Monday, January 30, 2012
Video: Tribute to Randall Park Mall
Posted by Vince Grzegorek on Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 3:35 PM
Why yes, you do need this in your life.
A tribute to, as Rustwire calls it, the rise and fall of Randall Park, old video is spliced with current clips of the barren, deserted concrete warzone that rests there now.
Oh, and there's a Rush cover playing over the whole thing.
You're welcome.
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Wow, how depressing. I remember when Randall Park opened and it was labeled "The biggest mall in all the world."
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Thank the east side thuggery for the downfall of RPM...Shootings, stabbings and smash and grabs caused it's eventual decay...
It's really breaks my heart to this. I loved going to Randall Park Mall as a kid.
How sad it is that this Mall as well as most of the rest in our area have come to this, Randell Park use to be so beautiful with all types of good stores in which to shop, now they are ghost towns.
We use to hang out and go to the movies in the early 80's there!
There was some rich guy a couple of years ago who wanted to convert into a free-trade-zone. I went to hear he and his organization talk about their ideas and how they had taken old giant buildings and made them productive again. Must have not happened. The recession got too deep I guess. Sure would be nice to get some of these old buildings productive in some way.
,Da,mn, I miss Randall. The arcade, the movies, the corndogg spot, the cookie shop, Spencers, the record store, the pet shop, the toy store.. I loved walking thru one of the department stores before entering the mall. When you came thru there, it just came alive. Waking up Saturday morning and going to the mall. Boy, I really miss it. Wish my kids could've experinced Randall. Oh let's not forget going to see Santa and the Easter Bunny at Randall. I remember Ccamelot was downstairs and the other ecord store was right up the escalator and I used to get a tape from Camelot and go up the escalator and buy anotherone from that store. I remember the downstairs arcade was livelier than the up.. I miss Randal..
Wow, great memories of this mall! It was an icon back in my high school days and will always hold a wonderful part of my growing up days!. To the post from the guy who says "East Side Thuggery caused the demise of RPM", sounds like you are pinpointing a particular "race" of people who happen to mainly live on the East Side. I really hope that is not the case in 2012!
Three thoughts:
1. The only thing sadder than this is a video that does something similar but with the Richfield Coliseum. Now that's a tearjerker.
2. Favorite moment of the video are the people in the car flinching when the air bags deploy in the demonstration. You knew they were going to open.
3. This is the future of Parmatown Mall if things there don't turn around fast.
Every time I read a comment like the one posted by "cbrbart" ,it makes me wonder if this person has kids that he is passing this cycle of hate down to by example.
One can only hope he is sterile and is just as empty down below the waist as he is in the head.
@Reginald...
Funny thing? It was my friends that are persons of color at work that said it first, so your comment is as about as baseless as my used morning coffee and also went right down the toilet...
Truth hurts though...
And Ms. Fulker...
No Ma-am color is not at issue, thuggery and crime is color blind just like disease and love...And stupidity right Reginald?
No Ma-am color is not the issue, thuggery and crime is color blind just like disease and love...And stupidity right Reginald?
cbrbart didnt play the race card....you did Ms. Fulker....therein lies the problem. Got a guilty conscious? Randall Park Mall fell victim to the east side thuggery and the misbehavior of youth....no matter what race. Parents didnt control their kids and the kids had no respect for other people and their property. Sad, sad state and speaks volumes about what is wrong in this country....and apparently from Ms. Fulker's response.... it is still going strong. I moved from here in 1990 down to SW FL and just recently moved back...the attitude and prejudices are HORRIBLE here. I havent had to deal with such disrespect and fear in over 20 years. I cannot believe nothing has changed up here from ANYBODY. The south has it all going on...tolerance, acceptance...RESPECT. It's a shame so many have not progressed and moved forward here. More will fall just like Randall Park Mall if nothing changes...if y'all don't wake up. Peace and coexist.
Randall Park, Euclid Square, and very soon Parmatown will be joining the list (pretty close already). Sad........
Randall Park Mall was THE place to hang out in the late 1970s and early 1980s for me before I moved from Ohio -- fond memories. I guess it's true, all good things must come to an end.
When the gangs moved in, we just found another arcade and hangout. Haven't replaced those corndogs yet though. One good replacement was not having to stand anymore outside of Sears in the cold for Ticketmaster to open
If I had the cash, I would buy it and do something spectacular to try to revive that wonderful place. It's wasn't just the "East side thuggery," that led to Randall's demise. It was also places like Beachwood Place, and Tower City that made this place irrelevent. Once downtown began to thrive, what reason did people have to go to the mall? Beachwood Place expanded in 1997, which caused people to flock there to shop. The reality is, people like to shop in newer places. Why shop at Parmatown when Southpark and Crocker Park have more to offer? So everybody calm down and stop insulting one another. Unfortunately, that's business.
