you and Dan bell have the best quality dead mall videos I seen so far on KZfaq.

I agree with you 100% about getting nostalgic over old architecture. When I see places that were built in the 80's and 90's that haven't changed it brings back memories of my youthful days. I miss the 80's. Thanks for sharing and hope you feel better soon!☺

"The Schuykill mall, we're better than ever, we're better than ever for you!"

Such a beautiful work of architecture and design. Love seeing malls still in their original look (more or less), even though it's gone so far downhill. Always a shame. I wish I could go to all these places but thank you for your work in documenting these for those of us who can't be there in person!

The videos just get better. I look forward to every new one that comes up, thanks for these!

It's weird how in the 40's people ordered from catalogs, malls opened in the 70's, now with the web it's like everyone is back to catalogs again.

Love your work and already looking forward to your next video! Thank you!

talk about a time warp with Schuylkill mall love to see places like this. another great video and I enjoy your narrating about the mall it's nice to get a little history on these places

I find these dying malls and businesses kinda depressing.

Love these videos - I think you do great work! Have a great New Year's!

My favorite store at this mall was Chess King. Anyone remember them? Great 80's clothes!

My grandparents lived in Hazleton, PA, about 20-30 minutes north of this mall. My parents and I have shopped here before, either going to Hazleton or traveling home to York, PA. I enjoyed your video! And I look forward to future ones! Lots of luck and be safe on your travels! :)

I'm Canadian and I'm blown away at how long some structures in the US stand empty and abandoned for. Such a shame.

I live roughly 45 mins to an hour away from this mall. I seen this mall go from almost full to vacant in the span of 10-15 years. I think there were a few reasons this mall died. First off the general area and just losing of jobs. Second down the road about 5-10 minutes they built a big plaza with a Wal Mart and Home Depot. Plus there is another pretty full but way smaller mall right close to it as well with a Harbor Freight and a Boscovs. It's sad to see this mall go down the drain. Black Diamond was a good store, they had a Chik Fil' A for the longest time (the only one that used to be in the area) and some decent local stuff as well.

I love your work. This mall reminds me of the mall in Dubois pa.

Remember Montgomery Wards? R.I.P.

Love your well informed videos Dan . The history is always very interesting and makes your videos top notch .. All the best in 2017 to you and your team .

Black Diamond Antiques is gone? I really enjoyed my visit there last year. Yes, the mall was quite bare, but we enjoyed it anyway. Love your video!

Thank you so much for doing this mall. It really is a sad place now but love the vintage look to it. And your right about all the deaths lately and now Carrie Fisher and her mom Debbie too.

i love these videos 💜

What shocks me is that there used to be easily a dozen Kmarts in the area I live (Illinois' St. Louis suburbs) just 10-20 years ago! After this round of closures is complete, there will ONLY BE ONE LEFT to serve this corner of the St. Louis Metro (which likely has at least a 1/2 a million people at this point), as well as NO MORE THAN 4-5 to serve the rest of the Metro (2.5 to 3 million people)! On the other hand, Sears has yet to shutter any more regular Sears department stores, although both Appliance/Hardware stores outside my house just vanished like magic very recently...

Fantastic video! Seeing your proximity to Canada you should check out the Niagara Square in Niagara Falls, Ontario. There is nothing left in the food court. It's a great example of a vintage mall interior !!

1. Nothing came out of the first auction and the mall was pulled from it, I tried to ask around but couldn't get any official information. 2. The Arby's was purchased by another independent franchise after the original franchise closed several locations in the northeast PA area. 3. When the coal mines and factories closed up, this area kept dying. Surrounding towns like Shenandoah have up to 25% vacancy. 4. Up until about two years ago, this mall was holding on. When the Sears left, it was the beginning of the end. I think everyone knows the writing on the wall about this mall, sadly.

Great video. In 2000 I came all the way from the San Francisco Bay Area to attend PSU Schuylkill. I went to this mall a few times, its so sad to see it empty. When I was there it was very busy and the Bonton was having a great sale. I cant believe its almost been 20 years since I graduated from Penn State UP!!

Just hearing tunes through those funky old mono speakers makes me wonder where the hell I am. I never thought a mall could have such a haunting effect.

Late 80's/early 90's mall music. Brings back lots of memories!!

Great video I have spent HOURS watching all the vids you have out keep them coming !!

Dan Bell mimicking the jingle after the advert ended and seeing this now has me chuckling a bit.

Great video, I really like the fountains.

Sears and Kmart were anchors? that wasn't a good omen.

Nice video! Do the Burlington Center Mall in Burlington Township, New Jersey!

Just hit the subscribe button. You do these videos with similar purpose to why I started taking pictures around my hometown. You never know when some of this will disappear and despite today's technology, not everything can be googled. Great videos.

yeah you definitely came a long way in editing, I love watching your videos

Hess's also briefly became Bon Ton. They moved from their original location, to the former Hess's, then moved back to where they were most recently.

The Mom and Pop places are in a way creepier than empty spaces. Just the idea that a small indie store could afford what should be a 'Big Mall pricetag' is quietly worrying. It must be nice for the locals to have that place just as they remember it - till a bulldozer turns up :(

You should check out the sunvet mall. Whats left of it in long island ny. Holbrook area on sunrise highway inbetween sunrise and veterans hway. Great work keep up the great work

The Schuylkill Mall is being demolished soon, only Pearl Theater remains open until the end of the year. I believe it's going to become a warehouse/distribution center. Good location for one, considering it's proximity to I-81.

I loved this mall. It was a really nice mall from what i remember when i was little. The main attraction there was the movie theatre. Now we have to drive an hour away to go see a movie.

Keep them coming!

I know I'm becoming a broken record saying this, but your getting better with each new episode you produce. Your choice of locations and editing are really good for video shot from your smartphone. Happy New Year to you as well. Next year I'm sure you will top over 100K subscribers. 👍😉

This is an excellent video. I'm originally from PA, not from this area, closer to Philadelphia. For the most part, malls in my area are doing prey well: King of Prussia, Willow Grove, Plymouth Meeting. However, It's sad to see many malls in Pa that are not doing well. These malls are in less populated areas that possibly cannot economically support the malls.

thank you for making these videos. it's really nice to see things that I can relate to my childhood your filming is awesome

With every video, he gets better and better!

Nice video. I know Jamestown well. I spend a lot of time in the Salamanca area (Little Valley). Keep up the good work!!

The outside curving brick structure is similar to the Wayne Hills Mall in Wayne, NJ

USA factor outlets..!! WORST retail store Ever !! Thanks for the upload !!

Good video. Interesting.

This is so sad! We were here yesterday and it is so much worse than this. Three stores open, plus the movie theater. The fountains were off and the statue is gone

Arby's - Closed due to the franchisee skimming profits.. reopened in 2015. The mall is going back up for sherriff's sale this year. the sale did end last year due to bankruptcy. This was a nice place back in the 80's/90's..

You sound fine. I have been battling something myself. Great video!

Love these dead mall videos

the vaporwave adds a certain weird and creepy touch to it lol

I'm shocked there were working fountains, even though a couple were clearly jerry rigged there was at least one original at the beginning. You never see working fountains, they are usually the first to go.

I haven't had much opportunity to see a dead mall in Canada because it seems like the malls here are constantly going through renovations.

Id love to see you do videos at some of the different resorts in the Poconos 🙏🏼

if are looking at dead malls in Huntsville, Alabama. there is a million square mall called Madison Square Mall that might be demolished or revamped. the planed closing was because of crime in the area.

I like watching these videos. I first looked it up when I noticed that I was like 1 of 10 people shopping at the mall and was wondering why the hell it was so dead when it was so alive in my childhood.

you should do Crossroads Mall in Omaha, NE bud

Love that mall, was there last Friday

glad to know about your mission to document these malls

Hey Ace !!!! Just found your channel !!!! Love your work !!! Been a long time Dan Bell fan and just wanted you to know , in my opinion, you exceed his work !! Never thought I would ever say that !!! Keep it up and thank you for all your hard work !!!

Merry Christmas, Anthony! I hope you are feeling better. here are some recommendations. drink herbal tea and lots of it, have soup, and Halls cough drops in a Blue bag. I'm look forward to your Lincoln Mall episode, but please don't upload until your better. your videos are excellent and love the info.

UPDATE: the mall is going to be demolished in January

The mall was sold a month or two ago and all the stores have to be out by august I believe.

A friend and I always stay at the Holiday Inn near the mall when we visit Knoebels. We've always called the mall "that super creepy death mall" and have never gone in. Though we were always curious what it was like inside.

can you come out to Shenango Valley Mall in Hermitage, PA? that mall has the makings of a dying mall, with two of its three anchors (Sears and Macy's) pulling out by Spring 2017 and only Jcpenney left as an anchor.

You should hit the Beaver Valley Mall, outside Pittsburgh. Its the mall of my child-hood, and, soon to be an ex-mall, sadly.

Update: Tenants received notice today that they have 60 to 90 days to vacate stores before this mall closes for good.

NorthPark mall in Dallas has all of its original 60s architecture, though it is far from dead.

wow I see an FYE in the background

I been to that Black Diamond Antique Shop back in August 26th 2015. It felt kind of haunted being in there. Maybe it was the overall atmosphere in Frackville. Plus it was night time and cool. Felt like i was being watched. But then again i get easily spooked =P I was visiting my girlfriend for a week. Only week i ever been in Pennsylvania =( But anyways.

Just so everyone knows: The mall officially closed on August 31, 2017 (just 8 months after this video was shot). The Pearl Theatre 8 may still be open (it had its own separate entrances), but I'm not sure.

Well done Anthony!

awesome

Thankyou for the Video! Awesome Footage! Hopefully this Mall gets rejuvinated! I heard Burlington Mall in Burlington MA is starting to loose Business. Maybe you can possibly film that?

I love your videos! You should go to Great Northern Mall in Clay NY. That mall is almost dead, so sad to see that but it's a small mall but worth a trip to it.

thanks for sharing. officially it will be closed within 90 days. i will try to visit it before then but its almost 3 hour drive in the opposite direction of anywhere i would want to go lol

Was there a few times in 2009. Helped a Church do concerts at the mall.

Ace, you should do Marion centre mall. Marion, Ohio.

Businesses were told to be out by end of May 2017. Was part of my childhood. :(

You NEED to visit Chapel Hill Mall in Akron Ohio! may not be here in a year.

Also, what is the name of the intro song starting at 0:45 ?

So sad to see malls close down for stupid town centers. I prefer a mall to town centers for sure

whats funny is that a new fye jsut opened up in the mall but fye came and goen in our mall like 3-4 times lol

I wish someone would do the Whitehall Mall in Whitehall and South Mall in Salisbury Twp

I know this is an old video, but the mall is all gone now as of like 2 weeks ago they knocked down the last part of Kmart. 😔

The blue ceiling used to be a burnt Orange color. It looked way better.

all of the kmarts where i am are closed, except theres one thats really far from me

They have closed at the 8th of October 2017. RIP MALL...

I’m a little late to this video but I️ live close to this mall and this is the only place we have to watch movies

...why are there always FYES still in operation in dying malls? I mean I would think they'd be first to go, everything's so damn expensive in there and nobody buys dvds or cds anymore! Don't get me wrong I love that store but I rarely buy anything when I come across one because everything's priced so high...

when I was a kid back then this mall I was pop around

I don't why people stopped shopping at malls hell I still go to the mall I did my Christmas shopping at Westfield mall in San Francisco so 2 me malls aren't dead they're dead to people who only shops online I love malls & it's sad to see malls like this go to waste n get demolished so dead malls are fascinating to me

As a heads up, Schuylkill Mall is spelled wrong in the title.

I see you boss... Archaeology....

great vid! whats the music?

Like so many malls in the south, they are going the way of the dinosaur.

Find your way to the Indiana, PA mall if you want to be in a time warp!

tenants were told yesterday they have 90 days to leave

Good to make a zombie movie😁