I use to love shopping there!! It's so sad to see that the mall is so empty. I don't know how much longer the mall will be able to stay open with so many stores closing.........
I really enjoyed this video. Sad but true, malls as we know them are closing. I live in Western, MA. greater Springfield area. I've already seen the Eastfield Mall torn down last summer and there is the Enfield Mall just over the border in CT that has a few stores remaining, Target now being the anchor when it was Macy's, Sears, and JC Penney. We have the Holyoke Mall at Ingleside which is still opened and trying to fill empty spaces with arcades, Planet Fitness, etc. It housed many of the stores that you mentioned; the Casual Corner family of stores, Gantos, Limited, Babies R US, Toys R Us and so many more. Macy's, BestBuy, Target, and JC Penny are the biggest occupants. GAP, Sephora, Victoria's Secret, DSW still draw business along with Express and Bath & Bodyworks. We do have a large mall in west Hartford with a Nordstrom and a few higher end stores. Love shopping there as well as the Natick Mall. That is an hour away. My 19 yr. old Grandson and I take a trip there for back to school and now back to college shopping. Thank you so much for taking the time to compile and share this video.
Oh so many good stores I remember! Yes I worked in Enfield for a short time, I do remember that one. I still go to Natick mall pretty often. I used to love that sushi place there (also now closed).
The only reason I go to Emerald Square is to go to Macy's. I worked in two of the stores when I was much younger. I live in Lincoln RI, this was closer than Warwick. I worked for Lane Bryant and helped open the store at that Mall. We were there so late. I love this video ❤. Thanks so much!
Slight correction: When the mall opened Macy's was a G. Fox. It became a Filenes within a year or two after I believe Filenes acquired G. Fox. And the Black Doll Museum was Abercrombie and Fitch.
The mall that opened when I was in high school and was the place to go; Hanover Mall on the South Shore, MA was just bulldozed recently and an open air shopping plaza replaced it. It's got some good stores, a few good restaurants and a very nice movie theatre but it also still has a lot of empty storefronts after having been open for about a year. And the most recent businesses that have gone in are very small businesses; a beauty parlor, etc. If a tattoo shop goes in I'll know they're in trouble.
I noticed even these newer outdoor shopping plazas have empty stores too. The one near me used to have a Gap, American Eagle, Justice, only 8-10 years ago. Now they are all closed.
My father had a sporting goods store inside of Lincoln mall in the early 80's, so I basically lived there. I remember when ESM opened in 89, it was the biggest thing in the world to me. My buddies on I were there practically every weekend 89-90. Sad that our youth is reduced to memories now. Best food court evah!!!!
Our local mall in Ann Arbor, Michigan, which is called Briarwood Mall, is not as large as the mall you are walking through. They are making some of the mall -- maybe in the Sears wing -- into condos. A grocery store is going to be going in, too, and I think they are planning some green space.
I blame the owner of this mall Mike Kohan for destroying this mall. He has a history of neglect including not paying utility and tax bills. You may need to start going to Warwick Mall, Natick Mall or the South Shore Plaza instead.
Toy Vault needs to move out of Emerald Square and relocate to Natick Mall. I wonder why Emerald Square is doing to poorly while Natick Mall is thriving. I'd think being right off Rt 1 would make it convenient compared to Natick Mall where you have to do a big circle around Speen Street.
They should make Independent Senior Living apartments there. Lots of parking escalators elevators it would be perfect. Seeing there is a shortage of Independent Senior Living homes. And most of the high-rises they only want to put you in 500 ft.². It’s so degrading specially after working your entire life I’m not having a decent place to retire. The system is so broken for the seniors.
NJ Malls were the best, especially Paramus. I grew up in the mid Hudson Valley so we travelled to Paramus on Rte. 17 going by the huge Ford plant in Mahwah (If my memory is correct). Also a nice mall in Nanuet, NY.
I haven’t been there in a few years but it had the only Arby’s around here so my husband liked to go every now and then. Last time I wanted to go to Lands’ End at Sears (after it left the Warwick Sears), I persuaded him to come along (i.e., drive me!) by reminding him he could go to Arby’s while I shopped but it had closed! He was like suuuure you didn’t know. 😂 it’s sad to see it so empty. A mall opened up in my Connecticut hometown in spring of my junior year, 1990, and it was THE place to be. I still have a couple of shirts from Gap I got in high school; I found them when we were cleaning out the house and they came back to RI with me. Did you have the DEB shop?
How did you get away with filming there. Did you get permission from management? I was stopped by security and told I couldn’t film and I had to put the camera away. 😕🤷♀️
@@jenb25 Yes, Sears was closed. I was walking by Sears and was stopped. I probably should have stopped recording when I saw the security guard but I didn't think anything of it. Not realizing that its against mall policy. Oooops, great video by the way!!
I am the owner of this UA-cam channel and I do not agree with this comment left on my Mall video. Dating back to 1865, Juneteenth commemorates the day when 250,000 slaves in the state of Texas, which became the last bastion for slavery during the final days of the Civil War, were declared free by the U.S. Army. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth
I am leaving this comment here so everyone that watches this video can see what you said and how horrible your words are. The day is important to the people that gained their freedom (far too late).
@jenb25 Good, I want everybody to see it because it's a bullshit holiday. It's not even a justifiable holiday. Just more attention-seeking, poor me, give me more free shit so I don't actually have to work for it, behavior
I use to love shopping there!! It's so sad to see that the mall is so empty. I don't know how much longer the mall will be able to stay open with so many stores closing.........
I know - that is why I wanted to visit before something like that happens. They totally tore down Silver City Galleria!
@@jenb25 Horrible
Breaks my heart I used to hang here after school all the time
Friday night mall rats unite!
You are so right! You had to circle around several times before you could find a parking spot! So sad!
Hard to believe now!
I really enjoyed this video. Sad but true, malls as we know them are closing. I live in Western, MA. greater Springfield area. I've already seen the Eastfield Mall torn down last summer and there is the Enfield Mall just over the border in CT that has a few stores remaining, Target now being the anchor when it was Macy's, Sears, and JC Penney. We have the Holyoke Mall at Ingleside which is still opened and trying to fill empty spaces with arcades, Planet Fitness, etc. It housed many of the stores that you mentioned; the Casual Corner family of stores, Gantos, Limited, Babies R US, Toys R Us and so many more. Macy's, BestBuy, Target, and JC Penny are the biggest occupants. GAP, Sephora, Victoria's Secret, DSW still draw business along with Express and Bath & Bodyworks. We do have a large mall in west Hartford with a Nordstrom and a few higher end stores. Love shopping there as well as the Natick Mall. That is an hour away. My 19 yr. old Grandson and I take a trip there for back to school and now back to college shopping. Thank you so much for taking the time to compile and share this video.
Oh so many good stores I remember! Yes I worked in Enfield for a short time, I do remember that one. I still go to Natick mall pretty often. I used to love that sushi place there (also now closed).
@@jenb25great way to show your grandson how to be responsible
The only reason I go to Emerald Square is to go to Macy's. I worked in two of the stores when I was much younger. I live in Lincoln RI, this was closer than Warwick. I worked for Lane Bryant and helped open the store at that Mall. We were there so late. I love this video ❤. Thanks so much!
Oh I remember that store! Must have been fun to be on an opening team.
I live in Massachusetts went there couple weeks ago. Its horrible looks like Taunton mall at the end.
Was that Silver City Galleria? Also a great one back when it opened.
Slight correction: When the mall opened Macy's was a G. Fox. It became a Filenes within a year or two after I believe Filenes acquired G. Fox.
And the Black Doll Museum was Abercrombie and Fitch.
Oh that's right! Thank you for noting this. I forgot about G Fox, and I really liked that store! I think there was one in Warwick too.
The mall that opened when I was in high school and was the place to go; Hanover Mall on the South Shore, MA was just bulldozed recently and an open air shopping plaza replaced it. It's got some good stores, a few good restaurants and a very nice movie theatre but it also still has a lot of empty storefronts after having been open for about a year. And the most recent businesses that have gone in are very small businesses; a beauty parlor, etc. If a tattoo shop goes in I'll know they're in trouble.
I noticed even these newer outdoor shopping plazas have empty stores too. The one near me used to have a Gap, American Eagle, Justice, only 8-10 years ago. Now they are all closed.
It was Charley's
Back bay restaurant group. It was a really good high end service restaurant
OMG yes! Thank you for remembering this - I loved Charley's!
Looks like it's on its last leg. I remember me and my friend always going there in 1990 when it first opened and that place was booming.
Same here - I went there all the time with friends.
My father had a sporting goods store inside of Lincoln mall in the early 80's, so I basically lived there. I remember when ESM opened in 89, it was the biggest thing in the world to me. My buddies on I were there practically every weekend 89-90. Sad that our youth is reduced to memories now. Best food court evah!!!!
I remember shopping at Lincoln Mall, they had a Gap and a Weathervane! Hard to find a Gap anywhere now.
This was awesome. When you mentioned Gantos, I freaked out! Loved that store!
It was such a great store! We got many dresses there.
Our local mall in Ann Arbor, Michigan, which is called Briarwood Mall, is not as large as the mall you are walking through. They are making some of the mall -- maybe in the Sears wing -- into condos. A grocery store is going to be going in, too, and I think they are planning some green space.
Oh I love that idea! I just looked up the article about the redevelopment. Very cool!
Originally Macy's Mens n Home was Lechmere i believe!Thats CRAZY Huh?😱
I totally forgot about Lechmere! Great store.
the JC Penney was there from the beginning.
OK - that's right, I kind of remember this now.
I blame the owner of this mall Mike Kohan for destroying this mall. He has a history of neglect including not paying utility and tax bills. You may need to start going to Warwick Mall, Natick Mall or the South Shore Plaza instead.
Warwick Mall is actually pretty decent. I do go to SSP pretty often!
Where my friends and I spent every Friday night in the 90’s. We probably passed by you on our way to the food court. 😊
Getting those free samples at Umi of Japan!
This is sad
This place used to be the hotbed of shopping
It really was! Loved it then.
Toy Vault needs to move out of Emerald Square and relocate to Natick Mall.
I wonder why Emerald Square is doing to poorly while Natick Mall is thriving. I'd think being right off Rt 1 would make it convenient compared to Natick Mall where you have to do a big circle around Speen Street.
Yes they should open up there - are they still in Crystal Mall? I love Natick Mall - might do a video there soon.
Who remembers the A-Hole security guard that looked like Mario and Luigi that would give the kids a hard time 🤷♂️
Oh no thank goodness I never encountered this!
@@jenb25 You weren't as Friday night mall rat 🐁🐀 🐁🐀🐁🐀🐁
The restaurant that was there when the mall opened was Charlie's eating and drinking saloon. So sad to see many of these malls disappearing.
Ahh yes that's right. I remember really liking it, my family ate there many times!
They should make Independent Senior Living apartments there. Lots of parking escalators elevators it would be perfect. Seeing there is a shortage of Independent Senior Living homes. And most of the high-rises they only want to put you in 500 ft.². It’s so degrading specially after working your entire life I’m not having a decent place to retire. The system is so broken for the seniors.
I like that idea. The open skylight roof would make it feel very bright too.
I remember there was a leachmere on the 2nd and 3rd floor.
Yes I totally forgot about the Lechemere!
So sad! I grew up going to malls in NJ. It was such a great time in life, the late 80s ❤❤❤
I'm guessing Amazon and Walmart will end all malls.
Paramus & King of Prussia were great! I have been to a few NJ malls!
@@jenb25 thanks so much for your tour! I loved it. Took me back ♡♥︎♡ I loved Gantos, Lord & Taylor, Spencer's and Macy's! Happy Sunday funday!
NJ Malls were the best, especially Paramus. I grew up in the mid Hudson Valley so we travelled to Paramus on Rte. 17 going by the huge Ford plant in Mahwah (If my memory is correct). Also a nice mall in Nanuet, NY.
I remember going to Paramus, they had a TGIFriday in the mall, yes?
@@jenb25 yes! Fun times!
I haven’t been there in a few years but it had the only Arby’s around here so my husband liked to go every now and then. Last time I wanted to go to Lands’ End at Sears (after it left the Warwick Sears), I persuaded him to come along (i.e., drive me!) by reminding him he could go to Arby’s while I shopped but it had closed! He was like suuuure you didn’t know. 😂 it’s sad to see it so empty. A mall opened up in my Connecticut hometown in spring of my junior year, 1990, and it was THE place to be. I still have a couple of shirts from Gap I got in high school; I found them when we were cleaning out the house and they came back to RI with me. Did you have the DEB shop?
Oh yes I totally remember the Arby's! Yes we had a Deb also. That was another good store for prom dresses, among other things.
- I believe Emerald Square mall is in North Attleboro no….?
Oh you are right! I will update the title. Thanks!!
I live massachusetts and sad to see some malls dieing out
I still think South Shore Plaza is OK
Massachusetts here!!!
That was the Hallmark store
It’s too bad that it’s become empty used to love this place
I was really great at one time! It had everything.
@@jenb25 unfortunately mall culture that was a staple of America at one time is now a thing of the past
At what time on a Saturday was this ?
Like 1:30 PM
@13:05 This store could have been Talbots.
Ohh yes - good eye noticing that!
I went prom dress shopping here in 2011 😢
It was a great place for dresses!
I love these videos of the mall, but you didn’t show us the mall very much. It was like, a selfie video.
Yeah, sorry. I get that feedback, thank you. I will try to show more next time.
How did you get away with filming there. Did you get permission from management? I was stopped by security and told I couldn’t film and I had to put the camera away. 😕🤷♀️
No one seemed to be around - I did not see anyone resembling security?
@@jenb25 I was approached by Sears and told to put the camera away unless I had written permission from management. I thought it was really weird.
Oh maybe that is why - Sears was closed when I was there!
@@jenb25 Yes, Sears was closed. I was walking by Sears and was stopped. I probably should have stopped recording when I saw the security guard but I didn't think anything of it. Not realizing that its against mall policy. Oooops, great video by the way!!
@@jenb25 I was looking at some of your videos and noticed that you are also a Disney fan?!? And a Joffrey's fan too!! Awesome!! Same here!! 👍
10:26 FUCK JUNETEENTH, NOT A REAL HOLIDAY!
I am the owner of this UA-cam channel and I do not agree with this comment left on my Mall video. Dating back to 1865, Juneteenth commemorates the day when 250,000 slaves in the state of Texas, which became the last bastion for slavery during the final days of the Civil War, were declared free by the U.S. Army. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth
@jenb25 You speak like I fucking care. It's yet another "look at me, I'm important" holiday.
I am leaving this comment here so everyone that watches this video can see what you said and how horrible your words are. The day is important to the people that gained their freedom (far too late).
@jenb25 Good, I want everybody to see it because it's a bullshit holiday. It's not even a justifiable holiday. Just more attention-seeking, poor me, give me more free shit so I don't actually have to work for it, behavior
I can't really tell how empty the mall is, because this is a (VERY) close-up video of your face.