My faimly used to go to this mall when we lived in Carbondale because my dad was going to SIU from 1999-2001. So much has changed from the last time we where there. I remember when they had the food court, Garfields Restaurant, KB Toys, and many other stores that aren't there today.
@carsonneeley4862
3 жыл бұрын
There WAS a Venture store there that closed in 1993 before becoming a K's Merchendise Mart, that closed in 2007
@turtleislandlac1490
2 жыл бұрын
That's what that store was. Was an undergrad at SIUC in 2007 and could not remember the name of that place. There was also an italian restaurant in the JC Penney wing to I believe.
@William1866
3 жыл бұрын
I live in Carbondale and haven't been in the mall in 30 years. I remember old timers going there just to hang out in air conditioned comfort. The movie theatre moved across the street.
@JesseSShaw
3 жыл бұрын
I used to be the Manager at Radio Shack there and the lead Tech at The Science Center... oh those were the days.
@ChadCWatson
Ай бұрын
@JesseSShaw I miss Radio Shack in general.
@elizabethplummer2227
4 жыл бұрын
Taking this mall tour with you during quarantine on a Saturday, equivalent of going to the mall, thanks Chad!
@618greenleaf7
6 жыл бұрын
I miss Steve and Barry's. And where you saw the clothes coming out the door was where the Hollister was. Food court use to have a Sam's Cafe,some Chinese restaurant,and I think a A&W type place
@turtleislandlac1490
5 жыл бұрын
Steve and Barry's was not there for very long. It was there in 2006 and 2007 when I was in college.
@ChadCWatson
3 жыл бұрын
I bought the warmest coat I’ve ever owned at that Steve and Barry’s for $10
@altoes8884
2 жыл бұрын
As an upcoming student of SIU Carbondale I am very excited to try this mall and other shopping centers, restaurants, and little shops in Carbondale because I love the small towns in the country such as this one. Thank you for taking your time to make a video about this mall and hopefully you can help me around town if we ever do cross paths.
@ChadCWatson
2 жыл бұрын
Your very welcome! I actually live an hour and a half from there. That mall used to be soooo much better.
@jwg887
2 жыл бұрын
I live 10 minutes away. There are literally no stores now. All they have is a Ulta, Shoe Dept, American Eagle, Buckle, Romancing the Stone & Journeys. And Today 2/22/22 they are announcing another closure. Either Journeys or American Eagle, Im sure. I work for the company that has turned one wing of the mall into a Breast Center & corporate offices for the local hospitals. Im sure they turn the mall into office space in the future.
@burwa
2 жыл бұрын
@@ChadCWatson is Carbondale welcoming towards foreigners? I'm from Pakistan
@ChadCWatson
2 жыл бұрын
@@burwa Yes. There are people from all over the world who go there to attend the college.
@QueenAlienRocker
3 жыл бұрын
Great recap of my childhood, nice sense of humor, A+.
@maizeman90
Жыл бұрын
I miss S&Bs :( Good burger joint with awesome atmosphere. I also miss that Game Stop (and yes, it used to be E.B. before it became Game Stop. I REALLY miss E.B.)
@justreallybored6014
4 жыл бұрын
This mall has lost maybe 10 shops since this video.
@RosaHernandez-rj3og
4 жыл бұрын
Why
@ChadCWatson
3 жыл бұрын
That's really sad. It's probably going to end up like the one in Marion.
@justreallybored6014
3 жыл бұрын
Macy's closed, now JCP, GNC, maybe 2 clothing shops though I cant remember their names. Childrens Place. The burger joint that took Garfields restaurant is closed.
@618greenleaf7
3 жыл бұрын
@@justreallybored6014 Victoria Secret/Pink is gone too. Along with Payless
@618greenleaf7
3 жыл бұрын
@@ChadCWatson definitely. By the end of 2021 it will be closed down
@austinmanning850
3 жыл бұрын
Crazy just 3 years later there’s only 19 stores left
@lopaul2149
3 жыл бұрын
Is the Super Walmart still be there? I was student of SIU at year 1992.
@717790
3 жыл бұрын
It’s still there
@justyourjess7502
6 жыл бұрын
Woa, it is amazing you're still uploading after all these years!
@turtleislandlac1490
2 жыл бұрын
Just learned that this mall lost its two remaining anchors, JCPenney and Macy's. That is devastating. I guess the area will be without a true indoor mall soon if they don't get replaced. But at least the movie theater in the mall reopened and I heard rave reviews about it.
@ChadCWatson
2 жыл бұрын
I didn't know the theater was back open. I'm rarely in Carbondale. I've been wanting to get back over there and do another mall tour
@kennethbryant7332
3 жыл бұрын
I stayed In carbondale in 2017-2019 I miss that mall till this day💔
@kennethbryant7332
3 жыл бұрын
@Alchemic Truth I was in the fields then university village then moved by the collage
@greghatfield2476
5 жыл бұрын
The store behind the big door you couldnt think of was actually Venture (u mentioned it). It closed like a year after the mall went under renovation when Famous Barr (now Macy's) and Venture were both added at that end. That's when they added the original big food court too. That's also when Sears moved to the Marion mall.
@datstreetnewssiu8580
3 жыл бұрын
MALL STILL BE THIS EMPTY AND ONLY LIKE 10 stores inside
@hiddengemz955
4 жыл бұрын
This mall is dying, it will soon meet the same fate as Marion mall. It lost many stores and been without a food court for years
@jjemii365
3 жыл бұрын
This makes me so nostalgic though many things have changed...So sad that the theater is out of business. Anyway thanks for the nice video.
@ChadCWatson
3 жыл бұрын
You’re very welcome!
@717790
3 жыл бұрын
Macys was Famous Barr at one point also
@deebles835
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this, I'm considering moving to Carbondale and found this video helpful.
@ChadCWatson
5 жыл бұрын
Carbondale isn't anything near as great as it used to be. A lot of violent crime now too.
@FeatheryBird
4 жыл бұрын
There is nothing to move there for. I was just in the area, it's one of the saddest most depressing things you will ever see. Half the former population gone, no housing, decrepit old houses you have to pay 3000 a year in taxes on. That goes for most if not all of Southern Il.
@hiddengemz955
4 жыл бұрын
I wouldn’t advise you come here
@FeatheryBird
4 жыл бұрын
You mean advise. You go there for a specific job or to work at USI. Otherwise it is nothing but farm country for miles and miles. Pot is legal now, but it will take 20 years for the area to bounce back from where is used to be. Then they overbuilt two Malls and both are near empty now. The downtowns are so sad and decrepit with businesses barely surviving and the state just rapes everyone with one tax after the other.
@hiddengemz955
4 жыл бұрын
Clearly it was a typo, geesh get a life
@mallaholicretailadventures
5 жыл бұрын
The Macy's was actually a famous Barr. The elder beerman was in that dead wing where the healthcare place is now. It was stupid to move that food court down to that end of the mall. It was never fully occupied. That green tea was the old Victoria's secret. Gap was around where the cricket is. That toy store was called my favorite toys. Sears/Montgomery wards was torn down to make way for the theater and the bed bath and beyond. It's sucks how that theater closed. I used to have family that lived down there and would come here often. I did film Illinois star center mall and just posted it. Clearly we know which mall survived.
@ChadCWatson
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for clearing that up!
@ericfresh
5 жыл бұрын
I loved venture when I was a kid (we went to one in the west suburbs) solid toy dept & I worked at the charlestowne NRM good times
@618greenleaf7
6 жыл бұрын
Yes it was a Kay's Merchandise
@emileehorstman897
2 жыл бұрын
Whelp doesn't look quite the same in 2022 now does it?
@justreallybored6014
4 жыл бұрын
Was a BBQ place in 2nd food court. They moved to Murphysboro and failed there as well.
@karlakor
6 жыл бұрын
There used to be a Morrison's Cafeteria that was in business for several years.
@Elitesolider1023
2 ай бұрын
Twenty twenty four that mall is Barely alive. Very sad to see which is unfair. I've only been in this town for like a year in 8 months. I've sadly never got to go to any of those stores. Or restaurants that are now long gone.Don't know what happened in this town.I just came here d*** too late.
@ChadCWatson
2 ай бұрын
@@Elitesolider1023 Carbondale as a whole used to be a very fun, thriving place. I rarely go there anymore.
@Elitesolider1023
2 ай бұрын
@ChadCWatson I don't really know who to blame for why this town sucks. Politicians of this town or just the politicians of the rest of the country like I'm from Mount Vernon. I was hoping things would change here. But nothing is same b*******, different towns.
@LoStAnGeLiNvAiN
6 жыл бұрын
Last time I’d seen a mall that empty, it went out of business.
@618greenleaf7
6 жыл бұрын
LoStAnGeLiNvAiN you wanna see a really empty mall check out the mall in Marion
@karlakor
6 жыл бұрын
My brother was in the Marion mall a few years ago, in the weeks just before Christmas, a time when you would think the mall would be overrun with shoppers, but he said it was almost deserted. He saw only a handful of people in the mall and even fewer people in the shops. Is this situation unique to Illinois?
@LoStAnGeLiNvAiN
6 жыл бұрын
karlakor The mall in Salisbury, North Carolina was a busy mall but gradually died. I think it made it a few years as a dead mall before they finally closed it down.
@mallaholicretailadventures
5 жыл бұрын
I just posted the Illinois star center mall on my channel. It is sad.
@daisybatson6255
5 жыл бұрын
Its busier when it's the weekend
@lindamcminn8711
6 жыл бұрын
I am clearly older than you as it seems you have missed several stores. Walgreens, Baskin Robbins, Woolworths, Pet store, KB Toys, ect...
@ChadCWatson
5 жыл бұрын
I only remember the mid 90s - early 2000s. And I freely admit I dont remember all the stores.
@justreallybored6014
4 жыл бұрын
Macys is closing and yes it was K's Merchandise.
@turtleislandlac1490
5 жыл бұрын
How old are you? You seem to be remembering stores from 11 or 12 years ago, but you look like you're in your mid 30s.
@ChadCWatson
5 жыл бұрын
Im 37. The stores I remember most are from the 90s-early 2000s
@callmekyle4950
5 жыл бұрын
I live by there
@618greenleaf7
6 жыл бұрын
There ain't no cops at the mall. Them are just Paul Blarts.
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