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My most cherished memory as a 11 year old was my birthday on February 14, 1971. My mother had left my father and my brothers. My grandmother came up from Long Island to Westerlo NY to help my father. There was a snowstorm that day ,the day my grandmother and I was getting picked up by a neighbor who worked by the Albany State Museum. Luckily he still came and we went to the museum and afterwards to Colonie Center Mall. 2 stories with water fountains and plants. We ran into a lady with a pet shunk . We ate at Friendly's and I had a hamburger and fries 🍟 and a coffee milkshake. She bought me a pair of black high top sneakers and a blue Volkswagen Hot Wheel. I'll never forget that day with my grandmother and it's one of the only days around that time that I can recall. If you read all of this , hopefully you have a day like that , that you cherish too.

Online shopping will never ever replace the excitement, surprise & pure joy that a trip to the mall shared with family & friends would bring. How terrible it is that younger generations may not get to enjoy that happy experience.

How I miss the shopping mall, with its special stores, arcades, food courts & a movie theater (if you're lucky). 😔

When I was a kid, the local mall was blessed with two book stores (Waldenbooks and B. Dalton). I liked the difference in selection between the two. Good times.

I loved Bombay Company. It sold home decor imported from India and other East Asian countries. I was soooo sad when it closed

Radio Shack in the 80's and 90's could be found in just about every mall but they are no more. KayBee Toys are also another that are no more. Sears as well.

I worked for Sears for seven years during high school and college. It’s not just Sears, but I miss malls so much. You made friends at all the stores in the mall and it was fun getting off work and hanging out with people that otherwise I probably wouldn’t have known. Going to eat, movies, etc. after work as a group was always fun and it was all at the mall.

It's hard to overstate what an enjoyable atmosphere the malls were in the 1980's. They were kind of a world of their own. Even if you didn't buy anything, it was still fun to kind of lose yourself for a little while and just browse the different stores. I have a lot of fond memories of my late dad and myself looking through Craftsman tools section in the Sears anchor store of the mall that we went to frequently. We would usually walk into the mall from Sears.

I remember always shopping for clothes at Casual Corner. Another store that is gone is Radio Shack.

Remember Lerner, Foxmoor, and Jean Nicole? All 80’s Ladies Fashion Stores. I miss being a child in the 80’s and marveling at all the cool stores in the mall.

Chess King’s was a mall store in the 70's where I bought my silk shirts and bell bottom jeans.

This is how I spent my teenage years hanging out at the mall - great memories

I miss malls! They are a shadow of their former selves now.

I used to spend hours in both Musicland and Sam Goody stores. The other two stores I used to haunt were Kay-Bee toys and Waldenbooks.

I remember fanning through all the albums for what seemed like hours. Oh that was the good old days.

Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlor

It was such a simpler life back then...I was happier and more at peace back then.

I just miss the Old Mall we use to have.

Ooooo.........lets see if I can remember some stores in the malls when I was younger............. Payless, Morrows Nuthouse/Morrows Nuts, Farrells (ice cream, food, games), Kaybee Toys, Bakers Shoes, Wicks N Sticks, Aladdins Castle (video arcade), Things Remembered, Coach House Gifts, Camelot Music, Peaches Records and Tapes, Walden Books, Sam Goody, Hickory Farms .......................uh, yeah...........I was a mall rat. LOL

Florsheim was considered a very good shoe in the fifties and sixties and all my dad would wear along with Hart Schaffner & Marx suits and a Dobbs hat. He owned a small business and if he went to town, especially to the bank he always dressed up.

Actually, I watched this video because I'm trying to remember the name of a specific store that was in all the malls in the 70s. It was aimed at teens, it sold posters, and the lighting inside was black light. It also always smelled like patouli. Does anyone remember that? Never mind, I just remembered. It was called Spencers. Does anyone else remember that store?

Yeah I miss going to the mall in the 1980s and all the fun stores. I remember shops called 5,7,9, Sears, Montgomery Wards, Foleys, The Nuthouse, and Palais Royal.

There's also Thom McAn, Kinney Shoes and Casual Corner that no longer exist as well.

I am watching Malls go the way of the dinosaurs. Many still left have only one anchor store left filled with empty former stores. One major reason is strip malls have less crime and much easier for police to check for vandals 24/7. Malls were a great place for seniors to walk with no weather temperature issues.

I remember these stores in the 80’s: McCrory’s, Hickory Farms of Ohio, Radio Shack, and Smack’s !!

I was in Medellin, Columbia a few months ago and visited the Santa Fe Mall. The wave of pleasurable nostalgia as we walked around the fully packed mall reminded me of how enjoyable the social mall scene was in this country.

When I was little we went shopping on a particular street full of stores in town. This was before malls became a thing. I’ve watched the small stores on the street move to the mall, and the street decline to nothing. And now I’m seeing the decline of the malls.

Babbage's. That's the one I will never forget. Back when video game/software places were EB (the fancy one), Funcoland (the weird quirky one), Babbage's (the cheap one), and Software Etc (if you were lucky). Oh, and this little upstart called Gamestop, but that place wasn't going to last.

Other things that no longer exist: My dark brown full head of hair, my 30inch waist, my sunny outlook on life, and my favorite childhood dog named Enchilada.

There used to be a Hallmark store, sears, auntie anne’s pretzels, lazarus, and ace hardware in every mall in the 80s/90s. Now most don’t exist or only have a few stand alone stores like Hallmark and ace hardware.

I grew up in southern California in the 1980s. All the kids bought their Levi’s from Millers Outpost. We all wore 501s, OP shorts and Van’s tennis shoes!

Payless shoe store. And here in FL in the FL mall there is still a Florsheim store open. Michael Jackson wore their shoes till the day he died. He never wore anything else but Florsheim penny loafers.

The Fashion Bug, Bradlee’s, Hetch’s, Proffits, Walden Books, Border’s Bookstore, K&B TOYS, Hoffheimer Shoes, Leggett Department Store, Up Against The Wall, Piccadilly Cafeteria, Morrison’s Cafeteria - Some were Southern and East Coast stores.

I've watched all of the Old Mall Stores videos. I haven't seen you mention United Colors of Benetton. Used to be very popular in the 80's and 90's.

I miss malls as well 💜

It has been a very long time since I've been to a mall... It was not uncommon to see pet stores in most malls. I recall Miller's Outpost being popular with us teens in the 80s. B. Dalton had a computer software store offshoot that lasted till about the mid 90s. Hickory Farms was the best and I recall the samples they gave out. Though I no longer remember the name, there were one hour photo developers that had a machine in the front window displaying people's photos as they were developed.

First place I applied to work at when moving to Denver for trade school after graduating High School was musicland in the mid 80's, they didn't hire me so I got a job next door at Circus World toys. Miss those days! After work we would go to Orange Julius, then hang out at the arcade or see a movie.

I actually miss the Dress Barn. Today, sexy has replaced pretty for the most part.

I still get sad that Toys R Us is gone; it was so fun to take my daughter to the store; it was a family outing. My husband and I loved looking at legos, and my daughter loved sitting in the ride-on toys. It was a staple for us to go to that store because there was almost always a birthday party we needed to buy a toy for every weekend between my daughter's friends and our family. So many wonderful memories in those stores; so weird that I get so nostalgic for that store.

Mall restaurants- Swenson’s, Luby’s, the one (name?) w deep fried cheese and the employees wore blue, white, and yellow tall hats and uniforms. 😂

One of my favorite mall stores in the 80's and 90's was Buy the Weigh. They sold practically every kind of candy by the pound, plus they had a really good selection of spices and seasonings. My mom always bought their taco seasoning, it was the best and I've yet to find one that's as good!

Contempo Casuals and Judy's were my faves.

The nearest mall to where we live is about a 2 hour drive away, so it was a real treat to get to go there maybe once or twice per year when I was growing up. The last time I was there it was mostly jewelry stores and high priced specialty clothing stores. Today it's all about big box stores and online shopping.

Remember All These Store’s .. Thanks for The Memories !! Love Your Videos

Radio Shack 📻 😢

Very heartwarming!-the 1980's was one of the hippest and best times to be alive!!!❤💯👏👍!

We had a Camelot music, pocket change arcade, disc jockey music, radio shack, dollar tree, jc penny, sears,kaybee toys,foot locker,railroad bazaar in our mall years ago.

Loved taking my pre-teen into Limited Too in the late 90’s early 2000’s, so much fun. Miss those Mother & Daughter times.

I miss Media Play and Woolworth's a lot along with all the well known book stores that are gone, too. 😔

Spencer’s Gifts was a favorite of mine in the ‘70s

I loved going in these stores to purchase things.... I hate that I have to now shop on line..

I miss going to the mall. I miss the 80's. I don't miss high school though!! 😄

My local mall opened in 1985 and is still thriving today. Most of the original stores are no longer there such as Linens' and Things

Millers Outpost, KB Toys, Chess King, Hickory Farms, Wilson’s Leather and Payless Shoes.

Thanks for the walk down memory lane. I especially miss the bookstores... seems like everything is online now. Call me old fashioned, but I like to try on clothing before buying. Good times indeed.

My dad got my mom one of those Glamour Shots in 1995 as a birthday gift to her. She spent all day there taking photos of different clothes. She said she loved it.

Sharper Image was another mall staple.

I remember B Dalton and Walden books in malls

We had Camelot music stores in Michigan years back

Chess King for cool 1970’ men’s wear, heavy polyester fake silk shirts and tight acrylic knitted tops. I worked at Kmart through high school. It was the best job I ever had.

Payless shoe stores, Chess King,

Thank you !

What ever happened to Fluff’N’Stuff? And another store in the 90s that was everything with the planet and education? They sold stuff from WWF, National Geographic, all kinds of educational toys and games, geodes, rocks, stuffed animals, jewelry. At one point in time it was my favorite store.

As a young child I always loved visiting the Buster Browns shoe store! They had a fancy electric train set on display behind the window that I loved to watch, and the manager had a pet myna bird that was so fun to talk to. He was kind of a butt though, sometimes he would repeat what you said to him, but he would often look at you disdainfully and say something entirely different.

Florsheim Shows were considered really good shoes. Gallenkamps and Thom McAn were the less expensive but stylish shoe stores, especially for teen boys in the early 60's .I know because that's where I got the latest styles when I was 15 ! I miss the malls. At least the way they were. I went to WESTFIELD FASHION MALL this past Chrisrmas in Sherman Oaks, CA . Pretty sad. Hardly any Christmas Decorations and hardly any customers and back in the 60's, 70's 80's and even 90's, when it was BULLOCK'S FASHION SQUARE. this mall was always packed. Those days are gone.

Burdines was huge here in Florida back in the 80s, my sister worked there for many years. Also I remember a men's and boy's clothing store called The Oaktree it wasn't around for long but most of my friends in High School would shop there. Miss those days now more than ever before 🤔

Nothing beats the convenience of ordering stuff from your couch and it showing up 1-2 days later at your door. But I miss the window shopping at the mall, probably a weekly experience in the 80s and 90s whether with family or just myself. From Penney's to Radio Shack to a music store, to wherever, and don't forget that DQ milkshake! All that walking was good for you too! Today, even when going out shopping, its just driving from one big box store to another.

When my son was little. We visited Toys R Us about 40 miles away from where we lived. Every week I took my son. He just loved it. We would then go eat where he wanted to go. Those are sweet memories I will always keep. THANKS TOYS R US , WE ALWAYS LOVED YOU BEST!❤🌹🕊

I have fond memories of myself and my friends going to the Musicland Store and the two young ladies that worked there Would always be playing the latest albums that had just been released. This is during the 70s when there was so much Variety in modern music! My friends and I would enjoy listening to all that good music!

My favorites were the Arcades, The game hut and Tilt.

My first job in the 80’s as a teenager was in a mall teen clothing store called “Petri’s”… I spent my entire minimum wage check every week on cheap 80’s clothing there. Kids complain about minimum wage now, but they have no idea how poorly we were paid, and what we had to live on.

Florsheim still has mall stores in Australia. There’s one in my nearest mall. The only other brand I recognise is Esprit.

As always, a great video! I grew up in the 60's and 70's and the Mall was a huge part of my life. Especially ad a teenager. Great memories!

I never heard of a mall that had Toys R Us in it. TRU usually had their own big stand-alone stores with that iconic shape and roofline. Within malls all the local ones in my city had Toy Box and Kay-Bee Toy stores, then later on FAO Schwartz.

Wow! Flourshiem Shoes...I bought a pair of wing tip Stacy Adams for my prom there. Back in 1990 those shoes cost me $90 leather and alligator skin, beautiful shoes. Ill never forget that...

"heavy eye shadow, white satin gloves and contemplative poses". That was hilarious. I laughed my ass off.

The Hudsons department store in downtown Detroit was an amazing place to go to,especially during the Christmas season

On the west coast, we had The Wherehouse, B Dalton Books, Walden Books and Crowne Books.

Weird seeing comments about Toys-R-Us in malls. Where I grew up, Toys-R-Us were all free-standing stores. I have never seen a Toys-R-Us in a mall.

When I was MUCH younger, I remember that the "Miller Hill Mall" (Hermantown, Mn.) had "Suncoast Video" and "Tape World"! GREAT STORES!

For the next video, you need to talk about Natural Wonders. It was a popular store in the 90's that sold science and nature related gift items. It was basically museum gift shop type stuff. You almost felt like you were visiting an interactive science museum every time you went in there. They always played meditation music and showed time capture videos in the stores. No visit to the mall was complete without a stop there.

Anyone notice the similarity between the Brookstone story & Sharper Image?

I remember Merry Go Round, Oak Tree, Orange Julius, Davy Jones Locker, The Wild Pair, and of course, Spencers Gifts.

I always missed the store UNITS. Women in the 80's could piece together an outfit, like a skirt, jacket, etc. I bought something there in black that lasted me decades of use.

Don't recall when my last visit to a mall was. Remember buying concert tickets at the music store because they were a Ticketmaster agent.

The stores I miss are Ups & Downs, Foxmoor, Petries, The Wild Pair, Baker's shoes, Merry-go-Round, and even Kaufmann's had a good juniors section back then. When you quit making cute clothes you won't last long. Of course, the food court was a must and hanging out by the water fountain if your mall had one.

I worked at a shoe store in 1987 (first job) that sold Florsheim Shoes, and we had this electronic kiosk provided by the company for customers to order shoes. The kiosk was about the size of an arcade game, and had a touch screen. As I recall, a customer could peruse through several pages of shoe styles to pick a style, size, and color, they liked, and place an order. I think the customer could pay at the kiosk using a credit or debit card. I also remember seeing one of these machines at a mall. Wonder how long Florsheim kept this ordering system in their stores?

I always enjoy RR vids. I was dtr of a 30+ year USN retiree and mostly shopped on military bases. They carried everything in several stores. Goods were of good quality, pretty good selection, and low priced. Shoes, clothes, drug store, housewares, liquor, toys, tools. Some bases even had a commisary (grocery store).

I remember how in the fall of 1982 The County Seat had these mini duffle bags (they said Locker Loot on them and measured about 7×3×4) with a wrist strap. It came with travel size items such as toothbrush, toothpaste, Kleenex, deodorant and some other things. They were $13.97 ($43.00 in today's dollars). I saved up for that for MONTHS! That really is a ridiculous price for a piece of nylon and about $10 in 2022 $$ worth of travel sized toiletries. ALL the girls had these. I wanted a purple one but all they had was beige with red trim and handle. Oh and in the mid 80s we all had the huge Esprit tote bags!!! I loved mine.

Lafayette Electronics, Radio Shack, Chess King, Hickory Farms, Orange Julius, and Hotdog On A Stick

The mall I frequented in Wisconsin in the 70s had "Orange Bowl" where you could get an O-Joy - a small cup with delicious slush-like orange ice. They sold pizza and hot dogs, ice cream and other stuff. It looks very 70s in my memory!

I remember the mall I grew up going to was Southlake Mall in Morrow, GA. I remember some of the stores like Swiss Colony specializing in cheeses and crackers, the Record Bar, KB Toys, and Reeder McGahee specializing in sporting goods.

"Up until 2018, Toys 'R' us had about 700 stores, but the company was strapped with debt and filed for bankruptcy." Translation: Vulture private equity firms like Bain capital bled them dry, which probably explains the fate of more than a few things you see being reminisced about here on RR.

Miss the Good Old Days 😞

I miss payless shoes and Mervys the most.Never shopped at any of those stores.

I miss some of those. Some other I remember were Chess King, Merry Go Round, Hickory Farms, Casual Corner, Camelot, Bakers, Wild Pair, G Thanks, Pasta (clothing), Benetton, Thom McAn.

Pottery Barn, Casual Corner, Hush Puppies, Connie's Shoes, Waldenbooks, The Buckle.

I have to say that one of my favorites was always Kay-Bee Toys! That and Hot Sam Pretzels.

In 1962 my folks took us to NYC. There we visited the Only Saks 5th Avenue and the Only Macy's.