Back in the 70's you would find me at the Radio Shack. I remember the original food court in the pit. A friend of mine was the young kid that played the organ outside Wurlitzer.
I remember when this was just a field. Watching them build the mall was amazing. It was a fun hang out when I was a teenager. My 1st job was at super sams burger place when the food court was on lower level of mall. Loved county seat store for Jean's.
It's sad to see so many empty stores. I used to shop at Maplewood Mall many years ago when all the spaces were full and lots of other people there shopping!!! Thanks for the video.
Many reasons, but mostly cus the Mall of America is just so much bigger and better. Also lots of thuggish activity around the mall now. Bums everywhere. Lastly the mall is haunted now since not too long ago some worker committed suicide in one of his store closets. His ghost haunts the mall.
@@Faith99-r4m I don’t think that the death of the Maplewood Mall was because of the Mall of America, but instead because of the Rosedale Center- which is just a few miles down highway 36 from the Maplewood Mall. Rosedale Center is simply a larger mall with better stores that have wider selections. Not to mention, it’s much nicer aesthetically.
Was just there about a month ago. I’m a 90’s kid so malls are very nostalgic for me. One one hand I think it’s great mom and pop,shops are renting out the space but we need more small businesses to participate.
I was there yesterday. It makes me sad. I have a feeling these malls are going to close down soon bc nobody goes to these malls anymore after the pandemic happened. No longer packed. Barely ppl and it's so lonely compared to years ago. Was always so busy back in the days 😢
I used to get dropped off there by my mom in the late 1970's and early 1980's. That's where I bought all my clothes and did most of my Christmas shopping. Now it's just a place for gangs to get into fights in the food court.
This was the mall I frequented as a teen in the 80s. I worked there, too! (Musicland, Record Town). With online shopping, malls just don’t get the traffic they did even 20 years ago.
Maple wood mall is dead like Columbia mall in grand forks now . In 2015 when I lived there I used to frequent kids footlocker a lot it’s not there anymore! Then they had a big Ferris wheel that kids could ride on the bottom floor. Is Burlington coat factory still across the way from there next to lakeshore and Marshall’s??
This was so fascinating to see! I don’t think I’ve been to Maplewood Mall in probably a decade. As a teenager in the late 90’s I loved hanging out at the mall. I worked at Rosedale so I was there more frequently..But sometimes we’d go to Maplewood for fun! Thoroughly enjoyed your video! Thank You. 🤍
As an Eastsider born in 77’ I spent my childhood growing up in this mall as It was the closest to me in Saint Paul. It’s sad to see it so desolate out there now from something that used to be alive with thriving businesses. Unfortunately the internet and breakdown of the family’s structure in today’s society is responsible for the rapid decline of the mall. When Covid started and the government imposed the lockdown restrictions it wiped out a huge majority of businesses. When I was a kid we used to have our parents drop us off at the mall and spend the day out there. Every Christmas season the place would be packed with families and kids and back to school shopping in the fall was a big part draw of people coming to shop. It’s truly sad what has become of malls throughout the country. At this point in the next few years I’m sure most of them will be permanently closed and demolished. 🤦🏼♂️
What the hell happened? The last time I went to this mall was in 1994. And I think hot topics use to be on second floor?or was it on third floor I think????It’s been so long ago.😢
@@FrostThedeadoneblake I believe online shopping happened, and they never recovered from Covid, maybe? It’s a shame. This mall was hoppin back in 1994!
@@tfox922 I swear if they ever build a real time machine, I’m gonna be the first one to go in there and go back to 1994 because I have unfinished business there!!!! And I’m gonna take so so many pictures!80s and the 90’s will forever rock!!!!!😎
Minnesotan here, just go to mall of america these days. Noticed that the same stores that are doing well at MOA look to be doing well there. Maybe malls just need to have space for 10 stores and entertainment.
this used to be the best mall in Minnesota nice and small but not to small not mall of America size which is to damn big and I hate it because you'll easily get lost now this is sadly gang run and mung people and stuff it's really sad
early 2000's was very busy i remember those days. arcades, food court, and peoples and teenagers in general love that mall during those times just to hang out or walk around to look cool hahha. those days are gone now at this Mall. now n days peoples just go there to remininse lols
I remember going there in the eighties. For a smaller mall it had amazing number of stores. Rosedale was more of a Ridgedale rival. This center was more of a family mall that was more upscale and larger than the Northtown Mall.
I used to work at a Shoe store in the Maplewood mall I see that is no longer there. I also see other stores that used to be there are no longer there, one of the many reasons that malls are starting to lose their tenants is because the rent is so expensive that they can't afford to keep their doors open.
I remember when the food court used to be in a pit at the center of the mall and we'd all hang out a Circus Circus😂 guess that makes me old! I haven't been there in over a decade but heard it was supposed to be closing
That’s the only mall I use to shop at. I haven’t been there probably since 2009 though 😂 maybe before then. 2007 when I started college. Now I go to Mall of America again because I’m only about 10-15 min away
Internet shopping contributed to this. Jeff Bezos changed the way America shops just like Wal Mart did years ago. Still it keeps on going and many people prefer try garments on before purchasing.
You are so correct! It is still a shame to watch a mall go south like this. I used to go to this mall regularly for everything, but stores just keep leaving. It’s sad. Covid dealt a big blow as well.
I went in labor with my first child on December 17, 1988 wandering this Mall doing my Christmas shopping 🥰 He was born on 12-18-88. I shopped there with all 3 of my kids until 2010. Then my first grandkid in 2017- and I gutted the Toys R Us across the street in 2018 before it closed 😂 first grandkid!
The last time I was in Maplewood Mall was to buy some CBD products last year. Unfortunately that vendor left Maplewood Mall. Wound up purchasing some gummies from that head shop you highlighted.
I used to live and work around this area. I would usually go to the Barnes and Noble for a comic or buy a new expensive pair of pants or something here one weekends. I even went on the carousel in the middle when I was much younger. But slowly even before 2020, the mall and the area around it slowly deteriorated. I don't think they would ever recover. Especially because Rosedale Mall always had more, and while the MOA was in Bloomington, it's still a popular spot and right next to a big Airport to it's future is secure. Maplewood Mall and Burlington Coat factory was were a lot of memories were made for me, both now in such a sorry state.
I never go there, for some reason. Even though I live right on the 54 bus that goes there. I live by the MOA though. I didn’t know there were so many empty stores.
I grew up going to Maplewood mall and used to go there when my son was young so he could ride the carousal. Been about 25 years since I've been there. So very sad how many stores are closed and how many have no workers to be able to keep them open.
It was odd to see that the McDonald's and Burger King are gone from the mall. But good old Cinnabon! I don't know how many of them I ate as a kid! Best damn cinnamon bun I've ever had! I live in Norway now and they don't have Cinnabon here. 27:06
@@StonerJames ooo! Absolutely right!! Cinnabon! And yes, I found that odd about McDonald’s and Burger King too. I hope you are enjoying Norway! How is it there? I have no idea, would love to know. Thanks so much for the comment! 👍👋
@@tfox922 No. It was cheaper where I'm talking. It was on the east side of the mall. So if you came in from parking lot and walked down the hallway it was the first store on your right.
@@tfox922 yeah. It looked like it was ready to go out of business last time I was there. Obama was pres then. It did look like it was where that organic salon and vacant store were located if that was on the east side.
Despite your declaration of dying mall, it still has many more stores than most malls in America. When you laugh it's always five ha's ha, ha, ha, ha. ha.
@@kevinolson8228 Do you mean Shingle Creek Crossing? Brookdale was demolished, as far as I know, and that space is now called Shingle Creek Crossing. Thank you for your input!
@@tfox922 Lol no Brookdale hasn''t been there for well over 10 years. I lived down the street from where it used to be in Brooklyn Center from 2018-2021. Walmart bought the land and opened a Walmart there in 2012 where the mall used to be but that Walmart has since closed. The Sears building stayed and that remained open for quite a few more years but that's long since been closed too. No idea if the Sears building is still standing. I moved out of Brooklyn Center/North Minneapolis back in 2021 and rarely, if ever, go back there to visit.
@@tfox922 Just saying you might get more subscribers if you don't say things like that. Disappointing to see so many stores closed in the mall. We used to go their often.
@@dolcehog22girl start your own page and quit telling ppl what to do with theirs . I don’t like Taylor either ! U ppl idolize celebrities too much . U worship Taylor more then u do Jesus Christ our lord and savior . Let me guess u are a non believer?? 😂
My dad lived in Maplewood when I was a kid. This was the mall I went to on visits to his house. Last time I was there was 35 years ago. Let's see if there is anything that I remember.
Once upon a time it was a vibrant, busy mall with food court and no empty stores. Liked it better than Rosedale.
Back in the 70's you would find me at the Radio Shack. I remember the original food court in the pit. A friend of mine was the young kid that played the organ outside Wurlitzer.
I remember when this was just a field. Watching them build the mall was amazing. It was a fun hang out when I was a teenager. My 1st job was at super sams burger place when the food court was on lower level of mall. Loved county seat store for Jean's.
@@barbkorpi3242 totally remember the lower food court and County Seat!! Yes, used to hang out there as a teen as well! Good memories. 😀
Ahhh the pit! I still remember the cobblestone walkway in the pit and the rickety round seat chairs there
@@B-Real-Pshh I liked it better when the food court was in the pit. 😀
lol how did my childhood mall pop up in my feed and why did 14k people watch a video about it 😂 I love it tho! ❤
@@faithtomorrow I’m a little shocked by that myself! 😀
It's sad to see so many empty stores. I used to shop at Maplewood Mall many years ago when all the spaces were full and lots of other people there shopping!!! Thanks for the video.
@@deniseborg2906 Thank you for watching!
Many reasons, but mostly cus the Mall of America is just so much bigger and better. Also lots of thuggish activity around the mall now. Bums everywhere. Lastly the mall is haunted now since not too long ago some worker committed suicide in one of his store closets. His ghost haunts the mall.
@@Faith99-r4m you know, I've heard that also. Bad karma there if that's true.
I heard about gangs there too.
@@Faith99-r4m
I don’t think that the death of the Maplewood Mall was because of the Mall of America, but instead because of the Rosedale Center- which is just a few miles down highway 36 from the Maplewood Mall. Rosedale Center is simply a larger mall with better stores that have wider selections. Not to mention, it’s much nicer aesthetically.
Was just there about a month ago. I’m a 90’s kid so malls are very nostalgic for me. One one hand I think it’s great mom and pop,shops are renting out the space but we need more small businesses to participate.
Right on! I agree 100%!
Shame to see the closed stores, But wonderful to still see it open some 50 years after I was first there!!
I was there yesterday. It makes me sad. I have a feeling these malls are going to close down soon bc nobody goes to these malls anymore after the pandemic happened. No longer packed. Barely ppl and it's so lonely compared to years ago. Was always so busy back in the days 😢
I feel the same way. Internet shopping didn’t help either.
I used to get dropped off there by my mom in the late 1970's and early 1980's. That's where I bought all my clothes and did most of my Christmas shopping. Now it's just a place for gangs to get into fights in the food court.
@@crayolascents I did that, too. But yeah, I agree that it has changed. 😔
We need to bring back old school arcades! :)
This was the mall I frequented as a teen in the 80s. I worked there, too! (Musicland, Record Town). With online shopping, malls just don’t get the traffic they did even 20 years ago.
@@heidih.2465 I used to buy records there then!!
Maple wood mall is dead like Columbia mall in grand forks now . In 2015 when I lived there I used to frequent kids footlocker a lot it’s not there anymore! Then they had a big Ferris wheel that kids could ride on the bottom floor. Is Burlington coat factory still across the way from there next to lakeshore and Marshall’s??
@@thewinzerfam sadly no.
@@tfox922 what??
Do a video on Sunray shopping center if u can. I wanna see how that area is doing. I lived in Bradley house.
@@thewinzerfam sure! I can do that sometime soon. 👍
@@tfox922 ok thanks
❤❤❤thanks for the tour. I grew up on Keller Lake this was the best in the 70s and 80s. Kinda sad to see it now. Thanks for the tour again!
You are most welcome! 😀
I worked at the Rosedale Mall in the 80's. Loved every minute being there!
I was in the Maplewood Mall shopping in the 80's.
Miss those days 😢
I miss them, too.
This was so fascinating to see! I don’t think I’ve been to Maplewood Mall in probably a decade. As a teenager in the late 90’s I loved hanging out at the mall. I worked at Rosedale so I was there more frequently..But sometimes we’d go to Maplewood for fun! Thoroughly enjoyed your video! Thank You. 🤍
@@TessMac Thank you! Glad you liked it!! 😀
There was a bar on the first level at one point. And a caribou coffee.
That used to be Sears at that end cap
As an Eastsider born in 77’ I spent my childhood growing up in this mall as It was the closest to me in Saint Paul. It’s sad to see it so desolate out there now from something that used to be alive with thriving businesses. Unfortunately the internet and breakdown of the family’s structure in today’s society is responsible for the rapid decline of the mall. When Covid started and the government imposed the lockdown restrictions it wiped out a huge majority of businesses. When I was a kid we used to have our parents drop us off at the mall and spend the day out there. Every Christmas season the place would be packed with families and kids and back to school shopping in the fall was a big part draw of people coming to shop. It’s truly sad what has become of malls throughout the country. At this point in the next few years I’m sure most of them will be permanently closed and demolished. 🤦🏼♂️
I have a lot of the same memories of this mall. Yes, it’s hard to know that, then see what has happened. Nice comment, and thank you for watching. 😀
Hello fellow Eastsider! ❤ I’m two decades behind ya
@@faithtomorrow Hello! 👋👍
What the hell happened? The last time I went to this mall was in 1994. And I think hot topics use to be on second floor?or was it on third floor I think????It’s been so long ago.😢
@@FrostThedeadoneblake I believe online shopping happened, and they never recovered from Covid, maybe? It’s a shame. This mall was hoppin back in 1994!
@@tfox922 I swear if they ever build a real time machine, I’m gonna be the first one to go in there and go back to 1994 because I have unfinished business there!!!! And I’m gonna take so so many pictures!80s and the 90’s will forever rock!!!!!😎
@@FrostThedeadoneblake Excellent. 👍✌️😎
Malls were a big part of growing up in the 80's and 90's. Now they are empty and dystopian. Sign of the times.
Agree. Still like to visit now and then. 😀
Minnesotan here, just go to mall of america these days. Noticed that the same stores that are doing well at MOA look to be doing well there. Maybe malls just need to have space for 10 stores and entertainment.
My brother used to be a chief engineer there all the way up until 2016
Sears is where I always parked and went in.
Ok😊
been there 3mo ago its fuckin depressing =(
Maplewood mall, Roseville mall. har mar mall, Pavillion place. Signalhills mall. Such happiness, remembering all the time of just wandering all day.
My teenage years. Pretty sad.... now it's the OLD PERSON MALL!!!!
@@tiffanywendt9419 Lol!
this used to be the best mall in Minnesota nice and small but not to small not mall of America size which is to damn big and I hate it because you'll easily get lost now this is sadly gang run and mung people and stuff it's really sad
Even the venues that are still open for business aren't exactly filled with many customers inside. 😐
Wow it looks so empty now!
I haven’t been there since I was a teenager.
It echoes in there. So sad.
early 2000's was very busy i remember those days. arcades, food court, and peoples and teenagers in general love that mall during those times just to hang out or walk around to look cool hahha. those days are gone now at this Mall. now n days peoples just go there to remininse lols
I remember!
Wow a open mall w/ stores open. Please shop there and help it.
I will. I used to go there a lot. But, when Mall Of America was built, it was better to go there. I think that's part of what happened.
This mall has gone down hill Roseville Mall is way better
I agree. I did a video of Rosedale as well. Burnsville mall is actually worse than Maplewood for closed stores. Thank you for watching! 😀
I remember going there in the eighties. For a smaller mall it had amazing number of stores. Rosedale was more of a Ridgedale rival. This center was more of a family mall that was more upscale and larger than the Northtown Mall.
@@felix121984 100% agree!👍
On the contrary, dying malls will become alive malls thanks to the Retro Decade Revival Project.
I hope you are correct, because it is sad to see this happening now. 👍✌️
Yea owners of the mall make rent expensive and others
@yeejvang87 yeah. Rent is outrageous!!
I used to work at a Shoe store in the Maplewood mall I see that is no longer there. I also see other stores that used to be there are no longer there, one of the many reasons that malls are starting to lose their tenants is because the rent is so expensive that they can't afford to keep their doors open.
@@Badass864 agreed. I also think internet shopping and the Mall of America play a small role as well.
Thank you for watching!
@@tfox922 ya it's truly sad all together
I remember when the food court used to be in a pit at the center of the mall and we'd all hang out a Circus Circus😂 guess that makes me old! I haven't been there in over a decade but heard it was supposed to be closing
That’s the only mall I use to shop at. I haven’t been there probably since 2009 though 😂 maybe before then. 2007 when I started college. Now I go to Mall of America again because I’m only about 10-15 min away
Internet shopping contributed to this. Jeff Bezos changed the way America shops just like Wal Mart did years ago. Still it keeps on going and many people prefer try garments on before purchasing.
You are so correct! It is still a shame to watch a mall go south like this. I used to go to this mall regularly for everything, but stores just keep leaving. It’s sad. Covid dealt a big blow as well.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha... I've never heard anyone literally force a "laugh" like that...
?? Sorry. That's my real laugh.
Did you go to the zoo?
@@chantelchapman4875 No. I’m planning on going to Como Zoo coming up soon, though. 😀
crazy ... i havent been to that mall in over 12 years ... i remember it being the mall to goto
The first mall she has been in her life, where has been, Mayberry
Think about it......she said 1st, not 1st time. Who are you? Goober?
@@brianl6964 why don't we meet face to face, you name the time in the twin cities
@@Brian-pf7qq thanks Mayberry man. I'll get back to ya.
Hard to tell but I think the nutrition store was where that organic salon and that closed store are located.
Интересно посмотреть👍
Glad you liked it. Thanks for watching!!! 👍✌️
I went in labor with my first child on December 17, 1988 wandering this Mall doing my Christmas shopping 🥰 He was born on 12-18-88. I shopped there with all 3 of my kids until 2010. Then my first grandkid in 2017- and I gutted the Toys R Us across the street in 2018 before it closed 😂 first grandkid!
@@reneehouser2925 Lol! Great story! Thanks for sharing! 👍
I grew up. And went to the Brookdale mall. No, that's not there anymore, and the rest of brookdale center looks like concrete graveyard
@@rudy-s2k yeah, it does.
Hey! ! I know this gal! Great job, Tracy! Lemme hit that old subscribe button right there!
@trailertrashtim1 Thanks, Tim! Glad to have yah! ✌️❤️
How long ago were you there last? I remember riding that carousel 20 years ago. 😂
@@MisterWallopy I did this video June 8, 2024. I wasn’t there for at least 5 years before that.
Place was popping back in 2000s
The last time I was in Maplewood Mall was to buy some CBD products last year. Unfortunately that vendor left Maplewood Mall. Wound up purchasing some gummies from that head shop you highlighted.
Glad I was some help! ✌️😎
I used to live and work around this area. I would usually go to the Barnes and Noble for a comic or buy a new expensive pair of pants or something here one weekends. I even went on the carousel in the middle when I was much younger. But slowly even before 2020, the mall and the area around it slowly deteriorated. I don't think they would ever recover. Especially because Rosedale Mall always had more, and while the MOA was in Bloomington, it's still a popular spot and right next to a big Airport to it's future is secure.
Maplewood Mall and Burlington Coat factory was were a lot of memories were made for me, both now in such a sorry state.
I really liked the Barnes and Noble. I used to go there a lot.
I never go there, for some reason. Even though I live right on the 54 bus that goes there. I live by the MOA though. I didn’t know there were so many empty stores.
Yeah. I remember when this mall was thriving. I like Mall of America. Beautiful place!
I grew up going to Maplewood mall and used to go there when my son was young so he could ride the carousal. Been about 25 years since I've been there. So very sad how many stores are closed and how many have no workers to be able to keep them open.
I agree. I remember this mall busy, years ago. It is a shame what is happening to it now. Thanks for watching!!
I met an ex girlfriend at that Victoria's Secret store. What's up with all the people wearing masks?
@@xKR33Px not sure about the masks. Noticed that also.
Haven't been there in years. Used to hang out there in late 70's. It was the place to be. Great memories!
For me as well!! 😀
That is a vibrant mall compared to the Burnsville center.
@@mikegaustad477 agree 💯!
16:43 That used to be sears
HELLO,TRACY! YOU ARE DOING WELL! 🌹
ISACK! Always great to hear from you, my good friend! ✌️❤️
It was odd to see that the McDonald's and Burger King are gone from the mall. But good old Cinnabon! I don't know how many of them I ate as a kid! Best damn cinnamon bun I've ever had! I live in Norway now and they don't have Cinnabon here. 27:06
@@StonerJames ooo! Absolutely right!! Cinnabon! And yes, I found that odd about McDonald’s and Burger King too.
I hope you are enjoying Norway! How is it there? I have no idea, would love to know. Thanks so much for the comment! 👍👋
When was there a McDonald's in the mall?
@@jasonwatson4018yes, I believe there was Burger King, but no McDonald’s.
@@jasonwatson4018 I was 8 or 9 when there was a McDonald's there.
@@jasonwatson4018 This was back in 1982
Burnsville center is the same.
@@mjhmn I actually think it's got more closed stores than this mall.
Pretty sure they are building an Asian Market where Sears used to be @ Maplewood Mall
That would be a good spot for a market. Easy in and out. 😊
if they do that I will go back there more. I love how many Asian markets we have around.
I used to buy all my supplements at that nutrition store. Is it still there?
@@xKR33Px not sure. Are you talking about GNC Nutrition?
@@tfox922 No. It was cheaper where I'm talking. It was on the east side of the mall. So if you came in from parking lot and walked down the hallway it was the first store on your right.
@@xKR33Px I just rewatched that video. I didn’t see it there.
@@tfox922 yeah. It looked like it was ready to go out of business last time I was there. Obama was pres then. It did look like it was where that organic salon and vacant store were located if that was on the east side.
Did you see a guy on Heelies?
@joemartin8888 sorry, not sure what you mean?
@@tfox922 He will be singing
Despite your declaration of dying mall, it still has many more stores than most malls in America. When you laugh it's always five ha's ha, ha, ha, ha. ha.
Another mall you should visit is Brookdale mall in Brooklyn center I'm surprised it's still around happy travels to you
@@kevinolson8228 Do you mean Shingle Creek Crossing? Brookdale was demolished, as far as I know, and that space is now called Shingle Creek Crossing. Thank you for your input!
@@tfox922 Lol no Brookdale hasn''t been there for well over 10 years. I lived down the street from where it used to be in Brooklyn Center from 2018-2021. Walmart bought the land and opened a Walmart there in 2012 where the mall used to be but that Walmart has since closed. The Sears building stayed and that remained open for quite a few more years but that's long since been closed too. No idea if the Sears building is still standing. I moved out of Brooklyn Center/North Minneapolis back in 2021 and rarely, if ever, go back there to visit.
When you bad mouthed Taylor Swift I immediately quit watching your video. She is a generous and very decent person.
That’s ok. To each his own. Not fond of her.
@@tfox922 Just saying you might get more subscribers if you don't say things like that. Disappointing to see so many stores closed in the mall. We used to go their often.
@@dolcehog22girl start your own page and quit telling ppl what to do with theirs . I don’t like Taylor either ! U ppl idolize celebrities too much . U worship Taylor more then u do Jesus Christ our lord and savior . Let me guess u are a non believer?? 😂
@thewinzerfam I am Christian, also! I love you for speaking your mind! Thank you. 😀
Who's Taylor Swift???
I grew up in that area. I remember being so excited when they were building it. I was 10. Changed so much
My dad lived in Maplewood when I was a kid. This was the mall I went to on visits to his house. Last time I was there was 35 years ago. Let's see if there is anything that I remember.
2 arcades in Maplewood? Don't remember that second arcade by the food court.
That arcade has tripled in size since I was a kid. That's cool! 14:06
@@StonerJames Yes, they actually have some good things for the kids to do! 👍