Lakeside also had movie theaters. I think there was 6 but can't remember the exact amount. Also coat lockers in the walls at certain points. It was hard to get a locker during the holidays. During the holidays especially between Thanksgiving and Christmas it was difficult to find a parking spot on the weekends. Going to Lakeside was like taking a vacation. It was great.

My dad was the lead Architect on this mall as well as Fairlane, Great Lakes and partridge creek...I remember hearing great stories about working at the Taubman Company.

I Miss & Love Malls in the 1970s, 80s & 90s.

This was hard to watch. So many memories with my loved ones were here. I just want to thank you for this! I live in the area. I grew up going to this mall. As a general Xer, malls were a big part of our lives. I brought my daughter here as a toddler. They had a large food playscape in the center of the mall. It will be missed😢

Yeah. Sad times. I was a kid when that entire stretch of Hall Road was nothing but open fields. I remember me and my friends going on bike rides up and down Hall Road looking at the signage going up that a new Mall was going to be built there. Fantastic Mall, filled with people and all store space filled and in business. Then the Interz-netzors stuck tendrils into everyone's eye sockets, Amazon took over, and nobody "has the time" to go outside and engage in the Community. On the one hand you might say, "well that's progress, times change". Ok, sure. But I've been wondering if the times have been changing for everyone's benefit, or just a few at the top.

Wow I went to this mall all the time in the early and mid 2000s. Never thought times would change and it would look like that. Nothing stays the same.

I really appreciate you doing this. This is near my home, and this mall was a massive part of my childhood. I’m going to really miss it, and having this let’s me at least relive a bit of what I felt through your eyes. Great work, man.

Hi Wallie, I used to work for Hudson's Eastland Mall Department Store in 1975-1980.I used to work in the Men's Sports Wear Department at Hudson's Eastland Mall Store. I remember when Fairlane Town Center Mall in Dearborn and Lakeside Mall in Sterling Heights both opened up in 1976.I still remember when the Malls would be super busy and I also would go to Lakeside Mall and go to Crowley's,Hudson's,J.C.PENNEY,Sear's. I went to Lord &Taylor and I bought a few things. I remember when the area was nothing but farms. I will miss Lakeside Mall.I still miss Eastland Mall in Harper Woods.

Thank you for this video. This place was full of life over 7-8 years ago and constantly busy. Once the anchors faded off so did the rest. The area is constantly evolving with businesses and so many people online shopping or going else where it makes sense why this is happening. I haven't been in a few years. Its crazy the carousel and the food court is completely gone.

This made me want to cry. I remember when this mall was built. I was a young mother with an 18 month old son. Went on to have 2 daughters over the next 4 yrs. Every December my husband and I would take the kids to the 2nd floor and bring the kids down in the smoke glass elevator with big round light bulbs surrounding it, down to the fountain where Santa and his elves were waiting for all the children to meet with Santa. Years worth of memories. It's heartbreaking to see all these malls being demolished. 😢 Thank You Wallie for letting me see it one last time. 😢 I understand the emptiness you feel wishing you could have taken this walk with Kayla. Memories can be tough sometimes. But we're still grateful to have them. Hugs 🥰

I am a Gen Xer, and we were the ones who got to soak in the heyday of the indoor mall of the 70s and 80s than any other generation during our youth. I feel bad for children of today who didn't have a chance to drink an Orange Julius, sit on Santa's lap, take photos in the photo booths, meet our middle school and high school crushes in the commons area, walk through motorhomes and camping trailers during expo events, and attend celebrity appearances who dropped by every now and then.

My friends and I watched this place being built; Sears was open before the mall, but you could go to what would soon be the opening to to mall entrance and watch the construction going on. What memories, the skating rink was awesome; six theaters and so much more; we were about 15 or 16 years old if I recall correctly; now I'm watching something once so glorious coming to the end of its life. We moved out of Sterling Heights to Traverse City in 1978, but Lake Side will always hold so many great memories for me, and so many friends just roaming around all day; the place was always so full of people, and good times; every store was opened, vacancies were only when one business would move in or out and something new would be there within a week or two. Thanks for the video, brought back a lot of great memories I'll have the rest of my life.

Was just here last week. I saw Star Wars at this mall in 77. Great video! Thank you for recording a beautiful view of our Lakeside!

This place was my childhood and is so nostalgic

What a change from the 1970's! My family and I used to go there at least once every other month and it was JAMMED w/ customers. If my parents wanted me back where they would be waiting at, say, 8:00 PM, I'd have to allow a good 15 minutes just to walk across from the other side due to the crowds.

As I'm watching your walk through Wallie is that with most malls as you can see so many vacant stores that used to be in the mall, it's like an end to an era that those of us that grew up during all this fun and excitement will never forget.

I grew up in this mall starting as a kid in the 70’s when it opened to hanging out here in my teenage years in the 80’s and working here in high school at a place called Sherman Shoes on the upper lever right next to the elevator and fountain. I remember around the Christmas holidays having to park all the way out on the grass on the outside of the road that circled the mall. That’s how busy this place used to get. Before the Hydro tube there was an indoor skating rink. (Both were located in the food court area) Also there was a movie theater (3 in total) We used to go to the Rocky Horror Picture Show there! So many memories!! Thank you for sharing this!

Great video! So sorry for your loss❤I grew up going to this mall & have wonderful memories, especially during the holidays. Every inch was decorated & had to park on the grass & would drive in circles looking for a spot. Being grateful to find one no matter how far u had 2 walk in the cold. I just went a few months ago & also😢I hadn't been in a few years & was shocked. It was a privilege to grow up being a mall rat. I worked & socialized there. A very big part of my life. Sad that future generations will not be able to experience it.

Never been to Michigan but wow that mall looks amazingly fun back in the day no doubt imagine how decorated it would have been during the holiday's wow.

I once lost my car in this parking lot. Security had to help me find it. It took us 15 minutes because it was near Christmas. I held an interview for a calendar store in the early 2000s near the railing, and I could hardly hear myself think. My mom would take me here after doctor’s appointments. This was the mall to see and be seen as a teen in the 90s. Imagine growing up here and basking in the beauty. I need to go back up to the mall and check it out a few more times before the end of the year. I imagine that they will convert the anchors to be outside as they did for Universal Mall in Warren, MI which closed 20 years ago. It was a mini Taubman. I live in Warren. You would have loved Universal. It reminds me of the mall where they filmed America’s Funniest People(if you remember that). It had an attached movie theatre, full arcade, candy store, food court, bar, and other wings. The area by the food court was a skating rink in the 80s. There was previously a full carousel in that area with the wrought iron barrier.

I'm from Michigan and grew up as this Mall was built, later spent many hours and dollars at the many stores, shopped with my now passed wife there... It is bittersweet seeing it from another part of the country, memories.....

Wallie, you’re such a gentle, respectful soul! You never bother anyone & you just mind your own business. Keep on doing your thing.

I sat in that sitting area by jc Penney just the other day and just remembered how amazing this place was when i was a kid in the 80s

Hi Wallie! This is my local mall! Let me know when you go again I’ll meet you up there for sure! So many good memories. I grew up with it and see the final golden era and for fall. My parents were there when it first opened with a movie theater ect

Hi I live here?? this was surreal to see pop up in my recs. My mom is an insurance agent who worked with several of the store owners here. She was positive that the fine art store was a front for something. These days this place is more useful for its parking lot, which hosts a lot of good carnivals and other weird traveling acts like a halloween themed burlesque show last month.

Spend some time here in my teens and 20s. Crazy how much has changed. Always parked outside food court for quick in and out

This was one of my favorite malls growing up. I wrote a report about it in third grade, and I have it saved somewhere. Back then they had the Tilt arcade (in the area where the food court is now, two stories, and where the waterslide was before that), and it was just about the best place I could go as a young kid. Down in the lower JCPenney wing is an abandoned Arby's. It can still be accessed, and the Arby's logo is still visible inside, along with seating, if you shine a light. The door to the Arby's can be seen on the left at 19:20.

I remember when it was built. Holy crap.

Aah, the memories. I remember ice skating there in the late 70's and going down the waterslide in the mid-80's. The first time I saw Rocky Horror was Halloween night 1986 at Lakeside. But times have changed.

I highly recommend visiting Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, IL (just outside Chicago) as it's another incredible example of a Taubman mall. Sadly the water feature is long gone but the size and Taubman aesthetic makes up for the removal of the water feature.

It reminds me of the film setting for Logan's run from 1976

so sad that the carousel is gone:( i loved riding that double decker carousel. it was so fun 🙂 i remember getting my ears pierced here 5 years ago. it was so alive and fun to walk around. so sad how it looks now

Fastest 34 minutes of my life! A special thank you to Alford Tubman for this Lakeside Mall & especially the 1983 Michigan panthers and 1985 Oakland Invaders. You brought the only professional football championship to Michigan.

What a beautiful shopping mall! I love the aesthetics in the mall! Kudos to your KZfaq Channel, Wallie! 👍👍👍

This was the mall we usually went to when I was growing up along with Macomb Mall and sometimes Great Lakes Crossing. Haven't been inside since 2006. I used to work at the Champs Sports here from 2000-2005 first year as a senior in high school then seasonally while I was in college. I was in its parking lot recently but only to go to Total Wine which is in the place of an old Toys-r-Us. I suppose in a way that location grew up with me. I haven't watched this channel before but it was nice to hear you open up, even if it filled your heart with melancholy. Many relationships and friendships were born here, lived here, and died here. The death of this mall is the end of an era but perhaps something greater will be built in the ashes.

I lived right next to Lakeside for 27 years now. Big changes are coming. I will have to go there and sit where the Sears entrance is inside. I met the best chick I ever met in 2009 there who passed away sadly years ago.

I love how much he enjoyed the fountain, all I could think was “my friend did a cannonball into that fountain and got banned from the mall”

I grew up in this mall as an 80s kid in ny teens it was just like you see in movies. Still go once in awhile but ut depressed me seeing all the empty stores. So many good memories

Love the fountain in this mall

Running an rc car in there would be cool. 😊

Deja Vu. I hope you're feeling better, Wallie. I already know this is going to be a great one!

Excellent video Wallie. Thank you for sharing.

You should have seen this in the 90s. Constantly packed, and terrible traffic jams getting in and out. They had a Suncoast too! One thing I must nitpick- The city Twelve Oaks is in is pronounced No-VI, long I sound instead of E. That’s a rare mall in the Metro in recent years that actually expanded their space. Last one before that was probably Somerset in the mid 90s. I’d love a meetup if it fits in my schedule.

Used to work here for a bit so I have lots of memories there. I'll visit one last time before they officially close permanently 😢

Some, if not all, of the art sculptures are really cool and hope they will repurpose them somewhere.

Hope you checked out Fairlane! Taubman was based in Metro Detroit and for decades Fairlane was widely considered to be his crown jewel. It once even had a monorail. Opened the same day as Lakeside. My dad was on the crew that built those concrete planters/fountains. Sorry to hear about Kayla (I was wondering) but everything happens for a reason and we're all thrilled to have you and your commentary as you document these places. Nobody does it like you.

This is so sad, i had so much fun here as a teenager.. it really hits hard, like a part of my childhood has died.

Just visited Lakeside for the last time. I probably first stopped by 15 years ago or so and thought this was a top 3 mall next to Summer Set Collection and 12 Oaks. The last time I was there, maybe a few years ago was surprised to see the Lord and Taylor area totally empty. I usually would enter from the food court, but today it's closed off, and I had to enter in from the Macy's Men's store. It's just amazing how empty it is now. Of course, that is to be expected with it's as it's July 1st closing. I did hear JcPenny's and Macy's will still be open and a part of the new development.

Believe it or not there use to be an Ice Rink in this mall, after they tore that down they built a Water slide named the "Hydrotube". But after many lawsuits they demolished that as well and replaced it with an Arcade called "Tilt". They also had a Movie Theater back in the day. I use to cut Mr. Taubman's grass, he owned Lakeside and Mall of America.

When they opened Partridge Creek right up the road, that became the new, hip shopping spot.

Love❤ the water feature!

This was the mall of my youth! It’s sad that it’s come to an end. Thankfully I have many fond memories. FYI, back in the day, there was a huge slide inside. So fun!

I have a lot of memories of this place! I vividly remember when my parents took me & my sister (then my only sis) to ride down the Hydrotube! But this place just doesn't have the draw it did back in the good old days. The only reason I go there these days is for the Anime shop (you can see it at 23:56 on the upper floor to the left of Macy's), as they have a lot of good Anime figurines! I hope they manage to relocate elsewhere before the mall is redeveloped!

Yayy my home town love lakeside went there like everyday in like the 2000s ahhaha

All 4 of the Metro Detroit Taubman malls got Lord & Taylor in 1978 with the same entrance design, it's always been a highlight of the mall to me. The one at Fairlane became Ford offices, painted blue with a Ford logo! (until the 2020 event), it's right across the freeway from the Ford World HQ. The exterior of the L&T at Lakeside was heavily modified in a mid-90s expansion/renovation but the Fairlane and Twelve Oaks stores are mostly original (Twelve Oaks was painted white).

That was a awesome video

This.msll still has the mid 1970s vibes.

Wow 👌 awesome mall video

Another great video and “tribute” to a beautiful mall. I don’t live in that area, so I’ve never been to it, but you did a great job with the video and gave great info and history on the mall. It really is a beautiful mall, and like so many others across the country, it will close and or be torn down. I agree 100% it’s sad to see them go. So many things over the past 10 or so years, have contributed to the dying malls. Online shopping (esp Amazon) has made it super easy to shop without leaving your home, and quick deliveries make it hard on the brick and mortar stores. You are correct in saying it’s sad to watch these places slowly fade away, and some that have been around since our childhoods. I can tell that your videos are truly heartfelt, and that’s why I am a subscriber and watch all of your videos. Thanks for taking your personal time to do these “memory saving” videos. I pray for your continued healing process in other areas of your life. That’s a tough thing to go through. Just know that your in the thoughts and prayers of myself and many others. Thanks again Wallie, for the magic you make with your “time capsule” videos. You truly put your heart into them, and that’s why you have the following that you do. I’ll keep watching, as you are now my favorite “you tuber”!

Really miss this mall had a store called southwest plus that closed a long time ago. Time changes everything unfortunately not for the better

This place got me through alot of boring winters, will be sad to see it shuttered 😕

Looks exactly like Lake Forest mall, Marley Station mall, and Fair Oaks mall, all Taubman malls in the DMV.

Lakeside is officially closing today June 30th 2024. I’m about to go in there to take it all in one last time R.I.P Lakeside 1976-2024. Also lakeside is having a sale after they close so you can pick up a piece of history

Thanks for the memories. Was a regular at that mall when it opened. I remember all the stores back then and spending time with family and friends. Unfortunately, we know things change over the years. I haven't stepped in there for at least 10 plus years now and have heard it's slated for redevelopment as you mentioned.

You gotta see Plymouth Meeting Mall, if you haven’t been yet. That place has to have the most epic active mall fountain!

This mall looks soooo 80s nostalgic modern design love it 😢😢😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤❤❤just soooo sad how all our malls are shutting down all our memories are expiring sooo fast I hate it 😢 💔 😞 😔 🙏

this mall actually looks really nice

This was my childhood mall. The passing of time sure is something.

Thank you for all you do, I really appreciate that you spend time and money traveling around to places and showing us things that we might not every get to see. I try to watch all you videos, but you know how life is you just don't get to see every video everyone post. Im sorry for your loss, I didn't know what happened to Kayla I could tell it had been bothering you, it touched me they way you talked about her in this video. Keep you head. You have lots of friends here. If you every get to southern ky look me up. I have a dead Simon mall here.

Great mall video! Looks very big! Praying for healing to your heart. 🙏

Thanks for stopping by Sterling Heights and seeing my childhood mall. Wait till you see the Golden Butthole…

This is great 70s architecture and design. I hope they keep preserving this mall. Your video seems to be almost 4k looking compared to other 1080 video on KZfaq. Your not whipping the camera around either though. You know how to shoot and you use tripods and/or gimbles I think. Thanks again for your videos

I enjoyed your vid. I've watched several of these since I learned they were going to tear her down. I haven't walked through there in years. I spent my entire youth growing up at this mall. It's sad to see her go.

I went to lakeside last year and couldn't believe it... it was a ghost town

Wallie a fantastic video done by you that was a beautiful shopping mall and what I like about it is the design and the water fall it was a shame that most of the stores was not open but at least you did take us around and show us and thank you .

Wow Wallie! Really cool video! Great job! That’s a really cool Mall and I’m sure it was really hopping in its hay day!

Thank you for sharing the mall hopefully getting better

I finally found this channel again and I am surprised you were here in my city!

So sad. I grew up a few miles away from here. Have shopped there countless times. It wasn't that long ago that it would be packed with people. Anchor stores were Sears, JC Penney, Lord and Taylor, Hudsons, and Crowley's. Hudson's was bought by Macy's. Sears closed and that kind of killed half of the mall. There used to be an ice rink there.

Awesome 🇺🇸😎💪 watching now

Wallpaper let’s get it going over to Valliant's Diner ASAP. Surf and turf special for wallpapered!!!!!!!!!!🐟 🥩

I just drove there yesterday lol, gosh it’s sad to see this place just die slowly but surely, this mall is a masterpiece

Kelley's Dari-Delite On Babcock is re opening. Wallpaper let’s see it!!!!! ♿️

Reminds me of the old Summit Place Mall (AKA: Pontiac Mall). All of the malls have been killed by poor management and the upscale retailers moving to other locations.

Been here once last year when going into canada, it is a nice mall that probably will close in the future.

It’s going to close on July 1 2024 sad to see it go

19:13 There’s an abandoned looking Jeepers! location that operated from 2016 (when the previous year Legoland took over the Auburn Hills location) to 2020 (when it closed due to COVID-19 and the safety violations).

Come to the courtland center in Burton Michigan it's a dying mall for years and there's a spirit halloween in an old Art Van and an abandoned Lowes and a abandoned VGs nearby

Wow I love these videos I thinking about doing one

Wonderful Fountains F+L, Corey

The only palm trees in Michigan!

The fabulous fountain is currently off and hosting 2 animatronic raptors as part of a traveling animatronic show that is taking over the entirely vacant Lord and Taylor wing. Hopefully they will be turned back on.

It looks like it was a nice mall at one time.

TAUUUBBMANN RISE UP!! you gotta visit VA’s taubman in Fairfax!

That very same circus shown in the beginning of this video is performing at the Grove City Premium Outlets tonight!

i used to go here a lot

There's a shopping mall here in my town that they are going to demolish and put office buildings and apartment buildings there And I have lots of memories going to that shopping mall

I first visited this mall in 2015, it was still hanging on, every year it slowly declines. Sad, but I think they will do something nice with the property soon.

I know they’re made by the same people, but I saw a clip of this mall on instagram and I thought it was Fairlane Town Center in Dearborn. I was so confused since that mall isn’t anywhere near close to dead.

Hey Wallie! If you ever pass through NJ, check out the Bridgewater Commons Mall in Bridgewater, NJ. The whole bottom level is almost empty (it's three levels). It was sold to a CA development company but now the ownership has been given to another group. The Township council approved it with the caveat it cannot be used for housing and it has to be retail. A lot of people are really upset as its the only local mall (unless you drive 20-30 minutes) and its been around since the late 80s.