A Liminal Paradise: Exploring the Abandoned Cincinnati Mills Mall

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6 ай бұрын

Welcome to A Liminal Paradise! Join us as we embark on an exciting journey to explore the mysterious and abandoned Cincinnati Mills Mall. Discover the hidden stories and forgotten treasures of this once-thriving shopping destination. Get ready for an unforgettable adventure through time as we step into a liminal space filled with intrigue and nostalgia. Don't miss out on this captivating exploration of the past in A Liminal Paradise: Exploring the Abandoned Cincinnati Mills Mall!

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@lordheydrichslove 6 ай бұрын

I feel so depressed every time I see or hear of an abandoned mall because they were a huge part of my childhood. I remember frequenting them a lot in the 90s. Today’s kids will never know the true joy of a mall. Even malls that stand today don’t really offer that old school vibe

@kimholch1006 6 ай бұрын

I feel the same way.

@NoahTheCool 4 ай бұрын

I was born in late 2000s probably one of the last generations to actually go my local mall. Had so much fun at the mall, even went with my friends a few months ago. We had fun, I wish malls were still popular.

@glenyoung1809 Ай бұрын

Malls were the community square/village market for the majority of people born before 2000. The pandemic finished that sense of community off, with the advent of the Internet and e-commerce the decline started and began to accelerate. Now with 24/7/365 always on shopping there is no need to ever leave your house. It’s why GenZ and later Millennials have very few social skills and zero ability to form relationships of all types, it’s also why they’re the generation with the most issues with loneliness and depression. I was born and raised before malls were a big thing, but you still went out with friends and socialized and actually talked face to face or on the telephone. Today it’s bite sized SMS messages with zero socialization and interactions. The death of the malls the transformation of society into compartmentalized social units and the return of a form of class system.

@imnotvaeri 6 ай бұрын

I LOVE the interior of this mall. It's truly a liminal paradise.

@lissanne9769 6 ай бұрын

The roofing/sealing is the problem in these old malls. So expensive to repair and maintain from water damage. It's sooo very sad to loose all of these places, but most of us still have good memories of them...

@musebychloe 6 ай бұрын

i have so many memories here as a kid. that orange pbs play area was my absolute favorite. my family and i always shopped at biggs, my sister lost her first phone there lol. my dad and i would go to the movies on the weekends and get great steak in the food court after. miss those days 😭

@daymj07 3 ай бұрын

🥺

@dennisud 6 ай бұрын

I'm surprised you got in so easily! Lucky you got a nice enough Security to escort you all out!

@kylearmitage9323 2 ай бұрын

I’m pretty sure the interior is open, he got kicked out because he was filming and I don’t think they want that. At least if this video was filmed pre-2023

@cam2xx688 10 күн бұрын

Cincinnati mills is still open you can walk all in it it’s just not no stores anymore I think the last one closed like right before Covid hit

@gabbi2739 6 күн бұрын

@@cam2xx688 is it really?? I was doing some digging today because I really want to go check this place out and I saw a bunch of people saying it isn’t even worth trying anymore. Even saw some people talk about motion sensors but that seemed like a stretch... That comment was from 6 days ago.

@kab1341 16 күн бұрын

Man what a great underrated mall this used to be. So many memories of it. It used to have an amusement park inside with a full Ferris wheel when it was named "Forest Fair Mall" before the new owners took over. It once had some sort of night club on one end IIRC lol. This place is massive....shame to see it decaying so bad, its supposed to be demolished soon. I think they always had problems filling it up. Even in the peak i never remember them being able to get enough stores to fill this place...

@danusdaughter8652 6 ай бұрын

Wow, I grew up going to this mall.

@kimholch1006 6 ай бұрын

I have a friend from Cincinnati, and they say Skyline Chili is the best, especially on hot dogs.

@Nattidaddy 3 ай бұрын

Glad to see you back in Cincinnati brother. We’ve missed you !

@TheGraffitiWanderer 6 ай бұрын

I don't understand why you got kicked out... I went here a few years ago, there was an arcade and kohl's and bass pro shop still operating... also locals actually use it to walk laps indoors for excercise. did you see any mall walkers?

@mrboojay 5 ай бұрын

I'm not sure when this video was filmed, but if it was pre 12/2022 there was a policy of no filming/photography in the mall, if it was post 12/2022, (which is what it sounded like) the mall was officially shut down by the fire marshall for code violations,so they were trespassing at that point. The arcade moved out to their own location in Sharonville in around Aug-Oct/2022.

@TravisMCP 4 ай бұрын

I literally had someone tell me about this mall 30 mins ago and thought "there has to be a KZfaq video about this, I have to see this place" and here it is! Thanks so much!

@jam-etc 6 ай бұрын

holy crap, the "factory pomo" aesthetic design of this mall SCREAMS 90s, I can't even handle it

@diegoaccord 2 ай бұрын

Actually, this interior redesign was done in the 2000's. The mall used to be neutral brown/tan and with gold banisters/railing. Nobody local liked this design. IIRC the company that bought the mall at that time has a corporate look, so there were other malls that look like this.

@lisafreeman4222 6 ай бұрын

Awesome video

@Ric-Roze 6 ай бұрын

Very clean

@DINONUGSS 6 ай бұрын

mental. i would die to explore here

@JarrodArencibia 3 ай бұрын

Bass pro just moved down to Kohls only

@prestonm.64 4 ай бұрын

Great video! Went here earlier today to try to explore but couldn’t find an entrance

@reneastle8447 6 ай бұрын

Cincinnati Mills Mall will be reopened and restored to its original glory. What we need is a fundraising campaign to make it happen.

@cam2xx688 10 күн бұрын

Cost to much to make it happen the city of Cincinnati would have to buy the mall and then put a hell of a lot of money into but that still wouldn’t save it because booth rent still would be to high

@reneastle8447 10 күн бұрын

@@cam2xx688 True, but we can still make it happen when we work together and make a difference.

@ggomez4573 Ай бұрын

Visited the mall in 2017 just to go play at the arcade did not expect to be empty building. Surreal coming from the city and seeing a huge mall with noone inside but the lights on and very clean. Only came across one couple in there and the arcade which had the most activity. Some gym aswell was open. The moment we started recording some white security guy on a scooter told us we cant record in there to stop or else we need to leave. Some shit is going on in there there so much security for there being nothing to secure. sketchy, will upload my video tho that we took.

@Hondas2k10 2 ай бұрын

Looks like a mall that belongs in Miami

@ExploringWithPhillip 5 ай бұрын

awesome video! i went here last year, the video is on my channel. felt like a fever dream the entire time we were there.

@Minecraftganer101 6 ай бұрын

It's like when the proper people got caught I think in MALL

@karolakkolo123 Ай бұрын

How is the elevator working?

@psykomanteum1374 4 ай бұрын

I been thinking of going in there If I still can, just about 40 min away, just hate to go alone lol

@joangravel2436 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video that guy was a jerk

@SkowCentral 2 ай бұрын

Just doing his job, he told him to come back when he wasnt working so he wouldnt get in trouble lol

@kimberlymichelle5583 5 ай бұрын

So can you still walk around the inside?

@mikeh.9266 5 ай бұрын

This video, must have been recorded a while ago. The mall has been sold, and has been boarded up for months now.

@misssdj894 2 ай бұрын

of course it's oHiOoOoOoOoO

@cam2xx688 10 күн бұрын

It’s hot asf in there now no ac or nothing but it’s still open and the bathrooms are still open but they never gonna close this mall it’s damn near a Cincinnati monument

@Mlgmaxwell Күн бұрын

When’s the last time you went? Looking to explore this.

@cam2xx688 Күн бұрын

@@Mlgmaxwell a couple of months ago I used to live down the street from here so I used to go all the time and my friend mom had like a trampoline park in there so I used to take my son like 2 summers ago