Malls in the 80's..

[Spawn67]

If you remember about a year ago I made a post about the book that came out with pictures of malls from the 80's. That book went out of print and I came across this article with lots of pics from the book that were not on my previous post.
I personally have a soft spot for malls back then. Sadly most of the malls I grew up going to that were thriving are no longer there or are shadows of there former selves.
Check it out!

http://mashable.com/2014/12/02/80s-shopping-malls/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link

[Mikey]

Here's my local mall circa 1994 Christmas

Today the ground is occupied by a Home Depot :(

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[EmergencyIan]

It was fun going through those pictures.

I'd bet that mall (or malls) was somewhere on the east coast.

- Ian

[Werewolf]

I miss Kaybee and all the hobby and gaming stores.

[toys2cool]

man that was great... loved looking at those.. my fave was the Batman display

[UnderdogDJLSW]

It is so funny how it all goes round in circles. Where my wife and I live, when we first moved in back in '95, there was an outdoor mall and a typical enclosed shopping mall. The outdoor mall with a movie theatre got torn down and in popped a Lowes hardware and a strip mall. The enclosed shopping mall got a make over and did pretty well for the next six years. Jump forward and the shopping mall was razed and an outdoor mall with a movie theater was built in the spot and just opened this month. Go figure.

[toys2cool]

here in Miami for the most part the 6 of the 8 major malls are still around.. and 2 have not changed a bit..They still look exactly the way they did in 89 They both suck but at least I get a major flashback everytime I go it.. Anna the member Ladyzod will probably remember, she was from Miami.. Mall of the Americas and International mall haven't changed at all except for the stores

[Spawn67]

It is so funny how it all goes round in circles. Where my wife and I live, when we first moved in back in '95, there was an outdoor mall and a typical enclosed shopping mall. The outdoor mall with a movie theatre got torn down and in popped a Lowes hardware and a strip mall. The enclosed shopping mall got a make over and did pretty well for the next six years. Jump forward and the shopping mall was razed and an outdoor mall with a movie theater was built in the spot and just opened this month. Go figure.

Yea that happened to one of the malls I grew up going to. They tore down the old mall and put on of those outdoor malls.
A couple years ago I went to one of my childhood malls and it's been redone and looks all shiny and new with marble floors and all that. Doesn't look anything like it did when I was a kid.
And sadly I went to one of my old malls about a year ago and you could hear a pin drop it was so empty. I remember it being packed with hundreds of people at any given time back in my childhood. I sat there all alone remincing and even got a little choked up. They tore it down 6 months later...

[kerowack]

It was fun going through those pictures.

I'd bet that mall (or malls) was somewhere on the east coast.

- Ian

THATS DEFINITELY THE SMITHHAVEN MALL in Lake Grove, New York. I spent an incredible amount of time there with my mom and behaving so we could visit toys r us or child world after. Those pictures were magical for me. Thank you so much for the link.

[kerowack]

I remember that batman display! It was in front of bd dalton (I think that was the name), which was where I waited for my mom while she was shopping in petite sophisticate. That mall had a mccrories, an orange Julius, and I still tell people there were trees all over the place....now I have proof!

[kerowack]

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The same mall today....

[toys2cool]

I remember that batman display! It was in front of bd dalton (I think that was the name), which was where I waited for my mom while she was shopping in petite sophisticate. That mall had a mccrories, an orange Julius, and I still tell people there were trees all over the place....now I have proof!

ha ha that's awesome man

[kerowack]

There are also shots of the massapequa mall mixed in near the top. Also on Long Island.

[UnderdogDJLSW]

Yea that happened to one of the malls I grew up going to. They tore down the old mall and put on of those outdoor malls.

You are from the Baltimore area, originally, correct? We should compare notes

I remember that batman display

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That is cool that something from your memory was captured in a photo. There are many store set ups that I wish I had a picture of today.

[Red Hulk]

I miss the Mall that was attatched to Hills here in Lebanon,its a Home Depot now.