Logan Valley Mall — Attraction in Logan Township

Logan Valley Mall was clearly once a thriving, bustling shopping destination. It’s a two-story mall located just off Highway 99 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, and while it’s not what it used to be, it still has some life left in it.

Today, the mall has around 40 remaining tenants, and only one of its four anchor stores—JCPenney—is still open. The other three anchors have closed, which gives the mall a quieter, somewhat hollow feel. Whether this mall is dying or slowly coming back to life is up for debate—it’s definitely not dead, but it’s not thriving either.

That said, there are still some bright spots worth mentioning. The mall has a very nice H&M—surprisingly large and modern—and stores like Aerie help maintain a solid retail presence. One of the biggest surprises was Tilt Studio, a massive arcade that’s easily the largest I’ve seen in a mall outside of Dave & Buster’s. It features a wide range of unique video games that you don’t typically find elsewhere.

On the downside, the food court is extremely limited, with only three vendors currently open. It feels like a shadow of what it likely once was.

So, is it worth visiting? If you’re a fan of malls like I am, yes—there are still some cool things to check out, and you might enjoy exploring what’s left. Just don’t expect a grand mall experience. It is what it is: a once-bustling mall that’s now somewhere between fading and...

I grew up in this area and I remember when the mall was a glorious site.

When I was younger, the food court was full. There were establishments upstairs and downstairs to eat. A abrber shop, electronics, sears, a bank, macys, pennys, various pop ups, a beautiful arcade, orange julius, a maxed out victoria's secret, beautiful shoe stores, buckle, express, aerie, aeropostale, the wall, a winery store, various pop up places. Ic an't name them all because as I think, I remember more that were there and went out. A hobby store, for a spell, a music store. Movies, music, you name it.

The mall used to be clean too. Clean bathrooms, clean floors, updated and working mechanicals.

There's currently 2 places that I know of, and unlike before, the food is made to order. Before, it was "on demand" because the mall had enough traffic.

It's as if the current owners are intentionally driving the value of the property down. There's my alma matter, my community college, a few stores, and then emptiness and sadness.

I long for the mall to be redeveloped but between awful management and the sign of the times, the mall is a joke anymore. When I go to the mall now, I am filled with an immense feeling of sadness. It's terrible.

The owners should be ashamed of themselves. they aren't, but...

People are stopping going to brick-and-mortar stores because all in line you can receive money back for shopping in a store and you can use coupon codes. When you go to a brick-and-mortar store there might be a sale but it's nothing like what you can save online and basically you're paying for the actual brick-and-mortar and that means paying for the electric bills and everything else that a brick-and-mortar store requires to stay open so that is why people are moving to online shopping and there's reviews you can look up online and you aren't pressured by employees that are told to push certain items because they're not selling well. Until brick-and-mortar stores match the lower price that online shopping provides people will continue in larger and larger numbers to move away from shopping in a brick-and-mortar stores to buying online and saving money. Even if it's the same store name it is less expensive to...