A Visit to Galleria Specialty Shops AND Cumberland Mall (GA)

How does this channel not have 100k subs? Doomie is the most thorough and informative dead maller on YT

The convention center is also where the Southenrn Fried Gaming Expo happens every July. It’s a very big regional pinball, arcade and gaming show.

Great video. Cumberland's in a great position to survive for years to come due to the Braves having their stadium near. It certainly helps it out for sure. The old Davison's/Macy's was pure 70s inside I recall. Had not been for the massive renovation it got, I am unsure the mall would have survived. It has good ownership and they are keeping up. Also people have nostalgia for this 50 year old mall. Long live Cumberland!

Wow! That is amazing ! I’m only two hours away, I’ve got to check this out!

I love the Galleria Specialty Shops, It's one of the nicest malls I've ever seen. I hope they can hang on!

The first mall was awesome. I didn't know Atlanta still had something like that anymore. The second mall is decent enough, the Round 1 brings it up a few notches in my book.

Doomie will never be stopped. Another great one.

I miss the brass era! Wish you could still order escalators and elevators with brass panels. Looks so good!

I saw both of these when I visited Atlanta! I picked up some running shorts from the DSG. I also got to see Northlake, Perimeter, and Gwinnett Place malls (I could only see GP from inside Mega Mart, but it was still cool to see it in person!

Haven't been there in years! Across from the movie theater, was an arcade called 2001. Sick entrance that made it feel like you're entering a space ship, sliding automatic doors once inside to a blacklight washed arcade. Silver Spoon was a restaurant next to it, great shakes. 😊

I agree with you 100%. The Galleria Specialty Shops was the most beautiful mall I've ever seen! Those floors were amazing. It's too bad they didn't have the foresight to get some anchor stores in there. It's a shame to see such a great place just sit empty with the exception of a handful of stores.

I went to Atl 2 weeks ago and checked out Cumberland Mall after the Braves game, whose stadium is a mile away from these malls, and it was cool. I ate at the Thai place in the food court, spent time at Round 1, worked out at the PF, and took some pics. Mall looked alright and didn't know the outdoor area or the GSP until after I got home. I was also there on a Sunday evening so time was not on my side. Excellent video as always DG.

I grew up nearby, and I remember when the Galleria opened. The Waverly Hotel hosted the most insane Sunday brunch for just under $30 per person which, back in the mid-80's, was REALLY expensive, but they served all kinds of things like alligator, etc. I believe I remember seeing "Trick or Treat" and "Back to School" in the movie theater there around 1986. Directly across from the movie theater was an arcade that was off the rails cool. It was the first place I ever saw the video game Dragon's Lair which cost TWO quarters to play which was just unheard of at the time. The only thing I ever bought at the Galleria Shops in 1986 or so was a pair of Converse high tops. The Galleria definitely catered to a more upscale crowd (think Phipps Plaza) and the Waverly hotel guests. If you needed to actually buy stuff, you went to Cumberland Mall across 41 ("the four lane" us locals called it).

I love the look of the Galleria mall..wish it could be revived.

Nice video I remember going to on if them malls back in 2008 in September second week. In Atlanta think Georgia mall it had imax in it remember watching dark Knight was my first I max experience this video reminds me of good times thank you for posting this up.

Cumberland was the mall my family went to the most in the 80s-90s. We lived in Douglasville before Arbor Place opened in 99 and this was the closest one. Haven't been there in years, looks almost unrecognizable now.

Galleria always looked empty from the time it was new in 1983 until I moved out of town in 1998. My last job in Atlanta was in an office building next to the Galleria. You mentioned that the mall was developed by Carter Crow. The property was managed by Trammell Crow as in Harlan Crow's father's company. Harlan Crow entertains Supreme Court Justice Thomas.

This place looks amazing! I love it!

The problem with the Cumberland mall is its terribly congested location. It’s too far away from the suburbs and it’s a pain in the arse to get to. Smart developers put malls as close to the burbs as possible in a location that’s easy to get to. That I-285/I-75 intersection is HORRIBLE!

It's been a few years since I've been there and after the last time I was there I went to perimeter and Lenox square