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When you work in a mall and see Dan Bell filming. Must be like seeing the grim reaper.

it makes me sad to think how many jobs and dreams died in this mall

The distant echoes,The elevator music, the lack of people, it’s so melancholic. Iv always found large open empty buildings, so sad. Hauntingly depressing 😒😒

Sears is ALWAYS the last surviving store in these old malls

I notice that for many of these dead malls, the final straw was the 2008 financial crisis.

"They're real crazy about pictures and video" Films the security station

These malls can be used for living spaces for the elderly. Enough spaces for bingo, a movie theater, medical clinic and a dance club.

OMG. I know I'm late to the party, but I lived in VA mid/late 90s and this mall was THE PLACE to go. High class, always crowded. I am flabbergasted.

I once owned a store in a dying mall, many, many years ago Bannister Mall here in Kansas City. I closed my store in 2000, and the mall itself closed for good in 2007. It was just awful the last 6 months I was there. Nothing more depressing than seeing a dead mall that you know used to be popular and filled with good stores.

anyone else binge watching this series?

This place would make a cool and different type of college or high school. Fuck it right, just make it a school. The store could be classes

It's going to be great to see this mall restored to its 80s glory in Wonder Woman next year. A big sequence was filmed in the mall which was dressed to look like 1984!

I think it's a gorgeous mall, what a shame.

I feel like it would be sweet to turn a mall into a community college lol

*Update as of 1/20:* The mall is still sitting there unused. For a very short time, you could go into Sears and see the rest of the mall from its mall entrance. Another KZfaqr found a way into the mall from the fire exit he was able to access and filmed throughout the mall. He did so very respectfully and did absolutely no damage. Still, there's no way security wasn't aware he was in there the entire time. They likely realized he meant no harm and just let him look around. Security did approach him after he'd gotten back outside and told him to leave which he did. After that happened, Sears installed dry wall over the old mall entrances so you can't see into/access the mall anymore. Anyway, they are waiting for Sears to close. Like the rest of us, they imagined that would have happened by now as its completely awful and on one goes there. I can't for the life of me figure out how it continues to hang on. I bought a toaster from there a couple of years ago and it took me 30 minutes to find someone to check me out. I'm not kidding. 'Course, there was no money to be made so they were likely right to close the rest of the mall when they did. The old Macys is now a homeless shelter (great use, btw) and the parking lot/decks are in use by various car dealerships needing extra storage space for vehicles but the rest is just sitting there waiting for Sears to meet its inevitable end.

Crazy. I lived in Alexandria, VA for 15 years in the 80's and 90's. Came here all the time. Always crowded and clean. I really wonder where the hell people go nowadays.

I'm a tile contractor, I'll tell you. Just look at the thousands and thousands and thousands of sq. ft. of tile and granite. I worked on 3 malls in my 28 years of doing this work. They spend millions and millions on these malls I mean just so much money you can't even believe. It's so sad.

This place screams vaporwave.

This is a true DEAD mall. I watch a lot of these videos bc I work in retail and sometimes I'm like ehhh that could be better or fixed or revived. But no, this is truly dead.

My first ever job was in this mall. Crazy af to see this

In the immortal words of Mitch Hedberg, "I love escalators because they can never breakdown, they just become stairs."

The 'Stage' you referred to in the food court used to have a piano and live pianist. It would have been roped off to keep people away from the piano, though the piano was locked. I fondly remember as a kid eating my bourbon chicken and watching/listening to the talented pianist.

*THIS IS WHERE THEY FILMED WONDER WOMAN 1984😱😱 I JUST FOUND THAT OUT*

Lived in Alexandria 90-95. Shopped there all the time. So sad to see it like that. It was a fancy mall.

You know a mall is dead if there's no Hot Topic or Spencer's

why do malls put rest rooms down those long corridors? those are like prime mugging and stabbing areas

*circles removed from plaster wall* DEPRESSION INITIATES

These malls can be refurbished into housing, community sevices, medical and buisness centers.

Just some background information: This area is home to some of the most affluent neighborhoods in America. It is nothing like the typical decaying places that many of these videos are located. The current state of the mall is due to changed shopping patterns and competition from MANY other high end malls in the area. Some of these malls include: Tysons Corner (largest mall in the state and one of the largest in America), Tysons Corner Galleria (features very expensive name brands), Fair Oaks, Potomac Mills, Springfield Town Center, Pentagon City, etc. Many of these malls are very modern and almost all of them have had complete face lifts or have been completely renovated. The fact that this area can host so many shopping malls in a time where many are closing is baffling. Well actually not baffling considering 6 of the 10 most wealthiest jurisdictions are in this area. As for Landmark Mall, reconstruction has been slowed down by the mall's two anchors (Sears and Macys). They have agreed for the new plans to be more of an open type mall but must remain open during all of construction; therefore, slowing the process. More information can be found on the Washington Post.

I want to thank you for this. I was very sad about not being able to go see it before it closed. I spent so many moments here with my grandmother growing up. I remember having my first passport pictures taken there. I lost a tooth a the Burger King there when my grandma would be sneaky and let me have junk food. We'd go to the dollar store or cvs and get snacks and little nik naks. Later she'd watch me play and we'd have our little adventures together. Thank you, this means the world to me.

That's my favourite dead mall so far. I love how they try to take care by putting walls up, caring about the plants, the 90s vibe, the light. It's clean and taken care of. So sad it had to close.

Idk why closing stores make me sad, I just feel like they all have backgrounds and story’s. I mean someone could of fallen in love, fallen out of love, had the worst day and the best day of there life. I mean I know it’s only for shopping but there must be so many backgrounds with it.

Christ! That Cajun Gourmet has been there for around 20 years... and I think the same Asian lady has been handing out free bourbon chicken samples for about as long.

The mall staff is "crazy" about people filming and taking pictures. Why? Are they trying to keep it a secret that there's no stores there, hoping no one will notice the empty parking lots? Some people are so stupid.

I feel like lots of older malls had crazy corridors leading to toilets. I low key miss them. Was fun as a kid. Although I guess nowadays there's less risk of getting lost and shifting into alternate dimension in search of a restroom

kinda mad that there is a chick-fil-a at an empty mall but not one at mine which is a full one

I like the '80s / '90s aesthetic though, that's what gives malls their original charm. Too bad the rest of society doesn't.

I live in walking distance from this mall, I remeber when it was filled with stores and was popular in my childhood. I miss that, this mall will always be a part of me

Who remembers the 70's and 80's when malls where THE PLACE to hang out with your friends? Now it's hanging out at home texting each other...glad I was a teen back then not now.

I wish I had money to buy these malls and turn them to cheap apartments.

This mall is amazing, I should ask if I can open a store for like 100 bucks and just call it, "Just don't give a fuck"

I adore this series. It's like my new bedtime ritual.

Oddly enough those slick floors are ideal for 1980/90 break dancing. Now that no one would stop them there are no more break dancers.

This was one of my favorite malls to go back in the 90's. Sad to see it now closed but I guess Pentagon City right up the street was a more prefered mall, but I always thought this place was much cooler due to the 90's style vibe it had. RIP Landmark.

Too bad they shut the fountains down and downgraded them into planters. I'm a huge fan of mall fountains and it's pretty much one of the only draws for me to go to a mall.

Seeing this mall really makes me appreciate all the hard work my local mall is putting into redoing the lighting and flooring and paint every decade or so. I remember when it looked like this one but even today it is filled with people and just as busy as ever.

Malls are basically dead in small to medium cities....with one exception. Malls located in high metropolitan areas, with a high turn over of people(TOURISTS) will do well. High traffic areas that get lots of tourists and travelers will do well. The others will soon be gone.

this looks like an ideal zombie hunting spot

Covering up those empty stores gives such a claustrophobic feel

I love the early 90s look almost as much as the neon 80s look, but for different reasons. Muted tones and off-white, florescent lighting that's always either just a little too dark or a little too bright, naked metal with no paint or cold/dim pastels, return to more sharp and rectangular designs in contrast with the flowing curves or boxes you'd see more often in the 80s... It reminds me of like a very soft cyberpunk. Cold and impersonal, but without any real grit. Check out a dirty old thrift store at the edge of town, and you'll see what I mean.

Makes me sad how technology replaces jobs places like this 😵

Malls were cool in the 80's....Fast times at Ridgemont High.

It would be nice if malls could be used for offices or even converted into hospitals but they are just so huge

It's really sad that I have to grow up seeing malls die, in all honesty. I think malls are better than online shopping, more sales, more to see, and you don't have to be so specific. If you online shop, you have to be know exactly what thing and what brand you're looking for. In malls, you just go to what's there and see what you like.

I grew up going to this mall and now it’s been closed down. Seeing this video brings back so much nostalgia and for some reason I’m sad

I grew up near here. My parents used to take me here to fix my eyeglasses all the time. I haven't been in it since at least 2005. Seeing it now is like watching your much beloved childhood dog who used to run around and chase you now struggling to take breaths and hold their head up. It's just so devastatingly sad

i'm from europe, it amazes me how similar the malls are here, i've seen a couple of these videos, this mall looks exactly the same as a mall near me, the flowers hanging over, fountains, the exact same floor, laylout, it seems a very 80s thing.

I lived in Alexandria for 16 years...Sad to see how abandoned the mall is now.

I worked inside the abandoned Landmark Mall for three months on Wonder Woman 2. We turned it back to 1984, with all the right stores, video arcade etc.I know every corner of it now, got stuck in the freight elevators a few times too. The land the mall sits on is worth about a billion dollars. some of it will be torn down & rebuilt as something, but not stores.

In the 70’s and 80’s I loved hanging out in the malls with friends. The parking lots were so full you couldn’t even get a parking space. The lines to pay for things took awhile too. Everyone you knew at school was hanging around. It was really fun. A lost time we will never see again. That being said... I admit I’m happy to be about to shop online and find the best price.

they could adapt old malls into senior housing....and then have stores and Dr offices that could be right there for residents.....that would certainly fill a need with our aging population....

They should turn these malls into schools.

I always thought that they keep these large empty malls open for community safety locations in case of a natural disaster.

Wow it would had been such a beautiful fun place to go if the mall was still alive. Now it feels like a ghost mall. So sad.

My family used to go to this mall all the time when I was a kid. My mom and sister still get their hair done here. Tyson's, Cystal City and Potomac Mills malls have thrived though, so malls in VA are definitely just as popular if not more than in the 80's and 90's.

So many childhood memories at Landmark Mall. So sad to see how much it has changed

Could be an all enclosed school with stores serving as class rooms. UCM - University of Closed Mall.

UPDATE: Macy's is now permanently closed, and Sears is the last store here, and is STILL OPEN.

Love that 90's feel!

Went shopping here in 2002, when visiting a friend. I can't believe how empty it is. It was packed when we were there.

Fun Fact: Some scenes from the upcoming movie Wonder Woman 2 was shot at this mall

Feels so eerie with it being empty and elevator music playing

Makes you wonder how much deferred maintenance goes on in these almost dead malls?

When I was growing up in the 80s, we called this mall "Landshark." The fact that this mall failed really says something, because it occupies some of the most optimal real estate in northern Virginia, being located near the interchange of the capital Beltway and I-395. Up until the mall closed, the massive parking garage was being used to store new car inventory from area dealerships. Great video, Dan!

my mom used to have her tailor shop on the first floor and my brother and i would go to work with her all the time. i have so many memories/adventures w this place 🥺

New York pizza, Chicago pizza, St. Louis pizza. Pizza is Italian but what we know as pizza is relatively recent and mostly American. You have to remember that tomatoes are not native to Europe and were brought to Italy in the late 1500s, not being widely used until a while later.

Shame. It looks like it was once a nice mall

how old are you I'm 51 and rare hear anyone refer to Sears as "Sears & Roebuck."

Come to military circle mall in norfolk,VA. It's still open but is depressing and almost no one is ever there.

This series is surreal to me partly because the 2 malls in my area are both still pretty busy, wouldn't have guessed there was a national collapse if it wasn't for this channel.

The US built way too much reatil space over the last 25 years. The depression of 2007 coupled with the rise of Amazon has brought along some much needed correction. What towns and cities choose to do with all this dead space will be interesting to see.

I can see this mall from my window. They had a sign out front saying they were redeveloping - which led to a dead website. The signs gone now. It was used as a backdrop for Wonder Woman 1984, and a lot of local car dealerships use its garages for storage. Somehow, only the sears is still open.

I used to go to Landmark all the time as a kid. The mall might be closed now, but in the early weeks of April there is always a little carnival hosted in the parking lot. The mall lives on despite everything.

I remember coming here a lot, it's closed for now but it will be renovated! According to their site, "the new Landmark will feature new residences, plazas and green spaces for community events, shops and restaurants, a 10-screen movie theater and more." I'm hoping this does happen, it would be a shame to see this mall gone.

What's the absolute worst they can do if they catch you taking pictures or video -- trespass you and tell you never to come back to this dead mall???

Gosh do I miss this mall. I remember my aunt bringing me along for her hair appointments, one of my older cousins working at the arcade when he was a teenager, and just coming here with family. In the mid-nineties, this place was definitely awesome. Now I just feel all nostalgic and sad. 😔 Before the final closing, or maybe even after it closed, it was used for Wonder Woman 2 filming - which was in Junish this year. I mean, given that the film is set in the 80s, this mall really fit the bill for the space.

they should play africa by toto

the little stage in the food court was a stage for a grand piano..they used to have a guy playing all the time.

I used to love going to this mall bacause of their amazing arcade on the top floor in the late 90's. Also I remember it always used to be packed with people on weekends.

I used to shop there when I first moved to Northern Virginia. It was used in the Wonder Woman movie that has yet to be released

“Sit there and feel special” 😂😂😂😂✌🏾

My apartment is overlooking this mall. How sad.

Your videos are amazing. This place is so beautiful. Gorgeous 90's architecture.

They ised this mall for “The Mist”, a Netflix series.

This mall is perfect for a zombie apocalypse chase scene!

I live a couple miles from this place, and remember going here as a kid. It's been a slowly declining bag of sadness for YEARS

I live close to this mall and I remember coming as a kid with my mom and it was always crowded :(. 2015 was the last time I entered this mall and it was almost empty. So sad because every time I pass by it I always think about when I was a kid

This mall was the place you hung out on weekends back in the 90s.

One of the local malls in my area (called Highland Mall) was converted into a community college. That mall had been dying for years and now it actually looks really cool inside and serves a totally different purpose. It's a shame that more towns don't try to do this with their dying malls. Maybe cities just don't have the funds to do something like that but it's a shame these huge buildings go to waste. Places should at least try to convert them into something new that benefits a community.