This video is awesome! I remember going down there on opening day in the '80's with my family. It was a BIG deal because it was the first major operating mall downtown in decades. It's an amazing structure, and I had no idea that that lower level space even existed. Such a loss for the city.
So sad to see the Galleria just sitting there....The first store in Cleveland selling those newfangled compact discs from Japan and West Germany was in the old Arcade, I think it was Mark's CDs if memory serves, bought my first batch of discs there even before I got a player, this was like mid-late 86 I think, and they were EXPENSIVE!, like 20-25 bucks each, since every one was an import. How times have changed. Left NE Ohio for 17 years and am back here now, crazy to see how some things stayed the same and how some things are so different. Great video, cheers.
Great video! Lifelong Clevelander here. I remember, in the 70's taking the RTA bus downtown with gramma and a cousin and going to the Cleveland Arcade and Kresge's. In the early 90's, a high school friend and I dressed up in suits and went downtown and ate lunch at the new Galleria food court pretending we were business men. Then in the early 2000's being a "real" professional and attending continuing legal education seminars at the Cleveland Bar Association. I worked downtown for around 20 years and loved discovering new places to eat lunch. My favorite was a little place called M.T. Tummy in the Cleveland Arcade. They had the best cheesesteak pitas! I work out of my house now and have been downtown only a couple times since Covid. I need to get down there again and walk around. Until I do, thanks for the video! From what you said in the video, sounds like you are from Buffalo? Cool, as my name suggests, my favorite place on the planet is Niagara Falls 🙂
Before The Galleria was built, that spot was the site of the HQ of The Cleveland Press, the city's afternoon newspaper, which after over 100 yrs, published its last edition in June 1982.
That burger king was literally 10 minutes from my house. Thank you for showing off my hometown in a positive light. Cleveland gets a bad rap. I love my little city. Thank you again!
Its sad to see such a beautiful mall basically empty ..Office tower very cool and then The Arcade amazing ..And to the lady who was asking you not to film . "Hey Karen thanks for chiming in but I didn't ring your bell..
I have lived in the Cleveland Area for the last 7 years, I'm from Hartford, CT Area, and I didn't even know this mall exists. I need to visit this place before it closes.
Come down to Spartanburg, SC soon! There’s one called WestGate Mall that’s getting close to dead since the pandemic. Bunch of stores closed down, including a couple of main ones. It got bought out by ‘New Owners’ a few months back, so there may be hope for it, but since then, a few Eateries left the coop (including a Chik-fil-a)…
Arcade was awesome where is the arcade to play videos LOL🤣. Cleveland looks like a nice city was a cool video of downtown. I wonder if those apartments will ever be built and I wonder when The YMCA will leave The Galleria surprised it's still open.
You’re right about Cleveland being an impressive city that have many beautiful architecture and designs. And exploring the city’s effort in preservation of these once glorious places of the past to visit and spend time at. Awesome exploring as usual. Keep it up Anthony!! 👍
As someone who was there in the mid-90's when it was busy (it was a convenient spot to get lunch between two places I had to deal with in Downtown) it is so strange seeing it so empty.
Are there though? Euclid Square, I think Severance Center, here in Akron both Chapel Hill and Rolling Acres, and of course the huge Randall Park, all gone. IIRC only Great Lakes in Mentor and Summit Mall here in Akron are still standing...maybe South Park Mall, but all of those are quite a ways from downtown. Times are definitely changing...
Such a 80s-90s gem. Very unique concept for sure. Still sad the Gardens Under the Glass shut down. Still sour 10 years later. Thanks for the great video Ace. Cheers from Cinncinati!
I like the glass roof.the floor looks really good for the most part.christopher reeves will always be Superman.this was quite the adventure.i would love to have a big fountain but i dont have the time for the upkeep.
Just out of the real estate meltdown and the 2013 news segment shows the enthusiasm they had about the Malls future. Apparently, it just never came together.
Another great video Anthony, since you have been doing Ohio there is gem of a small mall called the Shops at Worthington Place on the North side of Columbus 7227 N High St, Worthington, OH 43085. Has an operating fountain and 2 Restaurants plus an elevator, Keep em Rolling!
It's not pronounced Hall's. It's Hal-ees. The Cleveland Arcade was the first enclosed mall in the US. It's sad to see the state of The Galleria. Thank you for the tour!
Nice video! I keep wishing general business offices, dental offices, daycares, attorneys and so on would consider Mall locations. Skateboarding for kids, maybe single family low income housing in part of the building. Anything but a complete tear down.
If youre ever in louisiana, you should do northgate mall in lafayette la. Its off of i 10 and isnt in the best neighborhood [its on i 10]. The mall it self has very few businesses in it and is actually a decently large mall and actually had a montgomery wards before they proceeded to not exist.
What a happy hybrid. My wife and I met working at the same office in Columbus, but she's originally from Cleveland and I'm originally from WNY. She always moons over Cleveland architecture and how kinda "meh" that Columbus is by comparison. The only thing Columbus used to have going for it was that it was cleaner than both Buffalo AND Cleveland.
You need to do an update on signal hill mall before it’s all gone i don’t know if you saw wallies last vid on it but they already have started interior demolition and I would love for someone to get a video to see if any progress was made
Apparently the dillards at chesterfield mall that closed due to the water main break will finally reopen and will be a part of the new mall development
@Ace: Voorhees Town Center aka Echelon Mall update: Mall portion still closed since the fire in April and no word on a reopening of this very dead mall. Maybe demolition soon??
This video is awesome! I remember going down there on opening day in the '80's with my family. It was a BIG deal because it was the first major operating mall downtown in decades. It's an amazing structure, and I had no idea that that lower level space even existed. Such a loss for the city.
So sad to see the Galleria just sitting there....The first store in Cleveland selling those newfangled compact discs from Japan and West Germany was in the old Arcade, I think it was Mark's CDs if memory serves, bought my first batch of discs there even before I got a player, this was like mid-late 86 I think, and they were EXPENSIVE!, like 20-25 bucks each, since every one was an import. How times have changed. Left NE Ohio for 17 years and am back here now, crazy to see how some things stayed the same and how some things are so different. Great video, cheers.
Great video! Lifelong Clevelander here. I remember, in the 70's taking the RTA bus downtown with gramma and a cousin and going to the Cleveland Arcade and Kresge's. In the early 90's, a high school friend and I dressed up in suits and went downtown and ate lunch at the new Galleria food court pretending we were business men. Then in the early 2000's being a "real" professional and attending continuing legal education seminars at the Cleveland Bar Association. I worked downtown for around 20 years and loved discovering new places to eat lunch. My favorite was a little place called M.T. Tummy in the Cleveland Arcade. They had the best cheesesteak pitas! I work out of my house now and have been downtown only a couple times since Covid. I need to get down there again and walk around. Until I do, thanks for the video!
From what you said in the video, sounds like you are from Buffalo? Cool, as my name suggests, my favorite place on the planet is Niagara Falls 🙂
Before The Galleria was built, that spot was the site of the HQ of The Cleveland Press, the city's afternoon newspaper, which after over 100 yrs, published its last edition in June 1982.
Thanks for doing Ohio Anthony and Keep em Rolling!
Ty :)
That burger king was literally 10 minutes from my house. Thank you for showing off my hometown in a positive light. Cleveland gets a bad rap. I love my little city. Thank you again!
Its sad to see such a beautiful mall basically empty ..Office tower very cool and then The Arcade amazing ..And to the lady who was asking you not to film . "Hey Karen thanks for chiming in but I didn't ring your bell..
the reason she said not to film was there was a murder at that mall a few years ago. all over the news.
Galleria is beautiful in 80's style but it's cold. The other stops are great. Cleveland, support these treasures. Thanks Ace!
Our pleasure!
I have lived in the Cleveland Area for the last 7 years, I'm from Hartford, CT Area, and I didn't even know this mall exists. I need to visit this place before it closes.
Come down to Spartanburg, SC soon! There’s one called WestGate Mall that’s getting close to dead since the pandemic. Bunch of stores closed down, including a couple of main ones. It got bought out by ‘New Owners’ a few months back, so there may be hope for it, but since then, a few Eateries left the coop (including a Chik-fil-a)…
Arcade was awesome where is the arcade to play videos LOL🤣. Cleveland looks like a nice city was a cool video of downtown. I wonder if those apartments will ever be built and I wonder when The YMCA will leave The Galleria surprised it's still open.
My buddies and I ate here on a massive baseball road trip 20 plus years ago and it was thriving. It's so sad seing it this way
One of my favorite videos of yours by far! Made me want to hop in my car and go to Cleveland. 😄
Glad you enjoyed it!
You’re right about Cleveland being an impressive city that have many beautiful architecture and designs. And exploring the city’s effort in preservation of these once glorious places of the past to visit and spend time at. Awesome exploring as usual. Keep it up Anthony!! 👍
It really is!
wow so cool Malls in cleaveland ty for Video Ace's yall have a Good weekend
Thank you too
@@AcesAdventures1 ywwwww
Downtown malls were pretty cool. There was also the City Center in Columbus
WOW! The kingdom of Drew Carey sure has some fantastic malls. Cleveland is now on my list of cities to someday visit.
As someone who was there in the mid-90's when it was busy (it was a convenient spot to get lunch between two places I had to deal with in Downtown) it is so strange seeing it so empty.
The Arcade - Well worth a trip back to the CLE to see it decorated for Christmas. It'll take your breath away!
That arcade.... just wow.....
Gotta be mismanagement. Plenty of lovely successful malls nearby. Great location too
It sure is
Are there though? Euclid Square, I think Severance Center, here in Akron both Chapel Hill and Rolling Acres, and of course the huge Randall Park, all gone. IIRC only Great Lakes in Mentor and Summit Mall here in Akron are still standing...maybe South Park Mall, but all of those are quite a ways from downtown. Times are definitely changing...
Such a 80s-90s gem. Very unique concept for sure. Still sad the Gardens Under the Glass shut down. Still sour 10 years later. Thanks for the great video Ace. Cheers from Cinncinati!
Glad you enjoyed it
That Arcade at Cleveland is so cool. Even looking at the exterior entrances on Google Street View, it looks so grand. From 1890 I think?
Very old
Yes, you can tell once upon a time this was a busy thriving place
I like the glass roof.the floor looks really good for the most part.christopher reeves will always be Superman.this was quite the adventure.i would love to have a big fountain but i dont have the time for the upkeep.
Just out of the real estate meltdown and the 2013 news segment shows the enthusiasm they had about the Malls future. Apparently, it just never came together.
Hey Ace, great video and a fun pseudo urb-ex explore.
Ty ty
Another great video Anthony, since you have been doing Ohio there is gem of a small mall called the Shops at Worthington Place on the North side of Columbus 7227 N High St, Worthington, OH 43085.
Has an operating fountain and 2 Restaurants plus an elevator, Keep em Rolling!
It's not pronounced Hall's. It's Hal-ees. The Cleveland Arcade was the first enclosed mall in the US. It's sad to see the state of The Galleria. Thank you for the tour!
This is awesome and then you get caught by a guard and he just chill about you saying you got lost in there walking around the entire property.
0:24 (music starts playing)
Ghost of the mall that decided to sing along: oooooooooh yeah
Nice video! I keep wishing general business offices, dental offices, daycares, attorneys and so on would consider Mall locations. Skateboarding for kids, maybe single family low income housing in part of the building. Anything but a complete tear down.
Also: super great ending!
@@Barbara-li5ybty :)
NorthCCDogg or Doomie Grunt showed this before, beautiful place!
If youre ever in louisiana, you should do northgate mall in lafayette la. Its off of i 10 and isnt in the best neighborhood [its on i 10]. The mall it self has very few businesses in it and is actually a decently large mall and actually had a montgomery wards before they proceeded to not exist.
The arcade could be used as a set if they ever made a Bioshock movie
What a happy hybrid.
My wife and I met working at the same office in Columbus, but she's originally from Cleveland and I'm originally from WNY. She always moons over Cleveland architecture and how kinda "meh" that Columbus is by comparison. The only thing Columbus used to have going for it was that it was cleaner than both Buffalo AND Cleveland.
You need to do an update on signal hill mall before it’s all gone i don’t know if you saw wallies last vid on it but they already have started interior demolition and I would love for someone to get a video to see if any progress was made
Cool 😎 photo.
Apparently the dillards at chesterfield mall that closed due to the water main break will finally reopen and will be a part of the new mall development
Cleveland looks cool 😎
It is a great city
eerie view
What’s the Hungarian Museum in there? Know anything about that. One of the few places I’ve seen in there despite the YMCA
36:13 They apparently rule nothing. False advertisement.
The Department Store is pronounced: HAL ~ E
The Hall of the Mountain King! (LOL) Totally! Apartments coming "soon". Suuuuure they are.
Lmao right
Good job! 👍
Thanks!
Tower City next!!
The dept store was Halle's, pronounced _HAL ee_ (rhymes with valley) and actress Halle Berry, born in Cleveland, was named after it.
11 years later it's empty 😢😮
If I remember correctly they filmed scenes for Captain America: The Winter Soldier in that mall and there was also a Hard Rock Cafe there.
no that was tower city center, where both captain america and the averagers were filmed
@@timfrancis6774 I stand corrected
@@SpyderDan1985 i had pictures of when they filmed the first 1 but deleted them
@@timfrancis6774 cool
@Ace: Voorhees Town Center aka Echelon Mall update: Mall portion still closed since the fire in April and no word on a reopening of this very dead mall. Maybe demolition soon??
This looks like the mall from the movie “the day after tomorrow” when they fall through the glass on top when the glass breaks
at least the below ground parking 🅿 🅿 deck is being used.
I'ts gorgeous. What a shame. Cleveland was a player way back when.
And of course some nosey Karen going to approach and tell you not to video when the sign says you can.
Arcade was cooler than the mall
Awesome vifdeo
Thanks!
That mall "rebirth" worked out well : (
No aircon in dead/dying malls now a trend
Actress Halle Berry is from Cleveland and named Halle after the department store. True story. It’s pronounced Halle, rhymes with valley.
One more thing, thank you for the kind words about Cleveland. We’re not used to that here.
23:35 you may not be alone
Must be the mall ghost that was singing during 0:24
30:08 Sakura Chinese food??
Ummm
Should we know about the new movie yet? lol
where are the people,, looks like another Buffalo Ghost town..
Buffalo is not a ghost town, just down town
So are you and Sal dating?
that is sat that such a nice mall is dead :(
People don't want to hear it but online shopping is the thing nowadays. A computer you have the hole world at your finger tips.
I’d rather see the merchandise before I buy it.
Clean your lens.
It’s free content, cry more
@@AcesAdventures1 🤣
The only real drawback, and its a doozy, is that its in Cleveland
I meat honestly Cleveland is a great city, very impressive
So "mall" a dirty word now? Smh. Life at.... Smh. So stupid
Mall isn't in bad shape