I gave Marna covid, whoops. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Who got into a fight with relatives at the dinner table over politics? Subscribe and leave a like and I'll stop being sick thankssssss. Oh, btw, this is the final video at my Baltimore City studio...moving to a new house in December. Give me a minute to get situated and I'll put a new ExLog out as soon as I can.

@andysorensen1737

7 ай бұрын

Y’all get better and best of luck with the move!

@beachtan

7 ай бұрын

It's not a family gathering if people aren't arguing or crying.

@government_costumes-ui5lx

7 ай бұрын

Very good Sir! Finally someone who doesn't spew the official bullshit story of blaming the internet! As this story demonstrates especially way before the mass adoption of the internet that retail has been in trouble for a very long time! So refreshing to see someone else who actually does research on the topic of retail! Good work, I thank you for setting the record straight and showing blaming the Internet is crap! Online sales are only 8 to 10% of all retail sales, meaning 90+% of all retail sales still actually happen in the brick and mortar environment. The downturn is simply because there's an income deficiency across the population. Oh yes, "mall brats" though not going to Ethan Allen, they was actually the malls number one customer. They either spent their part time job money or most famously their parents money! Ever since the late 90's as the now elders aka boomers and those older Gen xers started to bitch about the kids/teens ECT and mall management sided with the Karen's the decline only got more and more obvious!

@government_costumes-ui5lx

7 ай бұрын

Those housing projects they talk about, I've noticed this is a common theme via dead malls, yet I noticed how they never actually get on it! Lots of malls around the nation was up for this sort of thing and 10 years on nothing has happened. Furthermore I'd bet they'd fail anyway. They'd be like sodasopa out of south park! Those type of housing developments never last! Frankly the malls was never really meant to last as long as they did. The reality is simply they served as a tax shelter for the rich and companies that was looking for a side line! Hints that's why there was an over saturation of malls across the country. But hey once those tax breaks went bye bye so did the upkeep followed by the businesses!

@patriciatennery3021

7 ай бұрын

Thinking of you, Sal, and Cap’n. Love❤ you

I miss Tri-County Mall. So, so much. I hung out there as a teen and I’m 44 now. I shopped there until about 2012. My last visit was to a Spirit Halloween in the old Sears. Sal, that was a “Safety Town” for kids. We have them here in Hamilton, Ohio, too. You must’ve been there in the summer bc that’s when they do them. They teach kids traffic safety. Thanks for your delightful documentaries. I also like the Forest Fair Mall ones. Keep up the good work. BTW your dad is hilarious.

@295g295

3 ай бұрын

Streets made for kids on bikes inside ?

I never thought this mall would ever die.. It was always so Busy. Spent a lot of time here.. But always loved Forest Fair..

I remember going to this mall as a young girl. It was always so sparkly with its polished floors and beautiful fountains and felt less oppressive than some of the other malls in the area. Watching the video made me remember how busy it would be not just during the holidays but just any given weekend. The food court would be so packed and there would be so many people, you'd be jockeying for a seat on the garden arrangement near the escalators. Inside the main front entrance used to be a pet store that had all sorts of animals in it (sadly, likely from bad breeding practices like most pet stores) but that was my first experience in finding out you could have skunks as pets. Then on the other side was a Cinnabon (that's still there lol) that would hit you with its smell the moment you got inside, and if you resisted that there was a popcorn place that made all sorts of flavored and candy coated popcorn in every shade of the rainbow. My favorite place was the large fountain that was stepped so the water made just the most gorgeous sound and mist that caught the lights and made it feel magical. However, for some reason the most memorable store for me was a random small perfume store diagonally across from the Disney store; I didn't go in there except once but you could smell it from so far away it was ridiculous. Seeing it in its later state is very sad, but I suppose all good things come to an end.

Very nice! I worked there in a children’s shoe store from 88-94 (I think) It was a beautiful mall after the remodel in 90-ish. They had to put temporary fronts on the stores while the roof was off, made for some miserable winter work shifts. And I could still kick myself for not getting my picture with Santa during the construction because they had him sitting on a backhoe in the middle of all the construction. I also got to tour the second floor before it was finished when they were coming into the homestretch of the project as part of a mall merchants meeting. I have a sentimental attachment to Tri-County. That was my first real job.

Sal, I visited this mall as a kid many times and had many cherished memories like buying my first switch there or buying large cookies from the cookie store, and even past moving away I thought about this mall a lot. No one had made a dead mall exploration video until you did, so on my behalf, thank you for letting me be able to revisit my memories once again!

I love the howls that rumble throughout the mall in, some of the quiet moments from the children that were there that day. SEEMINGLY they sound like all the kids that ran and played throughout the mall for over 7-decades.

Well lookie here, My favorite Malltuber covering yet another one of my childhood malls. I moved from Ohio about 10 years ago, and have been missing some of the places I used to visit there, such as Tri-County. Had my ears pierced there as a teen, and even spent my first work check in this mall. Can't thank you enough for your service of preserving the memory of these establishments, as well as how well versed and researched your videos are. Keep up the great work!

@sal

7 ай бұрын

Hey thanks!!

Seeing escalators in the mall will always be a sight for me. You know how they work but I find it so interesting that someone decided to invent and design such a thing. The automatic stair.

My job is on the same exit, been there since 2014, I used to go to that Sears all the time since they had an actual Sears Hardware, I used to buy tools online and pick them up there, the Sears Automotive was still open too. After I met my wife and had my kid we would eat at BJ's at times and while we waited to get a table I would walk my daughter down to little rides they had. Good memories but sad as I knew the mall was dying. Kinda cool to see it in one of your videos.

I was in the Surf Cincinnati commercial that you so awesomely featured in this video. I was 14 back then. What a blast from the past! 😮🎉

Jungle Jim's is awesome

I don't know why I keep coming back to watch these videos and get depressed. I don't even have a connection to this place, but my feelings of nostalgia for a thriving mall gives me a morbid curiosity to see them as they wither away. A mall like this is built like a monument to capitalism and that reminds me of growing up more than it should. Nice job on the video and research as always.

@ryancampbell955

29 күн бұрын

We have a couple thriving malls here in the Cincinnati/Dayton area. My wife and I just took our two daughters to one last week. It was very busy, and the food court was packed. It was awesome to see and brought back great memories. I have hope that some malls will survive, and perhaps even make a comeback in the future.

Hope everyone feels better 💪🏾

Another mall well documented and shared, Thank You!

Macy’s shuttering was the last straw for this place. I was pretty surprised they left- they remodeled their store with new paint, lighting, a Backstage concept, and self-checkouts just before the pandemic. Shows just how fast things can change.

That little driving school looks like a place we used to have in Richmond,VA called Safety Town. It was next to the Azalea mall. It was for teaching kids road safety like crossing the road. How to walk safely on the side of the road. They used to take elementary age kids there as part of a field trip.

11:15 liminal space vibes

I worked mall security from 2013-2016. This video unlocked so many memories for me. Thank you. I enjoyed very much!

Another wonderful video Sal, I love how you go into the history and the filming,drone footage and narration is first class! I appreciate how busy you are in real life and it is always a treat when you post another video. I am so sorry and worried that you have COVID and I hope that your recover quickly. I hope your move goes well and I love to see captain Sal he is a bloody legend ❤ as always greetings from England,until the next time ,take care😊👍🏻👏🏻xx

A beautiful mall. Such a shame.

Man, I loved going here growing up. Sad it's gone. My friend and I still joke about this one Chinese restaurant in the food court that had the best red honey chicken ever made.

Great video Sal it is sad that the shopping malls in the US are dying I hope that something good comes out of this one good to see your father Captain Sal in some of your videos I hope that he be in the next one I'm looking forward to seeing EX LOG 120 and all the best to moving into your new home all the best form Australia and take care

wow i dont think ive ever seen a pringles vending machine

@benb8407

7 ай бұрын

Same here never seen a Pringles Vending Machine

I moved to Cinti im 1998. Tri County Mall was still a happening place back then...

Jesus! I knew This mall was closed, but I didn't know it went THIS Far! And the Parking Garages are going to be preserved? The next 10-15 years is going to be insane! I'm not AS Local, but I DO Live In the Cincinnati Limits, so I do find myself in the area a couple times. I used to go to a Card Shop in the mall, but it went down with the ship before it even began sinking. At least most of the more important shops (Bath and Body / Claires' / etc, DID move to a nearby plaza across the Street on Kemper.

We absolutely loved this mall before the second floor addition. I cant remeber going after it was added. It is a driving/ safety school it was at the very north east corner of the parking lot next to Lazarus/ Shilitos in the 70's when i was a kid

Wow another great video love mall walking with you guys so interesting…..such a shame to see them like that !!!so much great history along with your walks thanks❤

Man the nostalgia is too much lol I knew every step of that place and where you were in each clip just by memory...It's hard to believe it's not a thing anymore.

The first but with the round balcony reminds me of the Dali Museum in St.Pete. This gave me the 💡 idea, that these Malls should become Museums, like Art Galleries, maybe a Lil Peep Museum 🖼️🎨 with Music 🎵🎶🎼 playing 🎴❤ 💙💖

What a waste! We need to repurpose these places! Make a senior community of apartments, and small stores in the center. Or even make it for homeless. So much space!

The tgubg I recall most abot this mall is the narrow space you walk rhrough at 34:10. Used to visit this mall from 2004 to 2006 when I would participate in video game tournaments at a nearby Dave and Buster's. It was thriving then.

Always a joy to see your Dad make an appearance! ❤ Hope you are well very soon.

So happy to see a new video!

Sal I always like your videos, good videos, and the best of history about the mall you are shooting. You do alot of work to uncover the history of your mall. Thank You!

We used to hang out at Tri-County mall circa 2000. We definitely shopped while we were there. Different people in the group would buy stuff at different stores. Kicking out the kids probably did hurt their business. Plus you think to go back there when you want to buy something. You also tell people about the stores there.

That's actually a beautiful mall!

When I was a kid our town had a kids driving city called "Safety City." Seeing that in this video totally brought those memories back. Thank you. Also I've really enjoyed your content since I found it approximately 2 years or so ago. To notch info, camera work, and editing. Oh, and narration.

@eddieawyea

7 ай бұрын

I went to Safety Town in the 70s when it was outside in the back lot. Its was awesome.

@eddieawyea

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for finding the Surf Cincinnati add!

I used to live walking distance from this mall. so weird to see this pop up in my recommended. Spent so much time here growing up

Beautiful mall

An architectural and design masterpiece. Beautiful. ❤

I used to work at the BJ’s at Tri county before it closed down. I work at a different one now. But I remember walking through the mall in 2018 when I interviewed for the job. Even then I knew the mall was on its final leg.

Happy Thanksgiving. Not at TRI county Mall, but I've ordered food by fax before. Our local honey baked ham use to take orders by fax and when we worked Saturdays, a group of us would fax our order in to have it delivered on lunch.

Safety Town was around in the early 1980s. I remember I got sick and couldn't attend the one year I was elligble (which I think was maybe age 5). So cool to see it was still there after 40 years. And yes, it's a child safety thing. Like how to cross the street and where to cross the road.

Sal you should go to Exton Square mall and Plymouth meeting mall

My kids loved it. They're grown now but we were there last in 2018 and the entire top floor was closed and blocked

I was in the hospital 3 weeks ago with COVID, stay strong Sal

Another brilliant episode!

Must have been to this mall 100 times. Last time I was there was 6 or 7 years ago and a lot of shops had closed even then. The only shops that were worth visiting back then were hot topic, Spencer's, and a retro video game collector store. The DVD store was cool too but it became dead because of streaming movie services. Seriously so many memories in that place.

Sal, You could do a twofer if you make it up north an hour and a half on I-83 to Harrisburg in the next month or so. Colonial Park Mall and Harrisburg Mall (only a few miles apart) are both on the way out.

I had several different jobs in stores in that area, but not in the mall. I remember walking in the mall under and around all of the scaffolding when they were adding the second floor. It felt like the set of Blade Runner. Thank you for the video!

ITs sad that these shopping malls are going away

Amazing it survived as long as it did. Most malls die in half that time. Oversaturation of malls is one of the causes of them closing. Only the strongest are surviving now.

I made a video on the Eastern Hills Mall after seeing how poorly yours aged, ish. You are free to use any of my video on it (Just give credit) as Dead malls are defiantly not the main focus of my channel

@sal

7 ай бұрын

I’m good, thanks

Another fantastic production Sal!

That background music is so haunting! I really miss this mall. We raised our kids in this mall, especially the Sears store. All my current appliances bought at that Sears store.

Another amazing exlog sal. I was beyond shocked to listen to how well the mall was doing up until 2008. Then after that it all came crumbling down. Although the mall is dead i am at least intrigued as to what the future holds for the property and artisan village

Oh I spent hours in this mall as a young woman. And when I retired I pushed my Mim around those places too. We loved it so much. Why is this happening. It makes no sense!

Great video Sal!

This is so fascinating. I was looking at photos of the tri county mall and found myself here. Real life liminal spaces. There's nothing all that nostalgic for me here, as I'm only 23 and have never been to Ohio, nor were malls much of a part of my childhood. But something about these huge, gorgeously structured places being empty and devoid of the bustling life that they once held is eerily beautiful to me. Especially that children's road safety course thing at the end, that was so bizarre and cool! The history behind the mall's beginnings leading up to its eventual downfall was also quite interesting, thanks for putting so much work into a captivating video!

It’s been a good few years since I set foot in TCM, but time was I would go there almost weekly. It’s surreal to see it this empty, since my memories of it are frozen at about 2010.

I think you need a 3rd Sal camera man. I'm that Sal. 😂

Those Dillard's clearance centers were amazing! I do miss Dillards all-in-all though. Tri-County also had the best Forever 21 which was ideal for my teen/early twenties budget.

One for the algoritme! Great video Sal Hope ya get settled soon and drop another one! Buuuuyyy! 😁

Yup, like Forest Fair Mall, I don't think you can get inside it anymore. Parking lot is almost completely fenced off now.

If you haven't been, I highly recommend you check out Meridian township mall in Okemos, MI. It was my home mall for my entire childhood until I left across country to Seattle, WA. I visited recently and it's dyeing, Very Sad. I would love to see what you find out about it.

They are currently doing the renovation on it now. There are the fences up all around the building. The Mexican restaurant and the BJ 's pub thing are open but the access to parking for them is limited.

Yeah, I’m old enough to remember going there when it was one floor. Nice video!

Ill catch it tomorrow Sal . Didnt get notified again. Night ..

I didn't know this place closed down. I used to live near enough to this that I have a lot of memories here. Mostly buying school clothes in the early 2000's. My first pair of glasses. That 'Hot Image' place used to be a card shop where I got a bunch of Yu Gi Oh cards back when I still played. I think before that it was a Disney Store? Or maybe that was next to it? idk.

Let’s goooo Sal, I can’t wait for this premiere

Me and my friends went in there 6-7 years ago because on the website it still said this arcade was still open. The doors were unlocked for some reason, so we just went in looking for the arcade, but some security guard saw us and yelled at us to get out. We just thought all the other stores were just closed down cause we knew the mall was dying, but we didn’t know the whole mall was shut down by that point.

Always impressed by these videos. Hoping for more!

I’m so glad to hear from you !!a big like always for you great work 👍

I believe I went to the Gold Star Chili in this mall in 2014!

Somewhere around 2010 I had a friend who worked at anything airbrushed there. I would spend hours in there with her just eating food court garbage and drinking coffee while very few, if any, customers came in and out. Her boss probably should have been more strict with us, we stayed until 2am once using the paint and the computer.

My friend took me here once when I was on acid and to say it was the erriest thing I've ever done is an understatement

The proposed plans for this mall will never pan out. The area is too depressed for the type of development the new owners are proposing. It’s already ran into trouble with financing. I figure in a few years it’ll get demolished. Large warehouses will eventually be built there. I live about two miles from the mall (West Chester. ) Sorry to sound so pessimistic, but I feel the fate of this mall will eventually be much different from the current proposal.

@superdave3506

7 ай бұрын

I moved to North Carolina from the Milford/Loveland area about 12 or 13 years ago. You’re probably right, I don’t see the new plans panning out either…I worked at Tri-County Mall at the Suncoast Video in high school…Small world 😂

Safety Town was (and still is) a thing as far back as the 1970s in the central Ohio suburb where I grew up--recognized the setup immediately. Basically, it's for preschool-aged kids to know about crossing the streets and other basic kid safety stuff--the kids would drive around in trikes and pedal cars and Big Wheels and the like. But ours was never next to a giant mall--it was in a schoolyard (and still is). That mall location looks rather frightening.

@sal

7 ай бұрын

Fascinating!!

@margaretfogler1848

7 ай бұрын

I volunteered at the Tri-County Safety Town when I was a Girl Scout in the early 80s. The set-up used to be outside way off to the side in a sectioned off part of the parking lot. I had no idea it existed into the 2000s.

Beautiful mall with a long history. Sorry it's being demolished.

This mall lost it quaint 1960s look of being both an indoor and outdoor shopping plaza. The redevelopment plan looks like a nice step back into the past.

A Dead Mall lover right here. I just got back from Sallisaw, Oklahoma. I had to buy some headlights. I spent $43.00 for them at O'REILLY'S. Earlier, I was at Ft. Gibson playing at their casino. 🎰 I won $300.00 while there. But, me and my family spent it. It doesn't matter they're worth it. Anyway, thanks for the upload.🩶

Happy Thanksgiving Sal. KZread and their bizarre algorithm didn't notify me of this premier. But hey, I found it anyway. Also. Jungle Jims is epic! The closest one to me (West Edmonton Mall) was an unfortunate victim of Covid.

@toriwolf5978

Ай бұрын

Is the west Edmonton mall still thriving?

@Decade8Media

Ай бұрын

@@toriwolf5978Absolutely. Unfortunately it’s lost all of its ‘80s aesthetics due to massive renovations that have occurred over the last decade or so. Still a really cool mall, but the brass, marble, and trees are gone.

Probably 2010, I would walk from my house that was across the graveyard down the street, all the way to the mall to have a sandwich at subway, pretty much right as the mall opened. I was only maybe 12 or 13 but I would do this frequently. I miss the dude who gave out Chinese samples in the food court. “Hey bruh bruh!”. Good times

Over 200 people watching and only 75 likes. Let's get sal to at least 100 likes

ExLog 119 - I've finally caught up and it's Tri-County. UniComm's Tri-County video was amazing and yours was as well. Now I have to wait (im)patiently with everybody else for the next ExLog.

I work right near there...I spent most of my teen years there, also Northgate and Forest Fair... My fiance and I met face to face for the first time in the food court at the table closest to the escalator

@bobbiroberts

7 ай бұрын

My kids loved it too they are grown now but the last time we were there the entire top floor was closed and blocked... Maybe 2018 ... Heartbreaking.

@bobbiroberts

7 ай бұрын

My kids loved it too. They're grown now but the last time we were there it was I think 2018 and the entire top floor was closed and blocked.

@mjc8248

7 ай бұрын

That's one of the things I miss. We used to meet new people at the mall. I met my ex wife at the mall back in the 90s.i made some really good friends at the mall also. These videos always make me feel super nostalgic.

Merry Xmas Sal! 🎄🎁🎄

This is the latest on the site, which still sits abandoned and construction fencing sitting around it.

I used to work here, I could name every store that used to be in there from rue 21 to bath and body (they moved twice) this place use to be great

Hope you feel better. Looks like the pandemic was the final nail in this mall.

@floydsemlow8253

7 ай бұрын

Most malls I'm sure 😢 your right

Captain Sal and his first mate!!

I miss the Sunrise Mall on Long Island, but Roosevelt Feild seems to be the Alpha Mall on Long Island. All the other malls are dead or dying.

Hey sal always great videos really enjoy watching them just a little FYI concord mall in elkhart Indiana closed they're turning it into a business park soon

Anyone who grew up in greater Cincinnati, especially in 1960-1970's as I did, spent many days at this mall and all the other surrounding stores. In those days, you couldn't get off the highway easily to even reach the mall for the Day After Thanksgiving sales. Once I got used to online shopping, those days were over for me. Probably been a decade or more since I shopped there. I loved McAlpin's as alternative to the downtown store, and their Sears location was second to none.

Your dad is so cute❤❤❤

14:33 rare flounder kiddie ride!!

The mall had so many issues with theft 4-5 years before it closed that it banned mall brats. Kids under 18 had to be there with a parent.

I went here during Covid 2020...it was so eerie

At least they're repurposing it for something beneficial instead of tearing it down or letting it rot. I'd much rather see the building still stand and be cleaned up than to be forgotten carelessly.