When I watch these I sometimes wander about the contractors building them back in the day, all their efforts that went into construction, they must have thought these cathedrals of retail would be around long after they were gone. Little could they have known that many would be torn down within their lifetimes. It might be quite interesting to get an interview with builders of a mall to get their perspectives on the decline and fall.
I have seen a lot of these "dead mall" videos here and other channels; however, nothing has yet to hit me quite as emotionally as near the end of this video. The part where he is walking towards the end of the mall where the building has been busted out where the doors once were, and the light from the sunset is flowing in. Just chilling. I hope he took some actual photos of that as it could be an award winning photo.
The closing music was chilling, but his timing was great because as he turns and walks toward the sun, the music changes from haunting to acknowledgement and celebration that the future always comes. I've listened to it 25 times at least.
"The closing music was haunting... " haunting, but his timing was great because as he turns and walks toward the sun, the music changes from haunting to acknowledgement and celebration that the future always comes. I've listened to it 25 times at least.
This is how you do a dead mall video. The part with Euclid in rubble letting the pictures speak fior themselves... truly fine film making. I see you are becoming an even better film maker. Can't wait for Northridge Mall.
Born and raised in Euclid..use to be a great place to grow up and the mall was the hot spot to hang out..the neighborhood went to hell and we got out.its not even safe to drive there.
I got out of there in 2004, and even that was way too late. I had my car stolen out of my driveway 4 times in one year, that's when I knew it was time to finally leave and say goodbye to a city I used to love.
OMG ACE! i live about 15 miles from Euclid square mall. I remember lots of memories there. last time i was there was in 2006, but i remember going there and having dinner there in the mall after dad got off work at Parker hannifin in the late 70s to mid 90s on Friday nights.
The store with the yellow football goalpost is northeast Ohio's oldest operating sports retailer called "FAN4LIFE" they moved out of Euclid sq.mall on November 7th 1999 into newly remodeled Richmond mall up the street, stayed loyal to that mall until January 2020, and now CURRENTLY call Great Lakes mall there home next to Dillard's and Tony Saccos pizza. 33 years selling great sports apparel to Cleveland fans....simply amazing!!!
This video is amazing. The end..with the music and walking to the demolished entrance brought me to tears. You are amazing at what you do. Thank you for everything you do. Look forward to future content.
The Euclid Square Mall is close to Cleveland, but it’s located in Euclid, Ohio. I grew up going to the Great Lakes Mall in Mentor, but I came to this Mall, too. My Dad works right beside the Mall so we would meet him at the mall after he’d get off work. I remember the seating area with the fan-like sculpture. I remember waiting in there for my Dad and thinking it was so cool since it was in a ‘pit’. Lol We stopped going there in the 90’s when the Ashtabula Mall opened up, but I still have memories of this Mall. I knew the Randle Park Mall and the Richmond Town Center. I pray the Great Lakes Mall beats the odds and stays open for years to come!
Ace, If you'd like to research and explore what's now Severance Town Square I have intricate knowledge of the property -- including a binder of construction plans and photos for the 1999 remodel and conversion into strip shopping. Used to plow snow for them and parts of the original 1960's shipping/receiving tunnel and employee break rooms are still intact. Great video as usual!
Man, it tears my heart to see such places become pushed in the past. As you said, there will be fewer malls in the future though there will be but a few left. Excellent video. It'll live forever online when none of the mall exists.
Ace,everytime I see one of your vids you take me back to a beautiful time with my mother.Shopping bags 25 cent machines used to burn her butt for some reason,but she always gave the quarter and would try to find a million reasons to use the bag once it got home.I would give the world for one more afternoon like that...
Thank you so much for this. I’ve been so sad lately because the Euclid Square Mall was an important part of my childhood. I live in Euclid, and I’ve had to drive by, watching it become less and less. I have such fond memories and now they’re preserved. I loved the old images in the beginning - they brought it all back. PS: to those who asked about the song at the end, it’s “One of These Mornings” by Moby. One of my favs!
Again, I know this is not a new video, but great work! It is awesome that you got the chance to film before and after demolition to contrast the situation. Thanks for all your hard work. Keep it coming!
With a culture built on consumerism it's no wonder we have such an emotional connection to this structures. I have now seen all the structures of my childhood in the city I grew up in been torn down. If your a millennial Euclidian you know what I mean. Thank you for that one last walk through my childhood. Great video....
My mom used to take me to this mall in the 80s and 90s. One time she got mad at me and threw my meatball sub from Sbarro pizza out the car window in the parking lot. Oh fond memories. I can still remember the smell of the cookie store haha and my dad buying me the latest Jordans from Foot Locker.
I rode my bike there when it opened and yea, I was an early Mall-Rat. When I had money, I would buy records, eat and other stuff. I think I seen the A New Hope at Euclid Mall and got a strobe and black light at Spencer's. It was a "Happening Place", it wasn't that big but it was OUR mall! I seen it again in 04 and knew her days were numbered. Kids will never know what they missed. Now, I live where another mall is dying and I miss the days that are going away.
You're videos touch me, they've made me tear up a few times. Your choice of music is usually what sets it off. Reminds me of my childhood and growing up in the 80's and the mall scene. Thank you for everything.
What kills me is how you don't see kids playing anymore. No laughter, no boring afternoons. All hothouse flowers, riveted to cell phones. No social skills. Everything is 'looks' + 'sexiness.' If you wave or say hello, they recoil.
On a side note, after some research and watching many videos, I think the formula for a mall does still work, but it all about location, and you can't have more than 1 mall within about a 100 mile span, I notice most dead malls, or struggling ones, have other malls nearby, or in neighboring towns/cities.
I grew up on the East Side of Cleveland; I don’t have many memories of this mall or Randall Park seeing as they just starting to be past my time and I lived closer to Richmond Town Square and Beachwood Place but the few memories I do have are dear to me. This one choked me up a little bit.
One of these mornings Won't be very long You will look for me And I'll be gone........Sad ending.............everything in this world is temporary. Cherish what you have!!!
Excellent video Ace. I think its cool how you and WallieB both made a video of this mall. You both captured something different in your videos. Its a shame to think that at one time this mall was full of stores and customers. Now all of those customers have is memories of once was.
So sad. I remember when this mall opened. My dad was a tool and die worker at addressograph across the street from this mall in the 1970's -80s. My first date with my now husband was at the Burger King.
LittleBoi4Trump wow you must live by me! Eastwood amazes me because I used to work in there in 2010 and it was so dead but now when I go there it's so busy. It's insane.
Man... I miss this mall soo much. This mall is where I purchased my very first PlayStation. Christmas was awesome here. I'm so glad you were able to capture this. Up next: Richmond Park Mall.
Oh that's awful. Thanks but also not thanks for telling me that. I used to work at one of the Amazon Fulfillment Centers. Me and both my roomates did at different times. The longest any of us lasted was 1 and a half months (and was me).
@holeheadmole isn't complex at all... every bit of what you stated, every excruciating moment our society has to endure with respect to cultural differences between whites and blacks, blacks and whites... is at this point, sorta necessary. a race which has been completely beaten, subjugated, and disadvantaged doesn't just turn up middle-class when that oppression ends. it takes time, quite a bit of time actually... decades. a deep cut can happen in the blink of an eye but the scar it leaves can take a lifetime to fade... sometimes, even longer.
I have probably watched this video all the way through 3 or 4 times. Every time, without fail, that last part of the half-demolished space mixed with the vaporwave music in the background mixed with the sunset shining through the remnants of the entrance brings me to tears. I never once saw this mall in person, as I live hours away in the St. Louis area, but what I would give to have seen it now. Anthony, if you ever see this, this is my favorite video of yours by far. This is the only video on RU-vid that can bring me to tears. The cinematography is absolutely stunning and the abandoned-feel of the mall gives me a feeling I don't think I can experience anywhere else. Nothing, and I mean nothing, can hit me as emotionally hard as this video can. I truly applaud you for your ability to make such amazing content, and this video is my case and point of that statement. Thank you, Anthony.
Mind blown!!!! Just awesome and very vintage aesthetics throughout. You just keep getting better and better Anthony! It was just way cool watching both this one and Wallies take on this torn down relic. Too bad the Subway got torn out. Just all around amazing! 😍😍😍
One of my first jobs as a teenager was at Winkleman's at the Euclid Square Mall. It was owned by Petrie's, a woman's clothing store (MJ Carroll brands) popular in the 80's and into the late 90's. They went out of business just before the turn of the century. The store was located near the Diamond Men's Store and the shuttered location is clearly shown at 6:22 - 6:30.
I like the song in the beginning Expose-When I look at Him. I am really feeling the energy of this mall. Nice Footage, I really like the Diamond Store Front.
Same deal at Randall Park... they too are getting an Amazon fulfillment center... now we wait to see what the city of Akron does with Rolling Acres now that demolition is complete...
Amazing video, Your next one could be Summit place mall, as The crews have begun disconnecting power and preparing the site for its demolition this year. Id love if you could go in one more time.
I’m too young to have known the mall before it died, but the Dillard’s Outlet that was there until 2013 was a great place to get Homecoming/Formal/Prom Dresses, got all of mine there throughout high school and never paid more than $30 for one.
I've seen all your content Ace and this is one of my favorites. Watched it multiple times lol!! The music hits just right. Thanks for all you do. You're very much appreciated
This video was very somber, and a very good tribute to a once great mall. With all of the malls that will potentially fail in the next decade, you should be very busy.
Very Haunting. The sad death of not only a place of family happiness, joy and fun, but an entire era of warm, charming and happy Americana. Three decades of life a D joy now just a ground up heap of twisted steel, broken glass, wood fragments, and dust drifting in the breeze.
Incredible video. The slow walk from the intact portion to a pile of rubble hurts my heart. It’s like a POV shot of being a pall bearer for my childhood.
Let's not forget that there's newer malls around, like Legacy Village, Beachwood Place, and I believe just recently in Orange Township, I think there's one that just opened about a few weeks ago, and I know that name was mentioned, but I keep forgetting it. Parkwood or something? Anyway, yeah...the days of indoor malls are certainly numbered. Look at some of them here on the west side of town. Parmatown Mall is gone, it's now replaced by Shoppes of Parma, which is almost all drive-up stores now. Then there's Westgate, which also was transformed into a similar shopping center. However, the west side of Cleveland holds on to their malls better than the east side, apparently.
Nice the area had a role in WWII. Where I'm at (Mesa, AZ), they trained pilots for WWII. Mesa had Falcon Field and Williams AFB south of where Superstition Springs Mall and Power Square (outlet mall) are located. Both operate as regional airports. From what I heard, the delay in completing the Superstition Freeway east of the mall was from looking for old artillery.