This mall is always packed and doing great thankfully

My first job was at this mall, from roughly 1991-1994. I worked at Record Town / Saturday Matinee, which was at the far end of the Food Court where the COX store is now. We sold cassette tapes, CD's, VHS videotapes, Laserdiscs, and video games. Employees wore pleated shirts with a clip-on bow tie. Directly across the hallway from us was Ground Round (now BWW), and Aladdin's Castle was in the Toy Vault spot. Other former Food Court residents included Sbarro and Au Bon Pain. I also remember seeing Santa at Jordan Marsh and a talking ChristmasTtree in Caldor as a kid.

No it's not a dead mall. Not even close.

There was a Magic Menu and a York Steak House and Alladins Castle arcade. An rotating disco/restaurant Chateau Deville where the medical building is now.

I remember Waldenbooks at Warwick Mall!

thats a nice mall

I have always enjoyed stopping at this mall when I have had occasion to be in the area (from CT). I have not been up there since pre-covid and it looks mostly the same as I remember. The one thing I noticed is gone is the Newport Creamery restaurant. That's where I used to grab a bite to eat. It was along the hallway leading to JC Penney. I liked it mostly as a throwback to my youth when we had one at the Crystal Mall here in CT.

In the 70's & 80's there was a York Steakhouse there is was on the outside of Filene's where Macy's current resides.

I live about 10 minutes away from the Warwick Mall. I don't go mall shopping all that often, but when I do, I go there and it's usually pretty busy. I will have to stop in sometime soon and see how it's doing. To my understanding it's quite busy on the weekends.

Looks pretty good traffic wise especially for a midweek afternoon. I also like the reuse of the old Jordan Marsh.

Thank you for a great video! Another good looking mall! Very nice!

Looks like it is doing well. A lot of places have left but been replaced which is super rare. The hallways have a lot of character.

Heh, always surreal watching a KZfaq video exploring a place that's only 15 minutes from my house. I mean, I think I have visited the Target there more times then I have gone into Warwick Mall in the past 20 years.

From rhode Island the warwick mall is doing just fine always a good flow of people

IM COMMING THERE!!!!! i'm going to spend all my money!!!

The malls seems to be doing well unlike the sister dead mall down the road. I think that dead mall (now Midland Commons) absorbed all the bad juju. Warwick malls also has a lot of good national chain restaurants in it's huge parking lot in addition to the food court in the mall. Warwick Mall did a good job keeping the mall fresh and the flood seemed to have helped. It's an enigma off an old mall considering how big the retail strip is on Route 2. The mall has a Wikipedia page with all the past retailers and it did at one point had a Waldenbooks.

Great video well made yeah mall pretty busy for a Thursday at 1pm. Wouldn't consider this a dead mall few vacancies but always a few these days mininum

There used to be a Johnny Rockets about 5 years ago. I believe it is where I see the Buffalo Wild Wings now. Back in the 80's there used to be a Bally's Aladdin's Castle. I guess they are all gone now though. The strong point of this mall seems to be the Food Court. They seem to be doing decent business. However many of the stores in the mall have 50 percent discount signs up. Not a dead mall, but probably struggling a bit like most other malls in this country.

I grew up in Warwick and worked at the York Steakhouse until 1989 (where Old Navy is now) and also worked at Ground Round in the mid 90s during grad school (where BWW is now).

There’s always flooding in that area these days. I’m surprised the mall hasn’t flooded again in recent years. RI in general has had more consistent flooding in the past 5 years. I was amazed when I went after the flood. The flooring in the mall looked way better than the original flooring. I wish Providence place would have put tile instead of carpet but I believe Providence place was supposed to be more high end.

I havent been inside this mall since 2004. What a blast from the past

There was a Walden Books where Old Navy is now, as well as a Disney store where Aeropostale is. I'm pretty sure there was a K.B. Toys somewhere in the mall as well as a Radio Shack. Can't remember where though. There was a FuncoLand / GameStop up until a couple years ago. FYE used to be where the Cox store / phone repair place are now. Across from that used to be an arcade where Toy Vault is now, and Toy Vault used to be in the now dead RI Mall (Midland Commons). Buffalo Wild Wings used to be Ground Round back in the day. I spent a lot of time at Warwick Mall growing up. Still go every now and then, usually when I'm seeing a movie at the nearby Apple Cinema.

I wonder if wicks & sticks is still there. That store smelled amazing!

I was a decorator at the original Macys and later at JC Penney. I started there on 9/11! worked there for 5 years, but had been going there for years since the mall first opened. It was constantly changing. Glad to see it's still somewhat vibrant.

Inline vacancies look to be within reasonable limits, most of them are national brands, the food court looks full and so are the anchor spots. A healthy mall.

I see a decent amount of people so it’s definitely not dead! Sure it has some vacancies but …I wouldn’t classify this as a dead mall. Solid B mall sure. But not dead.

There used to be a store in between Kay Jewelers & Jordan's Furniture before it closed in 2014 and Kay Jewelers expanded in 2015! There was another Candy Store at the Mall for 2 years. When the 2010 Flood happened, a lot of the old stores left, and security became more strict. A good amount of the food court places are just new names on old businesses, Pizza Bella was Sabaro, Sajo's Tacos was Taco Bell, Honey Dew was a Dunkin Donuts, etc. I more remember Jordan's Furniture, but the Mall was struggling in 2021 when around 21 stores were vacated, and among those big losses was GameStop & Newport Creamery! They changed the logo in late 2023, so it's NOTHING like when I was a kid.

Trying to find out in the 70s what the small restaurant next to woolworths. Been trying to find the name. Like your content.

I frequented this mall countless times. Born and raised in warwick and kent county. I can recall back to the early 2000s. Off the top of my head and before i forget. Buffalo Wild Wings was chelos, and the Toy Vault was Tilt Arcade. That hallway around the 5 minute mark was there and i believe the nordstrom rack was old navy. Across from Buffalo Wild Wings whereThe Fix store is was notorious for changing business. Last I remmeber it was something like the "Bamboo exchange" where they would sell incense and sculptures and mystical stuff. Johny Rockets was burger king. Old Navy now used to be CVS and prior to that i think it was a book store borders or walldens maybe? I believe the aeropostale was The Disney Store . The hallway around the 12:15 mark used to host a Newport Creamery next the GMC i dated a girl who worked there around 2004&2005. There was also a Dunkin Donuts on the corner across from the Auntie Annies pop up in the food court. And the CBD store used to be a Swarovskis Crystal. Prior to the flood, the mall was known for riff raff and gangs of kids causing trouble. There were signs posted that stated something like "groups of 4 or less". A fruitless attempt to keep the kids from causing trouble lol. If i recall anything else ill edit cheers nick

Been to this mall last year. It kind of seems like a mall I went to when I was very young, but still my first time at the Warwick Mall.

I live maybe 2 to 4 minutes from the mall still suprisingly busy especially after the flood and everything years ago. Lived in Warwick basically all my life ya dont see many things on rhode island lol.

there was a Waldenbooks where the Old Navy is now near Macys.

The last time I was there was New Year's Day 2020. I didn't realize there was a whole upper tier at one end of the mall.

I work at the Target in this mall and I’ve been shopping there since I was a kid in the early 2000’s. There used to be a Radio Shack near the Auntie Anne’s location, there was a Disney Store where Aeropostale is now, and I know the Rhode Island Mall next door had a KB Toys, and I remember Warwick Mall having another toy store on the end near where Macy’s used to be but I’m not sure if it was KB Toys.

has some good anchor stores that should keep it going

A carousel with ONE kid riding, LOL

It had a CVS, WALDEN BOOKS, LAND AHHS AND CARDS, DISNEY.

This Mall and the Cape Cod Mall is always busy.

I liked this mall, always have, although i dont go there too often, being from Massachusetts. Did you ever go to the "Wampanoag Mall' in East Providence in the 80s? Its now a plaza and has been a plaza since the late 80s or maybe early 90s

arched ceiling giving airport interior vibes.

Warwick mall I think will be a abnormality when it comes to the "dying" mall culture being how small our state is and how Warwick is one of if not the most densely populated areas in RI I think the mall could actually survive into the future and even thrive...around Christmas time it still looks and feels like mall times during the 80s and 90s and into the 00s. Its a really great mall in all honestly and is clearly managed really well.

I remember there being a candor and a Nathan’s in the food court

this and providence place will probably last forever same with natick and burlington ma

Tweeter Etc. used to be in this mall, I bought one of the very first Sony Discman there.1984

That carrousel looks a lot like the one that they had in the Eastfield Mall when they first built their foot court around the same time. Yet, they took it out after a couple of years for some strange reason.

The RI mall is not that great anymore but Warwick Mall is building back up again. New stores that'll be opening soon or have already opened. I used to take my daughter on the carousel alot!! Great mall! ❤😁

I prefer this mall then Providence place

I would say it has definitely slowed down somewhat, but definitely not dead.

I go to this mall

2024 and still it’s alive wow

Not even close. Now Emerald...

I used to live in Providence and visited this mall many, many times. There was another mall within a mile from this one called the Midland Mall. I being absent from Rhode Island for many years and do not know if the Midland Mall still exists. A question what caused the Flood of 4 feet of water at that time. Was it a result of a storm or a Hurricane?

Do one on Midland Mall next door.

It was better when Aladdin's Castle was there. I would get my paper route money and I would go to Aladdin's Castle and play Pac Man and get a sundae at Newport Creamery! Aladdin's Castle was right next door. Things were cheaper back then. Now every Aladdin's Castle arcades is closed forever.

Put on popular musical events

Garden city is a much better place to shop.

People in 2024 👇

At least 2 stores are having 30 or 50% sales off on the entire store. Looks like they are closing to me.

“Never been there before” ?!? It’s a busier mall than providence place. You must not be a native to New England.