its 1990. mall is at 55 percent occupancy. repeat after me....Amazon did not kill this mall lol love that quote Kristin

great job, happy 1000!!! videos keep getting better!! we are the mall generation this was our life, they were social meca, a place to eat and see all the coolest stuff in one, kinda like the internet is now. but at the mall you talked to people face to face. food didn't come by grubhub or uber eats, you made a spur of the moment chose, by smell or taste or who else was in there. you could see the newest movies! it is good to see these malls, you do a great job!! so I guess were all along to hang out at the mall with you! the 1980s you just had to be there to get how wonderful it was!!!!

I live near Cincinnati Mills and remember the big sand box from when I was young. Now, it's an ideal place to listen to vaporwave/lofi and feel like you were alive in the 80's lol

This mall was my entire childhood, and seeing it now just wows me. The playground, theater, and food court give me SOOO much nostalgia but that playground had screens. And I remember watching Nickelodeon on those screens, they ran those screens from 1998 - 2011 I believe

Another great upload. Your channel has come so far. The title is also very fitting. The owners would have been better off literally flushing millions of dollars down the toilet.

I remember seeing Toy Story and the phantom menace there when I was little.

Recently tried to visit on a sunday evening. We were asked to leave unless we were visiting the arcade. We walked in next to kohl's...got to the food court when security asked us to leave. So we said oh okay and headed to the car. We stopped to use the bathroom as we had about a 2 hour drive home. Security followed us to the bathroom, then followed us the rest of the way down corridor to the car. As we exited the mall, we were followed all the way to the doors, watched as we got in the car before he turned away. Out of the numerous times I've visited, this was the first time I felt as if we were being treated like criminals.

Kristen should be a News Anchor. 👍🏼

The fact that this mall used to be the place to go on weekends never ceases to amaze me. If you were a teen/young adult from 1990/1991 - the late 90’s you came here for one of three things: Time Out The Super Saver Cinema (despite the seizure inducing lights😂) Bourbon Street/Metropolis It’s weird looking at this place now and remembering what it used to be. I spent God knows how many hours there between the three. I remember by 2008...this place was on it’s last legs. Bourbon street was long gone, Metropolis was dying if not gone by then and the cinemas were in crappy shape. I even remember Showcase was basically dead at this point. I seen a few movies there and pretty much had it to myself. Which brings us to now...the place is a tomb ☠️ Nothing but empty store fronts and memories of what it used to be.

great history description Kristin! This is the best!

I live a mile from here. When I moved to Cincinnati in 2015 I was SO looking forward to visiting Cincinnati Mills. That was my first heartbreak when I moved to town. GREAT video! Every time I pass by I think about what it must have been like and hope it has a future.

Also, I'd love to see some local news footage when it was new. Jerry Springer was one of the main anchors on WLWT in 1989 (no joke), I bet he did some coverage there

I have so many fond memories of that mall back in the late 80s and early 90s going to time out on the court for a good chunk of the day. I’m so glad that you are making these types of documentaries. I’ve always loved looking at how things used to be in our town. I had no idea that so many malls were built in really a short amount of time.

The scary thing is when I was there I knew the old Biggs would be boarded up but you could see the lights on from the other side from looking under the boarded up area.

Wow, just... wow! Amazing video, cinematic would be an understatement lol

Such a beautiful mall compared to the other dead malls out there. Shame it never worked out for this mall. Congrats on 1000 subscribers!

My office overlooked this mall. It was built as a huge, upscale mall in a very middle class neighborhood - within a few miles of two other malls. A total mistake.

Spent so much time at that mall.....I worked at Metropolis...I was a dj in the country bar Rodeo..............An early 90s worked at finish line...But the best part of that mall was Cheyenne Cattle Co.....Thanks for the memories...........love it

Love your videos and also make me sad such a weird cocktail of feelings it's the nostalgia old people used to talk about that now we feel for the obvious changes in our lifetime on the up side if FEMA use them as holding centres we can live there lol

It's great to see an actual Cincinnatian review this mall! Seen many others, but your perspective is unique. As a fellow Cincinnati resident, it never made sense to build this mall!

I think I was old enough to understand that this was one of the least-anticipated constructions in the area. Anyone around me who was into business saw "flop" when they saw the boasts made about it. But I did spend a lot of time wandering around, mostly because it wasn't as crowded as Kenwood Towne Center. Even with Metropolis up there, I didn't bother going. I haven't been up there since 2004, when I moved from the area to south of the river. Interesting to see it now.

Thank you for uploading! I watched your first video about Forest Fair and your quality is way better than the first one, I definitely agree. This mall is such a nostalgia trip for me. I used to be in a dance group that would perform at the stage that they would put in the center area (both before and after the mall was remodeled) for Christmas/holidays so this is such a throwback for me. Thank you for posting!

I loved the arcade area and the parachute rides. Omg I’d even would be addicted staring at the pool ball machine. That was so cool to see that machine. I loved going into the little professor bookstore to browse and when you’d walk out you’d 🤤 at the smell of Cinnabon.

Awesome video!!!!! Great job. Congrats on 1000 subscribers.

Great new video. I've watched every video on this and every damn dead mall TBH, and you showed some new shoes I haven't seen before.

😎 it was nice to hear about the community that was using the mall and see more of the hanging fish 🐟

It closed about a year ago. Very sad. I never got to go, but I’ve seen enough videos to know that this was my favorite mall!

Fantastic! Congratulations on 1000! Well-deserved. Thanks for helping document such a huge part of our culture. Being from north of the border, dead malls are here but harder to find. Many many years ago as a kid, my parents often took us on road trips through the US. The only Ohio mall I can say for sure that I went to, though, is Randall Park Mall.... RIP.... Looking forward to following you on the way to 2000+!

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Its kinda surreal to see two kids running thru a mall and no one cares. Also! I love the pop up video style tags! Ron got he spikes to go with those line boots?

Congratulations on 1,000+ subs! Lived in the Forest Park area all my life - safe to say that it was built in the wrong place at the wrong time. As a film student at the University of Cincinnati, I figured that this could be ample space for a full-fledged studio, with soundstages and such! Maybe one day... I'm gonna be up for it.

They had a great entertainment area there with several bars including a country bar a sports bar and 2 dance clubs. Putt putt golf inside by the food court. Wish it would have been saved in some way. Plus Steve and Barry’s. Bought several $2 tee shirts lol it was good stuff. Good video thanks for sharing

Congrats on 1k, Liked the video

Wonderful video! Great commentary! I love UniComm and congrats to you Kristen and Glitterbomb too!

Ran across you from other Dead Mall channels and I have to say "your a great cruise director". Keep up the good work. Movin' Mark

Nice video! I had my first real date here back in 1992! We saw Lawnmower Man! 🍿

I live right down Winton Rd. I was going to go walking in there to get out of the summer heat. I’m glad I watched to see there is no AC! I worked in the mall in 89 & 90. It’s sad to find out that it was struggling even then. Thanks for the re-do and Congrats on 1000!

The custodian deserves some kind of award for how nice those floors look.

The Proper People and Dan Bell have explored this mall, very good video.

I also remember the current Jungles Jims in Eastgate being a Biggs. They also had a dope Hello Kitty Store when I was little and a Rainbow Shop when I was a teen.

love that shot from the outside..show how massive that place is..wow

I am fascinated with the Forest Fair Mall. I remember visiting when it first opened. I didn't know it was originally supposed to have stores like TJ Maxx and Marshalls. I really like your outdoor aeriel shots - very eye catching.

Congratulations. Loving home resonance too!!

I don't know how I managed to not watch this video. Ah Resonance inspires such great feels, great intro song

Congrats on exceeding 1,000 subscribers. That really is a failing mall. Didn’t see vending machines and massage chairs like in most dead malls but could see the neglect setting in. Dollar stores and deflated fish, wow times are hard. I’ve been Subscribed to you since you had about 30 subscribers, you’ve come along way fast, here’s to the next 1,000 subscribers.

2 years after your film. I've seen countless "dead mall" videos on YT and a film. This mall is my favorite! Love the pstels, the shapes, the mobils, the fantasy it evokes, the saccharin of this place! Location and competition must have killed it. A shame-I love it. Nice work showing this unique mall.

Congrats on 1,000!!! I'm still amazed by the size of this place, how empty it is, and how it remains open for all of what, 5 businesses? Glad I could see all of this at the summit! :)

I remember when forest fair mall had the Ferris wheel and carousel and putt putt golf course inside and the 2 movie theaters that showed good movies now that mall looks more like a ghost mall maybe Patrick swayzy from the movie ghost might be haunting that mall

Have you seen the mannequin hands someone threw up in the fabric sling which hangs from the ceiling in the Kohl's wing? LOL

A great place for a university and a few restaurants and affordable apartments.no other idea will stand a “ ghost “ of a chance.

Putting Bonwit Teller and B. Altman’s, two upscale New York retailers in a working class market in Forest Park and Fairlfield makes about as much sense as putting a Nordstrom’s in Compton or the Chesterfield Square section of South Los Angeles..

Saw Jason goes to Hell at the Super Saver Cinemas. It was the best experience of my 12 year old life. Also, they had a really good Haunted House in the mall for a few years!.. Miss that place

Congrats on 1k, Great mall tour

CONGRATS ON 1000 SUBSCRIBERS!!!

I came to this mall as a college student a handful of times. I believe originally it was supposed to be an upscale mall. But then Tri-County was right down the road.

I remember going to the Katy Mills mall after the 2009 housing crash, and they had a bunch of dollar stores. It seems like they actually bounced back though... at least before COVID

Ha! I saw Bill & Ted's Excellent adventure at That Cinema 🎥!

I walked the whole thing when down on business 9/2018.

LOVE the retro decor and I have some early memories there, but it's a shame not only did they waste so much effort building this mall, but it really never had any glory days. But yeah putting an upscale expensive mall in a middle-class area not even located near any freeways didn't help lol

Gorgeous mall! A lot of cool areas! Such a shame.

Congrats on the milestone, the first 1000 are the hardest.

just discovered you through watching Sal. your video is hot i cant wait to watch your series. im from the UK i dont know of many large scale malls here that are dead. i find it fascinating. thank you

I remember coming here a few years ago and that shoe at the end was still there. Interestingly no one in the comments here mentions the iconic kinematic sculpture the place had in the 1990s before it was renovated to what we see today. Most people just think it was a fever dream because there is no evidence of it, not a single picture exists. I was able to find out a reference to the piece. The only paper evidence that it exists is a citation in a catalog by the person who created it, George Rhoads and the sculpture was entitled "Ball Game". The catalog of Mr. Rhoads work was published in 2011, which I believe the piece had been taken out of the mall by then. No one actually knows what happened to the piece but it was assumed to be auctioned off. Mr. Rhoads is still alive to my knowledge but he's 94 with failing health. Interestingly the Pyramid Management Group bought out Forest Fair mall for about a month in 1990 before reselling it. Pyramid also owns a very similar looking kinematic machine by George Rhoads made in 1986 (2 years before forest fair opened) located at Salmon Run Mall, NY, which may have been a correlation for them buying the dying mall in the first place. Unfortunately the renovations in the 2000s made the mall look so much worse and there are little photos from the 1990s period so this video doesn't do justice to what the mall once was.

Awesome hitting 1000! On to 10,000! I remember always going to Bigg's on the second level. It took almost the entire wing on 1 side!

Love the unicorn

This mall in it’s original form never would have made it even in the right area of town. The anchors were far too upscale for the market. Cincinnatians are notoriously cheap. Personally though, it was right up my alley. I drove to it from Kentucky. My little brother loved Time Out.

So sad to see another one go. It closed on December 2, 2022. All future developers should know this: Never build a mall too close to another mall.

Nice choice of music!

Hopefully nobody buys it an turn it into a Megachurch.

We once had a game show celebrity and a big time fun even at forest fair mall! For those who remember “Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego” we had that game show going on at forest fair mall and everyone got to meet the chief!

I live in Fairfield and go to this mall pretty often, mostly to play at the arcade legacy and reminisce about what this mall used to be. Question: do you have a list of the original tenants? I have searched and can’t find anything.

It just screams 90's.

You wonder about this 'cause it definitely falls into the category of:"Why would they built it in the first place."The other two malls could've been made more accommodating instead of building this place.

You know. If they followed protocol, with barriers and social distancing that food court could be a banging work area for those who have to work at home during the pandemic.

Who needs the stinkin Mall when you have Bass Pro Shops? They are a mall all by themselves

It's like Pittsburgh Mills, never should have been built in the first place. I always say PM was built as a dead mall. Those coin funnels are a for profit business. Everyone assumes they're for charity. But I roll pennies in them too.

Excellent documentation of this once thriving mall. It's soon to become a giant parking lot. My guess is too many malls and too many shopping choices. All have to compete with on line sales.

Awesome video... I would like to ask tho have you gotten in any legal troubles? I have a few short clips but am to scared to share any

Great video! I would have loved to have seen this place in its better days

Thanks for Acd adventures to help you to get 1000 subscribers

We were just up there. My nephew and I. Look under Pkace 2B. The ceiling is gone. And some guy,who goes by the n.v ame,Buck Wild50,was driving around inside the parking garage!!!! It is tagged up bad

What stores are even still open?

Does anyone think MOA should have this creative design to their stores? It would make it feel less modern and more nostalgic! (I mean the original design of course)

Steve and Barry’s, lol. I loved that store, but I knew they’d go out of business. You’d see racks stuffed with hoodies and shirts from dinky schools located in other parts of the country. I inventory control at all.

This place looks and feels very strange!!! How ominous it would be to walk around this place with the music in the video you chose blaring....

They had a biggs at one point too.

I hope there are sincere plans for forest village and Tri county mall as well.I would like them to “ try” something new.

Sorry to make a lot of comments on this but I even got to meet the chief from where in the world is Carmen San Diego there.

Herscu was an idiot. He purchased Bonwit Teller, B Altman, Sakowitz and a part of Parisian with no retail experience. The location of the mall and anchoring it with luxury retailers unknown to the Cincinnati market was foolish. As one commenter already said they saw the writing on the wall before ground even broke. The discount mall vision may have had the chance to survive but never the luxury version. Sakowitz was only in the Southwest - Texas, Oklahoma and Arizona. Parisian was primarily in the Southeast with Bonwits and Altman's primarily in the Northeast. Bonwit Teller had the most national presence of any of them.

You didn't mention Bourbon Street!!!???

I went to this mall for the first time in 1998. It was half full then. It was incredible how lifeless it was considering how bustling Tri-County and Northgate were.

Good video but wish you wouldnt change the color as youre filming certain mall areas.

Hubris and greed killed the mall. LJ Hooker did not take the market into consideration.

Is this where Mark Summers filmed Slime Time Live?

I heard something about Kohl's leaving

It was a stupid idea to build this huge mall within 20 miles of 2 other huge malls. Should have left the beautiful fields for crops like it was before. Sad!

This mall has one of the worst aestetics i've ever seen. When it was renovated to look like this? It's 100% certain it looked nicer in it's original look.

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It is closed Get over it