Voorhees Town Center (Echelon Mall)-Dead Mall With an Abandoned Macy's(I got in)-Expedition Log # 13

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The counter that you walk toward, in Macy's, at 17:16 and approach at 17:42 was the counter that my mom worked at from approximately 1998 until she retired on September 18, 2010. She sold handbags and wallets there. I would go to see her and meet her for lunch a couple of times a week. These were the days that we could really talk without my stepfather interfering in the conversation. They are some seriously cherished memories. I knew that Macy's like the palm of my hand. My mom passed away exactly 6 years, to the day, after she retired. I went back right before they shut down, and I could see my mom standing at that counter smiling at me, just like I could see her again while watching this.

My parents owned the Scottos pizza upstairs. The picture in the beginning of the video with bozo the clown is with my parents. How I miss this mall. I practically grew up in the mall as a kid.

So much of my life memories are tied up in this mall. I got my first job at GameStop in 2002 and worked there until 2006. I met my wife right across the way, who worked at Claire’s and asked me out one day. My mom used to drop my friends and I off on Friday nights in her minivan. This was an amazing place, and this video gives me a real sense of sadness and nostalgia mixed together.

I ALWAYS get a nostalgia shot when someone mentions Exhilarama. That place was amazing! Their birthday parties were awesome, too! (I attended a few before I had my 12th there).

I’m a local from Voorhees and this video makes me cry. I still remember all the stores and restaurants in the food court. Annie Anne’s, Disney, the pet store, Spencer’s.. they had it all. I remember walking around with my mom and it being totally packed with people. It truly was a beautiful mall and now being 25 and seeing how it is devastates me. I hope they make it useful for something instead of knocking it down. I know for years they talked about making it a homeless shelter but since covid they haven’t said anything

I can't tell you what it means to me, to see this video. For over ten years, my mother and I would travel to the Echelon Mall to Christmas shop. We would spend the day, and get quite a bit accomplished. Seeing the old Strawbridge store brought back a lot of memories. The open escalators, the beautiful chandelier, those big green marble columns that lead into the men's department, it's hard to believe that it's all closed up. For lunch we would eat in the restaurant on the third floor. My mom passed away in 2016, and what I wouldn't give to go back and spend one more day with her at Echelon. Thanks again for bringing back so many wonderful memories.

I moved to Cherry Hill in 69 ', I was 10 yrs old. I remember my older brother talking about the new Echelon Mall. My friends and I would ride 5 miles, on our bicycles , to the Mall to play pinball in its arcade. I can't believe this is how it ended up.

I moved away from South Jersey after high school. As an 80's teenager, the Echelon Mall was the Best. So haunting to see how it is today.

The empty Macys is creepy, it's so sad. It kinda reminds me of going into my mother's house after her death; all her things, her clothes and jewelry and perfume bottles and pics hanging on the walls, all just sitting and waiting for someone who would never return. Really sad, and the empty Macys feels exactly like that, so full of "niceness" that no one will ever see or make use of again, just going to waste.

I worked at Echelon Mall, Shop Called East, as a teenager in the late 80’s. Where I live now we have a mall that they turned into a community college campus rather than let it sit as an empty wasteland.

Its strange that the former Macy's was closed down, but the door was unlocked. I'm surprised it hasn't been totally trashed and it should be reused for another purpose (looking after homeless people is a great idea) before it ruined. Great video.

I like your artistic style of your videos. Really sets the mood for these types of video. The Muzak in the video is absolutely necessary along with the vintage echo's of the old commercial advertisements. Well done. This is indeed a good example of an undiscovered art style.

Man your content is incredible, your respect and appreciation for the places you visit combined with the great filming and production makes these videos so interesting and enjoyable

Those sugar cookies sold under the escalator (I forget the name, Great American Cookie Company?) were amazing. Sometimes they were ever-so-slightly under-baked, which made them even better.

This was definitely one of the premiere malls in the area back in the day.

Wow. I was just at the echelon mall today and even the stores in this video like Victoria secret, Payless, Claire and Adventureland are gone. Nothing is left but fond memories

One of my childhood stomping grounds. I spent many many days shopping here and just walking around. So sad to see it as it is today. Thank you for the video

I just discovered you, and I really like your quiet, smooth narrative style, and the thoroughness of your explorations, not to mention the old commercials, both in video and audio form. I've enjoyed all of your videos that I've been able to find, thus far, and hope to see many, many more! Thanks for a terrific, educational series (I never knew what "megalophobia" was, for instance, but you're absolutely right about that sense of unease). Well DONE!

My buddies Mom worked in the Penney's Shoe Department late 80's. Said the Hair-Salon upstairs was originally their restaurant!!