City Center Mall in Columbus, OH. Christmas 1992. Scenes from a mall.
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@drby07883 жыл бұрын
That is EXACTLY how I remember it as a kid. I can still smell Cinnabon lol. My two favorite stores to go into were WB, and the great train store. Usually, we'd see Santa at Lazarus, then head over to the mall to do some shopping. Great times. It was really a shame that it didn't make it. Tuttle, Easton, and Polaris killed it. People had no reason to come downtown anymore.
@tonyreyes45683 жыл бұрын
Oh man, I forgot about the WB store!
@Sin718794 жыл бұрын
Grew up going to this mall - still cannot believe it’s gone. Apart of my childhood has been torn down
@tonyreyes45684 жыл бұрын
The mall was a big part of my early 20s. That's me towards the end working at Sunglass Hut. I'm glad my dad decided to record this. Brings back a lot of good memories.
@MrJbeaste4 жыл бұрын
@@tonyreyes4568 thanks for sharing. City center will be missed
@ChristopherSobieniak2 жыл бұрын
I was glad to see it in its prime almost 30 years ago.
@ChristopherSobieniak2 жыл бұрын
@@tonyreyes4568 My town had nothing like this (Toledo), so I was envious.
@tonyreyes45682 жыл бұрын
@@ChristopherSobieniak There's Franklin Park mall! I go to Toledo a lot for family.
@brookekobasher51253 жыл бұрын
This makes me sad how malls aren't like they were during my childhood. I still always make sure I do most of my Christmas shopping at a mall or any brick and mortar store.
@jenniferburchill3658 Жыл бұрын
If only I could still do that. The brick and mortar shops in my area often don't have what I want or need. And when you’re under a deadline(like during the holidays), you’re forced to order it online anyway.
@shelbybooker14782 жыл бұрын
The glass elevators! The decorations, the choir, Lazarus! It was such a wonderful atmosphere. Thanks for sharing.
@derrickj1272 жыл бұрын
Center Center Mall during the Holiday Season was the best 🎄
@missugarplum5283 жыл бұрын
I was a freshman in high school in 92 loved this mall~ ended up working there for a bit too ~ I miss it!!
@Caroline.013 жыл бұрын
I really wish this wasn't torn down 😭😭😭
@delibakerytravel3 жыл бұрын
I THINK I MIGHT CRY😧 IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL WHEN IT OPENED, I WENT THERE OFTEN,LAZARUS AND MARSHALL FIELD'S 😧 SADLY SOMETHING WENT TERRIBLY WRONG.
@JennRighter3 жыл бұрын
I worked at City Center in 2000-2001 while I was in college at Columbus State. Good memories.
@cbruno1653 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing. Reminds me of my Christmas Eve shopping dashes :D. 90% sure that the woman crossing closest to the camera 3:23-3:24 is my Mom! :)
@tonyreyes4568 Жыл бұрын
Oh wow!
@dennis-ul5ht3 жыл бұрын
I was one of the managers at Sbarro's in '06-'07 not long before the mall closed...
@tonyreyes45683 жыл бұрын
That was my go-to for lunch!
@altoidsours Жыл бұрын
I only went to this mall twice as a kid, but I have good memories of it. I was in a multimedia course in school and the teacher would take us to "business professionals of america" field trips. I couldn't have cared less about that, besides the excuse to get out of school for a day. The real highlight was that the teacher would let us leave the meeting area when it was over and wander around downtown by ourselves. Kind of a weird decision on his part but I loved it! I ended up heading over to the City Center Mall both times I went on the field trip and it was so much fun. I felt so grown up going to the mall by myself for the first time. I ordered from the chinese restaurant and ate on the big staircase. I looked at all the stores and shopped a bit with my allowance. I had gone to malls plenty of times before that with my family, but it's different when you're on your own for the first time. City Center gave me my first taste of independence. I'll never forget it for that!
@hancet36763 жыл бұрын
Good times!!! I wish I could go back there.
@gawainecowans2474 Жыл бұрын
Take me back…
@bellamartino73017 күн бұрын
I was about 5-9 going here with my mama and my big sister. We had so much fun! No one in their right mind even thought of a bomb or being shot at. It’s so sad what became of malls and America. :( my mom got her first nursing job at Grant Medical center and she would take us here all the time. I loved the Bugs bunny store and Sbarro.
@MamaByNature2 жыл бұрын
I miss this mall so much ❤️
@progressissuccess743Ай бұрын
Subscribed! Thank you for posting! So many memories that are fading and this vid brings them back, vividly!! Can I use this for a documentary?
@winxcat932 жыл бұрын
I rember going this as a kids bring back many memories
@shrimpmoney83 жыл бұрын
28 years later, security cameras in the mall still have the same quality of footage. Thanks for sharing.
@Pdasilva03249 ай бұрын
My oldest got her 1st picture with Santa here when she was almost exactly one year old. Sadly the mall closed less than 4 years later and was demolished about 5 years later
@DnD_Robb4046 ай бұрын
My left ear loved that
@atypicalmom3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing!
@laurenmccullough88384 жыл бұрын
City Center at Christmas was fun
@nicolepenick2453 жыл бұрын
Back when you could stand close to someone and not think smoky COVID smh. I use to love city center. I’ll be 28 this month and looking at this feels like yesterday
@maggiesanford83242 жыл бұрын
When people were genuinely happy - not just on meds to make them happy.
@jenniferburchill3658 Жыл бұрын
Nowadays, the vast majority of people I know are either on those meds or have a substance abuse problem! Where did society as a whole go wrong???
@joeduece12 жыл бұрын
We had a City center in Minneapolis. Long time ago
@jholder19662 жыл бұрын
Prices on the merchandise and rent for the tenants and no place to park killed this mall...Was sad to see it go
@glorialotz3333Ай бұрын
No, black gang shootouts killed it.
@ChristopherOSU2 жыл бұрын
They still have malls like this in Japan.
@jordo123123 Жыл бұрын
Not an iphone in sight
@jakesawesomevids79086 ай бұрын
Only Southridge looks like that 2 days before Christmas other then that weekdays when school year there is 10 people there max and no one goes into the stores, weekends are better you get a decent amount of people, summer when no school it’s like the weekends or barely any people… most of the stores are filed at Southridge but people don’t shop there they go to Mayfair or Brookfield Square mall where literally it’s basically all dead mall only half of stores left there same for bayshore and the grand avenue mall closed and is just a city center for stuff these days and northridge is still abandoned after 22 years…
@ColsUnderground11 ай бұрын
Great throwback! But Columbus Commons is a great replacement!
@winxcat932 жыл бұрын
I can’t recall the store name but love the cinnamon roll and pretzel