The History of the Woodfield Mall

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The History of the Woodfield Mall

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Woodfield Mall is a shopping mall located in the northwest Chicago suburb of Schaumburg, Illinois, United States, at the intersection of Golf Road and Interstate 290. The mall is the largest shopping mall in the state of Illinois, the second largest being Oakbrook Center in Oak Brook. It is also one of the largest shopping malls in the United States.[3][4]
The mall is located approximately 27 miles from the Chicago Loop and attracts more than 27 million visitors each year.[5] The mall features 234 stores and is anchored by JCPenney, Macy's (formerly Marshall Field's) and Nordstrom.[6] It also has 7 other restaurants which are Red Robin, Uncle Julio's, P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Panda Express, The Cheesecake Factory, Kinfork BBQ, and Texas de Brazil.

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@drmusic3641 2 ай бұрын

I practically grew up in that mall from the mid seventies to the late eighties. There some great stores then including FOUR (2 of them were Musiclands) record stores and out of those Disc Records was the best. There was also "Chicken's Lips (a t shirt shop where you could get anything on one), John's Garage, The Alley, Just Pants, there was even a Jewel/Osco. I used to love the aquarium in the middle of the mall.

@4Cabin Жыл бұрын

I grew up in nearby Palatine so this was the go to mall. I even worked here PT in the early 80s at a men's clothing shop for about 6 months to make some extra cash. I can remember Christmas shopping here and the mall was so packed you could hardly walk about the place (not an exaggeration). The parking lot was so full you had to fight to find a spot.

@echang1976 Жыл бұрын

I lived in Palatine too, from 1982 until 1985.

@bjsteinhoff9810 27 күн бұрын

Moved out of state in '04 but will always remember the nightmare of trying to find a parking spot & the crush of shoppers inside the mall between Thanksgiving & Christmas. 😮

@TheLepke2011 2 ай бұрын

8:20 - I grew up in the Chicagoland area. I used to go to Woodfield all the time. My family lived in Long Grove, so Schaumburg wasn't too far away. I have a ridiculous amount of memories of this place. I can still smell the water and feel the humidity of those fountains they used to have! Funny story about Macy's buying out Marshall Field's. When I moved away for college, I ended up stuck in St. Louis for 10 years. Then got a job at an auction house in St. Louis. One day, an exec from Macy's came into the auction house. I casually mentioned how Macy's killed Marshall Field's to her, and she simply replied in the most unamused way, "You must be from Chicago". She was pretty cool about it though. 😊

@itsdefinitelytrue7600 7 ай бұрын

I go to this mall from time to time and it's nice because it's still busy and there's a lot of good stores, sad to see Panda Express closed but they still have a lot of good options and there's a lot of security walking around so I always feel safe❤👍

@JDoors 5 ай бұрын

I worked at the mall in the '70s (in the Sears Auto Center, a separate building near a less-used mall entrance). Plenty of memories, including the crowds, especially the Christmas rush. We joked, but were almost not kidding, that you could lift your feet off the floor and the crush of the crowd would carry you along. I learned they had strobing up-lights in the center court they turned on during mad rushes to make people move along quicker. I was working during the blizzard of '79 when every street in Schaumburg closed down, everyone had to stay in the mall overnight.

@rollandfitch5473 2 ай бұрын

I grew up in Schaumburg from 63 to 77 when I joined the Navy. I worked in the Sears Catalog department from 1975 to 1977. When the Mall opened in 1971, the music was provided solely by the Conant HS Marching band because (a) they were the closest School and (b) Schaumburg HS had just started their Marching Band in the Fall of 71. I know because I am a founding member.

@millcity9711 5 ай бұрын

A friendly FWI: the image at 2:27 is from Southdale Center located in Edina, Minnesota. Designed by Victor Gruen, Southdale Center opened in 1956 as the first fully enclosed shopping mall. It too is now a Simon mall, but has been heavily remodeled and sadly, that brilliant, cantilevered staircase pictured at 2:27 is long gone...along with the koi pond.

@echang1976 5 ай бұрын

thank you for the correction

@stevencipriano3962 Жыл бұрын

I saw Tiffany(I think we are alone now) in 1987 in the Grand Ct. Also Woodfield Cinema 1(Plitt theaters) was one of the largest cinemas in the Chicago metro with seating for 1075 people

@paullewis4134 Жыл бұрын

I can see u growing into a huge channel.

@echang1976 Жыл бұрын

thank you Paul. I have another channel that is bigger than this one. Eric C Productions (@EricCProductions76)

@JS60SIX 2 ай бұрын

I miss the aquarium and water fountain

@kittyboochanyesbongono8467 6 ай бұрын

Nice! But what was the music from the start of the history until 4:19

@lindaibarra384 Жыл бұрын

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@echang1976 Жыл бұрын

Happy Monday to youi too

@stevencipriano3962 8 ай бұрын

Marshall Field's was rebranded as Macy's so it didn't technically close...it was just purchased from Target (I think)

@millcity9711 5 ай бұрын

A brief timeline: Dayton's acquired J L Hudson's in 1969. The Dayton Hudson Corp. acquired Marshall Field's in 1990. 2000, Dayton Hudson changed their corporate name to Target, the higher profile subsidiary. In 2001, all Dayton Hudson stores were rebranded with the Marshall Field's nameplate. 2004, Target sold Marshall Field Group to May Department Stores. In February 2005, May merged with Federation Department Stores, owner of Macy's. In September of 2005, Marshall Fields were renamed Macy's...and it's been circling the bowl ever since. Reply

@kittyboochanyesbongono8467 4 ай бұрын

Right. But what happened to the building when they were removing the Marshall Field's sign, put Macy's sing, was the building open to the public during the conversion construction?