At Least They Tried

Follow Rolling Acres Mall in Akron Ohio, from its opening in 1975 through its sad decline right up to 2007.

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• Akron
• Rolling
• Acres
• Mall
• Dead
• Malls
• Blight
• Retail
• Sprawl
• Ohio
• Urban
• Decay
• Higbee's
• O'Neil's
• Romig
• Barberton

[affair4u2]

Sadly, this is what happens when gangs of teenagers are allowed to roam the malls. This used to be such a nice place to shop, but because of the gangs, it became to dangerous. So sad.....

[Archmetal06]

this is one of the best "dead mall" videos ever.

[goodstuff46]

He would bring gown 2 balloons, he was a steelworker and didn't say much, but when he got us those balloons I knew he loved us. My mom passed away andmy dad has. Alzheimer's anddoesnt remember those times so all I have left are my memories.

I wish I could go back to that time even if for one moment

[goodstuff46]

Thank you so much for posting this, it made me cry

As a kid we spent so many weekend here, I can still remember my mom waiting for popcorn from the popcorn cart, or my dad getting ice cream at baskin Robbins. I fell in that orange fountain as a kid. We ate at York all the time andriding the elevator felt like I was something special.my dad would buy us one balloon and find some that were way up top in the high ceiling, he would send one balloon up there and wrap the string around the lostBalloon

[RE35R]

Teenagers and their antics can be blamed for a lot of things but not a mall going out of business. Like most people who were teens in the 80s it's hard to see malls falter, however times have changed. People don't have all that disposable cash they once had to spend frivolously at the malls and it's that nonexistent cash that has closed (and will close) malls across the US. Malls are the new "ghost towns".

[TheMusicchild89]

@bigdanbear Are you saying this mall was closed because of some damn teenagers? Usually when places become abandoned it is eaither money problems or the place blew up or something or weather problems. Im glad Im not a teen anymore. Kids these days think they are grown and they are not

[KONEV532]

This deadmall should be a DEVO museum!

[brystonfan]

akron residents are too trashy to keep a mall like this up and running, it dosnt matter what color they are

[bigdanbear]

The spending power of the middle class declining was bad enough. It was the gangs of kids. I still do not go to malls because of the kids that run the show. They dont care about anyone but their selfish needs. In South bend IN we lost Scottsdale Mall. The gangsta punks ran everyone out. If they got arrested that yelled it was because they were black. No, its that your a criminal.

[lilliena]

For all the idiots too stupid to look up the lyrics, it's Moby "At Least We Tried" - youtube.com/watch?v=mF16vB3GfG­M