!!DEADMALL!! Crossroads Mall in Oklahoma City.
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- Crossroads mall in Oklahoma city, Shot on 10/10/2011...and yes i know i made some mistakes on stores and relize that now :0) It is a little long and maybe a little boring but oh well, if you have any stories or memories you would like to share please do!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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It's just so heart wrenching to see one of my favorite childhood places go crap. I remember growing up back in the early 2000s when my mom used to work at the Dillards there, then eventually became a security guard there. She was always having to stop gang violence, stop shoplifters, and do all other sorts of stuff. Gangs were one of the biggest reasons why this mall went downhill. I can't bring myself to go in there now because I probably just be really depressed, especially if I see some of the old stores I went to and see the same exact play area that my 5 year old self used to cherish. RIP IN PIECES CROSSROADS!!! :,(
Crossroads used to be the best mall in OKC. Spent half my childhood in there walking around with friends meeting chicks from other schools. Last time I was there about 90% of the stores were closed and it was mainly just old people doing their daily walks. It's basically turned into Heritage Park Mall, which also used to be super packed and is pretty much converted to various local and state government offices now. Penn Square and Quail Springs are the only decent big malls left in OKC.
Speling Bee Champyon yeah This was when South OKC was good, not its overrun by Mexicans and restraunts
@@neonflashsparkotron5435 STFU racist kyle who makes love with his own sister
I remember being little and going shopping at crossroads with my grandma when it was booming. I also remember being an older child and going to all of the liquidation sales for each store that went out of business, including Montgomery ward, Steve and Barry’s, JC Penney’s, and Dillard’s. Such a shame but so many bad things have happened there and also deaths have occurred there due to gang violence. Just very surreal that it’s coming to an end.
Amazing how great this mall once was! I miss the Christmas shopping here and hanging out in the arcade and Hobby Shop!
I use to love coming to this mall, I grew up going to Crossroads every Sunday with my family... As a kid I loved going to the toy store they had upstairs, I think it was called KAY-BEE toys or something like that... And I remember asking my dad every time for quarters to throw into the giant fountain they had downstairs by the food court, lol. Good memories here, first date too... I loved Christmas time around here too, it was very heart warming and you could feel the Christmas spirit there... Oh well, penn sq and outlets n quail is what's left of this kind
Thanks for posting this. I'm around your age and grew up on the southside too but left the state 20 years ago. Yeah man, lots of memories there, some I had forgotten until I watched this.
for some reason I'm addicted to "dead mall" videos.
so is me :) I wish we have these kind of malls in Istanbul
Omg me too!!
+sprdvx check out Dan Ball on you tube and he did a lot of dead mall videos.
allan labrie Oh, I know. I've seen all his videos now :) I'm a huge Dan Bell fan
Dan Bell has the best edited videos by far!
I remember when Crossroads first opened in the very early 70's. Big crowds.
13:14 That place was Spencers i used to ditch there back in the early 90's
I miss this Mall 😭 15 years ago it was the best mall to go too
this is so sad for me to see. in the late '70s this was the mall to go to!!
damn i wish i went there before it closed
Nothing boring about this video, dude! Really enjoyed the local perspective, and the info about stores that used to be there.
I spent my whole childhood here. So many memories. Such a shame that it went under.
I agree, to me the Hobby Shop was the best store in Crossroads mall and it did have a upstairs section and honestly I don't think we will ever find another store like that.
That place changed my life. Every time my family visited OKC I had to go there. I got my first paints/brushes/minis there, and still spend hours every week in the hobby to this day.
I loved the hobby shop - model airplanes, dollhouses, etc. Not the Kay-Bee store, but the one staffed by old guys! Lived here and came to this mall every week from 1992-2001, which I when I lived in Midwest City. Ate at the Garcia's or the mexican restaurant.. Fun times.
So sad. When I was a kid and we came to OKC, all the way from Alva, we'd come to Crossroads. My mom's favorite mall. I loved going there, especially at Christmas time! We always went to see Santa there! And the DEB. Omg. That was THE place to shop. Haha! This makes me so sad.
do you have any photos of the heritage park mall about 95 and 96 of the sand castle in the front entrance?
The Mascara Maven ME TO
Pennys was the west end and Wards was on the east end, the first time I went here was in 1976, and talk about busy, and I loved going there during Christmas season.
Oh yes! I remember the Christmas season at Crossroads! I grew up in Purcell. Wasn't this one of the first really big indoor shopping malls in America?
Indeed. Thinks a charter school opened on the wards side and has been in there ever since. The one reason why I don't think the mall is actually dead, but asleep in a coma right now, since some parts of the building where smaller investors located themselves, are still in use as of right now. The main part of the mall is closed down tho. :-(
I grew up in OKC and spend a lot of time in this mall throughout the 90s. I remember going here and it was often packed. I remember climbing around on the food court stage as a toddler, throwing pennies in the fountain, running up and down the big ramp, visiting the Hobby Shop, playing games in the arcade, getting a pet rabbit at the pet store, playing in KB toys, getting lost and wanting my mom, and after a day of shopping she would take me to the Discovery Zone across the street for some play time...
oh man! the big ramp! I forgot about that. It was like 30 feet long and then did a u turn and another 30 feet.
Anyone remember Heritage Park Mall in Midwest City,
Yes!!..Sears is still there, but it is a shell of what it once was :(
I went there.
I do.
yap. im there 3x a week. we live by Glen haven apt in the 80s.i miss the mall
Ronn Folk and its all gone now that Sears closed there :(
I know this mall is closed now... but I used to work here in the 80's and 90's. It was a wonderful mall. Thank you for sharing your video. It brings back so many memories
We raised 3 sons and 3 daughters in Mustang from 1972 to 2002 and this was our Mall; now we use Penn Square mostly and occasionally Quail Springs where I actually managed the TJ Cinnamon's Gourmet Bakery for 5 years in the 1980's. At that time Crossroads was as nice as either of those on the the north side of OKC. IMO this mall had the best arcade for grade-school kids. The Sears Automotive store was always busy repairing cars and selling tires; they also had an A+ Garden store and appliance store. My kids and I would drink an Orange Julius and sit by the fountain while my wife shopped. Wasn't there a Movie Theater across the street on the south-side of the Mall that was a tad cheaper than most OKC theaters then? My kids were active in sports and it seemed every time we came to this Mall we met a family from Moore or Norman we competed with or against? East of here at I-240 / Sooner Road or Sunny Lane. someone had a super nice sports-complex with lighted softball fields and artificial turf outfields; he turned a warehouse into a multi-court basketball gym. We played a lot of ball there and often we would come to this Mall to hang-out or grab a bite between games. TY for the tour. This Mall was packed before and after Sooner football games with folks traveling north and south on I-35. If there is a life lesson here it might be that everyone and everything eventually dies. The death rate for people is 100% and the best medical science and technology can do is postpone death or prolong life temporarily for brief periods of time. Only Jesus can instantly turn a person's worst-case(death) into their best-case(eternal life). See (John 11:28) www.NeedGod.com
+Ed Wilkins yeah i go to penn square all the time with friends
Ed Wilkins I love mustang! That’s where I was raised!
thank you so much for this video I just wanted to see if anybody else remembers cut days where you basically left school with teachers permission in the USA its called cut day and you went to the mall that's what you did and you have fun came back to school maybe I'm the only one that remembers that just a question does anybody else remember that?
The only noise you can hear is the music in the background & the kids screaming. It's sad that our society has changed this much, where the Malls are closing down. I commend the businesses in the Mall for hanging on the way they have. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Incredibly sad. I was here opening day to see Zha Zha Gabor lol. Spent many happy hours here.
I lived in Enid from 1981 to 1985, and Crossroads (along with Quail Springs in the north) was always one of our destinations on day trips to OKC.
I always drive by that mall. It's such a convenient location for me, considering that Penn Square Mall and Quail Springs Mall are a bit of a drive. Shame that such a huge mall had to go out of business
Your from okc?
Yep, I used to be there in the early 80's. Remembers the mall had a Santa Clause during Christmas time there near where the old water fountain was. Can't believe that the mall is now abandoned, but that's just the way it goes. Back then it was just an amazing place.
Bought our first VCR at Crossroads, my wedding rings, and went to dentist, it's sad. I graduated from Moore High School in 1982. Spent so much time at Crossroads.
We bought my wedding ring at Whitehalls, it was across from Chick Fil-A. I loved that mall. My husband and I went there a lot when we were first married. Haven't been there in probably 8 years now.
Helzberg Jewelers here
this was a great place to hang out in the late 80s. what a complete ahame. ty for posting
I was born in the late 60s when I was 12 this mall was THE place to be..so the late 70's it was in its hay day.
What exactly happened to Crossroads? I heard the reason why no one goes there is because of the shootings. Understandable, but this guy kept saying it was already dying before that.
I think it was a combination of the mall aging and the location. Plus the crime in and around that location
Crazy high gang activity
@@JM-zu2pd High Rent Prices and 2008 house market crash played a part as well
hi; AE is American Eagle. and, the book store was WaldenBooks.
I wish you could do a video of the inside of Heritage Park Mall, Midwest City.
great videos, by the way.
Damn... I live out in California, but most of my family is in the OKC area, and I have a lot of memories of this mall from when I was a kid (especially of the arcade). They all talked about the shooting too. Last time I was in OKC was back in September 2014 and had dinner one night at the Texas Roadhouse just outside of the mall, and my family said no one ever goes inside this place anymore.
I didn''t went inside. But still people there.
I think my latest one when I went is maybe before Dillard's closed.
Liked your video very much! As a fellow dead malls enthusiast liked subbd
I think the ressecion was the what ultimately shut it down along with growing gang violence but it is sad to see it closed but it looks prepped for a comeback: ) p.s. great video
Greg Courtney the shooting that occurred inside the mall and the recession were the biggest reasons for the mall’s decline :(
11:55 - holy shit. You really brought back a memory. I CLEARLY remember visiting an animal store and playing with the puppies in the displays but that was over 23 years ago! Talk about memory flashbacks!!
Yes I remember the pet store!! I loved seeing all the puppies and kittens. They had big parrots too!!!
The stained brown carpet in JCP looks like most JCP I've been to!
I worked at Bath and Body Works about 15-20 years ago, but always went to Crossroads as a kid and teenager. As soon you turned the camera onto Eastern Treasures I said, Oh my gosh! That store has been there forever! And then you said the same thing. Then remembered the pet store in the corner... so crazy to reminisce. Anyone remember the Bavarian Pretzel place? I always thought those were way better than the "new" Auntie Anne's that arrived. Thanks for posting this video!
I don't know if you knew this but Eastern Treasures actually closed up recently, about 3-4 years back I wanna say, since the guy that owned it retired.
In the ( very ) early 80's , me and my crew used to come to Crossroads Mall on Saturday afternoons to shop for clothes / albums...and meet girls. Sometimes this actually occured ( us meeting girls ). On a pretty Spring or Summer Saturday afternoon the mall would be packed with people. The parking lot would be full to capacity.People actually had disposable income and places like this got all of it. This is kinda sad. Thanks for the post ( and the memories ! ).
Thanks for watching
I used to go here all the time growing up. In the 70's the anchor stores were John A. Browns / Dillards/ Montgomery Ward and JC Penneys. I spent so much money as a teenager here in the 80's at Record Bar, Gift Horse, B. Dalton, Walden Books, Spencers. There was a huge fountain in the center people would throw pennies in - I can still remember what it smelled like. Peacock jewelers was a beautiful store. There was also a place next to Dillards (I think) that sold only wigs. I haven't lived in OKC for decades. I'm sad to hear about the demise of this mall. Thank you for posting.
Thank you for your comment. I enjoyed reading it.
I happened upon this video after watching one about Springlake Park that a friend of mine posted on facebook. I grew up in Spencer and remember when this mall first opened. I graduated from Star Spencer in 1975 and got my first full-time job at Piccadilly Cafeteria at this mall later that same year. I think I worked there for about a year and then it closed a few years later. I do remember that it was located near the upstairs entrance on the north side of the mall. Strange seeing it again so empty and abandoned when back in the day it was the hottest place in town. Thanks for that trip down memory lane.
I might add that I haven't been in that mall in well over 30 years. I moved from the OKC area back in 1985.
Martha Barrett Bobcats!
Josh Laday. LOL! Yes, Josh, go Bobcats!
Spencers ....black lights, lava lamps , rock posters...and sexual themed gifts ....bought my first KISS poster there ..1976 bicentennial your poster ....peter had a ''head wound'' bandage..
..the four main entrances had different colors to denote where you entered the mall ...green/orange/yellow/red ....Farralls ICE CREAM .......anyboby???
i bought a cat at that pet store in 1995, great video man....almost want to cry
How sad and eerie is the Sarah Mclaughlin music "Remember" playing at the end... so ominous of this malls demise. (And such a larger symbol for American decline as a whole:(
was so alive back in the 70s...now so dead
70's, 80's and 90's.
I had a good friend that worked the heating and air. On more than one occasion he took me up on the roof. We smoked a joint up there one time and actually took the roach up to the glass peak and jammed it in between the flashing.
Thanks for telling us that awesome story
Mark Nicholson lol what a thug
Alot crazy stuff kids were doing back then at this mall! Different time, different generation, no internet then just trying to find something to do, might not have been good at times but the assholes pointing fingers and calling names from other generations who dont understand those times can “F” off!
Thank gosh crossroads mall is not going to turn up like rolling acres
1996 was 20 years ago, which means its time for the 20th high school reunion.
I graduated from Woodbridge High in Woodbridge, VA in 1996
My local mall that opened in 1985 is still thriving today. It is crowded on weekends.
The style of this mall is similar to the abandoned Rolling Acres Mall in Akron, Ohio
I grew up in the Oklahoma City area. I was in high school, at Mustang High School, when Crossroads Mall was built. I simply found it all interesting and a little sad. I love Oklahoma because it will always be home no matter where I go and I believe the people there are good, hard working, people. I have not found that to be the case everywhere I have lived.
underneath the esculator was the sercurity booth ;)
What I remember the most about this mall was going there as a kid and playing the in the arcade Aladdin's Palace. I also remember the awesome hobby model kit store to the left of the arcade, the McDonald's on the second floor, the Chick-fil-A, the Orange Julius, seeing Santa, walking around during Halloween and getting candy from the stores, Babbage's, El Chico, the pet store, and Sabarro's.
Yeah, I grew up there my whole life. Too bad the south side caught up with it. Too much gang violence and urban decay...
Also when you talk about the Gangland episode... I was there that day. Me and my cousin were at the movies and walked over to the mall after our show. As we were approaching the entrance right there where the arcade was located had cops all over. They wouldn't let us in there. The news was interviewing people. It was then that I knew the mall was dead. It was over...
I remember that , even as far back as when the arcade first had bumper cars.
Exactly why i used to go as a kid,arcade room and hobby lobby
Thank you and you are right, malls will never be the way they where back in the 90's
Agreed, or even back in the 80's like that scene in Back to the Future where the Libyans were chasing down Marty McFly in the DeLorean....lol Ironically, I visited Thailand in 2019 and the Bangkok malls there are thriving, packed full of the people and the same stores we have here in the US!
you know what keeps malls alive grocery stores giant ones that operate inside them
I'm 42 now and the nostalgia is real. I remember the throwing coins into the water fountain. My grandma still lives in the neighborhood across from I-40..
Great Job I Loved How You Explored The Old Anchor Stores
I had memories there to good times
This is so sad to watch!
a lot of people don't realize that the reason this mall is so dead is because of the gang shooting. technically only 2 shots where fired. one by a young Hispanic kid who shot a member of a rival gang and the other by a police officer who shot the kid with the gun in the back of the head. sense then its been pretty much dead. it was even featured on gangland the tv show. there they have the actual footage and you can see the mall was packed with many open stores. people think gangs are cool but their just stupid and you only end up dead or in prison.
Hey i saw this before too
To be fair there were other problems stemming from criminals there. Before and after the shooting there were always guys who looked like gang members hanging around. People don't like to be in that situation. So you got less shoppers with money and more kids looking tough.
The owners should have kept control with armed security and police.
All in all though, do people still shop at malls? I do most of mine on amazon. Once in a while I go to Williams sonoma or the apple store. Thats about it.
It was a central that got shot and killed ,he was going to pull out a gun and chase the other kid ,and thats when he ended up getting shot and killed
Wow! I remember this mall. I used to work for Footlocker at Sheppard Mall and would come over to visit the Footlocker in this mall and at the Northgate or Quailsprings mall I think it was called but man that was back in the 80's. Nice Video
I would like to know this question as well. I left OKC back in 1987.
I came to this mall a few times before all this happened. After that they turned Sheppards mall into some business thing. Penn square is alright I guess. I'm tired of living in OKC it's not the same, I moved to California when I was 12 then moved back to Oklahoma at 19 and I was in shock most of my childhood places are gone.
I think that store on the bottom that you couldn't figure out what it was used to be a shoe store. At least when I was going there (late 80's to early 90's) that's what it was. I remember because they had the shoes the cool kids at my school wore.
Thanks for posting this. Brings back tons of memories. The hobby store was my favorite place. They played old 50's music and I think had some old war memorabilia too. I used to make my dad buy me WWII era model planes. Sad to know it's gone.
I was a 22 year old airman stationed at nearby Tinker Air Force Base from 87-89. I lived just 2-3 miles down the street from this mall off of Eastern Avenue. I remember coming back from a 2 month stint in Saudi Arabia and my girlfriend had dumped me for another guy. It was a dark and cold Feb and I'd lie in my bedroom listening to the stereo it seemed like every sad song was my story. I specifically remember Close Your Eyes Forever by Ozzy and Lita Ford, Don't Know What You Got(Till it's Gone) by Cinderella, Straight Up by Paula Abdul, and Wild Thing by Tone Loc. I even had a couple of candles lit to make it even more dreary. Every few hours I couldn't stand it anymore I'd hop in my car and drive to the mall, walk into the south side entrance, then down the escalator, back up the escalator, walk back out the south side entrance and hop in my car, drive back home. I did this over and over again the whole month of Feb and probably into March. In hindsight I dodged a bullet but no way you could have told me back then!
Anyway, Crossroads Mall was the epicenter of my life for those 2 years I was stationed there in the OKC area. My friends and I went there dozens and dozens of times, I even went to the movie theater in the south parking lot when it first opened and saw The Abyss, Star Trek 5, Child's Play and back then you almost had to go to the movies every week there were so many good movies you didn't want to get caught missing out. Right before I left OKC for S. Korea I went to the Toys R's Us and bought the new Sega Genesis game console and mailed it to my future address in Korea. When I got to Korea guys would drop by my room and see the Sega Genesis for the first time and ask where I bought it I'd proudly say "at the Crossroads Mall in Oklahoma City!"
RIP Crossroads Mall thanks for the roller coaster of memories!
Loved reading this. Thank you.
I remember eating at The Lion's share restaurant there back in the eighties. Chic-Fillet too.
Chick Fil A you mean?
I remember going to that DEB to get my first formal dress. Sadly DEB has gone out of business everywhere now.
I watched several dead mall videos and I really enjoyed this one be best. Your commentary on the mall and memories of what store was where was real interesting.
Glad you liked, thanks for watching.
There's a dead Crossroads mall in Omaha, NE as well
I remember going there in the late 70's. I swear the decor is still the same!
Some of it, yes.
This is what happens when the middle class is slowly eliminated and the job market shifts overseas. We see the decline of spending that extra money that most Americans enjoyed in past. How do i know? I grew up on south side of OKC and used to come out Crossroads Mall just for fun of it. Those days are long gone with SAME congress and policies, I don't see any changes in the future.
I think we need to realize NOT rely on the Federal Government for ANY positive changes and make those changes ourselves. We need to reverse the YEARS of government intervention and entanglement in OUR lives. Ask a small business owner about the taxes that the Federal & State governments mandate. It's very sad situation, but not hopeless...
Of course we can't trust the fucking government. But this was in 2011. And every mall near me is packed. With 3 new malls being built. People and their dang theories.
There was Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, and YOU, sir! A well articulated statement from a fellow American. I'm over in Georgia, but it's the same thing coast-to-coast.
You sure it isn't because of people shopping online and that mall being located in a part of town that became old as development moved out?
If everyone is getting so much poorer why is the size of the average home increasing all the time? Everyone has cell phones now, that didn't even exist when this mall was built. A car today is so much longer lasting, more fuel efficient and packed with amenities than when this mall was built. Seems like pretty much everyone has more and better stuff than when this mall was booming. It's interesting you're telling me we're doing so much worse and a quick comparison shows that not to be the case.
Also, I don't really know how the government is that entangled in my life. I do like the fact the environment is way cleaner than when I was a kid. Hell, I probably never reached my full potential because of leaded gas and lead paint.
pretty sure gang violence led to its demise
+Katariah Fierson Yep , a Lot more Minorities and Gang members just hung out at the mall not doing any thing but loitering and causing problems and people like me who used to go there to shop stopped.
Those stairs bring back a few memories for me too... Around 1982 when I was coming down them a gang of punks almost got shot themselves when they thought to try and stop me to pick a fight! Never went back there again. The decline of that mall started a long time ago...
1982??? I know I read a newspaper article archive of a Crips vs. Bloods shooting in 1990 on NewsOK.com but I assumed back then it was just a incident they sort of would bounce back up from at the time. To hear something like that is surprising.
Great video. Thanks for sharing!
Damn, MORE flashbacks! I now remember when I was a kid, a friend had a birthday party in this mall. The arcade was called Bally's LeMans Fun Center. I dunno how the hell I can remember but I guess it was the weird name. My mind works in funny ways sometimes but the name popped in like it was yesterday! Weird. And you're right, it had a go-kart track. I remember racing around it, slurping on a cherry soda and then bashing the buttons on the games at the arcade. Best times of my life.
Pretty sure that was a "Garfields" that the gang banger went down in front of..?
AE is American Eagle not Abercrombie & Fitch
btw. that hobby shop was the bomb. as I'm sure you remember. I remember playing rastan in the arcade. and waiting in line for garage days revisited by Metallica, lol on lp vinyl no less at hastings records . this video almost made me cry.
i really miss this mall..... it was a 2nd home to me, i worked at the arcade for 6 years from 2002-2008 i loved it!!! the shootings played a huge part in the decline. going there now i want to cry.
I remember buying shirts with funny sayings from steve and Jerry's, CD's from eargasm, clothes for my daughter when she was a baby at all the clothing stores it was my favorite mall kinda sad to see it like that
I'm luv'n these videos. Great to hear commentary from the people who knew and cared for these places. You guys make It feels like a micro post-apocalypse - but it's got visceral nostalgia. Echos from an 80's economy.
Did you return with a torch to do some additional filming?
I remember that mall. I lived in OKC back in 2002, 2003. I worked at AOL in Shepard mall, another dead mall. I loved the hobby store there at Crossroads. It was an amazing hobby store. If I remember correctly it had a sort of upstairs area it was so big. I would love to find another hobby store like that. Thanks for the tour.
sad; I grow up in Moore my mom managed Life Uniform in Crossroads for years when I was A Kid, I would constantly be up there. I always wanted to buy it and make it my house
DUDE!!!! I completely forgot about the ramp, you are so right, i can't believe i didnt remember that
I graduated in 1977 from Mustang, Oklahoma. Then, Crossroads Mall was the place to be! It was always crowded! It is a shame that it is so empty now!
used to shop and drive there from Midwest city in 1983
one of the top 10 biggest malls in america when it first opened.
Like he said in the video. This place was the "kick it" spot. Me and friends used to hang out among a lot of other people in the mid 00's. Every saturday we'd go to the mall until close...after that everyone would go to the movies either the dollar movies or Regal which is now called AMC, both were across the street from the mall in opposite directions. Every since thw shooting that happened the mall became like a ghost town. A lot of the big stores closed due to loss of business, and now there are a lot of weird businesses in there. I believe there are maybe 4-5 stores (not counting the jewelry stands) that are still keeping business even after the event that happened. But yes it is mainly a Hispanic place. Its very depressing when you walk in there, knowing what used to be in there and all the memories in that place. I grew up on the south side as well amd graduated from Westmoore in 2010!
at 00:23 when Sarah Maclachlan's "I will remember You" comes on...sad....
So depressing. So many of businesses are gone it is really hard to face the reality of it all.
Pretty sure the Service Merchandise you are thinking of used to be Montgomery Wards before Dave & Berry's, now nothing.
They changed the name recently, it is called Plaza Mayor at the Crossroads... which I think is silly.
And with the political climate, it's not helping it either. The company that bought it will probably sell it back in 5 years
SAD, ITS CLOSED NOW, WOULD GO IN THE 80"S...
There was also a waterfall. Fudgeshop type place, braums, al's formal wear, sabrarro pizza. There was a crafters mall down by the A&W thing. All sorts of athletic shoe stores. There was some sort of Levis store there. American Eagle was the AE store. Gap. There used to be a kb toys in there way back when. Waldenbooks. Lots of hairstyling places. Specifically one across from Garfields. Person-to-Person was down that same row. So many have come and gone that its hard to remember.
I live in Yukon, ok. I went here twice, when my dad still was in my life (abt 2-3) and when I was 8. It was obviously dead, but I enjoyed it not gonna lie. If anyone has any memories of it please tell me, I’d appreciate it
I remember that being the place to be in the 70's. First time I ever had an Orange Julius was there. I think they were new then. It was a neat place. Pretty sad to see this.
I lived in okc until 2001, right off of western and 240. I can remember playing video games particularly Mortal Kombat at the arcade in Crossroads mall. I absolutely loved it, good memories. Penn Square mall was another good one, it had better more upscale stores than Crossroads, but that was why i believe i liked Crossroads so much, it was more down to earth (it was more for regular people)......so sad to see it near empty, the building has got good bones though...
Anyone remember The Lion Share? I loved the frito chili pies. The cookie store on the corner, especially during Christmas when they had the Santa and snowman cookies with green and red sprinkles. The arcade and orange Julius were all my favorite places to go. What a shame.
Bought my wife's wedding ring in 1975 in the Zales. Used to go there and window shop when we didn't the money to do anything else.
Next to 5 7 9 was Glamour Shots, and the store above it that you couldn't recall was J. Riggins. The Store that you kept calling JC Penney's was actually Dillards. Penney's was in the wing where the arcade was.Thanks for posting! Many great memories were made there.
Lots of old stores gone. I can't remember all of their names. Shoes stores, women's clothing stores, century martial arts supply down by eastern treasures, Montgomery Wards was there too. There was Things Remembered. They were the engraving store. Lots of jewelry stores are gone. Duncan Donuts used to be by the arcade. That arcade was huge! Bigger than any other mall. Gadzooks with the half vw bug was there. Had the funny shirts. There was a smoke shop there. Remember the ramp?
Man, I have a lot of memories of this mall. I remember there used to be a lot of good shops, a pet shop, a bookstore, a candy shop, Aunt Marie's Pretzels, and a lot of other stuff. My birth mother's friend at the time, Carmen, worked at Macy's somewhere between 2008 up to 2010 or 2011, when the chain closed from the mall. A lot of great times in this mall since I was a little lad, but now, its since closed, and not have generated any money back since. I also remember the Toys R Us next to it to, and I also remember the Best Buy, the AMC theater, and Texas Roadhouse at the same area, but the latter 2 are doing good unlike Best Buy, Toys R Us, and the rest of this shell of a mall.
The place you said was A&W used to be called "Carousel". Indeed Eastern Treasures is one of the originals as far as I know. The place you called Service Merchandise was actually Montgomery Wards.