it was Kings. I know I'm late to this party, I just found it. but that building was Kings department store. my mom worked there when it was Kings. Broke a lot of hearts when they closed that value city. .
And before this was a Value City it was a Kings Department store. My oldest sister worked here when it was Kings & then she went across the street to work at Joann Fabrics at the Plaza before becoming a Nurse. Damn after posting this, it made me realize as much as I hate to say this, I'm old. lol
I lived in Alliance, Ohio for 16 years and I remember going to Value City a lot when I was a kid. I can remember the layout of the store to this day. We used to go to the left front side of the store because that's where the toy section was and I remember buying WWF action figures there, the old LJN rubber figures.
I can see the beginnings of a beautiful friendship here. THen again you both can make friends with everyone you meet. You have the heart and kindness and child like spirit and honesty. Second time I watched this video after Manny Quacnao posted this video in the On the Rack Facebook group
Awesome find! Great collab video. The store itself reminds me of the smaller grocery stores of the 70's and 80s. All have the same history. Awesome thank you for shopping payless! Lol
The building looks decent for being abandoned since 2008 and was one of the last Value Citys to close This was also a Kings Department store and was built in 1968.
Great work on this! Classic 80's style dept store.. good memoires, sad to see them fade away :( Now go buy tose water proof boots for the abandoned pizza restaurant and mini golf!
Saw the Value City shopping cart just inside 2nd.set of doors a rare find.When economy tanked here in 06 Schottenstein family of Columbus,OH.suddenly closed the department stores apparently to save the furniture stores which in better times is more profitable.Strategy must've worked despite the home furnishings business tanking too during the Great Recession.📉💸Had the cash to tough it out throughout that and now are doing pretty good.BTW Brandon below⬇forgot to say I Love this video...💝Happy Valentine's day everybody.
You should get one of those ultralight filters if you can, using that will remove those pesky reflections allowing you to see crystal clear through the glass
Brandon McClain If the opportunity comes that you and I can meet, that would be awesome. If you'd like, if even love to have ya in a video or more and make a shout out to you for being one of my most loyal subscribers since the beginning!
I will never go anywhere I will always be here watching your videos you are the best and I mean that from my heart your channel is growing Leaps and Bounds just like I thought one day you will be the greatest TH-camr of all time. I knew that from the first video I seen of yours
Value City is a furniture store, but this one was a department store.Those Value City Department Stores are long gone, but the furniture stores still exist in many areas.
I'm not surprised this value city closed down, because there are way too many furniture stores on Alliance. I'm surprised most of them haven't gone down.
Holy shit, it's just a shitty ass Value City, hell, i've been in it multiple times when it was open. There's a fucking Pay-Less-Shoestore about 90 feet from the store. And just down the road, a shooting range. It''s as spooky as my underwear if I don't change it for 5 months. All of the ghosty spooky shit is Duck Hunt playing on an HDMI TV... OOH, 2 SPOOKS.
@@mitchmitchell1803 you may be a bit older than me. I bought my second grade Halloween costume from their before they closed. That was a short time before Murphy Mart turned into Ames and Hecks turned into Big Lots over by Sparkle grocery store behind the USA gas station across the street from Wally Armour.
They'd still be around if old man Schottenstein hadn't sold it to Retail Ventures in 2004. They buried the store by trying to compete with Kohls/Target and becoming a high-end/middle-high-end family store instead of the bargain basement welfare store they were good at being. Worked there for 12 years, I saw the sad decline starting in 2004 when they sent their managers a letter telling us they were going "california style". Yeah, that meant getting rid of 90% of the floor workers and trying to make more money by shipping more products. Guess how that worked?
The store has always been a "value city" it was originally built and opened as a value king sometime in the 70's. I'm not sure if value king was bought Value City, merged or simply a name change though.
I looked it up, this used to be a store called Kings. They went defunct in 1984.
I remember that
my hometown!!!! great video
it was Kings. I know I'm late to this party, I just found it. but that building was Kings department store. my mom worked there when it was Kings. Broke a lot of hearts when they closed that value city. .
UPDATE: It is demolished now.
0:05 found former clip on intro
And before this was a Value City it was a Kings Department store. My oldest sister worked here when it was Kings & then she went across the street to work at Joann Fabrics at the Plaza before becoming a Nurse. Damn after posting this, it made me realize as much as I hate to say this, I'm old. lol
Used to buy my school clothes there every year. My wife too.150-200$ could get you like 20 outfits. Nice clothes too. Good memories
This exact location in alliance ohio
wow I like how much your camera catches of the inside through the doors. Much lighter than mine. On mine that couch looks like a table lol
That Nate Guy On TH-cam LOL 😂😂😂
I think it opened in 1984 I worked there in the shoe department
I lived in Alliance, Ohio for 16 years and I remember going to Value City a lot when I was a kid. I can remember the layout of the store to this day. We used to go to the left front side of the store because that's where the toy section was and I remember buying WWF action figures there, the old LJN rubber figures.
They closed in 2008
I learned to drive stick shift in this parking lot. It was built in mid 1960's as a King's Department Store.
Me too!
It closed on 6/31/1998
I used to go shopping there with my mom in the 80's and 90's.
this was known as King's Department store in the late sixties until I left Alliance in 81
I can see the beginnings of a beautiful friendship here. THen again you both can make friends with everyone you meet. You have the heart and kindness and child like spirit and honesty. Second time I watched this video after Manny Quacnao posted this video in the On the Rack Facebook group
Was demolished in early 2021.
YAY! This was in my suggested videos today!!
Awesome find! Great collab video. The store itself reminds me of the smaller grocery stores of the 70's and 80s. All have the same history. Awesome thank you for shopping payless! Lol
The building looks decent for being abandoned since 2008 and was one of the last Value Citys to close This was also a Kings Department store and was built in 1968.
Great work on this! Classic 80's style dept store.. good memoires, sad to see them fade away :( Now go buy tose water proof boots for the abandoned pizza restaurant and mini golf!
*those
I miss the ValueCity that used to be in Orland Park IL...
Now it's a Meijer grocery store.
I hate Meijer.
megacide84 There used to be a Value City department store in Arnold Mo. that was originally a Grandpa Pigeons department store!!!!
R.I.P Payless.....
This was cool! Great work you two, thanks for another great video.
They demo'd this store not long ago. 😢
Saw the Value City shopping cart just inside 2nd.set of doors a rare find.When economy tanked here in 06 Schottenstein family of Columbus,OH.suddenly closed the department stores apparently to save the furniture stores which in better times is more profitable.Strategy must've worked despite the home furnishings business tanking too during the Great Recession.📉💸Had the cash to tough it out throughout that and now are doing pretty good.BTW Brandon below⬇forgot to say I Love this video...💝Happy Valentine's day everybody.
You should get one of those ultralight filters if you can, using that will remove those pesky reflections allowing you to see crystal clear through the glass
Heck yeah it seems like you're having a great time that's what I like to see. maybe someday we'll meet up I just wish I lived closer to you.
Brandon McClain If the opportunity comes that you and I can meet, that would be awesome. If you'd like, if even love to have ya in a video or more and make a shout out to you for being one of my most loyal subscribers since the beginning!
I will never go anywhere I will always be here watching your videos you are the best and I mean that from my heart your channel is growing Leaps and Bounds just like I thought one day you will be the greatest TH-camr of all time. I knew that from the first video I seen of yours
What was it (I never heard of Value City)
Coaster Fair furniture store
Value City is a furniture store, but this one was a department store.Those Value City Department Stores are long gone, but the furniture stores still exist in many areas.
I'm not surprised this value city closed down, because there are way too many furniture stores on Alliance. I'm surprised most of them haven't gone down.
ghoulatrocity this wasn’t a furniture store. There were 2 different kinds of value city stores.
I live here lol
This look like it could have been a Venture department store orginally!!!!
Nice filming guys!!! Gotta love Northeast Ohio weather. One day it could be raining the next it could be snowing.
Totally reminds me of an Ames! I agree with you
Reminds me of an old w.t grants dept STORE?
Donald Smith Grants?! Wow, I didn't think anybody remembered that old store...was just a toddler when the store "died"..
I will pick 1 of the commenters in The comments And I will subscribe to you wally
Very good video Wallie and mate came to help you out. I was on google to find about this value city department store, when see you TH-cam.
beautiful video. I like it :)
Holy shit, it's just a shitty ass Value City, hell, i've been in it multiple times when it was open. There's a fucking Pay-Less-Shoestore about 90 feet from the store. And just down the road, a shooting range. It''s as spooky as my underwear if I don't change it for 5 months. All of the ghosty spooky shit is Duck Hunt playing on an HDMI TV... OOH, 2 SPOOKS.
tu1785566 what are you blathering about?
Nice video, man!
Must be an old Payless! It doesn't seem to have the new logo
Nate and Wallie looks like brothers
Ikr
You're in my area and I used to shop at that Valu City!
Great job
You two have identical beards 😂
My mom used to shop there
Who remembers the name of this store, before it was Valu City?
King's Dept Store
@@mitchmitchell1803 I didn’t think anyone would remember.
@@ikereese2165 I worked at King's one summer when I was 16.
@@mitchmitchell1803 you may be a bit older than me. I bought my second grade Halloween costume from their before they closed. That was a short time before Murphy Mart turned into Ames and Hecks turned into Big Lots over by Sparkle grocery store behind the USA gas station across the street from Wally Armour.
@@ikereese2165 I'm probably older than just about everyone. Lol. Ames, Heck's and Sparkle take me back to better times.
New WallieB26 video trope: Wallie buys shoes at Payless because something happened to his.
They'd still be around if old man Schottenstein hadn't sold it to Retail Ventures in 2004. They buried the store by trying to compete with Kohls/Target and becoming a high-end/middle-high-end family store instead of the bargain basement welfare store they were good at being. Worked there for 12 years, I saw the sad decline starting in 2004 when they sent their managers a letter telling us they were going "california style". Yeah, that meant getting rid of 90% of the floor workers and trying to make more money by shipping more products. Guess how that worked?
Who's that big whale next to you?
that big whale is the reason Wallie even makes videos on youtube thank you
The 2 of u together are cool.
May have been a gee bee
You motivated me to shoot the abandoned businesses of Eaton Rapids thank you
The store has always been a "value city" it was originally built and opened as a value king sometime in the 70's. I'm not sure if value king was bought Value City, merged or simply a name change though.
Correction- it was King's Department Store not Value King and it was built in 1973
@@ericzink5246yep, I remember it
Twins!
Nate and Wallie
Cool :)
👍😎