Anderson Mall, Anderson, SC | Detailed history of a struggling mall. 

When you showed a shot of the mall in 1986 and said you wished you could have seen one when they looked like that, I felt a pang of sorrow for you. I'm a gen Xer who graduated in 1986 and I worked in a couple of different stores in my local mall around then. It really was a different time. You could meet your friends, hang out and get an Orange Julius. Play some games, etc. It was a time long gone and yes, lots of brown tile lol. Thanks for your great work. It's appreciated.

This was my happy place. I havent seen it in decades, and I will never see it in person again, but in this place I'll always be young and it will always be a Saturday. You made an old man cry with this one, sir, and Im very thankful for it.

This is my hometown mall…really nice memories of it from when I was a kid. There was a fountain there that I loved!

First off, I want to say thank you for this video. I worked at various stores in the Anderson Mall for a little over twenty years. It's nice to see someone document the place without trash talking it. Those walls hold countless stories that played themselves across my teenage years, twenties and thirties. Sometimes it's feels like I'm the only one who remembers, but this video makes me feel a little less like a ghost. You do us an honor.

I know how you feel. I was born in 1967, and I always felt like I had missed a lot of cool things since I wasn't alive in the 1950s and the first part of the 1960s, although I was very influenced by the 60s culture music-wise and otherwise. It is surprising to me that someone - you - yearns for a time when I was alive - the 70s, 80s, and 90s. I guess this thing happens to many of us.

It's a good thing there'll be good people who can help struggling malls like this get back on top.

I grew up in this area. Haywood Mall opened in Greenville in the early 80’s. None of the other area malls were the same after that. It was so much bigger than the others that it became the destination.

I remember this mall, from the '80s and '90s. I lived over in Georgia but my family and I went here to shop and hang out. I'm sad to see it's declined. But, with people having far less disposable income....

Nice vid!! I really enjoyed your narration of the history, and showing us the little Easter eggs around the mall. Neat stuff!!

I miss the planters and fountains that used to be in the malls. It introduced natural elements and gave you places to sit for a bit and talk with friends/family.

I'm glad you didn't call this property a dead mall in the video name. Seems people nowadays are willing to throw that term up very loosely even if a mall is still doing decently. I have been to the Anderson Mall a few times due to having relatives in the area- with my most recent visit being in May 2023. Having been to nearly 100 malls myself (Random Retail on Flickr), I'd still classify this a 'B' mall- for now. It still has the typical mall chain mid-tier brands you expect. Having small local businesses isn't necessarily a bad thing as long as they plan to operate long term. Kohan has a horrible track record of letting malls they own fall into disrepair, so chances are rather high though that this property could slip and perhaps even go into a freefall at some point. However, if the property has a good manager, it could hang on a little while longer.

Never been to that mall, but just looking at it makes me feel nostalgic.

Out of all our malls haywood mall is still thriving and going strong❤❤

Spent a lot of time here in high school. It was thriving then.

I remember when that mall was just the front wing between JCPenney and Dillards. Meyers/Arnold was where Dillards is now. The former Meyers/Arnold store became Uptons in the 90's and then a Belk Men's/Childrens store before it was torn down for Dillards.

Dragon Den was up front with original arcade

Malls are depressing now. Westgate Mall out in Spartanburg has been around my whole life, and while I was never a mall-goer I still have lots of memories because my grandmother worked at Gordon's, which is no longer a store there.

Thanks for giving us a look at a mall that I never would've seen had you not posted this video. Reminds me a bit of Merle Hay Mall here in Des Moines.

I did a video of this mall a couple weeks ago, u did a better job. It’s a nice mall my favorite in the state

It’s funny how the only stores I think actually make money are Books and million, Bath and body works, and hot topic. It’s the most random 3 stores that actually have some business. Also props to Jcpenny for sticking around.

It’s an absolute shame. We have become a lazy, online amazon shopping society with no public social skills.

Just a heads up, as more malls keep closing …. Traveling out of state to the ones that are left can be very time and money consuming. Please make sure to grab some other content (retail or roadside attractions) along your travels for your content backlog. You can work on editing all that great stuff when you burn out on malls.

Appreciate the narration of this video. Never heard of this mall as I am from California but it looked like it went through it's prime when malls were booming. Really enjoyed those photos you took near the end of the video which gave that liminal feel. Gave me nostalgia even if I never set foot in this mall. At least you took some videos/photos before any other major changes or demolishing happens. Hopefully they find a way to make use of the property without having to rid of it. Thanks for sharing!

Nice video, I live in the Netherlands and thought JCPenny was bankrupt for several years. Nice to see there are still some stores of JCP.

I miss Anderson Mall I went there alot, but once the arcade was gone it went downhill.

Great Documentary.

nice vid:)....ive been to this mall in my trips:)

Well-done! I'd love to see a similar video for Northwoods Mall in North Charleston, SC! It's still pretty busy at times, not quite dead, but I'd kill to see an early history of the mall I grew up with. :)

Great video! Again, you have a good tone for voiceovers. The video and images make it seem like the mall is well lit. Is it actually well lit or is your camera boosting the light? I still haven’t made it up to this mall, but should get there before Kohan totally ruins it.

Dude so glad I came across your channel. I’ve been wanting to get into this and you inspired me to actually do it. Great vids!

Appreciate this very well done video! Just subbed.

I've been to this mall before, and honestly it was never as bad as I thought it would be.

Awesome video bro!

Very very high quality man ❤

Great video and detail. Keep it up

Great Video!

Awesome video I moved to SC in 2015 and for the first year I lived in the Hudson Apartments right near that mall and remember going into that Sears along with the Kmart that was in Anderson before Kmart shut down.

Good content

Glad to see that the mall isn't in decline with a leaky roof or dirty floors I'll give slumlord Kohan that they keep the malls clean they also own the mall where I live The Crossroads mall in Kazoo MI. Good to see Anderson Mall doing alright with the national brands and some local mom & pop stores. I like the RU-vid videos that give the history of the malls that will be gone in the next decade or 2.

I’m surprised that more screens weren’t added for the theaters.

you should check out greenwood mall

Good work with this video bud, 🎉thanks!

I am from anderson sc, born and raised. Currently 26 years old. there used to be a gamestop inside the anderson mall.

Beautiful mall

You should check out westgate mall in Spartanburg sc!

If you’re ever in Fort Worth, Texas. We have another dead mall called the Ridgemar Mall.

More, please! I'd appreciate more info on the Things That Were Here. Like, what's that Asian-style peaked tile roof jutting out there? Chinese restaurant?

What can be done to bring Anderson Mall back to its former glory?

Social media killed the malls. People used to come together. Now people just log on together. I would gladly pay more to shop at a mall from the times of way back when.

It seems RU-vid is a little sensitive if you mention W-all S-treet in a comment. It mysteriously gets deleted.

Thank god i live in the state i do where we have successful businesses and repurpose old ones that people loved going to!! #upstatesouthcarolina

I really enjoy our Anderson mall I don’t get to go as much as id like whether that’s schedule or me just forgetting about it but yeah the book store is phenomenal I’d hate if it closed

In 2 more years the Anderson mall will be a hub for Damn Amazon delivery drivers 🎉🎉🎉🎉

Kohan? It's doomed...

I filmed my zombie film there in June of 2023

may i suggest Waterfront Dining as background music for mall videos. WallieB26 uses this group. it fits.

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