So awesome that you came to the mall. I spent a good amount of my childhood here, so sad it’s gone

When I see these kind of videos of closed/abandoned stores that are empty, I can’t help to think about all the years where people went there, whether it was to do their Christmas shopping, or whether high school kids went there on the weekends like we used to do, or whatever the reason was for being there. It’s nice to have these stores on video one last time before they are gone, because in time, they will most likely be forgotten. Great video as always Wallie!!

Didn’t know you got here, this was my local mall, I was here for a few hours on the last day, until closing.

I'm so glad that you came to out and visited Stratford Square Mall. I have filmed this mall five different times and each time it got more depressing. In 2019 it looked like it was a fairly decent Mall a lot of the stores started vacating regardless of the pandemic. However the pandemic was the final nail on the coffin for the mall. I hope that you come back to Illinois again to film some more things.

So sad to see all these malls closing. I’m so glad you go to these malls and film them to preserve the memories. You always do such an amazing job with each one you make!

I knew you'd do the place justice

I've been watching your channel for a long time now but haven't commented on your videos. I just wanted to take a second to tell you how cool your videos are man. Your videos are definitely my favorite part of the day. Keep up the great work wallie!

I’m thankful you and mall aholic got to film this mall. Both of you do amazing videos. This is one of my favorite malls mall aholic filmed so far. Very sad it’s gone now.

Thanks for this great video! We spent a lot of time with the kids and family there. Sad to see it gone! Im glad you got to pop into Woodman's... there's no better supermarket anywhere.

I've been to Stratford Square Mall before it was only once that I visited this mall it was in 2013 I think. Not a bad mall but I hate to see it go😢 Thank you for uploading this Stratford Square Mall video Wallie👍❤️

Thanks for documenting Stratford’s last days. It’s such a pretty mall to walk. My daughter and I will reminisce, for years to come, over this video of the great times we had there. ❤ ☺️

Thank you for making this. I went to this mall during my childhood and later got a job at the old Loews cineplex theater for a year before it closed. With the last visit being in 2010, It's sad to see it go though it will be fondly remembered.

I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s, graduated high school and college in the 80’s. Back then, most everyone wanted to go to the mall ! It was just very much part of our lives! Never, did I imagine that one day in the future, malls would start closing ! And I certainly never would have imagined that they’d almost all become extinct ! And yes, I do think it’s a very sad thing to watch happen, a little at a time. Thank goodness for people like you, Wallie, and who video and preserve them, to keep them alive in some way. I appreciate that, and I know many others do as well.

Stratford in the uk has 2 malls 10 minutes apart and all of them get 10000 visitors a day. It is crazy to see the difference between the UK and the USA

Thank you for this video. I actually wanted to visit the week it was closing but I got COVID and couldn't go. This was my mall when I was growing up. So many good memories here, I'm gonna miss it so much.

I was born in the 70’s and my entire childhood and young adulthood was spent going to malls. When the internet became popular, I never imagined it would close malls. I really love this mall! The ceilings are so beautiful and unusual. It has a lot of natural light. I can’t stand Namdar! They have destroyed so many malls 😢. Thank you for this video and commentary so this mall is remembered. It’s wonderful seeing the community say goodbye.

Wow all old malls

That tiled Disney Store wall makes is the most 90s thing I've seen all day. I love it.

Great video!! Yeah, Woodmans is awesome. They have stuff I can't get elsewhere.

Dude! We come to watch these videos because of your perspective. We enjoy hearing your take on things. After being a patreon for years, I just love your videos and this one is the best yet. Keep them coming.

This mall will be greatly missed. 😢 I remember the original tile and waterfalls. I hated when they took them out. Video greatly appreciated ❤

This was a really well done video Wallie! I really enjoyed watching it! Glad you were able to go to this mall one last time before it closed!

Awesome Wall

Wallie, your commentary is not annoying. Love the content.

To sad Most of the malls are dying

I’ve went there a few times in the past year or two and glad I visited it. Knew it was gonna go away at some point. Childhood memories.

It's funny that this Waterfront Dining song is titled "Never Be The Same", because the shopping world never will be the same. Customers prefer online shopping to in person shopping, therefore the malls close. So sad.

Amazing video! Thank you for sharing this great video! 👍

Well done. Saw a lot of movies at Century Theatres. Traffic would be backed up onto Springfield Dr during Christmastime. Good memories. Thanks

I remember this mall very well. The water feature by the food court was really cool

Great video. I just started watching your video production and I’m really impressed and enjoy watching all of your dead mall videos. This and the one on Harrisburg Mall, Century 3 are my top favorites. But they’re all good. I’m so glad more and more people are documenting this beautiful mall. It has very beautiful aesthetics, probably one of the most aesthetically pleasing mall I’ve seen. I really fell in love with this mall and been heavily following this mall on the internet. I humbly appreciate those who are putting a lot of effort preserving the history of this mall. Hoping people will appreciate its beautiful architecture. They don’t make interiors of buildings like this anymore. Totally one of a kind and it’s something that the community of Bloomingdale should be proud of. This is one significant reason that the community should strive hard to preserve. Nothing like its architecture anywhere in the US. At least that I know of. This is a phenomenal tribute to such a beautiful mall. Your videos show us that you do care about the buildings you explore. They were all places where people once cherished and had great memories of. I can see you put a lot of work into your videos. This video in particular was heartfelt and thanks for preserving our memories. 💕

Man, I still can't believe this place is gone for good, I have so many fun memories here from when I was a kid. My nanny lived close by the mall and would take me and my brother and the other family's kids she nannyed for on days we had off school, we would ride the carousel and the train and get sbarro and then see whatever kids movie was showing at the movie theatre that day. i got a darth vader costume at the disney store when i was about 6, and i was so excited to get it that i wouldn't even take it off when they rang it up, so they rang it up with me wearing it and then i marched around the mall wearing it for the rest of the day. me and my brother both had birthday parties at round one, and on my last day of elementary school we went to red robin and round one to celebrate. i went there one last time earlier this year just to scope it out one last time, i hadn't been since the day we went for the last day of elementary school which would have been 2017, man it was sad. gorgeous mall, it's really a shame how namdar came and killed it.

Awesome video i was only 8 years when this mall open up in 1981

*Ruined by Namdar 😂. What a shame…it was a big, beautiful mall! 😢

GREAT VIDEO!!!! I met you the day you filmed this. My name is Glenn, and I worked at Bull and Bear Axe Throwing. You kept saying that the second floor doors of Macy's jotted out. That is incorrect. Those were the second floor doors of Penny's. When Woodman's leveled out the ground for their building they left the dock doors and the second floor doors of Penny's "floating". The Macy's/Marshall Fields building along with a third of the Macy's wing was torn down.

I like the video. I like how you go into the history of the mall.

Great video Wallie!

What upsets me the most about this is the fact this mall did not deserve to die. It was in a nice location, beautiful building, at the time lots of stores and variety, and the staff and city really seemed to care. Namdar absolutely did their worst here. They may have ruined Chambersburg Mall, Phillipsburg Mall, Uniontown Mall, etc, but this was their all time worst. They absolutely have no heart and only care about money.. they’re killing my childhood mall now as well. I believe malls are dying because of poor ownership and this is a perfect example of that. Wish the previous owners didn’t screw this mall over selling it to fucking Namdar out of all people.

Sad sad sad seeing these malls are closing. Thanks for sharing wallie hope you where safe and had a great time thanks for sharing

Hey Wallie, I was floored by this video. I grew up in Wheaton, and my parents had friends that lived in Bloomingdale. At that time the center of town was a traffic light, a general store, and a concrete pla nt. A driver was killed at those tracks coming out of the plant. My Dad bought corn on the one corner of town. I can 't believe how it has grownup.. keep the great videos coming, love them.

I used to go here in the 90’s and early 2000’s. This mall was popular then. Last time I was here was 2017. It was almost dead then. This mall looks so different now than 2017. It’s sad that the mall is closed

It was really pretty.

Such a beautiful mall. This one deserved to be saved and repurposed.

Great video 👍

Great video, so sad. I wish the employees well and hope they all get jobs somewhere.

There goes a massive part of my childhood. I found out it was closing about 2 days after they actually closed (i live in chicago now but my parents stilk live nearby). Just sad to see it go.

Wow Wallie that's a really huge mall , lol thanks for sharing this.two football fields.

Your commentary is not that annoying. It's actually helpful.

Glad you got in there and helping save memories. Keep up the good work

Great video!!! 🤗❤️🤗❤️🤗❤️ I don't remember when I lived in Elgin, Illinois if I ever drove down this this mall to visit it. Since I'm in Rockford, Illinois I couldn't get to see this last days/day of this mall because of car problems and my husband's change of is schedule of him working 4 days of the week from 7:00pm to 7:00am but it's so sad to know another well known mall in my home state of Illinois is closing up just so sad. ☹️☹️☹️

I remember being there one day, probably mid-late 90's, eating in the Food Court. They still had a large fountain in that open area. Suddenly, some guy walks out of a nearby restroom wearing diving goggles and swim fins. He starts walking through and around the fountain while what seemed to be a bunch of friends were taking pictures (this is before smartphones.) Eventually, mall security came and took him away.

Nice big huge mall

I remember going to this mall when I was growing up also I bought my headboard at the Sears store there when it was closing

This is a nice mall, it's a shame that it closed.

Happy Friday Night and Happy Mothers Day

Good video

You should have to Spring hill mall In west dundee Il, its closed already, i managed to get some good outside shots of it

YES THE SONY CAM! CAN’T WAIT! RIP Stratford Square :(

I used to work right down street. Once a week on lunch i would go browse at Kohls and FYE then get something to eat at tbe chinese restaurant in the food court. Good times, but its been dead for a long time unfortunately.

Well there is always wood field mall in Schaumburg

Sad that it closed but the reality is that the building is inefficient and in disrepair. The anchors were beyond repair years ago.

Actually a pretty decent looking property still ....

Sad 😔 my childhood Mal 😢 went to all the time growing up it sad to see it gone now 😢

At least I can build malls on roblox and have them live longer

I wish all malls stayed open and operational I don’t like online shopping

I was in that Mall 20 years. I know every single detail about it. it was a great Mall but the Management was not good at all. Long hours killed that mall and it is going to kill all the malls unless the state would stop this crazy opening hours. Long hours made department stores go out of business. I still believe demolishing the mall is a big mistake. Between Woodfield Mall and Yorktown Mall there is not Malls. wish Amazon would buy it and move her store from Army Trail to the Mall and also make from one of the department stores a small warehouse and lease the rest of the stores. A very important issue is to close the Mall one day a week and on holidays to keep the cost of the stores low. we are in a cold city where shopping inside the Mall is more easy than outside esp. on snow days.

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And this is what online shopping is doing it's killing our box stores end malls

Funny enough the mall isn't even fully abandoned, over behind woodman's next to the Kohls right back there where the big dock doors are at there's different cars parked back there. Anyone wanting to potentially explore its "abandoned" ruins should be very versatile careful as there is still security actively patrolling this mall. There are red X's on the emergency doors and I saw a car with the name "hawk security LLC" it looks as if they,pull test these doors every now and again to make sure the mall is secure

Hi wallie why do mall closings??I miss the mall use to hop and it all went down hills,why???

For a dead mall and the fact Namdar owned it,it is still for the most part seemingly pretty well maintained.we have definitely seen worse buildings on your channel...lol

So sad. I can hardly watch bc my grandson and I went to movies, the arcade, a LJS and of course seeing Santa. 😪 The mall I'm speaking of is Ft Steuben.

The smallest Banks dream League well done Wally good job

Plz do the abandoned babies r us in Burbank il

It is so sad to see a huge mall of that kind to go when I was growing up if we had nothing to do every one said let’s go to the mall

It is so sad to see malls go. My mall is owned by namdar and they are doing ok they could do better though

OF COURSE THERES A SEARS

Here in Delaware we have a mall owned by Namdar Reality called the Concord mall it was originally owned by Allied properties they sold it to Namdar Reality the sears closed there and there is a Boscovs anchor store the only anchor store in the mall it's not closing and it's not deteriorating it is a Staple mall in Delaware it's well known as far as I know it's not closing not sure what Namdar is going to do with the mall it opened in 1968 correct me if I'm wrong 😮😮

Did you know there’s an abandoned Toys R Us in Rochester, Minnesota?

Normally I like wood in a mall, but this one looks like a church.

Midway mall in elyria ohio will soon close 😢

Is because of Amoson so don't shop online that how the future will be like if we are all lazy

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and they even looks like spent all the money for led lighting on the outside = pretty penny

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I believe people just got burned out going to these malls still sad though

Pretty good video. I would've noted in this video(if i had been the one producing this video) that Red Robin opened in the place of a Panera, that used to operate at this mall. The center court used to be marketed as The Festival Court, when this mall first opened in the 1980s. Btw if you haven't watched this video yet, you might want to watch the video when Jesse McCartney performed a concert at Stratford in the mid-2000s. You can even see the theater that predated Century/Cinemark, in this video recorded the day Jesse McCartney played: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ht6oZLmevq2wcoU.htmlsi=rLMppeOqZT_8X_Vo

I'm sorry but I think it's just stupid that they would want to demolish such a beautiful building. Makes no sense to me at all