Thank you! It means something to get your attention with a video of mine and it means even more that you enjoyed it and chimed in. I really appreciate the support. Thanks again!
@mcnearsonia
4 жыл бұрын
Nice! You have the attention of the King of Urban Explorers!
@fpuca84
3 жыл бұрын
Do you know if the pin ball machines are still there?
@richardespinoza2839
3 жыл бұрын
@@WallieB26 👍
@TownieGirl1974
3 жыл бұрын
@@WallieB26 When it comes to the Urban Explorers Universe, you'll get no bigger or better endorsement than one from the man that pretty created the genre. This video was superb too. I don't know why, but my favorite abandoned videos are the ones from Ames. And you have two of the best abandoned Ames videos on all of You Tube in my opinion (this one & the "LOOK AT THE FRONT! WHERE IT SAYS AMES *REAL BIG!!!!!"* video).
@jodyrayvictor
4 жыл бұрын
I don't know what's sad , the fact that everything is dirty, disorganized and decaying or the fact that it's still cleaner than dollar General.
@Pinkieout
4 жыл бұрын
ceiling fans and stuff omg you’re so right about the Dollar General 😂
@RooflessVillain
4 жыл бұрын
I know right 😂🤣
@WallieB26
4 жыл бұрын
LOL!
@slipknot54095
4 жыл бұрын
lmao
@b-genspinster7895
4 жыл бұрын
ceiling fans and stuff it’s so true.
@jdruin1
4 жыл бұрын
The irony is this abandoned Ames still has better customer service than Walmart
@davidbrown8303
4 жыл бұрын
Walmart customer service is pretty bad. My mom was in Walmart last month buying a 6 hundred dollar TV and still had trouble getting service.
@ethelhoose9755
4 жыл бұрын
It sure did
@ethelhoose9755
4 жыл бұрын
You can never find anyone to help you in walmart
@davidbrown8303
4 жыл бұрын
@@ethelhoose9755 they are off hiding trying to get out of work and probably keeping one eye open for the boss so they don't get fired.
@randyporter3491
4 жыл бұрын
Jeffrey Druin LOL! No doubt !
@redhawkk
3 жыл бұрын
This has to be one of the few abandoned places I would actually take something from.
@colenace6037
2 жыл бұрын
It literally made me upset that he didn’t take some of the stuff he came across. Like bro PALLETES FULL and you didn’t even touch it
@WhiskeyPatriot
2 жыл бұрын
@@colenace6037 the unopened boxes of merchandise is weird, even weirder is it’s probably still there. Maybe some cameras outside
@zaaz1471
2 жыл бұрын
there's probably laws that might allow discovery, but not "theft". These guys would be the ones that could time travel without affecting the timeline. You would not :D
@sugarspiceneverythingnice9205
2 жыл бұрын
As a teen this place was so easy to shoplift from. Not proud of that, but it's true. I couldn't imagine walking in there now. The nostalgia ❤️
@Dennis-ez7yy
2 жыл бұрын
I would have grabbed one of those brand new fans still in the box. It's only stealing to the worthless cops but trust me the owners left it behind because they didn't want it they're not going to come back sometime in the future for that stuff. lol it's not stealing when it's abandoned and left behind.
@corvus1970
4 жыл бұрын
The presence of the old Corvette, Jaguar, and Porsche blow my mind.
@markydee48
4 жыл бұрын
whats really screwed up is how you have so many people now with families jobless, no money, or homeless, yet here you have a store filled with toys, fans, etc... and nothing can be donated to anyone? food expires, but you think that the pink Barbie car couldn't be donated or all the toys in boxes to needy kids? This is how f**ked up and greedy this world really is that businesses rather let products rot away than to give charity. That's a disgrace right there.
@dmhorton5691
4 жыл бұрын
Could also provide a place to live.
@bicybicoldaccount6730
4 жыл бұрын
Don't forget the vett and the Porsche in there
@robbchastain3036
4 жыл бұрын
A series of big ol' sidewalk/parking lot sales would clear everything out of there, and what didn't sell could be donated to charity thrift stores or scrap dealers could show up in their pick-ups and haul it away. It is strange that so much stuff in there.
@comicb00kguy18
4 жыл бұрын
My roommate and I were thinking the same thing. It's a damn shame to see all this stuff sitting in that building rotting and decaying when there is a fair amount of it that could probably be sellable. Mold can be cleaned off if it's not really bad. It looks like they were processing the place to bring a lot of that stuff somewhere else, and something happened to put a stop to it.
@basshunter4144
4 жыл бұрын
mark you said it i agree its american greed.
@shiraqin
3 жыл бұрын
My Mom worked at that store when it was a Murphy's Mart! Astounding to see how badly it has decayed.
@roberto86704
3 жыл бұрын
What year was it
@superdave354
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah what year did she work at Murphy's Mart? Also I have never heard of Ames, Grant's nor Murphy's Mart before I seen Wallie's channel. In one part of this vid he showed a shopping cart that said "HOUCHENS" on it. Probably cuz I live in a state where it doesn't have locations with those stores ✌
@shiraqin
2 жыл бұрын
Mom worked there from around 1977 to the summer of 1985 - first on the sales floor and later in the cash office. I didn't notice the cart marked 'Houchens' - that was a local grocery chain that I believe finally went under around 2000.
@nealrose7582
10 ай бұрын
My mom worked at Murphy's in redmar plaza (the building in the video) in the mid 70s also.
@COPS367
4 жыл бұрын
That store was very disgusting inside I don't know why they would leave a store so filthy like that and what's even more sad is all that stuff in there was ruined. I want to thank your channel so much because your youtube Channel gives us an opportunity to see how disgusting abandoned stores are. Awesome video sir!!
@tv4184
4 жыл бұрын
No one to maintain the roof so nature takes its course
@American-Motors-Corporation
Жыл бұрын
When its your last day/week and you're hardly paid anything but a crap wage, you know you're never coming back again no one cares!
@firstl8596
10 ай бұрын
It's being torn down as we speak.
@Tbird1549
4 жыл бұрын
That definitely was some kind of flea market situation but to leave all that behind seems odd almost like they were locked out from getting their stuff.
@WallieB26
4 жыл бұрын
That's what I wonder. I'd be mad as all get out if I was a vendor there and that happened and I couldnt get my items back and lost a lot of possessions/money as a result.
@Sprikers
4 жыл бұрын
WallieB26 anyway to contact you at all? I’d take the legal route to buy some of the items seen here. I’ve done this at other abandoned locations in the northeast with good results
@mikehunt8375
4 жыл бұрын
Probably died off. Spoiled kids didn't want that garbage...
@peterbrittain1963
4 жыл бұрын
in australia.. if the company goes bust,, they are locked out.. even tradesmen doing work there will have there tools locked in ,, even though they have nothing to do with the company..
@kittyfanatic1980
4 жыл бұрын
@@peterbrittain1963 Weird Aussie law. I'd think even in Australia there's be a legal battle if that were to happen.
4 жыл бұрын
I have to admit I’d would’ve taken that Marlboro clock.
@bhaskardangat
4 жыл бұрын
Haha, same thoughts...and the Cars :D
@dirkdiggler4860
4 жыл бұрын
That corvette or the goodyear sign for me lol
@josephsavich2451
4 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't mind having the old RC cola sign;)
@tjford7726
4 жыл бұрын
I'd take the Porsche 911
@sirmugman
4 жыл бұрын
same as well as a lot of other stuff in there the jag would be nice if its running and the engine hasn't stuck,
@carcrasher88YT
4 жыл бұрын
Holy cow, that's quite a surprising find! Three cars in a row?! As a car guy, I would have nearly had a heart attack seeing those sitting there. I can't really figure much on that Corvette, other than it clearly being a C3. The Jaguar appears to be an XJ40 generation XJ Vanden Plas. I can faintly see the Vanden Plas on the emblem on the right. That would be a late eighties or early nineties model. Very sharp, those were the top of the line models. Then, the Porsche. Definitely the most valuable of the bunch. Looks like it's got the 5-MPH bumpers mandated in 1974, but it's got the 930 style bumper without the wide flared fenders, which would likely make it later model (mid-late 80's) Carrera 3.2. I hope someone gets the chance to buy and fix/clean up those cars, especially the Porsche. It deserves better than to sit there languishing...I mean, those Fuchs wheels...so iconic! Also astonishing how much stuff was still in that building. Shame that hardly anything in there can be salvaged now...other than possibly the arcade stuff and the skill crane. Those could certainly be restored, for sure.
@PILLAHDONTPLAY
4 жыл бұрын
Dude that place is GOLD!!!! To Collectors....that’s a Crazy Time Capsule for Real!! This is the BEST Abandoned Explorers video I’ve seen YET!💯
@AndroidSunner
4 жыл бұрын
Broke my heart to see that Jag, Old Corvette and Classic 911 all cooped up in that dusty garage.
@raultirado7208
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah right I was more sad about that black Porsche
@richardm3023
4 жыл бұрын
I'm betting they were stolen, being stashed there.
@Titanic19127
4 жыл бұрын
They should all be saved
@mraiwa1000
4 жыл бұрын
@@richardm3023 Very highly possible!
@jdtroup198683
4 жыл бұрын
@@Titanic19127 Yup
@wolfschneider4838
4 жыл бұрын
Great video. You and Kayla are good tour guides. Extremely interesting and enjoyable. I’am an old dude 78 years and kinda shut in so I really enjoyed it. Thanks again and best of everything.
@AmongTheUnknown
4 жыл бұрын
Dude, finally watched it. This place is a freaking gem. Holy *bleep*ing crap. Everything. This is the jackpot. The boxes of nostalgia, the game machines, the claw machine, the cars, Ames as itself, dude. This is one for the books Wallie. My god man, I am jealous. This is absolutely insane.
@WallieB26
4 жыл бұрын
I'm still shocked this exploration happened. I literally thought I would do my typical walk around the place outside and talk about my story about Ames etc. But then the wide open door changed that. I literally didnt touch a thing to walk inside and explore and walk down memory lane.
@AmongTheUnknown
4 жыл бұрын
WallieB26 Dang dude, what a gem
@Bloodyfacejr
Жыл бұрын
Where is that at?
@bricktrooper540
4 жыл бұрын
I can’t believe nobody has come by and taken anything.
@davidpringle8089
4 жыл бұрын
Must be the white part of town.
@BraveFencer
4 жыл бұрын
It’s probably the crazy amount of mold in there that’s keeping looters away
@BraveFencer
4 жыл бұрын
David Pringle lmfao
@seandc6629
4 жыл бұрын
@@BraveFencerI've seen people wear respirators and grabbing stuff out of abandoned places, so I can believe anything.
@tonydardi332
4 жыл бұрын
David Pringle I don’t think any black people even live in Kentucky haha.
@GoldenKnight702
4 жыл бұрын
My mom made me return and apologize for some candy I took from Ames in Liverpool ny. I’ll never forget it. This brought back a lot of memories, hills was always a big day out for me too
@printsalbert3211
4 жыл бұрын
Canastota here
@bimbobarbie_
3 ай бұрын
that was my ames!
@carguy53
4 жыл бұрын
I’d love to bring that Porsche back to Pittsburgh and get it going.
@neverstoplearning7214
4 жыл бұрын
Or any of the other 3 things in that room
@claudespeed277
4 жыл бұрын
That car will never drive again. Been sitting there for probably 15 years
@KC8EWU
4 жыл бұрын
@@claudespeed277 it can drive again with some work.
@E3lcpl
4 жыл бұрын
@@claudespeed277 i took a mustang that had been sitting for 8 years in a field on blocks and after a month drove it home
@E3lcpl
4 жыл бұрын
find who owns the property. or go there record the Vins and do a trace online find who the last owner was and see if they will sell or talk to your local DMV about abandoned cars. i tried to do a trace on the TX plate but its so old there is no info on it.
@steelvenom330
4 жыл бұрын
Ohhh 40 minutes? this ought to be good *EDIT* I Was right, seeing that C3 Corvette and the Porsche in that condition broke my heart. Also that Street Fighter 2 pinball machine is impossible to find.
@thatguyonthebusthatstaresa7437
4 жыл бұрын
Insert orgasm
@gregorytimmons4777
3 жыл бұрын
It's dust. Not the end of the world.
@mariegreendelawder5922
4 жыл бұрын
Looks like a hoarder was renting it for storage or a flea market
@joegilly1523
4 жыл бұрын
Computer User It was probably a corporate decision .
@tv4184
4 жыл бұрын
Probably looters went thru and threw boxes all over looking for stuff as well
@StutleyConstable
3 жыл бұрын
It was a flea market for several years. I got some very good deals on tools there back in the day.
@hellomcflyy
3 жыл бұрын
yeah....Ames wouldn't keep their stock in Chiquita banana boxes ....I reckon..
@mikehowey4869
4 жыл бұрын
I worked in this store from 1987 until it closed.all the other ames dept stores particularly the one in salem indiana used to send us their "junk" they couldn't sell and have us store it.before this store in Radcliff was ames it was Murphy's mart and before that it was W.C.Grant's.
@Videocipher
4 жыл бұрын
Does it feel weird seeing it like that after working there for so many years?
@mikehowey4869
4 жыл бұрын
@@Videocipher Not really, just brings back a lot of memories.There were lots of great stores in this shopping center at one time.
@BluegrassFilmsKY
4 жыл бұрын
When did the Ames close?
@mikehowey4869
4 жыл бұрын
@@BluegrassFilmsKY The ames in this video closed in 1989.
@tompaton1899
4 жыл бұрын
It was W T Grants
@ReadingAreaRailfan
4 жыл бұрын
As an avid railfan, i know that Ames sold alot of lifelike brand model trains. Was there any model trains in there lol?
@sydwhitaker5776
3 жыл бұрын
I didn’t notice any at all when I was here. You’d think there’d be at least something but I guess not.
@Braylon2322
3 жыл бұрын
i live one mile from it and yes there is a lot of the trains. do you have snapchat? i can take pictures and show you
@ReadingAreaRailfan
3 жыл бұрын
@@Braylon2322 I have an Instagram. Same as my KZitem channel name
@BREN153
4 жыл бұрын
Hands down the greatest urban exploring video ever imo. This is a legendary video dude. I’m in total shock threw this whole video. WOOOOOW.
@WallieB26
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I tried to be as respectful as humanly possible as per the urbex code. We literally left this place the way it was before we walked around and filmed the place. I was happy to save the memory of this place through my eyes and perspective as Ames meant something to me when I was young. It was s walk down memory lane and I cannot believe just how ridiculous this exploration was. A surprise around every corner.
@stevenv2190
Жыл бұрын
According to the local newspaper - the property has been purchased by the city of Radcliff. Demolition of the property should begin in August 2023. About time. Was used recently as a Ford truck storage lot during the pandemic/parts shortage.
@kkausel
8 ай бұрын
It is so sad tax payers had to pay to haul all the garbage away. They should have been more transparent where all the garbage and things ended up unless the owner took some stuff out before the city took over the building. I hope they charged the previous owner for the clean up inside of the building for not properly maintaining it. I also hope this owner did not write it off on his taxes,
@tinoswrld
4 жыл бұрын
Wallie your reaction to those cars was priceless
@sharoncrawford3042
4 жыл бұрын
I remember Grants. I'm 63. When I was a teenager, I worked at Murphys.
@Specmauto
4 жыл бұрын
I really really wanted to see the date that was on the swiss rolls
@richardm3023
4 жыл бұрын
Doesn't matter. Still edible.
@kzoocowboyonflickr8450
4 жыл бұрын
@@richardm3023 no, that's a myth and isn't true. flickr.com/photos/kzoocowboy/
@billstill1794
4 жыл бұрын
@@richardm3023 All it takes is 12 seconds in the microwave.
@shinigami1315
4 жыл бұрын
I thought it was twinkies that don't go bad not swiss rolls...
@justinraystyles3537
3 жыл бұрын
To answer your question they expired in September 29 2016!
@charlescozic3208
4 жыл бұрын
As a kid, I was actually in W. T. Grant's mansion in Greenwich CT. This is late 60s/early 70s. The property sat facing Long Island Sound. I enjoyed trying to count all the rooms/bathrooms. My favorite was the billiards room. Of course there was an outdoor pool, but also a putting green. Mr. Grant was elderly and infirm but inside the house with nurse, cook etc. - but never got to see him. I like to think he enjoyed hearing kids having fun there.
@AmongTheUnknown
4 жыл бұрын
Here we go boys, grab the popcorn
@ms.craftycapricorn9475
4 жыл бұрын
And girls 😊 🍿
@AlbertoRodriguez-ju6hc
4 жыл бұрын
This breaks my heart in more ways than one, I don't know what's worse the fact that Aims is dead or everything was left behind, all of those old pallets of boxes of stuff still shrinkwraped are probably what killed it, when you stop and consider the fact that some discount retail stores have enough in the back to resupply a few times a day and they got more on back order from suppliers yeah that be great for perishables but what about non perishables how much stuff sat on shelves before it got bought and what about everything on back order that they wasted money on? They could have handed all of that stuff down to other stores to make sure it still got sold and made a lil cash to cushion the bankruptcy or returned it all to the manufactures and canceled the rest, maybe they could have gotten enough cash back to save it. I went to Aims growing up to you never expect the good places to go under, I always figured Aims Walmart Kmart Tops and the dollar stores would be around forever they're such house hold names that you would think they'd have a "save you're local retailers" commercial on for it but they never did. I got old enough to get out of the house on my own and I figured Aims would be as big as the Makinly mall that was gonna be my regular hang out every week, I was gonna blow my allowance there and window shop for the stuff I couldn't afford lol. Kinda makes me wanna cry, eh what the hell I'm gonna go cry why not.
@mastercleanseNOTdiet
4 жыл бұрын
I cried a little as well. Just purely because there was no reason to leave everything, it could have been donated to any number of charities or goodwill, etc. there's too much disgrace, too many big corp's buying out others, too much wrong with the world. This just hit too hard. Really wish things were different
@KC8EWU
4 жыл бұрын
@@mastercleanseNOTdiet owners may have passed away. Only problem is laws make it very hard if not impossible for anything too be done with the items. Unless direct relatives give permission then nothing can be done with the stuff inside except eventually into landfill or incinerator if possible. Cars and equipment could be possibly sold but title work may not be worth it.
@ImChrisHansen.
4 жыл бұрын
Looks like someone was getting dirty in that jaguar. You see those hand prints lol
@WallieB26
4 жыл бұрын
LOL!
@brendakrieger7000
4 жыл бұрын
I used to love going to Ames. Always great bargains. My Mom's favorite place. I loved Hills too. Thank you for preserving these old memories. Ames stores were very special to me and my family too💜
@unclejj2350
4 жыл бұрын
great video! vintage cars and Kayla even said what we all wanted to hear..." Look at the front, where it says Ames real big"...lol
@JadeDragon407
3 жыл бұрын
That was pretty wild. Makes me think of what the apocolypse looks like. It's such a shame how much commercial property around this country is going to pot. Thanks for sharing and glad you guys are being safe; mold is some yucky stuff...
@Optopolis
4 жыл бұрын
Is it bad that I recognized it as Ames on ur FaceBook post even though I've never personally visited an ames? 😆 lol Super cool explore!
@janellemiller3215
4 жыл бұрын
That Fisher price little people house is worth some good money .i collect all things Fisher price.
@2022irons
4 жыл бұрын
RIP Little People horses
@KC8EWU
4 жыл бұрын
@corey Babcock then it would be stolen. You do not freeload from abandoned places.
@mr.goodboi2780
4 жыл бұрын
this kills me on the inside. The collector in me is mad that shit was left there to waste. On the other hand, makes for a great abandoned adventure.
@mr.goodboi2780
3 жыл бұрын
@Tazimo Dragon I would make it a museum or tourist attraction, there might be some interest in people wanting to experience the past again.
@jbro8934
4 жыл бұрын
I was watching The Perfect Storm not long ago and one of the characters said she was late because she stopped at Ames because they were having a sale. I thought wow! Ames! The nostalgia hit me like a brick.
@taylorp360
4 жыл бұрын
DEFINITELY SO EXCITED TO WATCH THIS!!!!!! ❤️ These videos are why I got into urban exploration. Ames brings back so many memories of me going with my grandpa when he would go there for anything he needed. He loved that store so much. When they went out he was so upset and said that the store who took over wasn’t the same. Thank you for allowing me to relive these memories ❤️❤️
@teamtripledent31nextgentls94
Ай бұрын
If I was in there, I would've been like ooh, free cars.
@WallieB26
Ай бұрын
Lol!
@teamtripledent31nextgentls94
Ай бұрын
@@WallieB26 And also, there is a new abandoned place down the road from where the Diamond point Ames used to be
@stefanieiiams
4 жыл бұрын
Everything you see inside of the old Ames is from when it was a Peddlers Mall. It’s been closed for a good 15+ years. There used to be a donut shop to the right of the main entrance. The plaza was never really full. The other part of the complex held a laundry mat, an awards/military shop when Fort Knox was a bit more booming. The building behind Ames is an old Kmart. The Ames building area is under chats of being torn down to rebuild for a hotel and the like. The current owner of the Ames building/complex really just doesn’t Carr about it and he’s cleaned it up a bit to please the city but none of the buildings are useable anymore sadly. (I’m a resident of the area and grew up there)
@matthewbryant2735
4 жыл бұрын
Any contact information for the owner(s)?
@edwardlapsley2556
3 жыл бұрын
Was the Queen of hearts tattoo shot in that complex I was at Fort Knox in 97
@thatveganchick668
3 жыл бұрын
I love Peddlers Mall (the one in Bardstown).
@betoram61
3 жыл бұрын
Is the building still there or has it been torn down?
@jacquelinecollins5310
2 жыл бұрын
There used to be a bakery. I believe it was Luzerns bakery in the complex. That was when it was a Murphy mart. I was only a small kid then.
@derekfoulk4692
4 жыл бұрын
Target has mostly replaced these companies, in both atmosphere and products.
@thraw05
4 жыл бұрын
Wow, those DBZ table covers triggered a memory of a birthday party I had with that table cloth.
@user-vi4xy1jw7e
3 жыл бұрын
Timestamp?
@williamsiyanko4631
6 ай бұрын
Hi Wallie 26 . I just saw this Ames video in Kentucky. With tons of stuff left behind and abandoned. It’s sad to see this happen to a great store that was once open. Now it’s closed and gone.
@lisakazmarick1802
4 жыл бұрын
Gimme 2 days in there ... Your right I bet there's amazing finds in there ... I worked for Ames dept store in liberty ny from 1995 to 2000 and it was one of my FAVVVVVORITE jobs I ever had in my life ... Thank you for showing it ...i also opened many if the stores in and around where I lived in ny ...i did every single job thats Ames had to offer and I'm freinds with almost every single person I worked with back tgen still to this day
@batterymakermarkii2654
3 жыл бұрын
That building is sixties vintage, still has old style burglary foil on the windows
@ZachArmstrong02
4 жыл бұрын
Damn shame all that stuff just rotting away in there
@Heather-vq5yb
4 жыл бұрын
Hello! I think this is probably a collector's storage area. A friend's dad buys up old retail buildings sometimes with merchandise still in them and uses them for his personal storage. I went into one of the buildings with my friend and others to help our friend try to get a handle on what to do with all of his dad's stuff, and to our surprise it looked about the same (with the ceilings leaking and moldy, etc.). It must be nice to have that kind of money to buy up all of that retail real estate and all of those collectables and department store displays, like my friend's dad, and let all of it go to waste. I appreciate and love your quest, sorry that you couldn't find anything with Ames written on it. That was a pretty cool store. We had a few here in VA too. Brings back memories 😃
@mchur001
Жыл бұрын
I agree, especially with all of the banana boxes, and things wrapped up on pallets. Also, no Ames would have had all the National Geographic magazines stored. As a former employee of retail stores of 1997-2003 magazines were not kept like that. You tore off the cover where the title was and the issue with date, those were given in for credit. The rest of the magazine was trashed. We used to send them to the local high school because the art teacher used them for collages. Also, AMES would not have taken back beer cans. There is no way the Ames closed looking like this. They liquidate everything including fixtures. This is clearly a hoarding situation.
@cookiemonster1638
4 жыл бұрын
It's so sad to see it all rot away and eventually the whole building is going to collapse.
@TriWaZe
4 жыл бұрын
LOL well I can almost guarantee after putting this video up, someone is going to show up and clean out all those signs and potentially those cars. Good money to be made there.
@BoonetuckysFinest
3 жыл бұрын
That’s why I’m saying.. beautiful finding, but all of that is going to get stolen and stripped.
@sydwhitaker5776
3 жыл бұрын
That stuff is mostly still there as of November
@user-vi4xy1jw7e
3 жыл бұрын
@@sydwhitaker5776 How do you know
@sydwhitaker5776
3 жыл бұрын
@@user-vi4xy1jw7e cause I went there
@jayt1077
2 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see those cars rescued and restored.
@Chronas9.9
3 жыл бұрын
Till this very day I feel like this Wallie’s greatest discovery yet.
@mattskustomkreations
2 жыл бұрын
The second store was most likely a Winn Dixie grocery store. Later occupants put up a non-bearing dividing wall to block off the rest of the store space behind it.
@TransitAndTeslas
4 жыл бұрын
Why would they let al of this rot and go to waste? They should have just Goodwilled at all with whatever’s left.
@WallieB26
4 жыл бұрын
To my understanding, the flea market that took place here after Ames got shut down because of a building code. Probably due to the condition then and they just never addressed it. I could be wrong though. But you're right, so many items could have been salvaged. So many toys that could have gone to children within families that may need a little help around the holidays. No shame in that. No judgement. Instead, so many things have been ruined and most if not all would have to be thrown away at this point unless someone knew how to properly clean things. It's rather sad to see what happened here.
@YouTubeSupportTeams
4 жыл бұрын
an excellent, genuine, non-clickbait video. This is gold on youtube.
@littlebuddylee
4 жыл бұрын
Wow. This is one of the most unbelievable explorations I have ever seen. I was expecting the "vehicles" to be some old American car shells from the 80s or 90s but that Porsche is incredible. Looks like it's in pretty good condition besides being dirty. I wonder who owns all that stuff
@whorton4
4 жыл бұрын
"The owner was mentioned in a linked article above: "Matt Valenti of Louisville, who represents The Cameron Group, has come to terms with Eddie Cato, who owns most of the land including vacant buildings that made up the shopping center. He also has a deal in place for frontage owned by Glenn Turner, a local developer."
@gordogames121
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that Corvette and Porsche were the craziest part to me
@Artsells980
12 күн бұрын
That's a shame, all that stuff gone to waste. Once mold gets in there,it's over.
@kennethjennings9292
4 жыл бұрын
My mom used to work in the jewelry department of the Ames in Medina, NY
@MintMonte87ACSS312
4 жыл бұрын
I grew up going there!
@andreww1212
4 жыл бұрын
This place looks like it hasn't been touched since 1998. It was literally like stepping back in time and seeing my childhood while shopping with my mother. Especially with all of the old toys. Great video!
@RB01.10
3 жыл бұрын
Why do you think 1998? It could have closed when the chain ceased in 2002.
@brian6523
Жыл бұрын
@@RB01.10 I mean there isn’t much of a difference between 1998 and 2002 in terms of aesthetics. I was born in 2002 and my brother was born in 1999. The electronics, merchandise, etc in our baby photos look the same. It’d be like saying a department store in 2019 looks vastly different than one in 2023. Not much of a difference, even after Covid.
@RB01.10
Жыл бұрын
@@brian6523 Understood, though I wonder why the post brought up 1998.
@mchur001
Жыл бұрын
@@RB01.10 If you watch again closely, you'll see some shirts that say 1998 Championships with Kentucky Wildcats, which was the year they won the NCAA men's basketball championships. So clearly the store closed before 1998, since this was a flea market after and then a hoarding situation. There is also a part where they show some kind of game with 2000 on the side of the box. Either way this store closed much, much earlier than 2002. I doubt there would be merchandise that said 1998 on it in the year 2002. Those shirts would have been clearanced and marked down to zero and discarded a long time before 2002.
@IvysMom330
4 жыл бұрын
AMES was my store. I was heartbroken when they closed and opened up that damn Walmart!!! I pray everyday they close up ALL the Walmarts and open store's like AMES and Kmart's again.
@DavidSmith-sb2ix
4 жыл бұрын
We should start a fraternal organisation of people who think like that. I'm convinced that when you die and go to Hell the first thing you hear is "Welcome to Walmart."
@mikehunt8375
4 жыл бұрын
It'll never happened. Walmart owns the USA now, I'm sure most of its corrupt politicians anyway.
@ladyi7609
4 жыл бұрын
I honestly forgot what it's like to shop at a Kmart since all the ones in town closed up in 2004 and the only one my family and I ever went to was converted into the local animal welfare agency headquarters, and I have never lived in an area that had any Ames stores in it. I just know what it's like to shop at a Target or Walmart or the local supermarket chain and honestly, the Targets in my area were more popular than the Walmarts up until the middle of the last decade, when we all started going to Walmart.
@DavidSmith-sb2ix
4 жыл бұрын
@@ladyi7609 I won't go to Walmart. I went into Target looking for dress shirts. Long sleeves, buttons on front. The clerk didn't know what I meant. The men's wear section was terrible. The only decent place to buy clothes in my town is J.C. Pennys and who knows how long they will survive.
@Nupealoop
4 жыл бұрын
That poor old 911. The Vette looks like an interesting old custom. And crazy all that stuff was left. Something shady definitely went down here!
@richardm3023
4 жыл бұрын
The trailers were used for layaway, and are probably full of merch.
@trailurchin7369
4 жыл бұрын
I drove by this place every day while serving at Ft. Knox. It’s been out of operation since before 2003. Nothing has changed since.
@swiftmovers3827
4 жыл бұрын
I feel yah brother. My grandmother used to take me to Ames and Montgomery wards when I was a little kid.
@sandraphillips1718
3 жыл бұрын
They should go in and see what could be salvaged. All that stuff shouldn't have to go to waste. SMH 😲
@89foxguy
4 жыл бұрын
Props to you for not taking any of the nostalgic goodies. This should be fixed as a 90s relic for people like us to go back in time sorta speak haha. Loving the Ghost shirt 🤘.
@ThatsLaCotta
4 жыл бұрын
That would be cool!
@jenniferspalding1708
2 жыл бұрын
I used to love Ames as well. I also went to Zyers, Caldors, and Woolworth's.
@nicholaswetherell8599
2 жыл бұрын
Caldor was the bomb 💣.
@blackjesus6910
4 жыл бұрын
Seeing the Porsche in that condition is just sad
@Zoetropeification
3 жыл бұрын
During the last two minutes the Ames audio of final closing and vacating protocol was both interesting and haunting.
@MrJgl81
4 жыл бұрын
Wow. I remember when I was a kid, my family shopped at that Grant store; we moved away before I became an Ames store
@LethaWolfStudios
3 жыл бұрын
Wow, quite the find! It looks like the property owner decided to use the buildings for storage and then forgot about them.
@Flamingbro69
4 жыл бұрын
I actually have pretty big collection of National Geographic magazines, most of them being from the 80's 90's and 2000's. The oldest issue I have is from October 1926.
@Flamingbro69
4 жыл бұрын
VHSgoodiesWA4 Pretty Interesting
@brittanygraham5400
3 жыл бұрын
This was my grandma and grandpas flea market, it was called the red mart plaza. I have pictures of it when I was like 4 years old lol they sold the building and they moved their flea market to Irvington ky, ALOT of that stuff was part of the flea market but wasn’t left by them, it was left by the vendors that rented spots, I’m not sure what happened after they moved the flea market. But seeing this stuff and knowing how it was when I was younger is getting me in my feels lol that popcorn maker for instance, she sold actual food like a restaurant at her flea market including that pop corn. Thank you for posting this! ❤️
@brandonb.6099
4 жыл бұрын
I can't believe how much stuff is inside. That is crazy!!
@shawn95187
4 жыл бұрын
That's what she said.....
@johnmartel6192
4 жыл бұрын
Me Two Wow the stuff left behind
@johnmartel6192
4 жыл бұрын
What a treat✅
@cmdrshotgun8971
3 жыл бұрын
Buying the Hills chain was our downfall, not that there was anything wrong with the way Hills operated. Hills was a well run regional retailer and when we bought them we used NONE of the experience they had to offer (we know better). I recall mentioning at a meeting in Rocky Hill, how arrogant and foolish that seemed, only to be stared down by the great Joe himself. Ames spent something like 750 million to revamp / rebrand Hills into Ames stores (the 1000 series stores as we called them) and it was down hill from there. It is a long time ago now, but I still miss my Ames family, if any of you read this please know I hope the years have been good to you and your future is full of happiness.- Ex store manager and facilities manager Ames North East Div.
@Sarahlynn1304
4 жыл бұрын
So, I’m guessing this particular location closed before the official shutter of 2002? I mean, a lot of the relics in this place scream like 1998 at least. Haha, never mind, you just posted that this location closed in the early 90’s. But this flea market must have closed in the late 90’s or 2000 at latest. Crazy!!
@pancakemuffinberry21
4 жыл бұрын
Great video! They must have been in a real hurry to get outta there since they left all that stuff. Goodness, even the cars got left behind!
@johnhedglin9144
4 жыл бұрын
Christ, Ames went out in my neck of the woods about 20 years ago. I wonder how long this has been sitting this way?
@corvus1970
4 жыл бұрын
Looks like its been abandoned since 2002.
@VinnieSausagePizzaHead69
4 жыл бұрын
All the stuff in the store,it looks like my cousin Rocky Johnson's front yard when you pull in the driveway
@meganlott4703
2 жыл бұрын
This is a rare instance where I would have had to take a few items! There is so much history there that needs preserved, memories and value! I truly wonder what causes everyone to abandon so much stuff with all that value?!?
@stgeorge5862
Жыл бұрын
Fr. This is all being wasted. I would have taken every tamagatchi and the barbie countach. It's sad all that could be being enjoyed by collectors or people who love it and eventually it'll rot into the ground. I never thought id say this but I hope someone loots it.
@soullessprincess6473
11 ай бұрын
@@stgeorge5862there’s a lot of mold and the stuff could have been contaminated
@williamsmith7221
4 жыл бұрын
That was a really cool beginning scene through the window great job Wallie!
@2341jasonb
4 жыл бұрын
What an amazing place you could spend a week in there going through everything and still not see it all thanks for sharing 👍🏼🖖🏼🇬🇧
@tehdudester
4 жыл бұрын
I'm glad to see you still at it, and more popular than ever. I am glad to see another intact abandoned Ames video!!!!!! I definitely need this at this point in my life.
@TrainmasterCurt
4 жыл бұрын
Great find Wallie, unbelievable, us collectors would love to see what they have in there, probably lots of rarities
@WallieB26
4 жыл бұрын
Believe me, I would have loved to spend the time going through things just to see what's all there but everything was pretty moldy and not to mention it would have taken me a week to go through everything. Lol I anticipated taking a walk down memory lane but didnt anticipate to see all the items inside. I was happy to at least create a video looking back at some things from the past. Many items I did see and had in the video made me feel like a kid again. The older items reminded me of my dad and other family members who arent here anymore and it made me feel pretty sad so i didnt want to get upset by possibly unveiling something I know my dad had or whatnot.
@emunny
3 жыл бұрын
Alright. That was epic. You brought me back with this one, damn. Not gonna lie, I would of been tempted to snag a tamagotchi 😂 great video dude!!
@davidellis5141
4 жыл бұрын
Unusual for so much to have not been liquidated.
@stanlee7635
4 жыл бұрын
Ames headquarters is down the street from my house in Rocky Hill CT. Massive building still empty.
@WallieB26
4 жыл бұрын
I was inside of the corporate office a long time ago and did a video on the channel. I teamed up with my friend, Ace's Adventures who also did a video for his channel.
@bighands69
4 жыл бұрын
That's what happens when most things are made in China and their is no productive value for it in America. Most of the wealth is tied up in corporate holding rather than being productive. And this has nothing to do with capitalism political decisions were made 50 years ago that create all of this. Ames went bankrupt through bad management and there was not a productive economy to pick it up again.
@silvereagle1960
4 жыл бұрын
A friend of mine, his parents owned the local Grants back in the 70s in my hometown!
@redpilled4781
4 жыл бұрын
Wow, I remember Grants, They had a furniture section.
@jerryhayes2351
4 жыл бұрын
When I was 16, I worked at a Standard Foods in our mall. I took lunch at either Grants Bradford House or Orange Julius. Ha.1970.
@cravinmoorhead5518
3 жыл бұрын
@@jerryhayes2351 ima gona go skweez orange now 133amstanco
@NOLAgenX
3 жыл бұрын
Very cool find! I had a stocking hob with them in VT in the evenings during the 2nd half of the 80’s while I was in college. My first wife had a job with them as well in VT and in Albany, NY in the 90’s. Not being in the Northeast anymore I had no idea they went the way of the dinosaurs. Thanks for sharing!
@charlestonpinballarcade
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome vid!!! The “final vacate checklist” was torture. She should have just said peace out let’s roll...
@readysetsleep
4 жыл бұрын
The former tenant was probably into liquidation auctions, storage auctions, and public auctions ( the cars and industrial items). I knew a guy who was in the same business, and left his warehouse in a similar state of decay. As a landlord this is the worst, because that's a $40,000 to $60,000 clean out job.
@corvus1970
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you. All the people above (and probably below) talking about people going in and cleaning/salvaging, as if its easy and cheap. It is neither of these things.
@guernseydairyfarmer
4 жыл бұрын
There’s an old Ames in Bedford pa that is repurposed as a indoor flea market that is still open. It is called hoke e geez
@user-tv9py1hr3h
9 ай бұрын
I met my husband here in 1979. I worked in men’s, he worked the sporting goods and toys! It was Murphy’s Mart before it was Ames. After we came home from Germany I worked at Ames until it closed in the Early 90s.
@user-tv9py1hr3h
9 ай бұрын
We could tell you where each and every room was in there when it was Murphy’s Mart and then Ames. It is being torn down now and I’m so glad you all filmed all this. !!!! All my friends I made here we have been married for nearly 43 years now!!!!! Thank you Murphy’s!!!!! Mr. Hammer Mrs Brown Mrs Swekard, Mary Pennington, Debbie Barnes. And the list Goes on !!!!!!
@SouthFloridaSound
4 жыл бұрын
Many of the old stores were "repurposed" after Ames went out. This looks like somebody turned it into a flea market for a short time. Pretty common. All the remnants are most likely NOT from Ames.
@ReadingAreaRailfan
Жыл бұрын
Then why are there boxes and boxes of things that were In the shipping boxes that they came in?
@patrickwilson4902
3 жыл бұрын
At 32:24 I think that was a lot of things that belong to someone else. Just look at the things that are there. Like you said about that lawn mower(JOHN DEERE) BIG $$$$$$$$.... OR SOMEONE JUST BOUGHT ALL THOSE THING'S AND SAVE IT....BUT, it's none of my business... At 32:53 I was bored and Iran the plate from vehicle...guess what it came back as.... must watch the other channel....
@goofusmaximusII
4 жыл бұрын
When you mentioned Grants it brought me back to my youth as Ames does you. I remember buying my turtles at Grants and eating there on Sundays before visiting relatives that are no more. I feel ya dude.
@krissythomson8058
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for taking time to post! i feel the emotion in your voice and memories of Ames when filming , time will not stand still but memories will. Best wishes from UK. x
@catnapped_
4 жыл бұрын
What I could dig up, the flea market opened in late 1991. The part to the left was clearly the restaurant from Grants and apparently Murphy Mart as well (the equipment was auctioned off in 1984)
@kaseyhunter6606
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@RawBeanz57
7 ай бұрын
It was all torn down as of a few days ago. I was also at the event back in Sept 2023 when the mayor and counsel had the tearing down ceremony, I even have a brick from the event. Yea about 20 years ago I use to go the flea market that was last in it, and it was in ratty shape then. About a year ago a couple of women were caught inside trying to remove a wiring harness from one of them cars. It was in the local news and first thing I thought of was this video. BTW, Great job on this video and showing what was inside.
@strawberrymelontea
6 ай бұрын
Is it completely demolished? With security at this point?
@TheCaptainbeefylog
4 жыл бұрын
While watching this my brain just keeps screaming "TREASURE! " and "Cha-ching$$$".
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