RETRO MALL: The Market on State - Athens, OH.

Cool as always, nice work obligatory first. Lol.

🆒 VIDEO KRISTIN!!!!

I love the lighting!

Fantastic. The trees inside are very mature.

I love your work Kristin these videos are entertaining and informative I cant get enough of them thanks for your time and efforts. I would also like to say I love your editing and production values top notch in my humble opinion. Watching these videos I can't help but be astounded at how similar malls in the US are to those here in Australia. The fate of these malls are also similar. Thanks again. Cheers.

of c o u r s e there's a Maurices.

Awesome video like always! Good job!

I really like how they kept the 70s tile and incorporated modern designs its an interesting aesthetic.. Here on the west coast the older malls just erase all of its 70 s and 80 s heritage.

Alright, I've gotta ask: What was with the Hello Kitty character?

Tiny little mall but oh so beautiful. The planters, the benches, the tiles, and even the lighting! I love it sooo much!!

All that beige and brown gives it a 1980's aesthetic. It seems rather dark - but I rather like it! My guess is the management is trying hard to attracting customers, and the photos on display adds interest to the visiting experience.

This is kinda cool! Awesome video Kristen! (I spelled your name right, correct?)😸

The interior is amazing!! Love your channel and narration!

"Bite-size" mall. Does that mean it's low-cal and will save me money?
It looks nice enough to enter but it would be good to have a proper drop ceiling installed to cover up all those unattractive roof trusses and heating ducts. That would also help to insulate the place and control the noise. The floor looks really good. I don't see any leaks or decay.

How am I late to a cruise? No notification this time for some reason. Welcome back I've missed you!

I really liked your comments/perspective on the let’s go 2 your mall interview (and this vid). You and your content f*cking rock.

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Neat looking mall. Thanks for filming.

That style of floor immediately reminded me of the old Salem Mall.

Love how the lighting makes it feel warm and inviting.

Hey, no mention of the King Midget Museum inside. A very oddball car that was produced in Athens.
In the 1990's, this Mall was home to weirdest Kinkos! (Now Fedex Office). The production facility was on the second floor and the store was on the first floor with an outside entrance. There was no internal connection between them and they would hand carry jobs upstairs. This was particularly odd since the second floor closed overnight while the store was open 24 hours.

As a fan of your channel, this one kind of blew my mind: this is my local mall! If you ever want to do a deeper dive on it (or any other southern Ohio/retail spaces), I can share some memories of the different places it's hosted over the past thirty years, such as the old arcade, candy store, and even a long-forgotten restaurant. That shuttered corner space near the Dunham's, for a more recent example, was originally a Dairy Queen, before being converted to Kiser's BBQ in 2009, owned and operated by a local family. It was one of the best places to eat in Athens, before shutting down during the pandemic. Last I heard, after close to two years out of business, they're looking to reopen elsewhere in town. It was one of the most active remaining businesses in the mall before closing.

Warm, cute, soothing and relaxing, this is such a great little mall.

I really love your videos, they are gggrrreeat

This is a great little mall. It definitely has a retro vibe to it. I've walked through here, and one of their former tenants was a place called Retro World specializing in older console video games and systems. They had a great selection of Atari 2600 games one of the best I've been to. However, that's a different story for a different time. I have seen this place on several visits to Athens, and have seen all the transformation. It's still a little mall that could, and does.

On a side note, if you go on up State Street past Walmart, there used to be a second enclosed mall call simply Athens Mall. It included an Ames, a Rite Aid, and I believe, a furniture store. Like this one, it wasn't that big, but it was enclosed. They gutted it in the early 2000's when Ames closed, and turned it into the strip center that exists today.

Great video, as always. Thumbs up

There's something about those brown floor tiles that's so comfy.

Great video u have a great voice

This one is cool, gonna have to try and stop by the next time I'm in town visiting Jackie O's!

These mails are depressing. Too institutional looking. Never noticed when I was younger. They seem claustrophobic also. Free standing stores are the future I think.

Very attractive interior love the lighting

I really like this mall.

2024 update the elder beerman is now a vender mall called peddlers junction. The part of the mall where the play area, Maurice’s, and all of those empty spaces is is now being constructed as an Ollie’s bargain outlet which ended up closing part of the mall.