Its a little strange to see someone go abandoned exploring through a mall I grew up going to as a kid. It's wild

@NicheAtNight

8 күн бұрын

So eerie right? It's really been sad watching Eastland Mall deterriorate over the years. Now she's finally gone. It's surreal

@NoVPops

5 күн бұрын

Yea, it's been little more than a crappy food court for years. That place used to be bustling like crazy. Spent many a happy hour in the arcade there back in the day.

@pants6361

Күн бұрын

Fax bruh lmao

@Buckeyman55

Күн бұрын

It really is beyond unreal. It looks like a zombie movie set. I was just waiting for them to come out any second lol. But it really is sad to see your childhood memories in a whole different light.

@Salsa_Shark

8 сағат бұрын

Me too, went there in the mid-80’s to early 90’s.

This is extremely high quality. Back in the early 2000s I remember this place was booming with people and businesses- the area around it is what led to this place’s downfall. Quite sad honestly.

@brianarmstrong9098

14 күн бұрын

Still early 2000s! 😂

@gothicboulder

13 күн бұрын

@@brianarmstrong9098 what

@SLAMRANCH

10 күн бұрын

Yes the area is trash, and everyone drives like they're on meth.

@SLAMRANCH

10 күн бұрын

I see grannies and grandpa's going 85 on 270 and 71, like wtf 😂

@gothicboulder

9 күн бұрын

@@SLAMRANCH I have no business there anymore but yes I agree, it’s completely trash and ghetto as hell

This was the mall my friends and I went to in the 90s. I got my ears pierced here and bought my prom dress. Good memories. Crazy to see it abandoned.

@teresamckeown5594

5 күн бұрын

Eastland, Westland, and Northland.

I worked at this Mall for 20 years in management. I ended up being GM/Operations director from 2016-2020 when the greedy overseas owner fired the manager company (who we worked for) and brought in all his own staff from Craig’s List. I know this mall inside out backwards and forward. I was there for all 4 owners. Jacob’s who built it, Glimcher, LNR Properties and finally, this idiot owner. So sad to see it go this was. Opened on Valentine’s Day 1968, and was the 1st fully enclosed Mall in Columbus. (Yes Northland was here 1st, but it was open air at that time).

@user-agreement-disengaged

27 күн бұрын

I grew up going here. I'm 33 now but a year or 2 ago they were auctioning off a bunch of stuff that had been left in the mall. My mom got wayyy too much junk from it but we were able to get an official Eastland Mall security uniform as well as a few other souvenirs to remember the place by. Definitely sad to see it so run down. Seems like just a few years ago I was still shopping there so it definitely went downhill fast. A sh*tty owner is all it takes though I suppose. So many memories ruined because of some jackass. Go figure. 🙄🤦‍♂️ Thanks for the insight. Thanks for helping to maintain the place for all that time you were there as well. That place was my favorite mall to go to as a kid. So many dates there. LOL

@OhioStateRules77

27 күн бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. I really miss that melting pot of a mall. All ethnicities and backgrounds, and I made some long lasting and amazing friends there. She was beautiful. Much better than Easton and Polaris. Rest well, Eastland Mall. You deserve better than this.

@user-agreement-disengaged

17 күн бұрын

@@OhioStateRules77 yeah, of course, no problem at all. It was nice to reminisce. It sounds like you were there the years that I grew up going there so I couldn't agree more. It was a beautiful place back when I was a kid & even up until just a few years back. So beyond sad to see it ended like this. City Center is another that hurt my feelings but this is officially the last one I have sentimental memories in aside from a few at Easton but they've renovated that as well so it isn't the same either. Eastland Mall definitely deserves better than this. Wish someone could've stepped in to save her but it seems they're letting her go the same as Westland recently. Farewell to both. I appreciate the chat with you as well. Take care.

@patchs_wife5336

16 күн бұрын

my mom says hi!!!

@DaVizzle_Bro

13 күн бұрын

I've been near that mall but never been inside, I always assumed since it was kind of more on the bad side of town that businesses weren't safe to operate there. In fact, I feel like almost every business and restaurant on the East side (especially the Southeast side) has all their bathrooms locked with a key code in which you must buy something before you're allowed to use it.

First time I've seen the inside of that Lazarus in probably 25 years. Sad to see how badly it's rotted. Totally forgot JCPenney had once had a third floor as well.

@anthonyc614

Сағат бұрын

That Lazarus had so many changes before it closed. 2003 it became Lazarus-Macy's then Macy's in 2005 and opened up as a school after that for a few. I miss that Lazarus store so much.

I lived 2 mins away from the mall, this side of Columbus is rough…

@SLAMRANCH

10 күн бұрын

Bro what are you talking about 😂 like 90% percent of columbus is rough... only nice part is the preppy osu area... and let's not mention the psychopath drivers going down 270 and 71 every day....

Steak escape was my favorite place to go! This made me sad. I spent alot of time here!

@powerofkirbystudio

16 күн бұрын

It still exists in Hilliard!

Funny story, when we first moved to Columbus in 2012 friends told us to check put the Easton Mall , we thought they said the Eastland Mall . You have to live here to understand the stark contrast . We were shocked that Eastland was the best Cbus had to offer lol

when i was real young my mom worked at Things Remembered, which did engraving, so i used to go here all the time. its sad to see it in this state :(

@lauraneely6270

3 күн бұрын

I bought from 'Things Remembered' all the time!! I loved that place!

I used to go to this mall like all the time i missed it so much but somebody explored it so everybody here who has been to it can see it once again

I always parked at Lazarus. Mom and I ate at their restaurant in the 80s. It was a great time...🍃🌹🍂

I live 10 minutes from here!!! I grew up in this mall it’s so sad to see what it’s came to over the years omg 😢

This place has to be one of my favorite abandoned Mall. The 2nd one next to Jamestown. I am wonder when this building is getting demolished? Great exploration guys! Also the Lazarus/Macy’s store closed in 2007 and it relocated to new a building at the mall only to close 10 year later. For a while there was a school inside the former Lazarus building until 2009.

Cool video! Just subscribed. This mall was one of my spots growing up! For whatever reason this video relaxes me.

I lived across the street from this place and worked at Discover Card - which was above Sears (not many people seem to know that was up there). That area was already in decline and was referred to as the ghetto mall in '97. Northland was called the jungle mall and Westland was the dirty butt mall. They all failed due to a combo of changing shopping habits and the local residents doing what they do.

I grew up on courtright. This was my escape. Crazy to see how things how gone. I'm guessing this channel is for abandoned buildings. East land was my home but this channel would've had a ball with the city center

i personally spent a ton of time here at akiba arcade with many friends and family around the summers of 2018-2019. Its terrifying seeing something that you personally walked through and allowed to shape your life in complete shambles. It's cool finally being able to see what those giant anchor stores looked like inside them, always wanted to sneak in there when the mall was still open.

Whole area became a ghetto in 2000. It looks like an apocalyptic wasteland

@SLAMRANCH

10 күн бұрын

For real bro. And let's not mention the absolute psychopaths on 270 and 71.. pisses me off everytime I have to drive out there for work.

I used to go here all the time with my brother and sister when we were kids I remember everything about this place . My dads Astro van got stolen once when we were kids and when we came outside to get in the van we looked across the street and it was 2 Mexican guys that stole it an were at the pep boys auto store with it and my dad yelled at them an then they took off

Crazy how my childhood mall is abandoned

There used to be a movie theater in the mall. I was hoping you would have found some remnants of it. I believe it was on the Sears side of the mall but I can’t remember. It closed down over 30 years ago.

I used to go to this mall every weekend in the 80’s. The area used to be the place to be. I spent so much time playing video games at Aladdin’s castle.

@stephensmith4012

7 сағат бұрын

My wife worked there in the late 80's as a waitress.

Bro did a whole b-roll of mannequin cheeks... @9:57 Niceee! 😂

Finally been waiting on this one! Childhood mall here

Wow man. This mall is a piece of my childhood up well into my 20s..

I last visited Eastland in March 2018. Me and my brother got our ears pierced, and my other brother got his tongue pierced. There weren't many stores left, and there were only like 30-40 people in the section of the mall I was in. There was a huge Christmas tree from December that hadn't been taken down yet. There were a lot of broken/turned off ceiling lights. Thanks for this video!

This is so sad to see. I remember when it was decorated from top to bottom for Christmas. Those are days of long past.😢

@viviancobb9446

2 күн бұрын

I remember those days as well. it was so beautiful. they had the wishing wells. the dining area above Lazarus, I believe. my family and I would go there every Saturdday. I remember shopping at Woolworth for my xmas gifts. having my picture taken with Santa...it's all a memory..so sad to see such a beautiful place end. So many places out that way I grew up knowing and took my children to a few. they are all gone..

@lauraneely6270

Күн бұрын

@@viviancobb9446 Those were great memories!

i can remember this mall when i lived in the area back in the late 90's. back then it was in its prime. but watching this video makes me sad as to the state of it right now. i wish malls like this could have survived better. that food court used to be a department store back when I was there. i think it was a Woolworths department store. but it was a beautiful mall

This place was top notch when it opened in late 1960s. The mall owners brought in three major anchors with Lazarus at the east end of the mall; JC Penney in the middle; and Sears at the west end with an automotive center. Across the street on Refugee Road, Lazarus had its Home Store East with furniture and electronics. I think they sold appliances there too. Eastland had it all and millions of dollars changed hand over 3 decades in its heyday. It was a major economic driver for the east side of Columbus and employed many high school and college kids from that side of town. I was one of them!!!! Thank you Eastland Mall for being a big part of our lives.

We drove from Lancaster as teens to enjoy this mall, until we finally got one, and now it’s on its last leg too…

One of my earliest memories is playing at the little kid place in the middle of the mall, getting burnout 3 on sale from the GameStop that used to be in there, and arcade by the food court with hella machines. Crazy how in the Early 2000’s it still had some sort of semblance of a functional mall; yet within 15 years it all went to shit

Love the videos! Keep up the cool stuff!

Oooooo I wanted to do this location myself but I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to get in. Thank you for this!!

I remember going up on the 2nd floor to eat at the Lazarus restaurant with my parents years ago. I remember seeing Santa Claus there and taking my 2 sons to see Santa Claus. I remember going to the movie theater there and going through the different stores.

Nice video! Just explored this mall recently as well. I did end up exploring the lower level of Lazarus at 7:20. It was very disgusting.

I remember going to the Chick-fil-A here as a kid, didn’t remember where that memory took place until I saw the half cylinder skylight above the food court on the thumbnail.

@PatriciaLLogan

4 күн бұрын

There has never been a Chick-fil-a at this mall.

@chickensandwich97

3 күн бұрын

@@PatriciaLLogan I think there was like 20 years ago when that food court first opened. But I may be mistaken.

@QuesoBWhere

Күн бұрын

​@@PatriciaLLoganfirst time I ever had Chic Fil a was @ Eastland Mall. I thought it sucked and still do .😜

I've been going to this mall since the mid 80's 😢 terrible to see it like this even though I'm a dead mall fan. 💔Good video Ace.

Came across your video and subscribed to your channel. Awesome abandoned mall video.

Man, this is nostalgia to me. 😢 When I found out it was closing for good, it was a bittersweet moment. There were a lot of good memories in here... sad, man, sad.😟😟

Wow, I remember going here about once a year, and it was always an exciting treat. It's so sad to see it in such disrepair. I wish they would have turned it into a youth center or homeless shelter.

The internet and Online shopping Killed the malls in our country.

@NicheAtNight

8 күн бұрын

It's really sad to me. Malls are truly a special part of growing up in America

@theuglystreamer6477

7 күн бұрын

It wasn't the internet or online shopping that destroyed this mall it was the gang members they all migrated there after City Center got shut down

I thought that was a sears with 3 levels. I remember growing up a sears with 3 levels one level was just appliances only.

This makes me so sad… I have so many memories thruout my life growing up. The best being all the days my late best friend (may she rest in heaven!) and spent skipping school just to people watch and get Panda Expressat the food court in the early 2000s. I remember just watching it go from full blown busy mall….to just a big empty halls of closed down stores. 😢😢😢 RIP Eastland!

I'm 43 I grew up in that mall.... my heart is broken 💔

Nice shopping mall. Urban exploring is cool. Thnx 4 the video 👍

I remember walking in this mall at full swing as a teen in the 90's. I worked at the FIRST og WhiteCastle down the street. So sad to see a place I once had great times in turn out like this.

Spent a lot of time in that building from 2002-2008, crazy to see it in that condition

I'm 36. Lived and gone here since I was born. Went and saw Santa in 1995. Came as recently as Thanksgiving 2019. Live just down the road. It's hilarious how dramatic the video is. Lol I've been in every part of the mall in this video and it's funny to see how scary the video makes it lol

The Lazarus store that was in bad shape at the beginning of the video has been vacant for 18 years now

Bought my wedding ring from a store there. Many memories of walking through that mall. The kind of stores here were clothing mostly, a lot of international clothing. There was a Claires and a wedding store on the end towards one of the entrances. There was a few jewelry stores. But thats crazy that there was a whole third level.

I just explored that mall like a month ago it was such a cool experience

DUDE!!!!! CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING CHASED BY A CHAINSAW KILLER IN THAT MALL!!!?????😮😱😂 AND WHY ARE YOU GUYS WHISPERING!!????😅

@DecayingAce

22 күн бұрын

Because we’re not idiots and actually try not to get caught by announcing our presence as loud as possible

I was just wondering about that building yesterday when I drove past it I can remember going when it was decent

Stick around Columbus for a while and check out Tuttle Crossing Mall whenever it finally goes under

You missed the basement. The pit to hell is down there. I did electrical work there before it closed . I’m not kidding

Also in 2022 there was a great freeze in Ohio. I was working on something here and all the pipes burst. There was water leaks all over then. The freeze was the final nail in the coffin for this mall. It was terribly run.

@truebengalsfan

2 күн бұрын

I recall that winter remember mall was turned into a school

@anthonyc614

Сағат бұрын

The mall wasn't turned into a school it was just one of the buildings that was Macy's. ​@@truebengalsfan

@truebengalsfan

Сағат бұрын

@@anthonyc614 eastland preparatory academy

@anthonyc614

53 минут бұрын

​@@truebengalsfanI know that. That school is in the old Macy's is what I was saying not the whole mall itself.

@truebengalsfan

46 минут бұрын

@@anthonyc614 I didn't know what part of mall was used for school or how much I just knew school was there

Remember when u vould go upstairs and eat and look out the big window and watch the mall goers? I love this place.. i ised to swim there too

Jimmy jazz was a shoe store! This is so cool/sad seeing the mall like this tho

City of Columbus allowed this area to get like this with little to no intervention. Northland received millions of tax dollars to help rejuvenate the area to some degree but by the time the city took notice at Eastland it was too late.

It's weird seeing somewhere I used to hangout at, be on KZread

@NicheAtNight

8 күн бұрын

No fr😂

It's crazy seeing Eastland like this smh

It's like walking through a graveyard, so sad.

the first one that you pointed to in the directory that was blank was once the lazarus department store

I grew up there worked there and spent alot of time there and if the punks around here hadn't ruined it we might still have it

@edensplayground2204

9 күн бұрын

It was overseas owners came in and milked it and didn't take care of it. Sold it and now THIS

I remember going shopping there as a kid and well into my high school years. I saw my first boyfriend cheating on me in that food court. I broke up with him in that food court. I bought my junior prom dress from DEB there. I stopped going shopping there in 2005 and started going to Easton as I felt safer there. It is amazing to me how quickly it went down hill once some of the big department stores left.

Was just in the area like a week ago. I live maybe a half hour away from the mall.

This was the 1st movie theater I went to. They should’ve never shut the movies down. I seen training day

All the water was creepy. All it takes is a few kids lacking a few brain cells and things can go bad and fast. I live about a mile or two away. I have lied in Columbus for 23 years and I think I only went in Eastland once or twice. I remember it being pretty outdated. Then came the news reports of teenagers and guns, teenagers fighting, tagging, stealing. I'm not sure what happened on the corporate side, but I am sure it was just as bad. Poor mall/jobs never stood a chance.

Lucky you didn't have your vehicle stolen. A housing complex was supposed to go up and it was scrapped after only a few were built. Workers would have their tools and vehicles stolen, assaulted. City wants to make this place a park. Can't wait for the "summer of love" stats to blow out of the water. This entire area is a dump now. Mall used to be the place to vote when I was a kid, before it was moved to the mega church. I remember every main door had giant potted plants. I did security at Polaris mall for 1 year, that place is next.

@hdicato

5 күн бұрын

My bet on next is Tuttle Crossing

@anthonyc614

Сағат бұрын

​@@hdicatoThe park is supposed to be next to the mall not on the land of where the mall is.

All the stuff left behind from akiba arcade… this was a nice mall when i went, even in its final days. This mall wasnt dead when it got abandoned. I have a flag from the mall and a few other things i got from the final auction. I have vids from when it was freshly abandoned too bc i got to go in for the auction. Sad to see this mall go. It was a straight up injustice that they provided no relocation assistance for the businesses which were all small businesses, ppls livelihoods

To bad they can't take some of these abandon malls and turn them into Lazer tag buildings. With indoor cart racing. In door fitness clubs. Indoor amusement parks on the 3 level buildings and bring back some of those old arcades. A theater or 2 would be nice also. Alot of waisted real estate there . Such a damn shame.

@scottsmith5623

Күн бұрын

You’re absolutely correct and those are great ideas… but the $$ cost to bring this building(s) into code for safety and fire would be astronomical. A multilevel kart track?! Hoo boy I’m all about that..

Would love to explore this mall with my partner literally live like 10 minutes away this is awesome

@keeganxalexander

8 күн бұрын

Same but I don't wanna get arrested lol

Is it safe to say that once the Waterpark went under, soon followed the mall? I know the mall was here first but that side of town really declined.

HOLY SHIT! i cant believe the Akiba Boys left those old booths! ALL of this arcade stuff was owned by the "Akiba Acrade" I was one of their tech ppl and had my hands on all that stuff. its so sad to see it all left behind like that.

@michelletheado

Ай бұрын

I was a little surprised by that too, Fatty. Maybe we should head over there and salvage one before it's too late 😅

@DecayingAce

Ай бұрын

@michelletheado They’ve since locked this place down tight. I wouldn’t recommend that

@5speedfatty

Ай бұрын

@@DecayingAce lol Michelle and I where hired at one point to get the Korean photo booths to print again with a different printer. all the machines you saw where actually offered to me personally but i was un able to find a place to store them all and they got left behind (i was told they where all destroyed/ picked up by other people)... That said, I doubt we'll be breaking into any malls any time soon to get them back lol.

@5speedfatty

Ай бұрын

@@michelletheado if only if only fam, also hi... fancy seeing you here!

@gothicboulder

15 күн бұрын

I was at that arcade a few times, the only reason I’d visit that mall back in 2018-19.

Last time I went to Eastland I got stranded for taking too long getting food🤣🤣

For future videos you need to work on your video rendering. I'm a video editor and this whole 23 minutes is jerky with a frame rate is not rendered right. Just giving you a heads up. For having such a nice camera, the editing needs to match.

Shopped in there alot with a girl I was dating in high-school. BACK in the 70s. There was a movie theater at one end of the building next to eather Sears or Lazarus. The theater was on the north side of the building I believe. I remember watching the song remains the same a Led Zeppelin movie there in 76. And star wars empire strikes back there in 78. There was a neat shop there called Spencer's gifts just across from the theater. JC penny's was also in the mall. Sears on one end penny's in the middle and Lazarus on the other end. Neat clothing store in there called chess king also. Good times. There only a hand fool of eating places.

Thanks. I am not sure how you got in, but it was real stealth of you to do it. I do not live that far from the mall, and it saddens me that this once busy place looks like this now. The city took it over, and now, just like Westland Mall, they not going to a thing about it because they promised to tear it down and put up something nice and functional for the surrounding community. I guess the city government only cares about up North and the Short North areas.

@anthonyc614

Сағат бұрын

It takes time to get things done around Columbus. It will be something in the next few years. The city took over cause the owners didn't take care of it and let it go even more.

When I saw the title, I thought it was the abandoned Eastland Mall in Harper Woods MI.

I wasn’t even alive 2010. I just found this out yesterday and this is crazy.😭😭😩

Two decades before it was closed it was already one of the worst places to go visit. The area around it was super dangerous. My last visit in 98 or 99 I didnt go in because I witnessed kids taking chains and smashing in car windows for fun in the parking lot. Yeah I can go visit another mall.

Recently need reported that the city is looking to buy this property. HaRD to tell what they plan to do with it but just an FYI...

I remember when it was being built and all the hoopla around it being 72 degrees inside year round and how exacited we were to see it . . . . sad -- those are all jobs gone . . . smh

just found out eastland closed bc of this video LMAO

What a “smart as*, I mean, “smart guy picking up on my spelling error. Of course I know that! Man. I don’t know why, but your little comment pissed me off. I worked for Jones Lange LaSalle, Glimcher , L&R Partners, and Woodmont. Maybe one day I’ll be as smart as you. 😂😂😂

Been to that Mall it was beautiful

I didn’t even know this mall closed lol

The place is falling apart badly. Why couldn't that be a place for the homeless.

@NicheAtNight

8 күн бұрын

My exact thoughts. Could have different sections for singles and families

Back in 2016 I was banned for life from that mall from stealing while blacked out from Spencer’s. Glad to see I outlived the mall

@RichardRavage

9 күн бұрын

@@pabloescobar9370 wow bragging about criminal activity you sound like one of the punks that caused it to get closed I hope your proud of yourself and karma will always be waiting for you

@gregwhited8037

8 күн бұрын

It is people like you who assisted in the downfall. You sound very proud of your idiocy.

@NicheAtNight

8 күн бұрын

Omg😂 I was a teen when I was banned from Macy's in 2006. I still went in there anyway lol

when was this vid filmed because i went her not to long ago and didn’t have the best experience i’ll leave it at that

@rahrah5380

Ай бұрын

Hey bro do u have IG? Might be able to help u and also have a question. iG or snap?

@zymarionhollyfield9256

Ай бұрын

Wym should we not go explore it now?

@puppetmaster5295

14 күн бұрын

@@zymarionhollyfield9256 i live near. there are a lot of homeless people in the area and drugs are everywhere. I was surprised there were not people in the mall when they were filming because im sure there has to be people living in there.

Next up… Tuttle

My dad used to come here😂🤣

I remember when Eastland mall would be so packed that it would take almost an hour to even get into the parking lot! Shoutout to the owners of the store “Glitter”, they watched me grow 💅🏽

F*** that mall, bring back Geauga Lake

@markiplier

“Hesitant to film this so there aren’t any thieves.” - dude, the shoes are left behind. let someone who can’t afford to buy new ones to take them. rather than collecting dust

@aquavirgio

7 күн бұрын

Yeah I've never got why people are so mindlessly strict about that when it's just rotting anyway. I like seeing things repurposed and saved from these places (most of the time anyways, some places are too special to have anything missing from them)

@DecayingAce

7 күн бұрын

The main reason way say that is because we can be held legally responsible for the thefts if we don’t. Then these places get locked up and it’s harder for people who just want to explore to do so.

@DecayingAce

7 күн бұрын

Even if they’ve been left behind whoever legally owns the building can consider it theft and that can legally negatively affect us. We don’t promote vandalism or stealing and we like to make that clear in our content

@tylermerciless

7 күн бұрын

@@DecayingAceFair enough

Crappy part of town.

Posting your crimes online 🤣 not very smart, breaking , entering, and trespassing

Columbus native. Real ones knew this place was a shithole

@keeganxalexander

8 күн бұрын

Only within the last 10 years. It was poppin when I was a kidn

@NicheAtNight

8 күн бұрын

​@@keeganxalexanderI agree with you. Very fond memories here

Why are you whispering?