When I was a kid (Early to mid 2000s) this was the main mall my parents took me to all the time, since it was close to where I lived. It was really popular and a great mall at the time. I remember going to the food court and going to that great gaming place by the food court. So much happiness and memories spent there. Glad that place existed.

Missing my favourite❤Mall. This Mall made me to fall in love with malls. I will always miss you, Landmark Mall!

It absolutely saddens me what's become of malls. I always loved walking through them, and checking out all the stores I liked. It was even better when I had money (of course). I don't recall ever visiting this mall, but I have fond memories of other malls in Virginia. It's sad to think that one day, thanks to online shopping, they could be history, and the joy many families, like mine, had of getting out of the house to go walk through, and even shop at the mall, will be no more. 😔

I was born and raised in Alexandria and visited Landmark when it first opened. My Mom took me to look for a Christmas present I had seen in a catalog...a telescope. We rode the bus all the way from downtown Alexandria because she could not drive. I was just thinking a couple days ago that I would like to ride down there, from Shenandoah County, and visit the mall for old times sake. I had no idea this had happened!

I loved Landmark mall. I used to leave my car for maintenance at the nearby GoodYear and then I walked into the mall. It was sunshiny and inspirational to me. I used to go to the food court, then I ate "LIVING LARGE COMBO" and read a sci-fi magazine. And I could see through the window how the American flag was wavering. And the skylights were so bright and beautiful. I can't even believe that now it is demolished. Its heart will go on in my memory and I still imagine that I am walking around in the mall.

Memories

I was the store manager at Waldenbooks and actually went to the process of closing down a business I remember locking it up for the last time and taking the keys to the office. Love working there.

After the restaurant at the main entrance closed down about 10 years ago that is when it slowly died off. I worked at Landmark mall in 1996 when it was still a very popular mall.

I used to go there a lot with my grandfather throughout the 90's. It was an awesome mall at the time. Chesapeake Knife and Tool, Babbages's, EB games, a massive arcade upstairs, several nice book stores, and lots of interesting hobby stores (game keeper, radio shack). Year after year it lost the interesting stores and just went under like Ballston, Skyline, and Springfield Mall did. Thanks for the video, lots of fond memories of that place.

I remember going to this mall when I was younger..this was a nice nostalgia trip. The auntie anns restaurant you passed (apologies if I spelled that wrong) I used to go to almost every time I went to that mall. I remember spending what felt like hours in that mall when I was younger. I still drive by the mall every now and then actually it’s kinda sad to see all the parking lots empty now.

This was an absoluteluly wonderful open center when originally built in the mid 1960s. The idioits who owned it RUINED it when they enclosed it in the early '90s. What a shame. I have so many wonderful memories of the place when it was what it was intended to be. Pretty much every store there was good. Woodward & Lothrop. The Hech't Company. Raliegh's Haberdashery . Charlie Hale and Werner Kapfer. Sears & Roebuck "Satisfactioin Guaranteed or your money back." Peoples Drug (with a pretty good lunch counter as well). Hahn Shoes. Bond Clothiers. A really good barber shop. Charlie, who worked there is second only to my current barber. What a mess. How far we have fallen.

Great video! I live near this mall. I used to shop at it back in the 1970s/80s when it was outdoor mall too! Do you remember Woodward and Lothrop? What happened is that many of the people with good incomes moved out of this area and relocated out in Reston, Leesburg, etc. The population that replaced those who left did not really have the kind in jobs and income as those who left and this mall could not be supported. ;( It makes me sad. Thanks for doing this video.

Wow! I used to live in Alexandria just off Duke Street and Landmark was such a great place to shop. My favorite store was Raleigh's Men's Store...that's out of business now. How sad to see such a beautiful place mostly empty. Landmark Mall to shut down January 31, 2017....was a headline I saw. Thanks for your video and a chance to see it before it's totally gone. I also remember Peoples Drug that you mentioned.

This mall has sooooo much potential. I wish i had the money because i would invest in this property and bring it back to life. It is very reminiscent of Pentagon. Man, if i had the money.

I live in Alexandria and I remember when the mall had a lot more business. Now most of the people that live near the mall don't even go there.

AWE!!! that's sad...i think i visited it once when we lived in fredericksburg years and years ago :(

It is up on a high piece of ground and would have made a spectacular location for a restaurant overlooking Alexandria. I went there in the early 70s to the late 90s.

Great photography! IQ Computer Services used to share a location in Landmark Mall in 2013 to 2015 across from Macy's on the second floor. Now we are a mile up the road on N Van Dorn St.

I was just 4 months into my employment at that Sears....now 4yrs later and I am still there!

The owners plans to rehabilitate the mall. See thenewlandmark.com Sears/Kmart is struggling to survive. If you go little further south to Dale City, VA you'll find Potomac Mills Mall which is still thriving today. It is a large singe level mall that opened 31 years ago - my childhood mall.

I used to work there in the 90s and it was much busier

RIP Landmark Mall

Hey man really enjoyed your video! Very steady camerawork and great editing (calming music is a great choice aside from vaporwave for dead malls). Do you use a stabiliser when shooting? I don't think anyone can hold camera that steady with their hands haha

This mall was like..my life I see it almost every day....;-;

Used to go there in the early 90s. Busy mall at that time. We usually shopped Springfield Mall, which was closer. But Landmark was nice too. Closed completely since this vid was made. I drove by a year ago and it was still standing. Don't know what they plan to do with it. The day of the shopping mall is definitely over. I wonder how many that are on the edge will be killed by Covid.

I used to go to this mall when I was kid

The mall looks more alive than when I last visited it a few years ago -- too bad they cannot convert it over for a different use -- like maybe apartments, condos, grocery markets, etc -- plenty of people in the area to shop there maybe even live there.......... It was still bustling back in 2002 when I visited a couple of cell phone kiosks during the Thanksgiving-Christmas holiday season.........

This mall was finally torn down this past Thursday. RIP

I worked at Sears I'm the early 1980s ànd shopped at Woodies and the Hecht company . There was awesome sandwich shop and a cafeteria . Sears also had a small sandwich shop . People's drug store was there too

Wonderwoman 1984 was filmed here.😊😃😁👆👍

I've been to this mall before and the owner of the mall said it will be rebuilt in February 2017

I stopped going there when they closed down Auntie Anne’s in 2015.

Macy's has announced they will close their store at this mall

It's crazy coming across this video being from nova some people may know what that means and just yesterday the news said this mall is being torn down for housing and other buildings and started the tear down live

Many malls in the my area look very similar to this. Is this the case across America? Due to online commerce perhaps? Seems like people want to go to malls but not to buy anything, otherwise the shops would be in business. Non-retail business ideas could be the way to go. Maybe not, that's just me though.

Malls should find a way to survive! Indoors and healthy activity don’t have to worry about weather and can walk for hours. Socialize, shop & do business too!

Depressing ☹️

I use to live next to this mall A free stores only opened chik fil a was there essentially the only reason who it was opened

I was here as a kid in 1991. Got a Ninja Turtle toy though I don't remember what store (guessing KB?). Does anyone know if there is an older video from 2007 or 2008? Most big malls have older KZfaq videos.

Welcome to the precursor of the cashless society... All these malls shutting down is a DIRECT result of "online shopping", folks either don't realise or don't care that because of them being able to "save a little money" by shopping on Amazon, eBay, etc. using their credit/debit cards, malls like this are dying, putting people out of work and it's not just the store employees, there are maintenance crews, cleaning crews, security, etc. that work at that mall, FOR that mall. Soon, don't know when, shopping malls/shopping centers/strip malls will be a thing of the past, you'll HAVE to shop online, using your credit/debit card; gone will be the days of paying for something with cash of being able to tip your waitress in cash, tip the paperboy in cash, leave $5.00 in your child's birthday card, etc.

How did you keep the camera so steady? What camera did you use?

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There are lots of other great places to shop in the DC area.

I am 9 and i only went there for the chick fil a and the Sears (its boring shopping)

Here's a local news report on what's too come for this mall www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Now-That-Macys-Is-Closing-Whats-to-Come-for-Landmark-Mall-409831335.html

Why did they close it Also if they open it again the real estate market will go really high or no

Wow! What happened? Other malls open up in the area or is ot still terrible times to be in business in America..???!!!

To this day almost 2020 and landmark is still sitting there abandoned. guess there’s still the new Springfield mall close by as an alternative, pentagon city mall too that’s always packed so it shouldn’t be dying anytime soon. A good collection of stores too. I was searching to see if there’s been any footage of inside it now that it’s abandoned but guess not.

is this mall really gone.

IF USA DOES NOT GET ITS MOJO IN GEAR SOME BAD DAYS AHEAD...

Di kaya lugi mga tenants dyan?

some says is going to be a fed prison soon

hey....you think maybe you can go see what the upper level is like.....smh

yung dalawang nakaupo parang gusto kang holdapin eh.