Yonkers last day was yesterday. Went pass there early this morning (4/30) and there were about 5 cars parked at the side entrance but by afternoon there was none. Walked into the mall and Younkers is completely dark .The bridal shop is closed with a note saying they are being evicted for non payment.

In 1982 I worked at Musicland next to the arcade. Across from us was a Tom McAn shoe store. Across the road was Mid Cities Mall. I worked there at a disco place called The Back 40. Every summer in the 60s and 70s the parking lot had a carnival with rides and games. Thanks for the video 😊 brings back alot of memories for me!

This two blocks from my house. I remember when this was a hopping place in the late 80s early 90s.

I died at your pronunciation of Prange's lol :-P Anyway I remember that mall being kinda cool. There used to be an ice cream parlor in there and my mom took me there as child. During Christmas, there was always this really neat display that spanned almost the entire length of that mall. Kinda sad that it is nothing now....

That's a great job, brings back a lot of memories. Nothing lasts forever. Thanks for documenting.

Stopped at the mall today(6/4) to find all the doors locked .Edgewater Plaza/Lakeshore Mall can now join all of the other closed malls. R.I.P.

Right next to Avada used to be an ice cream restaurant called The Snackery. And right next to that was a hair saloon called Regis.

It's hard to imagine that some of these dead and dying malls were busy in the past.

The mall was closed shortly after Younkers closed.Last month the Mall was broken into and INCREDIBLE amount of damage done.About 2 weeks ago, the Mall was boarded up and is now a "Shuttered" mall. The city is giving the owner into Nov.16 to raze the mall.Remains to be seen.......

Update 5/22.. The Wizard's Kingdom has announced their last day open will be 5/27 according to their Facebook page,saying it was "not their choice". Evidently the mall owner is going to shutter the mall up. My impression is that Avada Hearing is being asked to leave also .The mall was opened in 1979

The B-Dalton was on the other side, on the right when you were looking at Prange Way.. You filmed all of the book shelves at 5:59. That was one of my favorite bookstores back in the mid 80's.

The spot at 4:24 that you called "a youth gathering place" was a coffee shop that opened somewhere around 2010 or so and lasted less than a year. The spot was refurbished and updated for the shop. The mall's restrooms were also updated around that time. As you can see, the rest of the mall still has that 1979 look (when it opened).

Hey there Prange is pronounced with a long e sound at the end. A nice store.. tnx

Thanks for the video. This mall is now completely closed. Me and my daughter were dying to see inside. Very cool!

I live in the town town where this mall is. My dad grew up when this mall was alive and he even remembers buying his Atari at Prangee Way on the far right of the store. This mall was doing decent seven years ago, with a collector's store, a barber shop, and a few other small stores and I attended several birthday parties at Wizard's Kingdom, which, along with Younkers, is the only thing keeping this place standing. But even Wizard's Kingdom is struggling, and they were selling their iconic wizard statues. I own one now. Due to this mall being on the northeast side of town, where businesses only get local attention, and more chain stores being built along the interstate, on the southwest side, I'd be surprised if it lasts ten more years.

I used to go there alot on Saturday and Sunday it was fun !!

Worked for Comcast for a bit and it was weird to run wire to that arcade or to that Younkers. The void in the ceiling is spooky. The Eyecare place moved on the south side of the city near Festival Foods. When you walked out on your left in the other vacant lot there was a lowly drive up ATM machine, I'd say it's been gone for about 4 years now. All this space and the city hasn't a clue what to do with it.

I'm glad I got to wander through that mall last year, both by myself and with my wife. Back in the early 90's my parents and I would make a trip to this mall and to the other that was demolished. I frequented the comic shop that was here. And I gotta chime in- are you a Wisconsin native? I have never heard anyone call an H. C. Prange company "Pranj".

pretty bad when mall office is even closed

At 5:36, you can see my name spray-painted on the wall of the old wizard arcade that I was remodeling to turn into a professional wrestling memorabilia store before they shut the mall down completely.

Pragne's and Pragne Way (the 'g' is silent) were pretty local to Wisconsin, though there might have been a couple in Minnesota or Illinois. Pragne's was a traditional department store similar to Younkers or Boston Store. Pragne Way was a discount store, similar to Kmart, Target, or Shopko. These particular Pragne's and Pragne Way had a special significance to me. My grandparents lived near Manitowoc, which meant a lot of trips to Edgewater Plaza with my grandmother. Usually those trips would end with ice cream in the food court and a couple rounds of games at The Wizard.

Thank you for the upload. I see someone had corrected the pronunciation. I also remember Prange way. It usually was near the Prange store. Don''t know if they had one of those in Manitowoc but we had one where I lived in 70's. Miss both of those stores.

Mayor Justin Nickels has announced that he wants to see the mall demolished in the near future...he doesn't want a repeat of the former Lakeview Center Mall which became a terrible eyesore after the final tenant,J.C. Penny's closed. The former Lakeview Center has remained empty for almost three years despite all the "plans" the owner had for the vacant property.

Prange is pronounced "pran-gyee," not "pranj."

Cool video, by the way. This is where I grew up. I was in high school in the early 90s and that mall was already going under then.

I'd happily give back the internet to have my shopping malls and stores again 😭

Younker's is in the process of closing their store at the mall,so it's the end of the line for this mall. All that will be left is The Wizard's Kingdom, Avadia Hearing,and a bridal store (that has such limited hours and days open that might as well be closed).Both The Wizard's Kingdom and Avadia have outside access ,so if they are going to be able to stay or have to move....Sad to see this happen seeing that both my Dad and I worked at the Mall from the mid 1980's until 2004 (my Dad died in 1993).

1:32 gotta love those funky retro store front displays. Too bad they are gone now. :(

I was just there today to take a major shit. I live in manitowoc and i remember going to both malls that one and jc penny i miss going to jc penny cause it had all origanal 60s signs and everything.

Interesting video. Very dated storefronts and tree stands. Thanks for sharing.

Spent many hours there back in the 80s in the arcade next door to prange way. Also did plenty of back to school shopping there.

It's pronounced "Prang" "e" "way" just in case your curious.

This is a strange mall. 3 anchors and only a handful of other shops. I do like the 70s interior though . One thing about 70s malls, you got lots of different styles and all generally putting a lot of effort in to the interior design. In my opinion a lot of malls started dying when they did things like Remove plants and trees, rip out fountains, get rid of the things that gave the mall its original unique style and replace them with white plain poor quality interiors. Sad times.

We just investigated it today, before finding your video... Teenagers got in there...REKT. We will compile a video of our footage, I'll be sure to send you the vid, Urbex- A Peak Inside .

Looks like the interior of a Greyhound station at 3am.

There was a Regis hair salon. There was a jewelry store there was a shoe shop there

202 Party Plaza used to be there when the old Discovery Channel store was opened in 2009 until 2015.

Manitiwoc has really gone downhill :(

now if they built out at by i43 it would still be open

Is now such a sad eyesore. Why is this still standing?

The whole lot is gone now. Just some poles sticking out of the ground. A big hangout for seagulls. I almost crashed my bike there once on the poles thinking it was just some wire.

Drove by this mall..it's all gone now.

There is a mall across the street that got demolished a few years ago and has a deadmalls article. In the late 2000s it was just JCPenney then it closed.

The mall looks pretty dated like it stuck in the 80s. The wooden wall of a store front shown at 3:22 is from the 80s.

This is about the deadest a mall can be.

Amazon is killing malls.

That was Prange way, not Prang!!

Pretty old 80s interior. Needs some modernistic renovations or better shops. Old floors, walls, etc. Abandon shops. Its dead lol.

2:30 In my country the christmas ads were transmitted in november but dont confuse the american independence day with christmas thats desperate man

well, the lakeshore mall is completely dead now you can still get inside because the arcade is still inside but I've never seen it open and my friend got in the younkers from somewhere in the back, but we couldn't find a way into Prange way sadly but if you guys live around there you should check it out.

The Wizard is still open???!!! LOL

The only thing waiting for this mall is the wrecking ball, it is empty and dead.

Younkers is Closing...

7:05 Brooks women's store

I can hear a cat or something meowing at 3:30

This looks like it hase been updated in decades. A shame.

Build a casino here

Wacky

Yonkers left that mall

Alot of it had to do with online shopping.

That mall has been dead for a while

But still wiazrds kindom is poppen

That was not a B Dalton bookstore that was a Hallmark store and you don’t know how to pronounce pranges or prange way

sad states of AMERICA

wow it is extremely dated

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