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How can you not be in the sun for 7 years unless your a recluse????? You can’t avoid it unless all your shades are down too in the house even then it still comes through....
People don't rollerskate much? bro you should come to my town the rollerskating place is literally thriving, its like a main hub for majority of the people in the town
Or convert into the largest haunted house in the world. Actually, walking through an abandoned mall in the dead of night is scary enough, so no renovation required.
I went there when it first opened. Pittsburgh is a city that relies heavely on public transportation. The mills wouldn't allow bus stops on their property. It was damned from the start
I also don't get the hate. I never saw a prettier mall. I live down in middle Europe and we don't have such a fancy thing here. There are so many things there. Are many USA malls like this?
@@scdu Really, that was the last time that indoor malls were semi-relevant. Even when this opened, e-commerce was already starting to take off and people were increasingly starting to trend away from suburban-style shopping in favor of urban shopping strips, big boxes, and outdoor "lifestyle centers". This pandemic may sadly make this mall look like Century III not too far from now, another once great mall that fell on hard times, though at least Century III had nearly 20 good years before its rapid decline and has lots of fond memories for Gen Xers. At least Philadelphia Mills on the other side of the state isn't doing as bad, but even that isn't quite as busy as it was in its '00s heyday. Arundel and Potomac Mills near DC/Baltimore are holding up pretty good for now, and Live! Casino has helped in Arundel's case. But this sadly represents the Millennial generation's youth quickly fading away as the front end of that demo enters middle age.
A ghost 👻 town mall,I mean a galleria. Of what once was......wwwwooooooo!! 😮😮😮. 👻👻👻👻👻👻🙏🙏🙏🙏🎼🎶👍. A two MILLION dollar mistake of what was once a mall. That probably had been HUUUGGE! How huge was it? I've never been there. But I had wanted the other clip of it,and my God! it had been a major metropolitan mall. Once had been popular, legendary, mystical,and a wonderfully wonderful beautiful, unique of a mall. Once had been popular. Once had just about anything shoppers could ever think of. And its architecture had once been glamourous. Magnificent. Spectacular. Now? It's a former shadow of its former self.
You said this mall was built in 2005? That was right around the time that people were getting their homes foreclosed on and the disposable income was going away. Then came the big crash (too big to fail). I can understand why a lot of these storefronts were never rented.
@@jaldav The crash happened in 08, but the problems started around 2003-04. People who bought homes where they paid principal only loans for the first 5 years were finding it impossible to refinance once those finance charges or balloon payments started kicking in.
My Dirty Rat 1 you make a good point. and perhaps that contributed to the mall never taking off. The only counterpoint i would offer to that is that in this area (Pittsburgh) was not hit as hard as other parts of the country. I know that doesn't necessarily matter because the downturn did impact the economy of the entire country. This whole story of the mall is just so interesting to me.
Military Circle Mall has none of those left. Especially since Sears closed over 90% of its stores and sold all its brands to other companies. Macy's left LONG ago, and Penny's even longer. The closest thing they have to an Anchor is a Ross, unless you count the theater.
Sears closed in our mall..first it was Carson Pierre Scott, then Sears, Forever 21 is next..only a matter of time before JcPennys folds and Macy’s runs..followed by Dicks pulling out (pun intended) Then our mall will be another carcass in Hobart Indiana.
I am the Marine Corps recruiter who works in that joint, and yes, sometimes it's pretty eerie. At least it gives me a place to run laps when it rains. You also walked right by my office without saying hi.
I live about ten minutes from this mall and this video is no exaggeration. It's a shit hole. The movie theater is doing well. The restaurants on the outskirts of the mall are doing well. The mall is absolute shit though. It was a big deal when it opened. That checkered looking race place that is closed was supposed to be a go-kart track that was going to actually go outside and through the mall to attract people but some contractor or something fucked it up so it never even opened. So that checkered looking place at 9:24 which was supposed to be the go-kart place opened for about 4 months and used to sell RC cars. What a dump.
That's the point, all of the outside businesses are doing well on their own. There is literally no point to go into the mall if you can just go around the outside of it to get where you really want to go. I agree with you, building LT really was pointless, especially since malls were already declining a ton when it was built.
If you only live ten minutes from the Mills, then you must also agree that not even two years ago the mall was completely full; making all these closures all the more shocking right? (I live an hour and a half away and have been making the drive couple/few times a year why? because it was worth it!) wife and I were shocked in May as we hadn't been there in almost a year due and it looks like a ghost town comparatively. Also the petland tried to sell us a mixed breed dog for $1600. That's the real investigation that needs to be going on. That place is evil.
ive been there multiple times every year since 2013; I don't care how close you live I wouldn't have driven an hour and a half to go to a defunct mall. if it wasn't full it was 95% full.
@@KitKat0418 Especially a few years before the Recession. It looks like one of those Chinese ghost towns. Huge and shining, but almost completely empty.
I was just going to say that this is probably the most colourful mall I've ever seen in my life. Every mall is either shades of beige or back in the brown.
@@Alcofoamer I don't think he is referring to the colors or design but the atomsphere is generic and boring and that was the downfall of the mall that people don't realized. They didn't offer anything different from each other.
@@merlinthebikewizard4392 I think this mall really needed either a glass ceiling or an outside mall approach. I actually think the colors and design are nice, but they need more natural light. The artificial lights they have are lackluster and make everything so dreary.
I'd buy it. convert the stores to apartments. Use it as a huge gated "community" for senior citizens. like an old folks home, except they would have thier own homes and neighborhoods, all in doors and secured. it'd be great for them.
It's like a demonstration of a mall, like in museums, when they re-build certein topics for the audience. "And this is a mall right here, Ladies and Gentlemen!"
No joke. I live in Pittsburgh. It's insane how night and day this mall looks compared to Robinson Mall, a mall so giant and full that it's killing the other malls around it.
i've been there before i go there all the time especially as a child , they shut down way more stores over the three years this was posted . over covid the cinamark was shut down , the shoe store , the victoria secret , justice , and etc there's only claire's and book stores , three phone stores and the macy's open , and hot topic that i know of since i was last there . the whole food court was shut down and everything . we're supposed to be getting new stores opened . but the malls for sale and i'm hoping they don't shut it down. everyone jus rather's to go to the Monroeville Mall now because all of their stores are open .
How did you forget that there’s literally a fracking rig set up behind the parking lot of this mall who’s waste water run off pools would ignite spontaneously.This mall is absolute hell.
This mall looks like it stole decor from a CRUISE SHIP mixed with old NICKELODEON STUDIOS. This mall wasn't sure when it was built if it should go with 90s decor or towards 2000s 😂😂😂
Neto S Mills, eh? I knew this looked a bit familiar. Used to go to one in St. Louis. It had an ice rink and go-karting. The go-karts eventually shut down, and who knows what happened to the ice rink. I wonder how it's doing today. Heard that nobody ever goes there anymore. Maybe Dan could check it out?
Jackson Kruse I really love the design of this mall actually. It saddens me to see it void of life though. Kinda like an empty cruise ship... It could be the most luxurious ocean liner in the world, but void of people it would crush your soul (mine atleast).
Jackson Kruse Nah, you just appreciate architecture more then those around you. We humans kinda like building shit if you couldn't tell :p It's pretty normal to to be bothered by a great work gone to waste because of that.
So in recent news, the Macy's and the near by Best Buy are closing, there were several arrests at the mall involving human trafficking, and a body was found in a car in the near by Walmart parking lot. Lovely place.
Leo Hopkins III thanks for the suggestion dude I appreciate it. Also I remember actually going there like maybe around 1 year ago-ish ,but maybe my memory is acting up.
Was about to say, this is basically already vapor foder, a e s t h e t i c isnt just restricted to things decades old, its for things lost to the past that dont have a future.
CiderDivider Just imagine that it's a slow time of a slow day, and crowds will be coming in later, and enjoy the soothing solitude before the crowds come. I've been to the local amusement park on a slow day and it was awesome! No waiting in line, and I could pick the spot I wanted to sit on the roller coaster. At least during the golden hour before all the crowds arrived!
this mall is actually atheistically pleasing, and it’s relatively large. honestly better than some of the bigger malls that are still booming like robinson mall near pittsburgh. i don’t understand why malls like this go out of business so fast, especially this one
Poor management and poor location. It's in the middle of nowhere, next to some of Pittsburgh's most economically depressed suburbs. Plus no public transportation goes to it.
@@mayavenuemisfit814 that's one of the conclusions I came to why they're doing so bad. I mean ross park mall is a relatively short drive north from downtown. Way closer than this place. If you live west of the city Robinsons probably the closest option. If you live south, it's south hills village, if you live east it's Monroeville. There are just so many options that are much closer than this. It gets less populated up in that area, and where there is more population density there are better options close by. I also see alot of people commenting on videos about this mall talking about refusing to put in buss stops. I didn't know anything about that, but that would also be a mark against it.
In 2005, the "90s" was just wearing off. 1999 was 6 years ago. The Nintendo Gamecube and PS2 have come out and are relatively fresh in people's minds. Some 90s shows were still aired. People still used TV that only had DD (Edit: SD, not "DD") and no HD support at all. The hipster/coffee shop style of stores didn't really pick up until early 2010s. That's when the 90s died (at least, technology wise with the advent of widespread smartphones and wifi everywhere, 1080p being the "standard", etc).
+Tyrone Newsom : Just a guess, but it may be because of the company that owned the mall, Mills Corporation. Almost all of their malls use this same design...and this theme was adopted sometime in the 90's. I know Katy Mills, which is the mall near where I live, has this same type of layout and that was opened in 1999.
Which makes you wonder... in 10 years time, what is going to replace the current minimalist pseudo-retro post-industrial hipster 'Smith & Wilkenson' A E S T H E T I C with it's Tolix barstools, Edison filament bulbs and all...?
In the last few months, Cinemark has announced they are permanently closing the movie theater and JC Penny's is now closing too leaving only Macy's and Dick's as the last anchor tenants left.
Chloe' Elizabeth I wonder what brainiac thought removing the food court would be a good idea. That’s usually one of the draws of any mall. They need MORE places to eat there, not fewer. Really sad.
See, Now I'm imagining a 90's kid with a backwards cap, running circles around the old, fat security guard like its old kids movie before running out the door into the sunset. Got that cool kids attitude (like classic sonic) that faded out after 1999. IDK y though, I was too young to remember anything pre 2002-ish. Maybe your comment just got my imagination flowing.
Agreed. I skipped it cause I thought it was some strange mistake. But when I heard the music, I understood but was still baffled at why he would feel the need to include that...
Basically the way I'd put it too, especially since I've seen him go to waaaay worse looking malls. I didn't even hate the look of the pace... it's just not a look I'd care to see at a mall. But hey, I'm no doctor.
@@jmholmes83 It was a closed auction. I don't know all the details but they weren't going to let anyone else in. But i had the same thought. However investing in this would be like buying a ticket for the titanic after it sank. This was supposed to be a huge tax revenue infusion to the area, and i bet that Frasier township is still looking to collect on this. But yes, it would have been funny to show up and bid $101
The bank owns the note, they would have just kept bidding until no one else bid or someone bid to a price they were willing to let them have the note for.
If I heard correctly, the bank already owned the mall after the owners foreclosed on their loan. The bit about the bank placing a $100 bid on their own property seems a bit weird and illegal, so it's likely a misquoted story. It wouldn't be legal in Australia, because that's artificially pushing up the price.
It's so different in Europe than in the USA. We don't live in a big city there's a mall close to us, open since 2004, it's always crowded not a single empty lot. There's a lot of activities and people love it because you always meet people you know, it's warm in winter and cool in summer. Everyone does online shopping in my country but we still like to shop too
I live in a smaller city and our mall is doing great. Now we do have one that completely declined due to violence but the other one is standing strong.
maybe its the states ? because in canada in our small town ( and i mean small ) the mall is THRIVING !!! people drive 3 hours to come to our mall and its been thriving since like 1990 and the town over has three malls and all three are huge like this and again still thriving
that's what I thought. he was talking about the "beautiful" art pieces and I was like "I agree!" until I realized he was joking... I think it's pretty. I like the aesthetic.
Yeah. I hate malls in general but this one has a nice design. And that climbing contraption isn't bad. My kids would have adored it. It just isn't enough to save the thing. Malls are on their way out.
dead malls trying to live is 100% my aesthetic. there's this one near me that's pretty old and is kind of on its way down and it's gotten to the point where it basically lets in any stores that want to set up shop there. it's strangely beautiful.
Everyone in the comments section: “this looks like (insert local Mills mall name here)!” Ummm y’all know the Mills corporation is a thing right? They designed one set of mall blueprints back in the 90’s and peddled them to cities all over the country.
Not necessarily, I mean I have seen malls who are actually very successful even after that year, perhaps it depends on many factors such as where it is located. One of these malls is connected to a train station. The other is very close to two different universities, and the other , not sure on how it got famous but I think it was because it was a huge mall, and it was "talk about" when it was recently made. There's still a good place to shop, and even hangout with friends. Based upon seeing this mall, I think it was not able to succeed because it seemed to not be in a well placed location where one can suspect potential customers, and also based upon the design, it seems rather "out of date" for its time. Perhaps it depends on where I live
Id say, the early-mid 2000s was the death of the indoor shopping mall...strip malls on the other hand are doing better than ever (were i live, mostly due to the population growth)
I hope that whoever the loan officer at Wells Fargo who signed off on this $200 million disaster was fired and then legally set on fire. Who in their right mind would loan anyone one dime to build a shopping mall after the year 2000?
David Reynolds why would you set them on fire? that would risk spreading fire...Fucking slowly impale them with a stake...or use some other medival torture, that doesnt require a risk of catching shit unintentionally on fire
There's actually a mall not too far from this one, The Mall at Robinson, that opened in 2002. That mall was helped by the fact that it was plopped down in the middle of a major retail area, though. Its proximity to the Pittsburgh airport, also drew in a ton of hotel business. The area around the mall is still expanding, with a major retail development expansion opening nearby as recently as 2009.
Nebbys the only reason why anyone goes there is for the movie theater, but it's weird having memories of when it first opened and how busy it was and then getting to watch it slowly deteriorate to this point haha- all the stores were extremely overpriced too
it actually sucks a lot and will probably just make you depressed . where i live ( i live close enough to this mall to have visited it ) there are only two malls where middle class people can shop anymore . the mall closest to me only has TWO normal stores open : JC Pennys and Dicks , and then in a year once their lease is up the mall is closing . its really depressing honestly
There is a severe cognitive dissonance between the wacky po-mo design of the storefronts and the industrial, dim, Costco ceiling and it's just troubling
@@portal2kid No idea what this means, but I am seeing the same thing (YOUR posts) about this all over the comment section and you need to stop, it's annoying.
The Galleria has turned a lot of it's storefronts into Dance studios, Karate Studios, A Large Gym. The busiest store in the place is the New Dimensions Comics shop that hosts gaming during the week and weekend. Movie theater still does good business. They've made efforts to turn it around but there's still a lot of work to do.
you should start getting a meal or two at some of the food courts in these dying malls and critique it as apart of your review. I think that could be pretty interesting. Keep up the good work!
They should do what some other towns have done with old, dead mall space and lease half of it out to a community college. They often love the roominess and parking and can use it as a central campus and students love having a food court and movie theater and other things to do right by their classes. I've seen this in several other places and it seems like a win-win scenario to use half the space for something non-retail that bolsters the retail side of the equation.
University of Pittsburgh could lease it as a second campus and turn it into a STEM centered bio and tech research startup zone... They help students turn ideas into business or products, and the university gets increased research.
awesomotommy I was a teenager in the 80s and that mall layout, decor and music is definitely screaming 1984-86 and the bad aspects of the 80s at that. Whoever was the designer was stuck in the tasteless styles of the 80s.
They could have did a better job with the roof and ceiling. Add some glass and let more natural light inside. Because it felt like he was filming inside of a industrial warehouse.
I was working in Pittsburgh shortly after this mall opened, it was late in the year around Christmas. The mall was packed with people and shops. The check board place was supposed to be a NASCAR themed restaurant from what I was told. This place is actually huge in dimensions. I saw the drawback as it was too far from the city to draw major crowds and at the time nothing else out by it.
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"Bye Mom, I'm going to a quiet place to study."
"The library?"
"No, too rowdy. The mall."
Minerva Packulev go fuck your self this mall was a place I enjoyed when I was younger and I was once bustling with people
Sorry its just I grew up with this place and that joke is still funny I just over reacted
The Galería not the mall!!
Robo Chicken Malls are kinda dead now
Long as there is free wifi
i feel like the echoed music makes it just so much more depressing
Juverna Flood its just a soundtrack its not actually in the mall
Nothing says "empty" like the sound of cheap mall radios and absolutely nothing else.
I find it somewhat nostalgic and comforting
do you feel like it or does it?
look up mallsodt
Everything looks so shiny and new, yet so empty and depressing.
wherethefishlives like my life
@@theangryitalian7922 best comment
Don’t forget outdated... that’s what really does it
How can you not be in the sun for 7 years unless your a recluse????? You can’t avoid it unless all your shades are down too in the house even then it still comes through....
Like a typical suburb
3:35 that easter bunny waving made the mall million times depressing than before. I feel sad and cringed at the same time.
I felt sorry for that bored, lonely Easter Bunny.
I kinda want to give the bunny a hug after that, this whole place is just depressing.
at 3:15 he isn't alone :3
I know people don't rollerskate much anymore but i've always loved the idea of rollerskating in a empty mall that has marble floors XD
AzumaSailor good idea
Funnily enough, that's actually one of my recurring dreams: Rollerskating through a mall.
@@TheOneTrueAnswer Oh dang. Good or bad dream?
@@MilqyMilque Almost always a lot of fun. So, you might be onto something.
People don't rollerskate much? bro you should come to my town
the rollerskating place is literally thriving, its like a main hub for majority of the people in the town
I think someone should buy one of these malls and turn it into a laser tag arena. That'd be so sick.
Paintball or airsoft that would be cool
We had a paintball place in an empty section of a mall in my hometown.. it was pretty cool, but went the way of everything else in the mall
You could buy a piece of property and make a great laser tag arena for a tenth of what it would cost to buy this place.
Or convert into the largest haunted house in the world. Actually, walking through an abandoned mall in the dead of night is scary enough, so no renovation required.
They had laser tag there before. It was awesome looking on psychadelics, but it's gone now.
This mall looks like it was designed by Nickelodeon Studios.
Mr.Huggles thats what i was thinking
Mr.Huggles ... lol .. good comparison.
Mr.Huggles pffft pretty sure they have their work Cut out for them at the mall of America
galleria*
XD
I went there when it first opened. Pittsburgh is a city that relies heavely on public transportation. The mills wouldn't allow bus stops on their property. It was damned from the start
Yes exactly. Ross park mall has two buses that stop at the mall and they are doing quite well last I had checked.
@@jimberkey2894 Good point. I should take the T to South Hills, I've not been there in a long time and I'm curious of that mall now.
I used to visit when I was five and I got to visit like 8-9 years later...it was SO LIVELY IN 2013 too
@@jimberkey2894 still doing well, GAP closed though.
As a bus driver i approve this message.
Dude, you butchered that tanning commercial. lol I spit my drink out when I heard the eggs/bacon frying.
Agent 47 😂😭
I thought it was really creepy.
Dahmer murdered my sides to ashes.
Oh god it's horrifying
random ytp surprise me
dead malls are my aesthetic
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Am i one of the few people who actually thinks this mall is lovely? Its just really sad and depressing how empty and lifeless it is
I think it's gorgeous, but what would I know? The mall I live by sucks.
It's great! Hi fellow gachatuber
for 1993 maybe, it looks dated
Yeah it looks really clean compared to some other malls shown in this channel
I also don't get the hate. I never saw a prettier mall. I live down in middle Europe and we don't have such a fancy thing here. There are so many things there. Are many USA malls like this?
Am i the only who loves the aesthetic of this mall, just the colours and decorations just feel dream-like and childlike
It's so mid 00's
I agree. Mills made these malls so interesting instead of just building something super dull.
90s esque like childhood memories.
@@scdu Really, that was the last time that indoor malls were semi-relevant. Even when this opened, e-commerce was already starting to take off and people were increasingly starting to trend away from suburban-style shopping in favor of urban shopping strips, big boxes, and outdoor "lifestyle centers". This pandemic may sadly make this mall look like Century III not too far from now, another once great mall that fell on hard times, though at least Century III had nearly 20 good years before its rapid decline and has lots of fond memories for Gen Xers. At least Philadelphia Mills on the other side of the state isn't doing as bad, but even that isn't quite as busy as it was in its '00s heyday. Arundel and Potomac Mills near DC/Baltimore are holding up pretty good for now, and Live! Casino has helped in Arundel's case. But this sadly represents the Millennial generation's youth quickly fading away as the front end of that demo enters middle age.
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The arcade is the saddest thing I've ever seen.
Schuyler Dade at least it has Marvel vs Capcom 2 lol
And Hydro Thunder
@@SOBEKCrocodileGod that poor machine
the necroposts never end, do they?
Arus And you never shut up ?
I'm sorry but this doesn't belong in the dead mall series, it is a galleria
Ian Pritchard trust me, it is a mall. I have been there.
Ian Pritchard it is still a mall
Ian Pritchard it's a mall
A ghost 👻 town mall,I mean a galleria. Of what once was......wwwwooooooo!! 😮😮😮. 👻👻👻👻👻👻🙏🙏🙏🙏🎼🎶👍.
A two MILLION dollar mistake of what was once a mall.
That probably had been HUUUGGE!
How huge was it? I've never been there. But I had wanted the other clip of it,and my God! it had been a major metropolitan mall.
Once had been popular, legendary, mystical,and a wonderfully wonderful beautiful, unique of a mall.
Once had been popular. Once had just about anything shoppers could ever think of.
And its architecture had once been glamourous.
Magnificent. Spectacular.
Now? It's a former shadow of its former self.
Well that intro was unsettling af
Cassidy Kuba yeah dude I was half asleep not expecting it at all, part of me thinking I'm imagining it.
HAHAHAHAHAAA!
Cassidy Kuba yeah what was with that tanning into lol.
Cassidy Kuba why
the guy at 1:08 was pretty cute though
I just realized this is a perfect job for a introvert- no one bothers you, you get paid, there’s almost no one to bother. Perfect!
Only bad part about it is no ones hiring because they can barely afford to stay afloat
You said this mall was built in 2005? That was right around the time that people were getting their homes foreclosed on and the disposable income was going away. Then came the big crash (too big to fail). I can understand why a lot of these storefronts were never rented.
Three years early. That started in 2008.
@@jaldav The crash happened in 08, but the problems started around 2003-04. People who bought homes where they paid principal only loans for the first 5 years were finding it impossible to refinance once those finance charges or balloon payments started kicking in.
My Dirty Rat 1
you make a good point. and perhaps that contributed to the mall never taking off. The only counterpoint i would offer to that is that in this area (Pittsburgh) was not hit as hard as other parts of the country. I know that doesn't necessarily matter because the downturn did impact the economy of the entire country. This whole story of the mall is just so interesting to me.
How 2 get rich quick:
Step 1: Buy a mall for 100 bucks.
Step 2: Resell it for 200 bucks.
Step 3: PROFIT.
cyka blyat Step 3: ????
Step 4: profit
OOF
Lol
step 4 pay for all the property tax which would be in the millions go bankrupt.
Why does this whole mall look like it was designed in the sims
Liam McFarland not even the new Sims are this bad
Ikr?
omg
HyperionLord at least you can motherlode in the sims tho
Because it was
Macy's, SEARS, JCPenney are always be the last man standing
Military Circle Mall has none of those left. Especially since Sears closed over 90% of its stores and sold all its brands to other companies. Macy's left LONG ago, and Penny's even longer. The closest thing they have to an Anchor is a Ross, unless you count the theater.
Sears closed in our mall..first it was Carson Pierre Scott, then Sears, Forever 21 is next..only a matter of time before JcPennys folds and Macy’s runs..followed by Dicks pulling out (pun intended) Then our mall will be another carcass in Hobart Indiana.
Patrick Star our SEARS left a few years ago. now it's a hudsons bay company outlet
They cleared out the Macy’s at our mall before anything else
That’s because anchors have to pay so much to breach leases
"and here is the easter bunny, giving a thumbs up, most likely to a suicide pact"
LMAO
That one cracked me too! This was a very sad mall....I mean "galleria"!
Anthony Lazieh I fucking LOST it 🤣
Anthony Lazieh i never laugh so hard inmy life
Anthony Lazieh why would that cross his mind... That's what the mall does to its guest...or just being in P.A. will do it.
I would buy this place for $100 and make it my house.
i think for 100 you're buying the enormous 140million debt attached to a property, but i'm not sure
You may not like your first tax payment. Or the electric bill. Forget about heating or cooling it.
The Flip same
Actually no I would make it into homes for people
@@imjakepaul4497 that's wonderful
I am the Marine Corps recruiter who works in that joint, and yes, sometimes it's pretty eerie. At least it gives me a place to run laps when it rains.
You also walked right by my office without saying hi.
He was afraid you'd talk him into joining the Marines. Heehee😆
Is 34 too late to join?
@@CooterCoy The cut off for the Marine Corps is 28, due to the more difficult nature of our training pipeline. Other branches might take you though.
Why are military recruiters always in practically dead malls
@@CooterCoy Army Rangers - much, much harder than the Marines - cuts off at 35
You know it's all over when you see this man walking around your mall
he’s like the grim reaper of retail
Don’t judge me but this stuff is slightly aesthetically pleasing
Well more like nostalgia but do you understand what I’m saying?
Nora Cordes totally. That’s why we are here, friend.
Yaaas
i k n o w w h a t y o u a r e s a y i n g
i completely understand this one. its even more nostalgic when you grew up here & have fond memories of “going to the mall!”
i think i ll judge you.
I live about ten minutes from this mall and this video is no exaggeration. It's a shit hole. The movie theater is doing well. The restaurants on the outskirts of the mall are doing well. The mall is absolute shit though.
It was a big deal when it opened. That checkered looking race place that is closed was supposed to be a go-kart track that was going to actually go outside and through the mall to attract people but some contractor or something fucked it up so it never even opened. So that checkered looking place at 9:24 which was supposed to be the go-kart place opened for about 4 months and used to sell RC cars.
What a dump.
That's the point, all of the outside businesses are doing well on their own. There is literally no point to go into the mall if you can just go around the outside of it to get where you really want to go. I agree with you, building LT really was pointless, especially since malls were already declining a ton when it was built.
If you only live ten minutes from the Mills, then you must also agree that not even two years ago the mall was completely full; making all these closures all the more shocking right? (I live an hour and a half away and have been making the drive couple/few times a year why? because it was worth it!) wife and I were shocked in May as we hadn't been there in almost a year due and it looks like a ghost town comparatively. Also the petland tried to sell us a mixed breed dog for $1600. That's the real investigation that needs to be going on. That place is evil.
Christina Newcomer the mall was definitely not full two years ago. More stores maybe but I don't think the mills has ever been full.
ive been there multiple times every year since 2013; I don't care how close you live I wouldn't have driven an hour and a half to go to a defunct mall. if it wasn't full it was 95% full.
BitterPoetMadman
The entire US economy is fucking dead.
The developers just tried wayyyy too hard to bring up a mall during a time period where malls were on the decline - a terrible idea from the start.
Rian McDonald The economic crisis of 2007-2008 and the decline of malls really contributed to this.
supergoose how does that make someone and idiot
malls are still pretty good for teens. teens ( at least at my highschool ) go to our local malls every weekend for food and clothes
ITS A GALLERIA
supergoose Get a job at walmart
The floor is absolutely immaculate! Either the cleaner needs a promotion or it's barely been walked on...
It’s the second option lol
I'm having a daymare.
This feels like a place designed and built in the late 80s or 90s, not the early 2000s
If it was, it might've made a profit in it's life
I feel like if it had been built in the 80s/90s, it probably would’ve been successful. Late 2000s? Not so much
@@KitKat0418 Especially a few years before the Recession. It looks like one of those Chinese ghost towns. Huge and shining, but almost completely empty.
That's partly because of that super-lo-fi 80's music he plays in the background of all his videos. That's not playing in the mall
It has awful style.
this is what purgatory looks like
Goofy Goober the Empty Borders is the purgatory.
Why is this so true
there is no such thing as purgatory .... that is something the catholic church make up to make money...
Fuckkkkk
chazz LUCAS it was a joke...
Bland? I've never seen a mall with so much character and interesting designs
I was just going to say that this is probably the most colourful mall I've ever seen in my life. Every mall is either shades of beige or back in the brown.
@@Alcofoamer I don't think he is referring to the colors or design but the atomsphere is generic and boring and that was the downfall of the mall that people don't realized. They didn't offer anything different from each other.
Yeah it's more tacky than bland.
@Alcofoamer assume you’re a railfan also?
@@merlinthebikewizard4392 I think this mall really needed either a glass ceiling or an outside mall approach. I actually think the colors and design are nice, but they need more natural light. The artificial lights they have are lackluster and make everything so dreary.
I'd buy it. convert the stores to apartments. Use it as a huge gated "community" for senior citizens. like an old folks home, except they would have thier own homes and neighborhoods, all in doors and secured. it'd be great for them.
nice wide halls to accommodate the influx of hoverround traffic
Dracopet Exactly.
And the mall walkers would never have to leave the building to get their exercise!
And they can go on the sky trail!!!! :D
That would be nice. If you could make it affordable. One has to have a small fortune to move into Erickson or Asbury Methodist Village
Dan Bell: The Gordon Ramsay of abandoned malls
Mister Make-believe he's absolutely hilarious
No Ramsey without the F word in at least every second sentence.
15 minutes of just roasting a mall. I love it.
No no no it’s a “galleria” lol
And people are still butthurt about him being satirical about this mall.
Sure, it looks silly, but there are some things I like about it.
this is ytp levels of goodness
Gotcha Fam chill out triggered bitch
I’m the 1000th like..you’re welcome
I work here in the Macys and this mall is even more empty now than when you filmed this, lmao.
Do you guys get put on suicide watch when you get a jobe there
Jesus. How do you manage to stay awake through your shift lmao
Malls around my area are always packed. Whats the difference with this mall?
@@silversurfer8208 lol
idk bro working hourly with no customers sounds like the life to me
Inspired by Windows 95
oh please give them credit it's at least windows 98
Lol
I was just thinking: this mall... er, galleria doesn't look like 2005, more like 1995.
This mall is like the fictional idea of what a shopping mall is like
It's like a demonstration of a mall, like in museums, when they re-build certein topics for the audience. "And this is a mall right here, Ladies and Gentlemen!"
No joke. I live in Pittsburgh. It's insane how night and day this mall looks compared to Robinson Mall, a mall so giant and full that it's killing the other malls around it.
*AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, AT THIS TIME OF THE MONTH, AT THIS TIME OF THE DAY, LOCALIZED ENTIRELY IN YOUR KITCHEN?*
Add rust and some blood and you got Silent Hill 3
Yes!
As someone who hates people, this place looks awesome.
LMAOOOO
Movie Games I thought the same thing
Movie Games Precisely
ow the edge
Movie Games you cut me with your edge
Next thing you know it’s bought out by a spirit Halloween.
Only some stores have been bought out
Spirit does come here every season, so you're kinda right.
Wow. This is actually pretty sad.
Wow: totally cool name.
i actually think this mall is really pretty, it makes me sad how empty it is :(
i've been there before i go there all the time especially as a child , they shut down way more stores over the three years this was posted . over covid the cinamark was shut down , the shoe store , the victoria secret , justice , and etc there's only claire's and book stores , three phone stores and the macy's open , and hot topic that i know of since i was last there . the whole food court was shut down and everything . we're supposed to be getting new stores opened . but the malls for sale and i'm hoping they don't shut it down. everyone jus rather's to go to the Monroeville Mall now because all of their stores are open .
The music makes this video 100x more depressing
America Moreno haha I kinda like it I love this mall but it's so fucking big and huge
I absolutely love it as it gives off a unique retro feel to me.
I find it interesting that most all of these malls play bad Top 40 80's and 90' Easy Listening.
@@seththomas9105 He adds this shit in post. All of his videos have this same type of music.
He does it for ambience.
How did you forget that there’s literally a fracking rig set up behind the parking lot of this mall who’s waste water run off pools would ignite spontaneously.This mall is absolute hell.
Remember when that well was on fire for days? It was quite the show pulling into the mall.
😦 wow
It was a terrible idea to decide to build a mall in 2005, at the end of the mall era
Go to Westfield in England. Mate, the Mall era isn’t over.
@@biancarobertson8728 so I would have to go to another country that is smaller than the state I live in...
Dan Reed I didn’t say YOU Had to. I just recommended it. Plus it’s only to prove a point.
Na, my mall is 48 years old and it still gets business
I've from NYC you should go to the malls their today...sooooo many people
Every time I watch this the "Tan Perfect" segment kills me. Every single time.
A ytp was not really what I was expecting when I clicked this video
TheNewNumberTw0 it looked so normal for me when I was high
why is this same guy necroposting?
Is it just me or like.. arent they a bunch of porn stars?
Jeffrey, why did you have to necropost?
This mall looks like it stole decor from a CRUISE SHIP mixed with old NICKELODEON STUDIOS. This mall wasn't sure when it was built if it should go with 90s decor or towards 2000s 😂😂😂
You totally hit it! I myself was thinking Golden Girls set explosion...
OMG.....dude you hit it DEAD ON......dammmm!
Tommy Siro That's what was so cutting edge about the design, it was a mix of both 😂
well said Tommy well said. lol
Tommy Siro lol you mean the Grapevine Mall in Texas???
5 kids that trampoline is doing better than the whole Mall actually
They took out the skywalk thing at some point in the last year or two. Rip
The tacky 80s/90s maximalist style of this hulking beast just adds to the grotesqueness
beautiful in it's own sad way tho
These Mills Corporation malls are all so gross
Neto S Mills, eh? I knew this looked a bit familiar. Used to go to one in St. Louis. It had an ice rink and go-karting. The go-karts eventually shut down, and who knows what happened to the ice rink. I wonder how it's doing today. Heard that nobody ever goes there anymore. Maybe Dan could check it out?
Guywiththepie you mean the St. Louis galleria? It was still quite busy when I went to SLU 3 years ago. A little depressive, but not really dead.
Lucas Barbosa No, I'm talking about the Mills mall. The one that looks similar to this with its garish colors and wacky aesthetic.
Haha, Dan that tanning segment paired with the macabre editing; ace. Thanks for the laugh, hope all is well.
I never knew a building could make me feel depressed until I watched this
Jackson Kruse I really love the design of this mall actually. It saddens me to see it void of life though. Kinda like an empty cruise ship... It could be the most luxurious ocean liner in the world, but void of people it would crush your soul (mine atleast).
MrGOLDENSHOT25 I have more feelings for a mall then I do for people, I need help what the-
Jackson Kruse Nah, you just appreciate architecture more then those around you. We humans kinda like building shit if you couldn't tell :p It's pretty normal to to be bothered by a great work gone to waste because of that.
MrGOLDENSHOT25 very true-
such a waste
I had a similar feeling the last time I was at Kmart. It has been a long time, but even back then it was sad.
at 2005 youre so close to the market crash in 2008, that mall was screwed
So in recent news, the Macy's and the near by Best Buy are closing, there were several arrests at the mall involving human trafficking, and a body was found in a car in the near by Walmart parking lot. Lovely place.
Leo Hopkins III Honestly you’re not wrong
Leo Hopkins III thanks for the suggestion dude I appreciate it. Also I remember actually going there like maybe around 1 year ago-ish ,but maybe my memory is acting up.
Holy shit!!!
This is sad , I'm still surprised that this mall didn't close and abandon
Sivoris17 that’s so F#%KING Creepy!!!
In 15 years, this kind of blandness will probably be the new "A E S T H E T I C"
Rosalind Causey unfortunately it already is tbh
Was about to say, this is basically already vapor foder,
a e s t h e t i c isnt just restricted to things decades old, its for things lost to the past that dont have a future.
The space seems really pretty overall. The flooring and environments are quite nice but it gives me anxiety to see how empty and quiet it is.
CiderDivider
Just imagine that it's a slow time of a slow day, and crowds will be coming in later, and enjoy the soothing solitude before the crowds come. I've been to the local amusement park on a slow day and it was awesome! No waiting in line, and I could pick the spot I wanted to sit on the roller coaster. At least during the golden hour before all the crowds arrived!
Benjamin Lewis This isnt a slow day all, I used to go there for food and the movie theater with my family and it would always be deserted...
L o c a t i o n. Its in the middle of nowhere.
@@bandombeviews6035 Another excellent point. North and east of there the population gets pretty thin.
Philadelphia Mills is just like this but with open stores and people. Maybe come see it if you're ever in the area.
this mall is actually atheistically pleasing, and it’s relatively large. honestly better than some of the bigger malls that are still booming like robinson mall near pittsburgh. i don’t understand why malls like this go out of business so fast, especially this one
Don't call it a mall. It's a galleria.🍭❤
Poor management and poor location. It's in the middle of nowhere, next to some of Pittsburgh's most economically depressed suburbs. Plus no public transportation goes to it.
@@mayavenuemisfit814 that's one of the conclusions I came to why they're doing so bad. I mean ross park mall is a relatively short drive north from downtown. Way closer than this place. If you live west of the city Robinsons probably the closest option. If you live south, it's south hills village, if you live east it's Monroeville. There are just so many options that are much closer than this. It gets less populated up in that area, and where there is more population density there are better options close by. I also see alot of people commenting on videos about this mall talking about refusing to put in buss stops. I didn't know anything about that, but that would also be a mark against it.
How does a mall that opened in 2005 have such gaudy 80's - 90's kitschy design? I'm honestly confused by that.
Tyrone Newsom Nice profile picture
In 2005, the "90s" was just wearing off. 1999 was 6 years ago. The Nintendo Gamecube and PS2 have come out and are relatively fresh in people's minds. Some 90s shows were still aired. People still used TV that only had DD (Edit: SD, not "DD") and no HD support at all. The hipster/coffee shop style of stores didn't really pick up until early 2010s. That's when the 90s died (at least, technology wise with the advent of widespread smartphones and wifi everywhere, 1080p being the "standard", etc).
Jay G and not to mention it obviously had to be planned and designed quite a bit before it was built
+Tyrone Newsom : Just a guess, but it may be because of the company that owned the mall, Mills Corporation. Almost all of their malls use this same design...and this theme was adopted sometime in the 90's. I know Katy Mills, which is the mall near where I live, has this same type of layout and that was opened in 1999.
Which makes you wonder... in 10 years time, what is going to replace the current minimalist pseudo-retro post-industrial hipster 'Smith & Wilkenson' A E S T H E T I C with it's Tolix barstools, Edison filament bulbs and all...?
Jeffrey Dahmer looks incredible with his new tan.
Amazing to think he used to be an old woman.
Tan Perfect doesn't even work. I ate the whole bottle and I only got sick not tan. I want my money back!
No you guys you're not supposed to use it to masturbate or eat it. You're supposed to use it as glue. Geez you people are dumb! *shakes head*
you're supposed to sniff it, bro. duh.
nah uh your suppose to put it in your bum so you can fly
Jeff Mike That will give people butt rash.
*I didn’t experience it tho, obviously.....* *cough*
Uuh i use it as toothpaste
In the last few months, Cinemark has announced they are permanently closing the movie theater and JC Penny's is now closing too leaving only Macy's and Dick's as the last anchor tenants left.
The chicken place closed too?
Don't forget New Dimension Comics, which might as well be their main anchor store with how well they're doing, and how poor the others are.
The movie theatre changed hands, so they're still showing movies there... Although they closed down an entire wing.
If you find yourself in a bunny costume inside a dying, decaying mall, it's time to start questioning your life decisions. JS.
Work is work as long as your getting legit and legal money JS
@Sam Harris; I do love your great sense of humor. Sometimes people just don't get me.
good thought's has a point, I mean if the salary's good you're basically being payed to do nothing XD
man it must suck to be that bunny though, dressing up as a bunny in a scalding suit doing nothing for 8 hours
Fuck off Sam.
I’m going down a rabbit hole with these videos help-
samee
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Same wtf how did I get here
I should be sleeping right now. 🛌📱
once you are in, you are never getting out. sorry.
Zip lining at the mall????? I'd actually go to this mall. Hahaha
idkmyuser1 they just took it out along with the food court
It’s gone now
Chloe' Elizabeth I wonder what brainiac thought removing the food court would be a good idea. That’s usually one of the draws of any mall. They need MORE places to eat there, not fewer. Really sad.
When I was younger my friends and I would go there just for the ropes course then leave lol
Imagine cruising on a skateboard or rollerblades in an empty mall like this
See, Now I'm imagining a 90's kid with a backwards cap, running circles around the old, fat security guard like its old kids movie before running out the door into the sunset. Got that cool kids attitude (like classic sonic) that faded out after 1999. IDK y though, I was too young to remember anything pre 2002-ish. Maybe your comment just got my imagination flowing.
Wow that intro was way too fucked up for me
A sunless tan of that caliber is the devil's work indeed
Check out "Cinco Eye Tanning System"
Agreed. I skipped it cause I thought it was some strange mistake. But when I heard the music, I understood but was still baffled at why he would feel the need to include that...
Philibert the intro was funny af
A Rando Lol. Okay.
I'm gonna jokingly call this episode, "The One Where Dan Was Savage As Fuck." lol
That was inappropriate.
ReddRaeReviews For real lmao.
Basically the way I'd put it too, especially since I've seen him go to waaaay worse looking malls. I didn't even hate the look of the pace... it's just not a look I'd care to see at a mall. But hey, I'm no doctor.
This is epic comedy
It certainly is Dan at his most visceral.
This is the clinical depression of malls
I T S A G A L E R I A
Almost half the stores in this video are gone already,it's depressing.
Now the movie theater's leaving. The final nail in the coffin.
Brandon Ganss it already did and JCPenney is next
Dammit, I spilled my bottle of Tan Perfect and missed half the video!
Now everything around you but you is Tan Perfect
Okay not going to lie, that sky walk thing looks kind of fun.
It's not a lie
Sky Trail closed :(
Its gone now lol
destiny usa has one and its amazing, you go on a tight rope and look down and the malls beneath you. pretty sick
I went on the Skytrail once with my youngest son. It was pretty neat.
The bank bought the mall for 100 dollars lol
Dan said the auction was a formality, but I mean what happens if some rando just shows up with a crisp $100 bill?
@@jmholmes83 It was a closed auction. I don't know all the details but they weren't going to let anyone else in. But i had the same thought. However investing in this would be like buying a ticket for the titanic after it sank. This was supposed to be a huge tax revenue infusion to the area, and i bet that Frasier township is still looking to collect on this. But yes, it would have been funny to show up and bid $101
@@neonsigns6721 not fun. You would have won and got a mall for 101$ that is still 140 million dollars in debt to the bank.
The bank owns the note, they would have just kept bidding until no one else bid or someone bid to a price they were willing to let them have the note for.
If I heard correctly, the bank already owned the mall after the owners foreclosed on their loan. The bit about the bank placing a $100 bid on their own property seems a bit weird and illegal, so it's likely a misquoted story. It wouldn't be legal in Australia, because that's artificially pushing up the price.
This mall has this kinda oniric? Like place you wander in a dream, empty, dark and makes you wonder why it was abandoned
These videos of empty malls make me feel so uncomfortable
Jeanette Vasko weird movie stores went now malls . The thingss you grew up with and took for granted disappear.
Me fuckin too yo, it's like pure dread in the pit of your stomach
I think the only malls that can actually do well nowadays are ones in huge population centers and big cities. Anywhere else, nobody's interested.
It's so different in Europe than in the USA. We don't live in a big city there's a mall close to us, open since 2004, it's always crowded not a single empty lot. There's a lot of activities and people love it because you always meet people you know, it's warm in winter and cool in summer. Everyone does online shopping in my country but we still like to shop too
I live in a smaller city and our mall is doing great. Now we do have one that completely declined due to violence but the other one is standing strong.
maybe its the states ? because in canada in our small town ( and i mean small ) the mall is THRIVING !!! people drive 3 hours to come to our mall and its been thriving since like 1990 and the town over has three malls and all three are huge like this and again still thriving
your mom Yeah it really depends on the city and state. I live in California, LA area to be specific, and the malls here are doing well.
Nice taste in music cherrypit
The Windows Vista of malls
It came out around the same time the mall was built too lol
this is really the perfect description
Jeff Bezos’ love watching this with his mistress at night before he sleeps.
u mean boy toy from k b t
Interesting that the Sears closed. That's how you know it's REALLY bad. My mom wrote her masters thesis on the decline of Sears, back in 1995.
Do you have the thesis?
Taryn K that's actually really cool (as someone who minored in merchandising). if she still has it around you should post it online somewhere.
I'll ask her about it! If she still has it, I'll make a google doc 🤗
Taryn K Not just a Sears, it was a Sears Grand! But yeah, when Century 3's Sears closed, all I could think of is how do you loose a Sears?
interesting to read let us know
Well here I was sitting here thinking that this was the most beautiful and clean mall I’ve ever seen...guess it’s just me😂☠️
I didn't get it either. I mean yes there's no tenants or customers but I think the aesthetic is pretty nice and it looks very well kept.
that's what I thought. he was talking about the "beautiful" art pieces and I was like "I agree!" until I realized he was joking...
I think it's pretty. I like the aesthetic.
me too like the mall near me isn’t quite dead but it’s ugly af
The cleanest mall I ever experienced was the Dubai Mall, insanely clean.
Yeah. I hate malls in general but this one has a nice design. And that climbing contraption isn't bad. My kids would have adored it. It just isn't enough to save the thing. Malls are on their way out.
dead malls trying to live is 100% my aesthetic. there's this one near me that's pretty old and is kind of on its way down and it's gotten to the point where it basically lets in any stores that want to set up shop there. it's strangely beautiful.
Everyone in the comments section: “this looks like (insert local Mills mall name here)!” Ummm y’all know the Mills corporation is a thing right? They designed one set of mall blueprints back in the 90’s and peddled them to cities all over the country.
Jessa Phillips My city has an exact copy of this mall but it’s doing really well, in Canada.
I was wondering why they all looked the same and had the same layout. Thanks for the info.
Yes.I have seen quite a few identical malls in my travels
@Aimee Webber I'm not talking Mills malls but in Canada I have seen identical malls on different sides of the country
Ontario Mills in Ontario, CA and Concord Mills in Concord, NC are two I’ve been to. Took me ages to realize they were connected 😂
2005 was too late to make a new mall. Malls were at their peak in the 80s-90s.
Not necessarily, I mean I have seen malls who are actually very successful even after that year, perhaps it depends on many factors such as where it is located. One of these malls is connected to a train station. The other is very close to two different universities, and the other , not sure on how it got famous but I think it was because it was a huge mall, and it was "talk about" when it was recently made. There's still a good place to shop, and even hangout with friends. Based upon seeing this mall, I think it was not able to succeed because it seemed to not be in a well placed location where one can suspect potential customers, and also based upon the design, it seems rather "out of date" for its time. Perhaps it depends on where I live
Id say, the early-mid 2000s was the death of the indoor shopping mall...strip malls on the other hand are doing better than ever (were i live, mostly due to the population growth)
I hope that whoever the loan officer at Wells Fargo who signed off on this $200 million disaster was fired and then legally set on fire. Who in their right mind would loan anyone one dime to build a shopping mall after the year 2000?
David Reynolds why would you set them on fire? that would risk spreading fire...Fucking slowly impale them with a stake...or use some other medival torture, that doesnt require a risk of catching shit unintentionally on fire
There's actually a mall not too far from this one, The Mall at Robinson, that opened in 2002. That mall was helped by the fact that it was plopped down in the middle of a major retail area, though. Its proximity to the Pittsburgh airport, also drew in a ton of hotel business.
The area around the mall is still expanding, with a major retail development expansion opening nearby as recently as 2009.
"I guess no mall shooter would wanna be in there, there's nobody to shoot." -Mom
oof
why the hell did you necropost?
Montenegro Gaming you do realize you’re doing the exact same thing right? god you’re annoying.
This video is aesthetic af, I wish I could visit it.
btw, from your commentary alone I can tell you're a huge asswipe. cool vid anyway, wish you didn't talk.
Nebbys the only reason why anyone goes there is for the movie theater, but it's weird having memories of when it first opened and how busy it was and then getting to watch it slowly deteriorate to this point haha- all the stores were extremely overpriced too
Walking through it is really creepy actually, it feels like what I imagine purgatory would feel like
it actually sucks a lot and will probably just make you depressed . where i live ( i live close enough to this mall to have visited it ) there are only two malls where middle class people can shop anymore . the mall closest to me only has TWO normal stores open : JC Pennys and Dicks , and then in a year once their lease is up the mall is closing . its really depressing honestly
Vincenthbu you sound rly uppity tbqh. you should be lucky you _have_ malls, even if they're dying.
There is a severe cognitive dissonance between the wacky po-mo design of the storefronts and the industrial, dim, Costco ceiling and it's just troubling
is it just me or is this a beautiful mall??
Right? Slightly "busy" but for sure not ugly. In thought the sky park or whatever looked cool! 🤔🤷♀️
why are you necroposting?
What is necroposting? 👀 Lol
@@portal2kid No idea what this means, but I am seeing the same thing (YOUR posts) about this all over the comment section and you need to stop, it's annoying.
it is
The Galleria has turned a lot of it's storefronts into Dance studios, Karate Studios, A Large Gym. The busiest store in the place is the New Dimensions Comics shop that hosts gaming during the week and weekend. Movie theater still does good business. They've made efforts to turn it around but there's still a lot of work to do.
And a church, you can’t forget the church.
Thats somewhat good news. The place looks like such a gem
That sounds really GREAT. GREAT like a tiger. People who love the arts can turn anything around.🎨💃🕺🥋
My buddy runs that comic shop.
Thank God, that mall was my childhood
you should start getting a meal or two at some of the food courts in these dying malls and critique it as apart of your review. I think that could be pretty interesting. Keep up the good work!
Johnathan Woods Great idea!
Johnathan Woods bruh this Idea please everyone upvote this
YESSS
I imagine him critiquing the food like Gordon Ramsey!
YOU FORGOT THE LAMB *S A U C E!!!* xD
everyone up-vote this so Dan can see it
I must not be the only one who throughly enjoys re-watching these dead mall videos. It’s relaxing and interesting.
lmao that arcade
*PRIZE* *WIN* *TILT* *TURN*
*T* *R*
Imagine them converting this into a world wide music/art/film school just saying it’s a big property and that would probably make them bank too
Yes babe
That probably would be a good idea! The bones of a mall could be repurposed as a large school or university.
The local art school was a sham and failed. Rip
I want to say a lot of it was taken over by a community college though.
oh yeah fun fact austin community college actually did that with what used to be highland mall and they rlly turned it around
They should do what some other towns have done with old, dead mall space and lease half of it out to a community college. They often love the roominess and parking and can use it as a central campus and students love having a food court and movie theater and other things to do right by their classes. I've seen this in several other places and it seems like a win-win scenario to use half the space for something non-retail that bolsters the retail side of the equation.
Yeah, all that space would be nice for our firefighter, EMT, nursing, and physical therapy students.
University of Pittsburgh could lease it as a second campus and turn it into a STEM centered bio and tech research startup zone... They help students turn ideas into business or products, and the university gets increased research.
The music playing in the food court sounds like what you hear while on hold with the government 😂
Fun fact: The mall's freeway interchange with Route 28 cost $21,730,708.
Radio Citrus Podcast now we know where all the budget went lmao
How bad does your mall have to be for Taco Bell to abandon you?
2005?
Damn, the decor looks dated for 05. I'd have put it down at about 1995-2000
Maybe they thought "Wow, look at how good those guys did" but didn't realize _why_ it worked for the other people.
I'd have put it down at 1972, but then I am Italian, we have very high standards for design here.
Well, large portions of Italy WERE built in 1385...
awesomotommy I was a teenager in the 80s and that mall layout, decor and music is definitely screaming 1984-86 and the bad aspects of the 80s at that. Whoever was the designer was stuck in the tasteless styles of the 80s.
They could have did a better job with the roof and ceiling. Add some glass and let more natural light inside. Because it felt like he was filming inside of a industrial warehouse.
I was working in Pittsburgh shortly after this mall opened, it was late in the year around Christmas. The mall was packed with people and shops. The check board place was supposed to be a NASCAR themed restaurant from what I was told. This place is actually huge in dimensions. I saw the drawback as it was too far from the city to draw major crowds and at the time nothing else out by it.
That's eerie as fuck,looks like 3 quarters of mankind has died
BREAKING NEWS: Dan Bell hates fun.
No he just hates lies and pretending things are what they aren't.
Sometimes the truth hurts but then just go ahead and stick to CNN lulling you to sleep. Don't like this channel don't watch it! That's why there is a little *dislike* button. Weird huh?
This is a depressing site and the real walking dead. I mean, it would be just torturous to come to work every day.
Rudie Obias get paid to do nothing, hows that torture