On September 15, 2008, Walmart Stores Inc. announced that it would be closing the Garfield Heights Wal-Mart store permanently because of ongoing safety concerns at the site, including structural problems and potentially explosive methane gas related to the disused landfill beneath the site.

Whoever decided it would be a good idea to put a Walmart on top of a landfill should be fired.

@myfavoriteturd7855

4 жыл бұрын

They have a luxury neighborhood with all huge mansions built on a old dump in Jacksonville FL called Queens Harbor smells like a dump also

@JohnSmith-qn3ob

4 жыл бұрын

@@myfavoriteturd7855 Really? I live just south of Jax (St Johns) and I never heard of it.

@BraveFencer

4 жыл бұрын

When developers think with the wallet not with their brains

@COPS367

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad they abandoned those stores in that shopping center because it's very dangerous to build a big shopping center on top of a landfill that can make people very very very sick and it's just not safe what a shame

@VintageCars999

3 жыл бұрын

They probably were fired. I mean this is an expensive mistake to build a Walmart in a bad area only to have to abandon the store to relocate elsewhere.

Do you have an email or some way to get in contact with you?

@nicholashogan4704

3 жыл бұрын

You may be able to contact him on Instagram, wallieb26. Also love your videos. :D

@DBlanks28

3 жыл бұрын

I love your videos

@DBlanks28

3 жыл бұрын

@Samuel Jackson ok

@DBlanks28

3 жыл бұрын

@Samuel Jackson I love your name

@DBlanks28

3 жыл бұрын

@Samuel Jackson I love your thank you

When they started building that wal mart it made the entire area around it smell like garbage, none of us could believe they were going to actually build anything on the land fill but they did, what idiots! Great video.

@VintageCars999

3 жыл бұрын

You mean to tell us that they knew this was a bad idea and they did it anyways? Oh God that's just insanity right there. Then they left after a year. Did they relocate the walmart to another location?

This Walmart was built at a very specific time frame, after the company started adopting new signage for the store (such as the enter and exit signs above the doors) but before they changed the logo. The roofs on all Walmarts are tiled down towards the back to help with drainage when it rains, you just never notice it. I wonder who the developer of this is and if they are going to be held financially responsible for this. Going around on Google Maps, there are a couple of buildings that aren't even finished yet that have been abandoned. What a mess, are there any demolition plans? I can't imagine this whole thing just sitting for years.

@pnyn8r

2 жыл бұрын

The entire mall has been redeveloped into a business park.. kinda crazy considering the toxic landfill it sits on.

@elijahtorres2688

Жыл бұрын

@@pnyn8r I heard they repaved the parking lot and turned the methane pumps back on, but still… a shopping center in a former site of a municipal landfill was NOT a great idea. I’m surprised that the Great Eagle supermarket store is still open, despite all of this.

@alexp6016

Жыл бұрын

@@elijahtorres2688 wow, that’s crazy that they were allowed to reopen this project. I remember hearing about this Walmart elsewhere a while back, and thought it was crazy.

@DirkDiggler1620

Жыл бұрын

They are letting other businesses open in the plaza. I'm here in 2023

"No one puts Kevan in the corner" is a spoof of the famous line from Dirty Dancing where Patrick Swayze says "Nobody puts baby in the corner".

Clean up on aisle 9!

@officialghost4512

3 жыл бұрын

What is it oh it's the dead guy that has rats on him yeah

@RezMNBall

2 жыл бұрын

@@officialghost4512 wha

@RezMNBall

2 жыл бұрын

Time the dead body

I wonder if Walmart and/or other businesses had charges filed against them for building these stores on the landfill. They should've been charged if they weren't. As for the grocery store the only business open, I'd never buy my groceries there. I really liked the video. Geeat job, Wallie.

LOL. I used to live on E98th in GFH and remember when they tore up the land fill to terraform it. Put in vent pipes and then built on it! I was thinking they were insane for doing so because it SMELT continuously bad. Here's the thing: It didn't smell until they messed with it.

FINALLY getting a chance to watch this!! so cool!! Sorry I couldn't be there with you guys!!

@isaiahholmes9616

5 жыл бұрын

Hi

@isaiahholmes9616

5 жыл бұрын

Oh and I forgot and I love your KZread channel so much I love those abandoned places those is wicked awesome

@tseries3662

4 жыл бұрын

3rd

@traviswhisnant5034

3 жыл бұрын

Hi if you don’t know Walmart has been around since 1962 the owner of Walmart Sam Walton You better not think about itThis Como has been around since 1991 is called Sam’s Cola then the reason why it’s called Sam’s Cola it’s because it’s named after Sam Walton because it’s a Walmart brand stands up on the American map of all the Walmarts that have been around since 1962 to me I think it’s better than just hanging around at Chuck E. Cheese all night because being at Walmart you bought all the things you want just like Walmart said in the 2010 body style of the trailer of the truck that would go around on the highway in the road Walmart save money live betterYou can see that I know this because it is that I was born in 2010 my name is Andrew and my age is 10 years old because you can see that aLittle entrance of the store goes to a big worldwide nation of America to go around and everybody shops you know this can be something that I would explain to y’all I live in North CarolinaAnd in Forest city North Carolina right near my house I live in rutherfordton North Carolina In Forest city North Carolina there is a Walmart And I think that maybe if they word to keep the 90s style Walmart to this day I would experience what it would look like

@interestingfactsforyou1

2 жыл бұрын

@@traviswhisnant5034 you’re ten?

They closed the old Walmart in uniontown pa for the same reason unstable land due to mines underneath. Inside the store had long cracks in the floor.

*Fantastic Wallie! This explore was so fun! Wish there was more daylight that day we were there to check out more of that plaza.*

@WallieB26

6 жыл бұрын

Richard Wolf agreed! I want to go back to get the rest of the place now! But I'm stuck at work. Lol

@S8CEO

6 жыл бұрын

WOLF

Its scary to think a business office took over that Walmart, despite the issues on why the Walmart closed anyway..

I love your continuous documentary on the death of retail. I have been watching so many businesses die out here. Kmart, toys r us. Thousands of jobs gone. It looks like a recession is looming .

@antiuttpprimewastaken

2 жыл бұрын

I think you predicted something…

@sanaalsarayreh

Жыл бұрын

@@antiuttpprimewastaken yup it has started a few months back smh

WOW What a cool video! I've been waiting for this one since I've seen this Walmart video from other KZreadrs.

Overhead announcement: Attention Walmart shoppers could the owner of the blue Tahoe license plate number 592HYN please move your vehicle your illegally parked in the fire lane thank you lol

@busy_lol_4026

3 жыл бұрын

Timestamp?

I work at a walmart and its funny to see they never changed the department numbers. Automotive is still department 10

Thank you so much for this. I got all the way to the end as well. Well done, Wallie.

Amazing, that store does have a strange layout with the wood floors in the back! There's an abandoned Wal-Mart here in Macon, Georgia which closed in 2000 that would be really cool to get inside of but unfortunately it's summertime here now and that means wasps everywhere, plus it is connected to a still (barely) operating shopping center in one of the roughest parts of town...

Imagine turning that place into a skatepark

Wow, thank you for making such an extensive video exploring this!

Lmao Bathroom selfie!! 😂 The graffiti in there is unbelievable!! Love that you brought Ninja stars lol☺ Awesome...such a fun video as always!! Great job my friend !!

Interesting video, I heard about this Walmart a few months back and thought it'd be close enough for you to eventually visit. Thanks for the video.

I just found your KZread page - I am binge watching your videos! Haha I stumbled over the K-Mart one and then found this one ... and want to watch more and more! Very well done and you seem super nice! Seeing these stores abandoned/closed has always broken my heart, I grew up sort of a mall rat chick, so malls/stores have a soft place in my heart. Keep up the great work - thanks so much for sharing - be careful!

Finally this came out already! What an an amazing video!

It’s weird seeing an abandoned Wal-Mart, also being an older-style store, thanks for the video!

That's pretty cool. I'd absolutely love to visit an abandoned walmart one day. Really awesome you got that chance though.

Watched ALL THE WAY to the end! Great video Wallie! That was fun and also great skits! They were hilarious. Annnd also ;) ... Congrats on 4k!!!!! Super happy for you. You're going to be the next huge explorer one day I can see it! Cheers

@WallieB26

6 жыл бұрын

3 way productions thank you so so much! That means a lot to me!

@3wpclips2

6 жыл бұрын

WallieB26 no problem buddy

I'm not I'm construction, but isn't it common sense that the garbage would eventually settle, and why would you build something that sells food, on top of old garbage? Cancer causing.

@WallieB26

6 жыл бұрын

K lee there have been confirmed cases of unusual cancers in some residents who live or have lived right near this place. Birds have died from swimming in the toxic water in the nearby pond(s) where wastewater has flowed. This place is a total disaster and health hazard. Not to mention very stinky.

@klee8960

6 жыл бұрын

WallieB26 Give you credit, I don't think I could stay in there for long, good. Video, must be the same Graffiti artist making their rounds, lol. The cart thing too funny!

@WallieB26

6 жыл бұрын

K lee someone asked me and my friends if we developed headaches after we left and while I was okay, my one friend had a slight headache. Dont know if it's related to being here or not. I cant imagine buying groceries let alone working at the Giant Eagle that is still open here.

@klee8960

6 жыл бұрын

WallieB26 Yes I would be careful with the black .old and all, I feel bad for those people that got that weird cancer

@jonathancreveling5658

3 жыл бұрын

@@WallieB26 I wouldn't be surprised if the Giant Eagle and the other remaining tenants closed

There is also an abandoned Wal-Mart Super Center in Bedford Ohio

@irishcatgranny

3 жыл бұрын

Which is practically right next door to this in "Gar-FIELD"!!!

@andreadeamon6419

3 жыл бұрын

That was a super kmart on Warrensville center. They moved this Walmart around the corner. It closed also.

This is so cool!! Those sky lights are so bright! I’m obsessed with abandoned stuff lol 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

I love your videos. Keep making them. Thanks.

amazing video ive never gotten to see the inside of any abandoned kmart not even during their closeout sale and to me an unlocked door is either an invitation or a trick glad you made it out safe and if there is no trespassing sign i say go on in and even if there was if somebody sees you and tells you to leave you just go great video

that place was a true crap hole and you showed exactly how bad it was. glad you could show us all this, cant wait to see the whole shopping center

@minecrafter-gameplaystopmo4193

6 жыл бұрын

It barely lasted 2 years. So pathetic.

A shopping center was built in Allen Park , Michigan outside of Detroit on a Ford Motor landfill. Opened 2005. Still going strong. Was done right. Had been clay capped , many feet , pilings were driven to stabilize foundations. Named Fairlane Green or "The Hill"

I don't know why but I died laughing at "Attention associates, wash your hands in the non-existent sink right here". Great video, an abandoned Walmart is a hard find!

@deborahchapman8896

6 жыл бұрын

JoeyLeddzDippin94 There's one in Elyria Ohio too. It closed shortly after the newer Wall Mart opened about 10 years ago. Its close to the Midway Mall

@MariaJose-fr4sl

6 жыл бұрын

JoeyLeddzDippin94 &+ shit i fuck find the shit and crap

@minecrafter-gameplaystopmo4193

6 жыл бұрын

Walmart US will be dead in about 472727272737373474747475858585858484838392992929191991 decades.

@jenniferclark9842

5 жыл бұрын

The one in my village is abandoned because the lease ran out and the village wouldn’t renew it. There’s a new one in another town just down the road. There’s also an abandoned Target (shoplifters), Sam’s, Walgreens (shoplifters), Wendy’s (most of the business came from Walmart and Sam’s, and that’s gone), Taco Bell (Near a shopping center that’s pretty much abandoned, and that was pretty where they got their business), Value City (went out of business), and I’m just getting started.

What government official was paid off to OK this project? Love canal?

@WallieB26

6 жыл бұрын

gabrielpaulsmom LOL it would not shock me. I've been in that area of Niagara, NY. I know the story behind that disgusting place too.

@Kristinapedia

6 жыл бұрын

Building on landfills is done often but has to be done right. There’s a 2 foot clay barrier and footings under the building that go down to the bedrock. But obviously that wasn’t good enough. I’m wondering if they built too soon and the garbage wasn’t decayed enough.

@jonathancreveling5658

3 жыл бұрын

I suspect whoever okayed this is and was extremely lazy and crazy I guess

@lauriejackson8351

3 жыл бұрын

Makes you wonder

My school in Florida was built on a landfill and then they moved the landfill crap and put a school where it use to be, funny the landfill crap was moved and then covered up

This is a good video! I really enjoyed watching it.

Dude this is unbelievable and crazy an abandoned wal mart it looks insane thank you for the cool video

Great video, can't wait to see the entire shopping center.

I'm a big fan of Aces Adventures, I have seen a few of your videos before Wallie, but now I will watch more since seeing you in chat in Anthony stream. I been seeing this WM video pop up for 3 weeks now, I will finally watch it now

@WallieB26

6 жыл бұрын

Mike's Explorations Thank you for that! I appreciate it. I hate bashing someone as I try to be nice with everyone and try to make the world a happier place but I had seen too much of Dan Bell's true colors and how he acted like a child on Twitter tonight. So, I dont blame Ace for blasting him on here tonight. Before I even knew Anthony, i could tell he was a nice down to earth guy. Anyway, I know my quality of work is nothing of Ace and that loser Dan Bell but I do my thing my way. I also work a full time job and with the frequency of uploading videos, this is practically a second job for me. But it's one that I love. And I'm happy to have ya here now! Hope you enjoy!

@mikesexplorations9314

6 жыл бұрын

WallieB26 I also like to make videos, but compared to you, Anthony, and everyone, I need some major practice! Lol check out my videos to see what I mean lol

@mikesexplorations9314

6 жыл бұрын

I never cared much for DB, something about him I knew just wasn't right the first time I saw his videos

The cigarette / ash tray smell is just the typical smell you encounter at every wal-mart parking lot.

Wow you spent more time in there than I would have in a Walmart shopping. That shopping center was a huge disaster and a very interesting story.

In California you can't build anything on a dump site because of earthquake instability. 1/6 of San Francisco was built on a compressed dump-site before they figured out this was not a good thing to do. California used to compress all there dump sites until they figured out that garbage won't break down if you compress the trash.

i discovered these vids a few weeks ago. This is by far my favorite so far. Very creepy and interesting.

There are abandoned Walmart’s, often in a small town where they had a regular sized one and then built a super center one and just leaves the old one abandoned.....I’ve seen it happen

@thisisnt_brndn

4 жыл бұрын

except this was abandoned because someone thought it was a good idea to build it on a landfill, which is very toxic

@monarch1957

3 жыл бұрын

We had a small Walmart and when they built the super Walmart the old small Walmart got subdivided into 3 smaller stores Reitmans, Sport mart and Winners.

Wild! I live near Allen Park, MI and they have a huge shopping center on top of a clay landfill that was used by Ford Motor Co. Still functioning and expanding very weIl. haven't seen or smelled any problems. They did a lot of work preparing the site for it's current use, however.

Great video as always

I am a personal friend of Richard Wolf. It's awesome that you guys made a video together.

Love it. Wallie on the shopping cart patrol.

Fantastic video love the comedy to love the exploring

Watched part of this while I was in a Walmart. Cheers.

Congrats for 4k subs!

A lot of people have beem filming this! Especially GRM Adventures! I do agree with you. I do like that old Walmart Vision sign. I also like how you read all of those weird things writting in graffiti. R.I.P Garfeild Heights Walmart 2006-2008 it was only open 2 years! It has been closed for 10 YEARS!!! It was a great video! Nice Job! Keep the good work up! This also makes me want to go there so bad! But I don't live anywere near Ohio!

@troyduty

6 жыл бұрын

Blockbuster Plot Master why did it close?

@BlockbusterPlotMaster

6 жыл бұрын

because of the dangerous conditions of the building when they built the Walmart! Because there were dangerous conditions of this building when they built it!

@troyduty

6 жыл бұрын

Blockbuster Plot Master thanks man I ended up reading up on the story and watching other videos. Blows me away this would even be allowed

@Kristinapedia

6 жыл бұрын

“Nobody puts kevan in the corner” 😂😂😂

@Kristinapedia

6 жыл бұрын

Troy Duty the epa found dangerous levels of methane gas from the decaying garbage. So Wal-Mart used their slumping numbers as an exude to get out then since they were the anchor store, other stores wouldn’t go into the shopping center. I posted a link to the article above.

... Or, a Sears on a busy day! Sad, because I have always loved Sears. The story behind this site, is shocking! Thanks!!

I love your videos man!!

I remember when does Walmart close before I cried for this video I’m so proud of you 🙂

dope ish my mans wallie

I know this walmart! Who's idea was it to build shops above a landfill ?

@camhowe349

6 жыл бұрын

Retail Fall whoever built it was who decided this

@davidrodden4033

6 жыл бұрын

Shit. Now day every thing is built on a city shitter.

@michelleevans5531

6 жыл бұрын

Some rich dudes with no brains🤗

@michelleevans5531

6 жыл бұрын

I read sometime back that a guy was trying to build a Wal-Mart on top of an Indian burial mound in one of the Southern states. Not a very smart idea😨

@DalmationProductions

5 жыл бұрын

Retail Fall Well it was some random dumbass people that came up with building a center on top of a landfill

I would love to see the other stores in the complex, thanks.

I would like to see the unedited one the long version of this Walmart's amended one if you can post that one.

really cool video keep them coming

When you started to describe what Walmart it was and the location I was like oh shit! SunBrightFilms went there to gold you did a vid on it aswell it was nice to see more of it!

Funny to hear mention of the Massillon store. I worked there for around 6 years. You get used to the smell eventually.

Dude I'm trying to get caught up on a ton of vids and can't believe i haven't seen alot of these older ones! It might take a while and I got lots of other KZreadrs to watch!

11:18 How did somebody spray paint "BUTT STUFF" that high on the building??? They must not have had a fear of heights.

@RichardDremdenWolf

6 жыл бұрын

puffnstuff4004 - somewhere there was a roof access hatch, but neither Wallie or I got it on video. With the way the plaza is sinking and how long it's been abandoned and neglected, I don't think I would have gone up there.

There's a Walmart in covington GA that closed in the late 2000s, I would explore it but it's connected to actually-open stuff, and also it apparently has either lead paint or asbestos in it.

I live about 20 minutes from that Walmart and while it's not bad for adjacent stores and shops the fact of that entire strip that was supposed to be some grand shopping center is now a vacant monolith of stores on a landfill.

I remember seeing a video on this, stupid decision on the cities part.

@WallieB26

6 жыл бұрын

ccateni 28 agreed!

Very rare u find a Walmart abandoned their is one by me in NY lights still on inside closed in 2014 still want to explore inside it through but bolted shut lol good find man

The phone PBX and FACP are still there... Neat!!!

Some jokes were funny in this video. I think you are a good youtuber. Non existent sink. LOL. You are also one of my favorite youtubers

hi i know this video is over two years old but i just saw it august 2020 thanks for sharing it, be careful out there

The things you do to show us cool things good job

Ever worked in a walmart?? The sales floor can be completely empty but there will still be 130 pallets on the floor in the backroom. The walmart life.

Here's You Older Video of 2018 so It's a Popular Video.

Good video!! Surprising with the settling parking lot pavement on the outside dropping anywhere from 1 to 4 foot in places around the walls, surprisingly that some of the foundation didn’t went under leading to some of the walls collapsing. I’d be more concerned with the green electrical transformer that is mounted of a small piece of foundation at 53:54 ( utility companies call this type of transformer in an enclosed cabinet as an ‘ pad mount transformer ‘ since the pad would be that concrete foundation base)and if that starts sinking in the ground, that might end up disturbing or pulling on the connections in the unit and lead to possible shorting or arcing. Luckily the local utility disconnect the primary circuit to that transformer or otherwise an electrical hazard in the back of the building be waiting to happen.

Great video Wallie! Abandoned Wallie World...all you bro. always cool. Let me know if you ever get up this way (Detroit/Lansing, etc MI) Loads of great spots yet to be explored that I haven't gotten to yet. Wanna do HUDSONS...bad. But the places are endless up here. Great job!

I worked at a SEARS Tele catalog center where we took orders for the Sears catalog in Provo Utah back in the 90s that was built on a landfill and you could have that horrible smell come up inside the building as we were at work they finally ended up shutting it down when the catalog went out of business but I know extremely well what you’re talking about hon thanks for a very interesting video

The new intros awesome Wallie it makes it feel all professional and shit! Jk been following the channel for a long time keep up the good work!

That is a relief I thought that this abandoned Wal-Mart was closed for another FEMA Camp for the new would order.

Still awesome 2 years later!

Super Fair in North Hollywood, CA was built on landfill and the 1971 Sylmar earthquake caused similar problems with cracking and sinking of building and parking lot. They built a Gemco store there and now it's a Target.

Awesome video I think all Walmart will be like that one before to long

What an interesting background of an abandoned place.... I want to learn more about this landfill shopping center and who thought it was a good idea in the first place! Time to go on a youtube search.

@WallieB26

6 жыл бұрын

I will be going back to film the rest of the shopping center and tell the story about this place. Its sickening how greedy some people were.

@CadgerChristmasLightShow

6 жыл бұрын

WallieB26 awesome! Ill be on the lookout to watch it in the future. There are some interesting videos of locals going there and live streaming. Its a shame how extremely horribly the environment was treated in the 60s-70s because of a lack of any regulation at all.

@Kristinapedia

6 жыл бұрын

blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/03/city_view_shopping_center_in_g.html

@irishcatgranny

3 жыл бұрын

@@CadgerChristmasLightShow this was built in the middle aughts!!(early 2,000's!)

@dampergoldenrod4156

3 жыл бұрын

Some jackass who works in government approved6 this Walmart

Good catch of the NS geometry train.

very interesting videos thanks for posting

I laugh at the "Ask the Manager" sign. They usually hide in their office in the back. If they would go out to the floor and run a register, the lines would go down a little

You can't even go to Walmart in Ohio

Nice video dude!

@WallieB26

6 жыл бұрын

Retail Fall thank you!

Never thought I’d ever see a video of a Walmart Super center closing

Thanks you saved me a trip ! It is a shame !

you guys should go to another abandoned Walmart in lewisburg pa. It be pretty cool to see. other than that good video!

Disgruntled customer: I have been standing here at customer service for a while now and I want some damn customer service and where is the manager.....HELLOOOOO!!!! Hmmm guess I'll just have to take my business elsewhere. Lol

@meow8384

5 жыл бұрын

angel wings *Goes to closed down Kmart*

"Cool video!!!" But very scary and dangerous too. Great video tour though.

This is so cool!

Back room has employee break room, managers offices, storage and access to stock. Also maintenance room...

The Walmart in my town was abandoned, but that was because the lease expired, the village didn’t want to give them a tax break, and so they wouldn’t renew it. They then packed their bags, and built a newer, nicer one another town over.

If you are down on Canal Rd on the south side of the I480 bridge by a business called Frame Co. (I did some construction work there) you can see the back side of the buildings on the top of the hill. The area is mowed down, but it gives you an idea on how large the landfill was and how much the Engineers screwed up on thinking it was good commercial property. Other than that, I know a few places in Ohio that might interest you to explore