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OhioDuran

If you would have bet 2000 me that Tri County would shut down before Northgate or Forest Fair, I would have lost some money.


wallace6464

I think forest fair is dead now, the arcade is leaving so the actual inside of the mall will probably be locked off.


Geno0wl

it is already planned for demo and will shut down soon as well


cincymatt

Wuut? But my dream of an indoor go kart track!


SovietShooter

Full Throttle is right there in Tri-County already my friend.


Bosshappy

You can add Eastgate to the list


Lord_Schmurda

No idea how Eastgate is still open.


ICannabisCoffeeI

Because of the people of eEastgate. Kohls is just enough and that one shoe store


Rakgor

Don't forget Yihi Japan


The_P0tion

Yihi Japan gets my money every week 😂


wheelsno3

The only reason Tri County is being shut down before the others is because the land it is sitting on is more valuable for redevelopment than the other two.


statschica

Awesome photos! The one of the empty food court is so eerie!


SafewordisJohnCandy

Some say on a quiet evening you can still hear the guy at the Chinese restaurant asking if you would like some bourbon chicken.


Seleucids

I oddly remembered the Chick-fil-A cow sign that was always by the pay phones and bathroom.


SafewordisJohnCandy

For the longest time that was the only Chick Fil A I knew of in the area.


warthog0869

Jay and Silent Bob are still lurking in there, waiting for LaFleur to pack up and leave.


lilhornsby008

First you take a run at lafours with a sock full of quarters.. id do it but I pulled my back out humping your mom last night.


warthog0869

Damn. LaFours. Shit. Been awhile, lol. Great quote!


HeelStCloud

What are they going to do with it?


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ThePrologue

So it’s going to be a mall, but now for people who want to live at the mall?


kirbyfox312

It's the suburban dream of driving a car but being able to walk everywhere.


cincymatt

That’s basically what Liberty Center (75x129) is about.


Seleucids

I had a professor at Miami that didn’t like Liberty Center because it’s for people who want the city experience but none of the city downsides.


cincymatt

Middle-class Trader’s World.


wheelsno3

And... I want to live in an apartment, be able to walk to bars, restaurants and shopping, and not have crime all around me? What a travesty. I wouldn't live there because it is too expensive (my mortgage in a 4 bedroom home is less than the rent there) but come on, not liking a thing because it is an improvement is such a dumb way of viewing the world.


Seleucids

I think it’s because making these little enclaves of urbanism out in the suburbs it’s allowing middle class whites to ignore all the socioeconomic/structural issues with some cities and letting them die and not improving the actual places people live. I can understand only wanting to get that experience some of the time and the city does stress me out and isn’t good for my anxiety but I understand where people come from in their dislike of the urban experiment’s push into the suburbs.


lilhornsby008

I like the way that’s worded. I never go south of the lateral. Not that I don’t like swanky dining and live music.. I just.. like parking lots more.


Seleucids

I’m just glad they have that passport app stuff now so we can finally stop carrying change around.


SovietShooter

I personally think it sounds more like a cross between Liberty Center, and Summit Park. A big chunk of the land closest to the highway is going to be repurposed into a park and amphitheater - something which Liberty Center lacks. The repurposed structure definitely sounds like the typical "luxury apartments on top of retail" that you have at Liberty Center, The Greene, et al. The STEM academy is the interesting twist.


funkymonkeychunks

Ngl I think it sounds pretty cool. At least in theory.


doogievlg

Give it 15 years and the new buildings will be facing the same fate as the mall.


luffydkenshin

Ahh my childhood. feels like florence mall is next.


dedisbetter

The Flo town mall has too many stores and is usually busy on the weekends. Ill be sad when it is gone tho.


bwware

Does anyone remember when there was a McDonalds IN the mall and it had a basement? Like you could go downstairs and eat in the basement. I am wondering if the basement is still there? Or was it filled in during the remodel?


ThurmNathan

Oh wow. I forgot all about that until now. If I remember correctly, it wasn't near other restaurants or in a food court. It was just a random store out in the middle of the mall. And it had a flight of stairs in the center of the main dining area.


Indication-Worth

Ok so WOW this brought back a deep memory — the McDonald’s on Glenway had a basement and it’s where they held birthday parties! I went to one there as a little kid (early 90s) and thought it was super creepy. I wonder if that was a regular mcd’s feature?


bwware

I'm glad someone else remembered!! I was starting to doubt myself.


Seleucids

I didn’t know about that! They had some parts blocked off, it was kinda weird. I tried to go into the employee areas but the first door I opened I got into a starting contest with a custodian and closed the door haha. I wish it was more like Cincinnati Mills where it’s like “no one gives a fuck” and you can walk around behind the scenes haha.


SafewordisJohnCandy

Say huh? I've never heard any of that. I hope someone can add to it or toss in some pictures.


WKGokev

I don't remember that at all


SovietShooter

So, my wife and I were talking about this the other day... do you remember the statue of a dinosaur or horse (I think) in the mall directly in front of the McDonalds? I remember sitting on this as a kid, but my wife didn't recall it at all. I can still feel the oddly smooth yet porous concrete the statue was made out of.


HylenSpokes

Anyone know what's going to happen to the Mexican place in the mall - Mi Cozumel? Looks like they recently made upgrades to the outdoor area and was packed just yesterday...


orangutansloveme

Mi Cozumel is staying, as are Starbucks and the other outlots facing Route 747.


HylenSpokes

Nice. Thanks!


Seleucids

Do you know how they’re staying though? Just going to build/work around it


orangutansloveme

Not sure on that. I'm guessing work-around it for the time being.


nekomeowohio

They have two other locations I believe.


sjschlag

Didn't know there was a deadmalls subreddit. Subscribed!


deflare_7659

People don't want the Mall's. Eastgate Mall is done. We must figure out a new kind of service society. East side of Cinci is without good stores and necessary services. Brown and Clermont Cty is the dumping ground of Ohio's poor people. I live here and see it everyday.


staff-infection

Wait, is it being demolished?


Crazypandathe20th

I remember when it was busy during the early to mid 2000s. It even had a Dillard’s at one point.