Last Day at the 54 Year old Eastland Mall in Columbus, Ohio….

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Last Day at the 54 Year old Eastland Mall in Columbus, Ohio….

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Жыл бұрын

Eastland Mall was an enclosed shopping mall in Columbus, Ohio. The mall opened February 14, 1968 and closed on December 27, 2022.[2] There are 4 vacant anchor stores that were once Lazarus, JCPenney, Sears, and Macy's. The mall is owned and managed by Eastland Mall Holdings, LLC. Despite having no anchor stores, the mall's interior was until recently thriving with many smaller businesses and its food court, unusual for a mall lacking anchors and thus having enough tenants to keep it from being a dead mall. It would, however, later succumb to that fate.

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@Tvjunkie145 Жыл бұрын

What gets me is the news footage saying how upsetting and shocking it is that the mall is closing. The whole area has been bad for 15-20 years. At least in the early 2000s the area still had kohls, Olive Garden, toys r us, things that attracted people to come out to this area. But since 2008ish on, most of those things all went out and nobody of value stepped in to keep to keep the area up. Hard to justify going there without a need for shoes.. very few reasons to be in that area. Im surprised they got it to stay open for so long.

@altoidsours Жыл бұрын

As a kid in the 90s it always used to be a treat for me to go over to that area. Like you said, it had Kohls, it had Toys R Us, it had Media Play and of course it had the mall! It was such a nice place. Sad to see what happened to the whole area.

@UCeddWhat Жыл бұрын

Perfectly said

@sassygsand Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video!! So we always have a digital visual memory of the mall.

@mikerippel677 Жыл бұрын

Before Easton, Polaris, and Tuttle mall you had Eastland, Westland, and Northland malls. These were the places to go. So many memories of Eastland Mall. On Sundays my parents and I would eat at MCL cafeteria which was across the street and then we would go to Eastland. When I would go with my mom we would eat at the Terrace restaurant in Lazarus and watch the people down below. Sad to see it close but thats what happens when the neighborhood gets bad and online shopping takes over.

@keepingitreal71 Жыл бұрын

This makes me SAD... My mom worked at the Lazarus all over that store... I came there some days after Pre School and then we would head to Bill Knapp's and The movie theater...3 of her co workers were still there at Macy's before it closed... They did not know she passed on the 18 of Jan 2013.... A lot of memories and now a lot of tears......

@stevetcbjxl1 Жыл бұрын

Lived here all my life. Got my music, clothes, movie tickets, dates, family get togethers, all right here. This mall has sat like this for a lot of years. What I can't figure out is why in the world did they upgrade the Eastland mall signs recently, just to close the building permanently? Weird shit.

@ColsUnderground 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for documenting this important building!

@slackingpacking Жыл бұрын

This place was such a time capsule, it’s ashamed how run down the mall became.

@willowmoon3775 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for the footage. I was out of town, but was planning on going and seeing the mall before it closed but because of the water damage I didn’t have clothes on while I was gone I remember being a teenager and hanging out at the mall on the weekends as well as working at some of the places in the mall. It is very sad and emotional to not only see how not only Eastland mall but how the whole Hamilton Road area has declined. 😢

@ShapdCrusadr 2 ай бұрын

I live in Ohio and about 18 miles away from where I live in a single floor type Mall that is now 59 years old. Even though the mall lost most of it's anchor stores the mall is still going otherwise. In Ohio, the oldest mall in the state is "Arcade of Cleveland" which was built in 1890. Which will never be able to be torn down as it's National Historic Landmark.

@Dystopiancircus Жыл бұрын

I used to love this mall as a kid. I spent so many hours in Aladdin’s Castle in the 80’s.

@cifrancgx Жыл бұрын

I lived near and worked at Eastland Mall during the mid to late 80’s. I worked at “Software Etc.” which was a computer software store within a store at the B. Dalton Bookstore. (Software Etc. would eventually become GameStop.) I remember seeing movies at the mall theater like ALIENS and Highlander. It was a nice mall back in the day as was the area. Lots of malls have suffered the same fate sadly.

@6Kids1Tank 11 ай бұрын

Bought my first copy of wolfeinstein from software etc!!! It was a trial copy for 5 bucks because well, I was poor lol

@80sladybug28 Жыл бұрын

This is sad, I don't live in the area; but sad just the same.

@zinstone7286 Жыл бұрын

Can hardly bear the smell of Bath&Body and Victoria's Secret separately. Can't imagine what its like in the same hallway.

@kimberlyminard6103 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if the light fixtures from the food court are still up. I would've loved to have gotten my hands on one of those. My parents used to take my brother and I there every Christmas so we could eat at the Lazarus restaurant on the second floor. We would always try to get a table right next the window so we could overlook the mall while we had dinner. Good memories ❤

@6Kids1Tank 11 ай бұрын

They auctioned all of it off a couple of months ago

@ytzpilot Жыл бұрын

Sad to see malls close I used to work in a few of them, I loved the hustle and bustle and you meet so many friends. End of an era

@jilltaulbee3160 Жыл бұрын

I remember woolworths and the fountain in front of it. When did the fountain go out. It was so big and I loved it

@Talendale Жыл бұрын

Side note: The water splatter you hear at the end was cracked water mains pouring water into the food court seating area. By the next day, it was about as soaked as the puddling by Sears was.

@specklesandlocs604 Жыл бұрын

I remember passing out in the Harvest House cafeteria. My husband panicked. I didn't know at that time that I was pregnant.

@Danny-jb6pg Жыл бұрын

> liked going to Spencer's

@TheRedDevil_NC Жыл бұрын

alternative ways to buy the same things cheaper combined with urban violence and culture killed the malls.

@Selectrolux Жыл бұрын

My local mall has suffered the same fate, here on Long Island in New York. All the stores are gone, except for the first anchor store (Macy's) which opened in 1973, and a Dick's Sporting Goods. I did so much shopping in that mall over the years that it gets me in my feelings to see the state it's in now. It's like walking around an abandoned town.

@isleman9473 Жыл бұрын

Sounds like Sunrise Mall. I was there the day it opened in 1973. Truly sad.

@Checkmate07351 Жыл бұрын

God, it's a horror show in their sad to see what's become of it in just the past seven years of moving up here.

@ec6933 Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir. Thank you.

@MET3279 Жыл бұрын

All of the comments. Such nostalgia malls have for our generation. I love that people are documenting.

@jla87 Жыл бұрын

Still can't believe they let it get like this SMH so many childhood memories and memories as an adult rip Eastland mall 💪😰💯💯💯

@deborahchesser7375 Жыл бұрын

It’s sad, like you, I have many memories of Eastland, Frenchys, Charlie’s downstairs at Lazarus, upstairs restaurant at Lazarus overlooking the mall, I got to eat there once at least. It will be missed.

@jimk640 Жыл бұрын

I remember the snack counter in the Sears store there, was stationed at Lockbourne AFB and visited that mall a few times. Time rolls on and waits for no one.

@Talendale Жыл бұрын

You know they hadn't been updating things for ages when you passed by that Akiba Arcade sign around 4:28 . It'd been closed down since May 2019.

@paposwing2925 Жыл бұрын

Many factors for this happening in my opinion. Online shopping and Mall landlords greed. They're the ones that dug their own grave. The last nail in the coffin was the pandemic, that made a lot of people realized they don't need malls anymore.

@TuNnL Жыл бұрын

Rarely do you see grocery stores in shopping malls. Maybe grocery stores understood that paying ridiculous amounts of leasehold rent to malls just isn't worth it. Drug stores are starting to realize it, too. Going forward both drug and grocery stores openings are strictly standalone or in "strip malls" where they would have the prestige of being an 'anchor tenant.' Not sure what kind of retailer can anchor a traditional shopping mall in 2023. No Sears, No J.C. Penney's, Macy's is down and out. 25% of all shopping malls in the U.S. shut down permanently in 2022. Will be interesting to see if that helps the remaining 75% survive, or if the retail apocalypse continues in 2023. 🤷

@TuNnL Жыл бұрын

@@Safwaan821 Sad, but true. They need to think about what is a more viable use for these structures, 'cause with Amazon, eBay, AliExpress, etc. dominating the scene, shopping malls in 2023 'aint it. Mixed use commercial/residential seemed like a good plan until the Fed raised interest rates. Unfortunately, that drives up the price of mortgage rates, so nobody wants to buy a house/condo/apartment until the rates go back down. 🤷

@CBJFAN10 Жыл бұрын

And pretty soon, a year maybe 2, we will see videos of Eastland that look just like Westland is now.

@jd-no7rw Жыл бұрын

And Westland should be gone by summer.

@cumulus1234 Жыл бұрын

This is happening all over the country with enclosed malls. Just name the city.

@sutterpark Жыл бұрын

I am ex W Worthington Franklin Ohio, I do remember Northern Mall, Eastland and Westland Mall! ALL the malls change hands over the years all enclosed the mall! You have see ALL Major Department store either move to newer locations or went out of business in which it very sad! All the malls was a hit in the 1950’sh to 2000 some had major facelift others not! Some had Very poor MGN or supper greedy owners

@charlesallen8368 11 ай бұрын

It reminds me of Rolling Acres in Akron. 👍

@tomsimpson5317 Жыл бұрын

The internet has killed the mall depressing

@spreadlovenothate5017 11 ай бұрын

This mall use to be so beautiful. 😩

@BTBGaming_ Жыл бұрын

Used to get school clothes here, see Santa when I was real little, go to the food court to get some sbarro or Chick Fil A, go to the Lids and check out if they had anything new, get ice cream from the Hershey’s Ice Cream place. Lots of memories. It got closed down for 3 main reasons: 1. The area was full of crime within the past 10-15 years and there were many crimes happening inside the mall. 2. The opening of Easton and Polaris. 3. The rise of online shopping. Quite unfortunate. Hope they can repurpose it to something useful.

@willman9567 Жыл бұрын

It used to be so pretty there at Christmas.

@newarktower1787 Жыл бұрын

Surprisingly the security contractor stayed until the mall and the contractor had a contract dispute with how the security company was being paid.Zelma Security Inc was the contractor that was based out of Lancaster that supported the mall.Zelma Inc. did this mall and was a contractor for the Detention center in Lancaster.He now does real estate for Realtree properties.And makes more than the mall was paying him.Zelma Security Inc. was employed from 1997 to 2021 .And was a one man show.

@TechnoMinded-qp5in 2 ай бұрын

We shouldn't allow the digital age to win mainly malls are being put out of service by affordable online shops like Temu, Amazon, Ebay, etc imagine if malls sliced prices instead of supporting price hikes then people would start getting out more the future will be all digital shops what's worse is there's gonna be virtual reality stores in the future this is bad very bad.

@anonymouslight4772 Жыл бұрын

Used to go here as a kid

@djm5k Жыл бұрын

This just goes to prove nothing lasts forever. US malls have been dying for years. However, there are still many malls out there that are thriving. I would say the thriving malls are still there because the mall’s owners keep them well maintained, periodic renovations, and make an effort to keep all the spaces leased. Many malls have been incorporating other types of activities in malls like high end dining and entertainment. Maybe this mall will be demolished and replaced with some new venue where new memories will be made until such time when it too, will lose its novelty and shutter.

@diegoterneus2250 Жыл бұрын

Malls are the modern day ghost towns.

@virginiaconnor8350 Жыл бұрын

Savannah Mall-in Ga.-the newer Mall is going out of business, yet Oglethorpe Mall-the older mall-will get to live longer. They're even both on Abercorn Street. Even Lenox Square Mall has lasted longer than the younger Gwinnette Place Mall. The age of a mall doesn't always cause them to die. We have a Canton, Columbus, Cleveland, Lebanon, and Marietta too in Ga. where I live. What will they do to this mall? Too bad they could turn it into a homeless shelter with individual little apts,, a food court, small shops, a food area, maybe a small auditorium, library, job centre, and mini park, security, plus a bus that could take people to jobs and back.Just an idea.

@WhittyPics Жыл бұрын

All that water on the floor will be a moldly mess in a couple of years. Do us Mac users a favor on future videos. Don't record in HDR. Chrome based browsers on the Mac don't support it and there is no reason for it indoors.

@That_kid_los Жыл бұрын

Yes, I've noticed this after I uploaded it with the lagging.

@TuNnL Жыл бұрын

@@That_kid_los I had zero lag, and the video quality was excellent. Using KZfaq App on a Motorola smartphone. 👍

@puddincup9879 Жыл бұрын

Make your own video 💩

@JayTyrus Жыл бұрын

pretty soon....Tuttle Crossing Mall will join Eastland, Southland, Northland, Westland, Brice Outlet Mall, and City Center. Oh the days when Hamilton Road was worth making trips to, especially for music. Media Play, Record Connection, Karma, Camelot, then Record Town in the mall.

@puddincup9879 Жыл бұрын

Definitely not Tuttle

@jd-no7rw Жыл бұрын

@@puddincup9879 Tuttle is definitely not what it was. I worked there in the late-90s and it was mostly higher-end stores and a lot of those are gone, replaced by nail salons. The owners are currently selling it, so the future is uncertain now.

@spreadlovenothate5017 11 ай бұрын

You forgot about the City Center.

@sunaeyes2609 Жыл бұрын

I use to go to that mall before I moved I went and visited some family and went to the mall and saw that most of the store were gone I was so upset

@TRUMPMAGAPatriotUSA1 Жыл бұрын

Where is the kid that lost his nose?🤣

@marapeters9144 Жыл бұрын

It had a good run

@jonathancreveling5658 Жыл бұрын

If the mall closed early, how'd you get in there?

@barrymuskus67 Жыл бұрын

A REALLY SAD place to see go by the wayside

@UCeddWhat Жыл бұрын

FYI Maycy’s is Lazuars lol

@johhnmorgan8329 Жыл бұрын

Get some safety boots in there water proof steal caps boots it can be dangerous in there

@UCeddWhat Жыл бұрын

Nobody cared about this mall for the past 15+ years it’s been on the decline for a long time & nobody batted an eye lol it was just a matter of when it was going to close it’s doors for good

@Religious_man Жыл бұрын

"It's sad really." "It's sad really." No, not really. It's sad only because your memory is talking to you. Malls are built on greed and other vices.

@rayinpau.s.a.6351 Жыл бұрын

Grocery stores will be next . Think about it - Door Dash .

@puddincup9879 Жыл бұрын

Bro what?

@jd-no7rw Жыл бұрын

I doubt that. I know a lot of people who want to pick out their own foods and wouldn't trust someone to pick it for them. Every time I go into any of the grocery stores around here, they usually pretty busy.