In the inaugural Expedition Log, I visit a dead mall in Woodlawn, Maryland which is right outside of Baltimore. This is a tour of the nearly abandoned Seoul Plaza, which is Anchor to the Security Square Mall.
In the second Expedition Log, I take a brisk, nighttime walk through the Eastpoint Mall in Dundalk, Maryland near Baltimore. This place is pretty sketchy, with plenty of crime...It's, losing one of the main anchors (Sears), which doesn't bode well for the mall. I certainly hope it survives, but only time will tell.
In the third episode of the Expedition Log, we have an exploration of "The Plaza" on Reisterstown Rd. in Baltimore, Maryland. This mall is undergoing renovations, and will most likely be turned into an open-air marketplace. The remaining original part of the mall is derelict, and smells of mold and stale pizza. The entire area has seen it's fair share of crime, and I believe the mall and surroundings deserve a renaissance, and a second chance.
In the fourth episode of the Expedition Log, I take an exploration of the Patapsco Flea Market in Baltimore, Maryland. There has been an uncomfortable amount of crime, and a number of incidents here, including counterfeit goods, stolen items, a fire, and a string of raids. Homeland Security has even gotten involved just recently, in an effort to make this place more legitimate. While this isn't a dead mall, I do find it fascinating.
In the fifth episode of the Expedition Log Series, we take a tour of the incredibly fragile Marley Station Mall in Glen Burnie, MD (with amazing neon aesthetics). There have been many ups and downs for this place, and it has an incredible late 80's, early 90's feel. Let's hope it pulls through!
In the sixth episode of the Expedition Log Series, we take a tour of the soon to be demolished (in 2018) Centre at Glen Burnie Maryland. This mall has undergone a ton of renovations over the years, and we get to take one last exploration before it is razed, making way for an outdoor mall.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Seasons Greetings from Quite Studios! This episode brings us to the Metrocenter Mall in Jackson, Mississippi. The mall is now closed and shuttered, but I was able to gain access just a few days before Christmas of 2017.
In this video, I visit the abandoned Sears building in the Century III Mall in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. Joining me are WallieB, Jack Thomas from deadmalls.com, and Anthony from Faded Commerce. Come take a walk with me, while we discuss the history of this great retailer, and get a look inside this massive anchor.
Welcome to another episode of the Expedition Log Series! In episode 36, we go on a grand adventure through all parts of the infamous dead mall... Century III Mall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We also will discuss the philosophical idea that Charles Beaudelaire introduced in Les Fleurs des Mal of "Le Flaneur". This new social figure gave way to the pioneers of urban exploration (urbex), who in the 1800's were the Impressionist Painters! Monet, Caillebotte, Renoir, Degas...all of these legendary painters would traverse less-traveled paths to paint scenes for their audience who never would've seen the scenes before. This laid the groundwork for the new wave of urbex today. Come take a walk with me as we uncover the secrets of Century III, and go on a philosophy ride!
Come join me in the 37th episode of the ExLog series as we take a video tour through the Plaza Paseo. This dead mall is teeming with Tex Mex pulchritude and is a stunning example of how Houston does malls right. Thank you so much for helping me achieve 17,000 subscribers! You all rock!
In episode 38 of the Expedition Log Series, we take a walk through the incredibly dangerous Greenspoint Mall, which the locals have renamed "Gunspoint Mall" after decades of crime. Every courtyard at the end of each concourse is dead, but the center of the mall still has it going on...to some degree. Come take a walk with me through this shrine to commerce and crime!
This Expedition Log marks the end of Phase II of the ExLog Series. The Cortana Mall in Baton Rouge is dead, and currently sits nearly vacant with only 5 stores left (As of May 2019) and just one anchor (Dillards Clearance Center). The footage in this video was shot in 2018 when the mall still had a bit of life left in it, and I'd like you to come take a walk with me and my dad, Captain Sal Sr. for one last look inside this 1.6 million square foot dead mall.
In the 25th Episode of the Expedition Log Series, we run a beta test. This is an attempt to show you all the actual city of Chambersburg in Pennsylvania, which the Mall takes it's namesake. I love this city and mall, and I hope that it pulls through!
Hey guys! In this episode, we visit the now closed Fairgrounds Square Mall near Reading, Pennsylvania. This place was amazing, and had so much beautiful light streaming in from the clerestory windows. Come take a walk with me, and check out the infamous Boscov's Burger!
Please join me on this Expedition where we take a walk through the petite, yet amazing Becker Village Mall in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina! This is definitely dead, and has seen its share of trouble over the years, but it retains its original aesthetic language, and exists today as a functioning Mallsoleum...Enjoy!
In this episode of the Expedition Log Series, Sal does urbex! We will explore an abandoned school in North Carolina , which is sponsored by the 90's! Everything from Mr. Rogers Neighborhood to the Matrix. As there is really no information on this school that I could verify, we are taking a different approach. Let the sights wash over your senses, listen to the sounds, and after a few minutes, I'll paint a picture of childhood for you, which ramps up quickly to adulthood...
Hey guys! In this episode, we travel to the Research Triangle area of North Carolina to a once dead mall, turned vacant and then abandoned, now being redeveloped into office space. Come take a walk with me inside the Morrisville Outlet Mall to see exactly how devoid the interior was before renovation.
Hey guys! The Atlantic City episode is finally here! On this expedition, we take a walk around the city that beat prohibition, through a couple casinos, around some abandoned buildings, and inside one of the most infamous sea faring dead malls in the country: the Playground Pier.
In this episode of the Expedition Log Series, we visit the Chesapeake Square Mall in Chesapeake, VA. This is the third to last stop on the 2018 NC Chesapeake Dead Mall Tour. The mall has seen many anchor changes, and is in the hands of a new developer that wants to create an "unrecognizable experience" for the community. So, come take a walk with me through the Chesapeake Square Mall!
In this episode of the Expedition Log Series, we travel to Norfolk, Virginia - the city with the largest Naval Station in the world! The USS Wisconsin looms over the city, and it also has a dead mall. The Military Circle Mall has fallen over the years, and sits with no current retail anchors, losing quality merchants each day. There is mold throughout, but it goes unseen. Come take a walk with me!
On the last episode of 2019, come take a walk with me through the Virginia Center Commons in Glen Allen, VA. This dead mall is young, only built in 1991, and has lost some major tenants over the years. This video closes out the 2018 NC Chesapeake Dead Mall Tour...see you all in 2020!!
This is the 50th episode of the Expedition Log Series! ExLog has come so far, and I have all of you to thank! In this ExLog, we will be touring the wreckage of the Euclid Square Mall on the last night it stood on Earth. The bulldozers were ready to go, and the next day when I drove out West for the next place, Euclid was gone. This video is a collaborative effort where I use the footage of Johnny Joo and Jef Scharf to give the full picture and history of this now extinct dead mall.
This episode covers the Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio. It has since been partially demolished, and the site is an active demolition zone, but this is as I saw it in early 2018. I also learned that the same wrecking company (Eslich Wrecking) was employed not only to demolish this place, but also the Rolling Acres Mall, which makes a cameo appearance at the end of the video, so stick around for some footage shot by the Eslich Wrecking Company as they demolished Rolling Acres.
The Canton Centre dead mall, formerly known as the Mellett Mall in Canton, Ohio. This place is great...moldy, cold, empty, vintage, and now abandoned. It's got a great JCPenney left untouched since 1965, except the sign no longer says "Penneys". Ace from Ace's Adventures was kind enough to let me use his moldy wing footage to give you a full picture, so...thanks Ace!! Go sub to him, he rocks.
In this episode, we take a trip to two malls in the city of Cleveland, Ohio. First is the Cleveland Arcade, which was opened back in 1890. We then go just a few blocks further to its modern counterpart, also resembling an updated Arcade, which is the Galleria at Erieview. Both are wonderful structures with fascinating history. I'm currently holed up in my new studio during the ongoing pandemic, and I'm unable to travel to film. Please, if you are able, stay home and practice social distancing. I want you all to be safe and healthy. I wish you all the best in this troubling time.
Thank you all so much for an awesome phase iii of the ExLog! This mall was surprisingly ill-maintained, with lots of leaking holes in the ceiling, and just a general sense of malaise in the storefronts. Please take care of yourselves as we weather this current health crisis in the world, and do your part to flatten the curve by staying at home, and come take a walk with me.
In this episode, we take a quick romp through the french quarter in New Orleans the day before a dead mall tour.... Then, we travel to Saint Tammany Parish in Slidell, Louisiana to the North Shore Square Mall to pay our respects on its last holiday season in operation. Come take a walk with me on this excellent expedition.
Hey guys! Thanks for coming by to watch ExLog 58! This video tour through Shoppingtown Mall was such an awesome adventure, thanks especially to Ace's Adventures! He really gave me the ability to see this place for all that it is, and I can't wait to go on the next expedition with Ace. Please go follow him if you aren't already. Stay safe out there, and stay home if you can! See you all next week!
Hey guys! In this episode, we visit the now demolished Warren Mall. This mall was given the name "Grey Ghost" when it was first announced...but due to over-malling, competition with other malls, and the greying of the local population...it succumbed to fate.
The Johnstown Galleria...Zamias' Seafoam Sentinel. Such a fantastic mall. I really hope this place succeeds, despite running on just one senior anchor, amidst a sea of dead outparcels. We'll see! Stay safe out there, stay home if you can, and I'll see you weekly until we're out of the woods.
Toys Were Us. Toys always were us, and the memory will never die. Thanks for taking a walk with me on this episode...please be kind to each other and treat your neighbor with the utmost respect.
Thanks so much for watching! Steamtown mall really is the most satisfying out there....that's what she said.... All kidding aside, this really isn't the mall that Michael Scott built...it's the mall that Al Boscov built, and I'm stoked that I got to film it for you all!
Thanks so much for watching! The Point at Carlisle Plaza is an amazing vintage gem, and I'm so glad I could bring this place to you all. From it's humble beginnings at Giant Foods, to enclosure by the famed Crown American Developers, then finally back in the hands of Giant...this really is Crown American's Little Prince, forged by Giants.
Thanks for watching, everyone! Stay tuned for the next ailing baby-mall next week!
Here's the second installment in the Phase IV Baby-Mall triptych! The Whitehall Mall is a decidedly small dead mall, but before it was miniaturized, it was a thriving half-million sq ft regional mall back in the late 60's through the 90's...but in 1999 it underwent a renovation to de-mall the majority of it, and this is how it looks today. Thanks for watching!
This mall began life as the Deer Park Mall, as part of the Deer Park Plaza, in Randallstown, MD. Opened in 1978, it looks precisely the same as it did back then.
Hey guys, thanks for watching! This video is super dear to my heart, as Baltimore is my home. I moved here from New Jersey back in the early 00's to study Violin at the Baltimore School for the Arts, and I associate Baltimore with my upbringing. In this episode, we are seeing a few different sides of Baltimore from its Sacred heavenly view of the Inner Harbor atop Federal Hill, down through Harbor Point and Fell's Point to peer through the clouds at an incredibly lush neighborhood including the Sagamore Pendry Hotel we then hit the ground on the West Side near Lexington Market, which was sadly closed when I arrived then we descend into depravity at the Old Town Mall...this place is just full of abandoned and blown out buildings, and even a shop that I got into with the owner's permission but I ventured a bit too far back to see what I think was a possible crime scene. This place is nuts, but Baltimore is amazing.
This is my piece on the trio of dead malls at Harborplace in the Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD. I spent my high school years skipping math class with Fritz to go to the Hooters at the Light Street Pavilion for chicken wings. That's the only reason we went there. Just the chicken wings. Thanks for sticking with me all the way up until ExLog 69. Nice.
Lexington Market is entirely sketchy. Once a great establishment, it has surely fallen from grace. Would you eat here?
The Towson Town Center in Towson, MD...just outside Baltimore, and in the County...this place is my favorite mall in Maryland, and I've been coming here for almost 20 years. From longboarding with Fritz to working at the Banana Republic, this place holds a dear spot in my heart. Come take a walk with me while I show you footage from 2018, 2020...and possibly 2001 and 2006 after the credits.
Thanks for watching, everyone! This mall is what the Burlington Center in NJ should've been, had it not been run into the ground by Moonbeam. White Marsh Mall has been my go-to place of commerce while living in Baltimore County for years, and I absolutely love this place.
After the revisiting of those 7 malls, we head to the House of Rouse, itself...Columbia, MD and its Mall. This place is incredible, and it brings our Rouse Saga to a soft close. Thanks for watching!
Happy Halloween, everyone! This episode is a treasure, and I'm so glad I can finally bring this place to you all. Liminal spaces are one of the most haunted aspects of the internet, and the shops at Crystal City...or the Crystal City Mall, formerly known as the Crystal Mall...this place is amazing. Come get lost in the liminal space with ma.
Hey guys, thanks so much for taking a walk with me through this mall. I've been to this place countless times, and despite seeing it change over the course of a decade, it still feels exactly the same. The occupancy is nearly the same, but the quality of the stores has faded from regional chains, to local offerings. Retail here is just...devitalized, and even though the occupancy is fairly high, the quality of this establishment force me to call it a dead mall. It's not always about numbers, and this is a prime example.
Thanks so much for watching! This episode brings back the feels for me. I've been visiting New Orleans and Metairie over the last 10 years, but as my parents have moved back up to Baltimore, my time down south may be limited now. So, come take a walk with me through the Clearview Mall, with footage from 2018 and 2020, along with the saddest Kmart I've ever seen, on Black Friday 2018. We're also taking a trip through Aquatic Sealife, which is my dads favorite aquarium emporium, and I couldn't help but showing you guys this place.
Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays from Quite Studios! In this Yuletide episode, we visit the Lakeside Center Mall, which is a super successful, thriving mall that has taken down a few malls in its vicinity. Make sure to stay through the episode for a special Holiday jaunt with me and my dad Captain Sal through the French Quarter and Bourbon Street.
Hey guys! Thanks for coming on this walk through The Esplanade, in Kenner Louisiana with me. This mall has seriously tanked in the last couple years, and it's currently at less than 10% occupancy, according to the /r/deadmalls subreddit. I'm afraid I won't be getting to re-visit this fantastic place any time soon, so if you're local, go pour one out in the parking lot for me (water only, please).
Man, I'm a sucker for Jim Rouse. Every one of his malls is just such a treasure, and the Riverwalk is no exception.The mall was booming just one year ago (2019)...and when I visited most recently in October 2020, it was a ghost town. This mall is most certainly not a "dead mall", but it's in a nose dive right now.
Happy Valentines Day, everyone! The Natchez Mall is a wonderful little dead mall, and has quite the unique character. I was getting some nasty stares as I filmed this place, so my camera was a little extra shifty, but when I went back in to talk to the folks they were super nice. But...when I tried filming again, they gave me a pretty gnarly stink eye...hence, the short episode. Regardless, this mall is relatively unknown in the community, and I had to pull some strings to get the information on it. Stick around for the trip back up north, and thanks for watching!
Welcome to the upside down... This mall was featured in Stranger Things Season 3, where they turned the Sears concourse into the Starcourt Mall. Thanks to @AcesAdventures1 for providing that footage! I appreciate you guys taking a walk with me through this Moonbeam nightmare. It's such a shame what happened to Silling Man, and I really hope her family has found some peace.
Thanks for coming on this walk through the Staunton Mall with me! Getting to walk around in here, what turned out to be the final moments of this mall being open, it was a treat, but it was also pretty sad. While I strive to film these malls to preserve their history, I don't like seeing the tenants left in the dust, especially by horrible owners.
Thanks for coming to the tautology of my vision of Iverson Mall! Back in 2018, we got to see this mall while it was relatively expected for the renovations to happen. These days? Not so much, and Spock needed to jump in to show Captain Kirk how to do it....
Thanks for walking through the Centre at Forestville with me, everyone! This mall is pretty awesome, and a great example of what malls actually used to look like, rather than the neon trope paraded around by lazy advertisers.
Thank you all so much for watching my video tour through Union Station! Having the opportunity to tell the history of this incredible place, along with showing the vintage footage along side my own 2021 footage is a treat, and I'm grateful for your investment watching this. Please stick around for the upcoming films in the ExLog, and make sure to catch up on my older stuff so you get all the inside jokes, buddy. Thanks for watching!
Mazza Gallerie could've been a spectacular place if it were just more honest with itself. While the direct area surrounding the mall has the yearly income to justify such a boujee elitist shopping experience, the entire building was just not equipped for the world to change. Only time will tell where Mazza Gallerie will land. Can it survive? We'll see...
Chevy Chase Pavilion is just one part of the retail throuple that makes up the Wiscon and Western Ave. shopping district in Friendship Heights. This area spans the Washington, DC and Chevy Chase, MD border...and there are now two dead malls right across the street from each other. It's pretty crazy to think how long these two places coexisted. Thanks for watching!
Ellsworth Place, née City Place Mall, was born of the Hecht's building that was constructed in 1947. A once dead mall, it defied the odds, despite rampant failure surrounding it. This place is awesome, and if you're in town, you must visit.
Welcome to the Turquoise Admiral, built by the legendary Crown American Realty Trust company! The Uniontown Mall is legend in its own right, and a dead mall struggling to keep up, yet shining with its beautiful aesthetic. Thank you all for watching!
Welcome to the Laurel Mall! This dead mall is now in retirement, and living on as a flea market now! The management here have done an incredible job keeping this mall relevant for the community, and I'm impressed with how they've done.
Chapel Hill and Rolling Acres seemingly couldn't exist without each other. The moment Rolling Acres began to go terminal, providence intervened to bring an agnate and lethiferous fate to its sibling, Chapel Hill Mall.
Tower City Center is a fantastic place, but unfortunately taken out by 2020. This mall is legendary, and the younger sibling to both Rolling Acres, and Chapel Hill Mall. Thanks for watching!
Eastpoint Mall! It's still your mall! It's my mall, too! I'm a mallrat for Eastpoint. This mall is amazing, and I'm so glad to have finally done it justice...I hope? Did I? I really hope so. This mall rocks, and so do you for watching.
Thank you all for watching! Have any of you had a chance to have this burger at Friendly's? Definitely the best I've had inside a dead mall.
This mall is serving a life sentence as a time capsule containing amazing 70's aesthetics and horribly toxic black mold. Make sure to visit!
The Main Place Mall is truly a time capsule, and stood as a vintage dead mall for decades. The mall has finally shuttered for good, and awaits redevelopment.
Happy Halloween, Legion of Explorers! In this episode, Fritz and I visit the abandoned catacombs at Fort Armistead in Baltimore, Maryland. It's creepy, disgusting, and full of questionable practices and people floating around. Stay spooky, and have a terrifying night.
McKinley survived the accession of Walden Galleria to the greater Buffalo area. It survived the 2008 recession, and it survived the regression of the late 2010's. But now, McKinley Mall has fallen into the gross hands of Mike Kohan's greasy empire, and I can't see a happy ending...Thanks for watching!
This dead mall is now fully abandoned, and showcases the vintage aesthetic language that used to be present in the Forest Fair Mall in Cincinnati, OH. We were actually going to have a DMOD Summit at Richland, but the mall closed before we could get there. Thank you all so much for 50,000 Subscribers, and for putting up with 100 episodes of my content over the last 4 years! You all rock!
The largely vacant Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills in Tarentum, PA is massive, and the security guards kept locking the doors in front of us...so we decided to find ways into the abandoned anchor spaces and closed movie theater. Merry Christmas, everyone! See you all in 2022!
I'm happy to report that the Eastern Hills Mall is...the mall that lived. Eastern Hills repelled the reaper by bringing in non-traditional tenants, and giving its community options rather than vacancies. I hope you enjoyed!
Thank you all for watching! I really hope this hotel finds a way to get back to its former glory....
Happy April 1. This is a video game mall, thanks for watching
This covers the abandoned Rainbow Centre, which has been vacant since 2005. @AcesAdventures1 and I take a video tour of this amazing location, and I show you the past and present. Let me know if you all have any awesome memories here!
The Oxy Tower (Occidental Chemical) started as the "Hooker Building", and now exists as a tourist trap with abandoned offices and a super creepy basement.
The Phillipsburg Mall is legendary, and always will be. People like Ray McDonald keep the memory alive, and I'm so fortunate to have gotten the opportunity to tour this fantastic place with Ray. Unfortunately, the mall has fallen and is now abandoned, and being vandalized. Thank you all so much for watching!
The Gallery at Market East was such an amazing mall, and it's been renovated into Fashion District. I wish they never renovated, but it is what it is. In this episode, we also visit a totally dead mall called Market Place East and make our voyage from there all the way through the Fashion District, the Convention Center and finally to the Reading Terminal Market.
We FINALLY kick off the 2019 New England dead mall tour with the tiny but extinct Woburn Mall. Unfortunately I got kicked out of this place before I could dig in with my camera. But, it wasn't a huge mall, and we got to see every part that was accessible.
The Berkshire Mall in Lanesborough, MA was a beautiful Pyramid property. It's...younger than me by a year, and it was plagued by unstable anchors throughout its life. I'm so glad I got to see it before closing, but sad that its gone now.
Happy Halloween, Legion! Welcome to the Swansea Mall! this place was legendary, and I'm sad to see it fall. But, as a dead mall, it's lucky to have found redevelopment quickly, rather than sitting abandoned and letting vandals wreck the structure, and letting nature take it back.
Welcome to the Eastfield Mall! This place was absolutely incredible to walk around, but now that the neon is extinct and the anchors are gone, I really do think it's dead. If you're local, please let me know how this place is actually doing since my footage is from 2019.
Merry Christmas, everybody! Happy Holidays and a prosperous New Year to all of you! Harborplace has fallen!! This once bastion of hope for Baltimore City has seen its final Christmas in 2021, and I was there to film it just one day before closing. I went back a few days ago to get some updated footage, too. I hope you all enjoyed...see you in 2023!
Welcome to the Belknap Mall in Laconia, NH, within the gorgeous Lakes Region. This mall is tiny...but its charm and weirdness go deep. However...it seems to be in good hands now, and I do have hope for its future. Now called "Belknap Marketplace", this dead mall is basically a four-sided strip mall with a secret interior. If you're local, make sure to stop by.
Sucks that Steeplegate closed under the greasy hands of Namdar, those scumbags. I really hope you all enjoyed this episode, and all of Phase VI...It was so much fun producing the latest episodes, but Phase VII is going to be tremendous. Truly a monster Phase with some legendary malls.
Welcome to Phase vii of the Expedition Log Series! In this episode, we head back out onto Long Island (ugh) to visit the now vacant Sunrise Mall. This mall has seen it all, from incredible dark-wood 70's aesthetics to crazed ducks weaponizing their out of control cloacas, swooping and diving at shoppers in the late 1980's-1990's. Once selling for a whopping $140,000,000, this property is now worth about $10mil, and awaiting redevelopment. Come take a walk with me!
Welcome back to the Lakeforest Mall! While this incredible dead mall has been on my mind fairly consistently for the last 6 years (and even before, as I would frequent the mall in years past), I'm terribly sad to report that the mall is now closed.
Hey Legion! I'm back! Thanks for being so patient as I was away taking care of some non-exlog stuff. I've been horribly busy with concerts and my day job and family things, but I'm actually back now and ready to hit the gas and cut the break lines for ExLog Phase vii. This is my third installment on the Forest Fair Mall in Cincinnati, OH...it may be my last episode on the ill-fated mall that sat dead and abandoned for so long. Enjoy!