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.
@funkibloo3811 Жыл бұрын
😊
@calebleland8390 Жыл бұрын
That's a great story. Your grandmother sounds awesome.
@samanthab1923 Жыл бұрын
You’re very lucky to have those memories. Grandmas are the best ❤️
@thenightporter Жыл бұрын
Were hamburger/fries/shake a special treat for you growing up? They and pop were for me.
@freedomrings1420 Жыл бұрын
@@samanthab1923 Yes I am.
@KroovyMonsoon Жыл бұрын
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.
@camillecampo8278 Жыл бұрын
I agree
@jamesricker3997 Жыл бұрын
What killed the mall was the decline of the middle class Millennials and Gen Z do not have a disposable income their parents had
@k.s.k.7721 Жыл бұрын
As someone born before malls, I watched them come and go, but enjoy shopping in my local downtown (2 blocks long) a great deal more. Malls became endless repetition, and havens for poorly made and overpriced items. I'm glad they are a dying breed, and am happy to see our locally owned stores and downtown shopping areas become popular once again. It's nice to shop with the family in stores where they remember you, know your name, and live in your community.
@stephendacey8761 Жыл бұрын
I have memories of X-Mas music on in the malls and always having trouble finding parking.
@be4202 Жыл бұрын
I loved the malls, and later on they opened early for people to go walking in before the stores opened, this was a great air conditioned place for people to get their morning walk in.
@luisreyes1963 Жыл бұрын
How I miss the shopping mall, with its special stores, arcades, food courts & a movie theater (if you're lucky). 😔
@stephendacey8761 Жыл бұрын
Kinda' like Fast times at Ridgemont high.The movie is still a classic.
@momof4kids735 Жыл бұрын
We used to shop, get something to eat, and hit the movies all in the same mall. Those were great days before social media. 🤗
@angelmd43 Жыл бұрын
@@momof4kids735 Exactly! Good times and we didn't realize it.
@triplethreat22269 ай бұрын
Our mall still relishes in all those things! 😊
@varyar77 Жыл бұрын
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.
@thenightporter Жыл бұрын
Same.
@catjudo1 Жыл бұрын
I worked at a Waldenbooks in Exton, PA and had the worst manager I've ever dealt with. The level of ineptitude was staggering. We had a couple of kiosks on the other side of the mall and as he hated me, I was always exiled to the calendar one, where I would happily read and talk to people. Waldenbooks was part of the Borders group, so when Borders went under, so did Waldenbooks. I miss them both, and B. Dalton too.
@lynnmcclure1103 Жыл бұрын
@@catjudo1 Whenever my mom (deceased) went to the mall and took me, she would either find me at Walden Books or B. Dalton. She'd just shake her head and laugh..
@generalyellor8188 Жыл бұрын
@@lynnmcclure1103 Shake her head? Why? I would be proud to have my kid spend all of his or her time in a mall's book store rather than a clothing store.
@pianomaly9 Жыл бұрын
@@lynnmcclure1103 Remember doing the same, while my wife (deceased) would shop browse elsewhere.
@juliebey8240 Жыл бұрын
I loved Bombay Company. It sold home decor imported from India and other East Asian countries. I was soooo sad when it closed
@edsherrod5216 Жыл бұрын
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.
@MichaelMcFerrin Жыл бұрын
Sears Tower in Chicago was also sold as well......long ago.
@lightningblue648 Жыл бұрын
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.
@themagus5906 Жыл бұрын
@@oldgoat50 Wow - I thought those machines went out in the 40s! They were x-ray machines that were supposed to diagnose sizes and conditions. Too dangerous because of the radiation doses, and were subsequently banned.
@cris_261 Жыл бұрын
@@oldgoat50 I heard Florsheim Shoes had such a device in many of their stores. Great idea, except for the dangers of X-rays.
@stephendacey8761 Жыл бұрын
I worked at Sears and worked in the Automotive section.
@lloydkline Жыл бұрын
J.c penny
@bravobravoh1344 Жыл бұрын
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.
@anitachiquita70 Жыл бұрын
I remember always shopping for clothes at Casual Corner. Another store that is gone is Radio Shack.
@tarahevey6379 Жыл бұрын
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.
@kittygram51 Жыл бұрын
I still have a bag I bought at Jean Nicole in Livingston NJ ❤ it's a fabric bag, Asian design, beautiful
@GoodKnightErrant Жыл бұрын
Chess King’s was a mall store in the 70's where I bought my silk shirts and bell bottom jeans.
@yogitam23724 ай бұрын
I bought clothes from them too but it was the mid 80s for me.
@camillecampo8278 Жыл бұрын
This is how I spent my teenage years hanging out at the mall - great memories
@KarensOpinionsMayDiffer Жыл бұрын
I miss malls! They are a shadow of their former selves now.
@Tomatohater64 Жыл бұрын
Agreed. Kind of sad. 😔☹️😟😭😭
@calebleland8390 Жыл бұрын
There were three malls I used to spend time in when I was younger. All three are now ghost towns. I recently went to Jordan Creek in Des Moines, and it's just like the old malls we all used to hang out at. Tons of stores, a great food court, and a beautiful multiplex theatre.
@bextar6365 Жыл бұрын
They will become history in the future !!
@SerpentStar_ Жыл бұрын
Not here in Florida. Always packed with tourists everywhere
@calebleland8390 Жыл бұрын
@@bextar6365 and we only have Walmart and Amazon to blame
@calebleland8390 Жыл бұрын
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.
@thenightporter Жыл бұрын
I loved Waldenbooks! There was also my favorite, The Little Professor Book Store, which was the size of a small walk-in close While my mom would head into the history section, I would sneak to the teen section, which was in the back and find the sex parts of Judy Blume's "Forever." One time mom caught me and I got into trouble and was so embarrassed.
@samoyed81966 Жыл бұрын
Not to mention the Warner Bros. Studio Store!
@arthuridis Жыл бұрын
Record Town was prevalent in Michigan malls.
@themagus5906 Жыл бұрын
Yes, music stores were good for hours while waiting for Mom to come and get you. Also book stores....we had one at the old Bucks County Mall that was a chain store before it became WaldenBooks. Can't remember the name of it. Outside of Philadelphia we had Sam Goody, and before that, Franklin Music and then Wall-To-Wall Sound.
@phyllischaffin4052 Жыл бұрын
Waldenbooks was awesome!
@oneofgodschildren Жыл бұрын
I remember fanning through all the albums for what seemed like hours. Oh that was the good old days.
@MomentsInTrading Жыл бұрын
Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlor
@SD-nh5yr Жыл бұрын
It was such a simpler life back then...I was happier and more at peace back then.
@bextar6365 Жыл бұрын
One 100% true...the last 2 years have done huge damage to the US !!
@derek20la Жыл бұрын
Ignorance was bliss.
@bextar6365 Жыл бұрын
@@derek20la Oh ok Biden !!
@antwanthorogood4921 Жыл бұрын
Also having fewer responsibilities and body recovering quickly helped 😊
@momof4kids735 Жыл бұрын
We also didn’t have to worry about so much gun violence 😢 We spent weekends just parading around the mall dreaming about clothes we wanted, boys we saw, and food we wanted to buy 🤗
@markfrench8892 Жыл бұрын
I just miss the Old Mall we use to have.
@mewregaurdhissyfit7733 Жыл бұрын
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
@davidweimer8880 Жыл бұрын
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.
@susanschultz1762 Жыл бұрын
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?
@teresawilliams2158 Жыл бұрын
Was it Spencer's? Hope you find the name, Susan Schultz. Have a good one 🥰
@lelandgaunt9985 Жыл бұрын
Spencer’s?
@susanschultz1762 Жыл бұрын
@@teresawilliams2158 YUP! Spencers! Thanks! We just HAD to go to Spencers every time we went to the mall. I was always fascinated to see the lint on my sweaters in the black light. I wonder when they closed.
@teresawilliams2158 Жыл бұрын
@@susanschultz1762 They had cool gag gifts too😁 it was always fun to go in and see some unique stuff lol 😆
@susanschultz1762 Жыл бұрын
@@teresawilliams2158 I just googled them, they're still around! I must not be going to the right malls. LOL
@celticrose2 Жыл бұрын
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.
@celticrose2 Жыл бұрын
@Scott Marlott awesome 👍🏻
@samoyed81966 Жыл бұрын
There's also Thom McAn, Kinney Shoes and Casual Corner that no longer exist as well.
@syxepop Жыл бұрын
I do believe RR made a companion video to this one where he included both Thom McAn and Kinney Shoes.
@bp39047 Жыл бұрын
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.
@KentKaliber Жыл бұрын
Funny in the 80's and 90's malls were FAMILY FRIENDLY and there was minimal crime. Getting a job as a "Mall Cop" was the easiest gig in the world.
@glennso47 Жыл бұрын
Or you could watch dinosaurs go the way of shopping malls.
@bp39047 Жыл бұрын
@@KentKaliber The "social climate" of the nation began changing in the early 90's.
@glennso47 Жыл бұрын
@@KentKaliber It ain’t so easy now. The malls have minimal family friendliness and lots of crime.
@KentKaliber Жыл бұрын
@@glennso47 Correct, 2023 is a vastly different american landscape than the 80's / 90's. What changed? How are we letting the country slip away? The fall of Malls is a sign of MUCH bigger problems.
@Cucuy_Rojinegro8326 Жыл бұрын
I remember these stores in the 80’s: McCrory’s, Hickory Farms of Ohio, Radio Shack, and Smack’s !!
@Mick_Ts_Chick Жыл бұрын
I remember the others but what was Smack's?
@Cucuy_Rojinegro8326 Жыл бұрын
@@Mick_Ts_Chick Smack’s used to be fast food joint. You’d buy the hamburger or cheeseburger and all the fixings and condiments were on a bar and add whatever you like. Their mascot was a seal!
@Cucuy_Rojinegro8326 Жыл бұрын
Correction on the spelling. It was Smak’s Hamburgers
@Mick_Ts_Chick Жыл бұрын
@@Cucuy_Rojinegro8326 That sounds like Fuddruckers used to be.
@maxbrazil3712 Жыл бұрын
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.
@dave3657 Жыл бұрын
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.
@TenguTalks Жыл бұрын
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.
@luke125 Жыл бұрын
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.
@765lbsquat Жыл бұрын
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.
@dougmurray7684 Жыл бұрын
Since you mentioned Lazarus, you must be from central Ohio. Or at least Ohio in general. I don't think Lazarus was much outside of the Columbus region.
@lv2flip24 Жыл бұрын
gosh i think my boyfriend and i back in the 90s kept hallmark in business with all the cards we used to get each other back then.
@jillengel4124 Жыл бұрын
@@dougmurray7684 we had Lazarus stores in Indianapolis and Evansville. They were great. Loved their restaurant which had the best broccoli-mushroom chowder. I bought their cookbook but in a fit of decluttering I gave it away.
@dougmurray7684 Жыл бұрын
@@jillengel4124 I was not aware the Lazarus had a footprint outside of Ohio. I'm from Central Ohio, where the Lazarus roots were located, and for many years it was always a pleasure to shop at their flagship store in downtown Columbus, Good memories.
@vivamelo Жыл бұрын
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!
@MJisLove4life Жыл бұрын
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.
@legionnaire2U Жыл бұрын
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.
@amysprenkle9966 Жыл бұрын
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.
@ginib6350 Жыл бұрын
I had the perfume--yikes :)
@susanhovorka5061 Жыл бұрын
I miss malls as well 💜
@timmmahhhh Жыл бұрын
In smaller towns they're dying but here in the Chicago area many are doing fine, better than I expected. I've started doing more mall walking to get out of the cold and thought they would be struggling, Sure there are some vacancies notably the empty Sears stores but the slowest mall I'd way was about 70% occupancy. Our dog died April 2022 and we decided to walk around a mall we hadn't been in for years and to our surprise this mall allowed leashed dogs.
@DragonBlue68 Жыл бұрын
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.
@airtiki2374 Жыл бұрын
OMG Millers outpost..I recently came across a store bag with tiestrings
@DragonBlue68 Жыл бұрын
@@airtiki2374 That was a local place to go for Levis, OP (Ocean Pacific), and parachute pants while in high school😆
@cgschow1971 Жыл бұрын
As a teen, I always wanted to go to Miller's Outpost for all my Levis, even the acid washed ones.
@stephendacey8761 Жыл бұрын
I loved looking at the puppies in the storefront. Who wouldn't go in w/ those cute puppies to entice you.
@tbury2516 Жыл бұрын
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.
@ginib6350 Жыл бұрын
I actually miss the Dress Barn. Today, sexy has replaced pretty for the most part.
@raallen1468 Жыл бұрын
Today's women's fashion is designed for the Skanky 25-cent Street Ho.
@MikeBrown-ii3pt Жыл бұрын
It's possible to be both but, it's more likely to be neither.
@susancorvalan6765 Жыл бұрын
We still have a Dress Barn in So Cal. It's in La Habra or Brea, SE of LA.
@Leafygreen123 Жыл бұрын
I also really miss dress barn! Though I always thought the name was quite strange. Are you calling me a cow or pig? 😂
@debbied9997 Жыл бұрын
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.
@SillyBarefooter Жыл бұрын
Toys 'R' Us is now located in Macy's so far. Hopefully they'll continue making a comeback.
@RichieTrashmouthTozier Жыл бұрын
We still have Toys R Us in Canada
@bobdavis4848 Жыл бұрын
Toys R Us and Babies R Us remained in Japan.
@lv2flip24 Жыл бұрын
i used to love the barbie section at toysrus. so many barbies and clothes and furniture and accessories. back when the stores had long aisles and it was easy to look at everything in that long massive barbie aisle. that is before they made small little areas everywhere instead which i hated. and the selection went way down.
@americanmade4791 Жыл бұрын
When I started seeing Toys R Us outlets in malls I couldn't believe it. Toys R Us tand-alone stores were big--40,000 square feet or so, and aside from the anchor stores mall stores are a fraction of that. Toys R Us,was a volume retailer, with room to stock large items (bicycles!) and there was no way mall outlets could support the quantity and foot traffic to justify the rent.
@miabetz7463 Жыл бұрын
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. 😂
@au_barb Жыл бұрын
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!
@kimjohnson8471 Жыл бұрын
Contempo Casuals and Judy's were my faves.
@warp9p659 Жыл бұрын
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.
@leonardcroft1467 Жыл бұрын
Remember All These Store’s .. Thanks for The Memories !! Love Your Videos
@radiohobbyist13 Жыл бұрын
Radio Shack 📻 😢
@ricksmith76313 ай бұрын
oh hell yeah. i was an electronics nerd when i was younger and id spend a week figuring out what i needed for my projects just to spend an entire saturday browsing thru their stuff and getting what i needed and more. when they closed it almost broke my heart because all i had now was cold online shopping. i knew the staff and we spent alot of time just hanging and talking about things going on. i guess this is just progress. still sucks.
@frankwafer6919 Жыл бұрын
Very heartwarming!-the 1980's was one of the hippest and best times to be alive!!!❤💯👏👍!
@gofishingwhenyoucan Жыл бұрын
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.
@geeky12ful Жыл бұрын
Loved taking my pre-teen into Limited Too in the late 90’s early 2000’s, so much fun. Miss those Mother & Daughter times.
@DougCeleste Жыл бұрын
I miss Media Play and Woolworth's a lot along with all the well known book stores that are gone, too. 😔
@Ken15643 Жыл бұрын
Spencer’s Gifts was a favorite of mine in the ‘70s
@williamhaynes7089 Жыл бұрын
Spencers gifts lives, they operate the Halloween pop up stores as well each year
@MustangSally7259 Жыл бұрын
I loved going in these stores to purchase things.... I hate that I have to now shop on line..
@bextar6365 Жыл бұрын
That's just what is destroying the malls.
@biancagerade4229 Жыл бұрын
I know how you feel as we age we can't get around that Good it's just easier to shop online, and safer
@au_barb Жыл бұрын
I love to shop online. No crowds, no check out lines, no driving around looking for an empty parking spot, and it's easier to search for the lowest price.
@Mick_Ts_Chick Жыл бұрын
@@au_barb I agree with some products, but I prefer getting shoes and clothes in person. The sizes are so nonuniform now, it's maddening when stuff doesn't fit.
@reneedixonart Жыл бұрын
I miss going to the mall. I miss the 80's. I don't miss high school though!! 😄
@davinp Жыл бұрын
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
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.
@redmustangredmustang Жыл бұрын
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.
@anthonyintawiwat3044 Жыл бұрын
Sharper Image was another mall staple.
@ginasainati463 Жыл бұрын
I remember B Dalton and Walden books in malls
@redarrow3722 Жыл бұрын
We had Camelot music stores in Michigan years back
@lauraklein1941 Жыл бұрын
I remember that!
@stephens9462 Жыл бұрын
I grew up in Minnesota and remember that name as well.
@Mick_Ts_Chick Жыл бұрын
We had them in NC too. Loved it and also Record Bar. Did y'all have that one?
@arthuridis Жыл бұрын
Record Town
@dan79710 ай бұрын
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.
@constanceharris6780 Жыл бұрын
Payless shoe stores, Chess King,
@timroot4207 Жыл бұрын
Thank you !
@rebeccachapman6950 Жыл бұрын
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.
@paul16451 Жыл бұрын
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.
@fob1xxl Жыл бұрын
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.
@JimAllen-Persona Жыл бұрын
I still have a pair that I hardly wear.. they have to be at least 20 years old.
@jerrimenard3092 Жыл бұрын
Do you remember Buster Browns shoes? We went to get a pair almost every school year. Our clothes came from Sears or Penny's. Sometimes we shopped at Montgomery Wards.
@frankrizzo4460 Жыл бұрын
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 🤔
@RichardinNC1 Жыл бұрын
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.
@TheDunestrider Жыл бұрын
One thing that put the final "nail in the coffin" for brick-and-mortar stores, when they were struggling to survive, was people who would go into these stores to look at something, then they would order it from Amazon.
@scarpfish Жыл бұрын
A lot of these stores (and malls in general) would be going by the wayside even without the rise of e-commerce. They were simply overbuilt, and built for a middle class that is slowly vanishing.
@sarafreeman5073 Жыл бұрын
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!❤🌹🕊
@scottyg5403 Жыл бұрын
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!
@marshalljimduncan Жыл бұрын
My favorites were the Arcades, The game hut and Tilt.
@Cwgrlup Жыл бұрын
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.
@FlyxPat Жыл бұрын
Florsheim still has mall stores in Australia. There’s one in my nearest mall. The only other brand I recognise is Esprit.
@KH-rc7tl7 ай бұрын
In Oz too and they were the only stores we had. I live in the country now so miss a proper mall.
@lauraklein1941 Жыл бұрын
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!
@3Storms Жыл бұрын
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.
@vistalite-ph4zw Жыл бұрын
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...
@kingclover1395 Жыл бұрын
"heavy eye shadow, white satin gloves and contemplative poses". That was hilarious. I laughed my ass off.
@Shawn666Hellion Жыл бұрын
The Hudsons department store in downtown Detroit was an amazing place to go to,especially during the Christmas season
@excalibur2024guy Жыл бұрын
On the west coast, we had The Wherehouse, B Dalton Books, Walden Books and Crowne Books.
@tvdan1043 Жыл бұрын
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.
@syxepop Жыл бұрын
Malls were Kay Bee Toys territory. Where I live all TRU stores were outparcel buildings in or on front of malls.
@johnmaki3046 Жыл бұрын
When I was MUCH younger, I remember that the "Miller Hill Mall" (Hermantown, Mn.) had "Suncoast Video" and "Tape World"! GREAT STORES!
@Melissa0774 Жыл бұрын
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.
@ashlynndemorrow1037 Жыл бұрын
I looked for this reply. Natural Wonders was BY FAR my most favorite place to visit in the mall as a young child with my mom. The music, the rain sticks, the lighting... I'll never forget it 💜
@Melissa0774 Жыл бұрын
@@ashlynndemorrow1037 Yeah, I know, right? I've been to some museum gift shops recently that are very similar, but they still seem to be missing something. I guess the only thing we can do is basically build our own little private Natural Wonders store in our homes by getting a bunch of the kinds of things they used to sell and decorating a room with them. Maybe even play the music and the time capture videos in there, and everything, lol. It'd be a great idea for a meditation room or something. Hopefully you have the extra space. I'm seriously thinking about doing something like this in my basement.
@aircooledhead Жыл бұрын
Anyone notice the similarity between the Brookstone story & Sharper Image?
@christopherdieudonne Жыл бұрын
I remember Merry Go Round, Oak Tree, Orange Julius, Davy Jones Locker, The Wild Pair, and of course, Spencers Gifts.
@diandian9827 Жыл бұрын
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.
@csj9619 Жыл бұрын
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.
@skylilly1 Жыл бұрын
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.
@88Kimberly888 Жыл бұрын
Yes merry go round! Also lerners was one I frequented.
@cris_261 Жыл бұрын
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?
@susancorvalan6765 Жыл бұрын
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).
@thenightporter Жыл бұрын
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.
@au_barb Жыл бұрын
My Esprit tote bag was my book bag for a long time! I had one of the oversized sweatshirts too. They were so comfortable.
@88Kimberly888 Жыл бұрын
I've never seen anyone mention county seat. I loved their clothes.
@jerrysifuentes5012 Жыл бұрын
Lafayette Electronics, Radio Shack, Chess King, Hickory Farms, Orange Julius, and Hotdog On A Stick
@northisantibaptistchurch55008 Жыл бұрын
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!
@davidjames8031 Жыл бұрын
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.
@scarpfish Жыл бұрын
"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.
@floydsemlow8253 Жыл бұрын
Miss the Good Old Days 😞
@nancybarta8167 Жыл бұрын
I miss payless shoes and Mervys the most.Never shopped at any of those stores.
@Foggy_Morning Жыл бұрын
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.