Connecticut's Premier Dead Mall: Enfield Square Mall. A Full Tour in 4k 60fps! August 2021.
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- Come with me as I explore my local dead mall, the Enfield Square Mall in Enfield, Connecticut.
The inside was filmed in August 2021. The exterior walk-around was filmed in November 2021.
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I like the fact that you did an exterior walk-around, which really gives you an appreciation for just how much deterioration has taken place. Speaking as someone with a background in building maintenance, the first thing to go in a dying mall is the budget for upkeep, particularly the roof and skylight maintenance.
I agree. If you haven't seen my updated video of this mall, check it out. The ceiling collapsed in the old Macy's last year due to water damage and they now have it posted as unfit for human habitation. Thanks for watching!
I spent my childhood here. I remember how excited I was when the movie theater opened up when I was in middle school. So many good memories. There was even a pet store there in the 90s!
I don't remember the pet store, but I didn't start going to the mall until probably the late 90's. I definitely used to go to the movie theater there all the time. I doubt the theater will last much longer.
I remember spending lots of time here too(early 90s). My parents used to just drop us off for hours. I 100% remember the pet store. i bought fish there once.
I’ve been trying to figure out with some friends some of the stores that used to be here during early to mid 90’s. Primarily what was across from the Ruby Tuesday. I spent a lot of time here in the 90’s to early 2000’s. Nino’s pizza and Friendly’s were always a fun spot for kids to go. Also the Tilt. If you can remember what was across from Ruby Tuesday before Panera, that would be awesome!
They just closed the theater on Thursday, and the rest of the mall is most likely to be closed soon and turned into a strip mall like they are doing to the east field mall in Springfield.
Good virtual tour! Your good video takes me there! Thank you for sharing nice work!!
Thanks!
i went here with my dad in 2019 before he passed away in 2020.. it’s crazy to see it like this now.
Thanks for watching!
This was a great pace in the 80s and 90s! Lots of memories.
Yup. Too bad it's only memories at this point.
I lived in Enfield from 1975 to 1978 when I was in my early teens. Me & family used to go there every Saturday afternoon. I bought my first Beatles album, 1967-1970 at the G Fox there in 1977 & still have it today.
Thanks for documenting before it’s gone for good. Many childhood memories here. Not sure if I’ll ever make it back so your video is great.
You're welcome! I have an update video coming out in the next few weeks. Even more stores have moved out since this video. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the Upload !! You are my new best friend by uploading this !! My favorite is the old G. Fox building..You can tell by the rainbow !! XD interesting to know that the Enfield square is STILL the 10th biggest mall in CT. I believe the Crystal Mall still has their CVS No JC Penney was always JC Penney.. Macy's was in the old G.Fox building. XD Macy's men's and Funature. Yes the Stigers markee was updated.. I have G.Fox wallpaper on my phone !! XD
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it!
@@fleabittenadventuresThank you !!
So sad. I grew up in Suffield and I always went here.
I went back recently and there seems to be more activity now than when I filmed the place. Or that may have been because of holiday business.
I always remember walking in the part of the mall that is now dead probably around 2011-2013, I miss it very much
Yeah, up until about 2015 or so this mall was fairly busy.
Ugh I grew up in Enfield, we did all our back-to-school clothes shopping there at Limited Too and Aeropostle, we got our ears pierced at that Claire's, took our picture with Santa at Christmas, got all our appliances at JCPenny (or maybe it was Sears?), etc. When I was a teen we used to go to the movies there on Friday and Saturday night, get pizza, walk around. Really hurts my heart to see it so empty and dead. I went the last time I was in the area like 5 or 6 years ago and it wasn't this bad :(
It's pretty sad, but I've read recently that they may be trying to redevelop it, so maybe it will get better... Fingers crossed.
I worked at the filienes stores there for a few years in the early 2000’s. Back then that mall was really cool, it’s sad to see it now.
There was a store called 42nd Street where i got all my beanie babies in the 90s, it's where bath & body works is now i think. This mall breaks my heart, owners don't care. I also worked at gamestop for several years, and we merged with the EB Games that had closed so we had too much staff. We had midnight launches for resident evil 5 and left 4 dead that would wrap all around the mall.
Days were good.
Yeah, I started going there in the mid to late 90's and it was definitely busy back then. Thanks for watching!
It's the perfect place for winter festivals
Wow...when I lived in Enfield (1973-1980) there were no Ruby Tuesday or Panera Bread there. Steiger's and G. Fox were based in Connecticut anyway, so it makes sense that they were anchor stores. This mall and the Suburban Mall on Hazard Avenue were the two malls in town, but there was a shopping center on Elm Street across from the front entrance to Enfield Square; it had a McDonald's, Pumpernickel Pub and another restaurant that was at various times an Arthur Teacher's and a Kenny Rogers' Roasters. At the time we came to Enfield from Brockton MA, there was another plaza on the same side of Elm as Enfield Square but it had a Shop Rite, a Zayre's store, a Pizza Hut and a Bonanza Steakhouse, and right behind that was a stretch of woods, then Kosciuszko Jr. High School where I attended 8th & 9th grade.
Great video! This mall is very unique looking. I hope to make it there soon
Glad you liked it! Thanks!
why?
@@gg2675 Why not?
I love walking in this mall.
I live in the area and it's amazing how fast this mall died, especially after 2016.
I remember when the Sears closed..they were selling everything. Half empty boxes of crayons for 50 cents, binders full of employee names and payments etc. crazy how fast it all went downhill.
Yeah, by the time Sears closed, there was really no hope for the mall.
I miss the Panera bread there
The layout and design kind of reminds of the old Lincoln Mall in RI. Which no longer exists as a traditional mall anymore and is more like a shopping center.
This was my spot back in the day. I worked at the CVS and target. Loved the movie theater
Yeah, I used to go to this mall a lot back in the late 90's/early 2000's. The only reason to go today is to witness it's decay. Thanks for watching!
So sad that it's come to this
I love these types of videos! I live in RI and we had a few dead malls! Great video!
I'm glad you liked the video! It was one of my favorite to film. It's also the deadest mall I've ever seen in person. I plan to post updates on this mall every once in a while as it's just a 20 minute drive away from me. Thanks for watching!
This is one of the best series on UA-cam!
@@Andrew-vq4yh Thanks!
I went a month ago and went to Stateline gaming. It was pretty dumpy but nice. I wish the mall was still popular because the new Kebap place is good I've heard
That's what I've heard about the kebab place. Maybe I'll check it out the next time I'm there!
@@fleabittenadventures I cited your videos in my senior essay about failing malls and it did nicely, thank you Tom
There use to be a big arcade by the old ruby Tuesdays until about the early 90s then it closed down
I didn't start going there until the mid 1990s so I think I missed it
@raymondjones5909 It was Tilt. That place was awesome. If you could help my memory, do you remember what was across from Ruby Tuesday in the 90’s before it turned into Panera. I also have fond memories of the Friendly’s and Nino’s pizza which used to be in the same wing where the Target is now.
This mall back in its hay day was awesome. Loved coming here as child in the 80s. There was a huge Child World store . Orange Julius was there I remember many of the stores that were there.
I only went there once in the 1980's, but I definitely remember it being much busier than it is now. I just went out again today to film an update. Even more stores have closed....
Where was child world? I only remember it being over in the home Depot plaza. Back when zayres and then Ames used to be there. It then became Media play, then a circuit city I think, and now it's a PC Richards.
They should turn that mall into apartments and a music venue or comedy club atmosphere.
They need to do something with it soon or it's going to get torn down. Thanks for watching!
WOW! This malls actually got an exterior haunted vibe. I can’t believe it’s actually still open to the public. I mean it’s all still very well preserved like the ruby Tuesday’s wood paneling is still it nice shape. Honestly why would they need to be paying security for this place. I don’t think that’s normal to have a church inside a mall, I’ve never seen that. I’m gonna have to look up how bath & body manages to survive these apocalyptic times. Claire’s is another one that I’ve seen in Alota dead malls, like the liberty tree mall in Danvers. That’s gotta suck tho having to work there while everything else is just gone, I was a manager at a Claire’s in my early 20s, & it sucked when the mall wasn’t dead.
3:46 Prudential Mall in Boston actually has a church in it
Interesting. I hope to check out the Prudential Mall sometime in 2023, as well as the other malls near Boston. Thanks for watching!
Spent a lot of time here when I was young. Had my first date at the movie theater
Yeah, it's just a shadow of its former self. Lots of good memories though. Thanks for watching!
True story: In 1985 I met Weird Al Yankovic at the Record Town at this mall. He had played a gig at Riverside Park in Agawam the night before and was at the mall to buy a record or two. Nice guy, but we didn't get to talk for long because other shoppers began to recognize him, so that was pretty much that. I didn't even get a chance to get his autograph because he got kinda mobbed.
Nice video. When Macy's closed in 2016, I was able to get to the second floor which was unused for retail space, but at one time was the second floor of GFox/Filenes. There was an escalator still in place, all covered in drywall and plywood. There was also a lunch counter upstairs. Much of the original signs for the various departments were still in place upstairs. I have pictures. Wish you could post picture comments here.
Awesome!
Went to watch hunger games a few days ago. The cinemark closes Dec 6, 2023
Geez. Remember malls in the 80s!? The floors would wear out.
Wow how depressing that our enfield mall looks like this.. "im from Enfield CT"
Yeah, it's kind of sad, but also fascinating in a way.
I had my first kiss at this mall in what was JC Penny as they were switching it over.
I literally was here yesterday cause Google still had most the stores as open I've never seen a dead mall cause I usually go to Buckland I was so shocked when walking through it
Yeah, there's pretty much nothing open. Thanks for watching.
No churches in any other parts of CT.... very interesting
There are plenty of churches in CT, but not ones inside of shopping malls, at least as far as I have seen. I could be wrong.
@@fleabittenadventures No your not .
Stopped here on my way to Vermont! Kinda freaky.
I'm guessing it wasn't too busy?
@@fleabittenadventures not at all! At the time i actually worked at target so we mainly just stopped there to talk with the store employees. The mall was dead, it was a weird contrast
Bye bye Miss American pie drove my Chevy to the Levy but the Levy was dry. 🎶🎶 😥
The one thing you didn't look at was the sign saying don't do this.
Glad you liked it.
Steiger’s went entirely out of Business in 1994.
Target’s entrance is in the mall
Yes, the entrance is attached to the mall, but I would guess that 95% of the people enter from the parking lot. They could seal up the entrance through the mall and I don't think anyone would notice.
Target loves to leach onto a dying mall, placing it squarely in the grim reaper category. What usually happens is the mall that Target leaches onto gets demolished and the Target is left standing with I would imaging a sweetheart deal from the community and/or re-developers for having located there.
I could definitely see the mall getting torn down and the Target remaining. The Target seems to be doing very well and there is really no where else in this area that the Target could fit. Thanks for watching!
You see Churches and Massage Parlors in dead malls
Now bath and body works is moving out. 😢
Really? I'll have to stop by and see.
I think the malls that have churches are just using them for a tax brake...it's not common to see them in a mall but it's not rare either.
this mall has been dead and boring since 2000, the most exciting place in this mall is the movie theater, that's it, the movie theater and Target are the only things keeping this mall going after all these years, other than that, this mall is dead, boring and has nothing, the final straw was Best Buy leaving Enfield, now Enfield really has nothing to offer
Very true.
@@fleabittenadventures this was a nice mall in the 80's, there were water falls and fountains in the middle of the mall where you could throw coins in, arcades, restaurants, all that was gone by the early 90's, this mall started to decline and close alot of stores by the mid to late 90's, and by 2000 there was hardly anything left in this mall, they kept the movie theater which came to the mall in 1998 or 1999, and Target that came around in 1999 or 2000, by the late 90's and early 2000's, there wasn't that left in the Enfield Square, now there is really nothing left in the mall at all, it's like a Mortuary now, if the movie theater closes, then this mall is really done for, Enfield is practically a ghost town now as it is
I never knew it had water falls and fountains. I know Westfarms Mall did though. I loved those fountains as a kid.
@@fleabittenadventures in the 80's and up until around 1990 there were fountains in the mall, the mall started declining by the mid 90's and continued to do so ever since, the movie theater was the only good thing that was added to the mall in the late 90's, everything else declined
Ruby's sucks any day of the week.
Ruby Tuesdays? It's pretty much the same as Chile's and 100 other restaurants, but I like it.
@@soulchorea salad bar for sure
They used to water down their drinks
Friggin' Amazon lol
Pretty much. I just took some updated footage recently and it's still hanging on, somehow. The outside looks even worse though. Thanks for watching!
Partially to blame. Lots of other internet sites to choose from. Covid & crime hasn’t helped either. People would rather shop outside today, that’s a fact.
its only gotten worse