lol aww for a second i thought this was going to be about Eastridge mall in San Jose california

I went to Ashebrooke High down the road and frequented this mall in the early/mid 80's. The third floor had a Shoney's Big Boy, Piccadilly, multiple food court type restaurants and a video game arcade. The front entrance use to be where the escalators went up to the third floor. I have a lot of fun memories and the 80's rocked!

As of Jan. 8, 2022 our Eastridge Mall is still Going Strong. I live one mile away from the Eastridge Mall, I go to the Mall a lot.

I grew up in this mall, in the mid to late 1990's...it was awesome! the third floor had a food court and full arcade!

Following up on my recent update. The recording studio isn't open yet but it is going to be called Legacy Music and will be located on the second level near Belk. We didn't walk the entire mall but all the anchors are still occupied with two discount stores, Curt's and Teddy's where Sears and JC Penney used to be, Belk and a Dillard's Clearance Store on each end. Also, the kiddie train and rental pet scooters for kids are back open. Definitely not a dead mall...not yet anyway and hopefully never.

Grew up a few miles from there. I have heard that the reason floor 3 is closed is due to a loss of structural integrity. In the 80s I remember being up there feeling the floor shake. Too much weight and foot traffic and Father Time took its toll.

Is there seriously a “Wannabe Vigilante Mall-Walker” here?

This is my home town & my mall. I go to every weekend. I love the Eastridge Mall.

It is rare that you visit a mall that I have been to. I visited this mall in early 2004 when I was doing work training in nearby South Carolina.

This was a fun mall to go to back in the '90s and I remember eating at the food court on the 3rd floor. I also remember it being under construction.

Getting close to home Doomie. I live in Clover SC. If I knew you were there I would have met you.

This mall’s railing look pretty,I visited and it was a neat place. I hope it can hold on.

Vigilante Mall Walker - that's great. I can see that as the title of a bad 80s horror flick. Enjoyed the video, as usual. This place isn't far from me though I haven't been there. I agree with others who suggested Monroe Mall. It's definitely struggling.

My girlfriend & I just went to Eastridge last weekend. It looks about the same as in your video, even during the pandemic. You'll be happy to know that Teddy's Discount Emporium has moved into both floors of the old Seared, err I mean Sears. We didn't feel comfortable taking pics or video since there were quite a few people there. You might want to stop by again when you're in the area for an update. Thanks for doing what you do. We just found your channel about a month ago and really enjoy your style and commentary.

Mom, used to bring us there in the late 1970's....

Interesting mall. My local mall experienced the same name changes as this mall. It was owned by Westfield as “Westfield Shoppingtown Vancouver mall” and was renamed “Vancouver mall” when Westfield sold it in 2015. It looks like this property has been filled in mostly with small mom and pop shops. You can clearly make out where national tenants use to be here. Although I’m not sure if this is sustainable. Only time will tell.

Oh, I used to work at this mall. I worked at Camelot from 93 to 96. Crappy job with crappy people and manager but the mall wasn't too bad. It sure has gone down hill. I remember County Seat, GNC, Morrison's, Tracks, etc. Good time to be a teen. I used to get my check cashed at JCPenney.

Good video. Thanks for filming.

I despised the Westfield Shoppingtown . Nobody ever called Fox Valley Westfield anything.

I was at this mall today. There were even less stores and people now. GNC is moving out. But I liked the mall, no lines or crowds!

I remember that in the 80's, there was a video game room on third floor near the food court. This mall had the best fruit shakes around during that time. I use to go to Checkers restaurant there in the 80's and 90's. You really got your money's worth there.

I am in this mall while I was waching this

9:23 A lounge for dads? It's called a bar.

I have an update on this mall for you. It was announced recently that a recording studio is opening in one of the vacant spaces in the mall. Not sure how big it will be or if it will be in a vacant anchor space. I plan to be in that area next week sometime, so I can give you more info then if you're interested.

This was a pretty nice mall after all! Shame vigilantes ruin things for some.

I go to what was the dress store with the black front across from the shoe store every week and idk why but the 3rd floor always scared me

I wish nothing fell apart

That closed 3rd floor was small. I think the only thing that was up there was Lunar Golf? That mall is doing a hell of a lot better than it was a couple of years ago though the Sears has been gone for 2 or 3 years now or longer and still empty. A couple of years ago more than 50% of the lower floor was vacant. I was really expecting for it to be boarded up by now. Dillards turned into a clearance center and closed their top floor. JCP left last year. I was last in this mall a couple of weeks ago. Your timeline is probably accurate. Time passes fast

Looks a lot sadder now.

My mall where I live, Gastonia, NC.🙂

Yo. It's my home mall. I actually hate this place, very depressing atmosphere. It's so dead now considering back when I used to go as a kid and it would be super busy. I still to this day have never been on the third floor however.

You should go to Monroe Crossing Mall in Monroe, NC.

What is the weirdest thing you've seen in a dead mall?

That mall Walker is disguised as PAUL BLART !

huh I went there today for the first time ever I did wonder what the third floor was.

This is pretty much how my mall in Oregon looks every week besides Sat and Sunday. Yeah. IMO malls are a thing of the past. I only see children, seniors and teens there. The average American has a household computer to order things online easily. RIP malls and retail in general. Cheaper to order online too. No markup. The internet killed retail. If a mall doesn't have a movie theater then forget about it. Absolute no reason to even go, I feel is most people's stance. I'm cool with the eerie ambiance, but I doubt most are. #IMO

Does anyone else remember the chinese restaurant on the third floor?

A premium outlet shop with my name on it, lol

The mall is now dying there is not a lot people now in 2023

Blart-Cycle at 6:31 🤣

Eastridge Today as of 2023 its pretty dead not as many tenants as there was in this video and its looking a little rough maintenance wise like water damaged ceilings and a rough Parking lot like you said i also agree this mall is living on barrowed time

2:31 is that the abandoned floor?

So this isnt the san jose one?

And what is wrong with Auntie Anne's? Only one of the Best pretzels.

They got lucky with that discount store in the old Penney’s, and I agree that has borrowed the mall some time. But a Dillard’s clearance Center, vacant anchor, and entire level closed off? Things could get bad here.

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