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@radar_the_fox

2 жыл бұрын

this mall is abandoned pls update title

@kevinblack16

Жыл бұрын

I don't believe you've uploaded the remaster of this particular video. This is one of the masterpieces of the series along with that Coventry Mall intro :D

@cobaltmidnightoilamp6748

Жыл бұрын

ATTN: Dan Bell UPDATE on the Century III Mall. Apparently, there was a fire that broke out🔥 there!! Google on KZread for the news report on it. The station is WTAE(CH.4) abc(Pittsburgh, PA.)

I'm suddenly obsessed with watching these abandon mall videos for some strange reason......why?? lol

@LauraRN713

8 жыл бұрын

+Double Rainbow yes they are

@robothepantherswarrior1355

7 жыл бұрын

LauraRN713 i hear ya!!!..i cant stop watching this SILENT HILL type of creepiness...silent hill is a movie based off of a 1999 video game.. very very creepy...like these dead mall videos...buy the way!!! im a huge fan of silent hill... shopping malls still open for business!! not so much...

@kiddovr3147

6 жыл бұрын

That 1999 video game is called Silent Hill -_-

@billnumber3324

5 жыл бұрын

In a way, it's a window into the past, as well as a reminder of the way things used to be.

@wilkebitter5742

5 жыл бұрын

i think this series has a highly abductive, hypnotic effect on many people (me included, so much) because it answers the question why generations 1970-above feel lost: our consumerist home is deconstructed and abandoned. dan bells series is like a funeral for a loved one that keeps on going. i freaking love the music.

The mall isn't leaking. It's crying. Poor mall.

@Karmy.

8 жыл бұрын

yep

@mrcheese9541

8 жыл бұрын

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

@waykool698

7 жыл бұрын

+Scarlett Whisperer ASMR what's Trump got to do with a mall? Wtf

@hulavaultboy5935

7 жыл бұрын

Scarlett WhispererASMR No to political shoehorning

@OrtarVladimir

7 жыл бұрын

WulfOn

This makes me immensely sad. Like, on the verge of tears. This mall was my childhood. The pet store visits, dragging my dad around so I could play Tekken and DDR in the arcade, getting my hair done at Regis, getting an Orange Julius before leaving for the day...that terrifying elevator. The carousel (which I think has been around longer than 2014 because I frequented it). And sitting by the fountain, waiting with my dad for my mom to get there from work. Running my fingers through the water. God, it's all so vivid! I remember every corner of this mall. I hope they save it. 😢

@hairrockinray

7 жыл бұрын

maybe if they add a big grocery store and full size mc donalds that might help save it

@chelseab2637

7 жыл бұрын

I remember the pet store too! I think they told my parents to not ask to see the puppies anymore if we weren't going to buy one

@annv1169

7 жыл бұрын

Do you know if the food court was original, and just remodelled? Or added after the fact?

@thatkidonyoutube4290

7 жыл бұрын

Wanda Michell C it was remodeled in 1997

@annv1169

7 жыл бұрын

That kid on KZread so it existed since the opening?

Was just here yesterday. Macy's is gone, fountain is off and drained. the entire foodcourt is empty with no restaurants open anymore. the plants are gone from the 3 story section and are just areas of mulch and dirt. Gunk has been splattered on the walls and dirt and cracks are everywhere. Paint is peeling, ceilings are falling apart. The entire third floor is blocked off and no longer accessible. That gym by jc penny is gone. I was literally rained on in several parts of the mall because there was a Crazy storm when I was there. More games were running in the arcade than at Pittsburgh mills tho. Outside the mall was just as bad. The second story parking lot is crumbling and is closed off and the whole blocked off section of the mall is just so disgustingly dirty on the outside its really depressing. Carousel is fun tho!

@lifeoflandon4421

3 жыл бұрын

Carousel is gone also, JC Penneys Closed Down And The Ceilings Are Falling apart on the 2nd and 1st floor. AT&T Is Gone, Sears Is Gone Also, Lights are falling apart in Sears, the music stopped working in the mall, the plants are dead, Nothings left over, and the mall is an inhabited and unsafe structure, Dicks Sporting goods is all boarded up. And finally Century III Closed down and is also boarded up..

@lifeoflandon4421

3 жыл бұрын

Oh i forgot, Trash is everywhere

@lifeoflandon4421

3 жыл бұрын

Oh and JCPenney is gone xd

This mall was part of my childhood, I remember my dad taking me there in '79 and later in the 80's when i was in high school Century 3 was the hang out spot for me and my friends, It had 2 Arcades, 2 toy stores Circus World and Kay Bee(I still had my Atari 2600 and these were a goldmine for games when the NES was hitting the market) a great coffee shop and a really nice hobby shop with all the dungeons and dragons supplies to make any nerds head spin. The food court in it's prime was amazing! The 3 malls closer to where i lived had nothing on Century 3 (North Hills Village,Northway Mall and Allegheny Center Mall ) were dwarfed by the beast that was Century 3.

@GreenAppelPie

8 жыл бұрын

Yeah!

@michaelgearhart5050

8 жыл бұрын

+MrKroogur YEAH, Kay Bee Toys, they were in every mall and I remember back on the late 90s, when Kay Bee started going out of business, I noticed that those vacancies spread outward from the Kay Bees and all those malls seemed to die out like some kind of economic virus.

@Mechtrekica

8 жыл бұрын

+MrKroogur I miss having reasons to leave the house. Now it is just stinky old Walmart and Target and I could care less for those places.

@sunsun2000able

8 жыл бұрын

+MrKroogur I had my first Orange Julius there. My dad was a steelworker and my mom was a homemaker so I remember that going to the mall was kind of an event for us in the 80s. It was a big deal for me to get clothes from the mall instead of Hills. LOL. We would shop and eat there and end the day at Morrow's Nut House where my dad would always get cashews. Such a strange little tid bit of my life but I remember it so vividly. I now have a 15 year old son and I'm wanting to take him there before it closes and walk around and tell him stories. LOL.

@412Pittsburgher

8 жыл бұрын

+MrKroogur I'm from West View so Ross Park was always the mall i most frequented which is still doing very well... Ross Park was completed in I want to say 1985 when I was 2 yrs. old.

They should turn this malls into a huge laser tag

@liviipaw281

7 жыл бұрын

Jackie V yesssss

@997Productions

7 жыл бұрын

Jackie V Laser tag in an abadoned mall themed to be something out of a post apocalyptic movie.

@gblake5560

6 жыл бұрын

No. They should turn it into a giant animal shelter. But humans have no hearts. Humans are bad.

@billp4

6 жыл бұрын

Turn it into a FEMA camp. Poetic Justice! Feed the prisoners Wetzel Pretzels and Dippin' Dots.

@Automedon2

6 жыл бұрын

Laser tag is as dead as malls are. They were the go-cart tracks and slot car tracks of the 90's

for anyone curious, since the posting of this video the Macy's is obviously gone, we lost 2 more stores, and the entire food court has been shut down

@TheFofoqueira

5 жыл бұрын

What about now?

@michaeIaa

5 жыл бұрын

^^

@elizabethp3938

5 жыл бұрын

Now the only stores left in the mall are Smoke Wizard, Life Uniform, a Comic Book Store, Chinese Massage Place, and a nail salon. The only anchors left are Dicks and JCPenny. Just recently Victoria’s Secret and Bath and Body Works closed and most of the mall is closed off with gates that say no trespassing. Since this video a lot looks different the fountain does not work as well as the elevator and escalators, the carousel is gone, and the food court is closed off almost entirely, but oddly enough there is still a janitor there that fixes the remaining tables and chairs in the open part of the food court. Also the entire third floor is closed off and is hard to get to if anyone is looking to go up there.

@alexakrznaric886

5 жыл бұрын

Elizabeth P i met the janitor there awhile ago and he said he’s been working there since 1985. he said to sneak onto the third level if no one’s looking and if we didn’t tell, he wouldn’t.

@itzlucaaa6789

5 жыл бұрын

about a week the entire mall closed

Ah, the 80's, when everything seemed to work great and the music was cool.

@zeyprestige5110

7 жыл бұрын

I suddenly got a flashback of Rihannas song called work. 😂

@liviipaw281

7 жыл бұрын

Zey Prestige 😂😂😂

@majaman1978

Жыл бұрын

Alex Bugnon - Love Season

This mall is now completely trashed. Penney's hung on for a while because they owned their store but they finally left about 2yrs ago.

@linkfan95

Жыл бұрын

Left the power on too, just patiently waiting for it to burn to the ground at this point.

your dead mall videos are wonderful

@janchristianwismarsaragih902

5 жыл бұрын

Heyy you're here

@aplant179

4 жыл бұрын

never thought I’d see you here love your music

@alicewong9935

4 жыл бұрын

In a depressing kind of way

@TheSlothBearPig

3 жыл бұрын

Is dead mall ASMR a thing? 😅

Please, please don't ever stop doing these videos. I absolutely love them and have watched each and every one, many more than once. These videos you do are more than urban exploration, it's documenting the decline of 80's and 90's mall culture. I hope they continue to remain uploaded, as it will likely be the only way the next generation will ever glimpse a way of life their parents and grandparents enjoyed and experienced. As a former mall rat myself, I grew up strolling the gleaming tiled corridors, filled with easy listening muzak, as I made my way from Waldenbooks, Electronics Boutique, Kay-Bee, The Wall, Sam Goody, The Gap, and Orange Julius. I enjoy joining you on your visits and getting to see malls I never got to shop at, trying to imagine what they looked like in their hey day. Thank you Dan Bell for these videos!

@OmegaKatanaXIII

5 жыл бұрын

Dude i remember sam goody

It's like the older folks sitting at the fountain are reminiscing about the past. I don't ever want to grow old. :'(

@fostercat751

5 жыл бұрын

Are you still alive? You're now 2 years older!

@marysunshine5587

5 жыл бұрын

you will just live in the moment and it wont be painful. I'm 52 when I turned 20 I thought I was old lol I never saw myself at 52

@mascara1777

2 жыл бұрын

Growing old is a blessing.

Seriously, that intro commercial is the greatest thing I've ever watched. Omg Dan Bell, if you created that, you're a genius, you still are one if you didn't but please link it. The music too

@ThisisDanBell

8 жыл бұрын

+Blahsheep I put it together. :-) Music is from MIAMI VIRTUAL 2.0 by Dan Mason ダン·メイソン

@Blahsheep

8 жыл бұрын

This is Dan Bell. Omg you're right! Thanks dude, you're seriously the best, not just saying that. That minute is the greatest thing I've experienced haha. All downhill from here man! Thanks again.

@Blahsheep

8 жыл бұрын

I haven't added a video to my favourites in like 2 years but I'm doing this omg.

@gabehernandez7897

8 жыл бұрын

+tuhy127768 that mall is on another level of dead

@LegionMizzy1

8 жыл бұрын

+Blahsheep If you want to find more music like this, visit reddit.com/r/vaporwave. It's an entire genre, not just a couple of random songs. I absolutely love vaporwave music; the vaporwave scene is really starting to get big.

We lived in Pleasant Hills in the 50s and 60s when our shopping was done at Southland Shopping Center or South Hills Village. The slag mountain that Century III was built on was used by U.S. Steel to dump molten slag and at night from where we lived on Marhoefer Dr., we could see the glowing river of slag cascading down the mountain. About 8 years ago when I made a trip back, we visited the Century III and I couldn't believe they'd built the mall on the slag heap.

@Clairebee

4 жыл бұрын

I live in the area and used to frequent this mall. I didn't know all that about the molten slag from the mill. Interesting fact!

remember when malls were the cool places to go to before internet? I remember that.

@ananasupreme

7 жыл бұрын

Shinichi Kudo They're still cool if you peel your eyes from your phone.

@Zombiepull

7 жыл бұрын

im from a "little" German Town and i dont remember that.. but we had a Busstop

@jimdithomas408

6 жыл бұрын

Duo Maxwell seems like the internet ruined malls just like home consoles ruined arcades. The 80's a great decade for malls

@katiefine7301

6 жыл бұрын

Jim DiThomas there's quite a few factors why malls aren't what they were! What a shame ☹️

@appleiphone69

5 жыл бұрын

Poor service along with poor product selection doomed the malls. Shopping for men at least is like hunting are you going to waste time and energy (gas) if the item is not likely to be there.

It's much worse now. The Food Court is COMPLETELY GONE. The third floor is completely blocked off to all shoppers. The entire middle section of the mall upstairs and downstairs has ZERO STORES available. There are maybe 20 stores left in there. The business the mall is, is when they have Dungeons and Dragon's events Monday and Wednesday nights.

@DanielDiCenso

5 жыл бұрын

"The business the mall is, is when they have Dungeons and Dragon's events Monday and Wednesday nights." You practically could do a DnD LARP in this place!

FYI From Century III Memories. BREAKING: Century III Mall to close, has been deemed UNSAFE and UNINHABITABLE by the West Mifflin code enforcement. These notices were posted at the mall entrances just moments ago. We were told that some store managers were not told about this prior to the notices being posted. At this time, we don't know if this extends to the anchors JCPenney and Dick's Sporting Goods. More details to follow.

Wow that fountain made my jaw drop such beauty in that (I know I sound sappy and I knows it's a mall fountain but still)

The Dance Moms girls performed in that mall in 2012.

Yay! Isn't that place great? It's dead now, but back in the 80's and 90's...it was THE PLACE to be. Holidays were person to person shoppers. I remember going there all the time and we had to drive round and round to find a place to park. I used to drive my parents crazy to take me there every time we'd go to Pittsburgh. We went about once a month. We loved 30-35 minutes away. You could go on any Monday afternoon any time of year and it would be hopping with business. It had three arcades, all spaces rented...it was so alive and fun to go to. I have many many wonderful memories with this mall. It really saddens me to see what has happened to it. It's a beautiful place and will forever be my all time fave mall. I would have never believed the mall would have this fate if I were told it through my teens, 20's and 30's. Hope you enjoyed seeing it and thanks for the video. It holds a special place for all of us Pittsburgh people. :)

@BoratWanksta

7 жыл бұрын

If it wasn't for the fact I live in Chicago, I'd really like to visit this mall just once for myself! This one looks really cool, from all the online pictures and vids I've seen of it. Ah well, I should try to get to Cincinnati Mills/Forest Fair at least once, myself. That one looks insanely dead, and even deader vs. this mall!

@YOURHOTMUSIC

5 жыл бұрын

Looks great

The one thing that all the malls in Dans videos have in common are that they catered to the middle class. The middle class is dying and so are their malls. The idea that internet sales killed these malls is hogwash. Mall that cater to high end customers are thriving. If your malls anchor store is JC Pennys, then your customers have no money and your mall dies. If the anchor store is Bloomingdales, your mall is doing just peachie. This country is rapidly becoming a two tiered society and these malls are symptomatic of that process. But hey, just keep voting for the same bozos from the same two parties that got us into this mess...Im sure it will all work out fine.

@halo45600

7 жыл бұрын

cleftintwain I can certainly tell how deluded you are lmao.

@CJ-rf9jm

5 жыл бұрын

Mirrors what I've seen locally, thriving malls full of high end luxury stuff, no more hobby stores, music stores or anything like that but lots of sachs n similar places peddling $500 gucci shoes n handbags. Even the food courts have gone from the usual fun fast food places to bistro type places typically costing $20+ for lunch. that stuffs ok if you've got piles of cash (many don't) but the lack of variety makes it pointless.

@robo08ify

4 жыл бұрын

Cleftintwain That’s not entirely true. I’m in the ‘upper middle class’ catagory and I shop at JC Penney a lot. I also shop at Nordstrom’s. The mall nearest my home north of Boston has JC Penney as one of the anchor stores and the mall is doing well enough that Nordstrom moved in where Macy’s was. The mall is actually expanding now, adding more stores, restaurants and parking areas. The entire mall has been updated over the last 5 or so years, including a number of charging stations near each of the four entrances for electric vehicles.

@Quit3Cut3

4 жыл бұрын

I believe it... the higher end malls seem to be thriving. Honestly between my husband and I, were upper middle class, but if I were classified by my salary alone I’d be middle class for sure, but on the lower end of it.

@junkboxxxxxx

4 жыл бұрын

Vote Trump-R or Gabbard-D to blow it all up

this video is a year and a half old, most of the stores seen in this video are now closed and vacant, the water fountain no longer has water

As someone who has been a victim of layoff twice, I can't help but feel sorry for everyone who used to work at those shops and the business owners. It must've been really hard for all them, especially the smaller businesses.

Having a glass of wine and watching some dead malls..what an awesome Friday night!!!!

the nostalgia i get from these videos, even as a 21 year old brit, genuinely physically hurts. there is a lot to be said for modern life but I can't help but feel like i really missed out on a lot of life prior to my birth. there's a comfort in these aesthetics that match what i remember from my very earliest memories. these videos are really special, one day there won't be any of these malls left to make them about.

@glaze3979

Жыл бұрын

I know what you mean by this - I'm 2 years older than you assuming you're 23. It feels like a longing for the 90s, since we were born right in the cusp, we were at a weird in-between point. We're familiar with he 90s despite you not being born, and my being barely born. Because it hadn't phased out yet. I get similar vibes from music and TV shows.

I live not too far from here and stop by on occasion. I was just here last week (October 2016) so here are a few updates since this video was filmed: 1. The Macy's is now closed and the storefront has been walled off with windows. 2. The fountain is no longer working. (January 2017 update. It's been turned back on). 3. All of the plants and planters you see have had their plants removed. 4. ALL of the restaurants [in the food court area] are now closed except for the Italian Village Pizza. 5. The comic shop is now renting an additional storefront and is used for Magic competitions.

@Intelliguy

7 жыл бұрын

Are the Old Mexico Restaurant and Auntie Annes also closed?

@10551055The

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, they are still there. I stopped by yesterday, actually. Sorry, bad wording on my part, should have said all restaurants in the food court area are gone except IVP. The fountain is turned back on BTW and they put some new plants in place of the old ones.

@Zoetropeification

7 жыл бұрын

Both still open as of 5-17-17 Fountain is dry

@CJ-rf9jm

5 жыл бұрын

Comic shops were 1 of my most popular hangouts well into my 20's. Any1 who has a mall with 1 still inside is lucky. Theres almost none of those left anywhere near me.

A subject that shouldn’t be that interesting , is made fascinating by Dan , his observations , laugh, and soothing tone ..... good work 👍

Although this has nothing to do with this mall, if you're ever in Florida, stop by Palatka Mall on a Thursday afternoon. It won't disappoint. Vaporwave is already echoing throughout the building; no need to edit it in. :)

@gordonfreman7569

8 жыл бұрын

+mraiwa1000 what kind of vaporwave

@aqueousfern2025

8 жыл бұрын

+Gordon Freman the v a p e s t of waves

You know when someone tells me there's no real art on youtube that isn't derivative of popular media, I always point them here. It's a bit of sad but I'd be a Luddite if I didn't say I thought these places were sort of set up to fall. I think Malls will eventually be shipping hubs from online shopping that could be accessible by the public to save the companies' money on delivery.

Monroeville Mall was the mall we went to as a kid in the 1970's but then used to hit this mall once I learned to drive in the mid 1980's and recall it being so busy and big! To add to what others said about what has brought malls and retail to an end (online shopping, big box stores not in malls, WalMart, bad economic times since 2001, etc)...think about this...the money we all used to spend on clothes and retail shopping at malls in the 1960's-1990's now goes to cell phone, internet service, and cable/satellite TV monthly costs/bills...seriously add up those three expenses we all have now that we did not have then and you will easily find the money that used to be spent at malls! So sad to see this era over and that my teenage daughters will not experience teenage years at the mall...but they have cell phones, computer access, and a zillion TV channels to choose from! Not sure how I feel about the tradeoff.

@halo45600

7 жыл бұрын

ERIK Monroeville​ and South hills village Mall are still going strong. I should know I live in Bethel.

@CJ-rf9jm

5 жыл бұрын

The irony isn't lost on me now I spend much time on the net looking at videos like this n looking up malls I hung out as a kid. I've popped in on a few still within driving distance, all are not vastly different from what they once were. Even those that are still doing well are dull beige / grey and lifeless compared to what they once were. the kinds of stores I liked to shop in all gone.

Thumbs up for saying its in West Mifflin and not "outside Pittsburgh". When I was little my mom was the manager of a book store. I used to go with her to work then I got sick. Now I think back to it and remember seeing people all over and even a mini golf course.

@DanielODonoghue412

8 жыл бұрын

The first store front you showed the inside of was the store my mom managed

@DanielODonoghue412

8 жыл бұрын

+Daniel O'Donoghue the third store front you looked into was the mini golf

@nickcarter4474

7 жыл бұрын

Why did it close?

@DanielODonoghue412

7 жыл бұрын

the company went out of business

@umtomcat

7 жыл бұрын

lil old ladies with really bad plastic surgery killed it. Like the lady @1.23

lemme guess, all they have in the food court is a subway and chinese foood place.

@ksero1000

8 жыл бұрын

Itallian village and a philly steak sub place...That is ITTT now. :(

@bmstylee

8 жыл бұрын

don't forget Sbarro. they are a crappy food court staple. kinda like GNC and bath and body works are the cockroaches of dead malls.

@jaylacko7852

8 жыл бұрын

+ksero1000 You live in Pittsburgh? that's banging

@mrfandude1235

8 жыл бұрын

i live in pittsburgh too

@texboyporsche944

7 жыл бұрын

They probably have a Cinnabon with the cage pulled halfway down.

Was there yesterday... Saw 3 people. 3! Good thing there was security... I wouldn't of felt safe otherwise!

this mall was officially condemned by the state today, "Unfit for occupancy"

why does it seem like Pennys is usually the last anchor to pull out of so many of these malls?

@LethaWolfStudios

7 жыл бұрын

Seems like it's always either that or Sears

@nickjohn2051

7 жыл бұрын

linesinthesand97 Dont forget gnc

@jessicaramirez-auman2072

7 жыл бұрын

Nick John- GNC is not a typical anchor.

@997Productions

7 жыл бұрын

linesinthesand97 Places like that last because they get extended leases. Once every place eats the dust, the anchors remain until their time is up.

@TickleFingers

6 жыл бұрын

Because Penny's is that asshole who has to get that extra pump in before the oops! I had to do it.....

This makes me sad. I used to live 20 minutes away and get my haircut here. Seeing everything gone makes me feel old, when I’m only 14.

I lived just a few blocks from this mall. I was one of the first customers to walk in the doors when they first opened. I even played a couple of musical performances here. Lots and lots of great memories. It was my favorite shopping mall of all time. I loved the food court and the restaurants here as well. I hate to see it deteriorating like it is!

@maverickdallas1004

8 жыл бұрын

+Puppude ...Yep, NOTHING is really sacred anymore!

CLOSED: February 6 2019. 😭😭

@christopherisdabest929

3 жыл бұрын

I agree

My ex girl friend worked for Popcorn World in the 80's . I miss her and the Mall !

who the hell thought it a good idea to put carpet down in a mall, christ!

@DavidLLambertmobile

5 жыл бұрын

Atlanta GA had a carpet mall floor. It was very odd. I never saw anything like that in a big retail location.

@gmcnewlook

5 жыл бұрын

It’s one thing in a department store because that’s limited foot traffic where clothing etc is , but it’s another in a big “ high traffic” area (not much of that in this mall😉)

@Canonfudder

5 жыл бұрын

Sb who thought that malls would thrive forever and that they would regularly need new carpet.

@sandraruiz2212

5 жыл бұрын

Horrible idea! They built a mall in 2000 by me and put carpet in there! Now they recently upgraded it to tile.

@burnbabylonburn78

4 жыл бұрын

Carpet in a movie theater is an even worse idea.🤣

You can upload 1,000 of these fantastic videos and it'll never cease to amaze me that, at one point, this mall was the place to be. Now it's ready to become history. Great work Dan. Hope all is well!

Is it just me, or I just keep watching the Dead Mall videos because of the music? :p

@liviipaw281

7 жыл бұрын

MilkyTales nope it's me too

@dougrogan379

4 жыл бұрын

It's part of the shopping experience

Century 3 Chevrolet. Lebanon and Church Road Pittsburgh. Minutes from the mall!

5 years later, this mall is completely closed. It makes me sad, I used to go here as a child with my mother. I remember throwing pennies in that fountain. I would also go to sears with my grandfather and uncle. Really sad it’s closed. I think there supposed to be doing something with it, but I’m not sure what. It doesn’t look like it has been touched since it closed.

So sad that the majority of malls will die out because of the fact that EVERYONE Is using online sites to shop now, instead of going to malls and thrift stores like they used to in the past.

@hellokatelyn4542

8 жыл бұрын

I've had too many bad online shopping experiences I try to shop at local places as much as I can. It makes me so sad to see malls dying off. :(

@christian_lied

8 жыл бұрын

Well this guy won't! :p

@boyleheights5741

8 жыл бұрын

i find better deals online..specially ebay. been shopping on ebay for the past 3 years..no complaints from my part. fast and free shipping.

@wbmstr24

7 жыл бұрын

i disagree and will speak some truth here that others wont....first, im born and raised in pittsburgh, went to C3 mall all the time....it was more than the generic 'economic downturn' they keep harping on....just check South Hills Village out...vibrant, good demographics, and a mixture of young and old, good location, vibrant surrounding businesses, i watch C3 deteriorate mainly due to the bus lines bringing in a bunch of thugs who caused trouble, scaring away families and individuals alike....places that are available generally by automobiles only, are fine...SHV, Ross Park, the Mall at Robinson, etc...all thriving, all busy.....

@DavidHDennis

7 жыл бұрын

When I was last in Pittsburgh in 2010, I noticed the area surrounding Century III was doing well, but Century III was already in decline. My impression is that Simon's generally poor management did them in. Even upscale Simon malls in South Florida are surprisingly poorly maintained. Anyone who questions the vitality of malls should visit Aventura Mall north of Miami, which is vibrant and full of life. They are replacing the old (but still great looking) food court with a gigantic $300 million palace of food. Yikes. Until then I starve every time I go there ... LOL.

If I had "Stupid Money", I would buy this and make a contained community out of it. Plenty of room for apartments, a library, daycare center, recreation area, grocery store, other retail, etc. and then I would make a "farming area" outside to grow vegetables.

@Zoetropeification

7 жыл бұрын

It's built on a hill made of slag. Slag is waste from steel production. I would not eat the vegetables.

@JohnDoe-yq5bd

6 жыл бұрын

Not proper area to grow anything from, structurally unsound. Oprah could buy this place and try to make something work but would still find it best to bulldoze and redo the entire complex.

@JohnDoeRando

5 жыл бұрын

I'd buy a smaller mall. Live in it, and make a race track out of the parking lot. And a giant ass garage out of one of the anchors.

So sad to say goodbye to the past. I'm glad I grew up in the 80's. Great music, malls were crowded with people and safe to hang out at. People seemed happier. Sure, there was cruelty even then, and unrest in the world. But you generally weren't exposed to hateful ugliness on a daily basis, which seems to be the case now. These videos are sad, but they are fascinating and thought provoking. You always capture the ghosts of yesterday so well, Dan Bell.

@iancraik7002

8 жыл бұрын

+Auntie Didi nowadays there are cable news channels with 24/7 programming to tell us who to hate

@CJ-rf9jm

5 жыл бұрын

I feel much the same. Back then lotta these places were more colourful too and a lot more variety inside. Didn't have to spend more hours driving between big box stores than actually in those stores. It was actually fun not the churn it is now.

@burnbabylonburn78

4 жыл бұрын

Ian Craik not only that, they tell us to hate the wrong people.

@RuToob

4 жыл бұрын

@@burnbabylonburn78 So true!

Pennsylvania is keeper of the dead malls.

I was thinking about what a social experience going to the mall was back in the day.

I live right next to this mall. I suggest you do a follow up video because this mall has become even more dead since you were last here. The fountains aren’t on, there are no vendors, and the elevators are no longer in operation

Having Macy's and JCPenny as anchors is a death sentence for any mall.

@MTGThrownDown

7 жыл бұрын

Adam Smith Not true. The mall where I live have a JCPenny, Macy's and Sears. It's doing quite well

@redbutterflynine

7 жыл бұрын

Adam Smith give it time lol

@jmanx360

6 жыл бұрын

The worst anchors a mall could possibly have are Sears and Kmart. Most of those malls were the small town discount-oriented malls that were doomed to fail anyway.

@JohnDoe-yq5bd

6 жыл бұрын

I have 3 malls surrounding me that have all 3 within 20 minute drives going in each direction and all are thriving.

@julosx

6 жыл бұрын

I have five ones around me in a radius of 5 miles and they're all packed (esp. these days with the Yuletide season).

This mall is like 15 minutes away from where I live. Great vid!

@Jimmy-3294

6 жыл бұрын

KissyBurns haha same!

@shavonnestacia2865

6 жыл бұрын

Me too....When I lived in Pittsburgh.

Just thought I'd update everyone that Century 3 is now closed.

@TownieGirl1974

5 жыл бұрын

I literally was looking through the newest comments to see if anyone had an update on this mall. I was going to Google it if I had to scroll much more. Thank you. How long ago did it close?

@mlee9118

3 жыл бұрын

@@TownieGirl1974 2019

Loved this tour. It came at just the right time for me. I needed a place I could go and get lost and reminisce. It's been many years since I could go to the mall. Thanks for the trip back in time.

Ace’s adventures brought me here for another watch of this classic video.

Nothing better than walking into a mall that is still in the 1980s, and they are playing 80's music!

This video makes me really miss the 90's for some reason. I can just picture that place thriving with people. It would be cool if we could see some before pics when the mall was popular and compare it!

I just wanna put on my rollerblades, my Sony Walkman, crank the Pantera and skate the fk outta that mall! :)

@andrew41980

7 жыл бұрын

Dan Lord do some skitchen to get there lol

@ahabtheplant

7 жыл бұрын

Dan Lord Back by where the Sears was there's a nice ramp. It's carpeted, though. I remember it from losing my friend's wheelchair and ruining my back catching it. Once it was worth the hour trip to hang there, so many stores.

@dallasdandigitalproduction393

7 жыл бұрын

nice

@redbutterflynine

7 жыл бұрын

ahabtheplant did your back ever heal ?

When I go to the states I usually go to a mall, buy a couple of suitcases spend a day shopping to fill them. That is the incentive from the cheap retail prices in the states compared to the U.K. Mind you I had better wait for a stronger pound before I travel there next time.

i learned to park in this mall's parking lot. good times

Dead rising vibes

@radar_the_fox

Жыл бұрын

uwu

thank you thank you thank you for doing this. I had one of my most nostalgic childhood memories at this mall when my parents took me when i was little. It brought me back to that time again seeing this. Plus the music you put to it would have matched the time period when i was there in the 80s. It means so much to me to get to see this place again

i totally got the "time warp" vibe watching this. damn, the video medleys you throw together as intros are ingenious. this dan mason fellow really puts out some excellent mellow tunes, also. another great Dead Mall installment.

Awesome video Dan! I live in this area and this mall is infamous around here for being dead. For all the attention it receives, it makes you wonder why people stopped shopping there. This mall is so interesting to walk through; I love the platforms and steps and levels throughout it (like in your shot at 10:00-10:15). I haven't been there in 10 years and it was dead just like this back then. Your video makes me excited to go back out there, and I think I will :) Thanks so much for a really great video and walk-through!

There are literally about four or five stores left in this mall aside from JCPenney's and Dick's Sporting Goods. The waterfall is shut off, and there's no longer music played through the mall. It was supposed to go up for Sheriff's earlier this year, but that was postponed twice.

I love the way you do these dead mall series videos with the intro, background music and the tour... I had to subscribe, keep it up Dan Bell!

People really need to go into these malls and skate them. I think the contrast between the dead lifelessness of the mall with the extremely high-energy sport would make for an awesome video. Plus, there's the fact that security probably are so thin on the ground and they likely care so little that you could get away with it, and there seems to be some absolutely awesome spots in these malls.

@frankyu553

7 жыл бұрын

"HIGH ENERGY"

@JohnDoe-yq5bd

6 жыл бұрын

ganymedeIV4 skateboarding private property is not innocent. You are purposely skating in a building you know you aren’t supposed to. This is why people call cunts and why when citizens, security and police catch them they get slammed into the ground.

@magicman08

6 жыл бұрын

Years ago you used to be able to rollerblade and skate around the metrodome in MN on certain days of the week. Had I lived in the cities I totally would have done that once or twice.

Funny how people say it's sad that malls are dying but do they actually even shop at indoor malls? The answer is simply no, if they were it would show. Love the dead mall series Dan, keep it up

@michaelgearhart5050

8 жыл бұрын

+k1773ns I was thinking the EXACT same thing. If you feel it is that tragic, maybe, you and your friends go there this weekend and spend money there? Maybe? Sort of? No? No, didn't think so. Then jobs are lost, the economy in that area dumps and people mourn the loss.

@skyangelrockera22

5 жыл бұрын

Well I feel sad because thats where my family used to go to hang out. When we moved to the US we were going to keep tradition of going to the mall on the weekends but it stopped cuz malls over here are boring and there is really not improvement. You only see decay and is not fun

This was a great mall, Dan. Thanks for taking us thorough!

totally just watched an old episode of Dance Moms & the girls had a performance in this mall. & as soon as the moms & dancers walked in they were like "nobody is here!" haha. When they performed it was probably the most the mall had been packed for years.

I used to love going to century 3.. Most of my teenage years were spent shopping in this mall. I was sad when they took Old Navy out. Good times with friends.

The Dance Moms girls performed in that mall in the fall of 2012.

It is amazing how much retail has declined over the years. Mergers, sell-outs, downsizing, online shopping, less consumerism, changing times, etc have killed so many malls over the years!

I've never seen a double decker carousel before! These malls are so surreal and beautiful, thank you for visiting this one. Currently binge watching the dead mall series and loving it so much

Great video Dan. The Dead Mall Series is always a pleasure to watch. Thanks.

i miss that mall. I had my first retail job there at steve and barry's in 2007

So amazing how at one point in time people used to rely on that mall perhaps for fashion sense but now, it's practically dead

I used to live out this way during my childhood. This mall has been dying since AT LEAST the mid-90s. Good 'ol C3!

Thank you so much Dan for making this video! I'm glad that you finally managed to make it to Century III after all!

this mall used to be the best friggin mall - my mom and my dad had their first jobs there... so did most of my aunts and uncles..

One of my high school year malls, we spent tons of time there, it was packed almost every day of the week. Now it's a ghost town. The newest owners promised to bring it back, but no one shops at the malls anymore, so there you have it. Goodbye old friend.

Dead mall with the baddest jazz playing in the background... that was Alex Bugnon playing, that alone was worth watching the video thanks for another good share

So sad that no one (THERE) is enjoying these beautiful plants! Thanks, Dan! 👍😉

Man.. I remember my grandma giving me pennies to put in that fountain. I miss her

Just there the other day. It was so barren... I thought I was gonna get mugged. Thanks for the video, Dan. I'm from Butler, PA. Originally Natrona Heights

@kendallcookie

7 жыл бұрын

Geoff Strehl oh cool!! Im from russellton so im not too far. have you ever been to the Pittsburgh mills? It's so depressing

@GeoffStrehlMusic

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah. I was there yesterday. I actually used to work there when they originally opened. My first job ever was as a 17 year old at Villa Pizza. Surprisingly, it's still there.

I love the intro! The Kids' Guide to the Internet is one of my favorite videos to watch.

Seems kind-of like a metaphor of whats happening to the middle class. Reminds me of me in my neighborhood with houses burning down and gettin torn down left and right, or just being occupied by trouble. I'm working and struggling to survive. Trying to keep standing while everything is crumbling down. I can say that Century 3 is awesome in that, you can basically go to any store that they have left and not have to worry about parking, crowds, and lines. I do wish there were more stores there, but as long as they keep the ones they have and the massage place...I will keep coming back. The food court is an awesome place to study, and as long as they have Itallian village slices...I will keep munching at the food court. :D I love & miss the 90's. I can't believe it has been that long ago. Thank you for filming here.

Other than the carpet. This is a beautifully designed mall in my opinion

Like for real though, why aren't you the most subscribed on youtube??????? You're the man, Dan! Love your videos~

I don't know why but I love this dead mall series. I guess the shots of the empty spaces makes you wonder out of curiosity what it used to be like, and how it got into that state. These videos are like an eerie art piece. Great work, more of this please!

I absolutely love your videos! I honestly thought I was the only one who liked abandoned/dying malls and motels. Keep up the great work! I am so surprised about this mall. I was visiting my Aunt who used to live in Bethel Park. She took me to this mall in 92 or 93. I was amazed by the size of this mall, and surprised it had carpet! I thought it was so cool that the mall was three levels! It's a shame that it is dying.

Northland mall ca. 1960? America's first mall, located in Southfield, MI BONUS: there are two abandoned luxury hotels adjacent to the mall. Might wanna check it out. The back story is similar to this mall Macy's pulled out, mall defaulted on loans an was foreclosed last year. Very sad.

@Karmy.

8 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. Northland :'(

@noahwhiteis8176

7 жыл бұрын

Northland Mall was not Americas first mall, Southdale Center in Edina Minnesota was (developed by Dayton-Hudson)

@Karmy.

7 жыл бұрын

Noah Whiteis Northland was the first enclosed shopping center

@noahwhiteis8176

7 жыл бұрын

Sorry forgot to specify, Southdale (which was developed by the same developed albeit before the merger) was the first enclosed shopping center, Northland (as per a cursory google search and wikipedia entry) is older than Southdale (by two years), although it was originally constructed as an outdoor shopping center and later enclosed in the mid 70's

@wolfpak8228

7 жыл бұрын

Crowned Grace --mall soon to be razed

Dan, IF you are ever in the Detroit metro area of Michigan, there is a mall in Pontiac, MI (Summit Place Mall) that closed a few years ago and is really dilapidated and would be REALLY cool foe you to check out!

"Hey there, its us again...were gonna be showing our friends the basics of the internet. We thought you might wanna come along"-lolol classic.

My favourite type of videos from you Dan, i get very excited when i see a new one😁❤️

So sad to see it go down. I grew up going to this mall. Its been going downhill for years. Macy's leaving is the nail in the coffin, imo. The only malls that are good around here are South Hills Village Mall, The Mall at Robinson and Ross Park Mall.

0:32 "NOW, YOU'RE SURFING ON THE INTER-NET!"

I gotta admire that one cat in the middle of the dance video who's just doin' jump kicks and punches. Everyone else is awkwardly dancing and this dude is busting out karate with confidence.

I remember this mall from when I was a kid. I used to love going there because they had so many stores that my local malls didn't have. You should also see about doing on on the Fort Steuben Mall in Steubenville, OH.