I work in Tower City! They have already started renovations and are planning to make things beautiful again. Such a beautiful building.

@zythr9999

2 жыл бұрын

LOL

@ProjectShinkai

2 жыл бұрын

I miss tower city

@MagikFingers420

2 жыл бұрын

Probably a waste of yalls money, malls dont have attendance anymore. Enough so the market thrives

@lillyandbirks4975

2 жыл бұрын

Stores left due to all the theft. Pump all the money you want, it won’t change a thing. Makes me sad. This place was awesome 25 years ago. Maybe they should have kept Higbees!

@Thomas-tf4cm

Жыл бұрын

Good to hear Gabby

This place was quite something in the mid-late 90s. Really stunning and grandiose. Used to go there all the time and often just took the rapid train into the station below it and walked up into it. It was bustling and quite popular.

@mjc8248

2 жыл бұрын

I practically lived there in the 90s when I lived in Akron. I probably haven't been there in at least 20yrs. It was awesome in the day but life moves on and I literally hadn't even had a thought about it in years. Pretty sad to see it empty now.

@pmiahky

2 жыл бұрын

@@mjc8248 Yup. That was high school times for me. Like the narrator guy (great video!) said it was high volume usage with that Walkway to the stadiums. I parked for pennies and even free sometimes early in the day underground back in the day and used the walkway. Went to movies there too. But, most of the time it was just taking the train in from Shaker Hts or University Circle.

@dpunk8047

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it was really great when it opened. So much fun.

@ProjectShinkai

2 жыл бұрын

Wow i loved this place in the 90s

@cobolsaurus

2 жыл бұрын

I remember this place from the 90s. It was full of people, had great stores to go shopping. It was awesome. What a shame it is empty now.

Such a beautiful looking mall. It is a shame what is happening to them now. The 80' s and 90's were the best. Thank you for the awesome footage!

@sttpatty4220

2 жыл бұрын

It was a beautiful mall...Very high end.

@johnfpotega2017

2 жыл бұрын

We “had” many beautiful malls here in the Syracuse, New York area, as well, but how many malls can an area support when job-providing companies/industries are constantly moving away, and folks are left with low-paying or no jobs, and are leaving the area as well? Empty malls/older buildings are now being turned into apartments/condos but no thought being given to who’s going to live there???!!! Greed forced malls to close here, because of the “influence “ of a particular mall developer , and now that mall is in trouble as well! Online shopping is certainly doing its part to close malls…….chalk that up to people’s laziness! (Topic for another time!)

@Steampunksaly

2 жыл бұрын

The best for who? You? How selfish

@johnfpotega2017

2 жыл бұрын

@@Steampunksaly huh ?????

@KingTriton1837

2 жыл бұрын

@@Steampunksaly what???

They should turn these old abandoned malls, into apartments! ...I would totally live there!

@robertvarisco2196

7 ай бұрын

They have converted some office space to residential in the Terminal Tower Bldg., first time it's ever leased apartments.

My sister lives in downtown Cleveland and shops at Tower City all the time. Apparently, revitalization is well underway. I am happy about that. I remember the days when this was Cleveland's main railroad terminal. It's a gorgeous and historic complex.

I love that your “sponsors” are old ads! They make me smile every time!

I’ve lived in Cleveland for 6 years now and I would often go to Tower City Mall during my lunch break. Pre-pandemic, there were decent crowds during the lunch hours with folks who work downtown. I don’t think as many folks are back to working downtown, so that is certainly not helping a suffering mall. Cleveland is an understated city with so much to offer. Thanks for bringing attention to one part of our history :)

@sal

2 жыл бұрын

I love Cleveland!! Fantastic city.

@dominiquedominiquepresents3291

2 жыл бұрын

It’s still beautiful and even has the tunnel walk through to get to the stadiums it’s just to much violence in Cleveland so people relocate and don’t gravitate downtown which is actually beautiful

@johndouglas5712

2 жыл бұрын

@@sal As a life long resident , I'll be damned if I can see it

@MsArri81

2 жыл бұрын

I really do enjoy the vibe of Cleveland, whenever I visit. Especially right on the shores of Lake Erie. Also, my dad was raised in Cleveland, so all of his family, my grandmother, aunts and uncles, and cousins all still reside in Cleveland. While I live in California and so does my dad, though his family keeps asking me and my family to come and move to Ohio every time we visit... And I honestly would consider it!

@LGTheOneFreeMan

2 жыл бұрын

At least you're not Detroit.

Great work as always. Sad when Sea World and Geauga Lake closed. It was a quick road trip from Pittsburgh and closer than Cedar Point. Geauga Lake was a park style like Kennywood, not a blob of asphalt and concrete with rides. Way back when I worked my last corporate job I had a group under me in the Halle Building in Cleveland, great old building. But, what was interesting was our parking was in an old department store across the street. The only real update they did to make it parking was the interior ramps between levels. We used to park amongst plaster walls, ceilings and pillars when I had to visit on site. I'm the odd duck Pittsburgher who actually likes Cleveland. The cities and people are so very much the same.

@mjc8248

2 жыл бұрын

I still have my season pass from Sea Worlds last year. I lived less than an hour away so I'd go multiple times a week to just hang out and drink some beer. Usually I'd show up around 4 or so and catch the night shows. Season passes back then were pretty much equal to two regular pass admissions so I always got my money's worth.

@Officiallooks_zz

2 жыл бұрын

😩🤦🏽‍♀️

@Mboy245

Жыл бұрын

You can thank Cedar Faire for the death of Geauga Lake. They bought it and ran it into the ground so it wasn't competing with Cedar Point

I went to school in Cleveland in the early 2000's. I was through Tower City pretty regularly, either for the mall itself, the food court, or to cut through from the Rapid station in the basement to Public Square and the rest of downtown out front. I saw each of the Lord of the Rings movies in the movie theater there after finishing my fall semester finals before going home for Christmas. It's sad to see it as such a ghost town. I'm at least glad to see the building is still in good shape, at least for now, and hope that some sort of recovery can be made. Fiun fact: The scene in The Avengers where Loki attempts to charm the public in Germany was shot right outside the mall's front door on Public Square.

Still loving the old commercials cut-into the main content - keep it coming.

@sal

2 жыл бұрын

Tons more on the way!!

I remember The Tower City Center mall in it's heyday, mid 1990s. They had a Warner Brothers store there and I purchased some Tiny Toons stuffed animals.. Thanksgiving season 1993. I was 12 at the time.

This was our everything in the early 00’s all of us would meet up and go to the movies and shop

This is just absolutely insane to see the state of Tower City Center, pandemic or not. It looks to be in great shape cosmetically but the dead areas are astounding to me. I lived in Cleveland for 7 years on and off and used to work at Chase and J Crew back in the early 2000's. This place was packed from end to end - I remember it was nearly impossible to sit down in the food courts because of all the traffic. The International Film Festival was held in the massive theatres there. I certainly hope that this wonderful building gets a revival worth its true weight. Cleveland is an amazing place and this is such a focal point when you jaunt into town whether by foot or vehicle...

Forest City created some really amazing malls. And I loved the drone footage.

@starofjustice1

2 жыл бұрын

As well you should.

@sharihere8809

2 жыл бұрын

Forest City never created anything; they just go in and buy up property is all as is the case with the Terminal Tower. All those marble floors and pillars, etc are original to the building. Dare I ask about all the apartment building complexes they had? oopsy they got bought out or would have went under

It's sad to see Tower City like this. I don't know it very well personally, but it's a beautiful building that deserves to have more life in it still. Also, if you're ever back in Cleveland, you gotta check out the Arcades - they're some of the oldest indoor shopping malls in the country and they have beautifully preserved late 1800s architecture inside. Plus, they still have some stores left in them!

@shaylenwayne9284

Жыл бұрын

Looked up a pic of the Arcades. It's really pretty.

I love my city and it’s sad what happened to Tower City smh I’ve had so many dates in that building had so many lunch meals and purchased so much from here smh so sad 🤦🏽‍♂️

This mall is absolutely stunning!

Crime was also a factor. There was a sign at Starbucks about wearing shoes…that was for the many homeless people who would sit in front of the main entrance. Man, this mall was thriving during the 90’s and early 2000’s! After 2004ish it really started dying. Everyone thought that the Horseshoe Casio would turn it all around, but it did nothing. 🙄 The Jack has lasted longer, but still the mall continued to die. COVID was only the final nail in the coffin. Thanks for sharing this mall with everyone. It was one of the malls my family visited the most. I really miss the WB store and the HUGE Disney store…

@victorwanstreet3038

2 жыл бұрын

there was no real crime in tower city

In many ways I hated malls. At the same time, I have many fond memories of malls. Content like this always reminds me of those fond memories.

I walked through the Tower every weekday during the 60s. There was nothing like it, with hand painted murals, chandeliers, and beautiful dark wood everywhere. Like being in a 1940s movie.

What a gorgeous mall! I love “those old buildings” that this is was built-upon. I hope the future pans are successful, and are carried out with good conservation of historic portions.

I don't shed a tear for abandoned malls generally but this one looks amazing. What a shame it's so empty.

@kimberlyskokan3444

18 күн бұрын

It was amazing back in the day.

Tower City was magical in it's heyday. It was always a favorite family trip at Christmas. Always packed to the brim with happy holiday goers, with Santa's setup over the fountain. Not even Hard Rock Cafe could save it. The true death nail was when Higbee's (Dillard's) left. Truly sad. I did have to chuckle at Jan Jones' Geauga Lake ad. She was all over NE Ohio TV in those days.

@zythr9999

2 жыл бұрын

That was Terminal Tower. Tower City was never magical during the Holidays Lol If you want to get even more specific, Randall and Richmond Malls were the magical ones.

Your description of the Ritz Carlton! Like dude, now I feel like I’m IN the Ritz Carlton! 😂

OMG the front façade of that building is breath taking.

I always remember visiting that awesome mall when I visit my family in Cleveland. It’s always a stop for me to explore when I come by from Florida! Live the fountains!! Wish the dancing ones still worked

@Lostmymind1

Жыл бұрын

You should have seen the fountains in the early 90s. Not only did they dance, but they could dance to the tune of music. They would have an orchestra play, live in front of it, and the water was different colors, and there was a big fountain behind them that shot a gusher 3 stories high. It was super cool.

I could see this place turning into a high school or a community college. It’s a really nice place.

@MultiCreditKIng

2 жыл бұрын

Community College yes, High School...no

I live near downtown Cincinnati, where they roll up the sidewalks after 5 PM. That Cleveland kept this place going is amazing. You attention to detail is second to none. What a gorgeous place and sorry to see it to go. Well done.

This mall looks absolutely beautiful during the holidays

I LOVE THOSE INTERCOM ANNOUNCEMENTS!!! SOOOO FUNNY!!

That mall is beautiful 😍

I have seen a lot of dead mall videos and it never ceases to amaze me how places like these are still open. Like, people are still able to go inside, there's electricity, there must be someone cleaning those facilities every day. Edit: wow I don't think I had ever seen a closed off Starbucks. 29:25: that ceiling, tho!!!

Watching this brings back so many memories of my teenaged days. I envision myself eating at the food court and hanging out with friends before taking the escalator down to catch the rapid. So sad that the mall age has come and went. I hate technology. 😕

@wyattearpswoman838

2 жыл бұрын

Amen lol. So many hours of my early teens were spent here. I too, hate technology.

@jenniferburchill3658

2 жыл бұрын

Technology has truly prevented people from living a real life in the real world. And what's truly sad is that many folks would prefer to live this ersatz "life".

@marcus1978ABLE

Жыл бұрын

Past is dead

@DrowningInTea

Жыл бұрын

Weird to say that "I hate technology" since shopping mall also was a product of it times. I'm sure old people at the time would have said "oh in my day we didn't spend all the time shopping in a fake building!!" Cherish the memories and move on. Be happy with what you have experienced.

@GoldFinger34

Жыл бұрын

@@wyattearpswoman838 the mall was a teenager’s haven in the 80’s and 90’s

I was there on opening day!! It was absolutely amazing. That jumping water fountain was so incredibly cool... and to see it here in CLEVELAND... WOW!!! My 2 favorite stores were the Warner Brothers Store and the Disney Store! Both of those were so incredible! I loved to look at all the animation cells in the WB store... and it had a lifesized batman statue in the store front window!! On opening day, there were a ton of balloons and Disney characters walking all around the mall. It was such a fun time!!!

Grew up in Cleveland and I’ve been there many times, I loved going to the Warner Bros. Studio store, sad to see what it is now.

@antoniobrooks1113

2 жыл бұрын

I really miss that store a lot. The FYE in Tower City always had a really good selections of films and albums too.

@jenniferloving9054

2 жыл бұрын

Wow! My childhood mall had a Warner Bros. Studio Store and I loved going in there, too.

@cobolsaurus

2 жыл бұрын

@@claytonbouldin9381 I also visited the Warner Brothers Studio Store at Tower City. I still have baseball caps I bought there.

@cobolsaurus

2 жыл бұрын

@@claytonbouldin9381 I remember seeing the animation cells on sale there. I wanted to buy one of Pinky and The Brain, but I didn't. It was $500!!!

@cobolsaurus

2 жыл бұрын

@@claytonbouldin9381 =-) Did you buy a lot of stuff?

My brother always called AOL assholes online..... LOL. This is such a stunning piece of architecture, I hope it somehow can survive.

I remember shopping at big shopping malls in the 1980s, when they were always teaming with thousands of people as the cash registers as the chain stores inside them rang up purchases continuously. The Burlington Mall in Massachusetts. The Pheasant Lane Mall in New Hampshire. The Troy mall in Michigan. All those places are mere shells of their 1980s existence.

@zythr9999

2 жыл бұрын

Some if not all had unraised kids going through them which in effect "killed them" Randall and Richmond Mall In NE OH are prime examples.

@obsey

2 жыл бұрын

@@zythr9999 The phrase "unraised kids" is new to me.

@obsey

2 жыл бұрын

@@zythr9999 The point that culture has changed, and huge shopping malls are likely soon to be a mere historical artifact like horse drawn carriages. The pandemic is hastening their demise too.

Cleveland native here. I remember when FYE was there. I always passed through Tower City when I caught the 1 from the east side to connect to Hopkins Airport, where I worked for years, via the red line. There was a Japanese BBQ place I used to hit up every week! Tower City used to be _the_ place to be. They are supposedly renovating it now. Time will tell.

Hopefully things down there get better. Cleveland is my home town thanks for the video its amazing.

My guy needs to be presenting these on Nat Geo seriously. Great work on these documentaries

@sal

2 жыл бұрын

I'd take that job

This mall reminds me of the old Grand Avenue Mall that was here in Milwaukee, and recently has been redeveloped.

And thanks for mentioning the Christmas Story connection!

Thank you thank you for making these videos! They feel on par or even better than Dan’s series, which is great because I’ve been looking for more of that content.

I was hoping you'd bring up the fact that part of Captain America: Winter Soldier was filmed in this mall!

@Clay3613

2 жыл бұрын

Avengers right outside in the square too.

@josh3995

2 жыл бұрын

@@Clay3613 You're right! Loki's speech

You've done a absolutely marvellous job Sal making this video. Tower city centre absolutely amazing building but I hope things look more promising further down in the future.

So many memories here as a kid, riding the train down there to walk around before going to the cinema. So sad, I haven’t been there in years, since moving to Columbus, I didn’t even know it was closed. Another great video❤️

@sal

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I think you did a GREAT job! You put a lot of effort into this vid and you should be commended. Tower City, during the 90's would take your breath away when you would come up the escalator from the parking garage. Full of life, the fountains, food court... what a place. Sad to see it empty.

@sal

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

OH THIS IS MY MALL OMG!! So glad you got to see one of our two buildings, according to Mike Polk. XD Tower City is actually kind of famous now. The square in front of it was in The Avengers. I'm a horrible Clevelander. I've actually never seen A Christmas Story.

@Lostmymind1

Жыл бұрын

What??? WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU???? That's like living in Cleveland, and never having had eaten a pierogie. You go watch that movie right now mister! And on Christmas day, you play it on loop for 24 hours, like every other self respecting Clevelander! Tower City was famous long before The Avengers.

ive lived in Cleveland since 2013 and tower city is amazing! i do hope to see it alive again...i want those fountains to go off again when music plays.

The 90s was the best time when I was in high school, use to love going down there use to be so fun. Have not been in there since but still look pretty. I ride past sometimes.

Lawsons commercial gave me a huge flashback. I watch your videos over and over, lately. Thanks Sal

I watch these dead mall videos, in part, because they demonstrate that culture evolves, sometimes drastically, and when it does, it can leave entire swathes of cultural artifact behind in its wake. - The notion of mall culture is an artifact born of post WW2 evolution, flourishing from the 1960s, to the 1980s and 1990s, with its cultural wear already showing as of the 2000s. - Along with the malls themselves, came the "chain store" concept, with its the national corporate retail annihilation of most things local, the creation of all the chains that are household names, some of which were born, lived, and have now died. Consider the short life of Forever21, which was amazing until it collapsed beneath its own weight. - It is not just dead malls. Along with the fascination are seeing scenes like the - Easttown Theater - in east Detroit, which rock music Mecca around 1970, but is now a literally rotting ruin, or even Detroit as a whole, which a century ago was one of the crown jewels of the early 20th century American industrialization. where once opulent buildings are now extraordinarily sad ruins.

I go way back. My childhood was late 40’s - late 60’s. I remember the big steam locomotives pulling the passenger trains into the terminal depot. Arrival and departure schedules were written in chalk on big blackboards. We’d walk down steep stairs to where the trains came in roaring and letting off all that steam. Riding trains were the glory days of transportation. None of these crazy passengers on airplanes getting into fistfights over masks. People today are so rude and ill bred. They apparently have been raised by a generation of parents focused way more on rights than on responsibility. The terminal was made into a beautiful mall. Sad that crime and changing attitudes have caused its demise. I went through the Shaker Hts schools with the Forest City boys, the Ratner family. They were a class act. So thankful to have lived during the time of Cleveland’s downtown shopping heyday. RIP Higbees, Halles, Mays, Sterling Linder.

I was last at Tower City, Christmas time of 2019. It was still halfway lively.

I went on April 20 2023. I watched this beforehand. Things seemed to have improved substantially since these bleak scenes during the pandemic. A huge indoor garden with a wooden patio and a music stage have been added to the central area beneath the skylight, and between 11 and 12:30, there was an okay amount of foot traffic. I went to a Claire's, a jewelry store, a boutique, a parfume store and the food court, but I saw several other shops of note, even if there were still a lot of vacant ones. The lesser fountain remains off.

The drone footage intro is very symmetrically pleasing. Top notch Sal!

@sal

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

This is nuts. It was full of life and stores last time I was there in Sept 2016.

I can’t thank you enough for the time and effort you put into these videos. I live near Youngstown so these places mean a lot to me. Also, LOVE the Geauga Lake commercial. I spent a lot of my childhood there. Stay safe and thank you!

Good Video Tower City is a beautiful elaborate made mall hopefully it will come back in a different way because it Great location good Video

I ate lunch here on a high school field trip to see the Cleveland orchestra!

Great video. I went through this area many times during all stages of its life having ridden the rapid to Indians or Browns games or working downtown. The one piece of the story that you may not be aware of was the efforts to build the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the area between the back of the mall and the river. I don't recall the details but seem to recall it being a pretty contentious fight.

I love your videos, you really research these malls, I love the extra touch of your videos with those portions of retro videos. Thumbs up!!!

@sal

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!!! Tons more on the way

Sal, having grown up in Northeast Ohio, I have to say that this is the best video you’ve ever put out. Hearing ‘The Avenue’ jingle at the beginning totally brought me back to four year old me, and begging my mom to take me to the Hard Rock Cafe there so I could get the T-Shirt. This video totally made my day.

Well done. A fascinating history. Your final comments on Amazon were on point as well. Amazon didn't kill the mall. They stepped in created a better mouse trap. As did Walmart and Home Depot.

I shopped at that mall many times, when I traveled to Cleveland for baseball games. The fountain was very cool. So sad to see it in such a state.

I knew when they removed all tables and chairs from the walkways, around the main fountain, the mall would become a whisper of it's former self.

I've started working downtown in May this year. Tower City is a far cry from what it used to be. I'm old enough (24) to remember the Mcdonald's, Quiznos, etc.😄

Good description on the demise of Tower City Center. I enjoy yoour videos.

@sal

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

What a shame. Absolutely gorgeous. Poor Cleveland -

@wyattearpswoman838

2 жыл бұрын

Poor Cleveland indeed. I loved her for decades. Very sad state these days.

@marckosky6342

Жыл бұрын

This mall had been in decline since 2005.. after it lost its main anchor store they cut back on security and gangs took over.. covid did not kill that mall it was 75 percent empty when covid started..

It's so sad to hear the Hard Rock Cafe closed that was such a great place🥺❤️❤️

Such a beautiful mall. I could tell it had 2 beautiful water fountains even though it is no longer running. Too bad!

What a beautiful view thanks for remembrance

It must have been very exciting to traverse the terminal when the train service was active. The Fellas partnering up for the PSA are hysterical, where did you find them. Such a mammoth, glorious project. Architectural features are stunning, particularly the ceilings. I hope a plan to use the space will materialize, it’s sad to see something so stunning desolate. Another wonderful film. I’m so proud of you. Great job Sweetie🥰💃🦇🕷🕸

As a young child in the 90s Tower City was magical and alluring. Now it is almost abandoned, but at the same time most people I know don't even spend much time downtown except for sporting events.

I remember going there with my parents in the early 60's to pick up relatives from CT. coming in on the N.Y.C.

I saw the sad stories of the Randall Park and Rolling Acres Malls. One of the biggest hits to Ohio, in recent years, was outsourcing manufacturing jobs to foreign countries. Demise of the rail industry was a theme in the 1960s. The airlines have been a boom or bust industry since then.

Sal, what a great job with this. Of course I would’t expect anything else. What a nice looking place. I just love your videos. The video quality is incredible! Keep up the great work.

@sal

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Tim! Tons more on the way!

Crazy that casino opened the same month as Hollywood Casino in Toledo. I visited Cleveland in 2017, I didn't have time to go inside Tower City but I did a quick drive by. Hopefully I'll have another chance soon.

Always enjoy your vids Sal, Full View Everytime, Have a Great Week

Love Tower City. I went through there last Saturday on my way to the Guardians game at Progressive Field and was so sad and disheartened to see it in such a sad state. I have so many happy memories there. So sad to see it dying off

wow ....im cryin ...didn't know it got like this ... I went there in the 70s before the reno...was there for the grand opening...worked there in the early 90's ....the memories I have of that place and higbees I hope I never forget....Well done sal ....thanks for the hard work ...and making me cry ...lol

@zythr9999

2 жыл бұрын

Lol it is funny now

The fact that it was so busy and with the "luxurious" before hand is crazy "FRENCH TICKLER BOY" LMAO The over com bits are the best

Our malls are the same. They were such an iconic place growing up for alot of reasons, not just shopping alot more socially really.

Great video as usual. Thank you!

I remember the tower city mall, I was in a basketball pep band and we had a parade in there in March of 2003. The mid American conference basketball tournament would be held in Cleveland, and much of the pregame festivities would be held in the mall. imagine a flash mob matching band and TV crew.

Great work Sal, as always.

These videos make you look at the past and face the future. Thank you 😊

I live a mile from what was Rolling acres since 1989. In high school that place was packed an I would occasionally go to chapel hill and I could see from one end to the other with not one person to be seen. In the 90’s I would make the trip to tower city from time to time an it was impressive. I do believe the internet had a small percentage in the downfall of malls an box stores.

Wow. Looks like a great upscale but not sterile place to hang out. "Malls as a more upscale place to spend time, than your own crappy 1BR apartment" is an under-rated aspect of them. I knew as soon as I saw the Union Station style facade (it's unmistakeable to a railfan!) that this was a repurposed railway station, and that the odds were 90% that the exodus from downtowns and public transport during COVID did this mall in. I really liked this episode, and think it's sad that this mall didn't make it to the other side of COVID, because it is just so well done, and has been kept in great condition. Great theming with the Geauga Lake commercial, too. And AOL, ROTFL! Half the time I watch these, it feels like another in a series of wakes for an era that many of us valued and enjoyed, that is disappearing and will likely never be seen again. It came and went *so* quickly! I grew up as a mall tween, dumped off to wander the mall by myself, try on clothes, browse bookstores, play video games, maybe see a movie, and get a soft pretzel or two for HOURS on a weekend day once or twice a month. I visited the shops so frequently that I even learned the pattern of their sale cycles and knew when to beg Mom for $20 to try to get a shirt or skirt I liked that would probably be on sale that weekend! Later, I went to my local malls in other states most weekends, and no business trip was ever complete without an exhaustive survey of at least one local mall. Still later, I used a local mall's food court as my lounge after work nearly every day. That fewer people have the opportunity to do these things today is sad. On another note, about that Ritz-Carlton tea and cucumber sandwiches. Feeling "peckish"????? Does ANYONE in America *EVER* feel peckish? I'd never even heard the word until I visited Australia. And indeed, until I deduced from sufficient context that it meant "hungry" my first interpretation was "not very hungry", as in "pecks selectively at food".

"sercurity" was a problem is an understatement

Such a gorgeous building with so much potential. I hope they really can get it repurposed and back on it's feet again.

So many good memories of visiting this place over the years. From the early years when occupancy was near full with high end shops (Nature Company was my fav), to the the amazing holiday decorations all over the place (really was something magical). So easy to get to via RTA (public transport) we could get there by bus and train all the way from the Cuyahoga/Lorain county line. And yes, the decline was sad to witness. I would still take the Red Line train to Tower City to get to Progressive Field for ballgames, but a quick walk through the Avenue to the pedestrian tunnel to the ballpark showed the sad state of things. Not to mention when the casino opened up, day and night the sidewalk in front of the whole complex on Public Square was nothing but panhandlers and homeless. Haven't been back to downtown Cleveland in almost 5 years, don't really have a reason to go anymore. Doesn't feel safe. BUT, great in depth video. You've earned my sub.

@zythr9999

2 жыл бұрын

Lol, It has changed, more for the people with money.

31:19 "Ouch!" 😖 Those dagum doors...

@sal

2 жыл бұрын

Whacked my knee on the damn door lol

@altjtosm

2 жыл бұрын

@@sal All kidding aside, incredible work, my friend. Your passion for your subject matter really shows in the depth of your research and the composition of your writing. Lucky to have had a childhood and teenage years with Chapel Hill and Rolling Acres. What a service you do for these old palaces!

@sal

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, kindly!

I really enjoy the shots close to the handrails. The plants are beautiful. My neck would hurt from looking up and around if I ever get to visit.

At one point I used to loved that mall tower city was the go to after school and the movies that’s so sad the casino came and everything stopped

@zythr9999

2 жыл бұрын

Mall was gone way before the casino.

Such a beautiful mall.

I was an outside courier business working for Forest City Enterprise . During the redevelopment of Tower City I was carrying Legal documents ,Blue prints , and food at night to workers.rushing to completion .

A well researched, well presented story.

Great video.