From newark, born and raised. Have so many memories from this mall in my 40 years. Not much left.

Nice video, thanks. I graduated from Heath in 1985 and the mall opened the next year. It's funny but back then the mall was a great thing for the community, sad to see it nearly empty today. It was great for the area back then; everyone would shop and hang out there. Image hundreds of people walking around on an average weekday, that's what it was.

Thanks for the vid man. Growing up as a kid in the 80’s, my Mom did Arts & Crafts Shows at most of the malls in Ohio, my brother and I would spend a good deal of time at Indian Mound Mall (Dayton, Salem, Eastland, Westland, etc.) Great and sad trip down memory lane!

BACK IN 96 THAT PLACE WAS BOOMING IT LOOKS LIKE NOW NOT EVEN 10% OF THE ORIGINAL BUSINESSES ARE EVEN THERE

My grandfather Sal Guinta used to work as a janitor in the food court. He loved to talk to strangers, so that was a great job for him when he retired from the post office. I worked at McDonalds back in 1994 for 4 hours and never went back lol. Used to love the arcade, music store, and Spencer’s. Always got some Sbarro’s pizza too.

Right next to Sbarro's Pizza 🍕 Used to be chicago hot dogs. In the late 80s early 90s. My Mom Worked There.

the mall where i live is mostly empty, just random like collectables shops and spencers and crap left, it's super weird most of it's empty and it's become a place where all the old people in town walk for exercise, a pretty neat idea tbh, they should just make ALL malls indoor tracks for people to walk around on , you could pay a few bucks a month and walk there even to keep it going.

Alot of malls are looking like this in small towns with a population of guessing about 20k slowly fading away.

$7 cheeseburger and fries at Masseys Wednesday nights is about the only reason I ever go to the mall.

Used to go to Garfields quite a bit. Food court had an Arthur treachers at one point. There was a pet land next to pac sun in the 90s.

I remember when the big sandy used to be hills then Ames then Steve and Barry’s

Dejavu is now closed. Mastercuts is the hair place. The main issue with that mall is that they're charging too much for rent.The reason oxbs is no longer in the mall is due to the mall had an agreement with masseys that said that they couldn't have chicken sold there. But that area is going to become downtown Heath.

Even though I never really go to a mall anymore, I get kind of sad as they become dinosaurs and extinct. I have good childhood memories with my mom and gramma

Next to the sabarros at some point there was a family Asian kitchen. They had really good food. Spent many days hanging out in Waldenbooks and FYE. The Hollywood theater used to have strobe lights and crazy carpet, I loved going in there as a kid! Last time they had a carnival in the parking lot was 2014 and then I never saw it happen again. Parents got their cars serviced at sears a lot, I can still smell it. Sad to see it this way now, I grew up thinking I would hang out here or any mall all the time as an adult, never got to because it started going downhill around 2014.

Buckeye Pop Shop use to be a Jewelery place.

They have done some parking lot things in the sears parking lot. It was like a stunt car show not too long ago

The mall was built in 1986. I went to work for the mall manager in 1989. It was having trouble with high rents and stores pulling out then. Still, the mall was a favorite hangout for a lot of kids and a great place to shop during the holidays. My sister ran Hickory Farms at Christmastime for years at the mall. In it's heyday, it was a lovely place with fountains and well kept. I can't see them tearing it down. Hopefully, with all the improvements they are making in Heath and the millions they are investing, they will come up with some useful purpose for the mall.

I absolutely love dead mall videos! Watching Dan Bell and Ace’s Adventures first got it going for me. I really miss the old days of hanging out at the mall with friends. You did an awesome job on this. And thank you for following me back on Instagram!

Auntie Ann’s used to be Cindy’s Cinnamon Rolls…they were amazing

Lived here for 15 years, it's done, stick a fork in his mall!

I used to be a security guard at that mall but I left in October of last year because I found out from the previous mall manager before they sold it the mall would be fully abandoned and closed by 2030

Pretty good live walk and talk video of this mall, not far from you is the Zanesville and New Philadelphia Malls.

So,, long winded comment, here it goes, i guess to start, Heirloom Anthology was the KB Toys, Before Rue 21, there was a place called B. Moss, Ulta was a place called Kitchen collection which moved into where the old Halmark Gold Crown was back in 1995 and then it became gifts crafts and more, then when that went out, Kitchen Collection expanded into it's place. The KB toys went out in 2003 and became a christian book store before becoming Heirloom Anthology around 2011 ish. As for that Kitchen Collection space, it became a place called The Bargain Box before becoming Ulta in the spring of 2013. In the Hills wing was... well Hills (which later became Ames then holiday 2003 it was a place called Santa Street Central which later the in the next year would become Steve & Barry's, closing in 2008 then opening as Big Sandy's Superstore in October 2017), Dollar Tree, Deb and that church in the mall place was actually a small clothing place that went out around 2009 and when church in the mall went in, they tore those walls down and expanded the space. Next to that was master cuts, across from that was indeed payless, Journey's was actually foot locker, then, the food court... now this part might get a little controversial but i remember next to Taco Bell was a Cinnibon and then Auntie Annes right next to it and where Auntie Annes is now was a MRS. Fields cookies. Charley's has always been next to where Taco Bell was, then right where that vending machine is past the restrooms was a locker storage area, the next to that was Sbarro followed by Lee's Kitchen then Subway which later became Wendy's then Arby's was at the end of that, and yes across from that was McDonalds which went out in 2001 but came back briefly in 2003 and then in 2005 became Millers. That Boost Mobile next to that was a small mens clothing store, then i remember along that wall where the theater is, was a Petland catty corner from the food court around 1995 but later closed and was walled over. Then, the theater changed from Crown Cinema to Hollywood Theaters then to AMC, Fun 4 U was known as Lazer One, Sears moved in sometime in August of 1997, moving down the corridor past the food court is JCPenny which has always been there, except i remeber (up untill, i think, 1998 at least) to enter the store you had to go down 4 or 5 stairs because the floor used to be lower than it is now, next to penny's was GNC and then a Regis on the other side of that along with Record Town which later became FYE, that one part that's across from where Garfield's used to be was a Drug Emporium, then some clothing place, then a mini golf place around 1998 followed by one more clothing place before being walled over on the inside and glass on the outside. The Massey's was Garfield's, Elder-Beerman had remodeled in 1998 from that green walls and carpet theme, the Shoe Sensation use to be 3 separate small clothing stores which then became Shoe Sensation later on, next to that was Bonworth which is now the massage place then Walden Books next to that, then Aeropostale then some clothing store that i don't remember then Fason Bug which later was split into 2 and became C.J. Banks and Christopher and Banks. Going past the Sears wing you had the Kay Jewlers which was a Greeting card place at one point, followed by Lenscrafters which has been there since before my time then Bath and Body works, which i think has always been there, then where That place called "The Emporium" is, that used to be Victoria's Secret, across from where Claires and that path to the restrooms next to the food court is was a Zales. the place has evolved over the years and the day it closes will be one of the saddest days in history for me, because i still visit the place from time to time, do my holiday scouting from August to November then shop there during the holiday season. Alot of memories here.

There used to be a eyeglasses store (Pearl Vision I think )

K B Toys use to be on the right next to or the next to last store of what is now Dick's Sporting Goods. But, I remember what the Indian mound Mall use to be back in the day and how it was packed with people. Now, it's like nobody wants to hardly give there money to the stores in the malls at all. They rather shop online and have they're stuff shipped to they're house. The corona virus is what started that trend, and now look at what's happened. People are still shopping online and way less at stores. It's just sad that all the stores have closed down from what the glory days of the malls use to be. Maybe, just maybe, things will go back to what it use to be. Who knows!

26:00 on ward it was Suncoast Motion Picture Company and i believe the only one in Ohio that stayed original is in the Piqua Mall and before that Kenwood Towne Centre which became FYE.

I went to that mall one time. I had a beer at a bar/restaurant like Ruby Tuesdays

"Rugby's" was the original restaurant where Massy's is located.

My best friends mom owned plush pals my mom made the banner but plush pals stopped because of family issues

Everyone had those stupid prison inmate shirts and sweatshirts from Steve and Barry’s! lol

Rural king building was originally Lowe’s before Hobby Lobby

The area over by the movie theater is right around where the carpeting ends, is all an addition that was added in the 1990's, or early 2000's. The original movie theater was only 5 screens and occupied only the right hand side of the space. Sears and the area that is now occupies was the original parking lot. The Spencers looks to be the only original occupant of the mall left. It has been in that location since the mall opened. You're correct about the location of McDonald's, Arby's, and Taco Bell. Other occupants in the 1990's was Sabarro, Charley's Steakery, and Mark Pi's. I can't remember the rest (getting old). Where Big Sandy's is was a Hills Department Store... I can still smell the popcorn dispenser they had right at the entrance of the store.. Again... old... I can also tell you where Sears was originally located along 79... Not to mention Where Lazarus', Kroger's, Big Bear's, and the original Dunkin Donuts was location in Heath. Yeah, that old...

I know a lot of malls are crap now but I feel like everyone around here thinks you gotta go to Columbus to shop. Feel like this mall was going down hill before a lot of the others

This video is crazy funny. As soon as you see some "art" thing in a mall, you know it's dead. And that store with "buy 1 pair of shoes, get 2 free" ? It looked like one person taking this offer would wipe out the shoe inventory.

The food court is the most depressing part of this whole video

Do you remember the fountain? Last time I was at the mall in Dover/New Philly they still have the fountain

KB toys was were the arcade is

Yep

Charley's was in the food court

You should go to Marion mall

I know you remember there was a footlocker but I can’t remember where it was lol

you forgot nick the greek ,,i belive sold gyros

Mastercuts

jc penny,,hills ,,Lazarus

Across from Garfield's was a drug store.

Kitchen Collection

radio schack,,

That mall was always trash