Exploring a Target stuck in the late 80's
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- Опубліковано 12 лис 2020
- Checking out a Target built in 1989. It likely will be updated in due time which means most of what you see in this video could be gone! From the Cafe to the Neon Lights enjoy this little gem.
Music:
Props Reflexion
Neon.Deflector Artifact
AIRGLOW Memory Bank - Розваги
After speaking to an employee here I was told this store is set to be remodeled next month. A sad end to a Neon Era is coming to a close at this Target.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh 😞 pictures and videos of the 80s version to the newly remodeled one please when it happens
I remember when my store growing up in Apple Valley, California had neon. Even the Food Avenue sign was neon. I loved it.
My friend and I just visited yesterday and grabbed lots of photos. About 50 containers and even a tent outside full of new shelves and such for the remodel. One section of the floor and shelves has sadly already been removed.
😭
Have they officially remodeled it yet?? Or is it still the old neon rn?
1980's Target still looks better than any Walmart.
Or K-Mart
Walmart straight-up looks like a warehouse
What? You don't like the sad, brown concrete floors? :P
@@J53119 K Mart doesn't exist anymore, but you are definitely right.
Agreed
I remember when target would smell like popcorn because of the cafe. My mom would get us a popcorn and an icee. Memories.
Yes!
there’s a target i visit that still has that popcorn sell
Same
Mine still does :) I Always get an ICEE
Yes!!!!
I don't think it hurts to leave some buildings retro. It adds to the vibe of a time long gone.
Blockbuster needs a comeback
The only way it could come back in todays day and age would be if they were a streaming service, or maybe a movie store/ movie and video games collectibles and memorabilia store as well. In addition to the streaming service.
I could imagine block busters selling retro collectibles like ghost buster action figures, a slimer plushie, Disney memorabilia old and new, or maybe like old school James Bond collectibles.
That I think is the only way they could live today.
Totally 👍🏽
@@kvjbreaker7054 it wouldn’t be the same if they turned into a streaming service plenty of ppl don’t use streaming services and even with those who do blockbuster would still have customers if they came back without changing thousands want them back
The end of an era. 🥲
The neon lights on the walls and the food court/cafe made Target look like a pizza-parlor entertainment complex or a mall back in the 80s and 90s, honestly.
Target still looked like this in the early 2000s (2000 to 2004) as well. But I guess you could argue that era is included in the 90s sort of speak
@@dtxspeaks268 My local Target (opened in 2009) still had that vintage look until summer 2016 when the Pizza Hut express closed down and they stripped the walls of their old neon lights.
an 80s pizza parlor you say? 👀
@@tuffsheddwellerur ur ur ur ur
I bet them prices ain't stuck in the 80's.
Yep!
They should make a museum Target to show what one would've looked like in the 80s and show what prices were like
@James Sanders you know that's right!
😆
those
So retro. They should keep it and say it’s historic, even set up a section with the neon and old Target logo for selfies, would be good for promotion. Miss the neon.
It’s cool, but historic? It was literally built in 1989. You must be young.
I miss it too I wish they’d keep it
@@madonnafitzgerald7840 Nope I’m older than that building. I just said they should say that, doesn’t have to be official.
@@rra7490 o
It would also be a good set for movies.
What’s funny is that this looks so much cooler than what they are doing now. 😢 You can still sell modern products and keep this theme. Especially because “retro” is in now. It’s a warm feeling I get watching you tour the store. Can’t explain it. Take us back!!!
I hear you I use to work at target it made feel welcoming now not that much now
The new remodels Target is doing in some spots are awful.
Keeping a retro aesthetic whilst updating the products (like having modern devices). The best of both worlds.
Definitely!! A retro soul/atmosphere in a modern world!
@@wildbluewings As a modern man, I find myself fascinated by retro or archaic things of the past (for example, I wish that the rougher film cameras and sound qualities of old could still be used for some modern films as I feel they give a grittier feel. You know what I mean?).
@@cadethumann8605 I'm in love with all the retro and vintage things too, and just like Laci Fay lives like it's the 50's, I'm going to live like the 80s-90s! My husband and I are slowly building up our collection. I finally found a Windows 95 computer at one of our local thrift stores, with the big, hunky monitor, and we gutted out the old components and put the new ones from our Skytech Archangel in. The monitor still needs work though.
Ooh, I love the old gritty film quality of those cameras. They have modern reproductions of them on Amazon.
It would be cool if stores would preserve a store before each remodel. They could literally make them almost like tourists sites. Imagine if wal mart had a store before every remodel.. I love looking back in time even if it wasn’t that long ago.
Yeah, we'll be sure to get on that Anna... Dope.
i love that idea
I was just thinking about that. Imagine one giant chain in each every US region preserved and saved just one store with every remodel. That would be incredible.
I often wish that I could still go to the back of Walmart and get an Icee. Those were days.
@@243wayne1why’d you take it so personally lmao
The world needs more neon. Neon is so fun and retro
Hopefully silicone and not incandescent neon; that uses way too much energy.
Eww hell no kids and us teens don’t like that anymore
Yuck I can throw up if I want it to if I saw target having that in person it’s to old r just ewww the 80 yuck life is better especially when ur 14 in 2022
@@kreekcrafthidingsomething how can u call it the 80 yuck life when u never experienced it in the first place-
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As a 5 year old in 92 I was in a major power outage at a target and let me tell u it was scary af and a whole lot of boosting was going down , but when those neons came back on? What a beautiful and comforting sight ❤️🔥
The 80s were one of the best eras. Not as strange as the 70s, but still fun, colorful, and energetic. That was true of everything from music to fashion. Being stuck in the 80s is far from being the worst fate.
One of those "happy" decades like the 50's and the 2000's
70’s - 80’s best decades
I don’t know why, I thought we were going to get footage of an actual Target in the 80’s, with all the 80’s products. Imagine the toy section! That would be my dream. Love the way you ended this!
Ha how would they pull that off?
I have no clue why this is in my timeline but I thought the same😂
Watch the fan made music video for after dark by mr kitty!
I didn't notice much "vintage" about it except the neon and the cafe. I hope this gets an upgrade soon. A Target isn't a Target anymore unless it's a SuperTarget, IMO. Sometimes, I fall on the side of "If it isn't broken, then don't fix it," but not in this case. Target needs grocery and Starbucks. 😄 My SuperTarget, prior to pandemic, had Starbucks, grocery, deli, bakery, and the cafe. The cafe did close in 2020. I assumed because of lack of sales. I never really saw it busy even before Covid though. I bought something from there a year or two ago, and was highly unimpressed. Just some microwaved garbage. Don't even remember what it was, and it took them forever to make it. I'd rather grab something fresh and packaged from the deli section. Someone mentioned ICEE slurpees - I can get those from Subway at Walmart, if I'm in the mood for that.
@@suneyeintuition4315 Honestly this. I have a lot of good memories in the Target Starbucks. Target is not Target without Starbucks and the cafe IMO
I didn't grow up in the 80s or 90s but I still find this target way cooler than your regular Target.
Same here bro
Me: Wow! You must be so young.
You: I'm 22.
Me: Oh... 😥 I'm Soo old. ☠️
@@tylerthompson8937 I am also 22, also the earliest you could have been born is 1999 which doesn't really count as growing up in the 90s lol
I remember in my city that there was a candy isle where there were cubies of candy and u can grab them and put them in a bag then pay for em now i understand why that was removed cause people just keept taling the candy and not paying for it
@@JamAttack Unfortunately, I'm 29. The above was supposed to be a hypothetical conversation between me and you. I edited to make the idea more clear, but I suppose it's too late for that now. 😅
Yes, if you were born in '99, you didn't quite get the 90s experience. I remember it all! From Bill Clinton to Gameboy Color and the Y2K scare of '00 and Prince's hit Party Like it's 1999. Yes, I am a 90s baby and proud of it! ☺️
Love the homage to the movie “Career Opportunities” - used to watch that a lot in my HS days in the early 90’s when I worked at my local Target - best John Candy scene ever 👍🏽😂
That's dope as hell. As you get older. You appreciate your childhood. Lots of memories
The neon colors denoted the areas managed by each “department manager”. It helped the employees know where they should concentrate their time/attention during each shift.
All this time?? My mom would tell me which color section to find her at 🤣
Interesting.
That makes sense.
that makes sense... i was questioning the color choices
Softlines: Mens, Womens, Food & Health, Hardlines. I believe those were the four sections
I remember those neon lights, damn this takes me back to being a kid. They still had these in the 2000s.
I actually think this guy in the video doesn’t know what the hell he’s talking about because I remember when they built a brand new Super Target in my town in 1998 and it had these exact neon lights. Same decor and everything. So unless they didn’t change their decor in over ten years, this store in the video was most likely updated since it opened.
@@kconrad5893 The store in the video is literally just a normal Target besides the café. Complete clickbait.
@@mboz_2108 Totally.
@@kconrad5893 My local Target looked just like this up until around 5 years ago. I can tell just by the building's facade that it was probably updated in the 00s.
For the most part this looks pretty modern. The neon lights is pretty much the only thing that looks old school about it. The actual target mascot though is something I haven’t seen in a target since the early 2000s though. Glad they hold on to the cool stuff at least.
I worked at Target in 2014 and loved having the cafe to get a soft pretzel, and we had a Starbucks as well. It was a blip in history when both existed in most targets. Sadly most Targets got rid of their cafe in 2018/9.
A few Target stores near me got rid of their cafe in 2016 (and the ones which still remain haven't had indoor dining since early 2020). :'(
i wasnt even alive then & this is so nostalgic 😭😭
I wasn't born till 96
They say we remember certain aspects of our past life, maybe that’s it.
I didn't expect you here lol
So this is why this was recommended to me
You should try building it in Minecraft
As someone that worked at a Target that still had neon, I appreciate that you documented these quickly disappearing stores. They really ramped up renovations in the past few years but thankfully COVID seems to have stalled that. It's a shame that the trend of almost all retail stores/chains these days is this minimal, modern, high-end grayish adult look that makes me miss the days of red-roofed McDonalds and colorful neon. The updated stores also have background music now, which totally goes against their old stance on having a quiet shopping experience.
Burlington. Rue21, and old navy is pretty colorful compared to other stores I’ll say. But from what it looks like it’s not the same with bold colors....(I wish I could’ve seen it...)
The new look is just ugly! I prefer the 1980s big time.
I think we all forget sometimes that the 80s had alot of colors, and alot minimalistic colors too, that's where alot of the colors now are coming from, due to the 80s and 90s trends in fashion and music back popular
@Tyrone Watermelon Is this satire or are you actually trying to argue that the giant corporation's business decisions, all aimed at maximizing profits, are "socialist?"
I prefer darker colors because bright colors hurt my eyes
I wish all targets still had neon and colors like they used to be. The popcorn smell when you walked in was the best. Brings me back to my childhood with my mom.
I was born in the year 2000 and you just unlocked a core memory for me. I would always have bits and pieces of memories of me as a toddler/small child in this store with neon lights that looked very similar to Target but I never thought it was one because Target doesn't have the lights anymore! Literally crying from nostalgia💓😭.
It makes me sad seeing everything so modernized, everything used to have so much character. Maybe it's just me who liked the way it was back then, everything just seems so bland and boring now.
Yeah. This minimalist shit sucks. Nothing says "low effort" like modern design...
So sterile, neutral, non offensive, depressing
The more and more people shop online the less effort they put into brick and mortar remodels. Before online shopping your store was everything and the only thing you had to represent your company and image. Really shows the details and design they put into old Targets
It definitely ain't just you..
I agree. Take McDonald’s for example. They look like depressed square blocks of concrete now with one little yellow M. I HATE the minimalist/modern bs they feed us now.
I worked at Target in the early 2000s and the neon lights signified the different major departments! So the clothing and accessories had yellow lights and were called the “yellow zone” by employees. I think you were hired for one zone specifically.
I’m a current employee; we still hire based on the sections (market, toys, electronic, clothing, customer service, HR etc.)
We get hired for one department but are expected to work in several... 😂 One of the stores in a nearby district just got done remodeling and I have to say that I kind of liked the old styling more. All the neon signs have been removed and the sturdy rounded plastic carts have all been replaced by the smaller and rust-prone metal ones. Kind of strange as the toy Target carts they sell are still of the older rounded plastic cart design.
thats so cool and makes so much sense. If customers caught on, it would be an easy way to find the section you need in the store
That’s actually a really cool idea and I might keep that fact in my back pocket for future reference
I was born in 1997 but this looks like the target of my small Midwest town in the early 2000’s. We had a Pizza Hut in ours though. I used to beg my dad to take me to get pizza and icees before we did our shopping. Usually we would go to blockbuster afterwards. So nostalgic 🥹❤
It's funny how familiar this aesthetic feels to me, despite the fact that I live a whole ocean away in the UK and have never had the chance to go to the USA until now - I'm going for the first time this coming February! The neon lights, the contrasting colours and the strong bold text on the aisle signs reminds me of many a day spent wandering around supermarkets in the early 2000's. Everything had its own unique identity at this time, and since then, I feel like a lot of the chains have unified their design styles, making them feel less unique. This is some seriously cool footage - it's great to see a visual preservation of the area before it was brought up to date.
They were still making Targets like this up until at least the mid-2000s. My first job was cashiering at a brand new Target when I was 16 (2004) and it looked pretty much like this, with all the neon. The one I worked at was a Super Target, but the design was identical to this. Their new remodels are lifeless. It's like they're trying to look like Walmart, just with higher-end products.
They built a brand new target in the next town over and I refuse to go there over the one that’s been there for years because the layout is way off and it looks way futuristic. The layout is very hard to navigate and it looks like they were trying to copy walmart. The old one is still updated but it still has the familiar set up of many targets
it's kind of crazy to me that in spite of child labor laws, people as young as 16 can still legally work. That's still very much an adolescent. Easier for management to bully.
The Targets local to me just remodeled away from this design/layout a couple of years ago. I was surprised when the walk through of the “stuck in the late 80s Target” just looked like walking through our local one 😂
@@ghostofvalor4349 is 16 not a perfectly reasonable age to get a part time job?
i was born in 2004 and ive never seen a target like this, not even in photos. its weird seeing it not all red and white
I remember getting Pizza Hut from the cafe until they turned it into a starbucks lol
My closest Target is pretty new-ish, but it has a Pizza Hut AND a Starbucks.
@@abigaillilac1370 😮😮😮 whhhaattt LUCKY!
@@sunshinegirl2070 The Pizza Hut was temporarily closed for the virus, but I'm told it'll be reopened when things are safer.
@@abigaillilac1370 lol! Yeah! The Target store near us also has a small Pizza Hut restaurant, and a small Starbucks cafe! :D
On the target on the bronx, they have a Starbucks to!
This is such a comforting sight. I love walking into establishments that have upheld their 80s, 90s, and early 00s styles. It feeds my inner child.
I worked at the Gateway Mall in Springfield Oregon from 1999-2004, and this is, inch by inch, and exact twin of how the Target in that mall looked then. Never imagined that would be something to be nostalgic for, but here we are!
I love the late 80 early 90s it was a wonderful time to be a kid
Wasn't it ever!
It was the best I'm 42 years old now
Yes I agree
@Tony West Because crack and guns weren't a thing?!
@@johnjacob688 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Sears also was stuck in a certain aesthetic, too; the aesthetic being a mid 90s early 2000s aesthetic.
RIP Sears
Mid 90's, early 1900's.
Their aesthetic is foreclosure
the aesthetic being bankrupt
Love sears they tore my local sears down it had been there since my mom was a kid. The nostalgia of going there getting my L.A. Gears hits me so hard sometimes.
When I was a kid back in the 90's my mom shopped at Target alot and this is exactly what the store looked like. As a kid I would always go check out the electronics sections seeing what video games were out and play on the game systems that has on display. Lay out of this store definitely brings back some memories of what a target store use to look like. Great video.
The colors were actually part of what drew customers in. Cursive neon on a mirrored wall definitely screamed 80s, but it made everything look more alive. I haven't been in a Target for a long time, but the outside is all red logo over muddy brown wall. But at least there were enough cashiers that we didn't have to wait over an hour to check out like some places. So many places had cafes where you could chill out and have a meal, but now it's usually just a Fourbucks.
I miss the snack bars in Target. It was relaxing to be able to just sit down and eat a cheap tasty lunch.
My local target has been expanded and updated, but they left the snack bar(complete with neon). There’s now a Starbucks next to it but the cafe is still there.
I had forgotten about the snack bar!
They were so awesome. I can remember when Home Depot even had a snack bar, selling hot dogs, pretzels, and slushees!
Yes! The hamburger basket was great. Used to work in the same shopping center and ate lunch there often !
This one target near me used to have the whole popcorn and table and chairs Cafe and neon lighting on the walls but now theres just a Starbucks and no neon :/
I really do miss the old Targets. Everything is so "modernized" now a days and I call BULL. I remember when my local Target had a cafe in it but it was advertised as a popcorn stand. Everytime you walked in you could smell the popcorn wafting through the store, the bright colors, the old shopping carts. Shops now a dash are so bland with grey and white walls. We wanna see some color people!!! Take it back to the 80s like it used to be with roller skating rinks, Madonna, big rimmed glasses, stupid fashion! 🍕⛸🤘👓👔🎒
Exactly! Target's main color scheme was always bright red and white! The Red Bullseye!
Not to mention food courts/cafes don’t exist anymore at today’s Targets, which was another awesome feature. My local Target’s old cafe was converted into a Starbucks when they remodeled.
We still have ours
@@PhilipBarronmaybe for u but not for me
As someone who worked at Target for 4 years, I was so happy when we got a remodel. I was so sick of looking at Red everywhere and awful carpeting! With the remodel, we also got to start wearing jeans instead of ugly Khakis.
I think it’s funny that the neon colorful vibe things had looked more “futuristic” than the designs that awaited us in a future where everybody just carries a whole mini computer in their pocket. It feels… backwards.
I legitimately do not understand how bland grey walls could possible be seen as an improvement over neon. Yeah sure, it's "modern" but why the hell would you reject something beautiful in favor of being "current"? Not EVERYTHING needs to be bland.
As someone who lived in Minnesota, we were not too far away from the first target store ever built, I believe it was 1962. It only has been renovated perhaps several years ago. Before Super Target, there was “Greatland Target”-Many were upgraded to Super Targets in the mid 2000s.
Yep. I remember “Target Greatland” too, I lived in MN for years before moving to Seattle, I come back quite often to see family.
@@H808Cars yes, we do too. We now live in FL.
I worked at the Target Greatland in Brooklyn Park, I think it's just a regular target now.
8 minutes of my life well spent.
Did not except you here!
Alex?!?!
The store layout reminds me of how K-Mart used to look!!!
RIP K-mart 😭😕
@@AwkwardYet , so sad I liked K-mart, ...it was my childhood store, good times!!!!:)😊❤
my home town, camarillo has one of the very last kmarts in the world! it’s still open to this day, which is surprising given the sheer amount of shoplifting is done there. they haven’t remodeled in forever either bc obviously they’re not going to spend all that money and shit to upgrade just one store- it reminds me of being a kid, or in high school where i had to shoplift to like survive (long story short: abusive/neglectful parents).
the cat bus is either 50c or $1 on the regular routes and takes you all around, and it has a stop right in front of the kmart ( if u call in advance a day or two early & pay $2 they’ll pick you up at your door & drop you off anywhere in town, during the summers there’s a trolley that runs the same route but for free as well!).
They forgot the twin cities market. Our k mart's here were awful and often very dirty. Even 30 years ago.
I miss Kmart I’m so sad they are gone. Target is my new Kmart. I’m not a fan of Walmart so I’ll take my business to Target since my Kmart is gone. That’s the closes I’ll get to a Kmart. Target needs to do layaway all year around like Kmart did it be great!
Man, growing up in the 2000s and early 2010s, the Target my Grandma and I would go to was one of these. As another comment mentioned, the smell of the popcorn from the Cafe set a whole atmosphere and the neon was really cool.
Interestingly enough, though, by the end before its remodel it was looking pretty damn rough around the edges, but the Target in this video was immaculate. Nice to see there's at least still one around.
I was in high school in the 90s and across the street from my high school was a burger and malt shop that was built in 1962. My middle school was right behind the high school and I had to pass it to walk home. So all through middle school and high school I was stop at the malt shop and get burger, basket of fries and a milkshake before going home. It was like something out of the 60's complete with a soda jerk where I would sometimes order a cream soda with chocolate or a root beer with vanilla. Unfortunately, a couple years after I graduation high school they converted into some kind of store. Almost 100% of their customers were kids, and the owner told me the kids respected the place and never trashed it. I remember how proud us kids were of having that place right across from our school. It was like a nice, clean, wholesome place we could hang out that looked like something out of Happy Days or Grease.
That's sounds awesome! I would have loved to go to a shop like that when I was in school!
Across the street from my high school was a Getty Mart that we all called the "Ghetto Mart"... it was dilapidated, filthy, bars on the windows, and had been there since my dad was in there sometime back in the 80s...
It had been robbed I believe, because we had to go into lockdown and you could hear the gunshots from across the parking lot.
Aww 😩🤨😔
Now it's a vape shop
Hearing ppl get nostalgic about 60s style diners reminds me that I am black. Fun for you. Frightening for us.
It looks much cleaner and nicer than any Wal-Mart built today.
Keep it retro!!! Neon needs to make a comeback
I remember my local target looking exactly like this back in the early 2000s for some reason I realy loved the food court when I was younger even tho I never ate there.
YES
yes!! my parents would never get me food😭😭 not even the popcorn😂
Tessss
mine actually stayed like this up until a few years ago i really really miss it
Well I’m impressed that they at least don’t let the neon light go out. It’s nice that they keep it up and running.
Was thinking the same thing, probably has something to do with it being a target and not a Walmart or something
I worked for Target in the 90s, and the color of the neon lights had a significance. The departments were divided into colors, if you notice color on the department signs match the neon lights. We would always refer to the departments as the color. For example someone might say over the radio there's a customer on Green side that needs help.... lol I totally forgot about that tidbit until now
i had to pause and collect myself as i almost lost it with tears. this brought back so many memories of my mom taking us to the city and shopping at target. I miss the food court where we would get corndogs & drinks sometimes popcorn! I remember the CD section being so cool then because walmarts selection was censored LOL everyday a small piece of our childhood fades away and this will certainly be that for someone in that town that grew up with the neon. What i would give to just be invisible and go back in time to enjoy the world for a week and visiting places i use to go.
Honestly I would be a lot more likely to spend money at Target if they kept the futuristic neon lights, getting rid of them was definitely a mistake
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Love the neon! Gotta be honest, old-school Target doesn't really look dated compared to modern Walmart. I think it even looks nicer. Walmart feels more like you're shopping in a warehouse rather than a nice store like Target.
Had to chuckle b/c have never heard the phrase, "a nice store like Target". lol
Anyone else shed a bit of a tear watching this? It’s like I got transported back to my childhood , I don’t know just seeing how well it’s been kept up and how it just looks like…target 😅 it’s amazing . Love the video
All the neon makes me feel like a kid again.. I miss the old targets 😢❤
And it’s got the old department signs, holy cow, what a find!
Thanks for sharing. I love 80s and 90s aesthetics in stores. One of the Target's in my area is still a little old school, but not as much as this one. I always get kinda sad when places are updated, modern designs are just kinda bland.
Fantastic video! Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Love the background music! The roller skating was an especially nice touch. Be excellent to one another!
Too bad the prices don't reflect the 80's and 90's... lol
Hahhaa overpriced junk now .
The moment you realize that even alcohol in bars can be cheaper than pop. Yes. It's true. Not always the case but it is a possibility.
Their prices aren't any higher than most grocery stores these days, unless you're talking bargain basement groceries like Food 4 Less.
That ISN'T how you write decades. It's '80s and '90s.
@@80s_Boombox_Collector Dude, Target is ridiculously overpriced compared to Walmart, Sam's Club, Woodman's, Aldi, etc. So much so that even if you have an employee discount, you'd still save more money by shopping elsewhere. I know this from experience lol. Target's continued existence relies on people remaining too snobbish to "dare" to shop at a cheaper store.
2021 Target: "Eliminating neon will bring people back in."
2031 Target: "We were a company once."
2021: maybe if we suck out and murder all the fun people will come in!
Logic is dead i swear
@@ElijahSinclair1220 logic is dead for sure!
@@regera_xxyt299 ikr
They’ve been taking it out for a while, mine was modernized around the early 2010s
Hehe, after 9 years, I left Target for a small family owned business. In the end, I was barely making $600/mo and now I’m making well over 3x that.
This brings me back to so many memories going to Target with my mom when I was a kid. I love the styles from the 80s and 90s. Thank you for sharing with us!
I love old Target (the River Oaks location in Houston still had a Nathan's hot dog cafe in 2018)!! It's so disappointing everyone is hopping on the minimalist bandwagon when they AREN'T Costco or Aldi. Lack of effort and joyless design. This is not how you attract people who prefer to shop online unless they are there specifically to buy things in bulk and get the heck out. Otherwise, they removed all attraction anyone would have had to walk around and shop. COVID restrictions aside, it's unfortunate you can't get popcorn and peruse anymore. It's like they hate making money. Thanks for making this video. I think I'll download it and make it part of a collection to watch when retail spaces are all contactless, soulless boxes like Amazon Fresh. SUBSCRIBED!!
The neon reminds me of my childhood. In the early 2000s I remember going to Target thinking the neon lights were super cool.
Same here bro.
Dont forget the slushies... they turned the cafe at my target into the online pickup counter or something 🥲
The saying “if it’s not broke don’t fix it” heavily applies to stores with character like this one and so many other businesses. It’s a shame that so many businesses wipe away their original stamp that made them successful and iconic
Well, you know, their loss!
Can’t always be the same tho
Get with the times. Their new remodels looks nice and clean. Old people died during covid, modernizing is for the millennial and Gen Z
Right it's almost like sometimes they don't realize what actually made them rich
@@semekiizuio "nice and clean" that's a funny way to say bland and soulless
Wow the nostalgia! Made me tear up remembering going to Target with my mom as a kid, when they still looked like this 🥲
It's dope 😍 definitely awesome to see a target still hanging on to the past with it's interior design... It's really like stepping back in time 😊👍
I love the clips of jennifer Connelly and Frank Whaley from Career Opportunities. A cute 90s movie I totally forgot about!
I thought he was Frank Whaley. 🙂
That’s exactly what I thought too lol
@@charlestonscnative9083 Actually, it is Frank Whaley based on imdb. His character's name is Jim.
You should check out the band the midnights video sunset, it's that movie set to their song. Very cool vibe
I hope that SynthWave becomes a fully embraced aesthetic, so we see more places with neon lights
i hope synthwave music and synthwave aesthetic dominates the 2020s
Retrowave is more 80s, synthwave is cool too but retro has more vibe for sure.
@SGMD 8889 what?
@SGMD 8889 every decade since the 80's would have been like the 80's lol
@@defpickles9829 good
This must be perfect for filming 80s and 90s movies, shows, etc. There was a VHS store owned by a small family in my town up until about two years ago. People still went there and they filmed a lot of movie scenes inside of it
Just found this and I am so happy to see it and appreciative of you doing this video. Its what I picture when I think of the store. It's what is familiar and I'm so excited this exists! 🥰
My local Target was a former mall. Target took the entire thing. It’s still weird walking through the electronics section and remembering it was once a sushi bar.
I’d really like to see that
@@koolaidman4268 Skyline in Falls Church, VA.
@@nopenotgonna175 thanks I’ll look it up
Looked it up. That is so cool 😱.
That is the weirdest most amazing thing I've seen in awhile. Bravo to Target for saving the exterior architecture of the mall in a time when malls across America are disappearing! Thanks @Nope NotGonna for the info.
I couldn't remember if that cafe style actually existed or if it was just a fever dream of mine! I have the vague memory of seeing it as a little kid, and really liking the design. I hope it doesn't get refurbished!
Caldor's had those same style cafes too
So far it has not been refurbished I was there last month
@@-NateTheGreat Good to know!
I used to work at a Target like this back in 2008 and 2009, I used to work in the Food Court, so watching this brought back a bunch of memories. Thanks for the video, cheers!
It's wild to see the "vintage" decor of the store, and then the "modern" prices 😭
The 80s aesthetic will ALWAYS be better than the new modern designs they use nowadays. I wished we can just time travel back when things we much more funner and colorful. Brought out signs of happiness.
It’s better now imo 😰
Happiness for you because you were happy during it. What you didn’t know is that there was probably someone in 80’s who hated this look and was thinking about the 50’s when they were happier
@@DrunkenSlob I’m 19 lol. I’m satisfied with the 80s aesthetic. Everything popped out much more than it does nowadays. When you walk into a local target everything is just basic white, minimalist and modern. I’d love to take a trip past time. If my parents said the 80s were much funner in their time I could imagine how much of a blast I’d have.
@@sandmanlopez9920 if that’s your opinion, go ahead. I just love the 80s aesthetic!
Yes! I like how everything was colorful back then. Stores are just so bland now.
That neon is so cool man, love it! Just looks so bright and aesthetic
Wonder if anyone still does neon, or did they all die off?
For real
I remember when stores looked like this. It seems like yesterday and I can’t believe it is considered old now. I can’t be that old. Where did the time go.
Thank you for bringing back such nice memories those were good times!
Thank you so much for filming this target! I actually grew up a few blocks away from here. I am going to miss the neon and the snack area so much. Me and my best friend used to walk here in the summer to hang out.
I had no idea Target existed in the 80s and even the 90s.
The first Target store opened in 1962
Same!
Technically started in 1902, and started the Target stores in '62.
It’s more about regional location I guess like how meijer and chic fil a became more widespread in the 2010’s even though they existed before then
That’s wild
I love how positive this video is! "Stuck in the 80s" is normally an insult but this is so wholesome
You unlocked so many memories with the neon lights on the walls. I remember walking with my parents in Target in the early 2000s and getting a cherry and Coke Icee in the Pizza Hut/popcorn area before I left almost every time. Such good memories, I wish they would realize the younger demographic (especially young adults my age) are tired of the stereotypical Millennial-style bland, sad, cramped, and minimalist remodelings they're doing. It makes shopping feel so sterilized...
Those red carpets with the yellow lines, so nostalgic. The smell of old target was awesome lol.
As someone who live in Southern California I appreciate this so much I haven’t seen a target look like that in so long. Made me feel so nostalgic. The kmart in my area shut down last year I think maybe the year before but was very much a time capsule feel as well. I wish I would’ve taken pictures or videos before their closing. They still had a little caesars inside the cafe 🥰
I thought she was talking about the Covina one 😭
The last K-Mart in NYC just closed last year. It's going to be turned into a Wegmans Supermarket. The last Sears in NYC closed earlier this year & Target moved to it's place.
I live in Temecula and they just closed our Kmart about 2-3 years ago and it’s now a “at Home” YUCK!
I worked at a Target in the late 90's, and watching this felt like jumping into a time machine. Thanks for getting the footage when you did.
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I loved those Cafe's and those signs are so vintage. Thank you!
I love modern and antique architecture so much! This is a great example of that type of architecture design. I really like the vibe of this target!
As a Gen Z who was born in mid 2000s, I would've loved to experience an old Target from the 80s.
I miss when stores looked like this 😭 they looked alive and not all bland
McDonald’s was awesome in the early 90s too. Now it’s lifeless.
@@JB-lo8eg modern isn't lifeless but i see what u mean
@@gerard7417 it’s not that it’s modern, it’s sterile and no fun. When I was growing up all the McDonald’s had playgrounds an statues of Ronald an grimace an such. They used to give kids awesome shit for instance I had a 1992 dream team basketball I got from McDonald’s as a kid that said dream team on it an had fake signatures from NBA legends like Larry bird an Michael jordan on it. The toys were actually good not pieces of crap an the play place was so fun. it was like a playground where I got to play with kids from my neighborhood an other neighborhoods after eating happy meals.
You had to be there in the 80s an 90s to understand. I feel bad for kids now they don’t have shit.
@@gerard7417 McDonald’s used to be a real family place where you would hear kids laughing an see them running an having fun. Some families an kids would even hang out at McDonald’s all day. Now the only people that hang out all day at McDonald’s are homeless alcoholics and drug addicts looking for a place to sit down, charge their phones and steal Wi-Fi.
@@JB-lo8eg That's how I feel about modernism design/architecture in general tbh.
Wow, that café was beautiful. Target didn’t come to my region until about a decade ago, so I’d never seen a truly vintage looking Target before. Really interesting! Shame neon has fallen out of style, I think it’s so charming.
94 baby here, What I specifically remember as a kid was my folks pushing me in the stroller and seeing those colorful neon lights on the walls. Thanks for sharing. 🥹 It's the lil things 👌🙌
I loved this so much! So many memories with the Neon lighting!
Today's design aesthetic literally seems to be an anti aesthetic. Everywhere is looking increasingly bland. Layouts have improved over the years though, as I remember a lot of old stores being low ceilinged, narrow, dark and over stocked/crowded, but this was mostly remedied by new ones being built much larger.
It’s sad really. When you look at a lot of commercial designs. Look at McDonalds. They went from vibrant to looking like an asylum ☹️
My youngest, who’s 18, noticed this the other day.
Yes! Exactly. A friend and I were just talking about how much decorations and designs in stores and houses seem to be so simple and minimalistic. I remember watching 80s/90s movies and tv shows and seeing children's and teens bedrooms and how no room is the same. Knick knacks and just so many different cute things. Gives off such a cozy homey fun look. Now seeing bedrooms that are in just seem so simple compared .
Minimalism sucks!!
Sadly everything in the world or at least in America is becoming very very simplified
Let's go back to this
I didn't know this is what an "Old Target" looked like, this is how my local target looks in Clinton Township Michigan, so I didn't know any different honestly.
Our mall anchor store in Midland is like this as well, same popcorn/hotdog smell as soon as you walk into the store. I miss that smell from most Targets :D
At this point I don’t even see a point in remodeling considering that we are in the age of nostalgia and people think that old is the new thing
@@cyclops8238 You rang?
Where is this Target at? I've only been to the one on S Gratriot
@@cyclops8238 And it saves Target money on not remodeling. They can still do under-the-hood renovations of where repairs and maintenance are truly necessary, such as roofing, electricity, water, HVAC, etc. but not change the overall look and feel of the store.
The Target I go to in my hometown, they started to modernize the store around 2015. I was still able to enjoy a nice drink and popcorn when I was around 8-9 years old back in 2010 before they started refurbishing the designs, the carpets, etc.. Now what's left is a sad, but convenient Pizza Hut Express. I never really bought anything there, and since the pandemic I don't think Pizza Hut Express really kept up to their demands. Which is why I believe that too may go out of business and become a memory of what was once a thriving Target.
Career opportunities is such a great, underrated movie!
I was born in 97 and have so many memories of going to target with my mom in the early 2000s and it looking like this. I miss the food court!
Me too! Born in 97 also. I Remember my parents getting me popcorn and a slushee 😋
Those neon lights on the wall bring back a ton of nostalgia
ay 97 gang! But fr I remember walking in and just instantly smelling the popcorn while drinking a nice cold ICEE
I was born in 97 too! And going to TARGET constantly was a big part of my early childhood in the early 2000s!
To be such an old Target, they have kept it in excellent condition!
Awww I remember when Target was like this! This brought me back and I love hearing your midwestern accent as it reminds me of home ☺️
imagine coming here on a friday evening knowing when you get home the TGIF lineup is coming on. I miss those days. Sorry if I made anyone cry :-)
I just totally teared up 😢
Yup, I remembered those days!
I forgive you buddy lol
I really love this sort of thing. Over here in the UK, there are many shopping malls which have not been modernised since the 80s. They just have a certain type of warmth which new builds can’t compare with. So much more design and decoration than nowadays.