THE FAIRGROUNDS SQUARE MALL IS GONE | Demolished | Muhlenberg PA 

Thanks, the clouds definitely felt symbolic

what it came own to was Stores wanted to open inside there . but they wanted too much for rent space . so no one wanted to pay the amount to rent . so over time stores closed and we got what we see . i used to go here cause of the Fyi and the short lived Hot topic and the golden eagle comics ( which is now next door ) but yeah corp greed .

@@tacobellalugosi2527 I'm glad Golden Eagle survived. That's a great store.

For now 😢

that may be next !!! i hate saying this cause i grew up a mallrat . but the days of going to the mall i think is on its last days . i mean whats next berkshire , Park city, coventry mall . sad times we live in .

My friend's mom rented a space there for her business but the owner just kept raising rent to offset the dwindling customers which is what chased all the businesses out.

shouldve left it a race track, thats why locals wouldnt shop there

I heard that from a LOT of people that live within 5 miles of that place.

😮 it leaked when it was brand new???

@@BerksNostalgia yes, the skylights leaked everywhere, i remember being there during a thunderstorm around 1981, i was 10 yrs old, there were buckets out and wet floor signs everywhere!

Yes there's definitely a sense of surrealness to it. 😏 Thanks for watching!

@@BerksNostalgia Oh YOU!

It will be interesting to see if and how they update the building. The inside is extremely retro too

What's the scoop?

@@BerksNostalgia A few years back the Reading Eagle reported that the owners of the mall - I think it was GP Properties or something like that had supposedly been charging outrageous rent on the stores in the mall and the stores that could stay were paying it but supposedly GP wasn't paying what they were supposed to be on the mall property (apparently pocketing the money from the rent) and then ran off and filed bankruptcy. They were charging outrageous rental fees to the stores in the mall and when the majority of the stores couldn't handle the rent they ended up closing up shop. (I was trying to find the archive of the news article but reading eagle doesn't go back that far in their online archives).. maybe someone else can collaborate and remembers what I'm talking about.

@@angelascheipe5539 thanks that does sound familiar. They were just trying to milk it for whatever was left of it's dying carcass. I think this end was inevitable anyway but who knows. 😟

Everyone says to bring back the race track but the reason the track was sold to develop the mall is because it was no longer making a profit

Berks Nostalgia i was told the track was shut down because of the noise. People ruined the track. Shouldnt move to a place knowing theres a track there and you dont want the noise. Then complain about it and shut it down.

@@Robbinsbuiltgarage this is interesting... My dad grew up in Laureldale and seemed to remember it not being very popular by the end but Google eludes an actual answer. I think its time for me to dive in, research and use it as a topic for a future video

@@BerksNostalgia Not true.

@@Trav810606 which part