Exploring Abandoned NORTH SHORE SQUARE MALL

Exploring Abandoned NORTH SHORE SQUARE MALL | Everything Left behind

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@jeee1074 4 жыл бұрын

It is crazy that just 5 years prior to your video, this mall was nearly full. The Frankie and Johnny intro is an awesome way to start a video. Another mall you could do is The Esplande, that place is really hurting.

@midnyteblues 5 жыл бұрын

Memories.... I practically grew up in that mall. There used to be a movie theatre across the parking lot so Friday nights half of the middle school kids would be there to get dinner in the food court, play in the arcade, hit up Claire’s, and that famous but now extinct music and video store to get the latest cassette tape and poster, then go see a movie. Those were the days.

@BIendtecc 5 жыл бұрын

I wish I could find pictures of the movie theater

@calebjones5800 5 жыл бұрын

Darn this mall was my childhood i used go there to eat,play at the arcade,and also its sad to see this place close. 😭😭😭😭

@emilys2457 5 жыл бұрын

can you tell me if this mall ever underwent a reno?

@RangerRickTV 5 жыл бұрын

@@emilys2457 not that I know of but they do keep it up.

@epicdeadchannel 4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@BIendtecc 3 жыл бұрын

Does anybody know what those big stores on the back side of the mall were?

@SonicBoone56 3 жыл бұрын

@@BIendtecc which ones? There was Sears, JCPenney, Dillards, and Burlington Coat Factory. Those were the anchor stores that were there the longest.

@504RoadTrips 6 жыл бұрын

You spent more money on that merry go round than anyone else anywhere in that mall in the last year.

@RangerRickTV 6 жыл бұрын

504RoadTrips haha that's probably true.

@Darkless4X 5 жыл бұрын

This is such a crying shame. Born & raised in Louisiana & I grew up going to this mall all the time, it was one of my all time favorite shopping places since when I was a kid. Now it's a Ghost Mall. R.I.P. North Shore Square Mall

@littlegreengamer 9 ай бұрын

IKR? I visited that place as a little kid in the early 90s. It would be so much easier for me to make peace with it closing down, if only I could have visited it one last time in recent years. I think the last time I saw it was in 1992 and that was it. I remember how much I loved the toy store, the food court (which had some nice mosaic tile artwork on the walls) and the nearby arcade. If only today's kids could have the same memories I had of it.

@caseypender7415 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. I’m obsessive over dead malls and this was where my first date was with my husband. We used to come here all the time and I worked at the Chuck E Cheese right outside of it. I am so sad to see it go.

@RangerRickTV 4 жыл бұрын

Oh ya, I did this video a couple of years ago. I think by now it's completely abandoned.

@caseypender7415 4 жыл бұрын

Explore with Rick it is. My mother in law still lives in Slidell and she said they’re turning it into a govt building or something. When they opened that mall on Fremaux, that was the last nail in the coffin. I like the Dan Bell vibe though! Nice work.

@RangerRickTV 4 жыл бұрын

@@caseypender7415 thank you for the kind words, btw what's the status on esplanade in kenner?

@caseypender7415 4 жыл бұрын

I honestly couldn’t tell you. I moved to Orlando in 2014. I can find out for you though! Esplanade was on the decline when I was there so it’s probably not doing great.

@RangerRickTV 4 жыл бұрын

@@caseypender7415 since you live in Orlando, do you recommend any dead Malls or abandoned places I should do there?

@sal 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video! I'll be visiting the area this week, and having a look at North Shore Square too! Thanks for the upload!

@RangerRickTV 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks big dog! A lot more things have disappeared since I was last there. Also an abandoned ToysRus bonus right across the street ! 📸

@SonicBoone56 3 жыл бұрын

@@RangerRickTV used to go there too.

@Mrcoochie39 4 жыл бұрын

I remember sitting on that sofa waiting for my parents to get done shopping. That mall used to be so popular. Nobody wanted it to go

@gol0914 2 жыл бұрын

The Chick-fil-A there was 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@huskymomlife2237 6 жыл бұрын

Mall so dead janitors got all time in world clean everything .

@RangerRickTV 5 жыл бұрын

hahaha.

@JumpingJocket 6 жыл бұрын

Very sad, I live 5 minutes away. My son is 30 now, he grew up in this mall, he was always there. It was very busy at one time, during the month of December, you couldn't find one spot in that huge parking lot. Traffic would back up at the Airport Rd exit for miles from people trying to get there, those days are gone now, just memories.

@RangerRickTV 5 жыл бұрын

Brock Audibert very sad times, but it’s kinda what the people wanted. Amazon and the internet came about and then people got lazy/ busy so it saves plenty of time just purchasing online. That’s pretty sad though that millions of jobs will be replaced by computers and robots.

@TheOfficialEC 6 жыл бұрын

I Love that classic commercial! So hilarious! Great video guys!

@RangerRickTV 6 жыл бұрын

HAHA thanks bro.

@jonathanspencr 2 жыл бұрын

Seeing the Pocket Change Arcade shut down and Dante's Pizza like that kinda' broke me.

@RangerRickTV 2 жыл бұрын

I love this mall but its long gone now.

@terrevue923 5 жыл бұрын

I used to go there :(

@RangerRickTV 5 жыл бұрын

"used to" I hear that a lot. Kinda like toys r us.

@Tj-mb7ch Ай бұрын

I grew up in this mall. I started to notice it going downhill when the Radio Shack disappeared. That's when I stopped going.

@pasadenacatpink 5 ай бұрын

This is the most depressing, but wonderful mall that I’ve ever seen. I really hate it that our malls that were childhood gems for us are dying due to the internet and crime. If I could turn back the hands of time, I could revisit the shopping malls and have fun as long as I can. I really hate it that the current generation won’t experience the joys at the mall.

@rylanproductionsyt3080 11 ай бұрын

You should go to the mall in Biloxi and the one In Hattiesburg they have the cleanest bathrooms

@masonhemelt1967 5 жыл бұрын

My intire childhood was in the mini golf place

@RangerRickTV 5 жыл бұрын

Mason Hemelt welcome back; D

@solidsoto327 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for going into the arcade! I used to go in there and play soul calibur 2 and dance dance revolution while my mom shopped at Burlington as a kid

@budgetoffroadb3623 5 жыл бұрын

I remember getting kicked out of this mall as a teenager because I had a chain wallet.

@RangerRickTV 5 жыл бұрын

That is ridiculous.

@connieestaves5316 2 жыл бұрын

Literally makes me cry... I worked at Regis hair salon for many years .... we were next to Claires jewelry store.. and across from Meryl Norman.. I have such good memories from working there.. (we ) mail workers had a family type thing going on really good friends everyone was kind and friendly to each other.. I loved the field trips to Saints games were the best.... we would rent a greyhound bus everyone would pay one price for buss and Saints game we would meet at the mall early Sunday morning bring our food and booze lol ... it was the best time EVER !! Like I said it makes me sad .... but I hold my memories close to my heart...

@RangerRickTV 2 жыл бұрын

Same here but long gone now.

@martinneese572 Ай бұрын

What time was it you were at Columbia mall in Columbia Tennessee? In the video you were amazed they were still open but idk what time it was

@Zomb1e84 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome video !

@kcaviatrix 5 жыл бұрын

I also grew up in this mall, lived in Huntwyck. It was opened soon after we moved to Slidell in 83. There were very few places to go in the 80s and 90s. It is a bummer to see it run down. I still want to cry when I pass by the old Maison and DH Holmes. It was ridiculous when they bought the others, and turned two stoors into Dillard's. Does anyone else remember the scandal when kids were caught photocopying dollar bills, and redeemed them for coins in the arcade? Memories... Everyone has a different opinion as to what caused this mall to close. I did visit that Fremaux mall. Better, I do not think so... Oh, I can't believe you didn't pick the commercial of her running down the aisle of the store, yelling "I got the 50 dollas."

@sades775 2 жыл бұрын

Lol I remember shopping at Penny's for Easter dresses Edit: that sofa's been there for yearssss

@lilwhodyson 5 жыл бұрын

This is gold. Thanks, brother

@lilwhodyson 5 жыл бұрын

It's kind of depressing at the same time, as if an entire period of history of life is slowly being erased... but still gold, nevertheless.

@RangerRickTV 5 жыл бұрын

No problem my dude.

@UniCommProductions 5 жыл бұрын

VERY NICE! Saint Pepsi, well-filmed, well-edited, super fun narration--what more can you ask for?

@RangerRickTV 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Unicomm. Where are you from? North, south?

@UniCommProductions 5 жыл бұрын

Cincinnati, OH!

@bjclassic1950 6 жыл бұрын

Wow! Sad to see this, wonder how long the other stores will stay. Decades ago I lived on the West Bank and moved away. Was hard to believe the big mall in Marrero was closed, knocked down and land resold. Times they are a changing. My late parents lived in Covington. People that lost their home in Katrina bought the old home place. Thanks for the video😉👍🇺🇸

@RangerRickTV 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, very sad to see. Maybe one day it will turn into something nice. Also, you are very welcome.

@dfresh93086 4 жыл бұрын

I’m from the Northshore and I spent many days of my childhood in the 90s with my parents in this mall. It was absolutely the place to be back in the day. That arcade was called Pocket Change! Before it was a GameStop, they had a Babbage’s. The food court had everything, including that Dante’s Pizza and a Chic Fil A y’all strolled by. They also had a killer ice cream place. I think it was called Swanson’s. I went back in about 3 years ago before it closed and I couldn’t believe how gone it was. I had to have a seat and reflect on the good old days of childhood walking up and down the concourses.

@RangerRickTV 4 жыл бұрын

Did you hear now it's abandoned?

@dfresh93086 4 жыл бұрын

Sure did. It was like part of my childhood died along with it.

@vivalamaddie4809 4 жыл бұрын

I grew up going to this mall. Sad to see it like this!

@RangerRickTV 4 жыл бұрын

Ah, where you from?

@vivalamaddie4809 4 жыл бұрын

I lived in Waveland MS, we went to Slidell all the time.

@rickyandreou 4 жыл бұрын

Sad to see the place go. It's been almost 20 years but I definitely remember that arcade @ 13:14 way back in the day as a child in the 90s. Had fun there many a weekend. It had two entrances & it looks like you guys went in through the side entrance that lead right to the big cafeteria. Apart from the entrance the only thing left recognizable is that glass counter desk space mentioned in the video where the Arcade clerks were with all of the prizes you could win if you earned enough tickets/tokens.

@RawRealRetail 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent video! I love your enthusiasm, great stuff!

@RangerRickTV 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro, Im getting some ideas from watching your videos. I hope you don't mind.

@RawRealRetail 5 жыл бұрын

@@RangerRickTV Not in the slightest! Glad someone appreciates them :D I'm sure you could find a lot of great people to collaborate with and bounce ideas off of in our humble community. Check out the discord link in my descriptions.

@RangerRickTV 5 жыл бұрын

I take it you're from up North?

@RawRealRetail 5 жыл бұрын

Yep, greater Philly area.

@RangerRickTV 5 жыл бұрын

@@RawRealRetail coming down south ?

@mackenziegrose6924 5 жыл бұрын

it’s so sad. When I was little (I lived close to here) I remember when my brother, grandma, and I went to the little arcade to play for hours. We then went to chick fil a. And there was that one time that I waited in line for about 2 hours and met Sabrina Carpender! It’s just so sad to see all of this fade away.

@JediMike71 3 жыл бұрын

This used to be a great mall. It had been stores I loved. Kay-Bee Toys, Suncoast, B-Dalton bookstore. All of them are long gone now. I really miss going there.

@kmartradiostoresandtours1282 6 жыл бұрын

Glad to see others documenting this mall. I did a video on this one and plan to do an update soon. It’s amazing how much it’s declined in the last 6 months. I walked through It today with a friend and we reminisced on all of our childhood memories of this mall. Really sad to see it like this..

@RangerRickTV 6 жыл бұрын

Better hope robots dont become mainstream or humans will be next.

@Redstar0724 5 жыл бұрын

Saw the dancing at the beginning... Instantly subscribed!

@RangerRickTV 5 жыл бұрын

I was feelin good that day.

@Redstar0724 5 жыл бұрын

@@RangerRickTV laissez les bon temps rouler!

@randyburke4444 6 жыл бұрын

Just sad seeing the mall in this condition I spent a lot of time there when I was a teenager I also worked there when I was in high school in the early 90s it was the place to be I always ran into someone I knew you were very lucky to find a place to park during the holidays thanks for sharing your video

@AndroidSunner 5 жыл бұрын

Nice Videos man, Keep it up!

@RangerRickTV 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching Sunner.

@Xanduur Жыл бұрын

I was a junior at Slidell High when that mall opened. I worked at Dante’s Pizza there and spent most of my earnings in the arcade right next to our pizza place. I am shocked to see the mall is totally dead. I truly hate Amazon.

@doctaco3462 5 жыл бұрын

I’m from the east bank and remember hearing this mall’s jingle on the radio as a kid. Surprised it’s this empty

@RangerRickTV 5 жыл бұрын

No kidding, I didn't even know it had a jingle.

@doctaco3462 5 жыл бұрын

Explore with Rick The most I remember from it was “North Shore Square- it’s the spot to shine!”

@martinbarcelona1869 3 жыл бұрын

So sad. I was the construction manager for Howard Development Co. for North Shore Square. I hate to see that it closed.

@SonicBoone56 3 жыл бұрын

This was my local mall. Made so many memories there. It doesn't even feel like that long ago that it was open. I regret not going into it one last time. This mall died off because of Fremaux Town Center and I can't help but feel like it was intentional. They promised expansion that never happened.

@johntaylor3381 5 жыл бұрын

Used to always go to that mall

@Zomb1e84 5 жыл бұрын

Me and my brother was there yesterday, got some good photo's!

@RangerRickTV 5 жыл бұрын

You see anything different?

@Zomb1e84 5 жыл бұрын

@@RangerRickTV it's pretty much the same. There doing some work on the outside. I also heard it's going to be converted to a strip mall.

@graf6653 3 жыл бұрын

man the memories i used to have a here as a kid. I am 17 now and it frustrates me that it closed bc this age would have been so fun to go here, especially since i live only 10 minutes away. i remember being a kid and my mom went to Auntie Annes to get me a pretzel dog and lemonade. I remember my mom and sister being so frustrated trying to find a parking spot during christmas time while “Hey there Delilah” played on the radio. Man...

@imaperson1581 5 жыл бұрын

I used to ride the same exact ring around the Rosie ride and I would always sit on the dog and sometimes I would switch around where I would sit I used to love that mall but now I go to the Freemo center

@RangerRickTV 5 жыл бұрын

Ya the Fremaux town center is way better.

@donaldpartain3699 5 жыл бұрын

I remember when it opened i was a kid than we enjoyed that mall hate it went down hill alot of memories

@sn00zelate44 5 жыл бұрын

i live in slidell and miss that mall

@chelseawallace7088 2 жыл бұрын

Slidell native and we would literally close this place down

@j.r.carollo3496 5 жыл бұрын

I thought they moved so the mall can be remodeled. My grandfather owns the mall and he will tell you everything. I bet that is the reason. It is just sad seeing this mall so dead.

@Mallory16 5 жыл бұрын

I haven't been there since December 2016. Even then it was dying, though at least it had some places still. JCPenney, Burlington, Chick-Fil-A, Auntie Anne's, FYE. Not a lot, but I liked JCPenney, and I liked eating ^_^ Even then most of the good stores had left though, like all the good clothing stores. And Claire's. Losing Claire's was like the ultimate sign of death =P Now all that's left that I'd want to go to is rummaging through Dillard's Clearance, except that was more fun when it wasn't the ONLY thing to do at the mall =P Online shopping is a part of it, but not the only thing. Like the newer Fremaux shopping center seems to be doing all right. I'm not entirely sure why. I like the comfort of an indoor mall myself. The unknown store, after looking it up, was apparently Hibbett Sports, some shoe store. I have no memory of going there.

@RangerRickTV 5 жыл бұрын

Very informative, thanks to tie in the lose ends because a lot of stores I saw I had no idea what they were.

@DeadlyKnot 5 жыл бұрын

O snap. you manged to get in. I wanna make a video on this place. is it still opened? been months last time i drove by it.

@RangerRickTV 5 жыл бұрын

Yep still open. I'm about to check out your channel later tonight.

@DeadlyKnot 5 жыл бұрын

@@RangerRickTV I went there and made my own video. I saw yours and i looked at mine. A lot of things have been moved out.

@BIendtecc 5 жыл бұрын

I think it’s closed now

@valbrooks2699 6 ай бұрын

Let me guess, all the stores started closing when COVID hit.

@GilthFrubble 2 жыл бұрын

I grew up going here every year, I hate that it's dead now.

@mollycuddle9990 2 жыл бұрын

Ohh with all the money for maintaining etc, give it to homeless folks, please ❤️

@TheWuhanFlu 3 жыл бұрын

It’s sad to see I basically lived here as a kid. I like how you used saint pepsi song

@9thGenerationCajun 5 жыл бұрын

I was 10 when this mall opened,I probably paid the rent at that arcade!

@RangerRickTV 5 жыл бұрын

Haha true.

@thedeadzone9236 6 жыл бұрын

A lot of malls are going under mainly due to e-commerce, there's a couple of dead malls in my city, also one in my hometown

@MoneyC225 6 жыл бұрын

In a few years, every city will just have one mall.

@RangerRickTV 6 жыл бұрын

Very true dog.

@benjaminbrown4813 5 жыл бұрын

Also the mall is basically just used for teens practicing driving now

@RangerRickTV 5 жыл бұрын

So many abandoned stores in that area as well.

@general4888 5 жыл бұрын

😥 I miss this mall

@RangerRickTV 5 жыл бұрын

I think it's closed down now.

@daltonxjj2503 5 жыл бұрын

Rip my old place

@sarahgarrett8838 6 жыл бұрын

Normally I luv your vids Rick but this felt a bit too much like a Dan Bell vid who I also like but think your both good at what u do in your own styles, anyway I'm looking forward to whatever u do next 👍🏽

@tiascrublife 5 жыл бұрын

Lol I work in the mall at footlocker

@RangerRickTV 5 жыл бұрын

No kidding. How many stores are left these days?

@slavesong 4 жыл бұрын

only OG’s know that they used to have a BOMB ASS ice cream place in that mall

@RangerRickTV 4 жыл бұрын

I'm from the South shore but I'm digging me some ice cream rn.

@golden6030 5 жыл бұрын

My mom worked there

@RangerRickTV 4 жыл бұрын

thats cool where at?

@benjaminbrown4813 5 жыл бұрын

Im a teen but i dont even like the new mall, all they got is a few good restaurants and thats it

@kadecunningham7941 5 жыл бұрын

Honestly dude if you dont know the real reason the mall closed then don't make a video about it, the only reason the mall closed because a new and better mall opened up in the most populated part of slidell and basically in the center of slidell. Its more convenient to most people in slidell. The top stores such as Dillards moved else where to make more profit, and the Clearance Dilliards is beating out the Dilliards in the other mall 2:1. They are also trying to bring that mall back with a Golden Coral and Canes Chicken.

@Berkner80 5 жыл бұрын

I grew up in Slidell before this mall was built, actually use to shoot guns where the mall sits now. I live in Dallas now and the malls up here are dying also, it's not just Slidell, malls are dying everywhere and it's pertty sad.

@BIendtecc 5 жыл бұрын

Berkner80 what kind of place was it where you shoot guns?