DEAD MALL EPISODE 3: Blood waterfall: Cortana Mall Baton Rouge, La.(CLOSED)

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@torituminello8193 4 жыл бұрын

It was so weird seeing this mall slowly die. I grew up going to this mall

@RangerRickTV 4 жыл бұрын

Well.....Welcome back lol.

@kyllepoiencot4361 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I did too. I miss this place from my childhood. For the mall to be saved, it would take the whole Airline Highway area to be reinvigorated.

@constant_change72 3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@steveposey5607 5 жыл бұрын

Its sad. That use to be 'the place to go' when I was a teen. :(

@detritus10001 4 жыл бұрын

Man, I grew up frequenting this mall. Bon marche mall was even better until about 1990, at the age of 7 when gang fights began breaking out. Sad to see these old haunts, looking more haunted than anything. Babbages was the original video game shop I was constantly in as a kid. Damn shame, so many memories in this place.

@RangerRickTV 4 жыл бұрын

Omggg babbages lol I remember them!

@Rocket_scientist_88 2 жыл бұрын

I remember the Babbage’s in Cortana, and the Electronics Boutique. When I first visited the mall in summer 1985, the Electronics Boutique was just to the left of Mama Brava restaurant. They had computer software, digital watches, calculators, things like that. No videogames yet. The Babbage’s showed up in 1989, and I remember they had a bust of Charles Babbage (he created the first mechanical computer) at the entrance, along with a plaque explaining the story. That was down at the other end of the mall, near the Space Port and Gingiss Formal Wear. The first time I ever heard the name “Nintendo” was in that Electronics Boutique. I miss those days. Gamestop just isn’t the same. Not even close.

@jordan66k22 4 жыл бұрын

Grew up in BR was the hang out spot after school back in 2002

@Nikjamesz Жыл бұрын

This mall has offically been demolished, now in its place is an Amazon Fullfillment Center. I drive by this place several times a week on my way into/from work and It still saddens me to see this place no longer there. I have more memories associated with malls at Mall of Louisiana but this place had a really different set of memories revolved around my mother and family. Great video, thanks for touring it before it was demoed.

@jkhdfkjashdfk 5 жыл бұрын

Cortana became the poor person mall as soon as the Mall of Louisiana came to Baton Rouge over a decade ago. Everyone I know avoids Cortana like the plague because they don’t want to get robbed or murdered.

@jkhdfkjashdfk 5 жыл бұрын

Go to the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge. It’s packed and ever expanding. It even has an Apple Store.

@RangerRickTV 5 жыл бұрын

Hahaha I felt exactly the same while I was there. I'm pretty sure if I stayed a bit longer I would have gotten robbed.

@sandraearles9400 5 жыл бұрын

Really? Because the mall area/ Broadmoor has a very low crime rate.

@oirudleahcim 4 жыл бұрын

MetroCenter Mall in Phoenix is the same. It was a hot spot when it opened (it still has a small amusement park), but demographic changes in the surrounding area, mostly downward as far as median incomes, pretty much turned it into a creep zone for the last decade. I walked through one time and felt like I was in the ghetto. There is a lot of crime there and in the surrounding area. There is a public transport center outside the mall; you have to watch your back because of the many streeters and other less-than-desirables that hang out there. The mall is in redevelopment with a Walmart SuperCenter going in as one of the anchor stores. Needless to say, I don't expect any of the new shops to be high end, but I think the mall has a chance of surviving.

@oirudleahcim 4 жыл бұрын

@@jkhdfkjashdfk I remember doing cartwheels of joy when the Apple Store opened. Before that I had had to rely on some local "authorized service centers," one of which put a virus on a brand-new Mac I had taken in for a warranty repair.

@deadmetalbr 3 жыл бұрын

The Mall at Cortana, usually just called Cortana Mall by locals, finally died in 2019. The site has since been purchased (via multiple transactions) by Amazon after years of negotiations, mostly with a stubborn Macy's. The acquisition was completed just this month, March 2021. I'll miss the old mall, but redeveloping the site as a regional Amazon distribution hub will bring much-needed jobs and, with any luck at all, a sense of pride and hope for a section of BR that badly needs a pick-me-up.

@kimanzalone 5 жыл бұрын

I used to work in this mall when it was at its best in 1995-97 at gadzooks. This is so sad to me!

@RangerRickTV 5 жыл бұрын

Kimberly Anzalone-Lee memories......

@fana406 3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah. I remember you. You were standing there by the register judging me for not buying that toy car. I was like, woman! Don’t you see??!!! I just bought gave you a cookie!!!!

@Rocket_scientist_88 2 жыл бұрын

@@fana406 wut

@sarahgarrett8838 5 жыл бұрын

Due to the silence and the sound of the weather it has like a “Dawn of the dead” type ambience lol , I half expected a zombie to come mooching along 🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️

@raquel71 4 жыл бұрын

I've told my husband many times that if they shoot another zombie/mall movie that this would be the perfect location. It is so sad to see this mall in demise. This mall was definitely part of my childhood and young adulthood. I even worked there in the early 90s.

@Rocket_scientist_88 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the silence was really creepy. Another video of Cortana was shot a few months earlier just before Christmas, and the music gave the mall a tiny semblance of normalcy - but this silence just says that Moonbeam had given up.

@williamg9977 4 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed visiting the Cortana mall. I always got that 80’s - 90’s feel. I also get the same feeling when I play putt- putt at Celebration station or bowl at All Star Lanes in Baton Rouge. I even love the old smell of those places. I used to go to Monkey Biz all the time as a child until they closed down. I miss my childhood :/

@rgrip5452 5 жыл бұрын

I spent many a quarter at the Spaceport there.

@RangerRickTV 5 жыл бұрын

Randall Grip what is spaceport? An arcade?

@randomaf5928 5 жыл бұрын

Spaceport was the spot man! Good ol days

@smoothbro9711 3 жыл бұрын

Me too I love me some Punch out “ Body Blows Body Blows” lol

@fusetitan 3 жыл бұрын

Ive still got a few tokens, sigh... good times..

@Ktt9davia 3 жыл бұрын

I miss Cortana it use to be so fun there

@RangerRickTV 3 жыл бұрын

yes mam I know. Me too.

@bonecollector0011 4 жыл бұрын

I remember going there alot in the 80's -90's... lots of pretty women there

@RangerRickTV 4 жыл бұрын

Haha not no mo.

@johnritcher5751 4 жыл бұрын

Brought to you by Vick's Vapo Drops. For those rainy days when you feel like crap in a depressing dead mall.

@RangerRickTV 4 жыл бұрын

YES!!! HAHAHA, You definitely need your vaporwave drops.

@codesent2125 3 жыл бұрын

As of a couple days ago when this comment was written, they started demo. (I live in BR). Rip to this once great mall

@fana406 4 жыл бұрын

Mall of Louisiana killed this mall. I did my thesis/capstone project on this mall and conceptualize a new community based on the skeletal remains of this mall to keep its history attached to the new community.

@jangofresh1019 Ай бұрын

Used to go there all the time as a kid after moving to Baton Rouge after 2005. Now I go there 4 days a week to clock-in to work. I go to this area more than I ever did when it was a mall now, and I'm being paid for it. Weird-ass circle.

@rene370 2 жыл бұрын

I liked this mall and am bummed that it got demolished. Thanks for the video to bring back memories. I really wanted to see the old fountain/pool area and I’m glad you showed it

@sethsibley 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s been torn down, it was odd driving by the empty land. I use to go back to school shopping with my grand parents at this mall

@4ME2DRV 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the stroll down memory lane. I spent many of days in this mall as a kid. its sad to see, but good to know that Amazon is putting a warehouse in its spot. At least it will be used for something.

@sal 5 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this...fantastic job Rick!

@RangerRickTV 5 жыл бұрын

Sal my dog.⚜️

@aweofme 5 жыл бұрын

Wow and to think this was one of the largest shopping malls in the Gulf Coast Region

@monorailfan1 5 жыл бұрын

Right now it's a money maker for Moonbeam as it's being used for tax write-offs. I doubt there are any plans to demolish it. This is probably the most empty I've seen Cortana.....I'm there every weekend it seems at the Dillard's Clearance Center which is ALWAYS busy. Sad to see this mall dead, but it's management's goal to keep it dead. Can't say malls are dying when Mall of LA is always busy across town.

@RangerRickTV 5 жыл бұрын

Scummy business practices for sure dog.

@jtknola 4 жыл бұрын

@@RangerRickTV Was Cortana mall open when you filmed this?

@RangerRickTV 4 жыл бұрын

@@jtknola yes I believe so. I filmed this back in April of 2019.

@jtknola 4 жыл бұрын

@@RangerRickTV Are u local? Live in Louisiana?

@RangerRickTV 4 жыл бұрын

@@jtknola YES

@g1gabytez Жыл бұрын

omg! early-2000s kid here! i remember going to this mall with my family around the time. even my mom told me she used to go to the KB toys and a movie theater that were there. we used to frequent the Piccadilly there and there was also this one small place that sold gourmet desserts, like brownies. (i forgot the name of the place.) last time i went there was for a school field trip that taught us how jobs work, around 2018 (a library-like area was the only place that was still opened at the time). i've heard it's going to be turned into a generic Amazon warehouse. i miss this mall so much...

@terrybradford418 2 жыл бұрын

I just pass by cortana yesterday, it's been completely torn down. It's like part of my childhood just vanished!

@hypherfn 4 жыл бұрын

I live in louisiana and at least we have another mall which is the mall of louisiana R.I.P mall of cortana we all love you 👻💀☁😭😘 Some things have to go in life sorry R.I.P 2017 or 2018

@Adino1 3 жыл бұрын

The last time I was at this mall was 1988. But I remembered it was always packed and there were those huge stinky ashtrays everywhere along with some large glazed concrete bricks I'd climb on.

@JT-iw3dp 27 күн бұрын

In 2006 I road-tripped to BR for a show at the Spanish Moon and I killed a few hours walking around here. Sad that it's gone, but it's great that the land has been repurposed and put to good use!

@youtubasoarus 4 жыл бұрын

Love the ambiance in this video. So sad to see all these malls closing all over the place :(

@oirudleahcim 4 жыл бұрын

I've never considered Baton Rouge to be an economically thriving city. I have ancestors who lived there and it always seemed very "poor." Is some of this simply because median incomes and available consumer income is below par?

@III333III 4 жыл бұрын

oirudleahcim nah you just got to go to the right parts of Baton Rouge. Some areas are very very wealthy but you are right there is a lot of median incomes

@jeee1074 Жыл бұрын

One of your classic videos, just rewatched it after remembering Cortana. I got to see the mall one last time from the Dillard's clearance store window. Unfortunately the mall was under demolition and only a small chunk of the mall corridor past Dillard's was left.

@RangerRickTV Жыл бұрын

Thank you for rewatching !

@jameslecompte5100 3 жыл бұрын

It’s on the wrong side of town to begin with. “Online shopping” did not take over. Mall of Louisiana took the business when it opened in 97’ It’s going to be turned into a Amazon sorting facility soon.

@PressThatButton 3 жыл бұрын

I live here and never got around to exploring this mall while it was open. It is now permanently closed and is being sold to Amazon. It will be demolished now and replaced by a huge Amazon warehouse. The Advocate has some articles about it now.

@kalvin7718 Жыл бұрын

Right man the warehouse is massive

@TBevill1231 2 жыл бұрын

It was sad going in here back in 2016 to see it. I was shocked to see that the KB toys entrance arch was still there, years after it was gone for good.

@Rocket_scientist_88 2 жыл бұрын

I went to LSU from 1985-89 and spent some time in this mall... back then, it was vibrant, often really crowded. My (then) girlfriend and I would shop there a lot - and later we’d bring our son and took him toy shopping at the Kay Bee (also RIP) just to the right of that Dillard’s Clearance Store. This was once a really nice place, so sad to see it go downhill - and mostly just in the last few years of its existence. It was demolished in the spring of 2021 and as of October of the same year, the Amazon Fulfillment Center is being built on the site. I’m sad to see the mall go, and wish it would have been documented during its heyday.

@twiztidsidfreak13 4 жыл бұрын

Mall of the living dead lol The mall is like 99% dead and this video captures one of the malls last breaths. Use to be a very busy mall but in the last 10 years it has just died. The mall is right by the hood and isn't a safe area and with the BIG mall taking over. Poor people just don't have mall money anymore and so a hood area mall just isn't going to last.

@daviswall3319 2 жыл бұрын

Anyone remember the Space Port Arcade? I do. It was Aladdin’s Castle at Bon Marche. I sure did shove some quarters in those machines! Still would if given the chance-😎

@derekleblanctv8045 3 жыл бұрын

This video brought back so so many memories from my childhood in the 80's and 90's wow I loved cortana mall and Brodmore theatre with the $1.00 movies and Bon Marshea mall (mispelled) I'm from Baton Rouge Louisiana well Baker Louisiana born & raised and reside in prairieville Louisiana with my wife and kids nowadays. We still go to Dillards discount store all the time they have polos girbaud and everything else at a discount price. Great Video. I wonder if it's haunted nowadays and could a haunted investigation could be preformed ??? Would be great content. 👻

@RangerRickTV 3 жыл бұрын

Hrmmmm dono of it's haunted. Only one way to find out though.

@tarathemeanie8177 3 жыл бұрын

The music-less mall. 🖤

@RangerRickTV 3 жыл бұрын

Tara Matherne hhahahaha

@robertcombs55 5 жыл бұрын

The Mall of Louisiana will follow suit one day; Malls are now just a thing of the past.

@kalvin7718 Жыл бұрын

Yeah man but it would be years from now. The only reason Cortana died was because of the mall of Louisiana. And also because of the location. Cortana wasn’t in the right place.

@KitschyTravels 5 жыл бұрын

I love a good blood waterfall lol

@RangerRickTV 5 жыл бұрын

lol yessss.

@ifarded4986 2 жыл бұрын

I remember in the early 2000's, when people started going to The Mall of Louisiana, people wondering how long it would take for Cortana to die. No one thought it'd hang onto life support for 20 years.

@MannyQuacioua 5 жыл бұрын

Heck yeh!!!!

@RangerRickTV 5 жыл бұрын

💪

@whodatphoenix9659 2 жыл бұрын

This is very wierd. In the years of 2004-2012 this was the closest mall around the corner. It’s gone now, and it’s been gone for a while but I remember going in here all the time with my family to go eat. It’s sad because it no longer exists, and it’s not a store that I can just walk too anymore everytime I go back home to Louisiana. This video was nostalgic, sad, and creepy all at the same time

@RangerRickTV 2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that phoenix and welcome back.

@constant_change72 3 жыл бұрын

How did you get in?

@absus2739 5 жыл бұрын

11:12 me every time i walk passed a mirror

@RJM1982 5 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAA

@Texasrailfan9021 Жыл бұрын

Man I have been here at there one store open and the mall looks so sad

@lolley1100 3 жыл бұрын

Was my go to place as a kid. The biggest contributing factor to this malls death was the “new mall” (mall of Louisiana) down the road that’s MUCH bigger and nicer.

@michaelbaker2562 3 жыл бұрын

According to a local news station, Dillard's will be closing. The structure is planned to be demolished and an Amazon warehouse built on the lot.

@shayinla1942 4 жыл бұрын

Reminds me a lot of the Northgate Mall in Lafayette. So many memories at both locations. Anyone know why it closed and are they going to be selling the stuff inside? I want that candy cart, lol

@oirudleahcim 4 жыл бұрын

I remember when Northgate Mall opened and was a go-to shopping destination. Doesn't help that northside Lafayette went to pot. That said, I never liked Acadiana Mall. Who came up with the idea for the cobblestone halls? (That may have changed; I moved away 8 years ago and probably hadn't been in the mall proper for at at least six years before that.)

@Rocket_scientist_88 2 жыл бұрын

Cortana Mall closed due to a variety of reasons. First, the population shifted more towards Baton Rouge... so when the Mall of Louisiana was built there on Bluebonnet, that was very bad news for Cortana. Second, even though the population of BR has grown - the number of mall shoppers declined due to Amazon and the rise of Internet shopping capabilities. Third - the crime rate around/in Cortana was just getting out of hand (according to news reports - I haven’t lived in BR since 1990) and people just didn’t want to shop there anymore.

@delete_time_ 5 жыл бұрын

have a good day~~

@RJM1982 5 жыл бұрын

THanks you to!

@Thomasdat 5 жыл бұрын

Are used to actually live in Baton Rouge after Katrina that mall been losing stores since 2007 basically every store every year and that is it it’s just sad. This mall is it Located in North Baton Rouge and the most popular mall in Baton Rouge has to be Louisiana mall

@RangerRickTV 5 жыл бұрын

I agree.

@constant_change72 3 жыл бұрын

Whp remembers when Bon Marche eas the cheap mall ???

@sophiesamaaa 5 жыл бұрын

I’m not from the area so I don’t quite understand but basically 90% of the mall is abandoned with only a few stores open?? How strange. What stores are still open?

@Rebornblader 3 жыл бұрын

At the time of this video, the mall was mostly just dead with Dillard's anchoring it. It's an empty lot now and is being replaced by an Amazon Fulfillment Center.

@terryjohnson8948 5 жыл бұрын

Grim, eerie,and sad😢😒😒😒

@cliftonbig66 5 жыл бұрын

Location location location

@netscapeexplorer7972 4 жыл бұрын

THE CORTANA MALL IN baton rouge la NEEDS SOME CREDIT

@RangerRickTV 4 жыл бұрын

The malls down south don't get enough love.

@kenyetamoses2797 4 ай бұрын

IS THIS REALLY BLOOD WATERFALL AT THE CORTANA MALL IN BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA BEFORE THE MALL DIED AND PASSED AWAY?

@NINAS_22 2 жыл бұрын

Man I wish they never closed it , that was my favorite store

@NINAS_22 2 жыл бұрын

Mall*

@dianepicard6198 3 жыл бұрын

I hope someone will buy it and not let the mall rot

@rene370 2 жыл бұрын

It got bought and demolished by Amazon recently

@TitanSolarBall 2 жыл бұрын

I went there in 2018 they was no body there

@kalebwithakkk 4 жыл бұрын

oh my goodness I’m glad I don’t go to this mall I go to the other mall of Louisiana

@RangerRickTV 4 жыл бұрын

Bangin’ Beats 2 ha true.

@lolley1100 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, and it won’t be demolished. Amazon bought it to renovate and turn it into a distribution center. How ironic 🤣🤣

@Rocket_scientist_88 2 жыл бұрын

No, it was completely demolished - Amazon is building a completely new facility there.

@lolley1100 2 жыл бұрын

@@Rocket_scientist_88 Yup, we know that now. Building was still intact when I made that comment.

@bigchiefthexman9249 5 жыл бұрын

Is Cortana Mall in Baton Rouge, LA a dead mall?

@RangerRickTV 5 жыл бұрын

Definitely.

@mysky 5 жыл бұрын

bigchief thexman Yes. Aside from the Dillard’s clearance anchor, there are only five stores that remain open.

@RangerRickTV 4 жыл бұрын

@@mysky abandoned now.

@Rocket_scientist_88 4 жыл бұрын

It officially closed on Aug 30, 2019. There are rumors that (get this) it will be a distribution center for Amazon.

@RangerRickTV 4 жыл бұрын

@@Rocket_scientist_88 HAHAHA never saw that coming.