The Expedition Log

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.