I feel so sorry for the young people now days, they won’t know the fun of a mall. At a mall you could shop, eat, meet up with friends. You could watch the seasons change with the Easter Bunny and Santa Clause pictures. Today’s young people are going to miss so much. Thanks for the memories Daryl. Good times
My folks would cut me loose in TILT with a roll of quarters for hours while they shopped. I had no idea it was a water slide before that. What a trip down memory lane!
Used to go to Lakeside as a kid until we moved away in the mid 80s. Now I'm back in the state and not sure if I could stand to walk through the zombie version of my childhood memories at the mall. Sad to see it go but hopefully what they build in its place is the source of good memories for other generations.
As a 1980s mall rat this does bring back memories. mall were everywhere. The Thousand Oaks Mall or Oaks Mall is still around. I used to go there in the 80s. It has been updated and still seems to be thriving so it’s a bit of an oddball in today’s age.
This was such a great mall back in the day. Before Somerset and Partridge Creek, Lakeside was the place to be for shopping and teens who wanted to get their first tastes of freedom. I rode in the Hydrotube before it closed and I skated on the ice rink that was in the same spot before the Hydrotube. Saturday afternoons in the fall during the 80’s and early 90’s this mall was packed!! And in December people were parking up on the lawn at the outside edge of Lakeside Circle. Really sad to see a place with so many great memories close forever.
So sad to see. I used to hang out at the Pontiac Mall, later known as The Summit Place. I eventually got a job at Aladdin's Castle... Good times back in the 80's.
One big problem malls solve that the new "open" develop has is that Michigan gets cold. In a mall you can go from store to store, but why would you want to walk to the next store when it is snowing out?
It's saddens me that the mall I grew up going to will soon be gone forever 😢. I went to Lakeside one last time to buy a dress shirt. I walked around for a couple of hours and took a bunch of pics so I could have the memories to look back upon. I chatted with a few random people about their experiences and memories coming here. I will also really miss the flaming wok in the food court.
Wife and i meet their when was selling vibrating pillows during the 1981 Holiday Season. She was sell T-Shirts on an slightly elevated platform and i was looking down her top. 😊 43 years later, and six rug rat's, im still looking down that top. 😅 🎉🎉🎉😊
I worked for M.L.Green and Son. A jewelry store in Mt. Clemens. They were opening a store in Lakeside. The owner took me there before the Mall opened to see the new store. Later I worked at World Bazaar. I remember Christmases were packed with people.
I have vague memories of playing on that giant food. All my old hangouts are disappearing and I no longer live in Michigan to give them a last visit, so your videos are great for me.
This was a great mall and it used to be packed to the lawn to get in. Tilt was an amazing arcade and the best place to meet up with friends or meet new girls lol. It's so sad this is closing and that dump of an outside mall partridge creek is staying open. I think lakeside was better than Somerset in a lot of ways. Somerset has nothing but stores for women and lots of other boring stores. As a 90s kid this place was the best hands down. Hopefully whatever they are building will be just as good.
That mall looks very much in the same vein as Fairlane Mall in Dearborn, must have been the same designers /architect, thats to close to be a copy. From the second story railing, to the light fixtures, down to the sunk-in seating rest spots, almost identical. Its odd, (being someone in their 40s) to see all the malls close, after a time when it seemed they couldn't build enough of them. People "order" more than they probably "go purchase", and the teenagers don't seem to hang out/meet up there anymore. Guess everything has its time.
I'm thinking you're right. Lived in Dearborn most of my life so I spent a lot of time in Fairlane. I love the mid-70's aesthetic in that place. Westland was my other main hangout, I actually went there a couple days before Christmas last year. Its decline seems to finally be accelerating. The loss of its Macy's was a huge blow as it was kind of the heart of that place. It was surreal to walk around the place so close to Christmas and not have any trouble navigating, there just wasn't that many people and the particular store I was looking for had moved out anyways.
I used to live in Detroit very near Fairlane Mall. I always thought it was a nicer mall than Lakeside but Lakeside was much, much safer for obvious reasons.
I spent countless hours in the play pit here, and had so many rides on the carousel in the food court. And I had great memories getting good deals at that Sears and JcPenney. I'll really miss this place.
I hate seeing the malls leave. I think that there are too many malls, or stores going bankrupt might be the problem, I don't know for sure. But when it rains in the winter here in the State of Washington, it's nice to roam a mall! Online buying is also a death nail!
Sad to see it go. I used to visit primarily Sears and J.C. Penny, but I did take my girls shopping there often. They liked stores such as Claire's. My oldest worked at Cinnabon for a while as a teen.
So sad man. I've been going to this mall every few months for the past 5 years and each time it's gotten more and more dead and deserted. Sad to see it closing for good but it makes sense.
Ia got my driver's license the same year Lakeside opened (1976). Took our three boys there over the years, and always ran into people we knew. Sad to see this go.
I remember going to the big Ice rink a couple times and the arcade many times. There were 4 or 5 local arcades. Another one in meadowbrook mall and the one at 14/vandyke Butterfly with the indoor driving range. Times have changed!!
Funny how your videos hit so close to home. I'm in Texas for the last 15 years...but my brother and I stayed at the billet in Otter Lake as kids. When mom came and took us home...we went to Utica and Lakeside Mall was a weekly outing.🤗
@darylturcott So much for visiting my old haunt. That is a shame. Those buildings were legend in my mind. I was 4 when I arrived. Those tube fire escapes were something I'd never seen. I remember crawling up to find a closed door. I remember hearing "Reception" building burned. My 5th birthday they took me to the basement of Reception, where there were toys. Toys of anything a kid could imagine. I got to pick one. I got a g.i. Joe for my 5th. birthday.🤗 My heart is sad.🥺 Long live the kids of the billet. You too.
The fate of retail is so sad. I remember coming to Lakeside when my wife and I were first dating in the 90's. It was such a huge place. We now live in Jackson and although Westwood Mall is on its last legs, Jackson Crossing Mall is still thriving.
Impossible to believe. But at one time you could get banned from the mall. My Best friend and I were in that mall in the early 1981. We were goofing around. Overcrowding was a thing back then. If you were not shopping. They wanted you out. A mall Mounty caught my friend and gave him a lifetime trespassing ban. He was walked off the property by the Mounty. I picked him up and we went home laughing. TBH, we use to do our Christmas shopping the works. We still went to the movie house. Flash forward to the year 2018 he received a letter from Lakeside mall informing him he is allowed back into the mall. We laughed like fools. We long ago moved away. My friend was dying of Cancer, and it was one of last great laughs we had. We joked when he was better. We would go back and buy something of value.
I live a minute away from the mall. I used to walk in there every day but only occasionally go there now. It does make me sad to see its decline and ultimately its demise. I’ve been going there since it opened. Sears opened first in 76. The current plans are for Macy’s and Penney’s to remain but I’m not sure if the Sears and Lord & Taylor stores will remain. They are not owned by the mall. There is a sign in the parking lot now declaring the new Lakeside Life Center (or something to that effect) will open soon. It’s going to be weird to see that place knocked down. I saw a Facebook post that said a jet flyover will happen on the celebration day in June. I’m going to go there tomorrow to make my own private video for a keepsake.
It will be interesting to see what happens. I miss Sears the most, and K-Mart too. I started using Amazon about 2 years ago because other options were disappearing. 😢😢
God, this reminds me of summit place when it began closing its doors back in the early 2000s as a kid witnessing its death and then seeing them finally collapse the building not too many years ago man... Being a 2000 kid i can say im glad to have had the experience of a mall in my life. Its a shame theyre slowly dying off because of the likes of amazon and online shopping. I hope that great lakes crossing doesnt shutdown anytime soon, thats the closest cinnabon near me
I played on that breakfast playground as a kid.....Lakeside was "the" mall. Not really sad it's getting torn down, as malls feel kinda pointless these days. I do appreciate the trip down memory lane though, thanks for this.
i just stopped by last week to get one last look and smell of the place. Been going there since I was a kid. Its sad because the mall management didn't even let some stores know when they are shutting down and found out through the news.... thats some low bs right there. My favorite store was Anime GT and it was there 27 years in the same spot and was such a cool little shop. Bought one las kit from them before they shut down for good I think, didn't sound like they wanted to open a store up right away.
Anime GT is still open - I spent $300 on Anime figures during their store closing sale today. Lady there said they will close next Sunday (June 23), and they're still thinking about reopening elsewhere in the future (no concrete plans as of now). That store was the only reason I came to Lakeside nowadays. Will still visit the mall for one last look on its final day.
@@kevin12567 same! That store was super cool and was a mandatory stop when going to Lake Side. Should’ve gotten the cool ramen bowls before they started unloading inventory…
Never been to this mall. I live close to Ann Arbor so I used to go to the Briarwood mall all the time. Used to be some cool stores and a movie theatre me and my buddies would go to all the time. Havent been there in years now though. Its just a bunch of overpriced yuppy stores now.
Finally, a soon to be shut down mall that I been to..I remember my mom brought me a here a few times when i was young..and she used to shop in it when she was a teen in the 80s.. Sad to see this stuff go and die out Edit: I got spare time tomorrow I will drive to there and get a last look
the internet has been a blessing and a curse... and I won't pretend I'm not part of the problem - I have amazon prime, it's so convenient to think up something I need randomly and getting it sent to my house in 2 days with very competitive pricing. Not to avoid accountability here but... it's almost addicting to use amazon, I wish government would have stepped in and stopped its monopoly when they had a chance. Now it's too powerful I doubt regulation will ever happen - and now they are opening an amazon pharmacy too? At this rate they plan to take over every sector it's getting ridiculous... the pharmacy I will refuse to use, they have enough of my business as it is. Nice video
I buy a lot of stuff on amazon. Its usually things that arent readily available locally. I need plus size clothes. Big & tall shops are just too expensive.
I almost got kidnaped at that mall in 1981 when I was 5. My mom was in a clothing store. I wandered out and was looking down from the top level through the glass. A well dressed couple came up and asked where my mom was I pointed to her. They grabbed my hand and started walking away with me. My mom saw them and grabbed me. The couple fled really quickly.
I'm close enough that I'll have to go by before they tear it down in a few weeks. I actually haven't shopped there in years. I remember going there where you were constantly bumping into people it was so packed. Now you can throw a hand grenade and not hit a single person.
Lots of holiday shopping there. It's a shame but malls got to be too expensive to shop in. Not to mention the area it's located in is a death trap...M59 is terrible.
@@darylturcott I cannot remember that water slide for the life of me, and I thought I knew every inch of that mall. lol. I don't remember the arcade either. Just the arcade in the back corner of Sears!
We used to skip out of school and go for the water slides (1980's). Later they changed that area to an arcade. Have not been here in years. It was dead the last time I was here.
I feel so sorry for the young people now days, they won’t know the fun of a mall. At a mall you could shop, eat, meet up with friends. You could watch the seasons change with the Easter Bunny and Santa Clause pictures. Today’s young people are going to miss so much. Thanks for the memories Daryl. Good times
They’d miss it all……heads down on there phones
Some malls still are in good shape with lots of people and businesses, and a lot of us younger people still go, I love going to the mall.
I was born in 98. I done all of these things growing up. Businesses come and go.
This was my home mall for 37 years will miss the days of been a teen and walking around with friends kids today have no idea how fun it was
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I loved lakeside and macomb mall. I was a teenager in the 80's. Good times.
My folks would cut me loose in TILT with a roll of quarters for hours while they shopped. I had no idea it was a water slide before that. What a trip down memory lane!
Used to go to Lakeside as a kid until we moved away in the mid 80s. Now I'm back in the state and not sure if I could stand to walk through the zombie version of my childhood memories at the mall. Sad to see it go but hopefully what they build in its place is the source of good memories for other generations.
As a 1980s mall rat this does bring back memories. mall were everywhere.
The Thousand Oaks Mall or Oaks Mall is still around. I used to go there in the 80s. It has been updated and still seems to be thriving so it’s a bit of an oddball in today’s age.
We still have somerset that is very nice and busy.
This was such a great mall back in the day. Before Somerset and Partridge Creek, Lakeside was the place to be for shopping and teens who wanted to get their first tastes of freedom. I rode in the Hydrotube before it closed and I skated on the ice rink that was in the same spot before the Hydrotube. Saturday afternoons in the fall during the 80’s and early 90’s this mall was packed!! And in December people were parking up on the lawn at the outside edge of Lakeside Circle. Really sad to see a place with so many great memories close forever.
So sad to see. I used to hang out at the Pontiac Mall, later known as The Summit Place. I eventually got a job at Aladdin's Castle... Good times back in the 80's.
Pontiac Mall was my goto. That and Meadowbrook in Rochestet.
I remember when Lakeside first opened, this is really sad.
Thanks for creating and sharing this video. I remember my mother bringing us to Lakeside Mall shortly after it opened. How times have changed.
Lakeside was the mall i went to starting in late 80s. Before that i always went to Pontiac mall (summit place), or cherryland on traverse city.
One big problem malls solve that the new "open" develop has is that Michigan gets cold. In a mall you can go from store to store, but why would you want to walk to the next store when it is snowing out?
It's saddens me that the mall I grew up going to will soon be gone forever 😢. I went to Lakeside one last time to buy a dress shirt. I walked around for a couple of hours and took a bunch of pics so I could have the memories to look back upon. I chatted with a few random people about their experiences and memories coming here. I will also really miss the flaming wok in the food court.
Wife and i meet their when was selling vibrating pillows during the 1981 Holiday Season. She was sell T-Shirts on an slightly elevated platform and i was looking down her top. 😊 43 years later, and six rug rat's, im still looking down that top. 😅
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😂 best comment.
Happy you two are still together!!!! Your story has a Fast Times at Ridgemont High feel to it. ✨✨
Mom used to work at the Winklemans clothing store back around 1980. Fun mall from what i remember
I would always get lost and forget where I parked at Lakeside
😂 i always entered through sears, but then i had to find my way back.
Hey, 90s kids, who remembers the breakfast play place?
Played on it a lot
My kids loved it.
I worked for M.L.Green and Son. A jewelry store in Mt. Clemens. They were opening a store in Lakeside. The owner took me there before the Mall opened to see the new store. Later I worked at World Bazaar. I remember Christmases were packed with people.
I have vague memories of playing on that giant food. All my old hangouts are disappearing and I no longer live in Michigan to give them a last visit, so your videos are great for me.
Let me know if there is any place you would like to see.
I can remember when Lakeside was being built. I spent many weekends as a kid there, and then with my kids.
A special place
This was a great mall and it used to be packed to the lawn to get in. Tilt was an amazing arcade and the best place to meet up with friends or meet new girls lol. It's so sad this is closing and that dump of an outside mall partridge creek is staying open. I think lakeside was better than Somerset in a lot of ways. Somerset has nothing but stores for women and lots of other boring stores. As a 90s kid this place was the best hands down. Hopefully whatever they are building will be just as good.
I agree
That mall looks very much in the same vein as Fairlane Mall in Dearborn, must have been the same designers /architect, thats to close to be a copy. From the second story railing, to the light fixtures, down to the sunk-in seating rest spots, almost identical. Its odd, (being someone in their 40s) to see all the malls close, after a time when it seemed they couldn't build enough of them. People "order" more than they probably "go purchase", and the teenagers don't seem to hang out/meet up there anymore. Guess everything has its time.
I'm thinking you're right. Lived in Dearborn most of my life so I spent a lot of time in Fairlane. I love the mid-70's aesthetic in that place. Westland was my other main hangout, I actually went there a couple days before Christmas last year. Its decline seems to finally be accelerating. The loss of its Macy's was a huge blow as it was kind of the heart of that place. It was surreal to walk around the place so close to Christmas and not have any trouble navigating, there just wasn't that many people and the particular store I was looking for had moved out anyways.
I'm pretty sure they were the same company that built a few of the malls.
I used to live in Detroit very near Fairlane Mall. I always thought it was a nicer mall than Lakeside but Lakeside was much, much safer for obvious reasons.
I spent countless hours in the play pit here, and had so many rides on the carousel in the food court. And I had great memories getting good deals at that Sears and JcPenney. I'll really miss this place.
My wifes great uncle was a postal carrier. He spent his entire career delivering mail in this mall.
Awesome memories in that mall, as well as, summit place mall before that place closed.
Summit was always my favorite.
from the pontiac mall to the summit. when it changed to the summit it was much bigger. if memory serves, the fountain still remained the same.
I think you are right
Wow
I remember when it was built
I hate seeing the malls leave. I think that there are too many malls, or stores going bankrupt might be the problem, I don't know for sure. But when it rains in the winter here in the State of Washington, it's nice to roam a mall! Online buying is also a death nail!
I agree. It was nice to go to the mall on a humid summer or frigid winter day. Maybe catch a movie and a bite to eat.
Sad to see it go. I used to visit primarily Sears and J.C. Penny, but I did take my girls shopping there often. They liked stores such as Claire's. My oldest worked at Cinnabon for a while as a teen.
So sad man. I've been going to this mall every few months for the past 5 years and each time it's gotten more and more dead and deserted. Sad to see it closing for good but it makes sense.
We still have somerset
@@darylturcott I went to both malls yesterday lol
Ia got my driver's license the same year Lakeside opened (1976). Took our three boys there over the years, and always ran into people we knew. Sad to see this go.
Very true. Always ran into somebody
Wow I didn’t know it was being torn down. I haven’t been there in over 20 years.
2 of the anchor stores will be incorporated into the new development. But very sad
Lakeside mall, the mall that almost ruined christmas for the bundy's . Good old married with children
Different Lakeside Mall. Theirs was Chicago, this is Sterling Heights, Michigan.
I remember going to the big Ice rink a couple times and the arcade many times. There were 4 or 5 local arcades. Another one in meadowbrook mall and the one at 14/vandyke Butterfly with the indoor driving range. Times have changed!!
Too many memories ~~ can’t watch
Funny how your videos hit so close to home. I'm in Texas for the last 15 years...but my brother and I stayed at the billet in Otter Lake as kids. When mom came and took us home...we went to Utica and Lakeside Mall was a weekly outing.🤗
The billet was recently demolished. They are going to build 5 lakefront homes on the property.
@darylturcott So much for visiting my old haunt. That is a shame. Those buildings were legend in my mind. I was 4 when I arrived. Those tube fire escapes were something I'd never seen. I remember crawling up to find a closed door. I remember hearing "Reception" building burned. My 5th birthday they took me to the basement of Reception, where there were toys. Toys of anything a kid could imagine. I got to pick one. I got a g.i. Joe for my 5th. birthday.🤗
My heart is sad.🥺 Long live the kids of the billet.
You too.
Im glad you have good memories. If there is any other place around michigan you want to see, let me know and ill try to do it.
@@darylturcott You are too 😎 cool.
Haven't been to that mall in quite some time,I'm surprised that 12 oaks in Novi is still going
Wahoo! I'll Meet You Guys UpStairs at SunCoast
We have Pleanty of Photos with my Younger Siblings playing on the Breakfast Play Area
Loved the food court when they remodeled it in around the year 2000
The fate of retail is so sad. I remember coming to Lakeside when my wife and I were first dating in the 90's. It was such a huge place. We now live in Jackson and although Westwood Mall is on its last legs, Jackson Crossing Mall is still thriving.
Somerset is still doing well here
@@darylturcottSomerset=== yuppie paradise. Lakeside was for everyone.
True, but its all we got now
outside of mall was boring, inside always reminded me of a spaceship from stars wars or a sci fi film
Another great mall gone 😔. I Loved working at Lakeside Mall .
An amazon will replace it, unfortunately not a forest
Impossible to believe. But at one time you could get banned from the mall. My Best friend and I were in that mall in the early 1981. We were goofing around. Overcrowding was a thing back then. If you were not shopping. They wanted you out. A mall Mounty caught my friend and gave him a lifetime trespassing ban. He was walked off the property by the Mounty. I picked him up and we went home laughing. TBH, we use to do our Christmas shopping the works. We still went to the movie house. Flash forward to the year 2018 he received a letter from Lakeside mall informing him he is allowed back into the mall. We laughed like fools. We long ago moved away. My friend was dying of Cancer, and it was one of last great laughs we had. We joked when he was better. We would go back and buy something of value.
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My friends and I got kicked out once too because the mall cop saw us walking around too much and not “shopping”. But we never got a permanent ban.
I live a minute away from the mall. I used to walk in there every day but only occasionally go there now. It does make me sad to see its decline and ultimately its demise. I’ve been going there since it opened. Sears opened first in 76. The current plans are for Macy’s and Penney’s to remain but I’m not sure if the Sears and Lord & Taylor stores will remain. They are not owned by the mall. There is a sign in the parking lot now declaring the new Lakeside Life Center (or something to that effect) will open soon. It’s going to be weird to see that place knocked down. I saw a Facebook post that said a jet flyover will happen on the celebration day in June. I’m going to go there tomorrow to make my own private video for a keepsake.
It will be interesting to see what happens. I miss Sears the most, and K-Mart too. I started using Amazon about 2 years ago because other options were disappearing. 😢😢
God, this reminds me of summit place when it began closing its doors back in the early 2000s as a kid witnessing its death and then seeing them finally collapse the building not too many years ago man...
Being a 2000 kid i can say im glad to have had the experience of a mall in my life. Its a shame theyre slowly dying off because of the likes of amazon and online shopping.
I hope that great lakes crossing doesnt shutdown anytime soon, thats the closest cinnabon near me
Shoutout to The Beanery. I think my dad's ghost will be there for a while
I played on that breakfast playground as a kid.....Lakeside was "the" mall. Not really sad it's getting torn down, as malls feel kinda pointless these days. I do appreciate the trip down memory lane though, thanks for this.
i just stopped by last week to get one last look and smell of the place. Been going there since I was a kid. Its sad because the mall management didn't even let some stores know when they are shutting down and found out through the news.... thats some low bs right there. My favorite store was Anime GT and it was there 27 years in the same spot and was such a cool little shop. Bought one las kit from them before they shut down for good I think, didn't sound like they wanted to open a store up right away.
Sad times
Anime GT is still open - I spent $300 on Anime figures during their store closing sale today. Lady there said they will close next Sunday (June 23), and they're still thinking about reopening elsewhere in the future (no concrete plans as of now). That store was the only reason I came to Lakeside nowadays. Will still visit the mall for one last look on its final day.
@@kevin12567 same! That store was super cool and was a mandatory stop when going to Lake Side. Should’ve gotten the cool ramen bowls before they started unloading inventory…
Saw Star Wars for the first time here...... I was 4.
Babbages was next to the Olga's. Electronics Boutique a little further down .
See, i knew my memory wasnt as good as i thought.
Never been to this mall. I live close to Ann Arbor so I used to go to the Briarwood mall all the time. Used to be some cool stores and a movie theatre me and my buddies would go to all the time. Havent been there in years now though. Its just a bunch of overpriced yuppy stores now.
Finally, a soon to be shut down mall that I been to..I remember my mom brought me a here a few times when i was young..and she used to shop in it when she was a teen in the 80s..
Sad to see this stuff go and die out
Edit: I got spare time tomorrow I will drive to there and get a last look
Been going to lakeside Mall since I was a baby. Eastland Mall also. Rip.
Wait its gone now? No way
July 1 it will close. Going to be redevoped into mixed use community
the internet has been a blessing and a curse... and I won't pretend I'm not part of the problem - I have amazon prime, it's so convenient to think up something I need randomly and getting it sent to my house in 2 days with very competitive pricing. Not to avoid accountability here but... it's almost addicting to use amazon, I wish government would have stepped in and stopped its monopoly when they had a chance. Now it's too powerful I doubt regulation will ever happen - and now they are opening an amazon pharmacy too? At this rate they plan to take over every sector it's getting ridiculous... the pharmacy I will refuse to use, they have enough of my business as it is. Nice video
I buy a lot of stuff on amazon. Its usually things that arent readily available locally. I need plus size clothes. Big & tall shops are just too expensive.
I almost got kidnaped at that mall in 1981 when I was 5. My mom was in a clothing store. I wandered out and was looking down from the top level through the glass. A well dressed couple came up and asked where my mom was I pointed to her. They grabbed my hand and started walking away with me. My mom saw them and grabbed me. The couple fled really quickly.
I'm close enough that I'll have to go by before they tear it down in a few weeks. I actually haven't shopped there in years. I remember going there where you were constantly bumping into people it was so packed. Now you can throw a hand grenade and not hit a single person.
Lots of holiday shopping there. It's a shame but malls got to be too expensive to shop in. Not to mention the area it's located in is a death trap...M59 is terrible.
Somerset is still nice, but big beaver isnt much better than Hall Rd.
Saw Star Wars here in 77. Ya could bring your GF here and spend half a day....didn't cost a cent.
I thought Olga's was across from the theater?
Possible, i think i remember some restaurant at that corner though
@@darylturcott There was a restaurant on that corner on the second level. Do you remember what year the water slide opened?
1984
@@darylturcott I cannot remember that water slide for the life of me, and I thought I knew every inch of that mall. lol. I don't remember the arcade either. Just the arcade in the back corner of Sears!
I never went during the water slide years but i do remember the arcade
Amazon and, to a lesser degree, Walmart murdered the mall
The arcade used to be called "Tilt"
We used to have a Tilt arcade in Birchwood Mall (Port Huron).
Appernetly lakeside mall is the reason that M-59 is not a express way all the way to i-94.
My friends cousin met Eminem at that mall about 20 years ago lol
I remember the arcade
Two floors
JC Penney, not JC Penneys
I think this on could go either way since there was a mr. Penney,
We used to skip out of school and go for the water slides (1980's). Later they changed that area to an arcade. Have not been here in years. It was dead the last time I was here.
Thank You NEW Generation!!!! Why don't you have robots 🤖🤖do all of your shopping. So what's next being demolished