I used to work at this mall, Steve and Berrys.. around 20 years ago. I moved from Amelia and to Tampa 10 years ago. Sad to see its dying.. I havent been back in a long time.. kinda miss it. This place used to be PACKED... so many people would come to just hang out here. I remember the in ground seating and the fountains when i was kid. We would throw pennys in the fountains.. time flies.
Yes, and it used to smell great with The Great American Cookie Company, Gold Star Chili, Karmelkorn, Orange Julius, Cinnabon, and York's Choice there! At one point, there was a Friendly's too.
I worked at the Musicland in that mall somewhere around the 1994/1995 timeframe. During that time CD's were becoming more popular and cassette tapes were being phased out. Crazy to see the mall now vs. when it used to be filled with stores and packed with people.
The only mall that hasn’t went too downhill is Kenwood Mall. Everywhere else it is a ghost town. I remember in the early 2000’s going to a different mall every weekend and it being crowded. It sucks to see but that’s the way it is now. ❤ great video!
I grew up in the northern Cincinnati area. It's funny, because Eastgate Mall was probably the least popular mall back in the day, but now it is doing better than the rest (with the exception of Kenwood Mall, which has stayed relatively immune to mall decline for whatever reason).
@@sandbergmachineandtool6226 No.. I know what you’re trying to say, but no. This area is not bad. Crime has nothing to do with this mall failing. Bad management, the year 2020 ruined this mall.
@@slackingpacking all malls going out of business because people can get the items half price online, internet killed the malls... in this 90s this place was so crowded on the weekends then amazon and ebay happened
@@SuperBuickregal Currently our econ is great. This is just an evolving world. When I was young many stores were run out of storefronts in front of someone's home. Later came the grocery stores (as big as a 7 11 today). Then the super stores. Then the malls with their over crowed parking lots at holiday times. Now I just get most items delivered, even groceries. What's next?
I remember the mall from the 80s. Aladdin’s Castle Arcade, Murray Brothers, Willis Music, Water fountain features, Chess king, Orange Julius, Spencer’s, etc.
Went there yesterday, nice clean mall. Aside from the mall walkers, I was one of the few people actually shopping. If nothing else, its in way better shape than the Northgate mall.
I remember when the ONLY things in Eastgate were the mall, Showcase Cinema, and the Holiday Inn. Then Biggs was built (Jungle Jims now) and that started the boom.
Just to let you know Jeremy the Dillards at Boardman closed due to the other mall at Niles Ohio having a Dillards also, and as usual you did a great job of this Mall.🎉
the mall was a place i could always go to, to get a job, in my 20's. That was the 90's, when malls were still THE place to go. I miss Sears the most. I just saw an TV commercial featuring Sears, bringing everything back, about the place. Sears feels like a favored auntie who died unexpectedly. IDGAF that their check out process was long. That's called an 'experience' and it was a great thing, that modern people wonder why they're so narcisstic AND hostile towards strangers. They're like that because they do not engage in the small social customs of what once was a great concept for a society. If it were designed to house and support all the people, instead of exploiting them. Anyway. xo
i used to go here all the time when i was 5-12 years old, now I'm 17 and it's sad to see my local mall be so dead and unalive. When I was a kid it used to be so much more packed...
Most vivid memory of this mall is of a woman returning to her car, was abducted, SA'd, and ended a couple of years after the mall first opened. Had the whole city on edge for quite a while. It was quite a shock, as the area was generally considered low crime. The unfortunate woman was the first victim of a multi state crime spree that lasted quite a while. It everyone, especially women afraid to go shopping anywhere near the area. Several years later, even after the person was caught, many women that I worked with refused to go to that mall.
I am going to have to get out to Eastgate. Have not been there in years. Last time was pretty wild. This was about 10 years ago and there were armed police packing ARs outside! (The whole ISIS fiasco.)
@@picklle This was back when there were routine warnings that 'soft targets' could be attacked. Armed police were sent to stand around malls here like dumbasses. For at least a decade simply having a camera out could also get you in serious trouble. Not just 'asked to leave the mall' trouble.
Ever since this video, this mall has gotten severely worse and now only has 38 tenants left inside the mall not counting out parcels Here’s the list. Claire’s Give Like a Mother Hot Topic Dillard’s Clearance Center JCPenney Kohl’s Amazing Space Blackout Worldwide Dart Ops GlowGolf RLA Video Games TimeWarp Comics/Arcade DaSuki Pop Denno’s International Gifts NU Images River City Village Spencer’s Ana’s Eyebrows Place Bath & Body Works/White Barn GNC LA Nails LensCrafters Relaxation Touch Auntie Anne’s China Experience Gyro Express Luca Pizza de Roma Olive’s Desserts Yihi Japan Journeys Shoe Depot Encore Sneaker Talk Eutopia Cincinnati Vision Group Cincinnati Patio Co. Lobby’s Candles Discovery Zone Note: I’m not a bot and I just like typing long lists about these dead malls and I am just here to update anyone who is curious!😅
Yes, and since I posted this comment, there have been some changes with a few new stores coming in as well as a few closing, so I will update the list.
AFAIK the Kroger deal is that the mall is to be converted into an outdoor one-stop shopping space and apartments. Kroger is wanting to put one of their marketplace sized stores there.
today they officially had bulldoozers out there tearing this place down, im sad i met half of my girlfriends and most of my friends from this mall, good times, in the 90s this place was super crowded every weekend
If it weren't for people being too lazy to get off their butts and buying everything off amazon malls all across the country would be in much better condition. People just want to make jeff bezos richer and richer while everything else goes down the drain.
i would not call it being lazy can't blame people buying stuff for 50% cheaper online than it sells at malls, it's not lazy to save money it's more lazy to not research prices and go to the cheapest stores
I guess they could fill it up with illegal immigrants. There's 10 million more on the way up to the border right now, from 185 countries, mostly 3rd world like Somalia, and Sudan and Haiti.
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as much as i dont like the illegals storming usa this video is about a mall, get a hobby stop making political posts on non political videos, my goodness
I remember coming to this place with my dad as a kid on black Friday. You would have thought everyone was there
I used to work at this mall, Steve and Berrys.. around 20 years ago. I moved from Amelia and to Tampa 10 years ago. Sad to see its dying.. I havent been back in a long time.. kinda miss it. This place used to be PACKED... so many people would come to just hang out here. I remember the in ground seating and the fountains when i was kid. We would throw pennys in the fountains.. time flies.
Yes, and it used to smell great with The Great American Cookie Company, Gold Star Chili, Karmelkorn, Orange Julius, Cinnabon, and York's Choice there! At one point, there was a Friendly's too.
I worked at the Musicland in that mall somewhere around the 1994/1995 timeframe. During that time CD's were becoming more popular and cassette tapes were being phased out. Crazy to see the mall now vs. when it used to be filled with stores and packed with people.
It definitely has been dying for years now, but it’s not as bad as other malls close by.
The only mall that hasn’t went too downhill is Kenwood Mall. Everywhere else it is a ghost town. I remember in the early 2000’s going to a different mall every weekend and it being crowded. It sucks to see but that’s the way it is now. ❤ great video!
I grew up in the northern Cincinnati area. It's funny, because Eastgate Mall was probably the least popular mall back in the day, but now it is doing better than the rest (with the exception of Kenwood Mall, which has stayed relatively immune to mall decline for whatever reason).
In the 1980s and 90s that was THE place to go. It's hard to see it like that
I can’t believe how this mall went downhill fast. In 2019 it was thriving then the terrible 20s came around and it ruined a lot of malls.
Well there's another reason but nobody will say it.
I will! NEGROES
@@sandbergmachineandtool6226 No.. I know what you’re trying to say, but no. This area is not bad. Crime has nothing to do with this mall failing. Bad management, the year 2020 ruined this mall.
@@slackingpacking all malls going out of business because people can get the items half price online, internet killed the malls... in this 90s this place was so crowded on the weekends then amazon and ebay happened
@@getbrainseeds not all true, terrible management, high crime areas, ect is the reason why malls are dying.
I could've sworn I commented on your video already, but I was wrong. I apologize. Great video! Enjoyed the music choice as well!
Pretty nice mall! Let’s hope the Christmas season helps these malls a little!! Everyone go shop in person this year!!! 😊😊😊
I agree let’s hope that they don’t try and shut down our economy again due to some manufactured crisis.
@@SuperBuickregal Currently our econ is great. This is just an evolving world.
When I was young many stores were run out of storefronts in front of someone's home. Later came the grocery stores (as big as a 7 11 today). Then the super stores. Then the malls with their over crowed parking lots at holiday times. Now I just get most items delivered, even groceries. What's next?
I remember the mall from the 80s. Aladdin’s Castle Arcade, Murray Brothers, Willis Music, Water fountain features, Chess king, Orange Julius, Spencer’s, etc.
I got my first real six string at Willis Music in Eastgate Mall!
@ I used to get my recorders there for elementary music class.
@@vermontmike9800 Willis Music has always been a great store for instruments and sheet music. They moved across the street to Eastgate South Drive.
Went there yesterday, nice clean mall. Aside from the mall walkers, I was one of the few people actually shopping. If nothing else, its in way better shape than the Northgate mall.
Before the late 90s/early 2000 renovation the ceilings had really cool blue glass skylights in hexagon shapes, very Star Wars.
Also, never forget Badboards - the skateboard shop
I remember when the ONLY things in Eastgate were the mall, Showcase Cinema, and the Holiday Inn. Then Biggs was built (Jungle Jims now) and that started the boom.
And Biggs was massive too, could just be my childhood perception, but I remember it being way bigger than a Walmart.
Just to let you know Jeremy the Dillards at Boardman closed due to the other mall at Niles Ohio having a Dillards also, and as usual you did a great job of this Mall.🎉
Thanks for the info!
the mall was a place i could always go to, to get a job, in my 20's. That was the 90's, when malls were still THE place to go. I miss Sears the most. I just saw an TV commercial featuring Sears, bringing everything back, about the place. Sears feels like a favored auntie who died unexpectedly. IDGAF that their check out process was long. That's called an 'experience' and it was a great thing, that modern people wonder why they're so narcisstic AND hostile towards strangers. They're like that because they do not engage in the small social customs of what once was a great concept for a society. If it were designed to house and support all the people, instead of exploiting them. Anyway. xo
Good video. Thanks.
Glad you liked it!
I was actually at the community feedback event, it sounds like it will become outdoor shopping.
i used to go here all the time when i was 5-12 years old, now I'm 17 and it's sad to see my local mall be so dead and unalive. When I was a kid it used to be so much more packed...
hey same i used to visit this mall when i was little. i'm 22. worked at stores in mall briefly a few times. it's normally dead.
Most vivid memory of this mall is of a woman returning to her car, was abducted, SA'd, and ended a couple of years after the mall first opened. Had the whole city on edge for quite a while. It was quite a shock, as the area was generally considered low crime. The unfortunate woman was the first victim of a multi state crime spree that lasted quite a while. It everyone, especially women afraid to go shopping anywhere near the area. Several years later, even after the person was caught, many women that I worked with refused to go to that mall.
Bro I’m literally at this mall right now wtf
I was just in this mall today but not sure I could really call it dead. It did seem to be in some distress with many vacant business
This was filmed in June so it could of had a small turnaround. I know they are getting more tenants.
I am going to have to get out to Eastgate. Have not been there in years. Last time was pretty wild. This was about 10 years ago and there were armed police packing ARs outside! (The whole ISIS fiasco.)
the what????
@@picklle This was back when there were routine warnings that 'soft targets' could be attacked. Armed police were sent to stand around malls here like dumbasses. For at least a decade simply having a camera out could also get you in serious trouble. Not just 'asked to leave the mall' trouble.
Ever since this video, this mall has gotten severely worse and now only has 38 tenants left inside the mall not counting out parcels
Here’s the list.
Claire’s
Give Like a Mother
Hot Topic
Dillard’s Clearance Center
JCPenney
Kohl’s
Amazing Space
Blackout Worldwide
Dart Ops
GlowGolf
RLA Video Games
TimeWarp Comics/Arcade
DaSuki Pop
Denno’s International Gifts
NU Images
River City Village
Spencer’s
Ana’s Eyebrows Place
Bath & Body Works/White Barn
GNC
LA Nails
LensCrafters
Relaxation Touch
Auntie Anne’s
China Experience
Gyro Express
Luca Pizza de Roma
Olive’s Desserts
Yihi Japan
Journeys
Shoe Depot Encore
Sneaker Talk
Eutopia
Cincinnati Vision Group
Cincinnati Patio Co.
Lobby’s Candles
Discovery Zone
Note: I’m not a bot and I just like typing long lists about these dead malls and I am just here to update anyone who is curious!😅
Rue 21 faced closures recently due to some insane company management so it’s gone, too.
Yes, and since I posted this comment, there have been some changes with a few new stores coming in as well as a few closing, so I will update the list.
AFAIK the Kroger deal is that the mall is to be converted into an outdoor one-stop shopping space and apartments. Kroger is wanting to put one of their marketplace sized stores there.
Remember when there were massage chairs down there by Dillard's? They were down right abusive!!
2nd this gave me a knot in my back for weeks using them chairs lol
@@getbrainseeds horrible!!
The mall is suing Kroger over them wanting to detach the Sears from the mall for the new Kroger store.
today they officially had bulldoozers out there tearing this place down, im sad i met half of my girlfriends and most of my friends from this mall, good times, in the 90s this place was super crowded every weekend
They are not tearing the mall down. They are only doing work to the former Sears.
Apparently they’re doing something with it
I would be here everyday if I lived there.
i used to be here daily all my friends worked here it used to be so crowded on weekends
If it weren't for people being too lazy to get off their butts and buying everything off amazon malls all across the country would be in much better condition.
People just want to make jeff bezos richer and richer while everything else goes down the drain.
Couldn't agree more
i would not call it being lazy can't blame people buying stuff for 50% cheaper online than it sells at malls, it's not lazy to save money it's more lazy to not research prices and go to the cheapest stores
I guess they could fill it up with illegal immigrants. There's 10 million more on the way up to the border right now, from 185 countries, mostly 3rd world like Somalia, and Sudan and Haiti.
Hi KB, it appears you have penned a very lovely Facebook wall post in a TH-cam comments section by mistake. Do be sure to wear your readers next time to prevent this from reoccurring, and call your grandchildren once in a while, as I'm sure they miss you dearly.
as much as i dont like the illegals storming usa this video is about a mall, get a hobby stop making political posts on non political videos, my goodness