80's Mall Memories..

[Spawn67]

Nice article with pics on Mall's in the 80's..

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2480247/Michael-Galinskys-Malls-Across-America-book-sheds-light-shoppers-defined-1980s.html

[wayne foundation 07]

spandex and acid washed jeans, man we were cool back then weren't we !!!
And look at the size of that hair.
great article!

[Werewolf]

Cool article. I remember buying music cassettes at Musicland and playing games at the arcade.

[HardyGirl]

Not a big 80s fan. The 2 best things about the 80s were Michael Jackson and the TV series Fame. The mall was OK, I guess. Hot Dog on a Stick, the movies, Spencer's gift shop, Sam Goody's. Never did the arcade thing, b/c I had an Atari at home, and I had to earn my own money then by babysitting, so no wasting it on video games. I didn't like the toy stores then, b/c all the 70s goodness was gone. *gives self a mental shake* OK...think happy groovy 70s thoughts...yeah, that's it.

[Marvelmania]

Yeah I think I must have wasted about $10 in quarters each trip I made into the Gold Mine Arcade, then heading down to the Record Bar to grab a couple of albums. Of course I had to hit the Orange Julius on the way out. That was during the 80s but during the 70s it was before the arcades so I hung out in front of the Super X Drug store playing pong or at Sears playing on the Intellivision display. Going to McCrorys to buy Megos, checking out all of the Corgis, blacklight stuff and t-shirt tranfers at the Fifth Ave Card Shop. All are great memories!

[Random Axe]

Tape World!

[torgospizza]

Nice article with pics on Mall's in the 80's.

I have to get that book. It looks awesome.

Cool article. I remember buying music cassettes at Musicland and playing games at the arcade.

Musicland for cassettes and Chess King for clothes. That's all our money went towards.

[Spawn67]

Gosh look at the price on that big t.v.!

[Red Hulk]

That's a pretty neat idea for a book.For me it was Wee Three Records or Listening Booth for Music,Manchino's for pizza and Fun City or Fun Factory to play Rampage.

[bettyrocker01]

Nice.

I tend to still wear big hair more often then not.

[Spawn67]

Reminds me of the way I spent every single weekend in the 80's...

[VintageMike]

I definitely enjoyed malls more back then. Most of the larger malls that are popular today, I struggle to find the appeal. There are only a handful I still visit/like. I do stop at the local mall (a smaller one) as it has to things I like the area's only Chick-Fil-A (the mall's only original tenant from when it opened in 1974) and an FYE the last of the classic movie/music stores. Also notable because I've been buying from that store since it was a Record Town. Most of my favorite malls had some sort of "special" place to eat, an arcade or a comic store. If any left have even one of the above it's rare. More than one are an endangered species. The only "modern" innovation I'm fond is the addition of movie theaters on site since it goes with perception that mall is someplace you should be able to spend the day at like a mini-vacation.

[jimsmegos]

I miss those days and that environment a lot.

[Spawn67]

Most of the Malls around here the ones that are still standing are a shadow of their former selves. There like ghost towns with a couple stores open. We do have some thriving ones one's but they lack the any substance or unique stores like the ones in the past did and even at the mega malls its fairly empty on weekends unless its the holidays. A old friend of mine posted this article on facebook and a flood of memories from everyone that went to our local malls filled his page. Yea although malls do exist I think Mall culture itself is a thing of the past.

[toys2cool]

sweet!! man I miss the 80's