Great video! Outlet malls were huge for a while but they overbuilt and killed themselves off.

@koilamaoh4238

6 ай бұрын

And expensive to manage and for people to use. This is why "outside" sales Peddlers will become more common and its harder to enforce a ban on them; its kinda what you see in NY/CA, in the bigger cities, wheres its very expensive to lease a building for business; as they don't have to pay property or any sort of tax or anything related.

The decline of the malls are sad. Not only were they a place to shop, but a place to socialize and relax.

45 years ago that was an open field and they had a great flea market on the weekends. Showing my age.

@samanthab1923

6 ай бұрын

That’s alright I remember the woods along Rt. 202 where they built those neighborhoods.

@graceperez5620

6 ай бұрын

Remember it also...spent alot of time up that way....when New hope/lahaska was more like a hippie hang out...god I'm old😂

Excellent video Captain. Sad to see this use to be some good stores there. I can remember when this was a open field back in 1980, they use ta have a flea market there every weekend. They'll probably knock it down and build homes or townhomes. Taxes up that way are off the charts. A lot of money up there. Leave that bunny rabbit alone

Thanks for the awesome video I enjoyed watching

John, are you going to go check out Liberty Village up in Flemington? Peddlers and Liberty were similar “village type” outlet and local retailer outdoor malls. I know it’s all closed, but it might not be demolished yet.

@GregMcGarvey

6 ай бұрын

That was my first thought. I was there two weeks ago and it’s fenced off. But it had been a nice little creepy place to walk and take pictures.

this mall actually looks like something out of a zombie show, the late magic hour production helps. very cool.

I read a comment on Trip Advisor that gave some insight on what was going on with this retail space back in 2019. "What I was told by employees of the Bass outlet and others shops there, were that the structures were being demolished and rebuilt for partial residential space, office and retail space. The decision was ultimately for less retail housing and more professional spaces with some residential towards the wooded areas." How sad because I remember when it the flea market and antique stores back in the 1970's and 80's, before they tore all down for this retail area. There were some great stores.

@ac_junior72

6 ай бұрын

Thats what I remember when I was a kid / teen also in the 80s, the old flea market. Basically a grass area, with vendors and the tables selling various things. Lot of antiques. There was one single small building for ice cream/custard. Back was parking on gravel.

@samanthab1923

6 ай бұрын

I still have black Bass loafers & Blucher Mocs from that old Bass outlet.

@johnmason5488

6 ай бұрын

Phillymouse I forgot about the antique stores that were there, timber the flea market they had. They will probably knock it down and build condos or something else. Land up that way is $$$

Hey Cap, noticed the same when I was in that same location last Christmas. Also remember better days at that spot 10 or 15 yrs ago. JC from Newportville.

Penn's Purchase II is closed for redevelopment. Across the street is Penn's Purchase I and Peddler's Village which are 100% leased.

Holy crap! I haven't been here in about 20 years myself, I had no idea it's a ghost town now! I remember this spot in the mid-late 80s was a pretty large flea market, would come here with my parents. **edit - from Google Reviews - " Only store open was Coach, the rest of the stores are closed now. Apparently there is a developer who has plans to make a mixed residential and commercial establishment mix in the future." No idea, but I wouldn't be shocked with this plan.

@samanthab1923

6 ай бұрын

That’s right there was a flea market on the property before they built the stores

They had an awesome adidas outlet store way back in the day there

holy shit capt i used to delivery pizzas in there at a place called cafe galleria .. in like 2006-2007. coach had a very bumping outlet as well as many other high end stores crazy to see it all vacant. and this is a very nice area $$$

Great job, Jon!!

You should go back that area for the flea market in the summer. I forget it's name. Back in the late 80s early 90s it was huge

@Keepemstrait

6 ай бұрын

Rices flea market it’s slowly dying as well :( I remember going as a child

@mdezii

6 ай бұрын

great flea market years ago. i would turn at the gazebo. every tuesday all year.

@briansinger2298

6 ай бұрын

@@mdezii hhaha I remember getting real good fake Oakley's there in summer 91

Lahaska pa. Very nice area$$$

Things have been tough lately and Covid didn’t help.

The dji 2 I'm getting one for camping videos any tips do you use auto focus or no

@ThePhillyCaptain

6 ай бұрын

I leave all the settings alone

If this abandoned outdoor mall was in California, it would be overrun with homeless. It’s a shame that these businesses have gone out.

Great video! If you Google Peddlers Village it makes it look like it is open and has events happening. SMH Maybe because your there on Martin Luther King day everybody has off. LOL

Can you do a video on Peddler’s Village?

@ThePhillyCaptain

6 ай бұрын

I just uploaded it! I hope you like it

Hey Capt., it's like a modern-day Ghost town. Wonder what will become of it. Times change don't they. And time passes. So much for the philosophy. Toodles.

@graceperez5620

6 ай бұрын

It's very creepy.i was up there on 11-4. We had lunch at Villiagio. It was good but very weird driving around there...like very odd. Got out of there quick😮

@faxmen09

6 ай бұрын

@@graceperez5620 Watching the Capt. vid, I get what you're saying. Being there in person must be "weird", as you say.

YO SANTA

Franklin Mills is now called Philadelphia Mills.

@ThePhillyCaptain

6 ай бұрын

Someone tell them…

@ericsmith4813

6 ай бұрын

Only assholes call it the Philadelphia mills mall.

@faxmen09

6 ай бұрын

The Captain always says, "only assholes call it the Philadelphia Mills Mall". 😁 No lie. Toodles.

Hey where did my comment go!?!?😂

@ThePhillyCaptain

6 ай бұрын

I see this one

The consumers time cost too much now for them to go to a place to buy anything they would want from a place like that when they can order what they want online and probably get it for less and even faster .

High rent, poor management.

very sad.

Penns Purchase opened in the 1990's. Online shopping has become the way these days. 😒

Looks like Penns purchase was a bad purchase & brought back for a refund & canceled, the store is no more

@faxmen09

6 ай бұрын

I see what you did there. 😉

Why are all of these malls closing? Is it due to Amazon? Didn’t Home Depot kill the local hardware store?!?

Maybe 🤔 everything is hunted

They tore down all that wilderness, spent a bunch of time and money building car dependent suburban crap, and let shopping districts and neighborhoods in Philadelphia rot

Hey PHILLY CAPTAIN on this MLK day..Great video of Penns Purchase Outlet Mall next to Peddlers Village-Pa..Enjoy on & TOODLES..

It was dead on arrival

If you remove your narration and just look at the visual footage, you could re-narrate it as you searching for humans in a post-apocalyptic Bucks County. Now THAT'S dead!🧟🧟‍♂🧟‍♀

another PREIT property, Cap?

@dlewis9760

5 ай бұрын

I live in Mass. I am a bit familiar with the Viewmont Mall in Scranton. One of PREIT's. It seems to be in better shape than say 5-10 years ago. Not great, but better. Once Sears closed they had to hustle. I think they might have demolished part of it. I only go by it a few times a year. In many cases the mall is only good as the stores. If a chain closes, really can't blame the mall.

The PhillyCaptain has a strong Baltimore accent.

@michaelfriedman2221

6 ай бұрын

Philly accent

@chrisdraughn5941

6 ай бұрын

@@michaelfriedman2221He even has the Maryland “O” pronunciation. Sorry, I’m starting a rumor that The PhillyCaptain is a Baltimore guy.

@michaelfriedman2221

6 ай бұрын

@@chrisdraughn5941 I come from 4 generations of Philly. Those pronunciations are quintissentilal Philly.

@chrisdraughn5941

6 ай бұрын

@@michaelfriedman2221 Philadelphia and Baltimore are only 100 miles away from each other, so there is a lot of bleed over. However, The PhillyCaptain uses the word “Hun” way too often. He’s a Baltimore guy.