Wasn't my hometown mall but still cool to see what the mall was like back then as well as the styles ppl were wearing. Alot of women still had 80's hair.
I remember getting a phone call from my mom while in college, around 2001, that all the anchor stores were pulling out of northridge, thinking, wow that mall might die, with Boston Store as the remaining anchor. In 2003, I worked at GE at Tower Ave and 88th, and in March, I went to Boston Store's liquidation. When I was done shopping (I got 3 pairs of earrings I still wear), I found the windows looking out to the mall, thinking, "Gosh, that mall is in perfect condition." Never would I have thought it would remain as it is almost 20 years later! It's really too bad it couldn't reopen as something else.
By 1994 the Northridge Mall was already on its decline as the North Ridge Lakes condo owners started renting out their units eventually it turned into section 8 low income housing around a beautiful man-made lake. Crack cocaine was still going strong with methamphetamine dealers popping up in and around the mall area adding more pressure on the stores because of the lack of shoppers.
What a shame. That beautiful mall. Unfortunately, as a teenager in the 90s, I remember being fearful to go there, even with my parents, when there was little to no fear to be had :(.
Jesse Anderson murdering his wife at TGI Friday's and blaming it on "two black guys" probably didn't help Northridge either. I lived in the Mequon area and shopped at both malls until the mid 90's. Bayshore is trying but the whole "town center" concept is stupid in our climate and it's still not in the greatest area.
@Matt H exactly right! It was definitely not a management issue. It was a Times They Are a-changing issue. The internet was just starting to change the whole idea of retail shopping. And yes, crime was becoming an issue because all of those expensive multifamily housing complex. Turned into Section 8 Housing and all the riffraff moved in. The last time I was to Northridge was to pay my Verizon bill because that was the closest Verizon store. That was before they had online bill pay. I remember going there and the Verizon store was the only store still operating in that section of the mall. All the neighboring stores that already been shuttered. And the place was filled with wannabe gang Bangerz.
@Matt H Retail theft, as well as automobile thefts out of the parking lot. But of course, Milwaukee's major and Police Chief at the time never would publish those figures.
This is Bayshore mall. I don't ever remember it being called Northshore mall. And just so you know, the place is built over the top of a landfill. That's right a bunch of garbage underneath.
None of you were there when it was built back in 1970. I got a job there when I was 20. I grew up in the 50's and this was a fine new place to go to. But down the road in the 90's and even the 80's it was all crime and gangs and the end of the Northwest side .
So That The North side can be Totally Liberated and Free and Merry Christmas present for me and the Poor and in SPIRIT I hope that's happening this Christmas
Yeah, that's not going to happen! Even God himself couldn't save Northridge at this point. Northridge died totally because of political decisions made by the City and County of Milwaukee and bringing in Section 8 housing which always draws the Riff Raff!🙈
Not all the malls are still going now too in different states too as its a hit and miss nowadays too on line shopping killed the malls too but id still much rather go to the mall s to shop too and to eat too kh
Once the ratchetness becomes more frequent, these places close down. Just look at the entire Brown Deer Rd strip. When I moved to the north side in 2003, many of the plazas were filled with stores and hustling and bustling. Nowadays, anything west of the Walmart that used to be Lowe's is dead! Most big box retailers moved out of Milwaukee because of the ratchetness and Democrat politicians who enable it. Now the ratchets are having to venture out to nearby cities. Not good for those cities. The Walmart in Pewaukee used to be nice but lately, the ratchets have found it. I was up in Port Washington and can't believe some ratchets found it, too! However, today the Walmart in Port Washington looked like it was undergoing construction or moving out! The ratchets in Milwaukee need to stay in MILWAUKEE! I think we can all agree that IT'S MILWAUKEE RATCHETS that are closing these places down. I've been to Walmarts and Targets all across WI. Yes, even in areas where there are a lot of blacks but it's DIFFERENT. Milwaukee ratchets take it to a whole new low.
Not to mention, that affordable housing that the City of Milwaukee insisted on having between 84th and 107th was a great asset! LOL. Affordable housing they call it these days. A big shout out to Mayor John!
I agree ratchetness is beyond any particular race or color. It's all about values. I grew up going to Northridge Mall. It's such a shame it's only an empty shell. Unfortunately, its decline is like the decline of American society itself.
This was NOT the heyday for NorthRidge; those days were the late 70's through late 80's before the demographics swung 180* (got dark) and it went downhill to its eventual closure and shuttering. :(
Mayfair and south ridge has gotta dark and now have problems all the time. Sorry but every time on the news it’s some black being chased by the cops or a flash mob of blacks. That’s why malls are dying and outlets are becoming popular because they don’t have these huge indoor spaces for people to hangout and not buy stuff.
So many childhood memories coming here with my mom in the 90's.
Yea the mall is abandon now
@@Aaaaaahhhh183 yup
this was Jeff Dahmer's hunting place ain't no way your not semi scared
@@SheLuvMaddox I think you are mixing up Jesse Anderson’s story with Jeffrey Dahmer’s. Jesse died with Jeffrey but this wasn’t his hunting ground.
@@SheLuvMaddox Grand Ave Mall downtown
This video is like a time capsule. I half expected to see a 12 year old version of myself walk through, unfortunately that never happened.
Wow I was 18 years old in that video
Nakesha Williams lol where you at in the video
Tell us when this was! Year..etc. And where were you?! Thanks...
Pino Pino Northridge Mall Milwaukee, WI roughly 1994-1995... Gantos was the store you see me in
@@nakeshawilliams7715
Thanks!
Nakesha Williams in the black outfit?
Wasn't my hometown mall but still cool to see what the mall was like back then as well as the styles ppl were wearing. Alot of women still had 80's hair.
Correction: this is Northridge up until 1:43. The rest appears to be from Bayshore.
I noticed that too
Love the old registers and carbon copy credit card receipts. Just watching this it seems like a better word back then.
It was
Bland consumerism? Serial killers? How?
Little did these cute girls that were cashiers know that their image would be saved in UA-cam still being viewed 30 years into the future
Thanks for the memories!
and how awesome customer service was back then!
I no longer live in Milwaukee, but I remember going to this mall.
I remember getting a phone call from my mom while in college, around 2001, that all the anchor stores were pulling out of northridge, thinking, wow that mall might die, with Boston Store as the remaining anchor. In 2003, I worked at GE at Tower Ave and 88th, and in March, I went to Boston Store's liquidation. When I was done shopping (I got 3 pairs of earrings I still wear), I found the windows looking out to the mall, thinking, "Gosh, that mall is in perfect condition." Never would I have thought it would remain as it is almost 20 years later! It's really too bad it couldn't reopen as something else.
By 1994 the Northridge Mall was already on its decline as the North Ridge Lakes condo owners started renting out their units eventually it turned into section 8 low income housing around a beautiful man-made lake. Crack cocaine was still going strong with methamphetamine dealers popping up in and around the mall area adding more pressure on the stores because of the lack of shoppers.
I loved wearing stirrup pants back then when I see this video it reminds me of the good old times
What a shame. That beautiful mall. Unfortunately, as a teenager in the 90s, I remember being fearful to go there, even with my parents, when there was little to no fear to be had :(.
Why?
@@bumbumtras85 It is closed due to extreme crime levels on the city's north side where it is located.
Thank you mayor Norquist and chief Artie Jones for ruining what was once a good mall and a thriving retail area.
Low income and section 8 housing spelled its, and its neighboring store's, demise.
Jesse Anderson murdering his wife at TGI Friday's and blaming it on "two black guys" probably didn't help Northridge either. I lived in the Mequon area and shopped at both malls until the mid 90's. Bayshore is trying but the whole "town center" concept is stupid in our climate and it's still not in the greatest area.
@@JNygaard I don't like that they got rid of the indoor area at Bayshore. I won't go there anymore now that it's all outdoors.
It's sad now that the person burning it is causing a risk for other people. Probably their going to tear it down
Little did the employees know that they were gonna be out of a job because of the stupidity management and owners of the corporations.
@Matt H exactly right! It was definitely not a management issue. It was a Times They Are a-changing issue. The internet was just starting to change the whole idea of retail shopping. And yes, crime was becoming an issue because all of those expensive multifamily housing complex. Turned into Section 8 Housing and all the riffraff moved in. The last time I was to Northridge was to pay my Verizon bill because that was the closest Verizon store. That was before they had online bill pay. I remember going there and the Verizon store was the only store still operating in that section of the mall. All the neighboring stores that already been shuttered. And the place was filled with wannabe gang Bangerz.
@Matt H Retail theft, as well as automobile thefts out of the parking lot. But of course, Milwaukee's major and Police Chief at the time never would publish those figures.
This is Bayshore mall. I don't ever remember it being called Northshore mall.
And just so you know, the place is built over the top of a landfill. That's right a bunch of garbage underneath.
None of you were there when it was built back in 1970. I got a job there when I was 20. I grew up in the 50's and this was a fine new place to go to. But down the road in the 90's and even the 80's it was all crime and gangs and the end of the Northwest side .
crazy to think this video is 30 years old
Wow Gantos and County Seat!
The Tyme machine :)
Wow, they still used the carbon copy thing for the credit cards back in 1994.
I remember they would have talent shows there to
Cashiers back then had bragging rights running those big ol machines.
What year is this?
1994
@@zeaatocha4812 - Thanks!
That mall look like, the mall now from dawn lf the dead.
In Jesus Christ name bring back North ridge Mall
So That The North side can be Totally Liberated and Free and Merry Christmas present for me and the Poor and in SPIRIT I hope that's happening this Christmas
It's too late.
Yeah, that's not going to happen! Even God himself couldn't save Northridge at this point. Northridge died totally because of political decisions made by the City and County of Milwaukee and bringing in Section 8 housing which always draws the Riff Raff!🙈
So sad
Title should be edited. It’s Northridge Mall not Northshore.
Some of the footage is bayshore.. typically that area is called northshore.
Not all the malls are still going now too in different states too as its a hit and miss nowadays too on line shopping killed the malls too but id still much rather go to the mall s to shop too and to eat too kh
Once the ratchetness becomes more frequent, these places close down. Just look at the entire Brown Deer Rd strip. When I moved to the north side in 2003, many of the plazas were filled with stores and hustling and bustling. Nowadays, anything west of the Walmart that used to be Lowe's is dead! Most big box retailers moved out of Milwaukee because of the ratchetness and Democrat politicians who enable it. Now the ratchets are having to venture out to nearby cities. Not good for those cities. The Walmart in Pewaukee used to be nice but lately, the ratchets have found it. I was up in Port Washington and can't believe some ratchets found it, too! However, today the Walmart in Port Washington looked like it was undergoing construction or moving out! The ratchets in Milwaukee need to stay in MILWAUKEE! I think we can all agree that IT'S MILWAUKEE RATCHETS that are closing these places down. I've been to Walmarts and Targets all across WI. Yes, even in areas where there are a lot of blacks but it's DIFFERENT. Milwaukee ratchets take it to a whole new low.
Girl shut up. You’re shopping at Walmart. Relax.
@@ExpertAquariumGirl Actually, yes, she does.
@@therealimlikewoa Truth hurts doesn't it. Sounds like your kind is destroying these once wonderful places.
Not to mention, that affordable housing that the City of Milwaukee insisted on having between 84th and 107th was a great asset! LOL. Affordable housing they call it these days. A big shout out to Mayor John!
I agree ratchetness is beyond any particular race or color. It's all about values. I grew up going to Northridge Mall. It's such a shame it's only an empty shell. Unfortunately, its decline is like the decline of American society itself.
This was NOT the heyday for NorthRidge; those days were the late 70's through late 80's before the demographics swung 180* (got dark) and it went downhill to its eventual closure and shuttering. :(
Got dark fuck you.
Douchebag.
Mayfair and south ridge has gotta dark and now have problems all the time. Sorry but every time on the news it’s some black being chased by the cops or a flash mob of blacks. That’s why malls are dying and outlets are becoming popular because they don’t have these huge indoor spaces for people to hangout and not buy stuff.
@@Nobunaga1983 truth..
Although the dark isn't the reason, it's the culture....
You're right Goofy. They ruin everyplace they go.
How quaint! People actually paying with cash.😂