This is the 2nd tour of our new series, THE REAL TOURS, in which we provide an in the moment glimpse into a place with off-the-cuff commentary completely intact! No research, no script, just RRR letting you in on their insights and observations walking the malls.
This is the Neshaminy Mall in Bensalem, PA. This is a mall near and dear to our hearts, being one of my locals my whole life and the mall closest to us for 14 years. We visit often and like to keep tabs on the place and document its unfortunate spiral into dead mall status, which is happening right now. The mall boasts an occupancy rate of 51% (I counted) and has been on the slide for several years now.
This tour was recorded on March 10, 2022 around 6:30pm.
The reason we find it necessary to document malls often like this is obvious. As a mall declines, typically the owners start to strip out interesting and cool features that don't make them immediate money, like fountains and decor. By the time a mall is nearing closure or just dead mall status, all the stuff that made the place interesting and/or cool is long gone. Vultures in the scene like to wait until this TOTALLY DEAD point in a mall's life to go and make a video about it. Everything that made a mall cool is usually long gone and the place is pretty beaten up. Don't be a vulture. Document your malls BEFORE they die.
26 авг 2024
