Rotterdam Square Mall (Via|Port Rotterdam) - Raw & Real Retail
This is our walkthrough of Via|Port Rotterdam, formerly Rotterdam Square in Rotterdam, NY from April 17, 2019. This is a wonderfully designed Wilmorite Mall, complete with oversized pool-style fountain and epic skylights. Unfortunately this property has seen a few very poor changes in ownership, either resulting from or contributing to the lack of tenants in the mall. All the anchors have left the mall, and the inline tenants are sparse and emptying out. The newest owners have tried to spruce up the place with a goofy new name and aquarium/entertainment center, but it is too little way too late.
Check out our ongoing series of dead and dying shopping malls!
Songs used in this video (in order):
Incognito Five - Tender Touch
John Fiddy - Main Street Coaster
Midas Touch - Aqua Perambulator
Midas Touch - Black Bison
Claude Bolling - New York, New York
Sound Prospect - Stevie Bee
Steve Gray - Wonder Groove
Here is some information from Wikipedia:
Via|Port Rotterdam, formerly Rotterdam Square, is a shopping mall located in Rotterdam, New York, United States. When it opened, the mall was originally called Rotterdam Square and owned by Wilmorite Properties (who also owned Wilton Mall in Wilton) until 2005, when Wilmorite was acquired by The Macerich Company, who then took over ownership and management of most of their properties. The mall has an area of 900,000 square feet on one level with 58 stores, a 450-seat food court as well as restaurants, an aquarium, entertainment center, and a seven-screen Sony-Loews Cineplex, now operated by Zurich Cinemas (independent company). The mall was purchased by Kohan Retail Investment Group in January 2014, and was later sold to Via Properties in June 2015. In 2016, Via Properties renamed the mall to Via|Port Rotterdam.
The mall is situated on a site once owned by the Vedder Family. Harman Albertse Vedder of Schenectady bought the land in 1672 and built a home on it. In 1832 Harmens' great-grandson Johannes sold it to Colonel Daniel David Schermerhorn Campbell, who constructed a 26-bedroom mansion on the site. The mall features a graveyard within the complex. Located in a corner between the food court entrance and the front side entrance, the graveyard is the family cemetery of the Vedder Family dating back to around 1715.
At the time of construction, the area around the mall was a nature preserve, and environmental groups were concerned that the building of the mall would endanger wildlife and pollute the wetlands on the opposite side of Route 337, now the Great Flats Nature Trail and Preserve.
From 1988 until January 2007, Rotterdam Square featured a full-size Italian carousel in the food court. The management sold the carousel in late 2006 and in January 2007 it was dismantled and removed.
Mike Kohan bought the mall from Macerich in January 2014 for $8.5 million.
In January 2015, Macy's, originally Hess's and later Filene's, announced that its store would be closing as part of a plan to close 14 stores nationwide. The space is now the location of a NYS taxation call center.
On February 12, 2015, local power company National Grid disconnected electric service due to a rumored $300,000.00 unpaid utility bill. The service was turned back on the next day.
In June 2015, the mall was sold for $9.25 million to Via Properties, which renamed the mall to Via|Port Rotterdam in 2016. They have invested $10 million into mall improvements, including exterior upgrades, a 25,000-square-foot aquarium, and a nearly 30,000 sq ft entertainment center with a bowling alley, sports bar, restaurant, and arcade.
On April 21, 2016, it was announced that Sears would also be closing as part of a plan to close 78 stores nationwide. The store closed in July 2016. The closure of Sears left Kmart as the only anchor left.
On October 15, 2018, Sears Holdings announced that Kmart would be closing as well in December 2018 as part of a plan to close 142 stores nationwide which left the mall with no anchor stores left. As of January 2019, only several in-line tenants are remaining in Via|Port Rotterdam as well as a call center for the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance.
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Crossgates Mall - Raw & Real Retail
This is our walkthrough of the Crossgates Mall in Westmere, NY from May 1, 2019. This is a big thriving mall just outside Albany, NY. Being a Pyramid property, there is plenty of architectural goodies to look at, such as the mall length skylights and tent-roof food court. Anchor courts are always very nice in these Pyramid malls with the placement of escalators tastefully framing the stores. Aside from these sorts of sights, the Crossgates mMll is a rather typical successful mall. It wasn't super exciting nor super boring either. It felt pretty good walking around this mall.
Songs used in this video (in order):
Voyage - Melody Melody
Casino Versus Japan - Aquarium
Steve Gray - Eye Catcher
B. Kaufman & G. Jérôme - Cynthia
Second Direction - Freeland
Doug Wood - Night Fever
Steve Gray - Wonder Groove
Steve Gray - Reach Out
In lieu of any sort of useful Wikipedia page, here is a 2007 article from the great labelscar blog (slightly edited for updated info).
Awhile back in our roundup of Albany Malls I never got around to discussing the main event, the Crossgates Mall in Guilderland. Part of this is because despite its size, Crossgates is relatively typical of a Pyramid Cos.-developed mall of its vintage. (For an example, look no further than the Silver City Galleria in Taunton, Massachusetts, another Pyramid-developed mall that opened in 1992 and shares almost the exact same interior decor theme as Crossgates). Really, this is just a long-winded way for me to say that it’s kind of boring. And it’s cramped, too, but it is big, and it is the beast that’s responsible for the decline of most other malls within an hour radius of Guilderland.
Crossgates Mall opened in 1984 as a significantly smaller mall than it is today, anchored by Caldor, Jordan Marsh, Filene’s, and JCPenney. The original section of the mall stretches from the JCPenney (which is the only anchor still located in its original location) to the present day Best Buy/Lucky Strike Social anchor. Crossgates was then substantially expanded in size in October 1994 to approximately 1.7 million square feet, with room for 250 stores and restaurants–effectively doubling the size of the mall. During this expansion, Lord & Taylor, Regal Cinemas, and a new Filene’s store opened as anchors, and the old Filene’s space was partially filled by Dick’s Sporting Goods.
Obviously, there were many changes in this roster over the years, with Macy’s replacing Jordan Marsh in 1996 when the entire Jordan Marsh name was retired, and similarly Macy’s replacing Filene’s in 2006 when the same occurred again. Today, the former Jordan Marsh (and original Macy’s) space is being used for Lord & Taylor while Macy’s occupies the last home of Filene’s in the mall. Similarly, Caldor went out of business in 1999, and their space was carved between Best Buy on the second level and H&M on the first. Interestingly, this anchor has a third level located above it, and this space was until 2005 home of a second movie theatre within the mall, and which shut due to declining popularity. Today, this area is home to a Get Air trampoline park and a Billy Beez.
Lord & Taylor closed their store here (along with so many others) in 2005. In 2014, they returned to the mall, just to announce five years later, in 2019, that this location was yet again closing. There were also other chains that came and went during the mall’s existence, ranging from ones that are long gone (Nobody Beats the Wiz, Klein’s All Sports) to ones that just shuffled around or closed these particular locations (DSW Shoe Warehouse, TJMaxx).
Cohoes Fashions also relocated their store from its historic location in downtown Cohoes, NY to the mall in 1999, but in 2007 their parent company, Burlington Coat Factory, closed many of the Cohoes locations and renamed most of the rest Burlington Coat Factory, including this one. The second floor was turned into a Forever 21.
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Chateaugay /ˈʃætəɡeɪ/ is a town in Franklin County, New York, United States.As of the 2010 census, the town population was 2,155.The name is derived from a location in France, which was applied to a local land grant.Within the town is a village also named Chateaugay.
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Water | Wikipedia audio article
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Water
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- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Water is a transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's streams, lakes, and oceans, and the fluids of most living organisms. It is vital for all known forms of life, even though it provides no calories or organic nutrients. Its chemical formula is H2O, meaning that each of its molecules contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds. Water is the name of the liquid state of H2O at standard ambient temperature and pressure. It forms precipitation in the form of rain and aerosols in the form of fog. Clouds are formed from suspended droplets of water and ice, its solid state. When finely divided, crystalline ice may precipitate in the form of snow. The gaseous state of water is steam or water vapor. Water moves continually through the water cycle of evaporation, transpiration (evapotranspiration), condensation, precipitation, and runoff, usually reaching the sea.
Water covers 71% of the Earth's surface, mostly in seas and oceans. Small portions of water occur as groundwater (1.7%), in the glaciers and the ice caps of Antarctica and Greenland (1.7%), and in the air as vapor, clouds (formed of ice and liquid water suspended in air), and precipitation (0.001%).Water plays an important role in the world economy. Approximately 70% of the freshwater used by humans goes to agriculture. Fishing in salt and fresh water bodies is a major source of food for many parts of the world. Much of long-distance trade of commodities (such as oil and natural gas) and manufactured products is transported by boats through seas, rivers, lakes, and canals. Large quantities of water, ice, and steam are used for cooling and heating, in industry and homes. Water is an excellent solvent for a wide variety of chemical substances; as such it is widely used in industrial processes, and in cooking and washing. Water is also central to many sports and other forms of entertainment, such as swimming, pleasure boating, boat racing, surfing, sport fishing, and diving.
Water | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:02:12 1 Etymology
00:02:56 2 Chemical and physical properties
00:03:36 2.1 States
00:06:11 2.2 Taste and odor
00:06:48 2.3 Color and appearance
00:08:32 2.4 Polarity and hydrogen bonding
00:11:04 2.5 Electrical conductivity and electrolysis
00:11:44 2.6 Mechanical properties
00:12:53 2.7 Reactivity
00:13:19 3 On Earth
00:15:07 3.1 Water cycle
00:17:25 3.2 Fresh water storage
00:18:11 3.3 Sea water and tides
00:19:37 4 Effects on life
00:21:37 4.1 Aquatic life forms
00:22:54 5 Effects on human civilization
00:23:53 5.1 Health and pollution
00:27:26 5.2 Human uses
00:27:35 5.2.1 Agriculture
00:30:21 5.2.2 As a scientific standard
00:32:17 5.2.3 For drinking
00:36:11 5.2.4 Washing
00:36:40 5.2.5 Transportation
00:36:58 5.2.6 Chemical uses
00:38:10 5.2.7 Heat exchange
00:39:31 5.2.8 Fire extinction
00:40:43 5.2.9 Recreation
00:41:35 5.2.10 Water industry
00:44:15 5.2.11 Industrial applications
00:46:10 5.2.12 Food processing
00:48:42 5.2.13 Medical use
00:48:56 6 Distribution in nature
00:49:05 6.1 In the universe
00:50:24 6.1.1 Water vapor
00:52:19 6.1.2 Liquid water
00:53:04 6.1.3 Water ice
00:53:59 6.1.4 Exotic forms
00:54:29 6.2 Water and habitable zone
00:56:01 7 Law, politics, and crisis
01:00:08 8 In culture
01:00:17 8.1 Religion
01:01:35 8.2 Philosophy
01:03:26 8.3 Dihydrogen monoxide hoax
01:03:58 9 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
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There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Water is a transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's streams, lakes, and oceans, and the fluids of most living organisms. It is vital for all known forms of life, even though it provides no calories or organic nutrients. Its chemical formula is H2O, meaning that each of its molecules contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds. Water is the name of the liquid state of H2O at standard ambient temperature and pressure. It forms precipitation in the form of rain and aerosols in the form of fog. Clouds are formed from suspended droplets of water and ice, its solid state. When finely divided, crystalline ice may precipitate in the form of snow. The gaseous state of water is steam or water vapor. Water moves continually through the water cycle of evaporation, transpiration (evapotranspiration), condensation, precipitation, and runoff, usually reaching the sea.
Water covers 71% of the Earth's surface, mostly in seas and oceans. Small portions of water occur as groundwater (1.7%), in the glaciers and the ice caps of Antarctica and Greenland (1.7%), and in the air as vapor, clouds (formed of ice and liquid water suspended in air), and precipitation (0.001%).Water plays an important role in the world economy. Approximately 70% of the freshwater used by humans goes to agriculture. Fishing in salt and fresh water bodies is a major source of food for many parts of the world. Much of long-distance trade of commodities (such as oil and natural gas) and manufactured products is transported by boats through seas, rivers, lakes, and canals. Large quantities of water, ice, and steam are used for cooling and heating, in industry and homes. Water is an excellent solvent for a wide variety of chemical substances; as such it is widely used in industrial processes, and in cooking and washing. Water is also central to many sports and other forms of entertainment, such as swimming, pleasure boating, boat racing, surfing, sport fishing, and diving.
Water | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Water
00:02:12 1 Etymology
00:02:55 2 Chemical and physical properties
00:03:35 2.1 States
00:06:09 2.2 Taste and odor
00:06:46 2.3 Color and appearance
00:08:30 2.4 Polarity and hydrogen bonding
00:11:01 2.5 Electrical conductivity and electrolysis
00:11:41 2.6 Mechanical properties
00:12:50 2.7 Reactivity
00:13:16 3 On Earth
00:15:03 3.1 Water cycle
00:17:21 3.2 Fresh water storage
00:18:06 3.3 Sea water and tides
00:19:32 4 Effects on life
00:21:32 4.1 Aquatic life forms
00:22:49 5 Effects on human civilization
00:23:48 5.1 Health and pollution
00:27:21 5.2 Human uses
00:27:30 5.2.1 Agriculture
00:30:16 5.2.2 As a scientific standard
00:32:10 5.2.3 For drinking
00:36:04 5.2.4 Washing
00:36:32 5.2.5 Transportation
00:36:50 5.2.6 Chemical uses
00:38:02 5.2.7 Heat exchange
00:39:23 5.2.8 Fire extinction
00:40:34 5.2.9 Recreation
00:41:26 5.2.10 Water industry
00:44:06 5.2.11 Industrial applications
00:46:01 5.2.12 Food processing
00:48:32 5.2.13 Medical use
00:48:46 6 Distribution in nature
00:48:56 6.1 In the universe
00:50:14 6.1.1 Water vapor
00:52:08 6.1.2 Liquid water
00:52:54 6.1.3 Water ice
00:53:48 6.1.4 Exotic forms
00:54:18 6.2 Water and habitable zone
00:55:50 7 Law, politics, and crisis
00:59:57 8 In culture
01:00:06 8.1 Religion
01:01:23 8.2 Philosophy
01:03:13 8.3 Dihydrogen monoxide hoax
01:03:45 9 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
Water is a transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's streams, lakes, and oceans, and the fluids of most living organisms. It is vital for all known forms of life, even though it provides no calories or organic nutrients. Its chemical formula is H2O, meaning that each of its molecules contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds. Water is the name of the liquid state of H2O at standard ambient temperature and pressure. It forms precipitation in the form of rain and aerosols in the form of fog. Clouds are formed from suspended droplets of water and ice, its solid state. When finely divided, crystalline ice may precipitate in the form of snow. The gaseous state of water is steam or water vapor. Water moves continually through the water cycle of evaporation, transpiration (evapotranspiration), condensation, precipitation, and runoff, usually reaching the sea.
Water covers 71% of the Earth's surface, mostly in seas and oceans. Small portions of water occur as groundwater (1.7%), in the glaciers and the ice caps of Antarctica and Greenland (1.7%), and in the air as vapor, clouds (formed of ice and liquid water suspended in air), and precipitation (0.001%).Water plays an important role in the world economy. Approximately 70% of the freshwater used by humans goes to agriculture. Fishing in salt and fresh water bodies is a major source of food for many parts of the world. Much of long-distance trade of commodities (such as oil and natural gas) and manufactured products is transported by boats through seas, rivers, lakes, and canals. Large quantities of water, ice, and steam are used for cooling and heating, in industry and homes. Water is an excellent solvent for a wide variety of chemical substances; as such it is widely used in industrial processes, and in cooking and washing. Water is also central to many sports and other forms of entertainment, such as swimming, pleasure boating, boat racing, surfing, sport fishing, and diving.
Water | Wikipedia audio article | Wikipedia audio article
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Water | Wikipedia audio article
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
You can find other Wikipedia audio articles too at:
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
Water is a transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's streams, lakes, and oceans, and the fluids of most living organisms. It is vital for all known forms of life, even though it provides no calories or organic nutrients. Its chemical formula is H2O, meaning that each of its molecules contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds. Water is the name of the liquid state of H2O at standard ambient temperature and pressure. It forms precipitation in the form of rain and aerosols in the form of fog. Clouds are formed from suspended droplets of water and ice, its solid state. When finely divided, crystalline ice may precipitate in the form of snow. The gaseous state of water is steam or water vapor. Water moves continually through the water cycle of evaporation, transpiration (evapotranspiration), condensation, precipitation, and runoff, usually reaching the sea.
Water covers 71% of the Earth's surface, mostly in seas and oceans. Small portions of water occur as groundwater (1.7%), in the glaciers and the ice caps of Antarctica and Greenland (1.7%), and in the air as vapor, clouds (formed of ice and liquid water suspended in air), and precipitation (0.001%).Water plays an important role in the world economy. Approximately 70% of the freshwater used by humans goes to agriculture. Fishing in salt and fresh water bodies is a major source of food for many parts of the world. Much of long-distance trade of commodities (such as oil and natural gas) and manufactured products is transported by boats through seas, rivers, lakes, and canals. Large quantities of water, ice, and steam are used for cooling and heating, in industry and homes. Water is an excellent solvent for a wide variety of chemical substances; as such it is widely used in industrial processes, and in cooking and washing. Water is also central to many sports and other forms of entertainment, such as swimming, pleasure boating, boat racing, surfing, sport fishing, and diving.