suspiciously. There are some interesting sights back there.
Poor Jose😂
Can you do an update on Petal the Elephant? Its been years since it was 'saved'. The only recent info I found was sept 2019 when it was part of a parade.
What is the name of that song that plays in the background on your mall tours
In the june scene, why are all the stores closed?
Great Video iam glad to see you keeping at it but I want to know where you find the music for your intros i really like this intro but I cant find it
I hope you do Southdale Center and Northland Center in the future.
Hi Sal, great work! Can you advise the background music on this adventure? Thanks👍
I like the mall video
I'm actually surprised you showed up in my neck of the woods. I remember this mall being WAY more interesting than nowadays. Literally...no more Sears, or Bon-Ton, or even Pearlevision, Dunhams, or hell...Rex?? I could go on but...this comment can't.
Totally more interesting -- though he couldn't cover the old arcade in the old food court (Fashion Bug more recently?), or even the newer arcade's empty shell!
Sorry to disappoint!
10:34 the Dead Rising Willamette Mall vibes