EDIT: When I was there, the first floor of JCPenney was being liquidated of stock, and the mall entrance into the first floor was closed. The store is closed right now, and Boscovs is showing that it may be open. A rash of closings were announced for JCP, and it is currently closed. I may have misspoke, as it’s still possible for the JCP to reopen, but given their latest news fighting bankruptcy, it looks grim for the retailer. I just wanted to clear that up, since it’s possible for the JCP to reopen. Sorry!!! Thank you all for watching! ExLog 61 will finally bring the story of the nasty Indiana Mall Cop into the DMOD canon next week....stay tuned... Catch up on the full Expedition Log Series! Support the Expedition Log on Patreon, if you like! - www.patreon.com/salvatoreamadeo Second Channel! - kzfaq.info Join the discussion on Discord! discord.gg/g4tKbpu My Website: www.salvatoreamadeo.com Facebook Page! - facebook.com/QuiteStudios/ ExLog Series Playlist - kzfaq.info/sun/PLeveLKZSrsW5yrdr5vZa1-7oq_g-EuzZt Twitter - twitter.com/salvatoreamadeo Instagram - instagram.com/salvatoreamadeo Subscribe to and follow everyone on the DMOD Seal: Faded Commerce - kzfaq.info RetailPocalypse - kzfaq.info The Vintage Spaces Channel - kzfaq.info Unicomm Productions - kzfaq.info Ace's Adventures - kzfaq.info/love/YfArGrC66A-vdS45DS7Qrg Jonrev's Flickr - www.flickr.com/photos/7323354@N05/ Jonrev's Site - jonrev.com/ The Caldor Rainbow - thecaldorrainbow.blogspot.com/ The Neon Explorer instagram.com/theneonexplorer Rustbelt Expeditions instagram.com/rustbeltexpeditions

Calling "Fast" Eddie Lampert a "total scumbag" is the best line in the video.

I don't know if it's just my fond memories or not but, I remember malls from the late 70's feeling more cozy. Maybe it was because of the darker color tones used then and lack of skylights. I've also noticed that malls tend to use open ceilings more now than I remember. It's always given me the impression of something unfinished.

Being a young and inexperienced Dad, I can really appreciate the idea of one of those comfort corners for sure

Sal, I love the vintage retail ads you pepper throughout the voice-over. The ads juxtaposed over the visual of a vintage mall really create a feeling of traveling back in time to the heyday of "The Mall".

My parents live in Leominster MA and they have a fascinating dying mall called The Mall at Whitney Field. It just lost Macys AND Sears this year and only have a JCP and Burlington as anchors. I’d LOVE to see an episode on that mall. Your videos are some of the best I’ve seen.

Boscovs reopened around May 15th, 2020. Good video thank you.

I haven't been to this mall since 2009. It's wild to see it like this as well as all of the outer stores closed. Sad to see it without the fountain. I remember going to the mall with my grandparents when it opened, hitting up the auditorium in Boscovs, and then going to the Long John Silvers outside of it to eat. I was at the Indiana mall roughly two years ago and ate pizza at a little joint that had TV's you could put money into lol, that mall was a time capsule for sure.

I like that kind of teal color they used throughout the mall. It really adds to that 90's feel.

Nice video. I came of age in this mall, as well as its predecessor, the long-demolished Richland mall. Your description of the aesthetics between this and the 1970’s malls (ie. Richland) was quite a revelation for me. Just something I never gave much thought... After reading Norman Schwartz’s piece on the death of “box malls” in college, and having also lived a few miles from Century III in Pittsburgh around the same time, I doubt these malls will ever see a resurgence.

I grew up in Johnstown, left in '08. I remember the Richland Mall, then the Galleria, the demolition of the Richland Mall, and the dying of the Galleria.... Several of the large empty spaces used to have fountains in them.

The green framework and windowed ceilings remind me so much of The Bridgewater Commons. That mall has always been a staple in the community and if it ever meets its demise I would be heart broken.

Unbeatable is a cinematic masterpiece.

The layout of the stores in this Galleria reminds me of the Galleria layout in Houston. I always wondered if some Gallerias have the same or similar layout.

13:20 - finally, a candy shop for me...

I'm sitting in the mall rn listening to this, there's only one shop left in the food court and while one side is pretty barren, the other side has absolutely no stores. I live about 15 minutes from it and even just 10 years ago it was still busy and had a good bit of stores. This place is totally different now

I love the background information. It makes these very sad malls come alive. It makes me feel that for just a little bit the mall is happy. They're just more than wood, metal and glass. They're part of society. But one by one they can't come with us. Society is changing especially with the virus. I think malls will be another victim.

I live in Johnstown, my fiance had his first seizure at the bench facing the camera at 7:13 so you managed to catch the exact place where he started bashing his face into the planter behind him before he had to be taken away by ambulance. We were just there to eat a pretzel dog.

Thank you so much for documenting this before sears was completely emptied I recognized where the departments were and got sad . I grew up in this mall . It opened when I was in 2nd grade . Thank you again . By the way I was local and never knew why that grassy 5th anchor spot was there till you dead mall guys came out . Makes more sense now. At one point they had a model house put up in that grassy lot .

LMFAO 😆 The Guy's 👀 On The Karate

There's a candy counter in a department store! That reminds me of my childhood.

Just visited here in March of 2023 and I’m happy to say the fountain outside of the Boscov’s is active again.🤗

The Susquehanna Valley Mall in Selinsgrove PA, is open, it is anchored by Boscovs and has had trouble recently, losing big chains like Books A Million and Victoria Secret due to Co-Vid 19 and due to low business, although in November 2019, 11 small stores opened and H+R Block opened, the mall also has a movie theater next to it. There are about 40 stores left with several out parcels around the mall itself. It has a marble look and is truly amazing in my eyes. Maybe check it out if you haven’t already because it is beautiful.

Haven't been in this mall since 1995, and man, this video puts me right back there despite the changes and dead vibe. The York Galleria I'm used to now may be near identical, but nostalgia's a hell of a thing.

You need to do the Charleston, West Virginia Towne Center Mall in downtown. It absolutely devastated local small & mom pop shops all over downtown. I remember it was like THE mall for the entire state because they had stores no other mall had in WV. I live out of state now and was actually in Charleston about a year ago and stopped by and it's in such a sorry state. Looking back after being one of those people who were always at the mall, I feel like malls were such a scam. They closed all local stores and replaced them with national store malls that paid low wages and high turnover. Their loyalty was to stock holders, not local communities. Now that they have destroyed main streets, they are going out of business themselves leaving local communities totally screwed. One of the biggest flaws of malls I feel like is you have to purposly drive to them. If you go to Charleston, WV, since the mall is right in the center of downtown, you can see all the (now empty) buildings and shops all around it and what it use to be like before malls. Since city hall, the capital building, and some offices are all around there, you could see how those small stores probably got so much business from people just walking home after work or meeting someone after work at a local restaurant. Malls keep everyone indoors and insulated from the outside. Look up downtown Charleston, WV videos on KZfaq from about the 60s or 70s before the mall was there - you could barely walk on the street! Now it's a ghost town.

Your videos I find are calming after dealing with my essential job.

I used to live in Johnstown for 10+ years and man I miss this mall

thank you for all your hard work on every video

when things open up you should plan on checking out Park City Mall in Lancaster PA, Sal. That mall was big for decades (five anchors) but it's dying rather quickly now as the anchors close in quick succession. Has an interesting star shaped layout you might find aesthetically interesting.

I remember working at American Outfitters in this mall back in '98. Business was booming but the store closed up shop couple years later.

I think a calming space would be where mothers can go to nurse (and change on the changing table there) their babies in private.

Thanks once again Sal.

Another home run Sal I love your videos!!! Thank you sir for your hard work

That looks exactly like the York Galleria! Actually was just to the new Hollywood Casino there last week which took the place of the former Sears.

Another excellent log!

High quality video as always!!!!

So in next weeks video is cop chasing you on his Segway 😄

Great video! Love this mall.. Seafoam ; had to look it up! Works nicely . Looking forward to crazy cop and Indiana Mall.

Great video! Thanks for filming.

The newspaper you zoomed in on had a article about the Sears closing.

Great video, keep up the good work!

I live in johnstown and the mall is an absolutely abysmal shell of what it once was. There's maybe 15 stores in it now. I have friends that had store fronts there for a short time and the rent was absolutely outrageous for this area. Johnstown is an old steel town and when steel and coal left our region so did many well to do people. Businesses simply cannot survive in the mall . Last I heard the mall was up for sherif sale. Which would not suprise me considering the road around the mall looks like main street in downtown Baghdad.

our family lived in Jtown from 1999-2004..We shopped at all those places which are now closed..pretty sad. but maybe just maybe glory will return. that point looks to be 50 years from now

What's up sal... Just getting over this virus it actually hit me hard. I was awake for three days straight because everytime I fell asleep I would stop breathing. Immediately. Absolutely maddening.

A Zamias mall paired with a crazy 90s action movie? Sign me up!

This place has a "calming" station.....the Schuylkill Mall used to have a spot called the "relaxation" station up until smoking cigarettes inside public places(such as Malls) was banned.

I grew up near here, and remember when this mall opened. It was awesome - the best place to hang out when I was a teenager. I moved away from the area about 20 years ago, and haven't been back to this mall in quite some time. It's sad to see it this way. It was truly great in the 90s.

My hometown mall. I remember when this opened. I remember we knew someone that worked at the JCPenney salon and she got us into the mall before it opened to tour it.

It’s a beautiful mall. I hope they keep it up.

This one’s gonna need a revisit, hopefully for the better.

The Galleria has been foreclosed and was supposed to go to a Sheriff’s sale twice now. It’s been delayed until June

Hey just so you know - the 'calming' station is a mum and bub breastfeeding room, hence the change table in there so women can feed in private in a comfy chair if they wish :) Just thought you should know :) Great vid as usual!

I like that seafoam green paint. It looks like the green that would be on old copper that has oxidized.

Glad I got to see another exciting episode of “Will Sal get stuck in the elevator” #UseTheStairs lol hope you’re well man

Used to come to this mall a lot when I lived in Somerset and the kids were little. It's been at least a couple years now. I noticed the trampoline "ride" in front of payless is gone. The parking lot only got full during Christmas season and July 4th fireworks.

I worked at Sears at the galleria for 10 years. After Cambria county moved to yellow phase the mall is open. There has been a bit of an infusion of life with the old Lone Star steakhouse becoming a Primanti Bros restaurant. Work is also being done on the old Ponderosa to change it to a hibachi restaurant. While the outlets around the mall are being leased, sadly the inside hasn't really changed.

the calming station is a first for me.

I will never forget the time that my parents and I were up at the Galleria and Johnny B Bad and Alex Right were up there and my dad went in line with me while I got an autographed picture from Johnny himself and I still have it to this day. I did see someone did buy the Galleria I'm not sure for how much though and someone bought the mall here in Indiana pa to

The steel beams and structure reminds me of San Jacinto Mall that was in Baytown, Texas

The woman in the martial arts movie made me think of Cynthia Rothrock; does anyone remember her? She had some low-budget martial arts films in the 90's, I believe. I was wondering what made you throw that in there, Sal? Fairly cheesy, and you're right: so bad, it's good lol. Also, I like how you filmed this in 4K UHD; the quality of the video was excellent, crystal clear, with every detail enhanced. Great video, and I look forward to the next one.

Sorry for not tuning in sooner. My daughter and I were watching Jelle's Marble Runs, Marbula 1. Admittedly, it was spectacular.

I used to go to this mall every weekend

I live here and work in the salon in JCPenney. There is only one place in the food court now, 2 anchors, and a handful of stores left. Very rough..

Wow! I just love this malls interior 😍😍😍 p.s. I know this video is old but I appreciate that intro. Where I live people think COVID doesn’t exist. Love this series ✨

Sal, is it possible that you can do an ex log in Canada in the future?

Oh ma gosh I'm from right by there. I might have been to that mall!

I work here, sitting in my office now at Cricket Wireless, were still open now but the mall sold again at the beginning of the month, the same owners bought it at auction and owe 15 million in back taxes, and they have until the end of the month to pay the taxes

I love your cinematography. It’s unique and compelling. You put a great deal of thought into these videos. Regarding this mall, the color choice of the common areas shows that the owners never spent 50 cents on the property. It looks so dated. Another nail in the coffin. Perhaps it wouldn’t have made much difference. I’m also sure the Penny’s will be on the list of closing stores. Finally I don’t understand how Boscov’s can stay in business. Time and time again they have exposure to dead or dying malls. Informative video. Great job.

Sal, idk if you’ll ever come down to the Texas gulf coast again, but if you do, you should come and see sunrise mall in Corpus Christi, Texas, the mall is stuck in the 80’s, it has so many of the natives memories stuck in there as well, It’s about as dead as any mall on your channel, it’s eerie but awesome.

F This mall is headed into a bad direction. It is going to be very difficult to reopen any anchor, and this mall has 3. All of those being two level empty anchors. Thanks for taking us here Sal!

Susquehanna Valley Mall (Selinsgrove, PA) is still open.

Lol I was just getting ready to say this looks just like the york galleria lol everything when you mentioned it haha

OMG.....the mullets!

Crown American and Zamigas were both Johnstown based, Crown had The Richland Mall, it was nothing fancy but it was a very busy place. The Johnstown Galleria Mall was overbuilt, its way too big to support the tiny Johnstown population.

I think that the "calming station" was put there for children on the autism spectrum, who can get sensorally overwhelmed in loud crowded public places. Very sweet idea.

I can't get past Stingray. .lol. Good video, as always.

I was the costume designer for a local theatre nearby so I spent a little while buying clothes and accessories at the local Penney's in this mall. I also remember a book fair on the lower level.

There is a couple of nice secluded rooms down a hallway in the Mall at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. I believe it was for breastfeeding mothers. First time I’d ever seen that.

The mall itself is an interesting labyrinth; I was only in that city once (1994) and never saw this place.

It’s for nursing. The anchors were ditching “ladies lounges”.

I love color. I love seafoam green.💚

The Johnstown Galleria went up for auction again, with bidding starting at $15.4 million. U.S. Bank National Association ended up getting it for $238,718 on September 10, 2021. Stores continue to move out and it's becoming more desolate every time I go there.

That mall kinda of looks like the one we have are had here at one time not been to it in years 😅

You will need to transfer in Pittsburgh, but you are in PA? Tanglewood has been around since the early 70s, probably Crossroads too. Vallyview showed up later, blocking the extension of the ROA runway and hence any air service/growth potential. The defunct Piedmont Airlines was looking for a host city back in '66 and Roanoke said NIMBY so the went to CHARLOTTE with all those jobs.

I live in the Antelope Valley, know that mall well!😉

If it were my property I would build out the little shops into a shit ton of efficiency and single family apartments. Seems like it could be a really cool place to live if they put a grocery store and some bars and clubs in there too. You could have an all in one place community. At least they would be collecting money in rent from people living there.

Omg. Did you look up Undefeatable because of me? This and Honor & Glory were this guy ("See ya!" I keep forgetting his name. And Cynthia's sister) in the beginning's only movies. Robin Shou, aka Liu Kang in the Mortal Kombat movies, was in Honor & Glory. This one was more violent. Mullet dude wasn't in that one.

Wish the Richland Mall was still open.

I remember when that mall was first opened. That mall has went down hill horrible. I travel almost an hour to go to a good mall. That is sad when you only live 30 minutes.

If you want to get to Roanoke, you can get the morning flight or the night flight from your city. It's that bad there.

Whoa that interior does look exactly like the York Galleria’s, it’s kind of odd. I haven’t seen two malls that are almost similar in character, this one’s the first. Super excited about the York Galleria episode; it was on life support, more or less, the last time I visited, I’m very curious how much better or worse it’s become

It seems odd to me to see stores that close, and then reopen, like the Boscovs in White Marsh. Bon-Ton must have thought there was a possibility to reopen due to the signage still being there.

A rare example of good 90s architecture. I wonder how they resisted putting funky colors and shapes everywhere. 🤔

Yes, the Johnstown Galleria reopened after the shutdown.

I don't think I"ve ever seen a mall layout quite like this one. Beauty. By the way, how did you digitally remove Joel and the Bots from the corner of the sponsor movie?

My friend works in this mall!

Whilst a lovely fountain/courtyard area is missing, there's a lot to like about that mall's spaciousness and openness and "light" feel -- everything that's missing in cramped malls in expensive-property Australia. Was the color scheme seafoam green when it opened? I would not be surprised if it was, as that would have been very early 90s. When it had all/most of its anchors, that would have been the kind of mall that is my preferred kind of hangout. Lots of space, nice finishes, etc. It's a shame Zamias couldn't hang on to at least the management of their flagship mall, but I do wonder about that decision to not talk to Dillard's.... (???)

Many stores have closed in this mall and is up for sheriff sale.

Have you ever done the steam town mall in Scranton Pa ?

So you say you're exploring a bunch of Zamias malls this trip huh? I wonder if my local Clearview Mall is on your list here? (As well as its' sister Cranberry Mall -- not the one in Cranberry Township north of Pittsburgh; but the one outside of Franklin, PA.)