I loved how open the railing is with glass panels. You can see everything at the base. The quotation from the cordial invitation “tropical paradise.” Made me wonder how it used to be decorated and colored.

Very.

Thoughtful architecture unlike a lot of the stucco and Styrofoam cookie cutter crap today. But then again, the third floor does have the glued on pebbles going on.

I was thinking the same thing. Stunning. Would love that in the UK

I remember going to the mall on Saturdays..and decending that staircase like a runway model...which ironically was also used for concerts and fashion shows..going to the Great Cookie, Mama Lucia's pizzeria, and visiting the balloon vendors...great memories....

YES, this video about Mondawmin Mall was very informative! I really wish that I could've seen it back when it was an open air mall, known then as "Mondawmin Center'. It became known as 'Mondawmin Mall' after the roof was added. I gotta say, I really miss the record shop FYE, which used to be right next to the Burger King on the second level. I LOVE the subs and pizza from the eatery, Mama Lucia's, which is also on the second level. According to the mall's current general manager, the Esquire Barber Shop in the basement is Mondawmin's oldest business! When it comes to the oldest retail shop, that honor goes to DTLR! According to my boss, the oldest eatery at Mondawmin is.....drumroll please.....Mama Lucia's!! Mondawmin Mall is a west Baltimore City landmark! Even after so many transitions over the years, it's still goin' STRONG!!!

What a coincidence! I am from Rockville.

Me either. I worked in Mondawmin in high school. All of my school friends said I was crazy for working there but I loved it

@@DannyManny98 Two malls either side of Rockville are gone. White Flint and Lakeforest ... Rockville doesn't like malls. .?

I think most cities end up being "regional". You mostly hang out in your own region / area. If you are from SE Baltimore, it would be a waste of time to go to NW Baltimore or even know much about it.

Wow, I did the same things you did but I grew up in the county: Metro, Cookies, Robert C. Richards, Siefs because there were no decent clothes stores (particularly dress clothes) unless you wanted to look like a prep. I forgot the department store's name where you can get a photo set taken with your friends or significant other and get it the same day. Also there was a hair salon run by this guy named Walter. Lots of memories!

I have a question for a bmore dj, ive been trying to find a old baltimore club track from the 90's. I think its called stretch marks or spelled stretch marxxx. You know who produced that track?

Glad I could help bring those memories back for you!!

Thank you, thank you! I'm thanking you on behalf of myself and my co-workers at Mondawmin Mall, who serve in the janitorial department. We clean that mall on a daily basis. So when you said the place was clean during your visit, that was a compliment to all of us, employees of Millard Mall Services, an outside cleaning contractor. Again, I thank you and WELCOME you into our mall anytime!

I love you for binging my series

It had two liquor stores with check cashing services. After the sale, alcohol was banned from the mall. We didn't find out about the internal theft problem until they closed. They also used to have a Waldenbooks and a Radio Shack.

@@billybarnett2846 yea but RadioShack was going to close anyway cause ppl shop online more

@@usedbyjesus radioshack closed because of bad focus and mismanagement at the top. If they stuck to their 80s calling, maybe didnt expand as much, and kept making massive profit on private-labeled electronics (10x+ markup on batteries; packs cost a dollar and 22 cents, sold for 11.99) theyd still be around in more than an online storefront.

There was a liquor store inside Reisterstown Road Plaza near the Food King before the renovation in the early 2000s.

There's still a liquor store in reisterstown plaza. The owner is a nice guy.

Hey, thanks Jerry! The work is totally worth it. Thanks for watching!!

Omgggg definitely used that thick plastic Charlie bag for my school books back n the 80's! Those were the days!

Somes parts of the negative parts of the video is exaggerated.

Nothing is exaggerated.

Me too

Me too.

What happened ?

Thanks Ray!!

Thanks Marian!

Me too...went to Arlington Elementary and we got our school clothes at this mall.

Fellow UB Alumna here.

I think I beat u on this one, trust me.

@Marshall W Thanks for the info.

1956

It’s a great mall...as a Baltimore city resident, I do what I can to right the wrongs of how my city is perceived.

Free stuff matters

Yep they gotta push that leftist narrative that everything is safe, and nothing bad ever happened to these stores.

@@isthatatesla Lmao. One of the best comments i have seen.

Charlie Rudos had the best bags. We used to use them as book bags for school.

Yes indeedy

You know it!!! i still have some exercise equipment from them and I still use it....

@cozy Cool LOL...He was also a "City Knight"...

Old town mall

Thanks Mazzy!

I had to watch videos like that when I worked fast food, but they were never that funny!

Rose Prevost , Sal works his magic.

Northeast Baltimore Golden Ring is a bunch of shopping 🛍 centers now. It’s not a mall no more 💯💯💯🤟🏽

We shopped for our school clothes and yes, I mostly remember Sears but was there a Hershel Loons or something then?

I absolutely agree!!!

Reisterstown Road Plaza would have been closer to you right?

@@sirc625 I used to live on park heights they both was close to where I lived.

@@sirc625 If Liberty Heights ...then Mondawmin Mall would be closer..but yeah both are close

Thanks!! Much more on the way!

ikr.

...and now it all blends together.

Lol...we too, moved in early 70's to Carroll County farmland

Yeah....kinda sketchy

My error it would have been '06 and '07. People aren't necessarily judging the mall. What they are looking at is the community surrounding the mall. That area has been notorious for it's crime level for many years and a lot of people will avoid it as they are concerned about their safety. In it's day Owings Mills Mall was incredibly safe and had a ton of shops for people to enjoy. As that mall steadily bled to death with tenants leaving as their leases were up, it became nothing more than a hang out for the locals and for those that were taking advantage of the Metro to shoplift from a neighborhood other than their own in Baltimore. There were many incidents of people getting robbed in the mall and in the parking lots and as such people stopped going there. Malls in general are fading out as people no longer have the time or the energy to hike through a mall to get the one item that they need. They are tending to lean more toward the old style open shopping center or variety stores (Walmart, target, costco etc) where they can simply park their car and run in to get what they need and get right back out to their daily lives. Typically they can also get what they need for less at those stores as those have stronger buying power and can offer better prices than mall stores that have a high overhead due to ridiculously high rents. We may disagree one these points, however, that's what makes America great. We have the freedom to disagree with each other. Thank you for your mall tour vids! They are really interesting. It is sad to see these centers slowly dying off as I've been around long enough to have seen quite a few of them from when they were built to now, that they've closed, been torn down and redeveloped.

@@trainguy1017 we all misremember things at times, so no worries.

Tried to find electric vehicle charging there a few years ago. Nothing to be found. Supercharger just up the road, top of the hill in Allentown.

I sooo remember that - I also remember the sirens going off in the early evening and we had to be in our houses and they ff the streets. Very scary to a 5 yr old child. The Army National Guard was all over Baltimore then.

Thanks for the kind words, Jackie. I’ll try contacting the owners for Livingston

I know...but I’ve caught some shit in my last few videos for focusing on the violence and stuff, so I skirted past the ugly stuff from 2015.

@@sal that kinda stinks because showcasing the history of any person, place or thing, is to show/tell ALL. Geez.

I covered it in previous videos. My series has lots of overlap between episodes.

Try growing up by MM

Baltimore rocks. I’m never moving.

Kim Klacik wants to see it improve.

@@isthatatesla I think alot of want that... including decent blks ...we go to Towson Mall and WhiteMarsh and have not ruined them yet so there is hope

West Bmore for life just in a different area code. My mother use to take take me and bro there every weekend and we loved it. If u make it there. You can make it any where. I love my City and some of the realist people in the world. I go back to visit my pp and dont think about the negative things. I'm a true Baltimorerian. Salute- 410 WB

Fear Allah

We got grillz for your grillz dawg at prices you won't believe with no credit checks, and only $20 cash down!!

It’s gorgeous, make sure to check it out.

Oh, do tell us MORE about why the Target store at Mondawmin Mall closed and left. As I recall, it wasn't even there very long.

Target at Mondawmin closed because it was unsustainable. The community couldn't support it. Walmart probably would have been a better fit. The shoppers in the area that did prefer Target over stores like Walmart simply went to other Target locations. It was a horrible idea to begin with. No one expected Target to do well at that location which makes me wonder if tje developers had more sinister intentions.

@@saffirechanning7286 And your point is??????

Mondawmin rocks!

I knew that.....he went to a high school in Columbia which Rouse also planned.he s the same age as me-woukd have been cool to go to school w Ed Norton. Well done on the reminder

@@laurencemarcus60 yeah sometimes he brags about his Grandfather about how much he planned and said it was the first planned neighborhood. But Middle River was planned by Glenn L. Martin when they got federal contracts for the war, and he planned Victory Gardens, which 8s gone now, but also Victory Villa, Aero Acres and put up 3 schools elementary and 1 junior high school and really the neighborhood just built up around all based on Mr. Martin. It's still Martin State Airport, but then it went to Martin Marietta, and now its Lockheed Martin his name always stayed in the businesses. So proud of that heritage too

Thanks!