This mall had a very slow death, started in the mid-late 90's and by 2002 it only had an outlet dillard's and a few hanger's on. Theft and the city becoming less safe had a lot to do with it.
I think it's crazy nobody can re-purpose these malls. You would think they would try to convert some of these spaces to medical suites, insurance offices, legal offices, loan outfits, low-end financial services, something. There must be at least some demand for office space.
Great Video. I love how you didn't put any music behind the video. The silence of the empty mall gives it a cool creepy factor. Thanks for making the video. Very cool
I worked in this mall for years. Afterthoughts, Deb Plus and BWear. The reason this mall went down the toilet was due to high thefts, gang activity, gang fights and rent on the stores. I knew when the anchor stores pulled out that was it. This was a beautiful and busy mall back in the 90's. So sad to see this.
IrishEyes 1916 - I remember visiting this mall in the late 90’s with a friend when the mall was in its early dying years and she shoplifted the hell out of the place in numerous stores. I didn’t even know she did it until we left. She prob lifted $200 worth of stuff. No security anywhere. I remember this mall being popular and booming
I have seen a lot of dead mall videos and this mall has to be the sadest of any of them. Hard to believe its still open. I always find it sad to see these malls waste away. Many of them are in good shape. A sign of the times i'm afraid.
BDBD16 can’t blame it all on Amazon. Sears, KMart, Sports Authority & many had issues that started long before Amazon even began making a profit. Neighborhoods cjhange, demographics change, styles change, technology changes. Mom & Pops can’t usually survive w/o an anchor. In many cases, Walmart’s hurt many of the big box retailers. There are so many reasons why this happens. When Westfield took over my mall in the late 90’s, early 00’s, the biggest complaint from the large & small retailers was how much they increased the rent, so many left after their leases were up. It almost died, but it was sold about 10 years ago, they changed the name back to what it used to be and now it’s thriving. We still have a Sears, JC Penney & Macy’s. We lost Nordstrom’s but an LA Fitness moved in shortly after. Cinetopia took over the old Melvyn’s that had been vacant forever. Lots of Mom & Pop as well as small box chains. But it’s also the only mall in our city.
Seeing videos like these makes me appreciate those malls that are still going strong. This also makes me want to visit my local malls and see how they are doing right now.
I live in the area and the mall has since been forced to close by the city due to "multiple safety violations." Did you see any glaringly obvious issues that might have been safety violations when you were there? All the tenants (churches) have been forced to relocate. The last time I was there was when the Dillards outlet was still open, which closed a few years ago. At that time, Dillards did not open in to the mall; you had to go in through the Dillards entrance. I, like others, had been here in the early 90s when the mall was still very much alive. It was a nice place in its day but fell victim to the lure of neighboring malls and the unsavory elements that began to frequent the location. I'm glad you shot this.
I grew up going there. Watched store after store leave. Then I stopped going. I moved to California. This is the first time in years I've seen the inside. It's still in decent shape! Thank you for the video!
It's really interesting to see those step down rest areas. Most malls abandoned those I believe because they were not handicapped accessible. I recall Metrocenter in Phoenix had them until the remodel in the early 1990's I also felt that they gave malls a certain charm that was missing in later years. In fact it seems like as time went on they simply wanted people to shop and leave, rather than hang out and enjoy themselves.
I remember when this mall was booming in the 80s-90s, sad video. What is surreal is the mall has been torn down and Amazon has built a huge warehouse there on the site, the very company that is partly to blame for the brick and mortar stores closing down.
I will always be fascinated by dead malls. For years tons of people could be seen shopping in them, buying Christmas gifts, clothing or just hanging around. Then the mall takes a bad turn, the big retail stores leave and are replaced by place holder stores, insurance companies and other things you would never see in a thriving mall. Then the place holders can't generate enough revenue, the mall can't afford the power bill or the heating bill. Finally the place closes and only memories remain.
They are currently tearing it down to make way for the new Amazon Fulfillment Center. They also bought the other dead Randall Park Mall in Warrensville Heights and it too has been torn down for the new warehouse.
While sad to see all these dead malls, the irony is that most urban down-towns are experiencing a renaissance. These malls arose because of the people fleeing to the burbs during the 60's and 70's and leaving urban retail dead. However, the new urban developments will never experience the retail success of the pre-flight years because of the internet.
This one definitely has a "Life After People" feel to it. If I'm not mistaken, this is close to an 84 Lumber and Super K-Mart (both gone). A friend of mine used to work at the 84 Lumber.
You are so dam right about what you said at the abandoned magic Johnson theater people stop vandalizing malls & making a joke out of it hell I love going to the malls like the Westfield mall in downtown San Francisco so to see places like this & see videos of how they used to be alive and booming in the 60s 70s 80s 90s and so on it's amazing you and Dan Bell are awesome abandoned mall explorers keep up the good work
UPDATE on this mall: demolition is under way at Euclid Square Mall as they prepare to build an Amazon fulfillment center on the site, joining the one already being built on the site of the former Randall Park Mall...
For a dead mall, I'm amazed this place was preserved so well, and not overly vandalized(thankfully) unlike certain malls(i.e. Rolling Acres, and sigh it looks like Lincoln Mall in Matteson, IL is starting to sadly fall into this shape). Someone should reuse those metal statues outside of where the inside anchor entrances used to be, those are really nice. 12:10 definitely would've been an ex-Arby's, and I wonder what former restaurant(what I'll guess that storefront was) that was at 15:02? And am I right in thinking this mall was just old enough that it was built without a centralized food court, unlike other malls? I should look up when this mall was first built. I know now I want to look up the Bing Bird's Eye View to take a satellite pic look at this mall, since they always have satellite overhead images of places that are older than you might think! Like say from the late 90s, or early or mid 2000s.
Yes it was Arby's and no food court! There was a Karmelkorn, Breaker's Ice Cream, London's Chocolate's and a Hough Bakeries!!! There was a Burger King that was opened and closed twice, Taco Bell, a short lived deli, a closed by the Health dept. Chinese Food place and the Best of all was York Steak House!!!! I worked in the wing where Burger King , Taco Bell and the short lived restaurants were for the now totally closed 2,000 stores and online retailer Ritz Camera! Excellent place to work back in the day!!!! There were also restaurants in May Company(Kaufman's) and Higbee's(Dillard's). I recognize so much in the video 😢
Looks good shape, no vandelism, but the only thing is a leaky roof as you see buckets on the floor. It could be renovated for offices, doctors office or even for a community college.
Looking at the metal scupltures makes me wonder what that do with those when they demoslish the buildings. Scrap them, Donate them to the city, or re-sell as art?
Damn, I miss going here. I remember as a kid going here, since my dad worked at Parker Hannifin on London Rd. We'd go to a different mall every week on a Friday after he got off work. We used to go to Severance Mall and Richmond Mall, mostly cos they had a Diamonds Restaurant, and dad liked going there to eat. i also remember Arby's in the Mall had upstairs offices for the ops manager. Went there once for Crew Trainer info class.
Beautifully Done! Absolutely silent No people No comments (but they are nice, this one was almost dream like) Must have been early on a Sunday morning, or you found a way in just for the pre demolition guys. Just whereas this place? Looks to be late 70's. Fantastic video! 😆🖒
I used to go here when I was little. I think there were problems with drugs and maybe gangs? I was pretty young, but I remember there were problems the news broadcasting these stories in regards to the mall. It's located east of Cleveland.
My mom and dad took me here, when I was young, my dad drove by esm last month, to see it before it's gone, if it's not saved, as well as the former Kmart, I recorded a video, I would like to walk around in there one more time though, I saw some people at the former Dillard's, looked like they were surveying the inside
wow this brings back soooo many good memories...we would catch the rta transit with maybe $20(alot for a kid then lol) be we'd just go to hangout and meet up with a crush or 2 lol...i live right up the street and it always brings those memories back...thanks for sharing
It is still open during normal business hours. I would love to help get this place back up and going again. It is great retail and really good access. The store fronts are all vacant except a few churches and some small retail stores. I think a martial arts school would be a hit here. My thoughts were to restore it to the state it was in during the mid 80's. keeping a vintage look of the 80's along with music and clothing worn by the attendants. just getting Burger King and Taco Bell on board with the idea would be a huge step. I would also have a full time armed officer on duty 24/7 at the mall to keep trouble away.
I used go to Euclid Square Mall not as much because it small card to Great Lakes Mall in Menter Ohio. I went to more. The other malls in the Eastern Cleveland area are bigger than Euclid Square mall. Such as Richmond mall, North Randell mall, Rolling Acres mall, to name a few. Euclid Square had to compete with those other malls.
Watched this after your most recent visit with Wallieb26 for comparison. Nice, no commentary, like a ghost down. And how they are leveling Euclid so fast for that Amazon center. These malls needs to be documented before they are all just a memory.
Just a question ... with the mall closings around the country and being demolished ... where does that hige pile of debri end up.? The obvious is a landfill .. but is there another use for it ?
Ohh my what a beautiful mall just going to waste..nice video man as always. the dead silence was creepy as could be. what's the story behind why this mall is closed and abandoned?
I tried to find out through wikipedia and they didn't say much about it. It opened in 1977 and became dead in the 90's. Here is the link. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclid_Square_Mall. Seems like to me that the mall never really took off.
I was born and raised in Euclid..use to be our hang out spot..the mall...but the neighborhood went to hell.we left when i was 18 and never looked back!
Once this mall started failing so did all of the businesses within the property. A Red Lobster and Toys R Us weren’t in the mall but on a different part of the parking lot and they all closed a long time ago
So sad. This was such a vibrant mall back in the 80s. My girlfriend at the time worked at the Chess King clothing store in this mall and when I'd pick her up from work, I'd always stop at S'Barros and get a slice of pizza then go play some video games before she got off. Such fond memories. But unfortunately, the demographics changed and the crime rate rose rapidly and people stopped going there and would instead go to the Richmond or Beachwood mall which are both still open but dying.
What storefront is that at 10:20, btw? The red and yellow tile strips make me think Hot Sam's, based on your Mellett/Canton Centre Mall vid. Though I'm not 100% sure. I wish those metal statues could be reused somewhere else, that are in front of where the anchor stores used to be. Those are pretty cool, and hopefully if by some chance this mall is ever torn down(which I fear will happen someday), that they're reused somehow. Glad this place is still in pristine shape, and it's interesting the inside condition seems to be better vs. Summit Place Mall or Canton Centre/Mellett.
I was going to wonder why the teens/young adults of Euclid did not trash the dead mall and taking note that where nationwide chains used to sell their wares, mom and pops moved in but in the end could not thrive. Then I found out the mall has been repur[osed as an affordable option for churches.
That's right...blame Amazon primarily. There is also youth gangs, passing retail trends, mall properties owners not upgrading, other property deals for outdoor environments, skyrocketing costs for power, security, and it's difficult to repurpose fixed indoor retail space..especially in an aging building. Cycles last 30 years, but the over consumption (and the economy) of the 19 80's is OVER.
This mall was dying before that, you should see the out lets around it. They have been abandoned 2o years, Toys R Us, Arthur Treatchers, Bank One, Fazios Grocery and a Twin Value/Super K Mart.
I used to go to this mall with my mom in the 90s. I bought Korns follow the leader the day it came out at Sam Goody hahaha my dad would buy me Jordan's from the foot locker and I would fuck around on the microphone at Radio shack yelling funny shit until a guy walked by and said I was embarrassing myself.
Is The Diamond Company what I think it is? There was a men's clothing store with a similar name at Rolling Acres Mall in Akron (the storefront near the JCP court with the mouse-hole-shaped entrances)...???
People today would rather order online instead of touching feeling what there buying! Very sad! Worked in a mall for 5 years in the 80s! How packed they were!
The saddest thing about the loss of some of these malls is the retro architecture. I honestly think retail is stupid and people need to be happy with what they have, but I do enjoy the crazy aesthetics from years passed and I feel it is sad that such things as the sunken seating area will be all but forgotten.
One huge rule of urban exploration is: don't publicly post entrances. Unfortunately, it encourages visits by the sort of people who get their kicks destroying everything. As with any location, go visit, poke around, and see what you can find-- but if you find a way in, don't tell just anyone.
Dierdre Cole If you want to get into a location, keep looking. I've been doing urbex for years and I've never broken into a building, but I've done plenty of climbing and squeezing in order to find an unlocked door.
