Thanks for the shout out! Its like you said, its ironic that The Mall of the Bluffs is demolished but this older mall still stands and in use. Strange how that works out in the end. Thank you for the peek inside!

Love the design of the mall in the pics & those statues are like condensed memories of what was.

I liked the bridge sculpture at the beginning. The statues in the mall were cool too. That sucks the other mall caused this one to die. The conversation areas are my favorite too. Thanks for another great video.

@lukerosenkaimer5647

Жыл бұрын

I'm from the area, and the mall of the bluffs site is being converted to a Menards. The only remainants of that mall is the old sears which is now our post office and planet fitness and the old target location which I don't know what they will do with. It's sad that with most malls is survival of the fittest. The mall that's doing well is Westroads in Omaha.

@NorthCdogg22

Жыл бұрын

Me too! One thing I just loved about this place were all those sculptures and aesthetics. Thanks for watching!

@QuintusAntonious

Жыл бұрын

This mall so perfectly encapsulates what was wrong with urban planning in the 1970s-1990s. Tearing down their historic downtown gutted the sense of "place" the community had, and then the consumerism of the era thought it'd be a good idea to build another huge urban shopping center just a few miles away. Even without the early 2000s move towards Internet retail, these malls were doomed. It's a shame. It's good that they are at least trying to bring a sense of place back to the mall with sculptures and what not, but I'm not sure it's a good replacement for the kind of community that develops around local "main street" level retail.

I’m guessing Washington Square mall next! Great video

@NorthCdogg22

Жыл бұрын

You got it! Nice job!

Washington Square Mall, Evansville IN Next??, While watching this video and seeing the 70s decor, I could imagine Fleetwood Mac and Kenny Loggins (Which are my favorite 1970s artists), and GM cars rolling through the parking lots, playing over the speakers of this mall in the early days, Great Video!!

@NorthCdogg22

Жыл бұрын

Yessir you got it! And ikr?! Everything about this mall just throws off that immaculate 70s film vibe

Awesome episode!

@NorthCdogg22

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Scott!

It was a cool and unique place. I moved to Council Bluffs in 1986 and witnessed the shift of businesses leaving Midlands and going out to Mall of the Bluffs. Midlands was/is a far more interesting and substantial structure, which probably is part of its suitability for reuse vs demolition. It’s a shame that the Omni switch removed so much of the character of what the building previously had.

That is an interesting looking mall at least it's still being used even for like a business Park That's a good concept. I kind of like the seventies esthetic

Amazing video

@NorthCdogg22

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@jakesawesomevids7908

Жыл бұрын

@@NorthCdogg22 yeah

Since you're not too far, you should really do a Kansas trip. Topeka, Wichita, Hutchison, all have cool dead malls that haven't really been filmed well yet. I was just in Topeka and that one almost gave me Stratford Square vibes.

@NorthCdogg22

Жыл бұрын

I've been planning a southern Midwest trip for quite some time, will happen pretty soon don't you worry!

@jsperb82

Жыл бұрын

Lol. I'm not worried.

Thank you ever so much. Your content is informative and interesting.

@NorthCdogg22

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Thanks for the vid! I think Brick Immortar used to film this mall, but he has moved on to other things.

@NorthCdogg22

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

love the video and hoping the the Washington Square mall is next I am curious to see what it looks like

@NorthCdogg22

Жыл бұрын

Indeed it is! Thanks for watching!

The perfect mix of liminal hell and 70’s architecture 🤍

@Thoth0333

9 ай бұрын

oh liminal spaces are FAR from hell for me, I would actually say liminal heaven

Fantastic

@NorthCdogg22

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

I'm excited to hear that you are visiting Indiana. Marquette Mall was my local mall that has been sitting abandoned for almost 10 years at this point, the last store there was Carsons but that closed back in 2018.

Amazing video as always and man do I love that name Omni Center.

@NorthCdogg22

Жыл бұрын

Right?! Me too

Amazing work my friend.

@NorthCdogg22

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

OMG brathering

What a cool mall it use to be! I totally would of wanted to go there as a kid! Yay my home state is next!!!!

Interesting. Council Bluffs had good shopping at one point. I knew Mall of the Bluffs was demolished a few years ago. Brandeis reminded me of Younkers, however, I'm sure there were differences. Did Council Bluffs ever get a Younkers at either center? Younkers started in Iowa so I am curious now.

@NorthCdogg22

Жыл бұрын

Im not sure Council Bluffs ever had a Younkers, as this mall and Mall of the Bluffs never featured one

@mollyheffernen

Жыл бұрын

Must be like the only city in Iowa that had malls that didn't have Younkers as an anchor.

I know I mentioned this on the last video, but I was turned away by security from even stepping foot on Omni property. At least on the weekends, I wouldn't encourage people to go there. Weekdays might be a different story.

@NorthCdogg22

Жыл бұрын

Thank goodness there wasn’t anyone around when I went

Honestly, I think that this mall is very unique

@NorthCdogg22

Жыл бұрын

I would have to agree

In the last comment of the last video, I forgot to mention if we do win the lottery my prediction, the construction will take 3-5 years or maybe more but I will keep you updated!

Interesting phenomenom

The Omni will last until the new Menards gets old and torn down.

@lucasanderson7866

3 ай бұрын

Thanks to the founder John Midland

@cbmike6244

Ай бұрын

Peter Omni and Bob Centre had a great idea.

Again, another excellent video! As a life long resident of Council Bluffs, I remember when this mall opened. I was five at the time. I remember there being lots of balloons and clowns and other activities when Midlands opened. When Mall of the Bluffs came around, no one really thought anything of it, you either went to the Midlands (affectionately called the old mall) or Mall of the Bluffs (The new mall). But as time when on, Midlands started emptying out and it was heartbreaking to watch. Before it became Omni, there were a few years there were Midlands sat empty and everyone was wondering what would happen to it. You nailed it on the head about Midlands laughing at it's killer while it remained. Also, thanks for covering the Omaha, Nebraska area malls! The more awareness of the local malls the better!

Amazing video North!

Another great content, keep up the mall adventures love it. Fan from Australia

@NorthCdogg22

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Its these types of small, quaint, unique places that can be just as good as bigger malls. I do wonder if the coworkers there could use more food options nowadays. Say, oh I dont know, an open Cinnabon perhaps? 😅😋

@NorthCdogg22

Жыл бұрын

I WISH😭😭 I would’ve been all over that

@JoshYT1

Жыл бұрын

@@NorthCdogg22 Same though 😭 One day North, you'll get your cinnabon don't worry!

great video

Bro I have an interesting suggestion:: alive malls in midwest. I think the midwest in the region in the US with the possible largest abudence of dead malls so it would be quite interestung to see alive malls. For example, coral ridge mall and old capitol center

Great video. Next will be Washington Square Mall in Evansville IN?

@NorthCdogg22

Жыл бұрын

Yessir!

River Falls Mall is next

A business park is better than letting it rot away

@NorthCdogg22

Жыл бұрын

Exactly

Washington square mall also has a tent ceiling and big top mall in clarksville

Washington square mall

"Center Point" may be a disappointing name change from "Midlands," but if you think about it, they are functionally the same name in meaning.

@NorthCdogg22

Жыл бұрын

That’s actually true

The next mall I believe is River Falls mall in Clarksville Indiana. That place is basically just one big Bass Pro shop now with a tent roof. It’s been sort of forgotten as a mall. Green tree mall is the main mall now in that area which happens to be right next to it.

@NorthCdogg22

Жыл бұрын

I wish, but sadly I don’t think there is anything left of river falls at all, it has all been turned into a bass pro shop

Your coming to EVV and it's Washington square Mall is the next stop on your trip!

I love these malls. I can never guess which mall is next cause I’m not from the Midwest. In Southern California where I’m from, all we have are Westfield malls and they feel souless in a sense, cause they’re all owned by a real estate investment company. I love these malls from the Midwest cause they were made by the community with wholesome history. I even love when they’re abandoned to see what is left behind…and the explorer in me like them too.

Clarksville big top mall

Would this tent roof mall you speak of happen to be the River Falls Mall in Clarksville, IN? (now Bass Pro Shop)

@NorthCdogg22

Жыл бұрын

Good guess but not quite!

We now have a dying mall in Colorado…please do southwest plaza mall in Littleton

Are their any stores left in their open this is a very clean Mall I have seen in a very long time it's such ashamed all these Malls going down the drain

@NorthCdogg22

Жыл бұрын

There is a few offices and a dentist but that is it sadly

Do you plan on doing Chicago south suburb malls and or northwest Indiana?

Are you going to River Fair Mall next?

@NorthCdogg22

Жыл бұрын

Nope but good guess! Sadly I don’t think there is anything left of river falls

Washington Square Mall

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Are you going to Washington Square Mall?

You spelled it wrong. It is "Omni Centre"

The painted open ceiling metal girders look and took much sunlight in people’s faces was a trend that expired. Never liked it. Feels too much like you’re at an outdoor theme park like sea world or something. A mall that whose design stood the test of time is Woodfield mall in Illinois. Now that’s an impressive and gorgeous mall.