So sad. I remember shopping here in my teens -- usually at Joyce Leslie. I feel like the world I knew is slowly disappearing. :(

Wow, I misspent a lot of days of my youth here. I went to Wayne Hills HS in the early 1980's and this was great place to hightail to after getting off the bus if you were going to cut school that day, lol. There was an Arthur Treacher's (mmmm) and a McDonalds and a cool little arcade called Fun Palace. The proprietor of Fun Palace would let us hide in the backroom of the arcade if any school admins. came by looking for cutters. The other big store that was in that parking lot was a Pathmark, a friend of mine was a carriage pusher there. What a mess now, thanks for the views inside.

I never thought any mall could be more soggy and bombed-out than Dixie Square was in its final years, but goddamn...

4:48 vandalism at its finest

I lived in Butler, NJ until I was 9 (1987). My parents took us to this mall on a regular basis. I remember it vividly. So sad.

I went here from 1997-2002 and I can't believe the condition it's in now. I bought lots of overpriced CDs from Sam Goody then went right across the way was the Fun Palace arcade which was like the sister arcade to Fun N Games at the nearby Willowbrook Mall - as a matter of fact you could turn left at Alps Road and head right to Rt. 23 and you were less than a mile away. Lots of memories.

I grew up going to the McDonalds, Sam Goody, and the Arcade @ this mall every Friday in the 80s. So sad to see this mall in shambles! RIP

Wayne native here. The Toys R Us you mentioned has actually been in business since at least the early 80s. The mall is scheduled for demolition, and will indeed become a ShopRite. The center of the mall @15:30 used to be a fountain. The McDonalds you went to, was actually what brought that mall down. That McDonalds relocated about a mile and a half down the road. Once that McDonalds left, the mall lost a ton of traffic. The Pauley's Pizza, used to be a different pizza place, called Angelos, which was excellent. However, the owners of Angelos got divorced, and the court said they had to sell the business (around 2003-2004). Once Angelos went, it was game over for that mall. Hardly anyone went there. Slowly but surely, one business after the other went out, and left. The Quiznos was not in the mall originally. It used to be a girls store, called Afterthoughts. Around 05-06, that's when the Quiznos and Pauley's pizza moved in. However, the damage had been done already, and not only did the remaining shops go out of business, but so did Quiznos and Pauley's pizza. I remember going through that mall when Pauley's and Quiznos were being built and telling the owners of the remaining shops to hang in there, because those 2 new places may save the mall. I was wrong. It's sad to see the place be destroyed. I have many fond memories there. I remember my mom taking me to that Foot Locker when I was a kid. As soon as I put my new sneakers on, I used to bolt across the mall towards that photo place. The place shown at 16:35 was an arcade which was also a lot of fun. The mall was a great hang out place.

I found some photos from March 2018 of this mall and it looks like a standard dead mall: A few leaks here and there, a couple things falling down, etc. Now as seen here, it looks like a post-apocalyptic war zone from the demolition work. Pretty surreal and sad...this place was beautiful and I wish I could have seen it at its prime.

Great video Ace. I think that would be cool to have that Sam Goody sign.

What is so sad is that this Mall offered so much when it was alive! So many Christmas show's, Tom Mc cann, Bakers, Joyce Leslie. Malls close today due to Amazon and other online shopping. Is it convenient? Oh yes it is but this unfortunately this handicaps alot of business's. I would love to walk through that mall especially on Sundays. It was the go to place for so many.

Hi Ace! Excellent video! I grew up and still live about 20 minutes from Wayne Hills Mall; I went there so much and really miss the place. Sam Goody, the arcade, McDonald's, the Town Mouse (card store like Hallmark), Meyer Brothers, Waldenbooks...yeah, I've got lots of good memories. It's sad to see the condition it's in; the outside structure is cool with all its curves and brickwork. My I'll be sad when it's completely gone, but at least the property will get another chance to prosper.

I miss this mall terribly. Watched it slowly dwindle down to nothing over the years. It was very tough to watch. I think only Burlington is left now. If that is even still there!

Originally from,wayne. Hung out as a teenager 98-2008 with my friend and ex g/f"s lol. Great memories. Met my best friend there and still is for 21 years.and counting

I have such fond memories of this place when I was a kid. The exterior looked okay, it surprises me to see inside is such a wreck. I'm honestly glad Shop Rite bought the place and is doing something with it rather than continue to let it rot.

Wow... When I lived in NJ I remember coming to this mall as a child every now and then. Back in the early 80's this mall was always pretty crowded. My mother and father would shop and I would find a Donkey Kong arcade game and wait them out or there used to be a computer store that sold Atari games I would go to and see what was new. So long ago. Thanks for the video.

Thanks for posting this. I grew up in Wayne and was in high school in the 70s when this mall was brand new and a great place to shop. I have a lot of nice memories shopping there and hanging out with my friends. I even worked at Joyce Leslie's for a while in the 80s. There was a nice lunch restaurant called, Four and Twenty Pies because they had a huge variety of pies, soups and sandwiches. It was the special lunch place for my Mother and me. My Mother worked at Karen's Kurtains until she retired. This footage makes me feel kind of sad, but all good things must come to an end. I am surprised it lasted this long.

I remember going to that mall often as a young child. There was a fountain in the center court and my mom would give me pennies to toss into it. Then I was ALWAYS dragged into Meyer Brothers.

I was the UPS driver there for 20yrs............at the height of a really good mall till the only like 4 store left!!! What a shame!! The owners just didn't care at the end!!!

I loved and miss Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips that was there in the latter 70's opposite McDonald's...we used to go there at lunch time when a bunch of us worked at Child World

I live 10 minutes from that mall and remember the decline of the mall. My dad told me stories of him and his buddies at the mall back in the day and claims "the fart that stopped time" was set at that McDonald's

I remember this mall, used to spend a lot of weekends at the arcade there. There also used to be a McDonalds right at the entrance that my buddies and I used to go to after school. Sad to see it’s no longer around.

I can't count the hours I spent at the Sam Goody. Or the Joyce Leslie, Fun Palace, Waldenbooks, etc. So crazy.

I’m surprised that this place has remained abandoned as long as it did, although I’m kinda bummed that it’s coming down, since I haven’t gotten the chance to shoot it myself, despite living pretty close to it. I wonder what’s gonna become of that Sam Goody sigh... There used to be some other small malls like this in NJ, too, but as far as I know, they were all redeveloped soon after closing. One of my favorites was the Mill Creek Mall in Secaucus. It opened in the mid-80s and closed in 2007. I have some good memories of shopping there as a toddler in the early 2000s, when it was winding down. It was anchored by a Kohl’s (former Caldor) and a Stop & Shop (former Foodtown/Edwards). Kohl’s survived demolition, but the corridors and Stop & Shop all got the wrecking ball, replaced with a strip mall. Kinda a shame - from an architectural standpoint, it was a pretty nice little mall. Thankfully, there’s plenty of malls that are alive and well in the Garden State!

Crazy part is the mall owner who built it is still located on the other side of the parking lot. It wouldn't have sat for so long if towns are more suited to adapt to change. Wayne denied multiple applications for new ventures of this mall since well before it originally closed.

My mom had very fond memories of this mall from her childhood. I wish I could have stolen that Sam Goody sign for her. It would have made her smile. :)

My memories include hours at the arcade, bought a television at SaveMart Electronics, developed film at Fotomat, flipped through catalogue at Consumers Distributing where they went to the back to bring out your item, perused Hallmark items at the card store, browsed books and magazines at Waldenbooks, shopped at Champs Sports, was forced by parents to go into Tom McCann's Shoes long ago, flipped through 45 singles records at Sam Goody and tossing pennies into the fountain.

I took some pictures of this mall late last summer, it didn't look like its current condition. I'm guessing the demo has caused some of this mess. I live not far from Wayne and shop in the area frequently. I always thought it was neat how the mall has frozen in time with the signs still on the outside like Sam Goody. Nice video and thanks for sharing.

Because of this channel, I'm going to start listening to Waterfront Dining and similar artists. I've put on some vaporware as I've been driving and really enjoy them. Thanks for your videos!

90's kid here, I remember the McDonalds which would have been to the left in the first view of the mall. I got Castlevania Bloodlines at the ToysRus which used to be in the same shopping center and eating at that McDonalds. There was an arcade right across from it and I remember saving up my quarters to beat Sunset Riders and when I got there they had switched out the machines. I remember Sam Goody, my mom going to Karen's Curtains, there was a bank at one of the other entrances and an art place where you can buy paintings. It used to be a fun place around that time, towards the end you just had a Blimpe, Payless, and I think a Ice cream or similar type store, they put up a big wall when you left Burlington that prevented you from accessing the rest of the mall but they had a lot of events there when I was younger for a mall that wasn't really visible from the main road and wasn't in a great location. To bad the owner stopped caring about it.

As a former resident of Wayne, New Jersey, I remember this mall, particularly in high school. It is now an 85,000 square foot ShopRite supermarket.

This mall is probably the worst ive seen in terms of water damage. Good thing there tearing this down because it looks as if mold was going to become a major issue. Dixie Square is probably the worst condition mall that ever was having seen jonrevs old videos. Dixie sqaure was in quite poor shape as sections of the roof were collapsing and was way worse than Rolling Acres.

Wow, I didn't think any mall could quite look as water damaged as Dixie Square got in its last years, but this is very close to how bad DSM got! How long ago was this mall shuttered? For a mall not quite as abandoned for as long as Dixie Square was(and that one was for about 30 years, till its early 2012 demolition), this got into shockingly bad condition! If I were you, I think I would've so taken that Sam Goody sign, if that would've easily come off. But that's just me! BTW if you ever return to Wisconsin, you should do Regency Mall in Racine. I was really hoping you'd do a stop at that mall when you filmed Northridge, but maybe next time you're in the Chicago area you can swing north to there. Also, I think for struggling malls, you'd like River Oaks Center(was once an outdoor shopping center, till the 1990s, you can still see hints of its classic look when you walk around that place, particularly around Macy's(former Marshall Field's)), and Stratford Square a lot(down to just Kohl's, Burlington, a Cinemark/Century theater, and Sears left, and soon grocery store Woodman's will take the former Macy's space. Penney's is still vacant). Golf Mill may also be one you want to see, if just for the fact the north wing of the mall(north of the recently closed Sears, in December 2018, though the rest of the anchors remain for now) still has its retro look. The rest of the mall sadly was renovated around 2007, sadly. And although I know you may not get to it right away, I was wondering if by sometime later in 2019 or even 2020, if you might do a video of the former Jamestown Mall in the Saint Louis area? Feel free to use all my photos I(Allan Marshall) took of that mall in your video, if you want btw. If you don't do a video of that one right away, it's okay. I know Jack and a few others(I think those few others aren't yet using Sal's dead mall Discord yet), uploaded videos of that place not long ago. Back to Wayne Hills Mall, you guys ALL should see the Yelp review page, of this mall! It's at www.yelp.com/biz/wayne-hills-mall-wayne , and the photos are definitely worth a look that'd been uploaded there. Also I can't believe this photo I'm going to use as an example from Yelp was only taken in March 2015, and it only took just over 3 years for the mall to look nearly Dixie Square bad(from the pre-DSM like decay days, in 2015): s3-media4.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/7Nr_rTl9vd4fQsQijPtggA/o.jpg

Seeing this mall in ruins hurts my feelings.. it’s just so sad how things don’t stay the same :(

I'm living in Wayne since 1969, I remember this mall being built! Before that it was a chicken farm, I think. Very noisy place where you could buy eggs. I remember as a little kid going to this mall to "see Santa Claus". During high school, my best friend worked at the shoe store in this mall, can't remember the name of the place. Another close friend worked at the McDonalds. I used to work across the street at T-Bowl. I went to Wayne Valley but my cousin and a bunch of friends went to Wayne Hills, they hung out at this mall alot, it is a short walk from the high school. We spent plenty of time at the Fun Palace arcade, great place and the owner was an awesome guy. Bought all of my albums (vinyl albums, that is!) at Sam Goody. The store that is now Burlington was Meyer Brothers. Another friend of mine worked there. The other Meyer Brothers was the one that burned down in Paterson, probably two or three miles from here. There was an Italian restaurant in this mall that was owned by another school friend, that was in the 90s. I'm glad ShopRite took over and put a nice building on this site, but I don't understand why it sat vacant for so long. This mall shared a parking lot with Pathmark (supermarket), KMart, and Toys R Us.... all those companies are gone now! Well, anyway, the new ShopRite is nice. I feel old!

Thank you for posting this it truly breaks my heart. The small was a part of my late teens and early twenties. As a college students I dated the young man who used to work at the Burlington Coat Factory.. I would go up to Wayne Hills Mall to meet him there after class and we would spend time he walk around Etc. The mall was right down ratzer Road from his house too. It was actually the scene of our first date back in 1995. I believe they are in the process of building a new shop right there

Great video Anthony! I could swear that some of the shopping carts in the mall were old Kmart carts. What other names did you remember seeing on the other carts when you were in there? My favorite mall here in Mesa Arizona was Fiesta Mall. This mall officially closed a year ago on January 27th, 2018. I was there on the last day for one last look, strange to think that mall was the most popular in Arizona. Now it just sits idle. Hopefully people realize what they are losing every time a mall closes, we need to start patronizing these places again. Mall walking is a good activity, instead of sitting on the couch buying everything on Amazon. Hello from Phoenix Arizona.

Yep first place to stop at after school. Arthur and Lenny at Fun Palace. Lived at that mall. My uncle laid brick building that place. Was a special place growing up 1970s1980s even the 1990s Good times. Friends and girl friends ❤

this gave me chills! Nicely frozen in time, almost seems like a post-apocolyptic type thing.

Is a Maine trip in the works. We got a few dead malls, a former mall turned into a currently dead strip mall, and an original 90’s Walmart, currently used as a surplus store.

the arcade at this mall was one of my favorite childhood memories, my dad would take me and my bro to play and then afterwards we’d eat at the mcdonald’s right across the hall.

I remember hanging out here all weekend then walking over to the movie theater or going to T-Bowl. It was not the biggest mall but it was the place to be in the 90's

In its day, this was a really nice mall. They had some really nice stores. Those of us who lived in the area did a lot of shopping there.

I'm real shocked that there's a dead mall still up in Jersey....They have so many mini-malls, Which fits in the suburban areas, lots of national and international chains.....

Ace...you always have the best taste in music...never heard these jams before but I like them! 😌

this looks worse than dixie square mall and rolling acres mall combined

Wow that’s a lot of damage almost like the damage to Rolling Acres Mall

Your work is always top notch! 👍🏻

Incredible video and great history behind the mall! I've known it for a long time as I live in the area but never saw it in it's hayday. I couldn't get footage inside unless you count peeking through the windows and briefly glimpsing through the Burlington entrance (it was locked but still had a glass wall to see the center stage of the mall). Great job on the video!

In Fairmont City, Illinois there is an old Venture store that you can see from the highway. It still has the original storefront with the Venture black and white striped sign both on the store and as a standalone sign. It has been sitting there appartently since 1998 from what I read. I was last there in 2017 though. I would maybe call the town hall to be sure it hasn't been taken down. If you guys should decide to visit this is in the St. Louis area. On the other side of the river, there is a CLASSIC retro mall in St. Peters, Missouri called Mid Rivers Mall. Not yet dying but in the danger category. There are several dead malls in the st. Louis area including Chesterfield Mall in Chesterfield, Mo. and Alton Square Mall in Alton, IL. ALso the St. Louis Mills Mall. THese are all within a 60 mile radius.

I can definitely confirm that the mall is now the new location for the Wayne Shoprite, which used to be down the street on Hamburg Tpk. The old Shoprite location on Hamburg Tpk Is still abandoned to this day.

Sam Goody.......good memories of my past. Sam Goody, Camelot Music, Babbages. All good memories. And when going to the D stop in Toledo at Tony Paco's for some tasty eats.

The before and after shots of the same locations is a brilliant idea. I wish there was more of this, not just opened to rubble, but inside over time too.

Memories from my childhood coming to this mall .

I do not believe in damaging or stealing from abandoned places, but knowing this place is such bad condition and in process of demolition, I would've thought about taking that Puma and Adidas signs in that footlocker off the wall. Seems like allot of the materials could be salvaged like benches, light fixures, signs, tiles even. I think if I owned an abandoned mall, I'd try to be selling these sorts of things, by appointment only, you come get it yourself, have them sign a liability contract or whatever, and try to make every penny count. I would buy those Adidas and Puma signs.

I really would like to take the Nike or Adidas sign!!! It looks like rolling acers mall. Great video Ace as always !

Growing up this mall was the mall we would go and hang out at besides Willowbrook- but it was small enough for young teens- had joyce leslie sam goody McDonald's and yes they always had a show on that stage-

Great work, Ace's Adventures. I feel proud that you got to take your last look at the mall.

Wow, this is sweet. I love these abandoned places. They have a great story to tell. I love this content.

Man that track blew me away. U got taste.

Great job Ace. I was surprised when you said there wasn't much mold. It looks like it would be infested with it.

Wow I've never heard of this mall before what a mess

Around December 2019, demolition was scheduled for the area surrounding this mall except for the Burlington coat factory. I remember seeing it slowly being torn apart, so this video is a great time capsule of what the mall used to be. Thank you for sharing, wish I got to be in this mall and it's heyday because it looks really fascinating from the times I glimped through the Windows

when you go to Detroit be sure to look up ones in the Toledo area, many great places, and should be right on your way of the 80/90 turnpike.

GREAT times there when I was a kid !, I think 70s till the day it was no more !.. 😢

A lot of memories reading the comments , I'm shore I know some of you, I lived in Wayne in the late 70s, went to Wayne Hills High school, played a lot of pinball, at Fun Palace.

this is just heartbreaking too see. I miss Sam goody. DAMN YOU AMAZON DAMN YOU! sorry I just wanted too say that.

My house is down the street, the building had no been demolished completely except the Burlington coat factory. There is a new construction being built in its place right now and its going to be a super shop right unfortunately. Which means all the food stores around it, stop and shop, corrados, and trader joes may and very well be out of business.

The thumbnail looked great but I was surprised that the hotel looks like this. Sad how a mall could do so well, but somehow go down hill. Great vid Anthony!

I used to work at Colorama photo in that mall around 2001-2003. sad to see the place look like this now.

Spent some time in that mall back in the late 90s early 2000s as a kid with my now passed grandparents. Sad sights.

Shame how that mall got to be in bad shape, great video! Surprise all the signage is still up from that old blimpie sub shop, don’t see them around anymore. An blimpie.that was near me became an carry out Chinese restaurant where everything is off the menu only. .

I spent many hours there as a teenager and remember my Grandma taking me shopping as a kid.

Fantastic video. Very interesting. Thanks for filming.

wow that music is beautiful

I wonder how they going to demolish Wayne hills mall there is a Burlington coat factory store next to it.

As a local in NJ, perhaps I can recommend some other locations I've passed by, not too far from Wayne Hills Mall: - Dynamite Falls mini golf course, Fairfield, NJ (I noticed it unexpectedly closed and overgrown. Some attractions were removed). - Park Center IV and the nearby Motel (best search for Wendy's near Hook Mountain Road), Montvale, NJ (both places have red X signs signifying unsafe conditions inside - be careful). - Kmart (search for ShopRite nearby in a shopping center), Parsippany, NJ. Let me know if you need more info or places!

Thank you! I never thought I would see this footage!

Your music choice was perfect for a dead mall.

The inside of the mall is very reminiscent of Rolling Acres pre-demolition. Eerie, but very cool to see what's left behind...

Also Meyer Brothers went bankrupt in 1995 so you weren't too far off. Burlington opened after that.

You should checkout Phillipsburg mall in Phillipsburg, New Jersey. I definitely think it qualifies as a dead mall

4:55:00 My CO K is hard. 😂😂 Anyway, I spent a lot of time at this mall during my time at Wayne Hills HS in the early 90s. I'll never forget going to that Sam Goody and buying Metallica's Black album both on Tape and CD the morning it came out. Not to mention the good times at the arcade playing Mortal Combat. Ahh.. everything great in life is gone forever.

Always sad when a mall becomes dead or abandoned

Went here many many times as a kid. Very sad.

So sad. I used to go there all the time.

I’m from Detroit and I cant wait to see what you film

I live close to the mall and I saw it get knocked down I’ve also have been inside of the mall

great vid anthony👍🏻

Rad video Ace! This place is worse than Rolling Acres. I do miss the ambience in the video a bit though.

Sure not much left of this place, Liked the Video!!!!

Child World was Children's Palace here in Kansas City in the 80's. Most of those store fronts got turned in to Michaels here.

I loved the water fountain . I used to throw coins in there . I had a blast !!!

Whenever I went to Burlington I used to go to the subway in there can’t believe it’s knocked down now

The mall is being rebuilt at the moment and connected to the Burlington

When I went inside in 2016, I got this sick poster from the Photo Center 2000! Lol So glad I went before it got demolished rip in peace

The only thing I can think of with all of these malls is that a long time ago, such a concept wasn't thought of at a simple time. Every market had a purpose, nothing was put under one roof and made convenient. Clothing markets only sold clothes. Fast food joints and restaurants had their own place. Then, these monstrosities were built and sucked the living out of simple life and small businesses. Now, with nothing left in any small town or wherever, and these concrete fantasy worlds now crumbling to crap because of marketing, new ownership, cost of everything going up, the change of times, etc. You ask me, it's just taking a cruise ship and beaching it.

I got a good dead mall in Oregon. Mall 205. Half the mall is busy and back part is just dead

Meyer Brothers? “Miss B, Miss B... Miss B, Miss B”. That was the famous announcement lady paging employees over the PA system.

I would love to have some of those neon signs from there😍