For another take on the summit, and Century III check out the brand new video from Faded Commerce here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/kWd_ptCRn7Pcerg.html

Oh my. Guys....this is fantastic. I'm impressed beyond words with how your channel and content has grown! You guys rock, keep it up :)

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Looking forward to your take on this too!

@MarcoDiaz-uw7qt

4 жыл бұрын

OH definitely yeah! I agree with sal. This is the best dead mall channel I have ever seen!

The antithesis to “location, location, location” is “if you build it they will come.” Maybe that is the thinking that led to dead malls. I just discovered this channel and really liked the research. With your female narration it really stands out among the other dead mall channels as malls were such a integral part of American womenhood for many decades.

@UniCommProductions

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you @j huang! This mall is definitely the sort of place that you wonder WHY that location was chosen--its far from the highway, it's hidden up on a hill, you can't see it from the main road, etc. I don't know why there arent more women doing this type of video because you're absolutely right, it was THE 20th century destination for us!

Gah...I grew up in this mall...such good content. Thanks for loving on her! She was a beauty back in the day!

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

Jessica Robinson thank you! I’m glad I got to see it before it’s gone but I wish i was able to have seen it in its prime!

You guys got super lucky with no security around! I bet had this place been managed better, it could have survived. Moonbeam and Kohan seem to be the worst mall owners ever. They talk a big game and never deliver. Great video guys- Justin

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

This was a once in a lifetime opportunity. A few weeks later they were all back.

We had a similar experience here in New York with Moonbeam - Onondaga County had problems dealing with Moonbeam with regard to Shoppingtown Mall in DeWitt. Fortunately, the county was eventually able to buy the mall from Moonbeam.

This was like a Century I I I miniseries, I loved it, great work!

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Linda! Its such an interesting story, I'm glad you felt we did it justice.

I think it's cool that you all got together to discuss dead and dying malls. Yes, there are businesses around there called Century Three....

Your vídeos are always well researched but I especially like the construction details you've included here.

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! They definitely don't build them like that anymore...if you compare CIII with a mall that was built in the last 20 years, there's so much more plaster and drywall in the new ones as opposed to concrete and tile. It's sad to think all that craftsmanship might go away.

@JimNicewander

5 жыл бұрын

@@UniCommProductions That too, but I was especially struck by the site preparation needed. I doubt any other mall has ever had to backfill mines. This is a nice little detail that I didn't see covered by other explorers.

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

I thought that was really an incredible feat of engineering when I read that.

Another wonderful video! Your videos are supported by very detailed research and you provide a very concise summary of the history of all the malls and their current state of operation. Wow! Five anchor stores! Century III Mall must have been a fabulous place in its heyday. It is great that you managed to slip into the area of the mall they redressed for Netflix series “Mindhunter”. Totally unexpected! Your observation in the wrap-up about the names Century, Tri-County, Eastgate, etc., is spot-on target -- They could bulldoze all these malls tomorrow but the location names will linger on for another hundred years. Without you, no one will know why or where they originated. Thanks guys!

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

It’s a beautiful mall but so sad...I thought I’d seen desolate at Forest Fair but Century III is another level. A few of us earlier in the day didn’t realize that the Macy’s Furniture wing was a *set* and that it wasn’t just untouched since the 80s until someone better informed explained that to us. You can’t see it in our video but there is a green screen across the front of the top level-the plan must be to digitally add in the rest of the Mall in post production. I’m interested to see it.

Well done. I always enjoy when people film in the roped off areas of these dead ass malls.

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for tuning in Bruce! We have another video coming out around Halloween that also has some “secret areas” that I don’t think many people have seen before from another mall.

Moonbeam specializes in distressing mall properties by leaving them to rot, underutilized and undermaintained. No renovation leads to mass relocation to places where people would rather shop. In the record store, was that the album cover for "Talking Heads: 77" I spied?

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

☝️ THIS!

Another stellar Cruise Thank you!

Great video

Ha! Tumbleweave! Not to be dramatic but I gotta share my happy that finally there is a female voice as part of the dead mall crew. You add a whole new context and angle on this topic. I find myself talking back to you saying thing like “tell us girl”. I can’t do that with WallieB. I mean I guess I could, but it’s better with you. Besides, I have other things I need to say to WallieB. What I am trying to say is that I am grateful for your presence in this space and that you share your perspective.

@UniCommProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I keep waiting for there to be more of us but I'm almost 3 years in and there still aren't many of us (although there are a ton of fantastic female mall photographers on Instagram)!

I have seen a lot of the Century III Mall video's before, but you have filmed from very different angles. Liked it very much !

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

warp42a if security hadn’t been as minimal that day, we would never have gotten some of the footage we did...so we were very lucky! Thanks so much for watching! I’m glad you liked it.

Great video. Very informative. Grew up 15 minutes from this mall and still live close by near the waterfront shopping center. A lot of great memories here as a child, was always a superior mall to the still thriving south hills village. Interested to see what happens tomorrow but I think this malls fate has been sealed for too long

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

I'm gonna guess that Moonbeam will figure out a way to postpone since as far as i know Netflix is still filming in there.

People call that area C3 or Century III but mainly just the shopping areas. Also Century III Chevrolet was famous for it's earworm jingle "minutes from the mall." They don't advertise that these days.

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

That makes sense. The areas we were talking about in Cincinnati are basically the same way, except Eastgate...even the areas where people live get called that. Thanks for answering our burning question!

I thought it’s 100% closed. How did you get in unless they’re open or this was recorded way before...

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

Among The Unknown it is indeed open still...the Mall has been put up for sheriff sale and delayed twice this year, so that could be why there’s information online saying it closed. This was recorded Labor Day weekend 2018. No telling how much longer it will be open, though.

Moonbeam Capital: the executioner of malls already on death row.

@UniCommProductions

2 жыл бұрын

At least they seem to be exiting the mall business…although they seem to own apartment buildings too. Can you imagine?

Good video. Very interesting. Thanks.

👏 👏👏👏y’all are awesome! So glad I found this channel

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks Audrey! We're glad you found us too!

Cool video!

This looks like it would have made a great city within a city concept.

Kristen, just discovered this video, it is really great

@UniCommProductions

3 жыл бұрын

It's an oldie--I think we had just hit 50 subscibers when we made this one!

@markstrouse3101

3 жыл бұрын

@@UniCommProductions well I am a subscriber but never saw this one. I never ever miss your great videos

I've lived in West Mifflin my whole life. 43 years. I Still live in the same housing plan up the road from the mall. I was a mall rat 😊 . I've always called the area "Century 3 mall area" when asked what part of WM . The "south side" of west mifflin . the "Kennywood park area" of the "north side" of West Mifflin I've always used to describe parts of the WM borough. Many folks I know just use the north and south to describe the WM area. The high Schools used to be called north and south high schools. 😉. Yes many folks still use "century 3 mall area" for reference.

Can you still go inside this mall?

@UniCommProductions

3 жыл бұрын

It's completely closed now. I suppose with enough determination you CAN lol...but it's sealed tight and as a result we're talking B&E, not just trespassing. It still has active security inside and out. The most recent video of the inside post-closure is from Ace's Adventures and he got caught when he was inside. His video is from several months ago and the way he got in has since been closed off.

Hi New Subbie here, came here from Sal's channel, liked very much your videos n channel!!

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I'm glad you found us.

The area is simply West Mifflin which is the town but some people also call it the Century III area if talking specifically about the area surrounding the mall.

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

That makes sense! It's very similar, as we discussed in the video, to how people talk about Tri County Mall in Cincinnati. Thanks for answering our question. We were really curious!

Does anyone know when there was last a store open on the 3rd floor??

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

Little P 289 I don’t think there were any open up there when the earliest video I’m aware of was released (2015, 2016?) Based on my research it looks like it probably emptied out between 2009 and 2011...the Macy’s Furniture Gallery closed in 2009.

great video!! just added you to my subscribed list!

@kristinrose2195

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! That's awesome!

Where do you get this awesome music by the way big fan of you guys

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! I get most of it from KZread but a couple of these tracks actually came from the free KZread Creator Audio Library which I checked out for the first time when I was putting this video together. I discovered Eco Virtual (who are now one of my favorites) when I watched Doomie Grunt's Richland Mall video.

It's time to make a trip back to this mall while you still can...it's changed drastically FYI, We always just call the area Century III, and I have no plans of calling it anything else... :)

@UniCommProductions

Жыл бұрын

Oh I have, pretty recently. I’m hanging onto it for a bit but it is coming eventually.

It seems like a lot of malls in this series were once owned by the DeBartolos.

This mall doesn't stand a chance. As Sal showed in his video this mall has substantial structural damage. It's destiny is the wrecking ball.

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

At this point, nearly a year after this video was shot, I wholeheartedly agree with you.

I think when the mall ownership stopped allowing buses to stop at the doors helped this mall decline some as well.

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

I noticed that the bus stop was way out at the outer edge of the parking lot when we were there. Little old ladies aren't going to want to trek all the way across the parking lot to go get their hair set.

Century 3 Mall was always in a bad location. My brother said it was a challenge to get there. It's at least five miles from any superhighway. It wasn't easy to get to it from any interstate highway. Of course, Pittsburgh doesn't have a lot of good roads anyway.

I love that you guys are Ohioans ❤️

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

Well...one of us is. Ron, born and raised in Kentucky, takes issue with that statement. :)

You said tumbleweave, damn you funny.

@UniCommProductions

3 жыл бұрын

I call 'em like I see 'em.

I live about 20 mins away from C3 andI grew up going there for many years and from what I’ve seen on Facebook the security company that was patrolling the mall Was owed too much money by Moonbeam so they quit sending security I think that was in maybe October that started And to answer your question the municipality that all the places you were at resides in his West Mifflin Pennsylvania

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

From what I've been told unless Netflix has been in the building security has been off the beat except at Victoria's Secret where they have been paying their own guy to be there.

0:31 got me dead 😂

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

Everyone loved those Kia hamsters.

@stevenboswell220

5 жыл бұрын

It’s beyond true

HOLY F'N GHOST TOWN..BATMAN!!!

Dead malls are so sad, but they make me appreciate thriving malls more than I used to. The empty walkways and dark corners are just (for lack of a better word) wrong.

I have a question, is there contact info somewhere?

@UniCommProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Unicommproductions@gmail.com I am also on Twitter and Instagram-links to those are in the description to this video

@Darrid100

2 жыл бұрын

@@UniCommProductions Sent 2 days ago, did it come through?

I'm surprised you never got caught filming, they try to be strict about it

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

gregman05 From what I understand that is usually the case but since they were going up for sheriff sale the following Tuesday we suspect that a guard or two didn’t show up to work that day.

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

The most popular theory at this point is that they stiffed their "Blart Bill".

I miss working at that Kaufman's

@UniCommProductions

4 жыл бұрын

It looks like it was a really nice store before Macy’s got ahold of it

Stranger things filmed some of season 3 in a dead mall, mind Hunter is filmed in CIII Netflix is saving dead malls

Tumble weave lol!!

Moonbeam = dead malls.

I'm in NY....But i lived in Pittsburgh from 10/2015 to 11/2016....The neighborhood around Century III is not that bad....They just didn't want a certain "element" of people coming by bus....And, unless you are from that area....You are not going to that building....The outside of that mall looks abandoned....The roads around it needed to be repaired years ago....

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

I didn't think it seemed rough at all. We hung out there for the better part of two days and everything seemed fine (it reminded me a lot of the area around Northgate Mall in Cincinnati honestly). It kind of surprised me when I read that when I came home because the neighborhood just seemed normal to me. That bus stop is way too far away from the entrance; little old ladies who want their nails done are not going to walk across that parking lot. I hope whatever goes in there is more pedestrian friendly; that seems like something people need.

@shavonnestacia2865

5 жыл бұрын

@@UniCommProductions .....The bus stop at South Hills Village is the same way....You have to walk across the street, then across a big parking lot....I didn't drive that day because i was looking at houses in the south on a Saturday and had nothing else to do....

@jarrodmiller3319

5 жыл бұрын

@@UniCommProductions The bus used to stop on the other side of the mall and then the stop was the entrance diagonally across from where the bus stop is now. I've heard people say that when the buses started going there, things went downhill. Not 100% sure about that because I would take the bus from college to see my girlfriend who worked there and that was around 92-94.

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

@ Jarrod Miller that is truly sad that people would think that let alone say it. God knows that CIII could have used whatever traffic they could have gotten in there.

@jarrodmiller3319

5 жыл бұрын

@@UniCommProductions The bus issue is quite a complex issue. Our Port Authority used to stretch a lot further than it does now. My then gf (now my wife) took the bus from her house and back every day for 4 years to college. She'd have to travel a couple of miles by car to get to a bus stop now. I attribute the collapse of the bus routes to every driver I saw falsifying customer counts. One person would get on and you'd hear the bus driver enter 5-10 passengers into the fare box (probably stating they had a bus pass). That would happen stop after stop. So obviously the Port Authority thought they had far more revenue than they actually did.

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@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

YOU ROCK ALSO!!!

@snakeboren4814

5 жыл бұрын

@@UniCommProductions THX!!!

@snakeboren4814

5 жыл бұрын

WAS OLD MEXICO A RESTAURANT??

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

Snake Boren Yes, it was originally a Ruby Tuesday. Old Mexico closed in April 2018.

@snakeboren4814

5 жыл бұрын

@@UniCommProductions COOL!!! DID RUBY TUESDAY HAVE GOOD FOOD

I miss that place ;-;

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

It's still open--although in a very crippled state--at least until December. I know what you mean, though--Forest Fair Mall in Cincinnati was my childhood mall and it's heartbreaking to see it in the state it's reached.

@bye2014

5 жыл бұрын

yea, when I was a baby, It was so much in a better state. it hasn't even been 10 years and now its in horrible condition. so sad.

My dude Exploring with Brody got charged for coming here

@UniCommProductions

Жыл бұрын

As you can see it was open when I was here. Your dude made some questionable decisions and I hope he learns from them.

AHH ANOTHER SUNDAY DRIVE TO A DEAD MALL (most detailed information seen for the dead mall series bravo excellent job!) AND TELL ACE SABRES HOCKEY STARTS SOON!

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

Daniel Young Everybody loves to go to the mall for a walk and maybe a pretzel...But our Auntie Anne’s comes from a truck stop because the malls we walk around are empty LOL

This mall is beat. It maybe time for this to go. Can't believe all of nasty carpeting, looks real bad.

Nothing has happened except the last 3 stores received orders to vacate

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

I know...which means the doors will be closed very soon

@lovetodecorate7568

5 жыл бұрын

Also, it is a bad area now. When more stores were still there it was referred to as the ghetto mall. I haven't been there since Macy's left.

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

We spent the better part of a weekend there and the area felt more run down than anything (I never felt unsafe and we’re from the suburbs of Cincinnati)...I mean, I can see how some of the stores there weren’t top tier at the end, though

@lovetodecorate7568

5 жыл бұрын

U havta live here to know where not to go. And many of the roads around the mall aren't maintained anymore. I've been watching KZread videos about it the past week because it's been on the news a lot lately. If you went up around Century Square you would see the area is depressed and poorly maintained. I won't go up there anymore and neither do many people I know. There are shootings there and down at the Waterfront in Homestead where the mill Homestead Works used to be. That's where a lot of the slag came from. That waterfront is a shooting gallery and next to a very poor area and lots of section 8 housing.

@lovetodecorate7568

5 жыл бұрын

Also, it’s not a desirable school district. The area of town called Duquesne which is part of the city now sends their kids to the west mifflin schools. Housing prices have dropped. After the announcement was made on the news metal detectors were put in the schools. Many middle class people r leaving to send their kids to better schools. The mayor of west mifflin was also on the news stating moonbeam owes thousands of dollars in taxes to WM. He tried contacting them and received no response and seemed very irritated. I forget his name. That restaurant Old Mexico is now close by on rt 51 but I don’t recommend going there the next time u guys r in town. We got sick the last time we were there. I am actually very saddened to see this mall fall by the wayside. I’ve lived in the south hills suburbs of Pittsburgh my entire life and this mall was a part of my life. My grandparents lived in Pleasant Hills right by it. I remember when I was a kid and nothing was on slag mountain. It looked like giant steps.

I grew up north of Pittsburgh, as I remember I usually referred to that area as South Hills, even though technically it is West Mifflin

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

It's funny, I saw someone refer to that area as "South Hills" on Reddit yesterday too. Do you think if the mall goes out that some of the businesses around there will change their names (South Hills Chevrolet, maybe?)

Moonbeam.. sounds like Indian owners. No wonder

@UniCommProductions

5 жыл бұрын

It’s a strange name for the type of company they are for sure