DEAD MALL SERIES : The Vulnerable Marley Station Mall (Ft. Music by S U R F I N G from DEEP FANTASY)
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The house directly next to Ann's and in front of the mall... that's my grandparents house. Before the mall was built, that property use to be a farm, and back in the 1800s, a canal use to run through there. It's now known as Marley Creek. My mom and aunts and uncles all grew up on that property. Back while my parents were still dating (before the mall opened), the owners gave my family a first peak preview of the mall. My grandfather wasn't impressed, understandably, because the farm and house he grew up in once stood on those grounds. However, and perhaps a bit egotistically, I feel as though Marley Station is "MY" mall since it's built on my family's property and we still receive payments from the mall.
So cool. We used to always admire that house lol like 'I bet they wouldn't sell'
Daniel Moore old man Peabody owned all of it. He had this crazy idea, about breeding pinetrees.
Great scott!
That's like buying stock in a company and assuming you now own the entire company. xD
You do, if you own 51% of all stocks.
Anyone else love the neon lights, dangling lights, and lighted elevator?? Along with this FANTASTIC music, I feel like I'm back in '87!!
+YourHuckleberry I feel the same.
yeeeeeeessss! im a 19 year old from the mid 90s but, but oh do i love the 80s
+YourHuckleberry This is what I love to hear. Thank you.
YourHuckleberry I see those lights every Saturday
This mall is still hanging on, even with an entire wing of empty stores and all the good old stores are gone.
I love how this Mall looks it still has the 80 feel which is rare to see these days.
I love how you contrast with the mall and the 80s commercials. It really gives a sense of evolution and the changing economic landscape.
As a teen in the 1980s the mall was an exciting place where I'd see my friends in the food court. All the commercialism and spending was a reminder that America was great and strong. Now it's much different.
The three dislikes are from Macy's, Sears, and JC Penny's.
+ihatetaft LOLLL
+ihatetaft We even lost our Sears earlier this yr at 20th and Broadway in OK Land; I think it's gonna be an Uber headquarters now.
+ihatetaft And the other 14 dislikes are from Macy's, Sears, and JC Penny's associates.
Yep!
And bath and body works !
The pink triangles are definitely 80s.
I should say so. DEF TOTALLY 80z! 😎
part of me is like how did anyone genuinely find that aesthetically pleasing and the other part of me kind of gets it
It's a good 80s A E S T H E T I C
OMG I am dying because of this 1-900 crying thing that's the funniest thing I have seen all day.
+Jenni Case I can stop laughing about it! Hilarious!
what was playing on the other end?
The crying will only intensify when the callers see the bill. Longer they stay on, the bigger the bill meaning bigger sobs.
@@rockshot100 You can't stop laughing? You'll have to phone that number then. They will put a stop to that.
@@whatshisname3304 What the 2000s will really be
The Marley Station mall is now doing great they still have all four Anchors which are all not going to be on the closing lists and they have 100 tenants with a 2% vacancy rate meaning 98% are full and they were finally bought by a company that will keep up the mall.
Brett Warner Yeah but foot traffic isn’t too terribly great, much of the mall is “cheap” or “budget” kind of stuff.
This didn’t age well
I heard the Sears closed recently
What? Are you on drugs? This place is more empty than it was during this bideo
@@brandonkostinsky2373 Bare in mind, the comment was written 4 years ago.
There are striking architectural elements to the building that, although are completely stuck in the 80s, are so pristinely kept as to be as if one is traveling through a time capsule. The neon shapes, the sparkling dangles... neon tubing isn't cheap, it has to be hand-made. Although archaic-looking at this point and on its last legs, I still found aspects of it beautiful.
80s vaporwave goodness. A blast from the past. Due to covid more than half the stores closed and the mall now has an eerily liminal space aesthetic. Would love to see 80s malls never g we t updated.
I still see neon lights everywhere
4:57 Ahhh, the unmistakable"90s squiggle"
Have you ever seen a mall that went from dead...completely dead to thriving again?
Crossroads mall (now wonderland of the americas) in San Antonio, texas went from dead to completely dead to thriving!
+Steve Harpster (Harptoons) Kind of, there are two in the North Hills of Pittsburgh that came back.
North Hills Village started as a strip mall anchored by Gimbel's with many other smaller stores that you would find in an old main street shopping district. They then enclosed it in the late 70's by adding a row of smaller shops opposite the current ones. When strip malls came back into fashion and with the opening of a much larger traditional mall across the street they started to convert it back into a strip mall by taking out the hallway and moving the entrance doors to facing the parking lot. Its currently has a Best Buy at one end, a Kohl's at the other and a Target, Shop and Save, and Burlington's with a few smaller stores in between.
Just up the road is Northway Mall that also started as a strip mall but then added an enclosed mall in 1962 above it on the hillside just behind it. It was the first mall in PA. It was anchored by Hornes, Woolworth and Murphy's. They also sort of enclosed the walkway in front of the strip mall. As I write this they are demoing most of the mall and converting it into The Block Northway that will have fewer larger stores like Nordstrom Rack.
But I doubt most malls will ever come back as the malls we knew in the 80's. I think I had read that there hasn't been a major indoor mall built in the US for 10 years. The last one in the Pittsburgh area wa in 2001.
Our malls in NC are suffering, but the simple 1 story outlets that stretch around a parking lot are where people are going instead. I think it has something to do with choices. The stores that have opened in outlets are the stores that the malls have been lacking.
I remember a few malls form my childhood in the 70s that were open-air and completely dying as shops were empty and only a few were operating. After 1980 some of them were torn down for condos while others were converted into closed malls like these and they started to thrive with families and young teens. It was shoulder to shoulder traffic every weekend and they even had two video arcades. Fast forward to today and they're much less populated as shoppers have migrated to online shopping.
Lana Wana Actually, The Streets at Southpoint is thriving right now
OMG. Sunken seating areas! Typical seating for a late 70's/early 80's mall.
THE DEAD MALL SERIES Is The Fountain Of Youth,12mins of being a teenager again.Awsome
+bigadz75 Comment of the day!
yes.
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bigadz75 the mall isn't dead it was the time and the place of the mall he was in
Dan, your videos are so welcoming and comforting. I could be playing video games and just have some of your dead mall videos playing in the background and I felt absolutely comfortable.
+Damian Stachelski That's pretty much how I view them too.
I do the same thing when I'm playing Black ops 3. Lol. Especially with his urbex videos.
+Damian Stachelski really relaxing and enjoyable videos if I'm taking a break from gaming always nice to come and watch these :)
I';m Surfing in gmod , or playing Path of exile, in the other monitor watching dan.
Yes! I put on all of his videos when I just want to chill and relax. His voice is so soothing lol.
that intro was everything
I really love malls i hope they dont all die eventually...i have to say im guilty of shopping online but most the stuff i buy online are rare items but a mall has an expierence like no other. It's nostalgic for me.
Sue Ellen Davis i feel like Wal-Mart is also killing the malls
super speed3256 yea and thats weird because Wal- Mart's clothing sucks ass in quality. Mall shops always have better quality clothing. Everything else is yes available at Wal-mart or Target. Me personally i hate shopping in those big stores.
Sue Ellen Davis as much as I hate saying it but there is barely any malls left. and a decade ago they where everywhere. and i agree wali world and target's suck major ass when it comes to clothing and other uneeded things. i miss walking around malls it feel more welcoming
Sue Ellen Davis another thing is they put so much work into malls to make them look nice both Walmart and target just throw a random building down without caring about the looks. they would get more attention if they but effort into there buildings like the malls do
super speed3256 very true
On April Fools you should do a Dead Mall video inside Mall of America.
+Max Moser (aMAXproduction) #THEMAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLL
+Jesus Zamora You’re really onto something.
aMAX Animations YOUR HERE?!
I'm in a hotel a block away from that place right now for training! It's incredible!!
aMAX Animations
Mall of America might die too
I think the late 80's and most of the 90's were the best years America saw and will ever see.
+rbow84 you might say the same about the United Kingdom too - the world we knew was only ever going to get better, and I feel privileged to have grown up in those decades. I genuinely don't think that I'm looking at things through rose-tinted spectacles - as teens we lived through some very good times. Back in those days as long as you were reasonably well educated you could walk into almost any job - I certainly did. I worry for my niece and nephew who I suspect are entering a much less generous and pessimistic era - my nephew's a really bright and friendly kid, but he's been trying to get a Saturday job for ever with no success.
Hope died when Rabin was assassinated by Likud.
What a short term sort of thought.
I was born in 1990 and I am proud of it. I mean, it would have been cooler to have been born in the 80's so I could have lived my teen years in the 90's, but whatever. I remember up until the mid 2000's, malls use to be jam-packed with people and were the hottest place to go for teenagers. Now, they're just concrete husks in a sea of cracking asphalt parking lots.
The problem is that they overbuilt. America has much more retail space than it needs. These malls destroyed the small businesses (though Ann's survived). They looked like growth to the city planners, but it was a zero sum game. But they have no connection to the community, so they have no staying power. Building more malls within easy driving distance in hopes of even more growth just killed the previous generation of malls.
So glad I took the time to watch these. It's like stepping into a different world for a while. This is the kind of thing TH-cam was made for, and I would just as happily sit watching this as I would something on Netflix or on TV.
Surprised you know about S U R F I N G thats some grade A vaporwave
It's a great album. They were very kind to give me permission to use the music.
+Charles Garcia Jr. I'm 16 and watch his stuff
im 14 and i love dead malls + abandoned places tbh, ive been watching dan since i was 12
Charles Garcia Jr. I'm 13
I'm so obsessed with your videos. I was sick today and ended up watching almost all of them. So good!
+catherine144 Thanks, Catherine! Feel better!
This mall is so totally 80s. It reminds me of the mall I used to go to when I was a teen back in the 80s. Ah, the memories!
You should check out Lakeforest Mall in Gaithersburg, MD. This mall is practically identical to it in design and decor, down to the stores available, the light fixtures, trash cans and sculptures.
Oh god you're right.
wow you are spot on... even the elevator area where kids used to play in lakeforest... I wonder if it is same architect.
Never was there a time like the 80s and 90s and never will there be again.
This was the place to be for us Arthur Slade kids on half-day Fridays. I head out there every time I come back home just to see for my eyes that the place still exists. Though seeing that one whole corridor with no stores top or bottom is a real bummer. I'll miss this place when it's gone.
I love watching this series, but every time I watch it I feel heavily depressed for some reason.
Same. The more I watch the more gut-wrenchingly depressed I get but I love it and I can't stop.
It’s quite depressing for me, considering I go to this mall quite often. It is nothing more than a shell of its former self.
Me too! This is a hard series 2 take 😑
Everytime I stop in it feels closer to the end for this mall. That kills me because I remember my dad bringing me and my brother here in the 90's and we absolutely loved it. It was very lively and the stores were much better. It's so much nostalgia to walk in there even today. We just stopped in this weekend
I watch this chasing a time I cannot get back. 😢
this video gave me pangs of nostalgia from my early child hood. all the neon and the layout reminded me of the mall we had in my town and one of the ones we would go to when we visited my aunt in Texas in the late 80s and early 90s. I actually miss the neon and some of the layouts and designs from back then.
Man something about the music just adds such a nice feel to these videos !!
That music is tight. I love how you made it sound like the music was actually being played in the Mall. I think all dead malls should have this kind of music playing on repeat. So you walk in and all you hear is this kind of music.
This is my favorite episode of the "Dead Mall" series I have seen so far. It is the one "mall" episode that not only holds the most personal meaning with the filmmaker, but with me as well. The sculpture that is featured is a great piece of contemporary art - In my own personal interpretation, it is the representation of two polar opposite ideologies forming a congruous fabric, whether it is intentional or not... and thus supports in parallel Dan's exposition of the dynamic between small businesses and large mall economics (shortly thereafter). Anyways I grew up in MD/Balt/Wash. metro area a lot of this stuff brings back REAL nostalgia to me. The feels from the aesthetics... it's all real. Thank you, Dan, thank you for making me feel like a hipster before my time.
Oh man! I used to hang out in Marley Station as a young teenager in the late 80's, early 90's, whenever my dad went to teach in MD. Thank you Marley Station for the memories and the formative influence. I remember Banana Republic, which I think had a jeep through the window. The whole optimistic, neon, experience was mind-blowing to a kid from the cynical, grey and depressed UK.
While Sears, Macy's and J.C. Penny are problematic for Marley Station, the real reason this mall has been dying is due to Westfield Annapolis, Columbia Mall and most importantly, Arundel Mills has killed it.
I'm one of it's few saviors - I hate driving into the city of eternal road construction (Annapolis), dislike parking at the Yuppie Mall (Columbia), and really dislike trying to find a parking spot at Arundel Mills (especially at Christmas). Plus I live within a ten minute drive of it. I can walk there.
I remember when Marley Station was first opened, was really supposed to be the newest "big deal" of the area, following after Golden Ring in the early/mid 70s and White Marsh in the early 80s. It's sad how these properties were allowed to decline. I know evolving consumer shopping habits are part of it, but in central MD anyway, I put quite a bit of blame on Simon Properties, who just sort of allowed Golden Ring and Marley Station to go to hell & bankruptcy. Many of us enjoyed our weekends at these places, meeting up with friends, heading to the movies, meeting for lunch and, yes of course, shopping when we could. The malls were a nice escape from the not so great home lives many of us had and were a great place to pick up an album or two as well.
Thanks for your channel and in particular, this series, Dan. BTW, every time I pass the headless gypsy house on the way to Metro Gallery, I think of you & that clip now. Keep up the great work :D
Watching these videos makes me feel grateful that my local mall is still doing good
I unironically love this place. I live near this mall and I’ve recently visited. I went book shopping at The Curmudgeon and went to see Sonic 2 with a friend in an otherwise empty theater.
Most shops have shut down but I remember getting beautiful wigs that I still use to this day from a beauty shop.
Honestly, I think once all the trendy vaporwave shit passes, Dan Bell's vids will stand the test of time. They capture a mood so singular and pure
Dead Malls has managed to enter Synthwave background music.
My life is slightly more complete.
Loved it! I love these mall videos, I don't know why I have such a fascination with them, and that crying hotline was straight up creepy lol
I love the POV in these videos, when you walk it has a very calming motion, almost like an early 2000's video game.
You do such a great job in your videos showing all the hype and excitement that was once associated with these malls during their peak of popularity, and then showing the stark contrast of emptiness and desolation that now accompanies these malls.
Well done.
Whew! I was transported for a moment there! Seventeen y/o...back seat, windows down, summertime. Music blasting, driving around and around and around...the mall. With about 2000 other teens doing the same thing!
Love your videos Dan, especially the Dead Mall series. Really enjoy your editing, pacing and sound and music choices (aesthetic? :) ). I grew up in the Glen Burnie area and feel a strange attachment to this mall. Connected to so many memories of my tumultuous teens and 20s. I went to Glen Burnie high school and my favorite memory is cutting out and hiding out in this mall. XD
Hung out at the Del Amo mall in Torrance CA in the 80's. Memories of a past era.
DEAD MALL SERIES: Product placement Heaven
Here we are in 2019 and shockingly Sears, Macys and JCPenny are all still alive at Marley Station!
The clock is ticking for them.
This was my mall, too! I'm 40 and grew up in Arnold, MD. I remember the glass elevator always reminded we of the "wonkivator" from Willy Wonka. And Anns Dairy has the best footlongs and shakes ever. Thanks for bringing the memories back Dan Bell!
The Boscov's and (current) Macy's buildings here are architecturally similar to ones at Owings Mills before that whole place was torn down. So sad. That's why I love this place. The aesthetics do it for me as well
I can't get my head around on how spencer's is still around!
We still have our Spencer's too. Not as successful as it used to be but still does decent business
Same! It's all just crap. Sex toys, inappropriate t shirts, pot leafs everywhere lol. It used to be a hoot back in high school, but now I'm just kinda like "wtf, go away Spenser's". Honestly I believe they should merge Hot Topic & Spenser's together & put them into a bigger space. Both those stores are horrible to try to walk through & have the same vibe.
I love Spencer's
Raidergeek34 I have only been to Spencer's once and that was during a club field trip back in high school. The girls I tagged along with decided to be brave and go in but we got a kick out of the inappropriate gift cards and one of the girls bought some kind of ring or piercing there.
I purchased a multicolored spinning light just for the hell of it. I'd turn off my bedroom light and light it up and it made me happy that others could see it from outside (though we always had so much company, they knew I wasn't doing anything inappropriate, lol). I'd turn it on and listen to my CD player and it made me feel kind of cool...a feeling I barely experienced during those years.
Admittedly, I don't hate the store but I can see how many would feel it's best with a younger audience that wants to be edgy.
I'm hooked on this series. So cool. Any idea what that mellow song playing is?
+Pablo Forero It’s on the album Deep Fantasy by S U R F I N G. The whole album is on TH-cam.
+This is Dan Bell. Excellent. much appreciated. Keep up the great work, I never knew I would enjoy watching mall videos so much.
+This is Dan Bell. you should go to the mall in Rehoboth it is completely dead accept for radio shack and Tuesday morning if you want to
busing/farming dude farmer dude I was just wondering yesterday if that mall was still open. Is it? I’m going to be over in that area soon. Let me know.
yeah it is barley dude it is in bad shape you should check it out thx
I grew up in Columbia, so not terribly far from your childhood. The Columbia Mall isn't as prolific as it was, but it's still full of businesses and customers. It's sad to see that malls, a major 80s thing and part of my childhood is going away. Wave them good bye just like pay phones
Dan, the music you pick for your Dead Mall videos is beyond perfect. It's just so... familiar. The kind of music I remember hearing in the car at night when I was a teeny little kid. Thanks for helping me keep my good memories alive.
I grew up near this mall and it was crowded every Friday and weekend for years. arundel mills and Annapolis mall killed this place
Arundel Mills is literally a tourist trap and Annapolis constantly updates itself every time I go
I've been to the store with the NRA sign in the front. The people who own the store actually live inside the store. There's a kitchen in the back and when I was in the store one of their kids came in from school and said "I'm home!" I even saw a half-eaten sandwich on a paper plate near some of the products they were selling.
You have to be kidding me?!
+This is Dan Bell. I'm not kidding. The store will probably go out of business soon, because they said their deliveries of Nascar diecast, which they have the most of, are no longer being delivered to them. And even if the store stays open, when the mall closes in presumably the next seven years, they're going to be left without a home. Really sad.
I've never been to this mall but that reminds me of a place I once saw where the whole family lived in a tiny market in the back with mattresses on the floor and a mini stove LOL. the toddler had a cardboard box with some blanket in it for his bed. for or america, it's so crazy! sad but crazy.
+Joey Altaner I would think most mall's would have prohibitions against living in your store. I know for office buildings there is usually a clause saying you can't live there 24/7.
Not true. They DO NOT live in the store AND I'm not sure who you talked to but their biggest source of income was NEVER selling NASCAR diecast. Their main source is the slot car racing aspect of the store.
I love the little depressed sitting areas with the blue carpet. They look like mini swimming pools.
I spent many weekends here back in the day. So sad
"Sears is going to be a thing of the past probably in the next five years." Marley Station Sears closed five years, two weeks, and two days after this video was posted. (It probably should have closed much much sooner).
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The intro music is so awesome.. Just discovered the Dead Mall Series this week and been on a binge watching them all.. Thanks..
This was my mall when I lived in Maryland. My mom worked at the Payless before she passed away. Thanks for keeping the memories alive
I'm sorry, there was a hotline you could call up and cry?
+Chris Cancelliere Yeah I was thinking the same thing . But then again those was the 80-90s people had 900 to get off and 900 numbers to cry when they couldn't lol ..... Sorry I couldn't resist .
+Chris Cancelliere Maybe the lamentation line lady's pet rock died.
Sounds like a neat idea, if you ask me. Just cry your damn soul out to some asshat on the other end for $1 per minute!
+BikerBoyNJ Cheaper than psychotherapy by a long shot, yet w/a similar cathartic outcome. Pay someone to make you cry, or a machine to listen to it. Since crying is free, I guess what we're paying for is external validation of our sorrow. I'd forgotten about the 80's 900 number boom. It seems the more physically crowded humanity is, the more psychologically Isolated we become. Now we have Dr. Feelio's "Dr. on Demand" app! And TH-cam comments!
Another gem! Thanks for making this series. The vaporwave soundtracks are so apropos!
This mall is so aesthetically pleasing. Love the geometric shapes and neon lighting
FANTASTIC music choices. This is easily one of the most somber and interesting youtube series. Just great
You need to do another visit to Marley station, Dan. Just went there today and a lot has closed down. Sears finally closed. Sadness. Growing up in that area and seeing that mall just slowly die takes childhood memories. 😢
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your videos are astounding, mesmerizing, and mildly creepy at the same time. you're such a gifted director!! love watching your stuff, I hope you continue much longer
Dan Bell, im so glad you found passion again in your work. This series is amazing, you have such good art direction, music and editing and such. The history portion is informative, and well, just wow. I just love em.
damn this brings me back to my teen age years, every Friday after school I'd be here. it's crazy how all these malls shut down or are ghost towns. What has taken over now? where are people going to get their shoes and their clothes nowadays?
Arundel Mills and online shopping
Annapolis Mall and Arundel Mills are two of the largest malls in Maryland and they are only a 15 minute drive away from Marley Station. Also, the town closest to Marley (Glen Burnie) is built out and is going downhill, in 1987 when Marley opened GB was growing and on the upswing.
and columbia
I love Ann's Footlongs! My grandfather loves it too. I never knew you were from the area.
I can't express how much I absolutely love the intros and editing you do on these videos. Love this series so much!
Omg, the opening with Corey Heim (RIP) took me back to my teen years. It also reminded me of a time when it was perfectly normal and expected to have that perm with bangs. I certainly did circa 87-88. You kinda took it for granted, that the style was modern and wouldn't change. Ahh, the ignorance if youth.
Best intros ever. Love this series
what was with the crying thing? lady at the end freaked me out
+Patrick Marsh Me too she looked evilly happy
+Patrick Marsh She was actually in the 900 commercial in the beginning and I believe that Dan edited it into the 900-CRY commercial as a hilariously evil ending to that!! BWHAAAA!!!
+Patrick Marsh When it showed her, it made me LOL! haha
+Patrick Marsh Yeah, that bit took a sudden dark turn, lol.
lmao it made me laugh!!!
This mall is amazing! it's all the BEST parts of 80's style!
The echo of music really adds a creepy layer to these dead mall videos. Absolutely fantastic!
Love these! Was hoping for a new one soon! 👍
DEAD MALL SIRESE IS THE BEST! I love it!!!! Do more!
I went here last week and I fell in love with this place. All of the malls I've been to this is my all time favorite. I love the charm and the the 80s stuff around. I so love the neon ceiling lights. It's cool that the theater opened 3 days before I was born. This mall is amazing and a gorgeous sight. Kinda funny that in all 3 anchor stores the elevator going up was shut down and Christmas stuff still out lol. Thanks Dan for this video. The Curmudgeon was a cool book store that I visited like a Barnes and Noble or Borders except everything was mostly used. Cool fun vibes here man.
I only live 5 minutes away from that mall and my heart crenches up when I watch this vid. I love that place.
Nice shout out to Corey Haim!!
Christine Sixteen so true...
I remember people use to go to the mall to simply get some indoor walking in.
Hi Dan Bell, your works are so original and I love your style!!, my heartfelt appreciation to you, keep it up.
WOW, I Love the Dead Mall series. I takes me back. It's just sad all of the great malls are shutting down. I miss the 80's & 90's.Thank you Dan
LOVED the music as always.
2019 SEARS is now a thing of the past
Ok, this Mall is absolutely awesome! The neon and geometric designs and late 80’s pastel colours, oh myyy! I hope this mall can do well and survive, the aesthetics are stunning!
These dead mall videos are by far..... the best on TH-cam... I've ever seen.
I would say that architecture wise that this mall is probably the least offensive. Simple modern design that does not look dated, well maintained, no garish BS except for the desperation kiosks scattered everywhere. Malls originally did not have such unneeded clutter. Gumball machines, a true cry for help by a mall in its death throes. These final years of cheap gas mark the dusk of the mall era.
I'd say that the pink neon triangles throughout and the sunken concrete seating area below the escalator are pretty dated despite the upkeep.
+Divine Gaming lol exactly. what do gumball machines have to do with anything. they've been around since forever
Please fucking hope not, Woodfield and Westfield-Hawthorn malls in northeast Illinois are great and I don't want those to go under
Contrary to the rest of the country, NE Illinois strip malls are dying but indoor/hybrid malls are thriving (hybrid as in indoor and some outdoor portions cointained in the same mall)
+realimbored668
Woodfield always did well. It's Oakbrook mall we have to worry about, unless something happened the last five years.
+trainluvr Actually that neon lighting screams '80s.
Surfing is an amazing album.
So many great childhood memories. Christmas doorbusters at Hect's and JCPenney on Black Friday...My first "real job" at Chick-fil-A in the food court..shopping in the"husky" section at Sears...watching "Electronics Boutique" change names and relocate as "EB Games"..
I don’t know why but I’m obsessed with these dead mall videos, and I’ve never even been to the US
I worked at Chick Fil A there when it first opened in early 1991
It breaks my heart to see malls go up like this that was a staple of America that was United States of America letting other countries know but this is what we do here and now it's a thing of the past... And the sad music you got going on in the background don't make it more happier LOL
love these videos brings me back in time! thank you
Best video in the series by far and excellent music choice, Deep Fantasy is one of my favourite albums
My local mall seems to do well.
mmm
Both malls in my area were dying, but they both came back to life. East Gate was near death, came back, now is back to dying. It is sad. But North Gate is doing well for almost teetering near death during the recession in 2007/2008. I remember walking in there with my sister and we were going, "Oh my... wtf... where is everything?" Came back a year later for Christmas and BOOM! Like nothing ever happened.
Says "Have a bad feeling about this" as camera pans on character from Star Wars..now I realize how much of a nerd I am.
I love the lady with the ginger hair on the phone, that insane grin she’s giving. It’s like she has wished something bad to someone and just found out it’s come true.
Great job Dan as always. The music selection always brings me back to my teenage years at the mall.