Here’s a link to the channel that provided all of the old footage! kzread.info

@daymenleo6895

2 жыл бұрын

o wonder when their gonna demolish this void of a mall its like you said amazon online shopping even strip plaza replace the mall trend theirs a old mall near me small enough that its basically converted to a strip plaza/mall whatever?( after COVID a big restaurant diner was stripped from top to bottom might be used as a storage? mean while

@NorthCdogg22

2 жыл бұрын

@@daymenleo6895 that is sad.. i suppose it’s just the fate of all malls..

A lot of memories at this mall. I miss Hallmark. Bought a lot of Christmas gifts there. My wife worked at Vanity and I worked at Hibbett Sports. I miss the old Walmart too with it’s cafe with big bags of popcorn and that candy store that’s a knick knack shop. I loved how you added the old time photo and video to yours. Bravo!

Grateful I grew up in the 90s to experience malls.

It was great that you had footage of what it looked like when the stores were still open to juxtapose with what it looks like now since that helps capture the feeling of what once was. The hardest thing to explain to people in the future will be the feeling of malls when they were at their peak. My local mall is still very much alive, but the feeling is completely different because teenagers and young adults don't really go there anymore.

@NorthCdogg22

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I wanted to be able to show people what this mall looked like back in its heyday. And same my local mall is very much alive but it’s much different then how I remember it from when I was a kid.

There's NO doubt, your videos are the greatest on KZread.

That mall used to be a happening mall now it's dead thanks for the memories

Bought my first handheld cell phone at that radio shack. My wife worked in the Walmart snack bar for years. Bought lots of Levi’s and jewelry from that JCP store. Great times spent at that mall. So sad.

Good Afternoon Amazing Video Man Just Found Your Channel. Have Blessed Day.

@NorthCdogg22

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man! God Bless!

Fine content!

When Malls get run down, people stop going. Most Malls are maintenance nightmares which causes stores to charge more for items due to high rents.

Have 2 malls here in savannah ga one called the savannah mall the other called Oglethorpe mall. Savannah mall use to be a great mall but now it's a ghost town it quite sad cause I remember going there as a kid and now it looks completely abandoned still a few store run there but that's it. Oglethorpe mall it's the opposite it's always packed no matter the day new stores always coming and going

I remember going to this mall to get new school clothes lol

I’m actually in Ottumwa working at this mall and it’s so much worse in just 2 years. The only retail left inside the mall is Claire’s, the jewelry store and Dunhams. It’s terrible.

@Mclag

Ай бұрын

I grew up going to this mall. It's heartbreaking seeing it how it is today. It wouldn't surprise me if they closed the interior permanently in the near future

Dude this video was amazing how the hell is the channel so small, keep it up man!

@NorthCdogg22

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed!

This was a very good video! I haven’t been to this mall in years as I don’t like going back home too often. I can tell you as a 14 year old when this mall opened it was very exciting! It seemed like Ottumwa was on the right track, sadly poor leadership in the late 90’s would seal the city’s fate. Poor mall management didn’t help this mall either. I know they can’t control poor business decisions that led some big stores to close, but they forced a lot of locally owned out with high rent. The original arcade from 1990 was Tilt. It was in the hall that branched out that you showed. It was the one with pink tile on the wall. Sam Goody would actually come later, there was a locally owned music store called Soundwaves. The radio shack relocated from the north side of town when the mall opened, as did Target. They built that building in 94. Hallmark was originally called Coachhouse Gifts, a Hallmark store. The corner shop near the entrance to the old Walmart was a locally owned video rental Video Showroom. It was their second location, the first being on west Second. When it originally opened there was also two other restaurants, a Maidrite and a Chinese fast food place similar to Panda Express. Where Ashby’s is was a Baskin-Robbins. It was sad seeing Herburgers empty. I had bought my first girlfriend’s Christmas gifts there in 1992. This was such a wonderful video! Thank you for bringing back such wonderful memories and finding the old footage that took me back to the 90’s. And f*** you for making me sad about the state of the mall! Haha

Sam Goody and Music Land were brought by FYE in 2005

Maybe the white tile was mixed in when the tiles got either warped or chipped as they probably could not get those blue tiles as they were most likely discounted by the manufacturer shortly probably around 1995-1996.

Plain looking mall, though I like the color scheme for the tilework.

Wow. This video is next level. You really . . . aced it.

@NorthCdogg22

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

My buddy has a successful arcade in there these days. Honestly that's the only reason why I go, And to bubba's. The previous owners of the mall had high high rent from what I hear and that assisted in driving out small business.

It's not really a dead mall as far as I know, but Woodland mall in Kentwood/Grand Rapids, MI used to have this really cool fountain called Split Ring, I remember it from when I was a kid, I never got any pictures or videos but it would be neat to see again. That's been gone since sometime in the 90s I believe.

Amazing video man! It sucks malls that look really pleasing are usually the ones struggling or dead.

@NorthCdogg22

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly it’s so sad.. I wish they could repurpose these beautiful malls

The Backrooms are real... you have footage...

This intro was very well done! Honestly it gave me flashbacks of shopping in malls in the early 2000s. Not gonna lie I think it would be awesome if you did one video paying homage to retail in the 2000s before everything went to crap. Golden era for retail and life in my opinion was 1980-2014. After that everything became political, the retail apocalypse really set in and than along came a pandemic on top of it………..Normal life is now completely lost in my opinion and it’s only getting worse and crazier out there. Be safe when your in some of these places as well bro!

Actually it was mc sports but all locations closed so they got replaced by Dunhams sports soon after

Awesome 👍👍👍👍 Liked

What year was the intro filmed? It looked like 91.

@NorthCdogg22

2 жыл бұрын

It was a lot of clips strewn together from the earth 90s and early 2000s

Malls were doomed, regardless of COVID. They've been going "downhill" since the early 90's. Plenty of malls were shut down in the late 80's, more shut down in the late 90's. Even more were shut down in the early 2000's. Any mall left standing now, is either on its way to being leveled, or at least 1/3 of the mall is empty....and the other stores are following soon. The problem with malls nowadays is, they aren't keeping up with what people need. Modern malls should have doctors offices, city offices, grocery stores, a mail service center, an emergency clinic, besides the usual clothing and housewares stores and restaurants. But mall owners aren't interested in updating to what people need in a mall. They want to sell the property to make a shit ton of money.

@NorthCdogg22

2 жыл бұрын

I 100% agree, it’s so sad how owners don’t even care anymore.. and are willing to just sell a mall out instead of bringing life back to it in any way..

@ArmpitStudios

2 жыл бұрын

I have never once thought, “hey, I should head to the mall,” when in need of a doctor or emergency services. That’s just not what malls are for.

@mewregaurdhissyfit7733

2 жыл бұрын

@@ArmpitStudios We are talking about what malls should be geared for nowadays.............not yesterdays. Keep up.

@ArmpitStudios

2 жыл бұрын

@@mewregaurdhissyfit7733 Yes, me too. Malls aren’t places for doctors.

are you kidding.... bronze medalist again.....i just went to the bathrooom and I miss out.

@NorthCdogg22

2 жыл бұрын

Hey at you were the first comment!

Dead malls make me worry about my own mall. I love going to it but I'm afraid that it won't last. It does seem to get decent business though and its usually pretty busy.

No wonder why the Department store chain went bankrupt.....they leave all the lights on ,even after going out of business

Great video! So sad. IMO people got greedy and built too many malls. I think after the big purge, we are going through now, some will survive and thrive. 🤞

Aahhhh, a Backrooms Creepypasta fan!

@NorthCdogg22

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! I knew I’d find another eventually😂

@brianbaswell5895

2 жыл бұрын

@@NorthCdogg22 Recognized the quote immediately! When you went into liminal spaces I knew exactly where you were going with it! Well did you find the Backrooms? Lol!

@NorthCdogg22

2 жыл бұрын

@@brianbaswell5895 lol thanks, I was hoping I described it good enough to can be a difficult subject to explain. And yes I definitely think I found the Backrooms!would be cool if I found where the original picture was taken lol

@brianbaswell5895

2 жыл бұрын

@@NorthCdogg22 👍🙂

Nice video, you’ve just gotten a new subscriber👍.

@NorthCdogg22

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much it means a lot!

Loving the dead malls 🐧🐾🌈❤️

Walmart killed the mall