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Posted on 1/4/25 at 8:32 am to Tempratt
I haven't been to a Mall in over 15 years. But I do miss Sears and browsing the tools department. My wife would talk me into going to the Mall, I'd hang out in the Sears tool department or go to the bookstore.
Posted on 1/4/25 at 8:41 am to TechBullDawg
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West Oaks Mall in Houston
Such a great mall.
Cultcha ruins everything
This post was edited on 1/4/25 at 8:43 am
Posted on 1/4/25 at 8:43 am to Tempratt
I miss Babbage’s and Mama Bravas in Cortana.
Posted on 1/4/25 at 8:43 am to Tempratt
Come to Texas if you miss shopping malls.
The San Antonio area has at least 5 of them still kicking.
The San Antonio area has at least 5 of them still kicking.
Posted on 1/4/25 at 9:00 am to TideSaint
RIP Sunrise Mall in Corpus Christi.
They shot some scenes from Legend of Billie Jean in there.
They shot some scenes from Legend of Billie Jean in there.
Posted on 1/4/25 at 9:22 am to Coke Man
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quote:
Toys R Us
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A department store devoted to just toys.
In Charlotte we had Lionel Toy Warehouse. That place was huge, probably about 3-4 times the size of a Toys R Us. It was a big deal to go to Charlotte to eat at Arby's and stop at Lionel's.
Posted on 1/4/25 at 9:25 am to Tempratt
Yes, the old school Acadiana Mall was fun. Back when they had a saloon across from the Burger King and a movie theater. When they had a knife shop, a pet store, and a puppet show. Not some trashy furniture store and a bunch of troubled youth walking around.
Posted on 1/4/25 at 9:29 am to Tempratt
The 1980s was the apex of mall culture in the US. By the 90s the cracks were beginning to show with some of the traditional stores closing and being replaced by, let’s call them less desirable, stores. By the end of the 90s the rot was well well advanced. There are still some malls in operation, but they’re a shadow of what they once were.
I’m just grateful I was born when I was and got to experience being a teen hanging out at the mall in the 1980s. What a great time to be young and alive.
I’m just grateful I was born when I was and got to experience being a teen hanging out at the mall in the 1980s. What a great time to be young and alive.
Posted on 1/4/25 at 9:45 am to RaginCajunz
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Why did we decide outdoor shopping is better? Makes no sense.
It’s not that we decided outdoor shopping centers were better. That’s not what killed malls. What killed malls is the same thing that killed most urban neighborhoods, namely as thugs moved in, middle class whites moved out.
I’ll use Birmingham, AL as an example. In the 70s and 80s, places like Roebuck, Irondale, and Center Point were upper middle class sections of town. People there went to two malls, Century Plaza and Eastwood Mall. They were basically almost side by side. I grew up hanging out at both. You’d have mostly families shopping and teens going to the arcade or record stores, or just hanging out with friends.
All this started to shift in the 90s. Crime from places like Eastlake and North Birmingham began creeping in and people from those neighborhoods began moving out to places like Trussville, Pinson, Clay, Argo, and even Springville. The void left by these people was filled by hood rats. The sections of town I mentioned earlier became crime-ridden shitholes. And the malls that served these sections of town reflected this fact.
That’s what killed malls, at least in Birmingham.
Posted on 1/4/25 at 10:22 am to Tempratt
There are still some big ones by me. I’m quite nostalgic about the unpopular ones though. Childhood memories
Posted on 1/4/25 at 10:29 am to shutterspeed
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In their 80s form. Not their current form.
When your mom could drop you off at the arcade with ten bucks and leave you there for hours without concern.
The ten bucks would last if you were frugal. If not, you had to go roam the mall to find your mom and hope that she was in one of the small stores and not in one of the anchors.
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Posted on 1/4/25 at 10:34 am to Darth_Vader
I remember Brookwood mall (I think it is the name). Had a great old fashioned ice-cream parlor. Wonder if mall still there and viable.
Posted on 1/4/25 at 10:34 am to Tempratt
Walk-through and history of Cortana Mall before demolition:
(Crazy history lesson monologue)
(Crazy history lesson monologue)
This post was edited on 1/4/25 at 10:38 am
Posted on 1/4/25 at 10:39 am to Sus-Scrofa
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When your mom could drop you off at the arcade with ten bucks and leave you there for hours without concern.
I read that and just sat back and thought for a few minutes. Because I had that exact same experience. Or spending the day with friends playing basketball and riding our bmx bikes. Only until it got dark and I roll up with Mom on the porch calling for me to eat dinner. Fast forward to today and my children and the world in which they interact in. Would I drop them at the mall, big air trampoline park, or let them roam with friends in the community on their bikes. Hell no, such simpler times.
Posted on 1/4/25 at 10:50 am to Saintsisit
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Yeah Lakeside is still doing well. Nice to see.
Metairie? Has Cheesecake Factory?
Yeah that mall is actually enjoyable. No hood rats.
Nice layout. Nothing there I want but my wife and daughter love it.
Posted on 1/4/25 at 11:53 am to Tempratt
I feel lucky to have been alive during the heyday of the American mall experience. I’m almost 50 and have great memories of the independence that going to the mall instilled in me and my siblings at a young age.
My mom would give us our allowances for the chores we’d done that week and me and my siblings would split up and go on our own with the instructions to meet back at a central spot later.
It was a lot of fun.
Growing up in BR in the 80s and 90s, Cortana was always a fun spot to kill some time and a few bucks but I actually really enjoyed Bob Marche for the comic/card store and the larger arcade next to the theater.
My mom would give us our allowances for the chores we’d done that week and me and my siblings would split up and go on our own with the instructions to meet back at a central spot later.
It was a lot of fun.
Growing up in BR in the 80s and 90s, Cortana was always a fun spot to kill some time and a few bucks but I actually really enjoyed Bob Marche for the comic/card store and the larger arcade next to the theater.
Posted on 1/4/25 at 11:58 am to Dixie2023
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I remember Brookwood mall (I think it is the name). Had a great old fashioned ice-cream parlor. Wonder if mall still there and viable.
if it's the one in Bham,:
from Dec. 3, 2024:
The Five Guys location at the Brookwood Village mall recently announced its closure with signage posted on the front doors.
The once beloved shopping center on the border of Mountain Brook and Homewood now stands completely vacant after years of stores closing.
Posted on 1/4/25 at 12:18 pm to Grievous Angel
The one here had
Record Bar. Had great close outs on classical CDs
Sound Shop
Tape World
Babbage’s
Suncoast
Knife store
Radio shack
Record Bar. Had great close outs on classical CDs
Sound Shop
Tape World
Babbage’s
Suncoast
Knife store
Radio shack
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