Towne Mall - Elizabethtown, KY 

"Hasn't really left the 80s" - I think Mark Twain said : “When the end of the world comes, I want to be in Kentucky, because everything there happens 20 years after it happens anywhere else.”

I’ve heard the reason this mall has such a hard time is exactly what you said about Hard Knox. The rent is stupid high and the management is impossible to get along with. I wish someone else would buy it and restore it or build another one. I miss the nice mall.

WallieB26, we have one ghetto mall Jefferson Mall, and 2 overpriced ones Mall St Mathews and Oxmoor here in Louisville.

Come to Bowling Green, just 60 miles south on I65, n visit Greenwood Mall. Not dead yet but one foot in the grave. Lol.

Congratulations on 50K! I’ve visited this mall several times as I was born in Elizabethtown and have family that live nearby.

Come to Madisonville KY Mall. You will love it. The one in the video almost looks like it. The one I know is called parkway plaza mall.

I can imagine it being the 80s, teenagers riding to this mall with their big hair, jamming to a song like this one, lol. Nice video 👍

Wallie I enjoy your videos the mall ones are kinda sad as a child of the 80’s I remember the malls being full of people it seemed like everybody in town would be there. But with Amazon coming around more and more of us shop online now I’m afraid soon malls will be a thing of the past😕

What you are seeing is exactly what the interior looked like in 1985 when it opened. The Rogers and Brooke Jewelers now occupy the space that was an Orange Julius. The Kentucky Korner was the original location of Disc Jockey, which became FYE. They later relocated to the Sears wing when it was added. The reason that Sears did not open in the mall was that their location at the time still had two years on their lease. Originally Sears was not on the list of stores to be closed in the bankruptcy. However the building needed repairs done to the roof, it needed a new HVAC system (It was always hot inside during the summer) and there were mold issues. The mall's owner did not want to fix the issues so Sears pulled out. The reason the south side parking lot of JCPenney is empty is because the entrance has been locked. Ever since COVID they've had all the exits closed off and the only way in is through the front or from the inside.

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I live in Elizabethtown and haven’t been to the mall since they got rid of Aeropostale, Fye and the Hot Topic from over 10 years ago

Happy Friday to Each Wallie and Kayla and I'm so Happy it's The Weekend.

I hear a western Pa accent, Pittsburgh area? Am I right? or close.

intro music is 🔥🔥🔥

what's the tune?

Enjoyed the video as always. I live in Louisville KY but have never visited this mall in E-Town (as we call it!) If you're ever in Louisville visit the Jefferson Mall. It opened in 1978 but has been going downhill for many reasons for a while.

Definitely a cool old mall, thanks for the tour.

They're currently remodeling this small and are going to have a lot more businesses inside of it.

You should visit the Springfield Mall in Springfield, Pennsylvania; it's thriving and it has a crap-ton of tenants (but only two anchors), including one that sells toys "as seen on TikTok" on the first floor near the Macy's.

Good video I like the fountain.

Good video

Your the man when it comes to these mall videos. Definitely love the 80s look takes me back. Congrats on 50k subscribers cheers 🍻. Definitely putting this mall on my list to see. Thank you Wallie.

They should turn malls into giant VR arenas, affordable apartments, indoor walk-around areas with restaurants. A micro community

This mall may as wells be dead. I remember when it was vibrant and alive. Remember trips to sears with my ad and coercing him into going to the toy store. Remember FYE and GameStop. This mall has nothing left worth going for than a comic shop and it makes me depressed to go in anymore.

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I loved going to Software, ETC. They had a whole lot of wicked cool games that I bought, like FFX & Kingdom Hearts, they even sold wicked cool PC Games: GameStop doesn't do ANYTHING like that

Radcliff store which was a main shopping store in the area year's ago was a Grants than a Murphy Mart than a Ames!

i live 30 minutes from there and i miss when it was thriving with people :(

I love the dead mall series thank you so much. I like how you add the music to it and everything just goes so well together. Have a great day and may everyone in the comments be blessed.

They also did away with MasterCuts Here; I used to get mine modeled after Nick Lachey or David Boreanaz

Great video thanks for doing this mall and btw it’s loo-ville not Louie-ville sorry I’m a born and raised Kentuckian

We made it to the weekend! Enjoy! This is a very vintage 80s-90s-type mall! I like it!

Stevie & I love going to the Comic Vault in Radcliff; They have tons of Buffy/Angel Comics there

Awesome Wallie

Back in the late 90s, they used to close at 9pm, but no thx to Gov. Besheare, they were forced to start closing at 8pm instead, which is no fun at all

I love Belk. Wish they had it in Louisville.

The traffic had nothing to do with the weather or the time of day…I own a store in this mall and this is every day in the Towne mall and rumor now is the mall will be closed by the end of the year

The Hot Topic closed down sometime ago here; They need to bring Hot Topic back here

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Congrats on 50K, Wallie! I binge watch your videos everyday 🙂

This mall is STRUGGLING.

That Sears scar is terrifying.

Congratulations 🎉🎈🎊🍾 on getting 50k subscribers proud of both of you ❤

Childhoods dead I went to Etowns mall a few weeks and Damm it hit hard

Stevie & I love going to E-Town Comics here

this is similar to the mall in my town.

Great video Wallie! I'm glad you are covering a mall in my state. I just know that you must have a video of Richmond mall in Richmond, KY in your backlog. If you ever get a chance to make a video of Somerset Mall in Somerset Ky I would scream for joy.

yeah looking like 80s older mall thanks for sharing

Cool fountain at the end of the video

Awesome 👌 video

Thanks for this video. I worked in this mall at Hess's about 30 years ago. It was one of my most favorite jobs ever. I was so sad to see the store change ownership and names. I will always have my fond memories. Thank You so much!!

Good history of the mall. The food court had an Arby's, a pizza place, a Chinese place, and a corn dog place (the empty slot to right of the Bath and Body Works). Bath and Body was the original KB Toys location. There was also an arcade in the food court that moved to a bigger space in the Sears wings.

I live 30 min from there!!!!! How did i miss you!!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 ahhhhhh

You should Do Wiregrass Commons mall in Dothan Al , And Governors Square Mall in Tallahassee.

From the parking lot tour to the interior benches, this reminded me of my hometown mall (before it was updated). A great, nostalgic mall tour.

This is a mall that would appear in my dreams with that aesthetics. But of course, a dream mall is better than real life mall.

This mall kind of looks similar to the one in Jefferson City that I've been to

Back in the 90s and 2000s it was gold

great video as always 😊

Congrats on 50k!

I was there yesterday

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