Next time you're in the Triangle area, you should hit up North Hills. North Hills Mall in Raleigh was a dead mall back in the early 2000s (Crabtree Mall crushed it) and most of it was demolished and the area was turned into a posh retail area. It would be interesting to show what can be created out of the ruins of a formerly dead mall.
My girl and I took a long weekend trip to Raleigh-Durham to hit up some more malls from your channel. This was one of the two dead ones we chose. Yes, it's still closed but worth a visit to snag a few pics of what once was a decent mall. I'll comment on the others we visited as well. Thanks again for doing your Doomie thing!
The tarps and construction have been there for years. They demolished part of the indoor wing to the Belk/movie theater to create an outdoor lifestyle area in the mid 2000s and construction was left incomplete as they never signed new tenants.
My granny took me and my brother there every day almost in the late 90s..KB toys….fye…. Wet got all the Nintendo 64 games there…got the game cube….I became a mail carrier in 2016 and got a route there in 2016…. The nostalgia was heavenly. Memories, baby
I worked at Measurement Inc back in 2017, which took over a huge part of the mall a year or so prior. We scored English essays. Not a bad gig. I remember taking my lunch break to walk to the food court, eat the terrible pizza, then hurrying down to a sort of FYE knockoff store to buy Yugioh cards. Never got anything good from those booster packs lol. I remember finding the weird basement area, that was only accessible from an unmarked door across from the Robotics store. There was a whole basement level with no one in it. Got lost in there with a buddy during a lunch break and got in trouble for coming back to work late lol Good times. Not a great mall by any means, but even a small, boring, rundown mall can have some good memories attached to it. It's sad to see so many of these malls go.
So sad... Interestingly, my local mall (Del Amo Mall, Torrance, CA) had three different pretzel places (it was a long mall!), and the first smell that hit you when you walked in was, of course, pretzels! Later on, an independent little candy store moved in, and they featured hand-dipped, buttery-caramel apples, as well as fresh-made caramel popcorn (dang! where's my "drooling" emoji when I need it!), and it wasn't long before THAT was the dominant smell at good old Del Amo, which is STILL somehow 100% full and going strong on this 2nd of August 2019 -- oh, and STILL smelling of buttery caramel, BTW! Thanks for another wonderful video, Doomster!!
@@orzo4301 They had some rough times for a while there, most notably the closure of the Monty Ward's anchor -- the space for which is now a new, open air food court, with a large, multi-screen theater anchor there to hold everything in place -- and the "bridge" over Torrance Blvd (that linked the former Del Amo Center to the Del Amo Mall), which was at one time full of shops has recently had trouble keeping them filled of late. Beyond that, it's still a pretty robust place, with lots of memories for me from the 1970's & 80's. I worked at Wherehouse Records there for a few years; the mall was busy and we had a lot of fun, as the customers were almost all younger and very friendly. Sadly, WHerehouse got eaten by FYI, and we all know what's been happening to THEM! (Sorry for the novel, All...)
Are you going to check out New Bern Mall in New Bern, NC? From 1979-2007, it was known as Twin Rivers Mall and at one point in the late 1990's and the early 2000's - they had two Chick-Fil-A's - One inside the Mall and the other one right outside the mall - adjacent to Belk's. The one outside the mall is still in business. It had a K-Mart in the back of the mall until the late 1990's and the remaining tenants IIRC are Belk's, JCPenney, Annabelle''s and Big Apple Pizza. It looks nice with a additional carpet.
You kind of glossed over the carousel. What's become of the carousel? Apparently it's in storage awaiting the mall's new owners' future plans (although apparently Island Carousel of Florida is working with Bull City Inflatables to keep it in Durham).
Thing is with time life progressed the downfall of these big malls were online shopping and outlet malls where you go direct to a store you want instead of walking around forever. But now even some outlets are going down hill.
I saw my first movie here when I was a kid...snow white. went to dalton's books for my cliff notes in high school. miss the old Santa. still have my memories. thanks for the sentimental journey bro
This was the mall that sparked my interest for malls.I visited about 10 times. Here I am now,I’ve seen so probably 100 malls myself now.Thank you,Northgate.
I remember I used to work at the sears there several years back. You wouldn’t think that they would be closing down at the time cause the business there was booming especially during the holiday seasons but now they’re defunct. Had many good memories there cause it was my first job and I was a freshman in college. The times where I would take my break and hangout with some of my coworkers at the food court. It ain’t no south point but I’ll miss that mall
Great vid but as a Virginia native, when you pronounce “Thalhimer’s”, dont emphasize the “h”. It’s pronounced like “Tall-hi-mers”. 😎 And I dont know if you saw it or not but this mall has a cool fountain feature/splash pad gimmick on the outdoors portion by the Fitness Center and movie theaters! 😎
This breaks my heart to see. I lived in Durham in the early 2000s as a young kid. I remember going into this mall every weekend buying Pokemon cards and playing in the Yugioh tournaments they had here -- in the card/game store beside the Sears. If anyone remembers the name of this store, could you please share it with me. I would have loved to travel back here to visit once more and walk through the mall but this is as close as I'll get to do so.
The mall is closed due to COVID19. I hope the space can be used for something... or will they tear it down? My kids and grandkids loved that merry go round
Doomie Grunt - Dead Malls & Derelict Digs yeah that’s always been a little bit of a downer. I treat Wetzels like a delicacy sense they only seem to have one location (that I’ve come across) in my state. It’s in downtown Salt Lake at a shopping center called City Creek. I’m hardly ever down there so when I am I always stop by.
i been to this mall when i was a kid its sad to see the mall mostly abandoned me and my dad used to go to this rc car place in Northgate and they changed locations 2 or 3 times before Northgate closed anyone else went to the rc place?
Why do ppl have to show their ass with their thuggish ways in a shopping mall?? They should be going off and rubbing two sticks together and discovering fire..or reinventing the wheel!!!
UPDATE: Northgate Mall has just announced that it will not be reopening after the pandemic.
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Next time you're in the Triangle area, you should hit up North Hills. North Hills Mall in Raleigh was a dead mall back in the early 2000s (Crabtree Mall crushed it) and most of it was demolished and the area was turned into a posh retail area. It would be interesting to show what can be created out of the ruins of a formerly dead mall.
My girl and I took a long weekend trip to Raleigh-Durham to hit up some more malls from your channel. This was one of the two dead ones we chose. Yes, it's still closed but worth a visit to snag a few pics of what once was a decent mall. I'll comment on the others we visited as well. Thanks again for doing your Doomie thing!
The tarps and construction have been there for years. They demolished part of the indoor wing to the Belk/movie theater to create an outdoor lifestyle area in the mid 2000s and construction was left incomplete as they never signed new tenants.
Looks like it does have a new life...as an airsoft game venue.
R.I.P. Northgate
:( part of my childhood gone
My granny took me and my brother there every day almost in the late 90s..KB toys….fye…. Wet got all the Nintendo 64 games there…got the game cube….I became a mail carrier in 2016 and got a route there in 2016…. The nostalgia was heavenly. Memories, baby
I live in Durham and the mall was amazing when I was 6 or 7 but now I’m 13 and the mall has now been which is devastating to me
My mall for long time visiting my family! I miss it. But it looks so rough
My mom used to come to this mall when she was a kid
I worked at Measurement Inc back in 2017, which took over a huge part of the mall a year or so prior. We scored English essays. Not a bad gig. I remember taking my lunch break to walk to the food court, eat the terrible pizza, then hurrying down to a sort of FYE knockoff store to buy Yugioh cards. Never got anything good from those booster packs lol. I remember finding the weird basement area, that was only accessible from an unmarked door across from the Robotics store. There was a whole basement level with no one in it. Got lost in there with a buddy during a lunch break and got in trouble for coming back to work late lol Good times. Not a great mall by any means, but even a small, boring, rundown mall can have some good memories attached to it. It's sad to see so many of these malls go.
Ruby Tuesday closed permanently
Good video. I really liked the ceilings in this mall. Great mall footage . Thanks for filming.
I went by there a week ago, a few stores are still open but only using outside entrances
So sad... Interestingly, my local mall (Del Amo Mall, Torrance, CA) had three different pretzel places (it was a long mall!), and the first smell that hit you when you walked in was, of course, pretzels! Later on, an independent little candy store moved in, and they featured hand-dipped, buttery-caramel apples, as well as fresh-made caramel popcorn (dang! where's my "drooling" emoji when I need it!), and it wasn't long before THAT was the dominant smell at good old Del Amo, which is STILL somehow 100% full and going strong on this 2nd of August 2019 -- oh, and STILL smelling of buttery caramel, BTW!
Thanks for another wonderful video, Doomster!!
@@orzo4301 They had some rough times for a while there, most notably the closure of the Monty Ward's anchor -- the space for which is now a new, open air food court, with a large, multi-screen theater anchor there to hold everything in place -- and the "bridge" over Torrance Blvd (that linked the former Del Amo Center to the Del Amo Mall), which was at one time full of shops has recently had trouble keeping them filled of late. Beyond that, it's still a pretty robust place, with lots of memories for me from the 1970's & 80's. I worked at Wherehouse Records there for a few years; the mall was busy and we had a lot of fun, as the customers were almost all younger and very friendly. Sadly, WHerehouse got eaten by FYI, and we all know what's been happening to THEM! (Sorry for the novel, All...)
Are you going to check out New Bern Mall in New Bern, NC? From 1979-2007, it was known as Twin Rivers Mall and at one point in the late 1990's and the early 2000's - they had two Chick-Fil-A's - One inside the Mall and the other one right outside the mall - adjacent to Belk's. The one outside the mall is still in business. It had a K-Mart in the back of the mall until the late 1990's and the remaining tenants IIRC are Belk's, JCPenney, Annabelle''s and Big Apple Pizza. It looks nice with a additional carpet.
You kind of glossed over the carousel. What's become of the carousel? Apparently it's in storage awaiting the mall's new owners' future plans (although apparently Island Carousel of Florida is working with Bull City Inflatables to keep it in Durham).
I still have a valid gift card to that planet smoothie . Dammit I forgot to use it .
I grew up always going to this mall..I really wish we could have saved the mall..it was a Durham Land mark
Used to be good until 2015. I still go there, but not that much 😢
Another great video. That mall looks like it struggling just by all the empty storefronts you passed.
Thing is with time life progressed the downfall of these big malls were online shopping and outlet malls where you go direct to a store you want instead of walking around forever. But now even some outlets are going down hill.
I saw my first movie here when I was a kid...snow white. went to dalton's books for my cliff notes in high school. miss the old Santa. still have my memories. thanks for the sentimental journey bro
It's very sad that the mall is dead
Thank you for covering this mall!!
Everyone let's help our boy doomie get some sears relics...
My main goal is a wooden sears crate.
This was the mall that sparked my interest for malls.I visited about 10 times. Here I am now,I’ve seen so probably 100 malls myself now.Thank you,Northgate.
Thanks for the memories.
Could you revisit Cary Towne Center before the holiday season ends because it’s scheduled to be demolished in early 2021.
I might. I have already done an initial visit and a revisit, so if I come back, I'll likely do a raw walk.
Buckets are never a good sign Doomie. Crime is getting bad in Charlotte too.
I remember when I had a field trip here when i was young i miss this mall😢
They should of kept south square
South square failed long before Northgate .
I remember I used to work at the sears there several years back. You wouldn’t think that they would be closing down at the time cause the business there was booming especially during the holiday seasons but now they’re defunct. Had many good memories there cause it was my first job and I was a freshman in college. The times where I would take my break and hangout with some of my coworkers at the food court. It ain’t no south point but I’ll miss that mall
I know this mall well. It's considered to be on the "rough" side of town. You do NOT go there after dark.
Oh, please. This is not the "rough" side of town.
I love that mall it’s my local
Great vid but as a Virginia native, when you pronounce “Thalhimer’s”, dont emphasize the “h”. It’s pronounced like “Tall-hi-mers”. 😎
And I dont know if you saw it or not but this mall has a cool fountain feature/splash pad gimmick on the outdoors portion by the Fitness Center and movie theaters! 😎
I used to have so much memories in this mall it’s sad to it go
Northgate Mall is permanently closed as of 2020 and by 2023 has been demolished. The stadium cinemas closed in August of 2023.
Where are you mulch and stuff
This breaks my heart to see. I lived in Durham in the early 2000s as a young kid. I remember going into this mall every weekend buying Pokemon cards and playing in the Yugioh tournaments they had here -- in the card/game store beside the Sears. If anyone remembers the name of this store, could you please share it with me. I would have loved to travel back here to visit once more and walk through the mall but this is as close as I'll get to do so.
The mall is closed due to COVID19. I hope the space can be used for something... or will they tear it down? My kids and grandkids loved that merry go round
The best pretzel I’ve ever eaten was from Wetzels
I've had Wetzel's only once. Damn good pretzel, too bad they didn't have nacho cheese on hand.
Doomie Grunt - Dead Malls & Derelict Digs yeah that’s always been a little bit of a downer. I treat Wetzels like a delicacy sense they only seem to have one location (that I’ve come across) in my state. It’s in downtown Salt Lake at a shopping center called City Creek. I’m hardly ever down there so when I am I always stop by.
I never seen one on the east coast
you should see this place now, completely dead
I love Malls and I want to move to North Carolina.
Don’t move here . We already have too many people . Stay tf where you are .
I don't think the TF is appropriate. I don't think its any of your business where I go.
@@carrieannemichelle3195 idgaf what you think . We don’t want your ass down here .
Stop talking trash. I don't want to live near a mean person like you. I posted that a year ago.
@@carrieannemichelle3195 Durham is already crowded enough . We don’t have room for you . Stay away
i been to this mall when i was a kid its sad to see the mall mostly abandoned me and my dad used to go to this rc car place in Northgate and they changed locations 2 or 3 times before Northgate closed anyone else went to the rc place?
managed b daldoon there 1980+82 it was a nice place
Half of the mall has been taken over by Duke Medicine
Koki: Raleigh, North Carolina 8/2/15
If you want to get shot or mugged by the finest citizenry Durham has to offer, go hang out at Northgate.
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Why do ppl have to show their ass with their thuggish ways in a shopping mall?? They should be going off and rubbing two sticks together and discovering fire..or reinventing the wheel!!!
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