Malls were fun to go to, especially when my husband and I had small kids. The holidays were so festive and you'd come across your neighbors doing their Christmas shopping. I wouldn't trade those days for anything!
Those japanese photo booths are are called Purikura. They are popular with high school girls and some arcades ban males from entering the floors with them on them. One thing i love about living in Japan is the fact the malls are still popular here.
So sad to see mall's shut down for online shopping and walmart. And very sad to see abandoned places get trashed. When I was growing up in the 80's-early 90's malls were my hangout place, a place to have lunch at the food court, or see a movie, or buy a new pair of shows, etc. We had it good in the 80's. Even though I can't go back to the 80's I thank you for taking us back to eras lost to time/decay. For 20 mins-1 hour the time capsule video's you record and post here not only pull at our nostalgia strings but also teach us history and remind us of simpler times of better times. I'm glad you and your friend made it out of the mall without getting caught. Sad how in 1 year ppl/time destroyed the mall. 👍
After a bit of research, it turns out that the dress (worn at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival and designed by Catherine Walker) was a part of a charity tour called the "Legacy of Love" put on by a U.S cable TV station called Romance Classics and The May Department Stores Company. The tour, which was originally named "A Dress to Di For" before her passing, displayed a number of her dresses at various shopping malls across the country and even ran a contest where someone could win one of Diana's gowns.
I find it kinda funny that nobody has mentioned that this mall was, in part, due to gang activities. At the end, police were called on average twice a day 😳
Columbus is my home town! Eastland was a fantastic mall until it wasn't. Very sad. It had a Woolworths with a second floor restaurant that overlooked the mall. My Mom took me there every weekend for lunch. As for Westland Mall and Northland Mall, well they are gone...torn down.
18:30 exactly to *socialize* which everybody thinks online is socializing nowadays. 18:45 *arcades, family fun Time,* most definitely. Kids today don't stand a chance with what we knew back then.
@@thestars386depending on how you see it. The reason online shopping became more popular than actually retail is because of availability, more of what you want is available online than in actual stores. Imagine driving all the way to the mall and then not having what you want or they do but a size smaller. Now with online it shows store availability (which is almost always low) which doesn’t do retail any favors also. We can blame online shopping as much as we want but it’s like these corporations have neglected retail to a certain degree as well with lowering retail supply
Malls were such an integral part of my life for many decades. I even managed a couple of clothing stores in one when I lived in Illinois. I hired many of the local teens for part-time jobs. A shame to see them close down one by one. I don't like ordering online. I prefer to try on my clothes before purchase and shoes are a must to try on. I've spent a ton of $ on returns. Sad to see this way of life go by the wayside. Thanks for the tour.
The reason the signage was left behind because those were quote mom and pop stores . Eastland was having a hard time getting any of the bigger store to sign up so they went local .
We have a mall down here in Beloit that was closed and then turned into a community center with things like the library, a dental clinic, and other health clinics. Otherwise it would be sitting empty.
It's so sad to see the way the world is traveling. Lots of luck to Future generations. You're going to need a lot more than that. Frozen in the 1990s? That's my era.
Absolutely stunning exploration of the Eastland mall. The way this video was pieced together was impeccable. I thought something was wrong with my eyes because seeing the interior concourse lights still on was fascinating on it's own as all the exploration videos I've seen prior to yours showed that the power was cut to the mall except for the side that had the learning academy. Nothing screamed a contrast difference between what a year did to this mall. There's nothing more destructive than people, and the proof is also in steeplegate mall. However interesting to note, 2 weeks ago, some guys went in, and strangely, all the stuff that was trashed in the walkways in-between the shops had been swept into the open shops, so all that trashed stuff are in the in line tenant stores with the walkways swept clean. Even the people that entered was in confusion over why someone would be cleaning up the walkways. Awesome video Rick
I think it depends on the spraypaint.. when places fall into ruin, especially a shrine to consumerism, good street art can beautify it and keep it “alive”.. damaging things on the other hand, I don’t relate to.
That’d be super cool if there was a RadioShack that was still in business in there lol. Being that RadioShack closed up most of their stores, that would be something if you found one still operating. Lol.
Crazy how fast vacant malls get torn up. Shit, Greenspoint Mall in Houston was heavily vandalized and looted this year. The interior mall officially closed in August. Mall entrance glass doors and windows are boarded up with the damage beginning in 2023. Getting access to the inside may be worth your trouble. The mall has tons of leaks, and the old Macy's building is open to walk right into.
38:00 I sold an air hockey and helped another person sell an arcade full of games to Akiba Arcade back in 2018. They were located on the northeast side of the mall. Snow Phoenix, a Japanese arcade machine importer, stored their machines in this mall during that time. They vend to conventions and bring arcade machines to them so they would store them here. I have been in that room and it was FILLED with machines. Interesting that they still have things left, but all of that stuff looks like it could be tossed other than Rolling XTreme and the skeeball. I would love to buy them.
Interesting to note, this mall didn't entirely fail economically. It ultimately closed because of structural problems, it did have a thriving small business niche for about a decade. It's even more weird because I know for a fact that it had issues with organized crime, robbery and human trafficking since at least the late 90s, before Easton was officially opened. People always thought Eastland would be first to close and City Center to be last one standing until the great recession.
Rick, tell me why you think the U.S. is finished based on this one dead mall? There are many, many dead malls in your country, I'm sure. Just wondered if this particular mall prompted that response more than any other dead mall. I think there are many reasons we are all finished not just dead malls. Thoughts?
Contracts, and business people are not smart, they could have e bought it after it closed and made a apartment building, I stead of just let it ruin. Smart Mayor, for not doing this. Malls like this sit everywhere in USA 😢
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. Romans 10:9.
Did you hear what 3 doors down has been doing recently? Look up footage of their concert in Hershey park. It's awesome that they are sharing the gospel to thousands.
I gower up in Columbus ohio I remember Eastland Mall Westland Mall and city center mall City center mall was first Mall got the wakeing ball got turned into a Park
