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Cash 4 Games must be new to this mall as I stopped going when Penny's pulled out of the mall. Glad to see JB Toys is still there. Remember the guy had a old Harlem Heat San Fransico Toys LJN 2 pack.

stay 6 feet apart. I will do you one better. I will stay 2600 MILES apart!!!!!!!

I see your still shuffling around old haunts of the past.

Kinda reminds me of that one casino in Vegas. I don't know which to be honest, but the one with the faux-outdoors. And yeah good liminal space up inside that facade. Weird that it seemed to have some desk and other things and some signs for businesses up but no indication anybody is supposed to ever see anything there, as indicated that everything is quite dingy and just lots of things left around but also just kinda random, not like it's being used for storage, but something was being done that just simply wasn't one day and everything was left. Far more interesting than the rest of the mall. The mall is still kinda interesting and unique with its internal facade, but kinda just sad. Like needing to take up space with something like a "sports room" with just some pews and a TV, and that pool hall that I would guess at some point was intended to look rustic, but over time has become legitimately rundown. I do like seeing the neat local businesses though, but sadly the economic forces don't allow something like a shopping mall (or anything) to exist perpetually without just being filled with huge international fast fashion businesses selling mostly the same things. It's just a last gasp to get some income and pay off some debts before the whole thing needs to go under.

the store aeropostle closed there recentlyish does anyone know what happened to it

This was a cool looking mall, one of the most interesting dead malls I’ve seen in a long time. We need more malls to retain architectural interest, and I hope they can be revived and make a comeback

A great looking place in need of some shoppers. 😁👍

2:20 Might be fun to drive one of those vehicles in the Buffalo snow, Anthony!

Wow, what a treat. What an interesting Mall. 😮

Recently made the hour long trek to this mall & talked with a librarian in Auburn. The second floor of the food court area used to be a roller skating rink and bar, and the weird circular pattern on the floor in the center used to hold a giant fountain. I could only find one photo (and I think Ruin Road put another in his video on the mall), but it was GORGEOUS. Truly a surreal experience to walk through. I also found it interesting how little Auburn advertises itself as Harriet Tubman’s final resting place. Fantastic video as always!

Seems like the bass pro and the cinema are the only things ewally keeping it afloat

I have to chime in and say Thank you for doing this and travelling so much even though you have a family and a job! <3

Wow! This one and the hotel one are so goshin' pretty!!

thats a shame, its a cool looking one

It is the most beautiful dead? Mall. Looks like it gets used only on the weekends. Had a chance to visit it in person a few years ago. Smells like mold through the entire mall when I was there. They had fans going like crazy in the conference center portion. Tours of the cinemas in these dead malls are often missing and something I crave.

Awesome mall and hotel!

Super charming! 👍

Rewind to the 70s. Wow. Smart money says the movie theater is the only thing keeping the mall open. The place is moribund - not dead yet, but not far off either.

This poor place is stuck in 2020 😂

Ace? Big fan since 2020

Looks more like a tourist destination than a traditional neighborhood mall. Fascinating! I hope it somehow finds a way to bounce back that doesn't involve a bulldozer or removing all the "dated" references.

It's sad that this mall is almost dead, it's the only finger lakes mall that isn't in rochester. also can you do marketplace mall again? It's one of my favorite dead malls.

Wow this felt like going back in time.

...Bass Pro Shops should help the mall's revenue, for now!

Glad to see that this mall has survived the years...so far! (fingers crossed) I was last in this mall in the 80's as I had family in the area that my family would visit regularly. Sad to see that beautiful water fountain dry and unused 😢I remember those cool planters also

I've been there a few of times, but not in at least 15 years+. I have been to a few conventions/trade shows there. It always struck me as a weird concept. It's a pretty small convention space (compared to GWCC, especially). And I remember it as being a pretty small indoor mall with no real anchor store to draw in shoppers. It's in a pretty congested area and it's not really easy to get to. There's a larger "regular" mall around the corner from it. And the Battery at the Braves stadium has a much more modern shopping/dining area, just across the pedestrian bridge. I never really understood the concept. It's basically a hotel with a convention area and some shops with a movie theater. It's biggest draw these days seems to be that you can park in the parking deck (for a price) and walk over the bridge to the Braves games.

This looks a lot like the Hampshire Mall in Hadley Ma. did when it was first built. Same faux town center food court. Even has the same Cinema Marquee that the Hampshire Mall had before Cinemark acquired the cinemas and remodeled them. Must have been a Pyramid mall.

Sears, Macys, Radio Shack, Toy Stores, Book Stores gone, doors locked where they used to be opened early for Old People Mall Walkers; Only "Chick Theme Stores (Clothes, Makeup, shoes, etc.); nothing left for a man to go there for.

That reminds me of Sangertown mall in Utica NY

The old-timey, Main Street USA style section is beautiful!

Went to a lot of train shows here up until 2020.

Wandering these empty halls during Southern Fried Gaming Expo has always been a strange and saddening experience

Maybe the mall will become a Kmart.

I hate to be this specific but Gwinnett Place mall still "exsists". Has not been leveled and most of the large dept. Stores have been converted. It's very much not the same but it is still there.

That's really a beautiful mall, I love the second story look to the stores. Shame.

I wonder what used to be on the second level? The floor was crunchy 😂

“The Sports Room”… someone needs to sit in the very back just staring at an old tube tv with Mister Roger’s playing on a loop and the vertical hold broken so the screen just keeps rolling. 📺

The opening hallway scene with the red and yellow is like you’re heading to the secret Ronald McDonald birthday back room at Seoul plaza where the “adult” birthday parties happen! 🎉

I absolutely love this mall! I hope it can be saved.

Great vid! Mixing up the content style and throwing one like this with a VR / GTA style walk around, capturing the sounds is awesome! Not every video has to be an editing and musical powerhouse. Maybe for the next one, do some jumping from planter to planter and add some super Mario jump sounds! 😂

If we had an amazing retro eccentric mall like this near us, I would be there every week. The second level is such a great space to just allow dead mall enthusiasts to set up a tent and have sleep overs! 😂

Such a beautiful mall. Sad that there is no more roller rank that use to be there above food court area.

Good to see you, Anthony!

I was just in there a few months ago for a lego convention so thanks for checking out this sweet forgeten peace of retail history!

No wonder this is so abandoned. If I had to endure that weird mix of "cartoon flute jamboree" and obnoxiously loud country music blaring like that, I would run away screaming and never come back! During college in the early 2000s I shopped at this mall several times when I would go visit friends near Skaneateles. I don't remember it being such an ugly mishmash of architecture and odd colors in there. Looks like it underwent some low-budget renovations. Thanks for taking us along on your exploration, great video!

It's sad to see a beautiful mall like this that is lifeless when it should be full of life and full of shoppers. At this rate we will lose another mall when we shouldn't had when we already have lost so many!😣

waking up and watching this video, I was wondering why there were parts that were silent... then it dawned on me... CZcams and COPYRIGHTS XD. Really a pretty mall, loved those amber light scones in that one center court.

Awesome mall I get some songs are muted because of copyright infringement

Awesome to witness the journey of this mall through your videos. Going back to the first one you did there over 8 years ago. Amazing video Anthony!!!

Looks like it was a cool mall at one time, then someone started decorating it like their basement.