Surviving The Retail Apocalypse

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Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ZackarySmigel/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/zas11s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zas11s/ Everything else: https://linktr.ee/zackarysmigel Special thanks to Aryeh from Liminal Assembly, if you're interested in Liminal Spaces check them out here: https://www.instagram.com/liminalassembly/ Here are the chapters for this video. Feel free to jump around accordingly: 0:00 Introduction 1:39 The Rise of Malls 2:45 The Fall of Malls 3:49 The Retail Apocalypse 5:55 The Shenango Valley Mall 7:05 What Real People Are Saying About Malls 8:27 What Makes Malls So Special? 8:59 What is a Liminal Space? 10:30 Dead Malls and Liminal Spaces 12:29 The Human Element 13:25 The Future of Malls 15:42 Who Is To Blame? 18:25 Why Malls and Dead Malls REALLY Matter 19:18 Dave AND Busters? Note: I deliberately leave the channel icons and video titles on each video for reference in case anyone wants to see the full videos featured in these documentaries. If anything is unclear, or for additional references, please reach out, and I will happily provide a link to any of the following content discussed, featured, or used as a b-roll in the video. Copyright Note: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Music: All songs featured in the video are from: - Epidemic Sound: https://share.epidemicsound.com/8mvwnm (referral link) - YouTube's Audio Library - Kevin MacLeod's royalty free music library: http://incompetech.com/ - Ian Taylor's RuneScape Music library owned by Jagex LTD. Please check out their music on Spotify if you are into that style. I cannot emphasize enough how good the music is. -Lud and Schlatts Musical Emporium Cello Suite - Bach [COPYRIGHT FREE] https://youtu.be/e_J14fbBluE?si=iaoAkTANsqFur0WZ Creative Commons ► Attribution 3.0 Unported ► CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "You are free to use, remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially. You must give appropriate credit." =-=-=-= Creators note: Hello everyone! Once again, I have no idea how this video will perform. This was a bit of a love/hate letter for me, so it's more personal than my usual content, but hopefully, it made for an interesting deep dive. When I think of all the memories I had at that mall, it's insane. I didn't even cover half of what I experienced there, but I wanted to keep things grounded for the video. I hope it's enjoyable! I am starting to work on my next documentary very soon, so keep tabs on me if you don't already. Thanks so much for watching, Zackary Smigel #deadmalls #videoessay #zackarysmigel =-=-=-= Don’t forget to like and subscribe for more engaging video commentary! =-=-=-=