Staten Island Mall memories: 1970s to today

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  • Опубліковано 5 сер 2024
  • From Honeycomb to the WB Store: Take a nostalgic tour of GGP's Staten Island Mall with Joe Soldano.
    STORY: www.silive.com/entertainment/i...

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  • @519forestmonk9
    @519forestmonk9 4 роки тому +9

    Walking upstairs on the third floor of Macy’s during Christmas time was absolute magic

  • @coondogtheman
    @coondogtheman 6 років тому +18

    The music video for the song: "You Get What You Give" By the New Radicals, was filmed in this mall.

    • @519forestmonk9
      @519forestmonk9 4 роки тому +1

      The co-rider of that song was a little girl in the Archie Bunker television show

    • @frankesposito2182
      @frankesposito2182 3 роки тому +5

      I know.....I Directed it.

    • @jakeytedesco3003
      @jakeytedesco3003 Рік тому +1

      @@519forestmonk9 Danielle Brosebois

  • @nytom4info
    @nytom4info 6 років тому +21

    I remember when the mall wasn’t there !!!

  • @Splittingheirs
    @Splittingheirs Рік тому +3

    Interesting fact about the Staten Island Mall that the narrator failed to mention: the music video for the New Radicals's 1998 hit song "You get what you Give" was filmed inside the Staten Island Mall. Anyone alive in the late 90's who had access to a radio or MTV knew that song. It was huge and played everywhere. The video was quite entertaining as well.
    I'm actually surprised the narrator didn't even say one word about it as that was most likely the Mall's closest brush with celebrity and probably the only large scale production ever filmed at the Mall. Plus, having the music video for one of the biggest songs of a decade (the 1990's) filmed inside the Mall is a big event that should be mentioned if you're discussing the Staten Island Mall's history. It's forever a part of pop culture because of that music video and the narrator doesn't even say one word about it. Apparently, he did not research quite well enough. Either he didn't know or didn't want to mention it. Whatever his reason, it was a major detail to leave out. Mr. Narrator, shame on you, sir.

    • @Sir-Ray
      @Sir-Ray 8 місяців тому

      Late to the discussion here - but yes! I am one of the people in the background running. I miss the SI Mall of the '90s.

    • @MaidenBenny
      @MaidenBenny 2 дні тому

      The narrator prefered to talk about French fries. Pathetic

  • @unclejohnny4316
    @unclejohnny4316 4 роки тому +7

    80s kids will never forget
    Farrell's Ice Cream
    Time Out Arcade

    • @ChopSkullNYC
      @ChopSkullNYC 3 роки тому

      Yes!

    • @dawnramos5846
      @dawnramos5846 10 місяців тому

      There was a restaurant that had a gong in it I remember and they hit it every time it was someone’s bday can’t remember the name

  • @HenryWong888
    @HenryWong888 2 роки тому +2

    I went to Staten Island mall yesterday, after not having been there for more than 30 years. I was completely surprised that the fountains were gone. I even had a pocket full of quarters for it -- kinda disappointed. On the good side, everything seems brighter.

  • @airconditionerfanatic0880
    @airconditionerfanatic0880 Рік тому +3

    I remember once around 2014-2016, I was a kid and witnessed a shoplifting on the second floor of Macy’s. I vividly remember a security guard chasing after them and brought them back inside the store where they were handled by security. I have heard of stories that somebody was shoplifting on the second floor of Macy’s and jumped into the fountain, and I always wondered if I witnessed that same event. I think the fountains were already gone by that time so it was most likely a different event.

  • @kazior6521
    @kazior6521 6 років тому +14

    I remember SI Mall use to do it big for Christmas, with the talking tree, Santa’s huge castle, the train, etc. Sad to hear Santa has been reduced to a corner. I remember going to Friendly’s and Roy Rogers too. One thing I haven’t seen in FL malls (surprisingly)...birds. I remember always seeing birds in the malls up there.

  • @morcuilo
    @morcuilo 6 років тому +14

    The Honeycomb was a sub level area where there were shops. Time Out was an awesome arcade, lower level Sears wing.

    • @j.denino5732
      @j.denino5732 5 років тому

      I remember the Honeycomb, in circa 1975 !!!!! I was a teenager.

  • @colleenchristensen134
    @colleenchristensen134 5 років тому +10

    I miss the fountains in malls. They were relaxing when eating an ice cream cone...But Dude, be more prepared when making a video.

  • @DeanJosephTV
    @DeanJosephTV 7 років тому +27

    How dare you forget Johnny rockets

    • @wyckoffspeech
      @wyckoffspeech 4 роки тому

      The Honeycomb was a group of stores in the center of the mall. In the 70’s and early 80’s, Before the fountain, there was a raised section. It was kind of like a a giant stage. It’s where Santa was and events were held like craft craft shows and such. The stores were underneath.

    • @wyckoffspeech
      @wyckoffspeech 4 роки тому

      Also, in the 70’s there was no food court. All the food places were spread about the entire mall.

    • @tommypugs
      @tommypugs 4 роки тому

      Johnny Rockets wasn't there in the 70's

  • @stephenhetzel8437
    @stephenhetzel8437 3 роки тому +2

    Thanks for some nice memories. I grew up in SI and live in LA now. I loved hearing your SI accent.... you're very well spoken.
    Thanks again.

  • @tonyrocc
    @tonyrocc 4 роки тому +2

    Worked at Macys 1973 - 1976 , Remember Bun and Burger, The Ground Round, Musicland, Peking Garden, Baker shoes , Just n Time. They only store left from that era is Spencer Gifts which still has the Farah Fawcett poster somewhere.c

  • @GunCollector007
    @GunCollector007 8 років тому +7

    My first job was at the Macy's restaurant and I met my wife at a store called The Sox Box next to Radio Shack in 1983.

  • @AnDtHeMaN1220
    @AnDtHeMaN1220 6 років тому +12

    The McDonalds where Red Robin now is. And how you forget Johnny Rockets lol.

    • @JFrusci
      @JFrusci 3 роки тому

      The McDonalds used to be on the second floor in the middle of the mall before the JCPenny wing was built.

  • @NeonPegasus1979
    @NeonPegasus1979 7 років тому +5

    I definitely remember that elevator, remember me and my family taking it down to meet Santa on the ground floor. I also remember going to Roy Roger's, although I was a little kid back then and think only went once. Does anyone remember Ground Round and their big projection screen where they would show classic cartoons like Popeye, Looney Tunes, and Better Boop? (I know for sure they showed Popeye at the very least) I remember my mom taking me there whenever she was done shopping at the mall, and we'd eat lunch, she would share 1-2 potato skins and some wings as well :)

    • @jamesj8029
      @jamesj8029 3 роки тому +1

      When I saw the video, my mind went back to the little train they used to setup during christmas. I remember riding that and sitting on santas lap when I was a kid.

  • @SupaEMT134
    @SupaEMT134 6 років тому +2

    Omgosh, *memories!* Now thinking back, it's been at least 17 years since I've seen the inside of my beloved mall

  • @wyckoffspeech
    @wyckoffspeech 4 роки тому +2

    In addition, there was a daycare place around the area the food court is. For a fee parents can drop off kids while they shopped. Kids a little older would be left to play in a small play area with a wooden play structure, first floor, by the Macy’s wing. Parents would shop in the stores closest to the play area. There was a tower records in that area there too.

  • @cinabolic
    @cinabolic 6 років тому +5

    You Get What You Give - New Radicals

  • @jonathancruz562
    @jonathancruz562 3 роки тому +4

    I like the old food court it was soooo good

    • @ChopSkullNYC
      @ChopSkullNYC 3 роки тому +2

      SO much better. The new food court, although cleaner looking, has no character. The mall is so sterile now.

  • @ellanadal8699
    @ellanadal8699 4 роки тому +2

    Omg he really had me in so many flashbacks. I miss the old island. It's still beautiful but its changing. We need an update mall report. Now it looks so different.

  • @thomasriccardi8561
    @thomasriccardi8561 6 років тому +3

    I am a long veteran of Staten Island and was on the island around 4 to 5 years after the mall was built and here's what I remember. 1) There was a newsstand (not a Waldenbooks an actual newsstand) where you could get newspapers, magazines and of course comics. This is where I would go to get my local Marvel fix. 2) Next to the KB Toys was a Chinese Restaurant and it was pretty awesome!3) There was also a Jim Hanley's Universe store in the mall for those that don't know Jim Hanley's Universe sold just comics and collectibles at first there were in the same location as the old newsstand but then moved to another location.4) There was also a Chinese food place in the food court that made mushroom chicken and it was AWESOME! They would deep fry the chicken like they would for lemon chicken but then put a brown gravy with small button mushrooms over it. It was HEAVEN on a plate. 5) Ground Round: A restaurant that served great food and played cartoons!

    • @stephenmattice755
      @stephenmattice755 6 років тому

      I remember that. And there was an ice cream parlour / restaurant... can't remember the name...

    • @johnnyblanco3223
      @johnnyblanco3223 6 років тому

      Friendly's!

    • @j.denino5732
      @j.denino5732 5 років тому +1

      @@stephenmattice755 You are thinking of "Farrell's" I bet, they had great hot fudge sundaes and a candy section in the front of it. My husband and I went on our first dates there in 1976.

    • @stephenmattice755
      @stephenmattice755 5 років тому +1

      j.denino57 yes!! That was it. My parents took my brother and me there when we were kids in the mid 70s. My dad was a long time Staten Island school teacher at IS24.

    • @Sir-Ray
      @Sir-Ray 8 місяців тому

      @@stephenmattice755 I know this comment is 5 yo, but Dad's name? I also taught at IS 24.

  • @glenwalters8333
    @glenwalters8333 7 місяців тому

    I am a Brooklyn native and really started to go the the mall in the late 90's when I needed a suit and shoes for a friend's wedding. I picked up one with shirt and tie at Archie Jacobsen which is still there and shoes at this florsheim shore store that was across from Warner Brothers where the diamond store is, I think. When we had our first son, we brought him to Kids Cuts up on the second floor in the Macy's wing across from the Asian Pacific restaurant with the fountain with the large round stone that rolled with the water, which was still there when I visited there in the summer time. All 3 of my boys used to get there hair cuts there by a sweet lady named Jeannie until they closed several years ago. On the first floor I remember the Walden books and borders books . Was borders in the Sears wing and Walden books in the jc penny wing? I remember this big learning store in the jc penny wing on the first floor on the same side as fredericks of Hollywood and across from where game stop is now. They had a huge selection of thomas the tank engine wooden trains that we used to buy for the oldest.I remember Santa and the huge tree. My boys always rode the train in around the tree. Johnny Rockets was on the first floor with the singing waiters and waitresses. My kids threw coin in the fountain by sears. On the second floor Kay bee toys was always the most important place to go to with the boys. I still ha e stuff from the Warner brothers store. The Disney store by the food court. I remember Wendy's where burger king is, loved cinnabon,Ragin cajun with the bourbon chicken,nathans,baskin Robbins, green leafs which is still around. We used to eat at friendly's sometimes across from the food court on the same side as Kay bees. I remember picking up stuff at the old navy in the Macy's wing on the second floor, directly across from there was a sports card and memorabilia called field of dreams. I also remember shopping at the kiosks on the first floor-ballons,candy,Pokemon and yu gi oh cards...

  • @thevealchop68
    @thevealchop68 8 років тому +5

    The honeycomb was in the mid to late 1980s. let me tell you about it. the center of the mall where they have the big open courtyard, used to be raised off the ground. the honeycomb was like a basement they dug underneath the center courtyard. the honeycomb was long narrow walkways with small low rent, low square footage shops. You might call it a section with small flea market booths. one was a coin dealer.

    • @j.denino5732
      @j.denino5732 5 років тому

      All I remember is the tourquise and silver jewelry and other hippie type items, puka bead necklaces???? And choker necklaces.

    • @dddlll2471
      @dddlll2471 5 років тому

      definitely not mid to late 80s ..... more like late 70s early 80s

    • @TheAntiqBoutiq
      @TheAntiqBoutiq 5 років тому

      Honeycomb was put there originally in 1970 by the first owners. Second owners (Rouse) removed it around 1980-1981 when they remodeled after taking over. The honeycomb stores had grates between them instead of walls - like a flea market.

    • @gcunn6087
      @gcunn6087 Рік тому

      There was a small magic shop in the Honeycomb circa 1974

  • @coletanner5193
    @coletanner5193 3 роки тому +4

    Why isnt anyone commenting on the "elephant in the room" with the #1 problem with this mall? Let me give you a hint: headaches and nausea.. for those of you that didn't grow up around this mall in the summers and pretty much any time of the year but especially in the summers it stinks so bad and the smell was so strong that people didn't even go.. it's right next to Fresh Kills dump and yes inside the mall it's stank in the summer especially it was pungent but it stank all year long outside the mall and in the summers it stank in the mall very badly.. let me tell you about Staten Island the people that would come and visit they could smell it but the people that were there they got used to it and would get desensitized to it. It was all over the south of the island stank you could smell it everywhere.. I realize it's changed I realized it decades ago and there's a lot of people I love there but there's a lot of illness and there was a lot of bad things going on there and the Catholic churches there should have had awesome youth programs I hope they change that, they wouldn't be losing I many to these Hillsong type churches I'd they would change and care about the kids and have fun getaways to get those kids away from that God forsaken sardine box mac and cheese for supper Staten Island🦵🤛🦵(kick) I think it was kind of torture to put 3 million people around the dump it was torture to do that.. if you were there in the '80s and the '90s then you know what I mean if you were a kid in the '80s and the '90s and you didn't smell it then you were just desensitized. It really gets me worked up to think of all us kids having to put up in the summertime with that stench you could drive anywhere up and down Hylan or Amboy and still smell that nasty stench and wander why your parents lived cramed in there little condo on that island on a hot summer afternoon.. it was like living in a tin can of sardines with all the people and the stench you know the people didn't stink as bad as the dump.. and getting on that boat and go over going over to Manhattan made me feel like an immigrant each and every trip made me feel like a poor immigrant going over to America so no Staten island brings back bad memories bad memories..There are things I miss, but turning what was once a beautiful lil Island into a dump with 3 million people to smell it..it should have been buried decades before the 1990s/2000s. If you still live there and you have good Italian meals invite your kids friend for supper who doesnt. Be kind to the kids and let them know the rest of America doesn't live like a rat race..he's right about trying to see Jeter, people treat kids like stray dogs here and shouldn't!

    • @ChopSkullNYC
      @ChopSkullNYC 3 роки тому +1

      The stench from the dump was part of the shopping experience. Especially during the summer!

    • @leilawade2279
      @leilawade2279 2 роки тому

      Yes that smell one never forgets and humid days brought out the worst......omg 😱😱😱

  • @Chrisdrumz
    @Chrisdrumz 6 років тому +4

    Time Out,The Ground Round. There was an AWESOME record store called RECORD TOWN I believe. Back in the day when rock was ROCK. Posters hanging from the ceiling. Awesome.

  • @anthonya8478
    @anthonya8478 6 років тому +3

    I remember there was The Music Factory record store downstairs near Sears. Bought lots of records there.

  • @enricodrubio6645
    @enricodrubio6645 4 роки тому +3

    growing up in the 70s my favorite thing at the mall was going to farrells icecream parlour. Does anyone remember farrells icecream parlour?

  • @MRcucchie
    @MRcucchie 6 років тому +1

    wow you brang back so many memory's for me

  • @deborahdesanto2313
    @deborahdesanto2313 3 роки тому +1

    Hi Joe thanks for making this video I love it. Ok Joe I have a good one for you FARRELL'S ICECREAM PARLOR everybody loved it till this day I miss it I LOVED IT. 😁

  • @stargazer7876
    @stargazer7876 2 роки тому

    Farrells was the best. I remember them banging the drum if it was your birthday. As a kid I loved the ice cream. Best reason to go to the mall as a kid.

  • @144Donn
    @144Donn 6 років тому +2

    Funny to see such a young guy do a "memory lane" video. I remember before there was a mall..Corvettes, Majors

    • @Metsfan7232
      @Metsfan7232 6 років тому

      The mall was always there in my lifetime, but do vaguely remember Majors.
      If I am correct was replaced by Beefsteak Charlie's or ShopRite (both in very close proximity regardless). Also remember the DMV and Rockbottom in the same strip.

    • @j.denino5732
      @j.denino5732 5 років тому +1

      It was spelled "Korvette's" with a 'K'. the first store on Richmond Avenue when we moved to Eltingville in 1966.

    • @519forestmonk9
      @519forestmonk9 3 роки тому

      I saw Jaws at the movie theater next to the Beefsteak Charlie’s across the road from the mall.

  • @kevbelz
    @kevbelz 7 років тому +1

    I worked at Music Factory in 87 and 88. we sold DJ Sal's mix tapes, and every 12 inch single that a DJ could want.

    • @stephenmattice755
      @stephenmattice755 6 років тому

      I used to buy records there when I was a kid. I think the news stand was right out in front of Music Factory.

  • @leidyramirez2509
    @leidyramirez2509 6 років тому +7

    What about the McDonald’s where Red Robin’s is now.

  • @patrickhuscha994
    @patrickhuscha994 8 років тому +5

    Cool vid, Macy's use to have a restaurant. Think it closed down in the late 70s.

  • @xxchrisxx8733
    @xxchrisxx8733 7 років тому +5

    I remember those fountains when I was a baby and remember wardens book store and remember how different the food court was

    • @mascara1777
      @mascara1777 6 років тому

      Chris Bellanza The name of the store was 'Waldenbooks'

  • @valm1222
    @valm1222 6 місяців тому

    Friendly's right on the corner near KB Toys. Before the JC Penny (which was originally on Forrest Ave), there was a small hallway with a petshop and insurance co on the bottom floor, on the top floor I don't remember one side but the other was Pizzaz, which was like Claires. I think there was a Ferrals? Restaurant, which turned into a Red Robbin?, it had a candy shop at the front register area. I remember when Applebee's went in. Spencers was the best, there was a Children's clothing store with a slide, I think it was the same store that sold the Communion clothing. Same Goody, later The Wall for music. Lerner and Dress Barn were my mothers favorites. I remember Sears during the holidays and for appliances and tools, the 3rd floor of Macys for Christmas, furniture, rugs, and concert tickets.

  • @juliansappia3824
    @juliansappia3824 5 років тому +2

    There used to be a bear that used to walk around near the Macy's court and he interacted with guests similar to the living character initiative from Disney and Oscar the Robot from South Florida Fair except it had a animatronic head similar to the articulated characters from Disney World

  • @maureenwilson6031
    @maureenwilson6031 11 місяців тому

    Peking garden Chinesse restaurant, Wiss and Lambert Bros jewelers, Hickory Farms........These were great places that were there in the beginning . Chic Filet, Farrells Icecream Parlor, Vincent's Jewelers, and many more good ones. I worked in a few of these places.

  • @taebeebee
    @taebeebee 5 років тому +2

    who remembers the old disney store?? i can never figure out where it used to be in the mall

    • @trailninja527
      @trailninja527 3 роки тому

      It's still there tho

    • @taebeebee
      @taebeebee 3 роки тому

      trail ninja not that one. the one before its current location

  • @thevealchop68
    @thevealchop68 8 років тому +3

    Correction: I meant to say the honeycomb was mid to late SEVENTIES

  • @Marleys_Ghost
    @Marleys_Ghost 6 років тому

    really neat, thanks.

  • @LinaGuar
    @LinaGuar 5 років тому

    Yes the Honey Comb , it was a bunch of small stores in the center of the mall under the first level, l remember when they were building that mall.

  • @cinabolic
    @cinabolic 7 років тому +3

    New Radicals - You Get What You Give

    • @tenright2520
      @tenright2520 5 років тому

      My friend just told me this the other day.. blew my mind!! Never put it together and always thinking it looked the same lol

  • @wyckoffspeech
    @wyckoffspeech 4 роки тому +1

    In the 70’s there was no food court, the food stores were spread across the mall.

    • @mwallontherun
      @mwallontherun 2 роки тому

      That’s right. Do you remember the name of the pizzeria that was located on the lower level, Sears wing?

  • @drewski1535
    @drewski1535 Рік тому

    I miss going to this mall and the Woodbridge in New Jersey

  • @jimanianortonified7015
    @jimanianortonified7015 6 років тому +1

    The south philly steak and fries was there since at least the mid 90's with the same sign. Friendly's used to be there and a place called bun n' burger. Spencer gifts has been in that same spot near Macy's for decades although it's been renovated a few times.

  • @thevealchop68
    @thevealchop68 8 років тому +1

    One vague memory of the honeycomb is metal grating. small shops were separated by metal mesh walls.

  • @ChopSkullNYC
    @ChopSkullNYC 3 роки тому

    Fun video.

  • @brainysmurf74
    @brainysmurf74 3 роки тому

    I remember the mall in the 70’s and early 80’s. Especially during the transformer years. Lots of toys throughout the mall. As well as thee old food court. Roy Rogers use to be the biggest draw. In addition I remember Kay bee toys and also outside of the mall Rock Bottom, TrUS and Kmart. I went to the mall once on the night that Jame Bond’s octopussy came out. The theatre was packed and sold out. I have vivid memories of that as well as Christmas season at the SI mall. When the 90’s came, the mall lost a lot of its magic.

  • @thetonekingofficial
    @thetonekingofficial 2 роки тому

    Sam goody was awesome. There was another record store across from Walden books. I forgot the name. Record hut maybe? And there used to be a Chinese restaurant upstairs separate from the food court. I miss the mall. Oh, there used to be a pay phone bank also and next to it was a photo develop store.

  • @j.denino5732
    @j.denino5732 5 років тому

    I met Derek Jeter at Waldenbooks in 2000, it was right before we moved off Staten Island, awesome memory. Wish I had a picture of him, I still have my signed autobiography by him. He was very nice!!!!!!!

  • @diggerpde
    @diggerpde 3 роки тому +1

    Before the Staten Island mall was there the land the Mall sits on was an airport! Check it out.

    • @diggerpde
      @diggerpde 3 роки тому +2

      I am 85 years old now. I remember a lot about what once was!

  • @vcroman
    @vcroman Рік тому

    Not a well known store but I can't forget Jeans West. In the 70s a gal I really liked worked there!

  • @eddieloius4592
    @eddieloius4592 2 роки тому

    I remember B.Dalton in the 90's. used to get the THEN hard to find EGM magazine!

  • @massachusetts3691
    @massachusetts3691 7 років тому

    idk exactly if this is why the fountain on the macys wing was taken down, but a while ago a woman who shoplifted was running from a police officer on the second floor and then she jumped off and landed in the fountain, my mom was there when it happend

  • @CaribouX7
    @CaribouX7 Рік тому

    remember bob mackie it was a store that sold bob mackie paintings and my mom got one from there i believe. high end art was inside

  • @bigblue9996
    @bigblue9996 8 років тому +1

    There was also FYE. Man I loved going into that store everytime I went into the mall.

    • @MariaDiaz-ne3ub
      @MariaDiaz-ne3ub 6 років тому

      bigblue eye doct across from macys in staten Island

    • @MariaDiaz-ne3ub
      @MariaDiaz-ne3ub 6 років тому

      Can you tell me if is still open

  • @thevealchop68
    @thevealchop68 8 років тому +1

    In the 1970s on the upper level was a Chinese restaurant. Very early 1970s they had a branch location of the old zum zum restaurant. Downstairs across from baker shoes was the bun n burger restaurant. women's wear included chess king, fashion bug, lerners, ....spencers was on the lower level. there was the old east river savings bank. outside bakers shoes was the candy kiosk. I never liked licorice, but I liked seeing the long strands of licorice in the kiosk. they sold a lot of nuts also. early 80s there was the ground round restaurant.

    • @stephenmattice755
      @stephenmattice755 6 років тому

      I remember bun n burger. I think it was right around the corner from the food court, where Blimpies and Roy Rogers was. Plus there was a Sbarros.

    • @jackoconnor8
      @jackoconnor8 6 років тому

      Peking Garden was the Chinese restaurant with a bar in the back that had it’s own exit to the parking lot.

  • @purplesword3800
    @purplesword3800 7 років тому +2

    sam goodys. sold CD's DVD's other stuff. did SI Mall have Spencer's gifts??

    • @geediesel316
      @geediesel316 7 років тому +1

      Purple Sword 3 ...still has spencers same spot for 30 years

  • @wjejwjje9493
    @wjejwjje9493 5 років тому

    Is the mall big?

  • @thevealchop68
    @thevealchop68 8 років тому +1

    In the 1970s outside the Macy's there was a wooden kids play area. nothing hard core, but different wood stuff the kids could walk and run on.

  • @519forestmonk9
    @519forestmonk9 4 роки тому +2

    Staten Island mall was the last place I remember seeing an Arthur Treacher’s.

    • @hindahorn3425
      @hindahorn3425 4 роки тому +1

      There is an Arthur Treacher's at the Staten Island Ferry Whitehall Terminal (Manhattan side, lower-level).

    • @519forestmonk9
      @519forestmonk9 4 роки тому

      Hinda Horn I grew up in Bayonne, but I am not local anymore. I hear there is one in Bridgewater New Jersey?

  • @louisspiga1146
    @louisspiga1146 5 років тому +1

    Is archie Jacobson still there? Im 42 i worked there oomf when i was my young twenties..

  • @SeanVille
    @SeanVille 7 років тому

    I'm from Michigan and WOW! Staten Island Mall changed different after watching You Get What You Give music video by New Radicals. :(

    • @defytyrantsofmississippi2198
      @defytyrantsofmississippi2198 6 років тому

      SeanVille I love that video by new radicals. The staten island mall hasn't changed much since that video was made in 1998.

    • @frankesposito2182
      @frankesposito2182 3 роки тому

      It was Altered for the Vid.

  • @ginacalabrese3869
    @ginacalabrese3869 6 років тому +1

    I remember the weird blue awning thing that was in front of the JC Penney entrances that all the seagulls from the dump would perch on and crap on people.

  • @moreshige
    @moreshige 7 років тому +1

    Before the nathan's I think I remember the Blimpie's at the food court. The bookstore, forget the name, used to be on the first floor.

  • @thevealchop68
    @thevealchop68 8 років тому +2

    Wasn't there a hickory farms store in the mall?

  • @42luke93
    @42luke93 4 місяці тому

    RIP Sears : (
    They tried reviving it with a new business restructure and it closed approximately 2 years later.

  • @staciann5395
    @staciann5395 8 місяців тому

    I miss the old food court 😊

  • @GinaAlexandra
    @GinaAlexandra 6 років тому +2

    I loved the Warner Brothers store

  • @jojoking2477
    @jojoking2477 8 років тому

    Can you talk about funstation USA back in the 90s when they had different stuff?

    • @ammotors8771
      @ammotors8771 8 років тому

      Yea! I wanna see what funstation was like when I was little!

  • @Mikethehighest
    @Mikethehighest 6 років тому

    Next video you do please download wavves plugins you can use a gate or you can use xnoise or anything to just remove white noise

  • @TheJaiNetwork
    @TheJaiNetwork 2 місяці тому

    I’ve never been to the mall, but I remember KB toy stores you always have those big punching balls right when you walked in the door. Does anyone else remember that?

  • @corinnehalvorsen4487
    @corinnehalvorsen4487 4 роки тому

    So-Fro Fabrics...upper level Macy's wing...first on one side, then moved to the other side. Also, Brooks Clothing....women's chain. Macy's upper wing near the center.

  • @CaribouX7
    @CaribouX7 Рік тому

    that food court miss it... now its the Food District. Joe you NEED to update some more stuff and do more videos now lol

  • @juliansappia3824
    @juliansappia3824 5 років тому

    I used to go here to visit to ride the elevator in Macy's and the Mall as well as Sears

  • @saracascio6205
    @saracascio6205 8 років тому +2

    remember McDonalds and the candy store downstairs in the sears wing?

    • @bigblue9996
      @bigblue9996 8 років тому +1

      Those were in the JCPenny wing. Both spots were taken over by Red Robins.

    • @stephenmattice755
      @stephenmattice755 6 років тому

      I remember McDonald's. There was also a Friendly's ice cream.

  • @thevealchop68
    @thevealchop68 8 років тому

    In the late 70s early 80s on the 2nd level in the center of the mall there was a newsstand: Magazines; newspapers; lottery; cigarettes. Do they still have a place like that anymore? also cohens optical was middle of the mall, second level.

    • @geediesel316
      @geediesel316 7 років тому

      thevealchop68 its still in the exact same spot

    •  6 років тому

      Gee Diesel no it's not. It's by the Sears wing lower level across from lids in the middle of the wing. RadioShack was on the opposite side, which is now picture people.

  • @scarsinizm
    @scarsinizm 6 років тому +1

    McDonald’s was first upstairs on the the Disney store of course that was something else too

  • @jakeytedesco3003
    @jakeytedesco3003 2 роки тому

    New Radicals did the You Get What U Give music vid there

  • @katharineacevedo9803
    @katharineacevedo9803 8 років тому +2

    omg you forgot borders
    I miss that bookstore so much :(

    • @ThatSB
      @ThatSB 5 років тому

      He said it and showed it when it was Walden's

  • @CaribouX7
    @CaribouX7 7 років тому +1

    blimpieee

  • @gsp7788
    @gsp7788 3 роки тому +1

    You forgot Blimpies!

  • @thevealchop68
    @thevealchop68 8 років тому

    I have a childhood mystery memory I would love to solve. Arthur kill road, between Richmond blvd and Armstrong avenue. BEFORE THEY BUILT the waldbaums and homes on the hill behind the waldbaums: around 1972. grassy wooded acres, and the remains of an old abandoned possibly burned Down house. Is there some prominent family and story behind that site? probably somewhere in the county archives the story could be found. Trace landowners names to the early staten island newspapers. I don't have the time and money to research this.

    • @j.denino5732
      @j.denino5732 5 років тому +1

      I remember an old house that burned down on Ridgewood Avenue many years ago, I think the "Warehouse" family lived in it. Vaguely remember this. This happened around 1970 - 1972 I think. I was only about 10 years old.

  • @thevealchop68
    @thevealchop68 8 років тому

    Early 80s, lower level, south entrance by the center courtyard: a hair salon, and next to that was the baskin Robbins ice cream.

  • @kevinlastella3551
    @kevinlastella3551 5 років тому

    Timeout arcade was the shit there used to be a great record store in mall also were they had all tshirts of rock bands rap groups etc with a high dj booth in front of store forgot name

  • @maclovr
    @maclovr 8 років тому +2

    My mom worked at fluff and stuff

  • @frankesposito2182
    @frankesposito2182 3 роки тому +1

    Bun N Burger was Great! So was Tapeworld...and Johnny Rockets!

  • @1969chevycorvette
    @1969chevycorvette 6 років тому

    Can't forget Just Shirts.

  • @jackoconnor8
    @jackoconnor8 6 років тому +1

    Bavarian Hut, top level, near the center of the Mall, across from the elevator...
    BEST SOFT HOT PRETZEL EVER!
    And washing it down with a cherry cola Slushee!
    PURE HEAVEN!

  • @geediesel316
    @geediesel316 7 років тому

    the honeycomb was in the middle b4 the fountain and it was a buncha stores on a lower level i always remember it had a joke prank store where my sister and me would buy fake poop n puke...... then in early 80s they renovated n put the fountain along with the glass elevator

  • @thevealchop68
    @thevealchop68 8 років тому +1

    Around 83 was when they introduced the food court. there was a time when a food court was a new revolutionary concept that was new to malls. The first food vendors they had: I remember one vendor sold stuffed baked potatos. I can't friggin believe Barnes and noble left. nobody reads anymore? nobody likes a good coffee table book? what the hell!!!!

    • @moreshige
      @moreshige 7 років тому

      Barnes and Noble's got its own place on Victory Blvd in the early 2000's? I could be wrong about when. I'm surprised Star Bucks (early or mid-90's) is still there near the Dickies sports store.

  • @tallmansfavorites7563
    @tallmansfavorites7563 5 років тому

    Wasn't Beefsteak Charleys also in the mall, as well as EJ Korvettes ... back in the mid 70's

    • @TheAntiqBoutiq
      @TheAntiqBoutiq 5 років тому

      Korvettes was on the other side closer to the bus depot - by where Shoprite eventually went the stop and shop. Beefsteak Charleys - I think was also in one of the outer strip malls surrounding the SI Mall property.

    • @davidmuskett9919
      @davidmuskett9919 5 років тому

      Beefsteak Charlie's was next to korvettes

  • @stacistabile6190
    @stacistabile6190 7 років тому +1

    I work at the mall

  • @ThatSB
    @ThatSB 5 років тому

    Could they have picked a more staten island sounding dude to do this? The rest of SI outside of Tottenville doesnt sound like this please dont judge us lol

  • @stevie8726
    @stevie8726 6 років тому

    My sister used to work the merry go round

  • @thevealchop68
    @thevealchop68 8 років тому

    I don't comprehend the sentence "they're a much bigger studio now.". Huh?? Warner brothers goes back like 90 years. They were pioneers of the movie business. Looney Tunes came in the 1940s, like 15 to 20 years after Warner brothers started making movies. The movie companies were reluctant to make cartoons, but it became a big side business.

  • @igorkonstantinov8065
    @igorkonstantinov8065 3 роки тому

    Handsome guy

  • @wishingstarman9340
    @wishingstarman9340 6 років тому

    yes wishes wells