Hey guys! It's almost one year since I published this video, and I'm so grateful for the engagement you've all made! I have some huge news regarding this mall...so keep an eye on my Twitter and Discord server for more...

Outstanding videos. I'm 53 and I really vividly how the mall was where you went to get most stuff. Our main mall had 3 record stores and a video store. All but FYE are gone.

The Burlington Mall...I bought my first pair of Nike Air Max there when I was in sixth grade with my birthday money in 1986. I was the first kid in school who had them and everyone oooohed and awwwed...Last time I was there was the day the PS2 was released and I waited outside the Sears at 4am, third guy in line, they had 5 in stock. That was about 20 years ago...had some good memories there, like the times my dad took me Christmas shopping for my mom, meals at the friendly's, and the time my mom had her purse stolen at the KB Toy store. sigh. good times.

The research you do on these malls is incredible.

Idk how I ended up watching these “dead mall” videos, but I have to say that out of all of the ones I’ve seen yours are the best. The amount of research you do for these malls is phenomenal. Subscribed!!

My favorite expedition log! Something about how you documented the mall, recalled its history, and admire the statue resonates me deeply. And the music at the end was just perfect.

I was 15yrs old in 1980. I remember when the mall opened up in 1981 and this was the hot spot in Burlington. OMG the arcade was the place for me. It was called Spaceport. Willingboro had a plaza and next to the plaza was a movie theater call The Fox. The plaza started to die out due to the Burlington Center Mall taking over. Most of the stores you saw in the mall came from the Willingboro Plaza.

What a beautiful sculpture! Hope it was saved and moved to where people can see it!

This really warmed my heart and brought back sooo many good memories...growing up in Willingboro...my mother always brought me here weekly and I modeled for strawbridge and clothier as a kid... brought candy from the candy shop by the pound... sat on Santa's lap during Xmas time.... that statue "petal" was something we looked forward to seeing and making a wish as we threw change into the water...My mother passed in 1999 but this definitely made my day. thanks so much for the videos and the memories 🙏🙏❤️❤️

The Gangs didn’t just fight that night, the Gang members would hang out in groups of 50+ on The weekends and throw trash from the top level down to the bottom it caused a very uncomfortable & unsafe environment to shop. It’s so sad I was there on opening Day in 1982.

I really like these dead mall videos, I follow both Retail Archeology and Dan Bell, but yours seem to have an emotional touch to them that they don't have. You also cover a lot more of the history behind it, which I appreciate, I feel like other Dead Mall KZfaqrs try to focus waaay too much on the "creepy" aspect of it, but let's face it, this is not that creepy of a topic. More like a tragic decline of an empire that built more than it's people needed, and is now facing it's downfall (that empire being America's shopping mall industry, of course). Happily subscribed. If you ever wanna do a crossover of sorts (whatever that might be, my videos are kind of a different genre than yours, but I'm sure we can figure something out) hit me up. I hope your channel continues to grow!

I love how you incorporate old commercials. Outstanding.

This makes me wanna cry because i grew up going to that mall i can remember how all the stores were open and now its jus junk😓😢

Moonbeam does not know how to run malls. Just about every mall they own is dead. Century III Mall is a great example of this

The statue was worth the wait! Nice camera work, editing, narration. I enjoyed this! Thanks!

So glad to see that "Petal" has been saved.

That was Awesome ! I'm Mark a 56 year old Australian. you capture something special here, that is hard to put into words. At my age I saw these places in there prime , Lived in New Jersey in 81'when you would go to the mall arcade with a pocket full of quarters. Its quite bizarre to see all this infrastructure in this condition now , it hides lost American wealth and prosperity and an era we wont see again...sad in a way, but ....things change and move on. Wow...Amazing work, Thank you.

I love your sensitivity to the life and death of malls coupled with the history that makes the stories so valuable they mark a time and place; thank you!

I grew up near Burlington mall. Spent many a weekend roaming those stores. Brings back beautiful memories. Thank you for posting.

I worked in the Burlington Center in 1989 at The Gap and another retail clothing store called the Weathervane. I was there at the Grand Opening as a 10-Year Old on August 5, 1982. I cannot find the newspaper clipping but there is one of me (and my brothers) from the Burlington County Times. I LOVED THIS PLACE! it breaks my heart every time I drive by. This was such an important part of my teenage years! Thank you for sharing it’s history and for being so passionate about Petal!

Awesome backstory and present day story.

Sounds like Jim Rouse owes his siblings some SERIOUS money

Had to watch this after the Echelon video because, while I live within reasonable distance from this mall, I've never been. I always wanted to go as a kid but since we already had Deptford, Cherry Hill, Moorsetown, AND Echelon around, there was no real reason (to them) and as an adult I found myself continuously saying "I'll go someday," not realizing just how bad of shape it was in. So I was pretty upset last month when I heard about the damage and the official closing; I'll never get there. Never get to see that statue. But I'm glad you did! Thank you so much for going and filming and all your hard work.

I lived at the Burlington Center Mall on the weekends when I was a preteen and into my teen years I worked at the Burlington Center Mall. Following that, I ended up working for The Rouse Company. Best job ever! Eventually I move forward. I miss malls and I miss those days.

I love the history filled car ride to the mall, nice touch :)

Thank you so much for making this video of the mall. This was the hot spot when I was a kid in the 90s into the early 2000s. So many memories especially of the water hole. We used to throw coins in the water and I tried to throw coins on top of the elephant when I was a kid hoping I would reach and it would stay up there. So many good memories until the downfall in 2007. I remember when it started getting really bad and I definitely remember the brawl. It was definitely becoming a hotspot for fights every Saturday night. I now live in Delran, which is maybe 15 minutes away from the mall and haven't been there but I drive past it very often. I don't remember that wing being closed down! That's crazy! Last time I went there was maybe four years ago and that wing was open still.

Great video. It's interesting how downtowns are getting the attention now instead of the suburbs. In my city, they are investing millions in downtown development and it's thriving. People are moving downtown instead of moving out. Our malls are still doing well though for now because they are in a really busy areas, otherwise they would probably be dying like most others.

This was actually a VERY detailed video for a small channel. It honestly felt like a bit of a mini documentary. Also, I like the fact that it sounds like you kept what you actually recorded on the video, instead of turning all the sound down for your script only.

Dang brother! Your historical accounts accompanying your videos are awesome! Thank you.

I remember going to that mall at 4 years old in 1986 and getting my first pair of jelly shoes from Strawbridge's. We had just finished dinner at Friendly's. Then I was knocked to the ground by a guy running from security through the clothing racks. My mom was so mad that both of them trampled a little kid. I only cared about making sure she was going to buy the Jelly shoes before we left. :)

Why are these management and security people so over the top with no filming? They should respect the fact people want to capture the history and save for the future. The same people saying “no filming” would probably like to look at these images and remember working there years from now. Especially when works of art are involved in the filming!

I remember going to this mall in the 80's and 90's with my cousin and we go into the mall through Strawbridge and Clothier and look around there and then would go out into the mall and we would always say to each other meet you back here in an hour by the Elephant statue. Great memories. Sad to see this mall as it is now.

That voice announcing sales and things around minute 4:00 is haunting.

So Glad The statue..You Really Do A Wonderful job on these..Stay Safe..

your research is outstanding, it's interesting to get a fuller idea of what happened to these places.

I really enjoy your dead mall videos, Sal! Your intros are great, the history you give of each mall is thorough, and the early commercials you throw in are nostalgic. The statue in this mall is amazing- I hope it makes it's way to a museum or somewhere that it can once again be enjoyed. Keep up the good work, Sal!

though i feel so sad when i watch for i so loved westgate mall and i miss it, i am still grateful for your sharing

I had two jobs there in 1982-84 - BookEnd and Print N Things - I even won the Strawbridge contest at the age of 16 of $4,000 in product. I think I worked right above that Elephant - I just forgot about the statue until now. Thank you!

Thank you so much for allowing us all to see what you see on each adventure you take. The history that you have taken the time to research is pretty incredible. So many interesting details. To me it is amazing and sad that which people leave behind.

I grew up a 5 minute walk from this place and it holds a lot of memories. Thank you for this video it’s so sad what’s happened. Lots of interesting history I never knew, thank you for that. I used to ride that elephant haha. My mom still lives right off Bromley - Sears is closed now too - and I went to high school with that security guard haha

I have been watching several of your video's, good content! Keep up the good work.

sitting here in Columbia Maryland watching this! Great Videos, very informative and well produced!

Excellent video. Love the back story. The elephant sculpture is incredible. I reminds me of the elephant in the Smithsonian Natural History Museum.

Love what you do . Sometimes it brings back great memories. Thank you

I love hearing all about the history behind the malls thank you x

Since everything but the Sears closed in January, I'm pretty sure you were one of the last people to visit the mall, let alone film it. Thank you so much for filming this - I was born and raised 10 min south of Burlington NJ, and I've been to Burlington Center Mall plenty of times before it closed. When I was in middle school & high school in the mid to late 2000's, our school's choir & band gave performances in front of the Sears every winter as a dry run for the annual holiday concert. Between all us kids setting up/taking down risers, music stands, and mics, it ended up being a day-long field trip to play hooky at the mall. I have so many memories of pushing the tables together at the food court, getting CD's at f.y.e., daring each other to get piercings at Claire's, laughing at the seniors trying to squeeze into the riding toy cars. Even though Cherry Hill and Moorestown were way more popular even then, Burlington Center was a big part of my teenage years. I'm glad you got to see the elephant fountain, everyone who ever shopped there loved that fountain. I heard it's been moved since, I hope it goes to another public place in South Jersey because its too beautiful to go to waste.

Hi. I just found your channel two days ago. So I grew up 30minutes from Burlington Center. I went to that mall a lot. When I was a teenager went a long. The last time I went there was 2014 and I can tell then that the end was coming for that mall. I'm not surprised that it close. Thank you for bringing back all those memories for me. I remember that statue.

I was there, August 1982 for the grand opening of this Mall. I waa 11, and I walked there, some 9 miles or so, from Mt Holly, where I lived at the time.@ 3:33 in the area between the escalators, was a huge fountain. The fountain used to be shut off, for the holidays, and that is where Saint Nick was setup, before they covered it completely.

I love your videos!! I'm so glad I found your channel. I love the history that you provide. I'm completely addicted to your videos.

Whenever I watch a dead mall video my thoughts turn to all the good times people had there. All the gifts that were purchased, all the friends meeting up there, Christmas season decorations hung there. Now that I'm older, I really dislike going to any mall, but when I was younger it was the place to go.

Thank you for the hard work it must take to do this.

So many memories. I played games in the arcade there and went on a few day camp trips there as a lad. I remember the big fountains they had they sprayed so much water into the air. Just this massive column of water that I swear looked it would almost hit the glass sky windows. I remember the last thing I bought from there it was an engagement ring for my girlfriend from the Kay Jewelers. Eighty dollars for a silver band with heart shaped diamond and ruby combo.

I like how much research you do about your subject. I subscribe to similar channels as well and I think you are the most knowledgeable about the area that you are exploring. I like the adjustments you've made in regards to filming. I think the shots can still be a little more steady and better paced, but I imagine that comes with time/practice. I have watched all of your logs since finding your channel yesterday. Look forward to more.

Thank you so much for this video. Had so many great memories as a kid there from getting my n64 super nintendo and gamecube from babbages there to getting cool stuff from boscovs. I remember my parents getting a new bed set and it blowing away in the sears parking lot. seeing movies at the regal next door. Even though I thought Morris Town and Cherry Hill mall were better this was still a pretty good mall in the 90s.Sadly I moved to florida from Mt Holly in 2003 and havent been back to new jersey since. I cant believe this place is now gone.

Wonderful & informative video! I loved this mall, it was just big enough to have all the stores I needed to shop at & was close. S & C was a great store. Sadly, at the time when the gangs started hanging out, I really stopped going. Back in the day, the same thing started happening to the QB Mall, which has since been revived nicely.

Oh wow. I had heard Burlington County was having problems with gangs... Didn't know this happened. They had a shooting at Deptford Mall a good 20++ years ago. A few people were killed... Can't remember exactly what happened but I think they were trying to rob one of those armored vehicles?? From what I remember it was during the day and near one of the entrances upstairs near SEARS... I can still remember seeing the sprayed bullet-hole marks in the walls near the glass/hand guard rails looking down towards the first floor...

Love the history you include! So interesting! Thanks! Subscribed!

Thanks for the great content Sal, you're definitely a sub & binge channel for me. It's also appreciated how informative your video's are, and not douchey in your narration. Great work!

Glad you included the Rouse history in this! I never knew about it. My childhood mall, Mall St. Matthews in Louisville KY, is also a Rouse mall. It opened in 1962, and is still doing very well.

11:20 - I heard the 'Raceway Park' commercial in the background there. I haven't heard that for many years since leaving NY. Quick burst of nostalgia there.

That place was really cool to go to. I had fun going through it the place looks exactly the same lol. Playing at the arcade was fun. The joys of drinking and exploring.

This happens to be my hometown mall. I didn't get there as often as I would have liked when I was in middle and high school, but during college and shortly thereafter (the mid-90s through 2004), I get there pretty often and it was always a place of activity and life. In fact, I didn't even notice a steep decline until about 2008 or so. Sad. Lots of memories there. I wish I had made more.

just found your channel today. was in recommended after watching a Dan bell video. your format is very interesting and quite addictive. keep it up. subbed

The elephant sculpture is fantastic and deserves to be seen. I hope it finds new digs. Your videos are the best, so interesting and entertaining. Thank you!

Great video!! The Frudakis sculpture is awesome! Hope there are plans to move it somewhere. It seems like a lot of beautiful mall art just goes down with the wrecking ball.

It was amazing to see that sculpture and that they allowed you to see (well done for filming it secretly). So far I can see a pattern forming in which malls close. Great video.

Great job. I used to work at the Sears back in 98 through 99. I loved that mall as a kid.

I just found you a few days ago...I'm loving all of it! The history, the music, your filming and final product - it's all amazing, I love it! Dan Bell has been an inspiration so I've started looking at others that are interested in these things as I am. I love what you've done! I aspire to do the same :)

Best part of this video, the facts at 9:54

LOVE the 10th Doctor *Snap to open the door* moment,... made my afternoon haha

Thank you for sharing the footage and Rouse’s fascinating history. I’m from NJ. I’ve been to this mall once before (late 90’s) when it was vibrant during the Christmas season. The unfortunate part is that the area has gotten worst, it’s not horrible but crime is on the rise and home values are plummeting. The watering hole sculptor was beautiful, I’m glad you go into the area.

Well done. Statue was worth the trip. The old RadioShack certainly brings back memories given they were a staple in most every US mall.

Oh man...this so brings back memories. I was born in southern New Jersey but I moved to Bucks County, PA at the age of four. I was still very close to Burlington so my parents and I went to the mall every time we visited my aunt or my dad's friends in the area. I am so sad that this mall went downhill...especially since SoJersey has such vibrant malls like Moorestown and Cherry Hill. Rest in peace, Burlington Center.

5/13/18..... Log #12 is the 3rd YT video that you filmed of malls that I have viewed this morning. Burlington Center Mall must have been a lively suburban place when it was open. And the absolutely unbelievable elephant statue "Waterfall" is beyond description--- the boy & elephant are JUNGLE BOOK right before your eyes! This statue must be valuable & should be placed where it can be adored/ studied by other art lovers! Thanks Sal! MUST go find more of your previous YT videos....I started with #14 & am going in reverse---don't want to miss any!

Wow what a sad, yet awesome video. What a beautiful statue, so sad that mall got that bad. I love the research you put into it to tell us about it, I’m appreciative.

I really hope that statue goes somewhere people can enjoy it. I seen Dan Bell's video from here a while back when that wing was open and the fountain was on and it was beautiful. Great work Sal!

Sal: I love your work, the research you put into the videos and your tenacity, as evidenced by all you did to finally get into that closed off section to see the sculpture (which I hope will be saved and placed elsewhere in a more viable location) are second-to-none. I also love hearing about your reactions to the location you're filming. As with every other of your expeditions, I came away feeling almost as if I were walking alongside you, and THAT's what sets you apart from the vast majority artists filming dying or dead (or moribund!) malls out there. (In truth, the only other video maker who accomplishes this level of intimacy with his viewers is Dan Bell, so you're in good company, Sal. And it's also the reason I became subscriber #570 today, something I've yet to do with ANY of my other favorites, including Mr. Bell.) Now for the not-so-good part, and I hope you'll forgive me for my admittedly amateurish opines. The intro/history narration went on far too long, for the better part of half the video, and there were a lot of things I'd have rather heard, the most important of which were your reactions to what you were seeing; those on-the-spot thoughts & feelings are priceless, especially since most of us are probably feeling the same thing. And that's PRICELESS, IMHO. It was just a few seconds past 17 minutes into the video before you finally began to talk about things you felt/liked (which was the way the sunlight came in and lighted the mall so beautifully), and THAT's when I felt like the video at last got 'on track.' Personally, I'd have liked to have known about the food court; how many stalls it had, when the last locations closed, etc., mainly because I have this odd theory that "as the food court goes, so does the mall." I LOVED that you got in to see the elephant sculpture, though I'm at a loss as to why the guard )was being so anal about taking pix/filming it. (That stuff gets me soooo angry, Sal.) Visually, this was one of your usual superb vids; the narration, not so much. Still, it was worth watching, and, as I often do, with my favorite KZfaq video makers, I'll be rescreening it again soon. Hope this helps, and doesn't earn too many 'dislikes.'

Very good video. The background information is great, also that the outdoor facilities are shown. Nice that the visit of the elephant sculpture was made possible for you.

You deserve more subs. The time and effort you put into your videos definitely shows!

hey your guys are super awesome for what your making us discover up here thanks a million and keep up the great work guys

Thank you for capturing this part of our history.

Thank you for your content. I really enjoy the hard work you out into it. I was here when you had nearly 2K subs. Keep it up mate. Hope you come by my area near Detroit. There's a lot of malls around here.

Wow Sal, I can’t stop watching your videos. Well done sir. You earned a loyal subscriber.

AMAZING PRODUCTION EXCELLENT MUSIC SELECTION, THUMBS UP

Hey I think your videos are very entertaining I listen to them as I'm driving and it's just amazing I wouldn't know about it if it wasn't for your channel great job

You would’ve LOVED going through Penn Can Mall right before it was converted into Driver’s Village!

Thanks for covering this mall dude. I remember going to this mall as a kid and then quite often back in high school. I used to live right near it. It's very sad that it is now a ghost building. I actually came home from out of state one month before it permanently closed. I remember that statue too. I think there was an arcade right across from it. Soooo long ago. awesome vid tho dude. keep at it. ~ CJ

Fascinating history. 💙

Great stuff Sal. And excellent research here. We have a mall that is very much alive in Altoona,PA

My favorite so far! the research into this mall was fantastic. can you find a really creepy mall as your narration/music and atmosphere of these utterly amazing films(not videos) would be perfect.

It's so sad to keep seeing these places die. I know people often talk of malls callously, as if they're just hubs of junk peddlers and lazy people, but no, they're architectural and cultural marvels, staples of childhood and nostalgia, they're comfort and a place to escape the harsh reality of life for even just an hour or two and search for something you love to bring home with you. It seems the advent of online shopping is slowly but surely destroying the North American mall as we know it, but it's videos like these that capture all the essence of what is so sentimental and iconic about them, so I can't thank you enough for taking the time to explore these places and post them for the world to see one last time. We just lost the Penhorn Mall in my home city of Halifax up here in Canada, and I'm sad to say it probably won't be the only one from around here to be forgotten.

This one was good,,real good. Subbed!

great description sal. keep up the good work 👍☝#1

I loved how you went into great detail about Rouse's life! I am a newish subscriber and catching up on the expedition log. Awesome stuff! The malls of my childhood are gone-I grew up in the Chicago area- Dixie Square and Lincoln Malls were my malls. My mom was from West Virginia and we would go to The Huntington Mall in Barboursville when we went to WV to visit family. I heard the mall was doing okay, but would love to see one of the dead mall enthusiasts do something on yhat mall. I am disabled and going to WV myself would be difficult. My dad's family was from Schuylkill and Northumberland Counties in PA and I was so sad to see the Schuylkill mall almost gone.

Great video about this mall! I'm sentimental as I worked here back in the day. :)

Great job, very well done. So sad though that most malls are going this way. The mall in my town is struggling to just stay afloat. I will most likely will see it close.

I'm in Tears... Thanks for this...

Good video. Like the statue.

Fantastic video. It's so sad to see these malls closing at record pace. I have so many memories there, and I always loved the elephant statue. My sons would insist on throwing coins in the water every time we went there. I thought that The Watering Hole was the best statue in any mall I've visited.

I love these mall videos that you do