This may sound weird but I feel technology is regressing us as individuals. I feel people were more evolved socially in the 80s-90s than now. We don’t even need to leave the house anymore to visit people in different parts of the world.
No y’all just old ... people today are more accepting or welcoming to gays and black people the 80s was a mess yall just had good shows and music but some of y’all are either straight or cacausian so it must of been fun every decade is fun for a white parson
The malls gave us teens something to do in the long winters. The movies, restaurants, arcades, clothes, etc. All in one place for you & your friends to hang all day. Safe, too.
Then malls started to run teens hanging out off and then the malls had no customers.... Ran off their largest customer base who when became older remembered where they weren't welcome. Instead of instilling that going to the mall to buy everything and window shop making other purchases along the way....They sent to strip malls that welcomed them, until they made similar mistakes with no bicycles or skateboard rules...
@@alwillk Kids get kidnapped at almost every location in known existence on Earth.... Just because one child was kidnapped from a mall doesn't make them unsafe. The News Media used every one to create Moral Panic of the day for ratings, the same way they ran the yearly moral panic stories about Halloween candy being laced with drugs and/or razor blades in apples.... The "Razor Blade in apples" urban legend was such a Moral Panic at Halloween, you could take your "Trick or Treating" Candy to the hospital and the hospital (and the minor emergency centers) would X-Ray it for free because Moral Panics and Media Ratings convince people that is was very common place. Yet none was found out side isolated incidents spawn by watching that news to fulfill the false legacy ..... For reference, Children are must often kidnapped by one of their parents usually in a custody battle. We're leaving runaways out of this that run off with their slightly older boyfriend/girlfriend. Then comes family members and friends for being the kidnapper, which is also is actually where the largest sexual predator risk comes from...... Not to dismiss the Human (sex) Trafficker Scum of the Earth but if you listen to the media and news shows in the 1950-1990-s you were at threat of being kidnapped all the time. Just like how they then ran moral panic pieces about Internet Predators being every person who contacts your kids online or says Hi in game lobby.... Which a whole generation has grown up being aware of yes there are smart asses, perverts and/or trolls on line, a some predators but it is the 1st 3 of the 4 options most likely. Trolling ChoMo's to trap them is not just done by just Law Enforcement.... They're fair game and lots of videos on youtube of them getting busted. Malls were pretty safe and you also had a far more "get involved crowd and society" than we do today. Today people might call the police on their cellphone but back then they would intervene and fuck that person up until the police came. Who then would give a would be kidnapper child predator the old ""wooden shampoo"" treatment before being dropped at the jail with notice for other inmates to target them freely....
I miss these times. I was only a child. When you’re a child you don’t realize just how much the world will change and the things you’re familiar with will fade away.
Ever get the feeling that the greatest generation after the war fueled the development of malls boomers and then patronized then and after 1990 the declines began?
This is SO sad! I actually remember a time when Sears was actually crowded. My mother was still alive then, and life seemed easier. She loved going to Sears.
My sister used to love Sears. We went to the one at Mall of America, and she staying in there for over 2 hours, and came out after she had bought a friggin bra!
Majestic Sanctuary Some Sears stores are actually still open in Illinois and they have a great selection of jackets and cargo pants... I was born in '96 and I don't remember Sears *ever* being crowded, even in the Early 00's when the economy was still good... I sure missed out.
I liked the old malls, with the interiors all dark and moody, different colors of neon lighting the hallways. Malls were such a cool experience for a kid.
This was a throwback to a better time that can’t be explained to Millennials and beyond. The excitement of feeling anticipation is almost non existent due to technology and the demand for immediate gratification. I loved the anticipation feeling I would get when my favorite song played over the radio of my used 1978 AMC Gremlin, or standing in line at Record Mart in the mall waiting for concert tickets and getting them before they put the “sold out” sign in the kiosk window. Going to the mall wasn’t based on the necessity to go there find what you need, and leave. It was an adventure into finding that perfect 80’s outfit and the anticipation of wearing your finds to the roller rink that night or to school Monday morning. Much has been gained with technology but so much has been lost too.
I wasn’t alive then, but what I gathered from your words and just a bunch of other stories and such, it’s just crazy that, that was once a point in time. Looking at these videos makes it look unreal and magical and yet again that was time that actually happened and existed. When you compare it to now, it’s so different and otherworldly, yet it wasn’t even that long ago either. It just seemed like a peak that will never be seen again and can never be replicated.
Malls at Christmas time in the early 80s was magical. Crowded, exciting....so much to do and see. Stores like Woolworth, Sears, KB Toys, Wall to Wall Sound, Radio Shack. Glad I got to experience America at its ultimate best.
Oh man it was great. Everything was sparkling. I remember there were perfume ladies everywhere offering samples. They were always so beautifully dressed and if you were lucky you wouldn't just get a spray, you'd get a little glass vial of perfume. I'd treasure those as a kid. My goal was to grow up and be a perfume lady, lol! The food courts had better food back then too. I don't remember mcdonalds or taco bell. I remember huge slices of pizza, corn dogs and fresh squeezed lemonade, orange julius, cookies, chocolate filled churros, some place that sold only stuffed potato skins that were addictive. So many toy stores and radio shack, lol. Lots of cool places for kids and preteens with just weird stuff or an entire stores with stickers and cool pencils that were scented. Showing up to school with a pencil that smelled like cherries and had dangly jewels on it that I bought with extra lunch money made me the cool kid for a day. Lots of "you're so luckyyyyy!" And lets not forget the record stores, ugh, the best. Music, posters, what else did you need?
@@jayrober4834 There are lots of modern things I love, but things I miss too. I am still annoyed to only have cell phones and not a phone plugged into the wall. The last time I tried to get a landline, a real landline not an Internet phone, I had to explain over and over to AT&T and they were confused. Wait? Do you want an old fashion wired line? Yes. They gave me a number to call where no one ever answers and there’s no voicemail. 🙁 oh well.
@@jayrober4834 The best part of videos like these are showing them to my kids. So was this in the 40s? Haha. My favorite question was being asked what my favorite website was when I was a kid. I said there were no websites. Lots of confusion. So your mom didn’t let you use the computer? Were you poor? LOL
I use to work at a move theater in high school in the early 90s and I made enough on my part time pay to pay for a car payment, insurance, gas, my phone, and plenty left over for entertainment. Now a part time pay wouldn’t even pay for a car payment let alone any of the other stuff.... and we wonder why so many are disgruntled, no one can afford to live anymore.
Isn't it "funny" that at THAT time most of the stuff actually was American made (cars, clothes, appliances, TVs, PCs, ... you name it), a job could pay for most things you needed in life. And all that after decades of offshoring to places in the world where things were made "cheaper" ???? Who actually profited from all the money that was saved and appeared as "profit" in the balance to produce elsewhere in the world?? I guess most already know the answer - the "gifted" CEOs and shareholders that trimed the companies to be more profitable... Many things have been going wrong in America for a looong time ... and don't get me wrong I am NOT talking "socialism" and not "t****" (the latter is rather part of the CEO-type crowd ;)
@@olika9076 Problem is too much ignorance and misunderstanding of social systems... a bunch of people wanting similar things, but stigmas and misinfo causes people to be confused and not understand the meaning of terms. Democracy in the most fundamental form is about balance. Democracy is that pie in the sky that most people in societies generally aim for. Capitalism is merely an economic system that has an underlying conflict (contradiction) with democracy. Capitalism does not operate by democracy whatsoever. Therefore, it has to be decided by the society whether the society wants to allow capitalism to operate with or without the assurance that democracy is always valued above everything else whenever the underlying conflicts with capitalist economic systems arise in society. Basically you really cannot have both, unless democratic based principles take precedence in determining how the wealth/capital (and overall economy) operates. Just as those failed "communist" systems collapsed due to their neglect of democracy that they always claimed to value, an unregulated capitalist system that pisses all over democratic principles has an increased risk of also collapsing.
@@ASTPlumbing9090 For like 90% of jobs, the wages just haven't gone up, at all. They're literally the same as they were 25-30 years ago. But costs have gone up with relatively significant inflation, mostly in certain areas (autos and food most noticeably). It's a joke. And a lot of big businesses are ultimately hurting their own interests in the long-term due to exploitation, selfishness, greed and a general lack of value for basic human dignity. But investors don't really care and they are now the true owners of the corporations. CEO's are sometimes just figureheads who get paid fat salaries tp make sure profit targets are reached every quarter no matter what has to be done in order to reach the targets.
Lmao y’all are delusional they would not and to be honest I’m glad because back then creeps were getting around easily as teachers clowns cops guards so stop You white how’s miss era that treated to u
@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 The interior shots were filmed at the Sherman Oaks Galleria, and the exterior was the Santa Monica Mall; unfortunately, both have long since been remodeled, and have lost that vibe...
I loved the 80s. It was such a fun easy time. No social media BS..people actually talked to each other. I miss the music, tv shows, movies...every thing!
People back then were much more mature on average. People had class. Sophistication was the goal. Now grown ass people like to argue over every little damn thing. 🙃 ..Oh, and blame THE INTERNET for further ruining pop culture.
But you can’t go back in time and stay in the past until the day you die. The past wasn’t always better. The more important concerns were harder to deal with. Just because technology gets wiser with time doesn’t mean we should let it control us or run away from the present. We have to know how to cut down on reliance from technology by strengthening our thinking skills. I do so with HAPPYneuron!
Malls were experiences during those decades. It wasn't just about buying items, they had fountains, and music, arcades, it was experiences. Today's malls are so overloaded with clothing stores, and kiosks, you just don't have those experiences anymore.
It’s basically dead. With cellphones no one interacts. Just walk and shop and get out. No mall rats. Teenage goths hanging out like we did in the 90s. Really sad. I’m 34 now and want to live out the 80s and 90s again
@@oblongfan1 I was a teenager in the 70s, we would go to the mall and shop, but mostly sit by the fountain and people watch! It was a bustling place throughout my childhood and teen years. In my 30’’s they remodeled because it was one of the oldest malls around and “dying”. Sadly they put so many more stores and kiosks in, it ruined the experience of going to the place. The aged fountain was removed 😢. It closed down within 10 years. I haven’t been to any mall in years, but one of my people watching partners told me the few places where you could still sit were full of people using their cellphones.
IndoorMalls was a teenager thing, restaurants, shopping, free hangout ,bookstore , record stores, chothes stores, now walmart, Meijer, target etc etc has the same stuff
When I was a kid in the seventies malls were a game changer, up north it gets cold, so the idea of walking around from store to store in the middle of winter all warm and dry was huge. I actually remember going to Birthday parties at the mall, don't remember what we did but still, the mall was an actual destination all its own. Hell, that's where I got my Sea Monkees, fed them too much and one of them broke out of the aquarium and ate my little brother, who knew?
Back when people cared for one another and consider safety first, especially when children are involved. Back when the middle class, real middle class still existed. There was also a sense of community where the security and staff took pride in their work and actually made sure everyone was helped and guided. This was the world I grew up in. Now-a-days, there is this sense of cognitive dissonance and disconnection. 😥That good intentions and help are seen as bad and with suspicion.
Well, to be fair, some of the fun of being a kid, at least back in the 70’s was that kids had way more freedoms than they do now. The “helicopter parenting” technique wasn’t prevalent yet. Probably because the world was generally a safer place so that everyone was far more trusting than they can afford to be today. But yeah, as far as friendliness and pride in one’s work, that has gone entirely down the drain.
The 70’s and 80’s was a wonderful time to be a youth. Malls were the place to be. Not only did they have every shop you could want. But they also had a relaxing shopping environment. Waterfalls and fountains. Colored light shows. Animatronic figures during the holidays and arcades. Hot Sams pretzels, if anyone remember this great eatery. A time when you would beg your parents to drop you off at the mall to hang out with friends. Window shop for things you wanted for birthdays and Christmas. Try on Guess jeans, and other brands you coveted. As long as you had 10 dollars for tokens, everything was alright. So glad to have been a child in those magical times. Great video and Thanks for the memories.
michael t Yes, it was usually just a store front. But boy oh boy the pizza pretzels on a stick were amazing. Not like today’s mall dough gut bomb pretzels!
I share your thoughts my friend. I was lucky enough to work in our local mall in my high school days, and after graduating. Met my future wife in our mall.. So malls are alright by me!
You wouldn't normally hear this from a 13-year-old but I believe 70s and 80s was actually a better time to hang out and plus there's less restrictions back then, and if there was a time machine I would definitely travel to the late seventies and the '80s
Growing up as a kid in the 80s, whenever my bday or my brothers came around, we requested to go to the mall. We lived an hour away from the nearest mall and we would spend all day there.
I remember malls back in the 80s used to be something fun as a young kid. Orange Julius, Kay-Bee Toys, and other stores that are long gone (Mervyn's, Montgomery Ward, Emporium). I miss the water fountains inside the malls that we used to go to, along with the 80s lighting. Even going into shoe stores and clothing stores with my parents, grandparents, and family members was fun even though I knew it wasn't a kid's store. The dark feel like the SeaTac clip at 8:16 to me was cool as a kid, and looking back now, I really do miss those times. Malls back then were almost like family functions. Now, malls have lost that feeling. My daughter that is 6 doesn't find joy going to the mall like I did when I was her age. I understand progression and technology and have a huge appreciation for both, but I think it's just that time flew by so quick that the changes we see today feel like it all happened quickly. Makes me appreciate time and enjoy living in the moment because one day we'll be looking back at this moment thinking how things changed again, and how we miss this time. I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying these mall videos as much as I am
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Those were the days. If ever such a thing as history being able to repeat itself, please let it repeat the 70s and 80s! Good times we had the best of everything then....including childhoods. :-)
Liz 79 why the 70s and 80s? All the buildings/cars/ people then were ugly. It was 2 decades where everything and everyone was ugly so why not the 50s-60s or 90s and 2000s ?
@@LucasFernandez-fk8sefor me it was a fun and happy time with alot of good memories thats why. True the 90s had its good moments also but i think its just a matter of opinion that everyone thinks the decade they grew up in was the best i guess.
Indoor Malls are a thing of the past. The concourses are too expensive to keep heated and airconditioned, something outdoor strip malls don't have to deal with. I miss the 80's mall scene. Fun, Arcades, movie theaters. Good times.
I have awesome memories from the 90’s too! My mom would take us to the mall and we’d be there for hours buying frivolous things. Afterward we’d go to friendly’s for ice cream and when we got home I had to take all the bags and run upstairs so my dad didn’t see. Loved those days spending time with her
Well, you can’t literally go back in time and stay in the past until the day you die. You have to make the best of the present because it’s the only time you have with you. Keep listening to me, and you should learn to accept the era you’re supposed to live in!
"In the future there will be no malls. Just Amazon and Walmart. You will have everything you want at your fingertips. You will be able to watch any movie ever made and every song. You will hate all of it. Every time humans make progress, humans get more depressed." said the time traveler from 2022 to 1985.
@Leon Vernon Andrews I remember malls closed at 6p.m. on Sunday's too.You only had about 5 hours to shop.Thinking of places that are closed on Sunday's all day now are like Chick-fil-A and Hobby Lobby because of their christian faith.
I worked at so many stores in the mall growing up, (it is still a pretty popular place to go for a lot of people where I live) and I can tell you there is nothing like walking through the empty mall in the morning during Christmas time with all the decorations and music...it's like you're in another world and was totally my favorite part about working there.
In 2021 everyone is social distancing😷 and I feel that everyone wishes things could just go back to normal where we could just go into a food place and eat🙏
Anna Paulikonis Many malls are also having problems with crime and unruly teens. This is doing far more damage than on line shopping, many people want to go to B&M stores to put their hands on the merchandise and shop, but are afraid of criminals. Especially women that have always been the majority of shoppers at malls.
+max stax Growing up, everything in the house came from Sears. Dad's tools, tires, my toughskins, every appliance in the kitchen, mom's clothes, the fence around the backyard. I asked my dad why once, and he said "just about everything comes and goes, but Sears Roebuck will always be there in case anything breaks. They stand by everything they sell." Well, the old man went the way of all things in '92, and now it looks like Sears is headed in the same direction, but I will say that I still have a garage full of some of the best socket wrenches ever made.
Toys R Us was nice to walk through. Their merchandise was always expensive. They use to charge ten dollars for a small pack of a Lego starter kit. On Ebay, a starter pack can be found for $0.50 plus free shipping.
ArkOmen1 yeah that’s what my parents called it. We went to the Midway Store in St Paul, MN, at the corner of University and Snelling. They closed about 1989 I believe and tore down the building a couple of years later. They’re building a professional soccer stadium on the property now.
These were great. I wonder how many of these places are actually still functioning. The more years go by the more I've grown to appreciate the privilege to have lived through so much of this. Not that we didn't appreciate it then, just no one ever considered it wouldn't always and forever be just as it was.
@@liberalbias4462 Most 18 - 35 people in mid 1970s recreationally used pot and speed. Weekends were high, laid-back and fast. A time before terrible drugs.
Malls used to be where teens could hang out. Now, many malls won't let kids under 16 hang out without adult supervision. Younger teens can't roam the malls without their parents by their side. Alot of malls will ask for ID from teens. Definately not like it used to be. Nowadays, more and more malls are closing up bc of the availability of online shopping. A sad ending to a great era...
Time Bandit Exactly! Parents used to discipline their kids and therefore they knew how to act. Now parents want to be best buds with their kid and it’s not doing anyone any favors.
The mall near us is dead. Sears just bellied up. Like someone else mentioned, they just sell clothes and shoes. Nothing to attract customers anymore. It was so different during the 70's and 80's where malls had variety and something for everyone. Food courts had a variety of eating places, too.
Am so glad I am an 80s kid! Have seen the good days when life was simple and now its chaotic, crazy! And that's why our generation want those days back! We could breathe easy!
@@KO-eu6jv Lmao sounds like you need to get off your high horse and make some friends lest you want to become a future m'lady neckbeard, kiddo. Being that pompous about "the good old days" isn't much different than the radicalized holier-than-thou SJW that you probably hate. And yikes @Pamela, if you really equate being gay with being an over the top parody you should learn to distinguish crazy foxkin Tumblr kids with normal people just liking the same gender. What harm does that do you?
The accents in the Menlo Park ad! Can confirm firsthand. Of course there's neither the Bamberger's nor the Alexander's any more, and they tore out the old fountain about five years ago.
As tacky as most of these ads are, it was great to see them again (but, only once please!!) The great thing about internet video, is that without it, stuff like this, and other time-capsule material would be buried forever in some vault or archive...and few people, if any, would have access to it. I've often wondered how they go about digging up this type of material and what channels they have to go through.
The bills for heating and air conditioning a mall are enormous; so investors found it more cost effective to build shopping centers instead. But, malls are missed especially by people for whom the mall was a great free place to take an exercise walk during any kind of weather.
Going to the mall as a kid was an amazing experience...now as an adult I avoid them at all cost! Such a simpler time back then. Thanks for taking me back Fred!! ❤️❤️
Absolutely. That’s what strikes me most, how the mall smells bring memories in detail. From just opening the first glass doors, with that cold rush of air especially in the summer. Then Hickory farms, Orange Julius, are more obvious. But radio shack had its scent. Spencer gifts had a very unique smell! KB Toy store smelled like rubber bouncy balls and plastic models. The electric race car tracks - aurora? Whatever the mall smell was, I miss it!
Thats when stores in a mall would carry different items in one place, now all they sell is shoes and women clothes. The variety died in the stores, and thats why people don't go to them, that goes for all the stores.
So true. I wanted some decent quality winter gear. I figured I’d go to Eddie Bauer. I hadn’t been to one in years. I was so disappointed. Because 97% of the store was now woman’s clothing. The men’s selection consisted of two racks. Some backpacks and a tent. 😕
Wow it's crazy how much malls have changed! It seemed like they had more to offer back then. I also noticed that they don't show mall commercials anymore!
Back when we can actually socialize with people without getting uptight and enjoy a wonderful day at the shopping mall getting a good walking exercise and buy stuff till we drop. I'm glad I grew up in the 80's time era.
I remember as a teenager getting off the bus with my buddies and walking across the huge parking lot to main mall entrance. I'm 45 now and i miss the feeling of hoping the girl i had a crush on was there. Getting dressed up and trying to look cool. Kids today have no idea.
There actually is still one mall in my area that’s huge and super crowded and I think it’s one of the top 10 biggest malls in America but there are also two dead malls in our area with one having no stores at all and the other having a few stores, two food places, an arcade, and a movie theater but that’s it
i mean, with the pandemic going crazy still (especially in america) people would rather not risk getting the virus! otherwise malls in my country are packed forever!!
My mom was born in 69 so her childhood and teen years were in the 80s and she always loves reminiscing. I myself love 80s movies and music so I can imagine it was a fun careless time to be growing up in.
One of the malls I frequented as a child is virtually empty now. I remember in the 90’s and early 2000’s my mom would give us our Christmas money and we’d have a ball. A ton of the stores are just empty storefronts now ☹️
To even attempt to build some of these malls now would cost over $5 billion. These were built to out-do the fancy department stores downtown and they were truly astounding. I remember the first mall I visited which was one of the first ever built. It had a ridiculously extravagant 50-foot-high 360-degree slow-motion waterfall built with hundreds of fiber guideways. Amazing, amazing, amazing. Exotic tropical plants and trees in the middle of winter. What?
Same thing in the 80s too go to the mall on Friday nights hang with friends check out the good looking girls Those were the times Today malls are dying people are buying online.and there are hardly any stores
Malls were so much more fun than Amazon will ever be. Those who buy mostly from Amazon should beware- they are saving a few bucks now but will pay more in the long run when community stores and the jobs they create are no more.
Sheryl Benkosky I’m as much of a nostalgia-junky as anyone here, but being able to shop online is the greatest thing since...well, ever. Whatever is lost by dying malls is more than made up for with all the advantages of having the shopping world at your fingertips. Think of all the time saved.
almost everything I see on Amazon (and walmart) is shipped from China. with a mall, I could look, try on and feel the items to see if they fit or if it's worth it. Also, just window shopping was the best,esp around Christmas.
Lisa Gibson, definitely, and you can still window-shop, but for many of us (no longer as ambulatory) it’s a hyuuuge convenience, a game-changer. I prefer the town center shops, to the mega indoor malls, in warm weather areas.
Kevin Pippin My mall also had an arcade fountains and even a movie theater, which are all gone and replaced with cookie cutter, white washed modern generic
My mall has an arcade... FULL OF PHONE GAMES ON GIANT TOUCHSCREENS. Only FIVE DOLLARS to play, too. Thank goodness for MAME and other arcade emulators.
Malls were hot stuff back then. I don't think the internet was as much responsible for their death as the fact that gangs and thugs started using them as a hangout. Some malls in certain sections of town here are like ghost towns now. really tragic.
@unarmed blackman Tell that to the leaders of the black community who make their living by stirring up anger, and benefiting from the result. Booker T. Washington described their type well, as like a doctor that doesn't WANT his patient to get well. So yeah... the black kids are going to be angry as long as they are being raised to be angry.
Our Sandburg Mall in Galesburg is down to two stores. I grew up with going to the mall in the 70s and 80s. Very different time for sure. Sad to see them go. Was a fun time
K willis I used to go there!! I loved the t-shirt store on the corner. If i remember, the theatre was just down the hall from there, towards the door. Spencers, too!!
80's malls (around the time they started modernizing most of them) was I think when things were definitely at there height, during the time when the decadence of that decade provided so many with expendable incomes to practically buy whatever they wanted.., I was just a kid, but long for times like that.
Chris Pacheco totally feelin ya,that's exactly how it was in Australia,there was a mall explosion and it was awesome for about 8 years or so then it started a very long slow decline sadly,we had a recession in the very early 90s and that started the decline sadly,if we were wagging school that's where we would go for the day
This may sound weird but I feel technology is regressing us as individuals. I feel people were more evolved socially in the 80s-90s than now. We don’t even need to leave the house anymore to visit people in different parts of the world.
But, you know nothing about anyone you don't see irl or for very long. It's just fantasy.
It isn’t weird, what you are saying is completely true!
You're right!
No y’all just old ... people today are more accepting or welcoming to gays and black people the 80s was a mess yall just had good shows and music but some of y’all are either straight or cacausian so it must of been fun every decade is fun for a white parson
@@bgcrp2005 why do you need to bring race into this. Everyone had more fun back then,!
The malls gave us teens something to do in the long winters. The movies, restaurants, arcades, clothes, etc. All in one place for you & your friends to hang all day. Safe, too.
Lucy Terrier yep better than the internet full of creeps
Then malls started to run teens hanging out off and then the malls had no customers.... Ran off their largest customer base who when became older remembered where they weren't welcome.
Instead of instilling that going to the mall to buy everything and window shop making other purchases along the way....They sent to strip malls that welcomed them, until they made similar mistakes with no bicycles or skateboard rules...
Safe? Isn’t that where Adam Walsh got kidnapped from?
@@alwillk Kids get kidnapped at almost every location in known existence on Earth.... Just because one child was kidnapped from a mall doesn't make them unsafe. The News Media used every one to create Moral Panic of the day for ratings, the same way they ran the yearly moral panic stories about Halloween candy being laced with drugs and/or razor blades in apples.... The "Razor Blade in apples" urban legend was such a Moral Panic at Halloween, you could take your "Trick or Treating" Candy to the hospital and the hospital (and the minor emergency centers) would X-Ray it for free because Moral Panics and Media Ratings convince people that is was very common place. Yet none was found out side isolated incidents spawn by watching that news to fulfill the false legacy .....
For reference,
Children are must often kidnapped by one of their parents usually in a custody battle. We're leaving runaways out of this that run off with their slightly older boyfriend/girlfriend. Then comes family members and friends for being the kidnapper, which is also is actually where the largest sexual predator risk comes from...... Not to dismiss the Human (sex) Trafficker Scum of the Earth but if you listen to the media and news shows in the 1950-1990-s you were at threat of being kidnapped all the time. Just like how they then ran moral panic pieces about Internet Predators being every person who contacts your kids online or says Hi in game lobby.... Which a whole generation has grown up being aware of yes there are smart asses, perverts and/or trolls on line, a some predators but it is the 1st 3 of the 4 options most likely. Trolling ChoMo's to trap them is not just done by just Law Enforcement.... They're fair game and lots of videos on youtube of them getting busted.
Malls were pretty safe and you also had a far more "get involved crowd and society" than we do today. Today people might call the police on their cellphone but back then they would intervene and fuck that person up until the police came. Who then would give a would be kidnapper child predator the old ""wooden shampoo"" treatment before being dropped at the jail with notice for other inmates to target them freely....
Safe ? Yeah no
I miss these times. I was only a child. When you’re a child you don’t realize just how much the world will change and the things you’re familiar with will fade away.
How true that is :(
Exactly
So true and feel it now
Truth
Could not think of a better way to put it :(
Malls back in the day with all the Christmas lights and what ever just made Christmas feel like Christmas!
Righy
Had my pic taken on santa's lap in bamberger's
Ever get the feeling that the greatest generation after the war fueled the development of malls boomers and then patronized then and after 1990 the declines began?
Your mall is just trash
For real, I used to love the holidays it stopped feeling like the holidays to me after 2008. Way too commercialized nowadays
I miss all the American made products that were sold in the malls back then, much of which I still enjoy using today.
This is SO sad! I actually remember a time when Sears was actually crowded. My mother was still alive then, and life seemed easier. She loved going to Sears.
My sister used to love Sears. We went to the one at Mall of America, and she staying in there for over 2 hours, and came out after she had bought a friggin bra!
Never was much of a Sears guy, but I'm sad to see that piece of America go.
Majestic Sanctuary Some Sears stores are actually still open in Illinois and they have a great selection of jackets and cargo pants... I was born in '96 and I don't remember Sears *ever* being crowded, even in the Early 00's when the economy was still good... I sure missed out.
Remember when Sears had a candy counter?
I remember my Mom bought a lot from Sears. I bought clothes from there, and many other things. My mom shops at Kohl’s mostly.
I liked the old malls, with the interiors all dark and moody, different colors of neon lighting the hallways. Malls were such a cool experience for a kid.
This was a throwback to a better time that can’t be explained to Millennials and beyond. The excitement of feeling anticipation is almost non existent due to technology and the demand for immediate gratification. I loved the anticipation feeling I would get when my favorite song played over the radio of my used 1978 AMC Gremlin, or standing in line at Record Mart in the mall waiting for concert tickets and getting them before they put the “sold out” sign in the kiosk window. Going to the mall wasn’t based on the necessity to go there find what you need, and leave. It was an adventure into finding that perfect 80’s outfit and the anticipation of wearing your finds to the roller rink that night or to school Monday morning. Much has been gained with technology but so much has been lost too.
Exactly. Unexplainable to those that weren't there. People just say that makes you living in the past but it was a different vibe, a better one.
I wasn’t alive then, but what I gathered from your words and just a bunch of other stories and such, it’s just crazy that, that was once a point in time. Looking at these videos makes it look unreal and magical and yet again that was time that actually happened and existed. When you compare it to now, it’s so different and otherworldly, yet it wasn’t even that long ago either. It just seemed like a peak that will never be seen again and can never be replicated.
Hehehe...
AMC...
I had one, a hornet.
Not a great car.
Good times 😃
Malls at Christmas time in the early 80s was magical. Crowded, exciting....so much to do and see. Stores like Woolworth, Sears, KB Toys, Wall to Wall Sound, Radio Shack. Glad I got to experience America at its ultimate best.
One commercial for the Menlo Park mall (in NJ) had Alexander's and Bamberger's. All of these stores you and I mentioned are out of business. So sad...
I'm right with you on that statement. I miss those days.
Oh man it was great. Everything was sparkling. I remember there were perfume ladies everywhere offering samples. They were always so beautifully dressed and if you were lucky you wouldn't just get a spray, you'd get a little glass vial of perfume. I'd treasure those as a kid. My goal was to grow up and be a perfume lady, lol! The food courts had better food back then too. I don't remember mcdonalds or taco bell. I remember huge slices of pizza, corn dogs and fresh squeezed lemonade, orange julius, cookies, chocolate filled churros, some place that sold only stuffed potato skins that were addictive. So many toy stores and radio shack, lol. Lots of cool places for kids and preteens with just weird stuff or an entire stores with stickers and cool pencils that were scented. Showing up to school with a pencil that smelled like cherries and had dangly jewels on it that I bought with extra lunch money made me the cool kid for a day. Lots of "you're so luckyyyyy!" And lets not forget the record stores, ugh, the best. Music, posters, what else did you need?
@@jayrober4834 There are lots of modern things I love, but things I miss too. I am still annoyed to only have cell phones and not a phone plugged into the wall. The last time I tried to get a landline, a real landline not an Internet phone, I had to explain over and over to AT&T and they were confused. Wait? Do you want an old fashion wired line? Yes. They gave me a number to call where no one ever answers and there’s no voicemail. 🙁 oh well.
@@jayrober4834 The best part of videos like these are showing them to my kids. So was this in the 40s? Haha. My favorite question was being asked what my favorite website was when I was a kid. I said there were no websites. Lots of confusion. So your mom didn’t let you use the computer? Were you poor? LOL
When people could actually survive on their salaries.
This was actually the beginning of the end of that trend. Thanks for nothing, Reagan!!
I use to work at a move theater in high school in the early 90s and I made enough on my part time pay to pay for a car payment, insurance, gas, my phone, and plenty left over for entertainment. Now a part time pay wouldn’t even pay for a car payment let alone any of the other stuff.... and we wonder why so many are disgruntled, no one can afford to live anymore.
Isn't it "funny" that at THAT time most of the stuff actually was American made (cars, clothes, appliances, TVs, PCs, ... you name it), a job could pay for most things you needed in life. And all that after decades of offshoring to places in the world where things were made "cheaper" ???? Who actually profited from all the money that was saved and appeared as "profit" in the balance to produce elsewhere in the world?? I guess most already know the answer - the "gifted" CEOs and shareholders that trimed the companies to be more profitable... Many things have been going wrong in America for a looong time ... and don't get me wrong I am NOT talking "socialism" and not "t****" (the latter is rather part of the CEO-type crowd ;)
@@olika9076 Problem is too much ignorance and misunderstanding of social systems... a bunch of people wanting similar things, but stigmas and misinfo causes people to be confused and not understand the meaning of terms. Democracy in the most fundamental form is about balance. Democracy is that pie in the sky that most people in societies generally aim for. Capitalism is merely an economic system that has an underlying conflict (contradiction) with democracy. Capitalism does not operate by democracy whatsoever. Therefore, it has to be decided by the society whether the society wants to allow capitalism to operate with or without the assurance that democracy is always valued above everything else whenever the underlying conflicts with capitalist economic systems arise in society. Basically you really cannot have both, unless democratic based principles take precedence in determining how the wealth/capital (and overall economy) operates. Just as those failed "communist" systems collapsed due to their neglect of democracy that they always claimed to value, an unregulated capitalist system that pisses all over democratic principles has an increased risk of also collapsing.
@@ASTPlumbing9090 For like 90% of jobs, the wages just haven't gone up, at all. They're literally the same as they were 25-30 years ago. But costs have gone up with relatively significant inflation, mostly in certain areas (autos and food most noticeably). It's a joke. And a lot of big businesses are ultimately hurting their own interests in the long-term due to exploitation, selfishness, greed and a general lack of value for basic human dignity. But investors don't really care and they are now the true owners of the corporations. CEO's are sometimes just figureheads who get paid fat salaries tp make sure profit targets are reached every quarter no matter what has to be done in order to reach the targets.
Kid hugging the security guard. Imagine that today, the guard would be questioned on his intentions. Innocence is gone.
Sad, but true.
Lmao y’all are delusional they would not and to be honest I’m glad because back then creeps were getting around easily as teachers clowns cops guards so stop You white how’s miss era that treated to u
@@bgcrp2005 " You white how’s miss era that treated to u " WTF language is that?!? Google Translate can't even figure out what the hell you said.
It’s true or they would call CPS on the parents now a days. It’s sad.
@Rio Bank it's all the crap corporate Farms put in the food
If you ever watch the 80s movie "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", it has really great examples of how malls used to be in the 80s
They just filmed in one tiny corner. The pizza place was real, though.
Watch Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure to see a late 80’s mall (Metrocenter Mall Phoenix AZ) unfortunately just closed down.
"Smooth Talk" (1986) as well.....plenty of footage!
I just watched it last weekend
@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 The interior shots were filmed at the Sherman Oaks Galleria, and the exterior was the Santa Monica Mall; unfortunately, both have long since been remodeled, and have lost that vibe...
Man I miss the 80s. This century sucks
And its getting worse..
yeah..its like a modern 1920s nightmare
Our mall had a movie theatre so we could spend a day shopping, lunch and movie
I loved the 80s. It was such a fun easy time. No social media BS..people actually talked to each other. I miss the music, tv shows, movies...every thing!
I talk to my left hand all the time lol 😂
Amen to that
The 80s were the best!!!!
@@judydawson7573 I would go back in a heart beat! How about you?
@@ukmedicfrcs most def!!! Wish we could time travel🥰
Imagine a time when it was okay to breathe the same air as strangers!
Imagine a time when we didn't have a nazi as a president
@@milfordcivic6755 Imagaine a time when your mom wasn't gay
Yes they were so brave. 😃
Back when a time when people weren’t going AS crazy over politics, And weren’t so narrow-minded and rude 😉
People back then were much more mature on average. People had class. Sophistication was the goal. Now grown ass people like to argue over every little damn thing. 🙃 ..Oh, and blame THE INTERNET for further ruining pop culture.
The good old days. Makes me wish for a time machine all the more.
But you can’t go back in time and stay in the past until the day you die. The past wasn’t always better. The more important concerns were harder to deal with. Just because technology gets wiser with time doesn’t mean we should let it control us or run away from the present. We have to know how to cut down on reliance from technology by strengthening our thinking skills. I do so with HAPPYneuron!
Take me with you!
Someone needs to invent one
@@melissaann1401 and soon, I want to know what I know now and fix the mistakes of my life 😂
@@chelseagirl278 same 😃😄
Malls were experiences during those decades. It wasn't just about buying items, they had fountains, and music, arcades, it was experiences. Today's malls are so overloaded with clothing stores, and kiosks, you just don't have those experiences anymore.
I despise those super-pushy kiosk people
yeah! all the fun science and tech stores are gone thanks to Amazon.
It’s basically dead. With cellphones no one interacts. Just walk and shop and get out. No mall rats. Teenage goths hanging out like we did in the 90s. Really sad. I’m 34 now and want to live out the 80s and 90s again
@@oblongfan1 I was a teenager in the 70s, we would go to the mall and shop, but mostly sit by the fountain and people watch! It was a bustling place throughout my childhood and teen years. In my 30’’s they remodeled because it was one of the oldest malls around and “dying”. Sadly they put so many more stores and kiosks in, it ruined the experience of going to the place. The aged fountain was removed 😢. It closed down within 10 years. I haven’t been to any mall in years, but one of my people watching partners told me the few places where you could still sit were full of people using their cellphones.
@@oblongfan1 you Can watch 20-25 teenagers walking together not saying a word to each other all on their cell phones tho. It's scary shit tbh
Shopping malls in 70's n 80's was like taking a one day vacation and you could spend as much as on a vacation too but it was fun !
From a time when going to the mall was an event.
I think Walmart had a hand in k* lling the malls...
@@donnar9864 That, for sure, coupled with the fact that people don’t have as much disposable income as they did back then.
Have you ever heard of a company called “Amazon” 🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴
IndoorMalls was a teenager thing, restaurants, shopping, free hangout ,bookstore , record stores, chothes stores, now walmart, Meijer, target etc etc has the same stuff
There was something for everyone.
When I was a kid in the seventies malls were a game changer, up north it gets cold, so the idea of walking around from store to store in the middle of winter all warm and dry was huge. I actually remember going to Birthday parties at the mall, don't remember what we did but still, the mall was an actual destination all its own. Hell, that's where I got my Sea Monkees, fed them too much and one of them broke out of the aquarium and ate my little brother, who knew?
good times
I wish I can go back to these simpler and nicer times. My mom recently passed and I have good memories of going to the mall with her.
No Shootings!!!!
Back when people cared for one another and consider safety first, especially when children are involved. Back when the middle class, real middle class still existed. There was also a sense of community where the security and staff took pride in their work and actually made sure everyone was helped and guided. This was the world I grew up in. Now-a-days, there is this sense of cognitive dissonance and disconnection. 😥That good intentions and help are seen as bad and with suspicion.
Politicians sold out the middle class for their billionaire lobbyist ...shipped all the jobs away
Nowadays the scenario you described sounds more like a made up fairy tale than reality that actually existed.. we really have messed up as a society
Well, to be fair, some of the fun of being a kid, at least back in the 70’s was that kids had way more freedoms than they do now. The “helicopter parenting” technique wasn’t prevalent yet. Probably because the world was generally a safer place so that everyone was far more trusting than they can afford to be today. But yeah, as far as friendliness and pride in one’s work, that has gone entirely down the drain.
I miss Sears, Craftsman tools, the Sears Christmas catalog, Radio Shack, etc.
Radio Shack sucked with Tandy products
GO TO LOWES - Craftsman relocated!
Sears still exists, although after the current round of liquidations end in April, there will be 29 full-sized Sears stores still open.
I used to spend time at my grandma's and get lost in the Sears catalog picking out what I wanted.
Whenever my tech broke down I would take it to Radio Shack to get it fixed. Many times they just showed me how to fix it
The 70’s and 80’s was a wonderful time to be a youth. Malls were the place to be. Not only did they have every shop you could want. But they also had a relaxing shopping environment. Waterfalls and fountains. Colored light shows. Animatronic figures during the holidays and arcades. Hot Sams pretzels, if anyone remember this great eatery. A time when you would beg your parents to drop you off at the mall to hang out with friends. Window shop for things you wanted for birthdays and Christmas. Try on Guess jeans, and other brands you coveted. As long as you had 10 dollars for tokens, everything was alright. So glad to have been a child in those magical times. Great video and Thanks for the memories.
Marty McFly we had an indoor skating rink at the MonroevilleMall inPgh.
You're welcome, Marty. Good comment.
I remember Hot Sams. the store was about 50 square feet.
michael t Yes, it was usually just a store front. But boy oh boy the pizza pretzels on a stick were amazing. Not like today’s mall dough gut bomb pretzels!
I share your thoughts my friend. I was lucky enough to work in our local mall in my high school days, and after graduating. Met my future wife in our mall.. So malls are alright by me!
You wouldn't normally hear this from a 13-year-old but I believe 70s and 80s was actually a better time to hang out and plus there's less restrictions back then, and if there was a time machine I would definitely travel to the late seventies and the '80s
Growing up as a kid in the 80s, whenever my bday or my brothers came around, we requested to go to the mall. We lived an hour away from the nearest mall and we would spend all day there.
LOL I envy you. Mine was further away from home.
Man, I miss the mall days of the 80’s. It was the place to be! No trouble, just kids hanging out n having fun for the day with friends.
A true slice of (North) Americana that's slowly, surely, and sadly, fading away. Thanks for sharing.
You're welcome, blazerbobcat.
I wouldn't call it sad. Malls are terrible.
@@nachobuttmug8970 Malls were fun before rap music came out.
@@slimpickens7480 Malls were sterile, fake, and helped to destroy down towns. They were disgusting.
@silent sir Downtowns are so much nicer than fake ass malls, which are dying faster than downtowns, which are only dying cuz of covid.
I remember malls back in the 80s used to be something fun as a young kid. Orange Julius, Kay-Bee Toys, and other stores that are long gone (Mervyn's, Montgomery Ward, Emporium). I miss the water fountains inside the malls that we used to go to, along with the 80s lighting. Even going into shoe stores and clothing stores with my parents, grandparents, and family members was fun even though I knew it wasn't a kid's store. The dark feel like the SeaTac clip at 8:16 to me was cool as a kid, and looking back now, I really do miss those times. Malls back then were almost like family functions. Now, malls have lost that feeling. My daughter that is 6 doesn't find joy going to the mall like I did when I was her age. I understand progression and technology and have a huge appreciation for both, but I think it's just that time flew by so quick that the changes we see today feel like it all happened quickly. Makes me appreciate time and enjoy living in the moment because one day we'll be looking back at this moment thinking how things changed again, and how we miss this time. I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying these mall videos as much as I am
When we didn't have to worry about shootings. This is hard for me to watch because I miss the 80s so much.
Me too. The best of times
We still had kidnappings. Outrunning kidnappers was part of the fun.
Our mall opened 50 yrs ago and first week had over 60 cars stolen
Overall crime was higher in the 80s. And we still had mass shootings. I think you just miss malls like the rest of us.
I miss hangout at the malls, it had everything, restaurants, nice stores, but very expensive to maintain, walmart. Mejer is cheaper to shop
Malls back in the 70's were the place for a kid. Especially during the Christmas🎄holidays.🎄 Christmas decorations, 🎅🤶Santa Claus🎅🤶 had his little "hut", and kids could come and ask for the newest toy, bike, game, whatever. Waiting to see Santa was always so fun. The anticipation, the joy, and the ambience was like no other. It was truly a wonderful time to be a child. Also the JC Penny's Christmas Catalog 🎄 was ALWAYS, ALWAYS A HUGE EVENT. Same with the Sears Wish Book as well. I can remember getting both of them, going to my room, 📺TV📺off. No distractions! I crawled into bed and started from page one, and I didn't stop till I was completely done! Then I'd start the other book. Then once I finished that one, I'd start over. Those days will never ever be matched I'm anticipation, ambience, the feelings of love and family, and the 🎄Christmas🎄Spirit! Then church with Grandma and Grandpa. 🍽🍽🍽🍽🍽An epic🎄Christmas🎄Holiday 🍽Dinner!🍽 Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, and me. It was a small family but we were close. I miss those days so much. Again the love and the spirit we felt was so unique, so special, and I loved every second of it. The city transformed into a winter wonderland! In West Allis we had a entire city block that would turn their neighborhood into a Gigantic, Massive, HUGE Christmas city.🎄🎄🏡🎄🎄🎄🏠🎄🎄🎄🏡🎄🎄🎄🏘🎄🎄🎄🏠🎄Christmas Trees🎄🎄🎄🏡🎄🎄🎄🏠🎄🎄🏡🎄🎄🎄🎄🏠🎄🎄🎄🎄🏡🎄🎄🎄🎄🏠🎄Christmas🎄Decorations were everywhere. Every 🏡🏠Home🏡🏠had crazy amounts of lights, decorations, and Santa🎅🤶🧑🎄Clauses everywhere. On the rooftops, front yards, everywhere. It was beautiful. Planes overhead said they could see the decorations and lights when they came into the Airport. It was truly an experience you'd never ever forget. The name of the town again is West Allis, Wisconsin. The name of the "event" or the place is "🍭Candy🍫Cane🍭Lane🍬" Again it's well worth the look!
How To Find It. Candy Cane Lane is in West Allis, Wisconsin, from Montana Avenue on the north to Oklahoma Avenue on the south, and from 96th Street on the west, to 92nd Street on the east.
I can't believe that most of the malls in this video are still operating. I'm actually glad that they are. I hope malls never go away.
The brand new high rise malls are packed and are not going away, in China.
I've seen several of the malls in this video in other videos, about dead malls, unfortunately. I remember one about Colombia Mall, in particular.
Those were the days. If ever such a thing as history being able to repeat itself, please let it repeat the 70s and 80s! Good times we had the best of everything then....including childhoods. :-)
Liz 79 why the 70s and 80s? All the buildings/cars/ people then were ugly. It was 2 decades where everything and everyone was ugly so why not the 50s-60s or 90s and 2000s ?
So true. Those were the days!
I kind of have to agree with you. @@LucasFernandez-fk8se
@@LucasFernandez-fk8sefor me it was a fun and happy time with alot of good memories thats why. True the 90s had its good moments also but i think its just a matter of opinion that everyone thinks the decade they grew up in was the best i guess.
@@LucasFernandez-fk8se The 50s and 60s were the best of times.
Indoor Malls are a thing of the past. The concourses are too expensive to keep heated and airconditioned, something outdoor strip malls don't have to deal with. I miss the 80's mall scene. Fun, Arcades, movie theaters. Good times.
I have awesome memories from the 90’s too! My mom would take us to the mall and we’d be there for hours buying frivolous things. Afterward we’d go to friendly’s for ice cream and when we got home I had to take all the bags and run upstairs so my dad didn’t see. Loved those days spending time with her
God I miss the eighties.
Well, you can’t literally go back in time and stay in the past until the day you die. You have to make the best of the present because it’s the only time you have with you. Keep listening to me, and you should learn to accept the era you’re supposed to live in!
Every day I miss it more and more
@@cbsteffen I'll never accept this piece of 💩 era of today.
"Disco Pants and Haircuts."
"Baby Clothes."
"This place has got everything!"
lol
Jett Carlburg lol!
Jett Carlburg yeah and the new Oldsmobile’s came in early this year
‘They broke my watch.’
I need my disco pants!
So amazing. I live for this nostalgia as a dead mall crazed millennial
I live for this nostalgia too because I lived it as a 1970’s kid😎 It was great!!
Look up the dead mall series. You'd enjoy it!
I cry for the dead mall…as a formally dead-mall shopping Gen Xr
"In the future there will be no malls. Just Amazon and Walmart. You will have everything you want at your fingertips. You will be able to watch any movie ever made and every song. You will hate all of it. Every time humans make progress, humans get more depressed." said the time traveler from 2022 to 1985.
Malls killed downtown areas, and the internet killed the malls.
Heidi Fedor And video killed the radio star.. ;)
MD Paul ...in my mind and in my car...
Erik Hertzer We can’t rewind, we’ve gone too far.
Pictures came and broke your heart.
TooCooFoYou Put the blame on VCR’s!
I like saying "Bon Marche" sounds so fancy...
Who remembers the Ferrell's ice cream store where they banged a big drum if you pigged out on the trough or had a birthday? Really great Sundaes!
Farrell's was the best!
I remember. The one in Metrocenter in Phoenix was awesome and overlooked the ice skating rink.
Notice the Sunday hours, I can remember when stores were closed on Sunday but changed to opening at noon or 1p.m.
@Leon Vernon Andrews I remember malls closed at 6p.m. on Sunday's too.You only had about 5 hours to shop.Thinking of places that are closed on Sunday's all day now are like Chick-fil-A and Hobby Lobby because of their christian faith.
In Germany all Stores are closed on Sundays.
Orange Julius rocks!
I loved those!
Yes it did😍
Oh, how I loved Orange Julius and Mrs. Fields.
Love it!!!!!!!!
Space port video. Games
Defined a Christmas atmosphere...for real
I worked at so many stores in the mall growing up, (it is still a pretty popular place to go for a lot of people where I live) and I can tell you there is nothing like walking through the empty mall in the morning during Christmas time with all the decorations and music...it's like you're in another world and was totally my favorite part about working there.
Sing it with me!!!!!! *yorkdaaaaale*
These jingles will be stuck in my head all day.
*Y O R K D Å À Á Â Ã Æ L E*
I used to go to Yorkdale with my parents in the late 60's!
That jingle is ahead of 1982.
The bargain basement Muppets were my favorite part of this montage.
The fox actually sounds like Jim Henson.
LET'S GO TO THE MALL, EVERYBODY!-Robin Sparkles
it was an experience, malls were packed, girls galore, many phone numbers with the little hearts added. it really was a special time.
In 2021 everyone is social distancing😷 and I feel that everyone wishes things could just go back to normal where we could just go into a food place and eat🙏
I'm not social distancing or living in fear.
Unfortunately it will be a long time until this happens 😔
I do wish that
@@starlitzone selfish moron
@@starlitzone good luck with the virus moron
Never thought I'd see the day when Sears stores would be shutting down.
max stax now the malls are deader than a doornail thanks to online shopping.
Roebuk is saying "We told you so."
Anna Paulikonis
Many malls are also having problems with crime and unruly
teens. This is doing far more damage than on line shopping, many people want to go to B&M stores to put their hands on the merchandise and shop, but are afraid of criminals. Especially women that have always been the majority of shoppers at malls.
max stax really ! Montgomery Wards and Sears, and the catalog looking before Christmas with Uncles !! 😊 so long ago.
+max stax Growing up, everything in the house came from Sears. Dad's tools, tires, my toughskins, every appliance in the kitchen, mom's clothes, the fence around the backyard. I asked my dad why once, and he said "just about everything comes and goes, but Sears Roebuck will always be there in case anything breaks. They stand by everything they sell." Well, the old man went the way of all things in '92, and now it looks like Sears is headed in the same direction, but I will say that I still have a garage full of some of the best socket wrenches ever made.
And now we’ve gone back to having these shopping areas where you have to drive from store to store.
Loved hanging at Lechmere at the Liberty Tree Mall in Danvers,MA. The mall was such a hub of social life back in the day. Lord how I miss the 80’s!
“Hi everyone. This is Dan Bell and welcome to the dead mall series.”
LOL.
Toys R Us. RIP
Sears RIP
KayBee Toys R.I.P.
Toys r Us still open in Montreal
@i h8 people. actually toys r us is still open in the us. They were going to file for auction but instead changed ownership. Still open tho
Toys R Us was nice to walk through. Their merchandise was always expensive. They use to charge ten dollars for a small pack of a Lego starter kit. On Ebay, a starter pack can be found for $0.50 plus free shipping.
I worked at Montgomery Wards in 1984..They heyday of malling.
I hung out near Montgomery Wards in 1984. Teen hanging at the mall, but I would rarely go into the anchor stores.
I heard of Montgomery Ward. What year did it go out of business?
@@ArkOmen1 A mall that's gone banana's, that is for sure.
ArkOmen1 yeah that’s what my parents called it. We went to the Midway Store in St Paul, MN, at the corner of University and Snelling. They closed about 1989 I believe and tore down the building a couple of years later. They’re building a professional soccer stadium on the property now.
The Mandela Effect has changed it to Montgomery Ward without the 's'.
These were great. I wonder how many of these places are actually still functioning. The more years go by the more I've grown to appreciate the privilege to have lived through so much of this. Not that we didn't appreciate it then, just no one ever considered it wouldn't always and forever be just as it was.
Exactly like I remember the 70's & 80's fuzzy & blurry
Annette Jac, 😆😂😂😂 ... With bad sound 😂
Were you on drugs?
@@liberalbias4462 Most 18 - 35 people in mid 1970s recreationally used pot and speed.
Weekends were high, laid-back and fast. A time before terrible drugs.
Before HDTV. How we're now spoiled.
😂😂👍 right! Annette Jac
Man I miss the good old days thanks Fred good times.
Malls used to be where teens could hang out. Now, many malls won't let kids under 16 hang out without adult supervision. Younger teens can't roam the malls without their parents by their side. Alot of malls will ask for ID from teens. Definately not like it used to be.
Nowadays, more and more malls are closing up bc of the availability of online shopping.
A sad ending to a great era...
Time Bandit Exactly! Parents used to discipline their kids and therefore they knew how to act. Now parents want to be best buds with their kid and it’s not doing anyone any favors.
Ikr.. our parents would drop us off for hours at the mall. We'd smoke cigs and look cool with our feathered hair.....good times!
The mall near us is dead. Sears just bellied up. Like someone else mentioned, they just sell clothes and shoes. Nothing to attract customers anymore. It was so different during the 70's and 80's where malls had variety and something for everyone. Food courts had a variety of eating places, too.
“Teens” has a much different meaning today. That’s why they are also termed “justice-involved youths”.
@@KrysDlite I heard a kid tell his mother F something. I couldn't believe it! I've seen these spoiled brats slap her, too.
This is why I have dogs.
Still missing Sears! K-marts !!!
I miss sears too. 😞 When I was a kid my mom would take me every year for my birthday to get a new paddington bear in December
Am so glad I am an 80s kid!
Have seen the good days when life was simple and now its chaotic, crazy!
And that's why our generation want those days back! We could breathe easy!
These commercials are so overboard retro, it's like they're parodies of the era.
you're describing all advertising right there
@Pamela you people sound nuts! Gays and tattoos destroyed malls? Huh? Get over yourseof. So ignorant 👎😒
duane dogsdayout it’s like the alt-right incels found a place to converge. Talk about butthurt whiteys.
@@KO-eu6jv Lmao sounds like you need to get off your high horse and make some friends lest you want to become a future m'lady neckbeard, kiddo. Being that pompous about "the good old days" isn't much different than the radicalized holier-than-thou SJW that you probably hate. And yikes @Pamela, if you really equate being gay with being an over the top parody you should learn to distinguish crazy foxkin Tumblr kids with normal people just liking the same gender. What harm does that do you?
@@scott12xu whitey is like saying blackey don't steep to that low level of racism.
From back when there was a middle class.
Nona Ubidnis exactly
back when there was class.
Nona Ubidnis exactly
So what is there now?
So what is there now?
The mall I grew up in is officially gone, it’s now an outside shopping mall 💔 These are lovely!
The accents in the Menlo Park ad! Can confirm firsthand. Of course there's neither the Bamberger's nor the Alexander's any more, and they tore out the old fountain about five years ago.
Well this hurt my heart more than expected 😕
I know. The memories.
Same, I’m in bits at what we’ve lost! The life we swapped for this!
As tacky as most of these ads are, it was great to see them again (but, only once please!!) The great thing about internet video, is that without it, stuff like this, and other time-capsule material would be buried forever in some vault or archive...and few people, if any, would have access to it. I've often wondered how they go about digging up this type of material and what channels they have to go through.
Growing up as a kid in the 80s was the best!!!
The bills for heating and air conditioning a mall are enormous; so investors found it more cost effective to build shopping centers instead. But, malls are missed especially by people for whom the mall was a great free place to take an exercise walk during any kind of weather.
2:56 Nowadays the maintenance worker would be spending 25 years behind bars.
Lmaooooo
Yes especially if he told the kid I have ice cream and puppies in my van.
My thoughts exactly lol
Yep. 🤣
I love going to the malls when I was a teenager. Meet up with friends and hang out at the Arcades and people watch
Going to the mall as a kid was an amazing experience...now as an adult I avoid them at all cost! Such a simpler time back then. Thanks for taking me back Fred!! ❤️❤️
Wow! I watched like, a minute of this video, I swear I could "smell" the mall. They all had that smell. Not bad, just "mall smell"
Absolutely. That’s what strikes me most, how the mall smells bring memories in detail. From just opening the first glass doors, with that cold rush of air especially in the summer. Then Hickory farms, Orange Julius, are more obvious. But radio shack had its scent. Spencer gifts had a very unique smell! KB Toy store smelled like rubber bouncy balls and plastic models. The electric race car tracks - aurora? Whatever the mall smell was, I miss it!
Thats when stores in a mall would carry different items in one place, now all they sell is shoes and women clothes. The variety died in the stores, and thats why people don't go to them, that goes for all the stores.
So true. I wanted some decent quality winter gear. I figured I’d go to Eddie Bauer. I hadn’t been to one in years. I was so disappointed. Because 97% of the store was now woman’s clothing. The men’s selection consisted of two racks. Some backpacks and a tent. 😕
They all sell nike and women's leggings. Boooorrrriiiinnnggg.
Wow it's crazy how much malls have changed! It seemed like they had more to offer back then. I also noticed that they don't show mall commercials anymore!
Back when we can actually socialize with people without getting uptight and enjoy a wonderful day at the shopping mall getting a good walking exercise and buy stuff till we drop. I'm glad I grew up in the 80's time era.
I remember as a teenager getting off the bus with my buddies and walking across the huge parking lot to main mall entrance. I'm 45 now and i miss the feeling of hoping the girl i had a crush on was there. Getting dressed up and trying to look cool. Kids today have no idea.
This video makes me feel like I actually lived in the 70s/80s
we need to go back and feel!
Problem is most people that miss the Malls are the same ones that shop online
Our local mall became unsafe. Then the anchor stores closed. I’m surprised it’s still open.
There actually is still one mall in my area that’s huge and super crowded and I think it’s one of the top 10 biggest malls in America but there are also two dead malls in our area with one having no stores at all and the other having a few stores, two food places, an arcade, and a movie theater but that’s it
i mean, with the pandemic going crazy still (especially in america) people would rather not risk getting the virus! otherwise malls in my country are packed forever!!
SonicGirlZ
Sounds like your talking out Woodfieled mall. The only mall still surviving....very well. I think he other 2 are Stratford and Charlestown.
not me
I often wish to have grown up in this time, my parents were youths in in this time and its sounds like a great time to be young.
It was
My mom was born in 69 so her childhood and teen years were in the 80s and she always loves reminiscing. I myself love 80s movies and music so I can imagine it was a fun careless time to be growing up in.
Damn! I miss the 70s and 80s!!
Trust me TexasDog3.. you're not the only one!
TexasDog3 yep, whites still ran things then.
Me too TexasDog3, me too :)
Right there with you, TexasDog3. One of these days, I'm gonna get that time machine built...
I'll take a ticket to ride!
One of the malls I frequented as a child is virtually empty now. I remember in the 90’s and early 2000’s my mom would give us our Christmas money and we’d have a ball. A ton of the stores are just empty storefronts now ☹️
To even attempt to build some of these malls now would cost over $5 billion. These were built to out-do the fancy department stores downtown and they were truly astounding. I remember the first mall I visited which was one of the first ever built. It had a ridiculously extravagant 50-foot-high 360-degree slow-motion waterfall built with hundreds of fiber guideways. Amazing, amazing, amazing. Exotic tropical plants and trees in the middle of winter. What?
Back in a beautiful better time of life the world. I don’t know what the hell it is now. Sad
As a guy, the mall had girls. So a great place to hang out for me in the seventies.
Same thing in the 80s too go to the mall on Friday nights hang with friends check out the good looking girls
Those were the times
Today malls are dying people are buying online.and there are hardly any stores
Malls were so much more fun than Amazon will ever be. Those who buy mostly from Amazon should beware- they are saving a few bucks now but will pay more in the long run when community stores and the jobs they create are no more.
Sheryl Benkosky I’m as much of a nostalgia-junky as anyone here, but being able to shop online is the greatest thing since...well, ever. Whatever is lost by dying malls is more than made up for with all the advantages of having the shopping world at your fingertips. Think of all the time saved.
That is until Amazon decides to build a bunch of stores in every local sector to cut warehouse and shipping fees.
The capitalist cycle repeats itself.
almost everything I see on Amazon (and walmart) is shipped from China. with a mall, I could look, try on and feel the items to see if they fit or if it's worth it. Also, just window shopping was the best,esp around Christmas.
Lisa Gibson, definitely, and you can still window-shop, but for many of us (no longer as ambulatory) it’s a hyuuuge convenience, a game-changer. I prefer the town center shops, to the mega indoor malls, in warm weather areas.
It's no different than all the catalog shopping people used to do. Customer service is a lost art for the most part, I hate going to stores
Malls were very popular up until around 2008 or so. Online shopping, teens fighting, bus lines to malls, have destroyed many of them.
That girl in the Menlo mall ad.😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆I think I'm in love. 😂😂😂😂😂
The mall was so fun back then
My local mall took out the arcade,and fountains. Bummer
Kevin Pippin same here
Kevin Pippin My mall also had an arcade fountains and even a movie theater, which are all gone and replaced with cookie cutter, white washed modern generic
My mall has an arcade... FULL OF PHONE GAMES ON GIANT TOUCHSCREENS. Only FIVE DOLLARS to play, too. Thank goodness for MAME and other arcade emulators.
Yeah when the arcades all disappeared from my area malls in the early 2000s it was sad. And they did take out most fountains too.
@@DerKommercial2008 That's why I bought video games for my home arcade. Over 30 of them now
I loved the interior decor back then, the fashions and the hairdo's! So awesome!
Is it weird that I feel nostalgic for a time when adults had smokers’ voices?
I do. But I actually smoke so offended most everyone. They’re gonna make Ontario Canada completely smoke free. They’re not big on freedom around here.
Malls were hot stuff back then. I don't think the internet was as much responsible for their death as the fact that gangs and thugs started using them as a hangout. Some malls in certain sections of town here are like ghost towns now. really tragic.
i never realized that until i had a gf that worked at the mall, a lot of stealing & shit goes down
@unarmed blackman Tell that to the leaders of the black community who make their living by stirring up anger, and benefiting from the result. Booker T. Washington described their type well, as like a doctor that doesn't WANT his patient to get well.
So yeah... the black kids are going to be angry as long as they are being raised to be angry.
Our Sandburg Mall in Galesburg is down to two stores. I grew up with going to the mall in the 70s and 80s. Very different time for sure. Sad to see them go. Was a fun time
K willis just 2 lonely stores, that sounds so sad 😞
K willis wow,only TWO,omg
K willis I used to go there!! I loved the t-shirt store on the corner. If i remember, the theatre was just down the hall from there, towards the door. Spencers, too!!
I grew up in Maquon just down 97!! I loved going to the sandburg mall with my grandma and grandpa. They loved eating at McDonald’s!!
Film what's left...
80's malls (around the time they started modernizing most of them) was I think when things were definitely at there height, during the time when the decadence of that decade provided so many with expendable incomes to practically buy whatever they wanted.., I was just a kid, but long for times like that.
Chris Pacheco totally feelin ya,that's exactly how it was in Australia,there was a mall explosion and it was awesome for about 8 years or so then it started a very long slow decline sadly,we had a recession in the very early 90s and that started the decline sadly,if we were wagging school that's where we would go for the day
This was nicely done! Thank you for making my memories of the malls so special!