I grew up in Springfield I have even had dreams about walking around that mall. Thank you for posting this. There used to be a Wendy’s a Cassano’s pizza, Orange Julus, Cinnabon. Camolot music, RadioShack.’, York’s steakhouse. I think the CVS space was held by a Revco in the early 80s.
@SchmaltzyCraftsy
4 жыл бұрын
County seat jeans, father and son shoes, are a few I remember.
@lisaknox4113
Жыл бұрын
I grew up in Springfield too. And I never thought this mall would die , but it did! That's so 😢. I wonder , what will become of it now?
@vintagegirl68
6 жыл бұрын
This was my mall growing up in Springfield, Ohio. I remember the Woolworth at this mall. It had great things. Next store was Harvest house cafeteria which had red carpet and red leather seats, very fancy. When I was a girl we would get a ice cream sundae for 75 cents and then go into Woolworth to shop. We went to the mall every Sat. sometimes my mom would get us a orange Julious. Oh to have one of those drinks again.
@lloydsetty
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for reposting! I've spent many days in that mall, and remember when it was opened in 1971. The restaurant was originally a Piccadilly Cafeteria, then a York Steakhouse. The Colliers in the news video, was originally a Bill Knapps. Also, I worked in that mall for a long time at different stores, and it's really sad to see it in such a decline.
@lt7114
2 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Bradford's Smorgasbord.
@bobthefreak09
Жыл бұрын
@@lt7114 Bradfields
@Larry
6 жыл бұрын
Aw, I was hoping to see what happened to the Woolworth's, that was a huge staple in malls in the UK since the early '70s.
@SynchroSk8
6 жыл бұрын
This really is a retro gem. Great video. Thank you for posting it.
@owenrichards1418
6 жыл бұрын
Um.... Wow! Had to LOL at those brown light fittings!
@proseb4bros976
6 жыл бұрын
I remember going to this mall a lot when I was a teenager. My friends and I would always go to the B. Dalton's to get books for our summer reading assignments and Deb's to buy our homecoming and prom dresses. I would go to Regis hair salon to get my hair done right before prom. It used to be so busy. My parents normally dropped us girls off and go elsewhere because they couldn't stand the crowd. It's sad to see it in such a "dead" state.
@robertcampbell6349
3 ай бұрын
I was stationed at Wright-Patterson AFB from 84 to 89 and again 96 to 99. This mall was a real gem. It wasn't too big and had good stores. I bought a lot of CD's at the Camelot in this mall.
@gandolfthegardener
Жыл бұрын
You are correct, Ace, Amy. York was my first job. Just out of high school in 1985 Started summer college classes. Worked at York around a year before moving on but still spent much time there. Some good memories. Sad state of brick & mortar retail. Cinemas were demolished in 2022. Most of the complex is a warehouse.
@myu2k2
6 жыл бұрын
something i never really understood with many of these malls is that they are not encouraging people to stick around all day like they use to in the past. People would show up a round noon and stay 4-6 hours, not just to shop, mostly to socialize. Many of them could put in Internet Cafes. Have people be able to connect to a free Wi-Fi network, provide power sources, comfortable places to sit, and a shop near by to sell snackfood type foods (coffee, soda, cookies, candy, chips). If they are energetic enough, perhaps some Japanese Style vending machines (the ones that can sell hot and cold drinks and food) inside the malls. (But my god, can you just imagine one of these old malls being filled with vending machines that sell anything and everything like they do on every street-corner in Japan? Just hire a few people to walk the floor to make sure nobody is vandalizing them and to take orders if anything is empty or if a machine is stuck... it would literally take like only 10 people to work there and 30% the money generated goes to the mall that owns the machines.... though it may just be too much of a novelty to work in America).
@9255223
6 жыл бұрын
But here's something you should know: the town of Springfield (and I say TOWN, not CITY, no matter what Mayor Copeland may say [even though he's my mentor!]) is not really for the young. The few young people remaining in Springfield are those that are too poor to move anywhere else. What you're suggesting mainly to cater to young people or people who have money. Springfield has neither. The wealthy business owners (those businesses in Prime Ohio) who live in Springfield go to Beavercreek, OH for serious shopping; the young who can drive go to Columbus, Beavercreek or Dayton for shopping. Springfield's majority lives on fixed income, use public transit that doesn't run on weekends (mall-based service runs from 8:00am-6:00pm weekdays only), and is used to the five Krogers, two Walmarts (Bechtle Ave., another on Rt. 40) and the Meijer on Rt. 41. The kinds of people that would frequent malls or even the internet cafes that you propose do not exist here. What I mean is, your ideas are interesting, but Springfield has turned into a retirement town, with the population dropping by the DAY (no exaggeration). If it's not cheap, then Springfield citizens don't want it.
@sprkl5d
4 жыл бұрын
Ive seen videos of those Japanese vending machines! So cool! They sell everything, even full meals. I wish someone would invest in those and bring them to the US!!
@motofrog3402
4 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately that wouldn't work in Springfield Ohio.
@ScyleOrnitier
4 жыл бұрын
I know this comment is two years old, but people are commenting on it so I'll say this: There was something in the mall kinda like that. It's called Pixel Playground. If you look at 3:36 you can see its sign. It was a gaming lounge where the rate started at only $5. They're still in Springfield, just not in the mall anymore.
@travisj23
6 жыл бұрын
Love the before and after shots. I worked at this mall in 1991 at the electronics boutique when I was 16. It was always packed and my home away from home. I visited a couple years ago just to see it. It was really sad. Not much longer before it's gone forever I'm sure. Had some really great times in that mall.
@9255223
6 жыл бұрын
DUDE! You made a film about Springfield's only mall! And you came here recently, too! When I moved to Springfield four-and-a-half years ago (May 2013) from Philadelphia to attend college I asked my aunt and uncle about the location of any kind of mall. My aunt said "...yeah, there's a mall...but it's not worth seeing." I told her it couldn't be that bad. Taking the Upper Valley Mall/First Street bus, when I saw the mall and the large, empty, hot parking lot and the rather bland looking sign, I knew I should have listened to my aunt. Macy's and JCPenney's was still there, as well as the CVS (all three are GONE as of November 2017, that CVS closed one month after you visited). Sears is the only anchor remaining and no one knows why. All of the action is now along North Bechtle Avenue, from Park Plaza Shopping Center, cross Rt. 41 (Troy Road/First Street), all the way up close to the Splashworld water park. Everything on Bechtle's various strip malls is constantly updated, and Hobby Lobby (formerly across the street from the mall alongside the recently-closed K-Mart) relocated to Bechtle, and a new IHOP opened, along with Dick's Sporting Goods and a renovated/expanded Aldi. If it's not on Bechtle Avenue or East Main Street (the alternative for when you're REALLY broke), then it's not worth owning, because no one wants to go anywhere near the mall.
@Kim-yy8kl
3 ай бұрын
Memories from the 70's, i miss it, so sad!
@FrozenMammothMusic
6 жыл бұрын
Great video! Love when you have pics/ footage of the malls from better days.
@MyKeith77
6 жыл бұрын
My hometown. Grew up in that mall. Sad to see what it has become.
@scottiejordan1064
6 жыл бұрын
In the late 80s my friends and I would go to the Hollywood fashion center while they were remodeling and as KIDS we knew. New Tile dosent make you buy things!!!!
@MatthewKellerCA
3 жыл бұрын
I was born in Springfield in '71, just like this mall. I stopped in a few years ago when back in town. Must have been a little while after this was shot; the mall was even sadder then. One store was just a second-hand store, with 15-20 old laser printers dumped in a corner. The Spencer's, I believe, was still open - after nuclear war, there'll be roaches, Cher, and Spencer's - but even it couldn't compare to its late '70s, blacklight poster-laden glory (Spencer's was like a Wayfair for stoners, basically). But I've got fond memories of running off to the toy department in Rike's (Mom always knew where to find me but never failed to scold me for running off, telling me "some strange man" could kidnap me if I did that again), movies in the theater (I took a friend to see "E.T." and remember seeing "9 to 5" with my parents there), video games in the arcade before going for pizza at Cassano's next door, lunches with my mom and grandma at York's Steak House. It will never be a functioning mall again. Some day, Amazon will probably buy it for pennies on the dollar to use it as a distribution center. A sad metaphor for Springfield and so many other small Midwestern towns like it - great to grow up in 50 years ago, bordering on desolate ghost towns today.
@user-ej9dp4on7h
7 ай бұрын
I will forever miss this. I was born in 1990. I was a teenager in the 2000s when this mall was still alive and well. Fye,Suncoast,Spencer’s, JC Penny, Lazarus, Elder Beerman etc. I miss this
@AlliV286
3 жыл бұрын
Either in Hollywood Nails or beside it used to be a pet shop,I believe. I remember begging my parents for many different critters in that place. I remember Bath and Body Works first opening along with Old Navy. Got my ears peirced in the middle of the mall-Piercing Pagoda. So many memories in that place.
@AlliV286
3 жыл бұрын
What brought me on a search for this was getting an AMAZON Christmas catalog in the mail today and my kids circling things they'd like. I remembered the Sears catalog in the back of this mall and doing some circling myself.
@brentkeller1213
6 жыл бұрын
Loved it!......I hung out there in my youth and even worked at Penneys
@briandecker8403
6 жыл бұрын
Truly a gem - really like the cross-fade photos!
@dylansadler8020
5 жыл бұрын
Im Just discovering your channel because I live in Pittsburgh and recently found some old closed malls and KZitem'd them to find out more and stumbled upon your page. Then I see this video...this is my childhood. I haven't seen that mall in maybe 5 years (since I moved to PA) and man is it sad. I went there every weekend through the late 90's.and most of the 2000's Mark pi's has been my favorite Chinese food my whole life! Right across from Mark pi's is the hair salon, next to the salon there was a pet store for years. My mom and sister worked at many stores in the upper valley. Next to the Spencer's to the left was a suncoast video in the 90's and across from them where sabarro's pizza, DEB clothing, and FYE and B.Daulton books. Then on the far end by Sears was a radio shack and a K.BToys .And on the opposite side by penny's I remember that restaurant being named Bradfield's. I remember the name because my school band played holiday music there every year and I would stare at their sign the whole time. My first hair cuts were in the green tiled salon across from CVS. And my sister's best friend worked in the store next to it, a tuxedo rental store at the time Across from that was EB games!! Man. This video really hit me in the nostalgia. I'll be thinking about this place for the next week. I literally remember it like the back of my hand. Thank you so much for posting this.
@lexusrc3507
6 жыл бұрын
It was definitely a York Steakhouse! At least in the mid to late 80s.....I ate there as a kid!
@mizmiz80
6 жыл бұрын
Love it! Thx so much 4 uploading!
@jamiehinton2349
6 жыл бұрын
Great research! I am really looking forward to the southern tour 🤗
@who_still_kill_sound1886
6 жыл бұрын
love these videos, keep up the great work!
@toro8star
6 жыл бұрын
I really like the CVS exterior. I have not seen that exterior in as long time. Great video!
@paulgreene7424
6 жыл бұрын
The restaurant before it closed was Bradfields.
@Marichii1
5 жыл бұрын
if anyones wondering, both the macy's and sears are gone now. so is the hot topic, there's only a couple more big-name stores left. the floors are coming apart in places. the boonshoft actually used to have the location in the mall as a "satellite", so that was really neat, but... the only thing it's really got going for it is a small game store.
@zeronoshoten4300
6 жыл бұрын
I'm almost afraid to watch this. I grew up with this mall in its prime. Haven't been back to my home town in a few years. This whole area is my childhood.
@937boyz1
5 жыл бұрын
Springfield is like a black hole no matter how far you travel or how long you stay away you will come back
@joeyjamison5772
3 жыл бұрын
The restaurant was a York's Steak House which later became Bradfield's. Their chicken dinners were delicious and not expensive and I ate there all the time. When the mall started sinking, Bradfield's closed in October of 2010 and when it did, I never went back to it again.
@pl6035
3 жыл бұрын
We ate at York Steak house every visit....sigh... 😢
@maryyung1994
3 жыл бұрын
Love how you do your videos....love the imagery.
@KentuckyFriedNerd
6 жыл бұрын
So everyone remembers from the first upload: that restaurant apparently was at first a Piccadilly Cafeteria, and then a York's Steakhouse. Either of which I would love to go eat at now. Thanks to whatever local made the original comment.
@nancyhicksgribble9799
6 жыл бұрын
KentuckyFriedNerd York's, come to Columbus our Westland mall one (across the street is still open)
@travisj23
6 жыл бұрын
I worked at that York's for a week back in my teens. Loved the sirloin tips.
@Westsoid2009
6 жыл бұрын
For a while, it was called Bradfields.
@terriburlile6985
2 жыл бұрын
@@travisj23 same here...with sauteed onions & mushrooms lol!
@dixienormous6969
6 жыл бұрын
Amazing video Ace.
@Doongie4ever
6 жыл бұрын
I love dead mall videos and the intro was kick ass.
@angelvamp28
9 ай бұрын
The restaurant with green shutters was Bradfields. It was a walk through cafeteria line serving steak, beef tips, baked potatoes, ect. Beautiful little restaurant with nice dim lighting giving great ambiance.
@paradiselodge5523
5 жыл бұрын
Spencers was there in 70's....best place in the mall....it smelled sooooo good!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@JonathanRunion
5 жыл бұрын
When the guy said "21 Century Merchandising" after they talked about making it an outdoor shopping center. He was basically saying the mall is dead.
@taylorhanson7404
2 жыл бұрын
Great video I was here this past Sunday exploring what remains. It’s about 90% gutted.
@AroundIndiana
6 жыл бұрын
York Steakhouse... wow that a brings back memories. I loved going there as a kid. I was always fascinated seeing them grilling the food behind the line.
@Christopher0817
6 жыл бұрын
Another great video Anthony I love how retro the mall looks the bad thing is while i think the retro look is cool it really doesn't keep customers wanting to shop there much.
@andytaylor5476
5 жыл бұрын
Gorgeous mall! Love that it's still of it's times. I don't think "facelifting" will solve the retail problems..
@brittanykensler7630
4 жыл бұрын
So surprising to find a whole group of people enamored with our old dead mall. There is an official plan to turn it into a sports complex. They are no longer renewing any leases. So if it's on anyone's bucket list, make haste!
@ThePodCastDojo
6 жыл бұрын
I'm looking forward to the Regency Mall video!
@razbitom
5 жыл бұрын
that was, indeed, a york steak house. my family went there nearly every week. i recommend the porterhouse.
@sh2362
4 жыл бұрын
It's so sad to see all these malls closing😰😰😰I remember shopping at the malls in the late 70s early 80s with my mother. Now everyone is shopping online😰😰😰😰😰😰😰thank you for showing us all of these closed malls. It's good to see someone with a passion for the past! Seems like folks today could care less about the retro 70s and 80s!
@ItsaRomethingeveryday
6 жыл бұрын
Cool mall tour, liked your video
@SchmaltzyCraftsy
4 жыл бұрын
Years my my life spent in this mall. I worked in a few of the stores as well. Moved back into town a few years ago and was shocked to see that nothing had changed. Even the movie theatre was the same as it was in the 80s. That's closed now, but the smell before it did it needs to be burned.
@ClockEyer
6 жыл бұрын
i loved the transition at 2:13
@lisaknox7722
10 ай бұрын
These are some great shots of the upper valley mall in Springfield Ohio.😊
@michaelnakedpctech1100
5 жыл бұрын
There was a York Steak House, my dad took us there to eat every Friday in the 70's . It was across from Plaza U and the Health food store
@gxlden_rxse9958
4 жыл бұрын
I remember going there when I was little and I’might by there right now
@macbuff81
6 жыл бұрын
A sense of "aesthetic" only a mother can love
@klaymonkey9073
6 жыл бұрын
Just Awesome.
@user-ng2sj4lw8r
5 ай бұрын
I miss the auntie Anne’s and how the vs was the original design from when they first opened. I miss the pet store and there was a friendlys and a pizza place in the back I forgot what it was called. I miss throwing Pennie’s in the fountain ❤
@missymasters1690
3 жыл бұрын
Some of this reminds me more of ‘Haunted Ohio’ excerpts. Very sad to see the place where we hung out as teenagers just turn into a ghost town.
@Arty_left
2 жыл бұрын
Indeed, it was a great place to be a kid!
@lt7114
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting to see Spencer's Gifts was on the original roster. They managed to maintain their spot until the mall's closing.
@daviedmond4639
5 жыл бұрын
love to find lil time warp locations like this, its sad and tacky but cool to have the experience, i love exploring places like this
@homefrontforge
9 ай бұрын
This mall was the setting of a short story I wrote called, A Primary Target. It didn't take a nuclear war to end this place.
@amyeads4584
Жыл бұрын
It was a York Steakhouse. I went there a million times as a kid with my parents and brother and sister.
@nancydarling4918
6 жыл бұрын
Good video. Thanks.
@fetengineer9151
4 жыл бұрын
York Steakhouse restaurant... yes, I use to work there at that location way back in 1983.
@alaskanspartan89
6 жыл бұрын
I liking dead mall series so far
@chloeschofield1989
4 жыл бұрын
My dad always talks about how great the mall used to be, I could never imagine the mall being packed full of people until this video, seeing the layout and seeing all of the stores my dad always talks about being his favorite, (he never shuts up about Camelot Music and the pet store, lol!) but honestly seeing the pictures of how the mall used to be honestly makes me kind of sad, on a good day there's usually only up to 15 or 16 people throughout the whole mall, most of the people are old people who walk the mall to get in some extra exercise and maybe some Subway on the way out. I heard they're trying to turn it into a Sports Complex, I would much rather have that than just seeing the mall wasting away.
@dylanverkler4552
3 жыл бұрын
I live in Springfield and this mall is still nice to go to for the few stores that are still in existence inside of it but it’s side seeing the old pictures of it and walking in it now.
@williamlusher3990
Жыл бұрын
I was manager of the Spencer Gifts store when it got its only remodel in 1988..they never updated it apparently..held up pretty well I think.
@kayterssss
4 жыл бұрын
came here from your newest video, looks like the restaurant could have also been a Ponderosa. We had one in our mall that looked just like that.
@jeramiibo9588
4 жыл бұрын
It was called Bradfields and they went out of business for not paying rent. Their food was pretty amazing.
@nancyhicksgribble9799
6 жыл бұрын
Omg! I loved that mall! My ex husband worked in that area sometimes and we lived in Delaware. So my daughter and I would hang out there and wait for him to get off work. I've been wondering if anyone would do a segment on this one! Thanks! And yes it was a York's! We still have one in Columbus!
@jeremyb2108
3 жыл бұрын
I've just started going here this year. I come here to walk the mall. I so hope someone does something with it.
@leonidas14775
6 жыл бұрын
4:33 Karma for Wells Fraudgo
@christopherconard2831
6 жыл бұрын
Come on down to Florida this week. We've got all sorts of abandoned places. Just ignore the wind/water/flying debris stuff.
@hittingnote75
5 жыл бұрын
There was a York’s steakhouse there in the 1980s. I miss that place.
@arthurmishler6847
4 ай бұрын
The restaurant was a York Steakhouse. It was one of my first jobs.
@daviedmond4639
5 жыл бұрын
omg the opening song was perfect choice
@thehessmoshow
6 жыл бұрын
Same people at Mark Pi's since I worked there in 1994!
@andreasmith7109
6 жыл бұрын
That was a YORK Steak House originally when it opened in 1971.
@garbage854
6 жыл бұрын
Cool mall :)
@hdalerude
3 жыл бұрын
Amazon is buying up malls and turning them into distribution centers. That would be a perfect use for the Upper Valley Mall. Plenty of space and more jobs for Springfield.
@SeanStrife
6 жыл бұрын
You're gonna be in the Southern states? If you find yourself around Knoxville, Tennessee, definitely check out the Knoxville Center Mall (aka East Towne Mall), it's... definitely in the beginning stages of becoming a dead mall; there's an entire wing over by the Sears anchor that's practically a ghost town (the only things over by Sears are maybe a couple small stores downstairs and upstairs, there's literally just Gold's Gym), and the area downstairs is pretty dead itself. The JCPenney's is in the process of closing down (if it's not already shut down by then).
@FSB75
3 жыл бұрын
Anyone remember the restaurant on the second floor of Lazarus? The Blue Fox?
@gnomequeen1980
2 жыл бұрын
Yes! I remember having a very swank lunch there with my grandma.
@paulgettle4969
6 жыл бұрын
@Ace's Adventures -- Your timing couldn't be better for documenting Regency Mall, the city of Augusta has been talking about buying the property to move the James Brown Civic Center onto that lot. There's been some local pushback on the idea though, and it's not a done deal. And since you mentioned South Carolina, I'm wondering if you've got Aiken Mall (right across the Savannah River) on the itinerary as well. The developer there is looking to tear it down and replace it with a "Lifestyle Center" with Festival Mall styling and green spaces. Dutch Square Mall down I-20 east in Columbia, SC may also be a potential location to hit.
@andyeisenacher
6 жыл бұрын
I gotta do a field trip to that mall soon
@Greasyheels
3 жыл бұрын
I checked this mall out back in April before it closed. It's sad because up in that area there really isn't anything else to do there. There were still tons of people there for only a couple shops left. Sad
@mattmcfly2165
6 жыл бұрын
where do you get that music? is there a youtube channel for it?
@catherineduarte4824
6 жыл бұрын
The front of sears looks like the one in rolling acres mall
@auuuumbers
3 жыл бұрын
My family used to eat at that steakhouse during the 90s. I was probably 15 in 1997 or so the last time we ate there. It was called Bradford's. I am wondering when it closed.
@bmstylee
6 жыл бұрын
Looks just like the sign by Randall Park Mall which is now going to be an Amazon location
@TheCookingDojo
6 жыл бұрын
There how the signs at Debartolo malls looked. The regency mall in Georgia had a similar sigh
@murdoc4794
3 жыл бұрын
The CVS moved out now. Sears is shut down and Victoria's Secret is done. They're talking about tearing down some of it, and make a sports complex out of it and the surrounding property.
@toyaliens
6 жыл бұрын
Could you do G Fox & Co. department store in Hartford, CT? Its now used as a college but was abandoned a long time
@Marichii1
5 жыл бұрын
i was here just the other day and i have no clue how they keep it open. if anyones hoping to head out there do it soon, i dunno how long theyll still be there at this point
@zacharyriley6330
5 жыл бұрын
The restaurant was Bradfields
@jackfrazer576
6 жыл бұрын
Hmm dejavu lol , also Plz do a video on the blue hen mall
@BuckeyeDipper
6 жыл бұрын
It was a rotisserie chicken place and it was really good
@dmacks8805
6 жыл бұрын
That mall actually had some people in it. Hard to believe that they can forclose on a mall but it didn't affect the company as a whole like Simon.
@johnswaim3919
5 жыл бұрын
The silence in the first 2:35 perfectly suits this video.
@maikeliRAIWALUI
6 жыл бұрын
It if im certain it looks like a harvest house restaurant which was apart of woolworth variety stores
@michaelnakedpctech1100
5 жыл бұрын
Wasn't the nearest Ponderosa on Bechtle?
@JJPMustang
5 жыл бұрын
Michael NakedPCTech Nearest Ponderosa was down the street from the mall- south on Upper Valley Pike. Once it went out of business it became a dirty restaurant serving Mexican food called Mi Jalapeño- the health department cited them numerous times and they too went out of business.
@johnswaim3919
5 жыл бұрын
@@JJPMustang I ate there one time and almost didn't even eat, the place was so filthy. I heard the owner was disappeared back in Mexico, that he was either cartel connected or that a gang thought he had a lot of $ and killed him when they couldn't collect a ransom. Random, I know. Lol
@williamhaynes7089
6 жыл бұрын
Love the store wasted with park benches... really great use of space
@scottandrews9453
6 жыл бұрын
This mall reminds me of the old Forum 303 mall in Arlington TX that was opened in 1971 and also died, now no longer exists.
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