Landmark Mall Demolition, Part 1 (short)
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Part 1. Ceremony for the start of demolition of Landmark Mall in Alexandria, Virginia. Dignitaries pose with golden sledgehammers, and then a wrecking ball makes the symbolic first blows. (The wrecking ball gets back in the action in Part 4. • Landmark Mall Demoliti... )
Produced by John Z Wetmore, producer of "Perils For Pedestrians".
I loved the Landmark Shopping Center, then name changed to the Landmark Mall. I have been going to that mall since it opened in 1965 and I loved when they enclosed Landmark. The new renovated shopping mall was gorgeous. To this day, I cannot believe it failed. The mall was in a prime spot off Duke Street and 395. Major roads surrounded the mall, yet it failed. Was it a change in demographics, AMAZON or just too many shopping malls built all around it? Oh, well. Such a waste of a beautiful structure that still looked good, considering it had been closed for over five years. Goodbye, Landmark.
I could be wrong, but I think Landmark lost some of its' appeal once the original major department stores which served as anchors started closing down.
@@davedee7465, possibly. When Woodward & Lothrop went out of business, absolutely nothing to do with the Landmark Mall, JC Penney moved into the Woodies space for five years. JC Penney pulled out because there was another JC Penney store only five miles from Landmark Mall, personally I loved JC Penney in Landmark. JC Penney used all three floors that Woodies occupied and it was a beautiful JCP. After JCP left, Lord & Taylor immediately moved in and only used two of the three floors in the Woodies building. Same goes for Hecht’s, Macy’s took over the Hecht’s space so that store never closed. Landmark Mall had all three anchor stores operating until about 2009, when L&T closed for good and no one ever moved back into that space. Landmark’s business was getting really bad before L&T left. I hated seeing the mall that I always shopped in, die. Many smaller businesses left before L&T pulled out. And of course, things just got worse for the mall. Now Landmark is demolished and that small plot of land is going to be redeveloped with a new Alexandria Hospital, townhouses and condos and of course, retail. Goodbye Landmark, hello West End Alexandria.
Can’t say I’ve ever seen a wrecking ball in use
I don't see them very often, but here are a few wrecking ball videos:
th-cam.com/play/PLpdpl8imBL0NWXqzxCQqToFj8aIvui2mg.html
I remember visiting this mall everyday because I was just a walk away me and my parents would always come here and my mom actually work at the chick fil a in there I loved how the food court was on the highest floor with cool platforms to eat on and it look so cool walking inside the mall
It’s always a sad sight to see malls get demolished. Once full of busy shoppers, then a pile of rubble.
Malls suck....
@@MrRusty-fm4gb Cleary you never grew up with them.
@@retroryan838 I did. I've been to many malls in my life and have worked in several when I was way younger. I still think they suck and are a huge waste of space. The only positive thing I can think of about malls is they are a 1 stop shop, park your car, go to the places you need to goto, have lunch or dinner and a movie and then leave. The only time I ever visit a mall is to watch a movie with family.
Landmark Mall was my go-to mall when I lived in Arlington...I remember when it was an open-air mall. And I also remember when it had a quirky little center called The Underground.
I really hope they moved onto a more efficient method of demolition after this photo op was done….
Tuff start. The landmark sign was hard to get down :)
Makes me wonder how many major malls their were in 2016 Vs. now as more and more close.
Wow. I was born in alex va. Oct 1958. In the 60s my mom and dad would take my sister and I shopping at landmark shopping center. In 1966 my dad bought our first big floor model color tv at landmark. He put up a roof antenna first. No cable tv no remote. Tv worked fine. I hope our endeavers for progress is good.
You can still see the owl sitting at the top of the sign.
This is sad.
I love abandoned malls.
*Don't destory them!*
Not Same
my stepdad used to take me to that mall scene 2015 I am sad that is gone forever into a shity hospital
That building was remarkably tough.
Back when stuff was ment to last!!😢
I love watching this!
me too😉
That's it...Could only break the solarium ? Those old buildings were super tough !
Mannnn I grew up with that mall and the old Springfield one before the renovation
We teens from the 1970's, 1980's and 1990's never would've thought the day would come when malls would go out of style. I come here to confess that I was a mall-rat at the Hickory Hollow Mall in Nashville/Antioch TN during the 90's..
I remember the old Landmark Center back in the 60s & 70s!!!
How old was this mall? What’s in its place, now?
I CAME IN LIKE A WRECKING BALL
I HAD THE SAME THOUGHTS 🤣
Once something is built, the clock starts ticking till the end. Its true with structures and businesses.
I wonder if it echoed inside the mall as the wrecking ball struck it.
A ball and crane for a structural steel building????????
They probably just brought it for the first day they do this alot then bring in the excavators
@@rhythmblackheart917 Maybe there‘s no longfront available?
In this case it was probably there just for the day for show. But wrecking balls can be used for steel -- hit the beams at the right place and you can pop the joints. Here is a wrecking ball on structural steel:
th-cam.com/video/lugVEwW1JpM/w-d-xo.html
@@JohnZWetmore Agreed. In downtown Columbia, MD, the wrecking company BERG had a similar Manitowoc 3900 crane with ball a few years ago working on a structural steel-framed office building. The crane operator struck beams at their bolted connections to columns for removal. Occasionally, a man in a manlift would use an oxyacetylene cutting torch to assist with the demolition. Crane and ball can be used for structural steel, but takes skill.
@@JohnZWetmore 2 completely different structures. I'm aware of what a ball can do as I own a couple myself and wreck 6 stories and lower. I'm sure it was there for the cameras as well.
Now thats the sort of job I want
Well, I hope they got the neon out at least.
This is so sad 😭
Did it have asbestos?
What a crap driver.
It's made of glass ffs.
Look on the bright side; a new hospital is going in it's place.
quality of construction known only during demolition
R.I.P.
0:23 Is it just me or does it look like there is a cat on top of the building????
With how it fell over it looks like it might have been one of those fake owls used to scare off birds. Thankfully it doesn't seem to be a cat!
after watching a previous video about this mall from the proper people after knowing the history about it the first hit on the sign really makes me sad
The first thing to ever be demolished on the mall is the A on the mall sign
amazon Killed the Malls
I remember buying a TV from Hecht's in this mall in 1995
This really is rare to see a wrecking ball taking down a 60 year old structure. I watched a college building I once had a couple of classes in get demolished in 2019. It was built in the early 70s. I asked my mom what the white stuff coming down was and she said that’s asbestos 😳 so I wouldn’t be surprised to know that the original structure of Landmark Mall had asbestos. But the demo I watch involved a crane with some kind of pointed steel part that would dig in and collapse the structure section by section.
It was probably insulation - styrofoam balls were pumped into the walls of some 70s buildings when they were almost completed. I’d hope the demo company would know there was asbestos in the building & remove it before demolition
This part of the mall was built in 1989 and opened in 1990. By then, asbestos was outlawed. I think the stuff falling out was insulation.
Crane with pointed steel part? Do you mean demolition shear on a high reach tracked platform?
@@PreservationEnthusiast I think that’s what it’s called? It was just poking the building apart and digging out the debris from what can remember.
@@jillthinksimabreakfasttaco4904 ok that just made me sad. That opened the year I was born >: asbestos def outlawed yep
How did it go out of business
Good question. The surrounding area is an expensive area. However I guess all that expensive real-estate didn't translate into more mall customers. I guess a combination of online shopping, high rent, and other factors caused its downfall....and when people are paying so much for housing they don't have much left over for shopping retail.
wrecking ball ruthlessly demolishes the mall
lol...Sounds like a novel
@@youknowkbbaby I agree with you a little. there is something like a novel. in general, a wrecking Ball is like death with a scythe for old buildings. wrecking ball he ruthlessly demolishes buildings, turning them into ruins
Is that the mall from the wonder woman movie?
Yes, it is. The mall closed in 2017, so it was available to be made over with a 1980s look when they filmed scenes for the movie there in 2018.
@@JohnZWetmorewhy didn’t they just repurpose the building and turn it into apartments for people to live
@@jmream2618exactly
Just the job I would like ...getting paid to destroy things!
Where is Part 2?
Part 2 hasn't been filmed yet. The 5 minutes of wrecking ball on the facade was just for a VIP ceremony. It will probably be next month before they start demolition in earnest with a fleet of excavators.
@@JohnZWetmore thanks, nothing moves quickly in this business.
Part 2: th-cam.com/video/c7SnUn1l0is/w-d-xo.html
@@JohnZWetmore Did they resume demoliton around that following June?
This driver seems hopeless. Why does he take so long to manoeuvre the crane between each strike?
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for tearing this master piece down you can all call yourselfs a dumb persons. what a waste of resourses.
This mall was beautiful in the 90s. It didn't even have a theater but it had that nice charm to it.
The wrecking Ball needs some derusting
If I was the crane operator, I would have taken down all the glass during the ceremony.
Nice purple crane
They probably washed it for the ceremony.
This is hard to watch
Just spotted this mall in Wonder Woman 1984 at 17:13
Made a bastard of that...
😢
I despise the cheering. It's so sad to see a mall go down.
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Epilepsi ooo
Very sad and depressing. Wonder what was inside. Too bad you couldn't save the good reusable things
These fools invited people to this nonsense.
The douglaston mall is going to be hoysibg assisted living nursing hone
Maybe instead of spending millions of dollars to demolish it and have wasted materials get send to landfills or burned which is terrible for the environment, just turn it into homeless shelters or some other purpose. Just an absolute waste. So sad too to see these buildings gone. Memories and fun were made here and no its all gone forever
No
Have a 🍻
The cheering is weird… there’s nothing to celebrate here
I hate that this investors and builders make it seem like they are doing something wonderful by building communities, shops, dining/restaurants but in reality they are taking something so valuable from the communities. I’m so sad that our new generation is not going to have these malls to hangout with their friends and family. Where do you take your young child in a hot summer day or a cold winter? Stinky indoor playgrounds? As a mom, I’m very frustrated that recently a Mall that was 3-4 miles from us closed down. What’s left around is Grocery stores, restaurants are never ending construction zones to build more apartments. After all, building apartments/townhomes bring them more money. Nowadays it’s all about money. Greed is never a good thing
What an absolute waste! You can't tell me they couldn't find a re purpose for that building. There are so many buildings being torn down in Va it seems. and here we are complaining about the environment.....
for real! It didnt seem to be in bad shape, why not re use it?
That building was probably full of lead piping and asbestos that had to be ripped out. Also building code changed dramatically since the 1970s
I’d say this portion of the building is actually quite architecturally important - a good example of Postmodern design. That part at least could’ve been incorporated into the new development - it’s not like there’s a shortage of land around it.
0:35 the cat probably had a heart attack
I think that was a fake owl, put there to keep birds off the sign.
@@constructionwatcher5381 Thank you, makes sense.
Godang
that was boring af