Kmart (Slated To Close) - Buffalo, NY

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  • čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
  • Kmart (Slated To Close) - Buffalo, NY. It was announced in late August that this last store in the Buffalo area would close by year's end. When I filmed this in early August, this was not the case and it was just another day as usual here. But now, the end is coming, unfortunately.
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Komentáře • 134

  • @julialange5140
    @julialange5140 Před 4 lety +5

    This was my Kmart growing up. My mom paraded us in this location regularly when there was an Olan Mills portrait studio inside. I visited last week and it was surreal. So many memories. RIP North Buffalo Kmart

  • @doug9066
    @doug9066 Před 5 lety +15

    Love the 80's music "Call Me", takes me back to high school.

    • @gaylenewood7707
      @gaylenewood7707 Před 5 lety +1

      That song was in that great movie bride of chucky..

    • @doug9066
      @doug9066 Před 4 lety +1

      @@gaylenewood7707 been so long since I saw that movie I had forgotten.

  • @mallaholicretailadventures

    Vintage looking. So sad it's closing. Hopefully this won't leave a big void on the area. Hopefully there are other options.

  • @l.wheels3458
    @l.wheels3458 Před 5 lety +5

    I"m from Buffalo. I'm glad your up here.

  • @FlameDragon
    @FlameDragon Před 5 lety +8

    This store looked busy too. Such a shame

  • @jayardee6240
    @jayardee6240 Před 5 lety +5

    Dang they were rockn the music in there super awesome... Sad day when Kmart is gone and no one will know what a blue light special is

    • @gaylenewood7707
      @gaylenewood7707 Před 5 lety

      I like to watch kayla dance again she was pretty darn good.😄.

  • @crazyguy_1233
    @crazyguy_1233 Před 5 lety +7

    I'm gonna miss Kmart.

  • @letapearson2043
    @letapearson2043 Před 5 lety +5

    Hi Wallie and Kayla! So this one is also closing, sad to see! I liked your dancing, Kayla! Great job filming this! Have a great day! 😄

  • @glenbo2464
    @glenbo2464 Před 5 lety +3

    I miss my Kmart dang it , that one is built just like ours was on the outside. This ones layout is different then ours was though inside.

  • @stude1953
    @stude1953 Před 5 lety +7

    K-Marts had the best employees ever! It's just a shame it was run by the biggest jerk in the business world.

  • @Decade8Media
    @Decade8Media Před 5 lety +1

    I will always love the old K-vents.

  • @lela3926
    @lela3926 Před 5 lety +5

    Wallie and his girl are way too cute. 😢😢😢

    • @WallieB26
      @WallieB26  Před 5 lety +1

      Well thank you for the kind words!

  • @kryptonite1386
    @kryptonite1386 Před 5 lety +10

    I would love to have the sign on the front!

    • @RomiFrmDaK
      @RomiFrmDaK Před 5 lety +1

      kryptonite1386 i would buy it

  • @doctorwhofan1989
    @doctorwhofan1989 Před 5 lety +5

    For some reason, those really big Air diffusers used to scare me, and every time I would go into a Kmart, I would do my best not to walk under one. I don't know what I thought that it would do to me, but that is what I did.

    • @KTraska82
      @KTraska82 Před 3 lety

      Those big round ones always scared me as a kid in the 80's. Into the 90's they changed the style so it was more rectangular, blended in and less menacing.

  • @SonicGamer1991
    @SonicGamer1991 Před 5 lety +7

    I hope my Kmart doesn’t close, need to make a visit.

  • @carsonthorpe6696
    @carsonthorpe6696 Před 5 lety

    I can picture my grandma shopping here back in the early 70s when my family lived in NY

  • @ZachArmstrong02
    @ZachArmstrong02 Před 5 lety +6

    Visited the Kmart by me yesterday it was so sad and depressing inside

  • @slackingpacking
    @slackingpacking Před 5 lety +7

    I’m going to miss Kmart when it’s gone for good 😭

  • @shelbychurchisbeautiful614

    I Will Miss Kmart When All Of The Kmart's Are Gone.

  • @EBS-Studios
    @EBS-Studios Před 5 lety +4

    Hello WallieB26! Another Amazing Video! Sad To See More K-marts Closing! Shout Out To Kayla & Keep Up The Great Work! Thank You! 👍

    • @WallieB26
      @WallieB26  Před 5 lety

      Thank you so much. It is sad now knowing this one is closing. At the time I filmed it, it wasnt supposed to and it was nice to just go shop here and film knowing it was business as usual here. Now knowing its closing, it breaks my heart.

  • @Redsox68
    @Redsox68 Před 5 lety +1

    Was just there a few weeks ago
    I’m in Canada and drive down to it once in a while .
    Noticed lots of stock though no shoppers😩
    Love the old way of shopping....none of this Amazon way😊
    I Remember when they used to be in Canada in the early 80s
    Funny how they play that 80s music in the stores✌️

  • @davidmoore1094
    @davidmoore1094 Před 5 lety +1

    I heard on the local radio station here in Indiana a couple of days ago that the 5 remaining Kmart stores located through out the state in Indiana will all close before the end of this year !

    • @gaylenewood7707
      @gaylenewood7707 Před 5 lety

      You ought a go and visit those stores take pics or videos..

  • @FredoPlayz
    @FredoPlayz Před 9 měsíci

    Man I miss this Kmart. I always remember that hvac having werid noises since 2010-2012. Don’t remember exactly when.

  • @stevenlarabee3439
    @stevenlarabee3439 Před 5 lety +1

    1This kmart is 11 hours away from me 2 Eddie Lampert only wants to save sears since he's only opening new sears stores 3 I do agree Eddie is a robber

  • @KevinPlaysGuitar
    @KevinPlaysGuitar Před 5 lety +2

    Nice store!
    Nice dance there Kayla! 😀

  • @susanbeverly2186
    @susanbeverly2186 Před 5 lety +1

    It's sad that Kmart will soon be gone forever pretty much every where. My local Kmart has been around since I have (1966) and it is on the list of closings as well. I noticed when I was looking at pillows, the selection was very limited and it didn't seem organized in that area of the store. It almost seemed like there hasn't been any new stock in a while. Though Kmart does not seem very busy anymore, it still seems to have consistent business. It will be a sad day when it closes.

  • @Optopolis
    @Optopolis Před 5 lety +2

    I finally got the opportunity to get to an open Kmart last weekend, and it was astonishing to see in person just how small the department was. Really quite sad that Kmart it's in the state of being which it's in.

    • @Optopolis
      @Optopolis Před 5 lety

      On a brighter note, it was quite a nice Kmart! Also... "Kayla trying not to get into the shot in 3.... 2.... 1...." LMAO XD. A couple of my relatives actually have those squeelly pigs for their dogs.

  • @tylerpuszczewicz2535
    @tylerpuszczewicz2535 Před 5 lety +1

    If you ever come to Northwest Indiana, there's a closing Sears and Kmart. We also have a closed Lowe's, Hhgregg, Toys R Us, and a few closed Kmart's.

    • @gaylenewood7707
      @gaylenewood7707 Před 5 lety

      Yikes that's a list do you have any other stores available to shop in or restaurants to eat at?

  • @jacobfrech288
    @jacobfrech288 Před 5 lety +3

    Hey Wallie great video 👍 if your ever near the Chippewa pa area there is is a restraunt named fire mountain it closed I believe 4 years ago and the building could open tomorrow it’s in that good condition I don’t know if you can get in it but you can see inside it. And there’s another location named the bird bath which was a car was that closed 5 or 6 years ago.

    • @gaylenewood7707
      @gaylenewood7707 Před 5 lety

      I love this Kmart it plays the 80s music my favorite.

  • @misterhat5823
    @misterhat5823 Před 5 lety +4

    The music seems so loud in there.

  • @theeasexpert8794
    @theeasexpert8794 Před 5 lety +4

    Check out the abandoned Wellsville NY Kmart The one you and Anthony filmed

  • @brianthompson8514
    @brianthompson8514 Před 5 lety +2

    The kmart in west view was in a strip mall that used to be an amusement park, Google (west view park) , their is also an Isalys restaurant, yes same as the chipped ham right up the street.

  • @P00katube
    @P00katube Před 5 lety +4

    You should come to the K-Mart on Yorktown Heights (Westchester County), New York before it closes forever.

  • @grand_vacation
    @grand_vacation Před 5 lety +1

    Hi Wallie, I wanna just say, I'm honestly contemplating driving all the way out to the Buffalo area from Albany to get the last few days sales... I went to my local Rotterdam, NY store inside my dead mall last year when it shut down and got clothes for like 50 cents and a dollar an item!

  • @trainman071
    @trainman071 Před 4 lety

    no way! a original storefront design! kool Wallie come to Albany ill show you old stores like this

  • @JohnJohn-cb7ei
    @JohnJohn-cb7ei Před 4 lety

    Here's an update on Oswego County Court Kmart and has been added on to the Cayuga Community College and they are working on adding classrooms in it so there's any future and learning at that Kmart laughing out loud it's nice to see that that Kmart will be an educational center for the people that live in Oswego County New York

  • @airaero5473
    @airaero5473 Před 5 lety +4

    F-ing get out! This Kmart looked pretty busy when compared to other Kmarts

  • @snowandice8804
    @snowandice8804 Před 5 lety +2

    K Vents...yup.

  • @deborahbuhl9369
    @deborahbuhl9369 Před 5 lety +1

    I REALLY FEEL SAD ABOUT THE KMARTS CLOSING WE HAD REALLY NICE ONE IN TUCSON AZ THEN I WATCHED IT GO DOWNHILL😧

  • @garbage854
    @garbage854 Před 5 lety +2

    Good video 😀

  • @Catmannj1
    @Catmannj1 Před 4 lety

    You don't have problems because you respect the employees, the store and don't impose on shoppers or workers. This was a nice filming of the store. Be nice and the doors open.
    Funny the first two songs that needed to be silenced are by groups I love TLC and Blondie (which like Kayla I love to dance to and sing to... badly.)
    The facade looks like my KMart in Jersey City which closed over a year ago. That meant shoppers have to go to Bayonne to a smaller but manageable WalMart without the wierd People of WalMart there.

  • @gaylenewood7707
    @gaylenewood7707 Před 5 lety

    I love this song call me it was on bride of chucky and that was great.

  • @raimunditv8485
    @raimunditv8485 Před 5 lety +1

    Music is TLC I like ❤️❤️❤️🇵🇷

  • @billsgarage6453
    @billsgarage6453 Před 5 lety +4

    I know where that is. Pretty sad it's the last one.

  • @jonathancreveling8699
    @jonathancreveling8699 Před 11 měsíci

    3:50
    This rickedy air vent shows you how kmart and sears are doing as a whole.

  • @sadboy_hours33
    @sadboy_hours33 Před 3 lety

    I used to work at this location. I miss it so much

  • @2utoday
    @2utoday Před 5 lety

    K Mart left my city years ago. It is always sad to see a big company like this one go out of business.

  • @ItsSnowyAmelia
    @ItsSnowyAmelia Před 5 lety +2

    I’m planning a trip to the Mattydale NY Kmart either before liquidation or during its liquidation...

    • @sldl04
      @sldl04 Před 5 lety

      Last remaining store in Central NY.

  • @news89
    @news89 Před 5 lety +1

    This is almost like the North Canton store location.

  • @junzam
    @junzam Před 5 lety +4

    Wallie when you get the time film The abandoned Kings Grove city PA close to premium outlets 1920 Leesburg Grove City Rd, Grove City, PA 16127, USA

    • @WallieB26
      @WallieB26  Před 5 lety +1

      I didnt know that closed! That's a shame. Yeah, I am in the area here and there. I'll stop by for sure.

  • @evarodney9789
    @evarodney9789 Před 5 lety +2

    Hi wallie awesome video nice Kmart. ❤❤

  • @themaskedguy8543
    @themaskedguy8543 Před 2 lety

    There are 3 Kmarts remaining and they are in Westwood, New York, and Miami

  • @RetroGaming-gp2ef
    @RetroGaming-gp2ef Před 4 lety

    I’m gonna miss this place

  • @alexgaddis23
    @alexgaddis23 Před 5 lety +1

    Kmart will be down to less than 100 store's after the end off closures as fast Eddie closes more store's for profit

    • @gaylenewood7707
      @gaylenewood7707 Před 5 lety +1

      I hope he goes to prison and gets treated like he ain't wanted in a crap park.

  • @beachbuggy
    @beachbuggy Před 5 lety +2

    Wallie, I mean this as a compliment. You look like Henchman 21 from venture brothers.

    • @WallieB26
      @WallieB26  Před 5 lety

      Nice lol

    • @beachbuggy
      @beachbuggy Před 5 lety

      @@WallieB26 Hey just wanted to let you know Im a former kmart manager. I woulf be happy to answer any questions you may have.

  • @RichardDremdenWolf
    @RichardDremdenWolf Před 5 lety +3

    *First! Sad to see so many of these places closing! I just documented one yesterday that got the axe!*

    • @WallieB26
      @WallieB26  Před 5 lety +1

      Wow, you're up early! Lol

    • @RichardDremdenWolf
      @RichardDremdenWolf Před 5 lety +2

      @@WallieB26 - *I'm always up early, lol. My bed time is about 8am!*

    • @WallieB26
      @WallieB26  Před 5 lety +1

      Lolol 😄

    • @WallieB26
      @WallieB26  Před 5 lety +1

      @Parker Brakeston Yes. I have quite a few I'll be making in the coming months with all the new closures happening here.

    • @RichardDremdenWolf
      @RichardDremdenWolf Před 5 lety +2

      @@WallieB26 - *_I've got about 2 more on my hit list that got the axe._*
      _When are you coming over next?_

  • @JoeWeaver1965
    @JoeWeaver1965 Před 4 lety

    Is it a bird?....No....Is it a plane?....No....It's Super Kayla trying to stay out the shot. Guess it was Karaoke night at Buffalo Kmart.

  • @JoeVGaming
    @JoeVGaming Před 5 lety +2

    10:21 LOL

  • @joeheid2776
    @joeheid2776 Před 5 lety +3

    I miss West View.

    • @adamsATSfan415
      @adamsATSfan415 Před 4 lety +1

      same that was a good Kmart can't believe it was the last one less than 30 mins in Wallies area i can't believe it's been closed for a year now.

  • @elizabethorsillo7187
    @elizabethorsillo7187 Před 5 lety +2

    Great shirt, but it’s an omen of things to come for Kmart! ☹️

  • @TheCarlkani
    @TheCarlkani Před 5 lety +2

    I worked at the West View Kmart for 10 years. It does look exactly alike

    • @adamsATSfan415
      @adamsATSfan415 Před 4 lety

      i miss that one the one in West view Pa was good,

    • @TheCarlkani
      @TheCarlkani Před 4 lety

      @@adamsATSfan415 it really was bro. it really was

    • @adamsATSfan415
      @adamsATSfan415 Před 4 lety

      ​@@TheCarlkani yup i used to go to that one alot when i lived in newkensington me step mom Vickie worked at the newkensington one fun fact they were going to close that one during the 2002-2003 bankruptcy Vickie told me but the court decided to keep that one open longer, My step mom stopped working at the newkensington one in 2006 because she was worried it was going to closed she only worked there for 7 1/2 years , from 1999-2006

    • @adamsATSfan415
      @adamsATSfan415 Před 4 lety

      @@TheCarlkani also the Kmarts i frequented alot were the one you worked at, the one on Macyltre Square whatever is called after it moved from next to where the old school Kroger was, and i would go to the ones in Greentree, and Shaler and the one in Newkensington that one was 3 mins from my house,

    • @adamsATSfan415
      @adamsATSfan415 Před 4 lety

      @@TheCarlkani and sadly i never got to go to the ones in Pleasant hills by Kennywood, umm And the other ones in the Pittsburgh area locations also i moved a few months after the Super Kmart closed in Robinson township which is now Demolished and yes i went to that one to sadly i also didn't get to go to Bridgeville, Mcmurray, and a couple of others in the area,

  • @richardgambler6319
    @richardgambler6319 Před 4 lety

    There was a Kmart on Military Road ( near the I-190 on ramp )in Niagara Falls, NY that closed spring 2019 I believe . I don't think this is the one you are at in this video . Could not compete with the new Walmart down the road .

  • @JohnJohn-cb7ei
    @JohnJohn-cb7ei Před 4 lety

    Here's an update on the Kmart on Hertel Street Avenue in Buffalo New York the shelves getting bear they have a close date of December 1st trying to upload some pictures into CZcams now to show you guys more my name is Dave I am from Syracuse New York doing my own kind of abandoned shopping malls drive in movie theaters and other familiar places in the state of New York stay tuned trying to get my CZcams channel started

  • @chrislemaster2695
    @chrislemaster2695 Před 5 lety +1

    Lampert needs to ne investigated by the SEC for EMBEZZLEMENT.

  • @FlameDragon
    @FlameDragon Před 5 lety +2

    Fast Eddie strikes again. So when is the cage match Wallie?

    • @gaylenewood7707
      @gaylenewood7707 Před 5 lety +1

      I'll provide some lead filled boxing gloves for wallie😉👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻.

  • @gaylenewood7707
    @gaylenewood7707 Před 5 lety

    That one guy he filmed about forever 21 stores company has filed for bankruptcy so you guys might be seeing some stores near you all closing up..

  • @willmcdonald470
    @willmcdonald470 Před 5 lety

    Most of them seem outdated to me. Fresh ideas and a remodel or new building or business is probably the way to go.

  • @marvelkingdom1972
    @marvelkingdom1972 Před 5 lety

    VISIT the W. Leb, NH store!!!!

  • @JohnJohn-cb7ei
    @JohnJohn-cb7ei Před 4 lety

    Niagara Falls Kmart as closed a couple months ago and is surrounded by a fence from the fox fencing company of Buffalo New York they do not want anybody on the property or cutting through traffic to get to the other side of the road will post pictures when I could figure out how to do it later you think they would have got that store opened do the Canadian Shoppers and close the Buffalo store I'm going to miss Kmart I grew up at all five of them and Syracuse New York and putting Washington lights not Dro New York Green Hills Plaza Mattydale Plaza which is one of the last Kmarts remaining and the Syracuse New York area and of course the one in Liverpool on Route 57 and the one on Erie Boulevard East in DeWitt New York and also the one in Western Lights Shopping Plaza on Onondaga Boulevard I so sad to see familiar memories of yesteryear go away

  • @Prnencetti
    @Prnencetti Před 5 lety +1

    Hello everybody

  • @peanuts_ma8965
    @peanuts_ma8965 Před 4 lety

    There's lots online about Kmart and all the stupid decisions made that led to this point. They went the route of Ames and bought Waldenbooks, OfficeMax, and other stores in an attempt to modernize their brand. Too bad that didn't include updating stores, lowering prices, and trying to appeal to customers who would show up to dirty, crowded stores and refuse to return. Sears also shot themselves in the foot by ridding themselves of their catalog merchandise. Why get rid of the catalogs? That was the best part of shopping at Sears. Ole Eddie Lampert was supposed to save the stores not put them six-feet under. He made lots of bad decisions. Management would have to compete with each other and created a hostile workplace. He drained what capital Sears had left, and they didn't have much to begin with. Whoever decided a hedge fund mogul would be their savior received a cruel surprise. Kmart also cut ties with Martha Stewart because she wanted too much money. It might have been worth it. Just saying.

  • @midnightfoxxx8231
    @midnightfoxxx8231 Před 4 lety

    That's vent you showed has a bad blower or something's lose

  • @matthewcampbell7985
    @matthewcampbell7985 Před 5 lety +2

    Are you trying to mute?

    • @WallieB26
      @WallieB26  Před 5 lety +3

      What I did was upload the video to CZcams and then when it gave me copyright notices, I just edited the video through youtube to mute the audio where the copyright claim picked up the overhead music. So there are a few spots where its muted. I just hate muting the audio for my videos like this because, to me, it takes away from the natural setting. Sometimes I like to add my own music or try to make it a little more cinematic or whatever youd call it. But, I tend to like the raw format I've been known for for my videos. Present the places I explore the way I see them.

    • @P00katube
      @P00katube Před 5 lety +2

      02:58-03:17 muted for copyright reasons

    • @P00katube
      @P00katube Před 5 lety +2

      @@WallieB26 next time you can use one of Kevin MacLeod's songs. May I suggest "Waltz Of The Carnies"?

    • @gaylenewood7707
      @gaylenewood7707 Před 5 lety +2

      @@WallieB26 I understand you have to do that darn CZcams they are getting to strict anymore.

  • @michaelblair5767
    @michaelblair5767 Před 5 lety +1

    Go Steelers

  • @kaihai6270
    @kaihai6270 Před 4 lety

    I hope it doesn't close I lived in buffalo New York now I live in another state

  • @sldl04
    @sldl04 Před 5 lety +2

    Short period of time and they're all going to be gone.

  • @redrayman1977
    @redrayman1977 Před 5 lety +1

    Hi Walie i gave you a big shot out on my last video of a abandoned Cummins Drive in Lou Drive in and Frist was a Sonic and they left all the sign up and feel free to check it out and take care my friend

  • @Kenneth-ne8og
    @Kenneth-ne8og Před 5 lety

    Does the CEO of Kmart own Kmart completely why can't the board fire him

  • @DaPandas_Rcs
    @DaPandas_Rcs Před 5 lety

    If your ever in Columbus ohio i know a good abandoned food place

  • @jameskessler6328
    @jameskessler6328 Před 5 lety

    This is west Seneca not buffalo man

  • @levidykes2850
    @levidykes2850 Před 5 lety +1

    These closings suck bro