I grew up hanging out here and I lived in North Warren. I remember when the mall was built and the used helicopters to put the Air-conditioned units on the roof. So many memories here .
Aladdins castle arcade was one of my favorite things to do when I was a kid...and me and my fiance visited this mall a couple years ago before the strip mall plans and were brought back in time, in disbelief of how dead it was. This place back in the day was the place to be and was booming. Times have changed however and thanks to the economy and online sales, many malls and local businesses have suffered.
Steph Berg I revisited this mall several years ago with a friend and it was so sad to see it dead. There were still a couple stores open, but the old JCPenney is (was?) turned into a Big Lots. That’s if I don’t have the opposite ends of the mall reversed in my mind. I practically grew up in this mall in the 80s and 90s. National Record Mart, which became Wall to Wall Sound and Video, later “The Wall”, Bon Ton, the arcade, KMart, Kay Bee Toys, Waldenbooks, and so on. Very sad. Of course now I live hundreds of miles away anyway....
you clearly do not know much about my channel if you do now know our history, the only thing similar to his videos in this instance is the use of the artist Haircuts for Men, which yes, i know about that artist because of Dans work, i have complimented him MANY times
Enclosed indoor malls > outdoor strip malls any day of the week. So much aesthetic and unique design is lost when it's just an outdoor string of stores.
I used to spend hours in the arcade as well as the record store. Back in the day, that is where we got our concert tickets for shows in Erie or Buffalo. Got my tickets for REO Speedwagon there.
Fine, classic tribute to this retro soon to be gone mall. Thanks for the captions as you toured the now defunct retailers. The directory is like a history of stores that have gone to that big shopping mall in the sky. Sad to see this mall go. Lots of classic touches, and it means something to you Ace. Curious to see what becomes of this mall as a future shopping strip. Big fan of Supermarket Sweep and always wanted to go on the show and get to the point where you race around the store to get the biggest shopping total. The trick was buy the biggest bottles of TIde, Pampers and lots of steaks and other expensive beef cuts. Look forward to the weekends and Fridays when I can enjoy your fine work over nighttime beers.
Label Shopper is not a Salvation Army type of store. It's a company that simply sells steeply discounted clothing that's either over stocked merchandise, slightly damaged or irregular. Their stuff is new, not previously worn.
I used to roam the mall when my friend used to work there as the maintenance guy....if only the true history of the property was more well known....its quite the paranormal hotspot believe it or not
They did the same thing to the old Colonnade Mall in Phoenix in the mid 90s. Now it's the busy Camelback Colonnade. They kept one little piece of mall though as there is a basement space containing Last Chance, which is Nordstrom's clearance center. Ride the escalator down to the bargain basement.
Wow, awesome update on this malls progress, I would hope that they at least keep the yellow benches and fountains. Gotta keep at least something original. Back in the day, things were just simpler when we were kids. I think its cool the stickers in the old music store is still intact.
Don't take this the wrong way, but why do you like that yellow tile? To me it looks like some hideous left over from a tunnel project. Any color but that yellow.
You know where there are plants throughout this mall , When i was a kid those areas where typically water fountains or a water feature and as it aged they would just turn them into these imposing areas with plants replacing the fountains. This mall is so old school its triggered mall memories from my youth cuz its the same era of design, so i was just curious if the same was done here
I loved that every empty store has random stuff from other stores in it among the debris. Also how the store list on the board hasn’t been updated in many years. Electronics boutique became game stop a long time ago (I still have an EB games card). Haven’t see a fashion bug in forever. Walden books has been gone for a few years.
I wish someone did a video at its height. Orange Julius, Tom McCann, Kmart, Bon Ton, Aladdins Castle, Napolis, Pennys, Kaybee, Sears catalog store, Waldons, Ponderosa, so many other stores. 10:29
Sad what it has become.....I used to manage the movie theatre next to this mall and would spend my lunch breaks at Napolis or orange julius then lookin for new kicks at foot locker
Interesting. Thanks for the report. Are you generally seeing or finding more dying malls in the last ten years? Are you seeing any increase of second hand stores (i.e. Goodwill, Salvation Army, St. Vincent's, etc) in the last ten years? I have noticed in the last ten years that it seems like there is much less disposable income for many areas that I visit, or for many communities.
KEK Freedom Heritage the only stuff I’ve noticed besides the bigger name stores going out of business, is that even the well established healthy regional stores are closing a few long standing locations and a lot of vacancies in shopping “plazas” and strip malls. The one shopping plaza near my work is losing bon ton and a furniture store after already losing radio shack and CVS (which moved down the street to its own building). The only stores that will be left is a regional grocery store and an Ollie’s.
it doesnt even appear to ever have been modernized visually at all. I feel you , Im from w.va. and my town had the largest mall in the state so that translated into the mall being the social hub 90's, where i worked, shopped, scored weed etc.....everything revolved around the mall , and that mall is still doing great it was a lucky mall. Its just weird seeing these places that were so abundant vanish, or its become so gangsta its not a place i want to hang out in. Im totally aware of my "white boy problems" factor right now.
Great video! That mall is a carbon copy of Indiana Mall, another Zamias property. Indiana Mall is soon to be redeveloped according to an article in the Indiana Gazette a few months ago. 4-5 new anchor stores are supposed to be in the works as well as sprucing up the mall itself. Bon Ton will be done in a few weeks. Rumors are that Kohls might be a replacement, I guess we will find out when the announcements are made. Indiana Mall has great potential if they do it right and bring in the right mix of new stores. With other competing malls at least an hour away in any direction, there is no reason why it can't be turned around.Glad to see changes at Warren Mall too, most Zamias properties are in dis-repair and have high leasing costs.
Oh my word I was right I knew it was a ponderosa before you put it on the screen. That was the best place to eat when I was kid. It’s sad to see these vintage and awesome malls turned into something so modern. I like indoor malls so much better. Here in the South ( I’m in Tennessee) we have the worst humidity from June to September so outdoor shopping is like visiting a swamp. I just wish we could bring back the old vintage stuff it’s so much better than the new in a lot of ways. Keep up the good work I love your videos!
Matchbox homie! It’s all about matchbox! I’m ;2, and I remember both matchbox and hot wheels. Hot wheels were cartoonish! Not realistic! Matchbox was realistic, and I loved them! I still remember gettting them!
This was a sister/twin mall to the Indiana mall (same benches, fountains, "MALL" signs and layout).... It's truly sad to see these places wiped out of existence...
Great video as always, Anthony. I like how you pay respect to what the mall once was by the silent walkthrough, but you have the words up so we know what we’re looking at.
Idiots just have to take a beautiful vintage mall and turn it into complete garbage. They can't ever leave anything alone. "It's old, let's get rid of it and make it modern. Modern is better." Yes everyone loves the plain, stale, sterile modern look, where everything is white, all of the lights are ugly and recessed, the store fronts all look the same, nothing has any character and nothing is inviting. And everyone wants to have a mall that was once enclosed turned into an outdoor mall so they can melt in the summer and freeze in the winter while walking from store to store. These companies have no brains and they don't think.
Don't you know that modern and overdone is way better than old and in moderation. Sorry but I like low and some high covered ceilings and the old 70s brick floors way better than ugly concrete. Plus you don't slip and slide everywhere you walk.
Id frankly like to see all malls go away. And obviously people didn't want to go to this one anymore, hence the renovation. Doubt they'd be doing this for the hell of it. All malls are eye sores.
sparkplug1018 this mall died because WalMart came to town. There’s also been a decline in the population in the surrounding area. I’m from a nearby town.
George McGovern I’ve seen what kind of candy they made. Surprised it last as long as it did. There list of products is a list of every candy everyone I ever knew hated, including me. They made the candy that kids threw out on Halloween.
Very nice video Anthony. I’m not sure how far away you live from this mall but if its possible do you think you could live stream the malls demolition sometime in the future? :)
Yeah... Not sure if you actually had a chance to cover the old Parmatown Mall before they tore it down in favor of Shoppes of Parma yet or not...that was a huge deal, imho.
NO NO NO sweaters have to have the print on them ALL the way around. I never understood sweaters that only have design on front then a plain stupid back on it.
how about respecting his work and not comparing him to someone similar? He's acknowledged Dan Bell Before and showed his appreciation for Dan's pioneering work in this genre, but honestly I subscribe to both and Ace put's out three times the content that Dan does right now, and alot of Dan's newer stuff is dirty hotel rooms, which isn't NEARLY as interesting as abandoned properties and dying malls! I don't know if you can even say Dan is the gold standard of dead malls considering he put's out as much content on dirty hotel rooms than he does malls! I still watch Dan's new mall posts, but Ace puts out alot more content!
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I grew up hanging out here and I lived in North Warren. I remember when the mall was built and the used helicopters to put the Air-conditioned units on the roof. So many memories here .
Aladdins castle arcade was one of my favorite things to do when I was a kid...and me and my fiance visited this mall a couple years ago before the strip mall plans and were brought back in time, in disbelief of how dead it was. This place back in the day was the place to be and was booming. Times have changed however and thanks to the economy and online sales, many malls and local businesses have suffered.
Steph Berg I revisited this mall several years ago with a friend and it was so sad to see it dead. There were still a couple stores open, but the old JCPenney is (was?) turned into a Big Lots. That’s if I don’t have the opposite ends of the mall reversed in my mind. I practically grew up in this mall in the 80s and 90s. National Record Mart, which became Wall to Wall Sound and Video, later “The Wall”, Bon Ton, the arcade, KMart, Kay Bee Toys, Waldenbooks, and so on. Very sad. Of course now I live hundreds of miles away anyway....
I love the mix of dead mall footage and Supermarket Sweep!
Oh man, this is so sad. Such a huge part of my childhood and teen years.
These openings just get better and better great work
Especially when you copy Dan Bell's style almost exactly.
Turd Ferguson love you too
At least acknowledge him if you copy him?
you clearly do not know much about my channel if you do now know our history, the only thing similar to his videos in this instance is the use of the artist Haircuts for Men, which yes, i know about that artist because of Dans work, i have complimented him MANY times
Enclosed indoor malls > outdoor strip malls any day of the week. So much aesthetic and unique design is lost when it's just an outdoor string of stores.
Mort The Chicken and you don’t have to drip sweat walking from store to store
And no mall at all is better then both options.
sparkplug1018 Why do you say that?
+Mort The Chicken I like physical retail, I despise malls. Which are more aggravating then the activity for shopping itself.
I used to spend hours in the arcade as well as the record store. Back in the day, that is where we got our concert tickets for shows in Erie or Buffalo. Got my tickets for REO Speedwagon there.
Fine, classic tribute to this retro soon to be gone mall. Thanks for the captions as you toured the now defunct retailers. The directory is like a history of stores that have gone to that big shopping mall in the sky. Sad to see this mall go. Lots of classic touches, and it means something to you Ace.
Curious to see what becomes of this mall as a future shopping strip.
Big fan of Supermarket Sweep and always wanted to go on the show and get to the point where you race around the store to get the biggest shopping total. The trick was buy the biggest bottles of TIde, Pampers and lots of steaks and other expensive beef cuts.
Look forward to the weekends and Fridays when I can enjoy your fine work over nighttime beers.
When some of these videos end it seems like I'm hearing the hum of the broken fluorescent lights in my house.
Label Shopper is not a Salvation Army type of store. It's a company that simply sells steeply discounted clothing that's either over stocked merchandise, slightly damaged or irregular. Their stuff is new, not previously worn.
thanks for the clarification, i was not sure :)
Would you say it was more like a big lots/ odd lots from 20 years ago. Asking as a viewer from the SW
I used to roam the mall when my friend used to work there as the maintenance guy....if only the true history of the property was more well known....its quite the paranormal hotspot believe it or not
The music in the beginning of this video sounds exactly like Washed Out.
Alexander The Great my thoughts too
Because it is.
Your intros are awesome . Ace you get better & better safe travels . Thank you for all that you do.
Can you please do update to what the outdoor mall will look like
They did the same thing to the old Colonnade Mall in Phoenix in the mid 90s. Now it's the busy Camelback Colonnade. They kept one little piece of mall though as there is a basement space containing Last Chance, which is Nordstrom's clearance center. Ride the escalator down to the bargain basement.
Wow, awesome update on this malls progress, I would hope that they at least keep the yellow benches and fountains. Gotta keep at least something original. Back in the day, things were just simpler when we were kids. I think its cool the stickers in the old music store is still intact.
Don't take this the wrong way, but why do you like that yellow tile? To me it looks like some hideous left over from a tunnel project. Any color but that yellow.
sparkplug1018 its the vintage aesthetic I love. Original, one of a kind stuff is a thing of mine, lol. Anything else would just be boring.
+Jennifer Jones It is original that’s for sure. I love the splash of color though
So sad to see the town I grew up in, has no shopping, I sure hope they get something soon. And now folks Erie or Pittsburg.😒🙁🙁
You know where there are plants throughout this mall , When i was a kid those areas where typically water fountains or a water feature and as it aged they would just turn them into these imposing areas with plants replacing the fountains. This mall is so old school its triggered mall memories from my youth cuz its the same era of design, so i was just curious if the same was done here
I loved that every empty store has random stuff from other stores in it among the debris. Also how the store list on the board hasn’t been updated in many years. Electronics boutique became game stop a long time ago (I still have an EB games card). Haven’t see a fashion bug in forever. Walden books has been gone for a few years.
I wish someone did a video at its height. Orange Julius, Tom McCann, Kmart, Bon Ton, Aladdins Castle, Napolis, Pennys, Kaybee, Sears catalog store, Waldons, Ponderosa, so many other stores. 10:29
Ponderosa has been closed for more than 10 years . I first came here in March 2007 It was closed then.
Chris Lemaster EB has been gone for over 15 years. It’s now GameStop.
7:42 the name of the song is "Enjoy the Silence" by Depeche Mode
i see what u did there...
Sad what it has become.....I used to manage the movie theatre next to this mall and would spend my lunch breaks at Napolis or orange julius then lookin for new kicks at foot locker
Please keep up the great work Ace! Somebody has to keep up with the Southtowns and Buffalo area!
Interesting. Thanks for the report. Are you generally seeing or finding more dying malls in the last ten years? Are you seeing any increase of second hand stores (i.e. Goodwill, Salvation Army, St. Vincent's, etc) in the last ten years? I have noticed in the last ten years that it seems like there is much less disposable income for many areas that I visit, or for many communities.
KEK Freedom Heritage the only stuff I’ve noticed besides the bigger name stores going out of business, is that even the well established healthy regional stores are closing a few long standing locations and a lot of vacancies in shopping “plazas” and strip malls. The one shopping plaza near my work is losing bon ton and a furniture store after already losing radio shack and CVS (which moved down the street to its own building). The only stores that will be left is a regional grocery store and an Ollie’s.
Wow, thanks for the details.
Dan bell stop making dead mall videos, that is why i am here and i am not disappointed. Good job! 👍
Glad to see that the mall is being updated. Malls were part of my childhood and early adult years
I Hate Strip malls walking out in the Heat and the Cold. That is Horrible.
Great memories, sad all malls are turning into inside turning out, but it's justified for overall cost.
it doesnt even appear to ever have been modernized visually at all. I feel you , Im from w.va. and my town had the largest mall in the state so that translated into the mall being the social hub 90's, where i worked, shopped, scored weed etc.....everything revolved around the mall , and that mall is still doing great it was a lucky mall. Its just weird seeing these places that were so abundant vanish, or its become so gangsta its not a place i want to hang out in. Im totally aware of my "white boy problems" factor right now.
What was Aladdin's Castle?
Isn’t Bon Ton still there selling out?
Aimee Webber now
Great video! That mall is a carbon copy of Indiana Mall, another Zamias property. Indiana Mall is soon to be redeveloped according to an article in the Indiana Gazette a few months ago. 4-5 new anchor stores are supposed to be in the works as well as sprucing up the mall itself. Bon Ton will be done in a few weeks. Rumors are that Kohls might be a replacement, I guess we will find out when the announcements are made. Indiana Mall has great potential if they do it right and bring in the right mix of new stores. With other competing malls at least an hour away in any direction, there is no reason why it can't be turned around.Glad to see changes at Warren Mall too, most Zamias properties are in dis-repair and have high leasing costs.
I live in Warren, Pa, the mall has really gone downhill, when Walmart was built the mall just seemed second best. Napoli Pizza is THE BEST!!!
I miss it I moved to Canada 3 years ago from warren :/
Another Great Video Anthony
OMG SUPERMARKET SWEEP
Oh my word I was right I knew it was a ponderosa before you put it on the screen. That was the best place to eat when I was kid. It’s sad to see these vintage and awesome malls turned into something so modern. I like indoor malls so much better. Here in the South ( I’m in Tennessee) we have the worst humidity from June to September so outdoor shopping is like visiting a swamp. I just wish we could bring back the old vintage stuff it’s so much better than the new in a lot of ways. Keep up the good work I love your videos!
Matchbox homie! It’s all about matchbox! I’m ;2, and I remember both matchbox and hot wheels. Hot wheels were cartoonish! Not realistic! Matchbox was realistic, and I loved them! I still remember gettting them!
*42
How do you get into the off-limits areas without Paul Blart catchin ya’!
This was a sister/twin mall to the Indiana mall (same benches, fountains, "MALL" signs and layout).... It's truly sad to see these places wiped out of existence...
Great video as always, Anthony. I like how you pay respect to what the mall once was by the silent walkthrough, but you have the words up so we know what we’re looking at.
I'm spending the weekend in Bradford PA right now. I may fly by this one while I'm in the area.
is it still there?
Label$hopper is like Gabe's or TJMaxx. It's not used.
i would love the kmart paper on the shelve and the mall directory sign
Idiots just have to take a beautiful vintage mall and turn it into complete garbage. They can't ever leave anything alone. "It's old, let's get rid of it and make it modern. Modern is better." Yes everyone loves the plain, stale, sterile modern look, where everything is white, all of the lights are ugly and recessed, the store fronts all look the same, nothing has any character and nothing is inviting. And everyone wants to have a mall that was once enclosed turned into an outdoor mall so they can melt in the summer and freeze in the winter while walking from store to store. These companies have no brains and they don't think.
Also, every store has to have exposed ceilings and polished concrete floors. It's so overdone.
Don't you know that modern and overdone is way better than old and in moderation. Sorry but I like low and some high covered ceilings and the old 70s brick floors way better than ugly concrete. Plus you don't slip and slide everywhere you walk.
Id frankly like to see all malls go away. And obviously people didn't want to go to this one anymore, hence the renovation. Doubt they'd be doing this for the hell of it. All malls are eye sores.
sparkplug1018 this mall died because WalMart came to town. There’s also been a decline in the population in the surrounding area. I’m from a nearby town.
I used to watched Supermarket Sweep. That's a great game show.
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5:45 OMG
I lived only 25 minutes from here in Johnsonburg PA
Redelopthewarrenmallproperty
As Dan Bell discovered, there's loads of mold in the scores of long-abandoned, water-damaged store spaces.
wolftickets1969 i was in there years ago
OT: NEECO candy company is closing it New England candy factory and declaring bankruptcy per Wall Street Journal.
George McGovern I’ve seen what kind of candy they made. Surprised it last as long as it did. There list of products is a list of every candy everyone I ever knew hated, including me. They made the candy that kids threw out on Halloween.
Yes, I know what you mean. I rarely ate their flagship 1800's recipe products.
Iworkedatponderosaithenintis
Very nice video Anthony. I’m not sure how far away you live from this mall but if its possible do you think you could live stream the malls demolition sometime in the future? :)
Ponderosahadmeatonthefloorthatiswhytheycloseddowniworkedthereintheninties
Yeah... Not sure if you actually had a chance to cover the old Parmatown Mall before they tore it down in favor of Shoppes of Parma yet or not...that was a huge deal, imho.
Amazing, yet sad. You know when they turn it into a bland stripmall they'll remove all the unique vintage aesthetics that make this place so cool.😫
NO NO NO sweaters have to have the print on them ALL the way around. I never understood sweaters that only have design on front then a plain stupid back on it.
Supermarket Sweep; OH WHAT A SHOW XD
K-Mart Cart!
What's happening to the mall?
What is name of song in beginning?
Styles McFly sounds like Feel It All Around by Washed Out
local mall as a child? are you from the northwest corner of the keystone state? i was born and grew up a bit in the greater erie area
Andy Kapsar from Jamestown originally
Ace's Adventures got a subscribe, a like, and a bell
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The Obama nation of desolation...
Very Dan Bell-ish... sorry bout it but he’s still the gold standard of Dead Malls...
how about respecting his work and not comparing him to someone similar? He's acknowledged Dan Bell Before and showed his appreciation for Dan's pioneering work in this genre, but honestly I subscribe to both and Ace put's out three times the content that Dan does right now, and alot of Dan's newer stuff is dirty hotel rooms, which isn't NEARLY as interesting as abandoned properties and dying malls! I don't know if you can even say Dan is the gold standard of dead malls considering he put's out as much content on dirty hotel rooms than he does malls! I still watch Dan's new mall posts, but Ace puts out alot more content!
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