Exploring the Abandoned Knoxville Center Mall (East Towne Mall)

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In this episode we're exploring the abandoned Knoxville Center Mall in Tennessee. The mall originally opened in 1984 as the East Towne Mall. It was closed permanently in January of 2020 and demolished in the first half of 2021.
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@TheProperPeople 3 жыл бұрын

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@mjmcomputers 3 жыл бұрын

30 years from now The Proper People will be back on location exploring an abandoned Amazon Warehouse.

@bignick3303 3 жыл бұрын

Lose the 3rd wheel.

@joshroller9449 3 жыл бұрын

I know you guys never take anything but my gosh, those photo albums needs to be saved and given to the local historical society!!

@TomsTurboGarage 3 жыл бұрын

Oh man, this is seriously bittersweet. Used to bring my kids here all the time when they were little. We really loved the tent style food court and all of the kids play areas. Love your work fellas, I appreciate you covering this one before it was demolished.

@therandomdot2563 3 жыл бұрын

The fragrance you smell is b/c some stores used diffusers to emit a brand "smell" in their stores, and that smell is embedded in the walls. This helped cover up patron BO, smokers breath, etc, but was also used as a psychological marketing ploy so patrons would associate that smell with that company/brand. There's a whole psychology / marketing thing on using smell to entice customers to come in & purchase stuff.

@72polara 3 жыл бұрын

I fully understand and support the idea of not taking or damaging anything, but those photo albums should have been removed and given to a local historical society. I saved my county's official birth and death records for a period from around 1880 to 1900 from destruction and arranged to donate them to the local historical society. Sometimes you must do what is wrong to do what is right.

@delta6704 3 жыл бұрын

they complain abt lungs but then vape? huh, alr.

@reakorkacho5405 3 жыл бұрын

we get it, you vape.

@kallisoetidjo7902 3 жыл бұрын

when he put the bowl on his head it reminded me of all those “i’m such a crackhead” or “i’m so crazy you can’t take me anywhere” memes i-

@BoshiYoshi 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, surprised I haven't really seen anyone mention how terrifying that was when you all were hiding in the dark room and there were people looking for you. Also it's a major crime that those photo albums didn't get saved. :/

@tntornadox89 3 жыл бұрын

I worked at the Sears here while in High School and spent many an evening in this mall growing up in the 90's/early 2000's, I moved to Orlando four years ago and missed seeing it prior to its closure so I thank you all for this footage! Anyway, here is a little background on the mall based off questions you all had during the video. Also throwing in some random facts (sorry in advance for the novel):

@UniCommProductions 2 жыл бұрын

7:13

@broberts0181 Жыл бұрын

OMG, that is me

@jordanslingluff287 3 жыл бұрын

I had my first kiss outside of the movie theater. That was back before it got remodeled to its last look. Those ceiling fans in the smaller theaters were theaters you could smoke in. The bigger ones got added later when they remodeled on the early 2000s.

@KevinLacy22 2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you guys included the lengthy moment in the dark with the footsteps nearby. It really added to the drama of just how close you were to trouble! I was also captivated by the photo albums and happy that you shared some of it with us. Great video!

@miquon4717 2 жыл бұрын

A KZfaqr named Vol Boy made a video in June exploring the demolition site and he mentioned that him and his friends had went in office back in April and the photo albums were gone. Someone could have taken them around a few months after Proper left or maybe when demolition began but it's currently unknown what happened to them. Hopefully whoever took them has them in safe use somewhere.

@Minkymink18 3 жыл бұрын

This was my mall growing up!! Literally used to live in the apartments on the hill right behind the mall. So surreal seeing it in this state, esp with the proper people’s style of filming. Moved away in 2017 and last visited the mall in 2019 and yeah you could tell then that it was on its last leg. So many good memories :)

@elizabethshults6955 3 жыл бұрын

So many memories there. I couldn’t help but cry. I rolled my babies in strollers to shop there. They are now grown with children of their own. Just sad to see it gone.

@rushintl1 Жыл бұрын

Ironically...in 1998 when my business partners and I were starting up our first e-commerce business, we took a bulky video camera into that very mall and asked a dozen random people if they thought the internet would be a fad or put traditional brick and mortars out of business. We would go on to do extremely well, but that mall will always hold special memories.