I remember when this mall was built. It used to be really packed up until around 2000. What killed this mall was the local economy and then the internet completed killing iit off fast. This mall was the first to die off in the region. There used to be enough good paying jobs in the area until NAFTA was signed in 1994. Local factories started moving operations either to Mexico and Canada or outsourcing work. Just West of there is a large area of nurseries that employed locals. Those jobs were replaced with immigrants and migrant workers who dont spend money in the local area but send their money back to Mexico to support their families there. A good portion of those locals in that Ashtabula area were forced to drive roughly an hour away West to the Mentor/Cleveland area or to Erie, Pa for jobs that paid a living wage. So all of that played a big part in killing this mall off fast way before the other malls died. There was an awesome toy store there called Family Toy Warehouse and they were an original tenant. I think lasted until 2002ish. The last TGI Fridays that I can remember going to was at this mall too. I last went there about 5 years year ago to see a movie and it was super creepy walking in the mall at night because all of the closed up stores and no one in the mall.
I forgot to mention that the Radio Shack in the mall used to be located a little South of there in Jefferson, OH and moved there around 2017 or 18. The original radio shack in the mall closed around 2014 or 15.
When I was a kid my mom worked for Dillards Distribution center in north Ft Worth. Funny thing is even though she had a discount card we never shopped there. Said even with the card it was more expensive than we could afford. And yes that was a very cool fountain. Thanks for sharing.
I love me some mall videos, even if it is a dead mall. I especially loved the look inside RadioShack. So much nostalgia for me, having browsed/shopped at RadioShack often at the mall where I grew up. I can almost smell it. This RadioShack doesn't look too different from my childhood store. Also, I loved the use of Regina as the opening music. One of the overlooked artists of the 1980s. She only ever came out with one album in 1986 and had only one hit song ("Baby Love"). It's a shame she didn't have more success, as I quite like some of her songs.
AMC is closed now too. Ashtabula doesn't have any anything anymore. There's no movie theater now, the bowling alley burnt down, the skating rank closed. I think everyone just goes shopping at Walmart when they are board, lol. Anyway I have a lot of good memories of the mall. I spent a lot of time there as a teen, I also worked there and met my husband there. Now the only thing we go there to do is buy shoes.
Man, this mall closing down sure bums me out. I worked there early on as a construction electrician. Started out at J.C Penneys; was moved over to Dillards, as I had already worked on the Dillards in Mentor, Ohio (remodel). Had a lotta fun on this job; Mentor job, too. Damn shame these places are closing down. Heartbreaking.
I grew up in Ashtabula was a kid. Came here several times, used to love Aladdin's Castle. Seeing all of this makes me terribly sad. Reminds me of the world before technology really took over. Before everyone became slaves to devices..
Great to see there is still a Radio Shack somewhere. The Radio Shack in Breezewood Pa is around 2 years gone by now. What does “come play free videos” mean? Video games? Music videos? Or the sign maker is illiterate
When I was young, I bought all my electronics and small radio and other electronic parts there. The stereo and record player still work just fine, and probably anything else I had bought.
I thought the shots of Radio Shack were from several years ago when I saw the picture. A mall in Seminole, Fl had a RS, and it was the last store left in the mall before it was demolished. Drive by at night and the big parking lot for the mall was dark and the neon sign for RS was the only light, as it had an outside entrance. The rest of the mall was all empty and eventually the wrecking equipment arrived to cart if all away. The food court had noon hour dances for the old folks, and they came by the hundreds to dance and socialize, even though most of the food court was empty. Happy Days isn't there anymore.
Oh my gosh hon I died and went to heaven when I saw that old donkey Kong video in RadioShack I used to have the little handheld model until the landlord stole it when he emptied our townhouse out in 1997 so that brought back so many memories of my late hubby who absolutely loved #donkeyKong thanks so much for this great video and happy memories
I like the look of this mall. Kohan is going to kill this place off though. That Radio Shack is a blast from the past. Radio Shack doesn't have very mall mall locations left. We have one near me, but it is a very small store.
Wow this reminds me of our mall here in Michigan, Orchards Mall. It's weird to think back on what was there vs now. Almost nothing but a few locals trying to start up in a very creepy building now
McDonald's has closed probably all their mall locations and maybe the Walmart locations also. They want free standing restaurants with the drive through, which those locations didn't have. If you see any in a mall I'd be surprised. At Walmart they were replaced mostly by Subway.
@@iworkout6912 Yeah they have you are not wrong. this one is a free standing one on route 20 in saybrook ohio that has been left abandoned since 2004 i think.
Awesome video Walle! I can’t wait to see the American dream mall video as it has now gained some new tenants and lost some. I was going to try and get out to that mall this summer but unfortunately I can’t due to reasons so going to be great seeing an update on one of my favorite malls!
OK, that means that there were just 2 Malls in US that had a Super Kmart as an anchor (3:03). As Puerto Rico is (not a State yet, but) part of the US, there was a 165K sq. ft.* (> 15.3K sq. m.) Super Kmart (only one ever built outside of the 48 Contiguous US) at Las Catalinas Mall in Caguas, closed in January 31, 2019. * the store occupied roughly 1/3 of the space of the mall and it's finally after 3 years in the process of being reutilized mostly for an "entertainment center"
Big beautiful mall I ain’t seen no radio shack store open in a mall since the 90’s
At 9:53 - Look !! 📻 Shack !! Awesome 👌
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Wallie, I absolutely LOVE your mall videos! They are so good and so professional and informational and I learn a lot from them! Thank you!
I remember when this mall was built. It used to be really packed up until around 2000. What killed this mall was the local economy and then the internet completed killing iit off fast. This mall was the first to die off in the region. There used to be enough good paying jobs in the area until NAFTA was signed in 1994. Local factories started moving operations either to Mexico and Canada or outsourcing work. Just West of there is a large area of nurseries that employed locals. Those jobs were replaced with immigrants and migrant workers who dont spend money in the local area but send their money back to Mexico to support their families there. A good portion of those locals in that Ashtabula area were forced to drive roughly an hour away West to the Mentor/Cleveland area or to Erie, Pa for jobs that paid a living wage. So all of that played a big part in killing this mall off fast way before the other malls died. There was an awesome toy store there called Family Toy Warehouse and they were an original tenant. I think lasted until 2002ish. The last TGI Fridays that I can remember going to was at this mall too. I last went there about 5 years year ago to see a movie and it was super creepy walking in the mall at night because all of the closed up stores and no one in the mall.
I forgot to mention that the Radio Shack in the mall used to be located a little South of there in Jefferson, OH and moved there around 2017 or 18. The original radio shack in the mall closed around 2014 or 15.
When I was a kid my mom worked for Dillards Distribution center in north Ft Worth. Funny thing is even though she had a discount card we never shopped there. Said even with the card it was more expensive than we could afford.
And yes that was a very cool fountain. Thanks for sharing.
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Wallie B love this video your editing and music so on point. Your pretty damn good. love ya brotha
That is a really serene, peaceful and beautiful fountain! Peculiar to see in the middle of a dead mall, but very beautiful to look at!
I love me some mall videos, even if it is a dead mall. I especially loved the look inside RadioShack. So much nostalgia for me, having browsed/shopped at RadioShack often at the mall where I grew up. I can almost smell it. This RadioShack doesn't look too different from my childhood store.
Also, I loved the use of Regina as the opening music. One of the overlooked artists of the 1980s. She only ever came out with one album in 1986 and had only one hit song ("Baby Love"). It's a shame she didn't have more success, as I quite like some of her songs.
Another great video thanks for hard work on these videos one of the best you tube channels going
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Wow a Radio Shack! I miss them so much….!
Nice big JoAnne Fabrics store!
Cool video man
AMC is closed now too. Ashtabula doesn't have any anything anymore. There's no movie theater now, the bowling alley burnt down, the skating rank closed. I think everyone just goes shopping at Walmart when they are board, lol. Anyway I have a lot of good memories of the mall. I spent a lot of time there as a teen, I also worked there and met my husband there. Now the only thing we go there to do is buy shoes.
Pretty sure the theater is still there
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Man, this mall closing down sure bums me out. I worked there early on as a construction electrician. Started out at J.C Penneys; was moved over to Dillards, as I had already worked on the Dillards in Mentor, Ohio (remodel). Had a lotta fun on this job; Mentor job, too. Damn shame these places are closing down. Heartbreaking.
Which Dillard’s at Mentor? Men’s or women’s Dillard’s?
When that Radio Shack appeared I had to recheck the date of this video. 11:34
I grew up in Ashtabula was a kid. Came here several times, used to love Aladdin's Castle. Seeing all of this makes me terribly sad. Reminds me of the world before technology really took over. Before everyone became slaves to devices..
Nice looking mall. It’s sad to see it dying, but I’m glad there are still a few stores open to generate some traffic. Really well done video.
Great to see there is still a Radio Shack somewhere. The Radio Shack in Breezewood Pa is around 2 years gone by now. What does “come play free videos” mean? Video games? Music videos? Or the sign maker is illiterate
Wow radio shack, I haven’t seen a radio shack since 2010
Dam haven’t seen a RadioShack in a long time
Yeah that's really cool to see
When I was young, I bought all my electronics and small radio and other electronic parts there. The stereo and record player still work just fine, and probably anything else I had bought.
I'm surprised that there's a RadioShack in this mall that's still open.
I thought the shots of Radio Shack were from several years ago when I saw the picture. A mall in Seminole, Fl had a RS, and it was the last store left in the mall before it was demolished. Drive by at night and the big parking lot for the mall was dark and the neon sign for RS was the only light, as it had an outside entrance. The rest of the mall was all empty and eventually the wrecking equipment arrived to cart if all away. The food court had noon hour dances for the old folks, and they came by the hundreds to dance and socialize, even though most of the food court was empty. Happy Days isn't there anymore.
In One Abandoned building inside the mall there was an RadioShack sign inside
I love watching your videos
This needs a follow-up because AMC is closing down today.
You the best.
Oh my gosh hon I died and went to heaven when I saw that old donkey Kong video in RadioShack I used to have the little handheld model until the landlord stole it when he emptied our townhouse out in 1997 so that brought back so many memories of my late hubby who absolutely loved #donkeyKong thanks so much for this great video and happy memories
Very nice video
I did not know that Dillards got that far north
I like the look of this mall. Kohan is going to kill this place off though. That Radio Shack is a blast from the past. Radio Shack doesn't have very mall mall locations left. We have one near me, but it is a very small store.
Wow this reminds me of our mall here in Michigan, Orchards Mall. It's weird to think back on what was there vs now. Almost nothing but a few locals trying to start up in a very creepy building now
Seems to be a very cozy mall. :)
I love going here and walking around. you need to go see the old mcdonalds on 20 in saybrook that is abandoned
McDonald's has closed probably all their mall locations and maybe the Walmart locations also. They want free standing restaurants with the drive through, which those locations didn't have. If you see any in a mall I'd be surprised. At Walmart they were replaced mostly by Subway.
@@iworkout6912 Yeah they have you are not wrong. this one is a free standing one on route 20 in saybrook ohio that has been left abandoned since 2004 i think.
Awesome video Walle! I can’t wait to see the American dream mall video as it has now gained some new tenants and lost some. I was going to try and get out to that mall this summer but unfortunately I can’t due to reasons so going to be great seeing an update on one of my favorite malls!
I drove right by Ashtabula last week on the way to and from Erie. Didn’t know this was there or I would have stopped.
Love that fountain at the end of the video.
It was done by the local technical school teens learning a trade.
Cedar point is in sandusky. An hr or more from cleveland
Hi 👋 Wallieb26.
My family and I used to go on vacations at nearby Geneva-on-the-Lake when I was a kid, and it was long before the mall came into existence.
Great work Wallie keep up the awesome videos 👍😎
Hello Wallis I enjoy watching your mall videos I was also wondering if you could do a four seasons town center mall in Greensboro North Carolina?
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OK, that means that there were just 2 Malls in US that had a Super Kmart as an anchor (3:03).
As Puerto Rico is (not a State yet, but) part of the US, there was a 165K sq. ft.* (> 15.3K sq. m.) Super Kmart (only one ever built outside of the 48 Contiguous US) at Las Catalinas Mall in Caguas, closed in January 31, 2019.
* the store occupied roughly 1/3 of the space of the mall and it's finally after 3 years in the process of being reutilized mostly for an "entertainment center"
Hey! You were in our neck of the woods! Next time stop and say hi!
This is 10 minutes away from my house, you should have told me your here, I have 2 abandoned McDonald's and a bank I could have shown you
I dont live far From there when they do eventually close I wanna explore it
Sad to see this. It was booming in its early years. Loved going there and spending my hard earned money.
What about Sears... We were the first anchor store in 1992 and closed in 2012 just a couple months short of 20 years. ??
The original Donkey Kong arcade game aka Mario's debut.
Wallieb26, this mall still had a hospital for 30 years.
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Hopefully Target Or Meijer Can Take Over That Former Kmart
Same esthetics as mall of the bluffs that’s demolished
How is there still an open radio shack
I heard of one other RS open somewhere, and I forgot where it was. Maybe someone can tell us if they have a open RS near them.
I have summer house there