I greatly miss this mall. I grew up going to this mall nearly every day of my early childhood, experiencing many firsts and having some of my earliest memories with my mother, two older brothers, and what I recall of my father. I teared up multiple times watching this video and seeing the decline of something I held near and dear to my heart. Thank you for all the footage of what it once was and what it became as I felt the old rush of this mall.

@coreybabcock2023

10 ай бұрын

Definitely agree ! I miss the mall too

I miss being a mallrat. Thanks for the nostalgia LaBreece!

@bonvct

Жыл бұрын

Ahhh what a time...going to Sears to play their video game kiosks. Miss it

@coreybabcock2023

10 ай бұрын

Me too

@kingkazma3246

9 ай бұрын

Good times, especially when video game arcades were big! To me it feels the 90's was the peak of humanity, good music, good food, good movies, it had it all! 😂

Parkington was outdoor but I remember it had like breezeways you walked through and little stores on each side. Thanks for posting the pictures, I had forgotten what it looked like outside, mom would drive me to both of these in the 70s/80s, etc I still went to Woodies/Macys sometimes after the renovation in the 90s.

I love the Proper People and the story of the mall being told to both you and them. Good job. One of the better malls, sad to see it gone like so many others. This was an amazing video, and I am a new subscriber!

You just brought comfort to a part of my childhood, thank you 🙏

Love your videos! Do one on Astrodome!

22:35 didn't expect a shot of my home city to sneak in

Very interesting video. Thank you.

I wish they would keep on of these places standing as like a haunted house type attraction. People would pay money to walk around the abandoned mall with creepy 80s music playing, something like that.

@Artessnow

Жыл бұрын

I’m sure if you wrote up a business plan you would see that this would be a terrible idea. The theme park industry is in decline so if they can’t make it with proper attractions who going to a dead mall?

@itsthatsebguy93

Жыл бұрын

@@Artessnow Do you have to live quite so relentlessly in the real world?

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I used to take my daughter here as a young parent. I was new to the area and it was a free activity. The open stores were usually dollar stores which was perfect for my income at the time. They had a chic fil a on the 3rd floor and a gyro shop. I feel sad.

@coreybabcock2023

10 ай бұрын

So cool !

The mall concept has outlived its lifetime. Outdoor open malls are now more the thing, and even those are in danger of being put out of business by online internet shopping.

@ericdraven7185

5 ай бұрын

Not true.. you can't try clothes and shoes on online.

Ah, make me reminiscent of the time I worked there part-time as a security guard between 1996-1997, working on Christmas day in 1996 while I served in the Marines. The security office changed over time, I remember there were lots of screens because of all the cameras and Mark was the Security boss, good guy. Got a few Marines to work there and we would race in the security vehicle in the parking lot when the mall was close. We also would get soda at that Auntie Anne's after hours because they never turned it off. Met Hulk Hogan while working there because he came by to promote his thunder blender or something like that. Dude seemed like he didn't want to be there and was in hurry. It was good times then...

@coreybabcock2023

10 ай бұрын

So cool I actually helped a security crew try n start there truck off a black n decker jump starter I had in my friends van when I came by one night to see the mall in 2015 ! Glad I could help them out

The wrecking ball going through the front of the Mall is so symbolic of a bygone era.

Wow that ramp really did it for me ! I remember driving on it to get to the main part of the mall

Really sad they tore it down

well done!

One of the few malls in the dmv I've never been to I normally tried to stay on the other side of the river

Birth of the 15 minute cities! Sad😢

I've lived in DC for over twelve years and have worked in politics for much the same time. Now in my late 30s, I've relied upon intensive skincare products e.g. TNS Advanced Serum and La Mer Moisturizing Soft Cream. I have very tough skin, so I slather Vaseline over top of my Retin-A and essences. Let me tell you...boy, do both of these products work well in tandem. La Mer hydrates my chronically dry (see: aging) skin, while TNSA leaves it feeling more refreshed and buoyant. Yeah, it's an expensive regiment, but it's worth it. A few years ago I went to my fifteenth high school reunion, and I was shocked at the decay of my fellow classmates. So much photo-damage and uncorrected spots from years of unmcnitaged abuse from the Sun's UV rayes. Mercifully, I easily look 15-20 years younger than they do. It's not that my genetics are stellar- though my Mother is nothing short of an Armenian model, Instead, I observed the power and influence of my Father's easy, Scots-irish charm. Neither of us label one another, especially not in the company of a stranger. Call it naïveté, but my family's indoinatiarble spirit contributed to our victory at Artaskh and within Arzerbaijan. As I said, I'm well into my 30s, but my skin presents as belonging to a much younger man: Blonde hair, blue eyes, olive skin, strong as an ox, etc.

@coreybabcock2023

10 ай бұрын

I never use anything on my skin and I'm just fine

I moved from Texas to Maryland in 1991. I remember hearing about Landmark, but I've never been there. Too far for us to drive. Surprised to hear of its demise.

@coreybabcock2023

10 ай бұрын

Wish you could have seen it

@LyleFrancisDelp

10 ай бұрын

@@coreybabcock2023 As I’m not much into mall culture, I doubt I missed anything special. Lived in Bowie, and we always went to Annapolis. Now in Howard County and pretty much hit Columbia Mall if needed.

Would be cool to do a video on Honeydale mall in Toronto

@LaBreeceTV

Жыл бұрын

👀👀👀 I know who would be great for that!

Anyone from the Baytown Texas area knows all to well about the San Jacinto mall finally being demoed last year. Hopefully with a new mall coming, but I doubt it will happen anytime soon.

6:49 I see Westfield Wheaton Mall

I love Springfield mall and Tysons and Westfield Montgomery Bethesda too i live bear downtown Rockville MD so i have access to everything pretty quick

There weren’t vandals in landmark mall. I live down the street from it.

@coreybabcock2023

10 ай бұрын

Sure wasn't ! They had that place well kept all the way to the end

Places like these are still popular and being built in Australia

No exploration of this mall?

Fun Fact: in the 70's, before it was enclosed, there was a vacant store that has been subdivided and called "The Underground". It housed several eclectic stores including a *head shop* that sold hookahs, rolling papers and clips. Not that I ever went there, of course...😂

I love your series and have watched them all! However, I'm sorry, but your opening comment (paraphrasing) about 'whomever thought shopping malls were a good idea is difficult concept to grasp, given what we know today and now having Big Box and the Internet'. I don't mean to be rude, but do you seriously shop for your all of your clothing at Walmart and Amazon? You can't even try anything on or be fitted. Big Box for clothing is 'budget and lower in quality'. It's not bad, I guess if you want casual hanging out around the house clothing, but you certainly can't purchase professional attire online easily. What about shoes and being able to see their quality and try them on for comfort? What about seeing items in person? I don't know where you live, but there are plenty of excellent malls, shopping centers (high and mid-end) with retailers occupying most of the rental space. Personally, I don't like mall shopping often, but seeing items in person, spending time shopping with friends and family, eating lunch out, is worth it. There is nothing worse than purchasing items online, receiving them, learning the quality is sub-par, and then having to ship them back, and start over. Everyone has their own opinions and desires, I just thought your comment about being able to shop in one location in person to save time was a poor idea, was a bit odd.

Alot of us did video here on the day it came down and I been there a few times when it was open I used to work at Cicis pizza in falls church and would go to landmark Mall every now and then

Landmark plaza across the street

I swear I watched tho before. Yet it says it was uploaded 14 hrs ago.

@FateBoost

Жыл бұрын

Looks like the last one was copyright striked

and i thought i knew everything about where i live wow i learned so much i didnt even know princess diana came here to virginia!

Landmark was never one of the popular malls in NoVa but it still had its place. Sadly the mall has been demolished so the new hospital can be built.

What about Potomac Mills?

I hate town centers !

Don’t know why it started as an open air mall. Alexandria is in northern Virginia. Too far north with too many months of inclement weather there. Open air malls are only suitable for the Deep South and southwestern states.

Springfield mall is ok now crimewise never heard anything bad there and that vornado deal backing out a few months before 911 was a sign that they knew something

Im srry but the narrative sounds computer generated.

Malls do well when thugs don't ruin it for everyone

I did it. I ruined Landmark Mall. 😥

That’s where I lost my virginity in one of those dressing rooms on the 2nd floor. It happened to quick bc I met the guy in the food court. So I went to the men’s room and he followed me. Then he signaled me to follow him to a very discreet room where the action happened