DEAD MALL - Full Walkthrough of Sunrise Mall (Creepy) - Massapequa NY
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- Опубликовано: 14 июл 2024
- I'm back with another video about Sunrise Mall in Massapequa NY! UPDATE: Due to changing circumstances, the mall will NOT be closing on 12/31. There are still no confirmed plans regarding redevelopment. I hope to share more updates soon!
Learn more about Sunrise Mall at www.sunrisemallny.com
Learn about redevelopment plans at sunrisemallnyredevelopment.com
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0:00 Intro
1:11 Entering the Mall
1:40 Mall Office
2:05 Macy's (Upstairs)
3:03 Noodle Kidoodle / Dollar Store
3:27 Upper Level Stores
5:10 JC Penney (Upstairs)
6:05 Open Stores
7:05 Scary Intercom Noise
7:36 Food Court
9:17 Sears
10:30 Koi Pond
12:24 Lower Level Stores
13:17 Avon Store
13:55 JC Penney (Downstairs)
14:39 Dunkin' Donuts
15:17 HomeGoods / Macy's (Downstairs)
15:46 Wall of Fame / Celebrity Appearances
16:40 Lights Turn Off
18:31 Using the Elevator
19:43 Leaving the Mall
20:09 Another Scary Intercom Noise
20:29 Goodbye
20:48 Old Photos
UPDATE: I was told today that due to changing circumstances, the mall will NOT be closing on 12/31. There are still no confirmed plans regarding redevelopment. I hope to share more updates soon!
How are they affording to stay open for this long?
I wish they'd do what Deer Park Outlets did and make it an "agora" type of outdoor mall. Beautiful outdoor storefronts for all the stores we once enjoyed strictly in-mall. It's got the space and potential clientele, and it's in a reasonably wealthy area. Turning this into yet more high priced residential housing (like near the old Raceway and Source Mall) would be exactly what I'd expect from a developer, but not what Long Island needs at this point
Wow, urban edge is obviously trying to stretch out the closing because obviously they are not ready to redevelop the mall. Granted they are a smaller company compared to others out there like Simon and Macrich.
@@Pete_Finch I don't think it's going to be turned into residential housing - I believe the developers made a promise that it would be redeveloped as another shopping center. I live in Massapequa, so this is a pretty important issues to those that live in the town. They don't want a housing development.
Hard to believe that just a few decades ago, huge malls like this used to bustle with people, and business, and trendiness, and excitement, and they were the places to hang out with your friends and meet people. Now the memories of it all are just ghosts that echo in the past.
Amazon, where true civilization and social morale come to die
Just like they replaced traditional downtowns
@@louisyeostros4978 yep! First, "DOWNTOWN" was the go-to place for retail excitement. Then, in the 1970's especially, suburban MALLS became the place to go. But today, the go-to place is the internet, for online retailing.
DOWNTOWN won't completely go away, but it's certainly not what it once was, now taking in only a tiny fraction of the business it once had. And MALLS won't completely go away, but most will close for good "after the transition is complete." But today, and for now, online is where the excitement is. Where next? Who knows.
Working in these places was a soul-sucking, exploitative, hateful experience. Good riddance. Better off denolishing it and replacing it with a park, like the sentiment expressed by the Talking Heads song "(Nothing but) Flowers."
@author I Agree, I Grew Up In The 1980s And 90s, And At The Time, Bisness Was Booming, To Be Honest, There Is Something About The 21 Century That Im Starting To Not Like At All, And Its Not The Pandemic That I Speak Of, I Speak Of Soon To Be 23 Years In Already, Its Like They Dont Care, I Sort Of Blame 21 Century Electronics That Entertain, But What They Dont Care About Is Desrtoying My Childhood History, And Its Not Just Shoping Malls And The 3 Ring Circus That Are Becoming Dead, There Are Other Things To And I Hope This Isnt True, But Amusement Parks, Carnivals, And Fairs Are About To Reach Extinction, But I Hope Im Wrong About That.
This is very sad for me. I lived in Massapequa as a child and I used to shop there with my Mother, Grandma, my brother & I walked there from my house with my friends. I remember when it 1st opened I thought it was amazing! Lot's of wonderful memories at this mall. RIP Sunrise Mall.
Malls destroyed mom & pop stores. Good riddance. Maybe more mom & pops will open as we boycott and abandon disgusting big box garbage.
So true
@@jens7898 Amazon, not malls.
Played in the woods before the mall existed.
@@jens7898 Mom and Pop stores will never be able to compete with internet sales. This is the same reason why malls are closing. It happened with Walmart to small towns also. When I was a kid, you had to spend the whole day going store to store to find the best deal and quality merchandise now it is a swipe on your phone, and you can't get quality anymore just cheap prices.
It is very sad seeing malls close. Time changes some things and not always for the better.
Let's all protest to get it all back. Online shopping is being pushed upon us. People need to know the real reasons for this to have happened. There is something sinister in the air. It's called being controlled. Our freedom is at stake and I am here to wake people up. Tell as many as you can. They are using the book of revelations to take us all out. It's all a farce and man made stories in the bible. People need to know this!!! Everyone must unite regardless of color of our skin!
The mall to much a free hangout,, for a young people, today they got sam club costco cheap eat & shop
Eric in Dallas, you’re absolutely right! Times change things - sometimes not for the better.
Yep, Jeff Bezos certainly made sure of that
Right
Well done. I wasn't much of a mall person. Growing up in Queens, we didn't have very many malls. To me the real sadness here is that people no longer come together in places like this and spend the day with each other, meet friends, be social, interact, shop, eat lunch and have fun - without cell phones & without social media. People don't have the same sense of community any longer.
Good points. I miss the days of going to the mall with friends and either just people watching/observing and interacting with other mall goers... exploring stores, getting something to eat. Just the whole experience.
It's all about the relationships... and people-to-people interactions. We are missing out on the old, genuine (unscripted) routine interactions with people (that were the norm back then).
I couldn't have said it better. It's very sad in deed. Like you, I've never been big on malls because I don't like large crowds. However, I have fun memories of hanging out with friends at the mall and my youth group from church would get together and go every now and again. Plus, one of our theaters was located at the mall. When I got my first job, my ritual every payday was going to the mall, buying an expensive cookie from the cookie shop and buying a new CD. Those were the days.
@@hshawn00 There was something special about going to a music store (in the mall) and browsing the shelves of music cds. Getting a physical cd (in your hands)...getting home (or in my case... the car), taking off the shrink wrap... and reading the artist book inside/photos. I did this plenty of times in the mall parking lot... immediately after my purchase (with the cd playing in the car player).
And as much as i hate walking long distances... i kinda miss seeing the rows of cars parked outside the mall, and searching for my car in the mall parking lot. Because, a crowded parking lot meant the mall was thriving/doing well. But, I admit... some of it is simply nostalgia...I'm sure after a few weeks of having to walk those long distances again... i'd opt for just ordering online...lol.
@@MGillDesign Lol, I know what you mean. There was definitely something magical about holding a physical copy of a new CD. It's the same feeling I got from going to video stores. I enjoy Netflix and Amazon music but I also miss the good old days of going inside a physical store to get these items. This generation will never understand what it was like to hold a CD/DVD/video tape in your hand and look at the cover art.
Social Media made everyone anti-social.
Socializing is done from behind a screen, but there is no longer human contact. The COVID lockdowns made it worse.
This is the best dead mall video on the internet. period.
No obnoxious 80's v a p o r w a v e effects, no excessive music, none of that filler. Just the brass tacks.
This video has an eerie, yet comforting atmosphere. I find it oddly addicting.
Thanks for posting this.
Walmart closing in 2015 was the final nail in the mall's coffin. As soon as that happened, the mall started dying. It's crazy to think that barely 10 years ago, One Direction (yes THE One Direction) came to the mall for album signings and that place WAS ABSOLUTELY PACKED with teenybopper girls. This mall seriously used to be lit in the early 2010's. This video is depressing in a way, but poignant at the same time. I miss that place. A LOT of good memories there.
There was a Walmart Inside the mall???
@@leonardodalongisland yeah it was where Dave and Busters is now
2013 in the mall was lit everything was opened
@@vipercolex2421 pretty much. I remember Xsports Fitness opened late 2012-early 2013
What is one direction?
This is so sad. I miss the way the malls used to be, especially around the holidays. 😔
It felt kind of magical. Christmas music playing, hustle and bustle of people, decorations. It was just an overall good time compared to today.
Ah yes good ol commercialism and buying useless junk. Spend Christmas with your family serving the needy or going for a walk outside not buying and consuming more.
Same…the last time I felt that Christmas cheer for gift shopping was way back in 2015…malls are depressing nowadays….
@@sofiabravo1994 Exactly! It seems the same here as well. Sometime around that point, it just seemed to begin losing its magic a bit. Definitely doesn't compare to the mid 2000s either.
Roosevelt Field still has plenty of Christmas stuff. There's still Tanger and plent of other places to go.
I moved to this area when I was 4 years old in 1974. So this was my mall, this was the place where you got everything. This is where a lot of my Christmas presents as a child came from. This was the place where you hung out as a teenager. Back in the day there used to be a movie theater in the mall, so this is where I saw a lot of movies. It was always packed with people. It was always there, and just a mainstay of my life living there. I live far away now, and at 50 years old, it's weird to know that it now will be gone, but that's just the way it is. Truth is, I never really enjoyed shopping so I really won't miss it, but it's just weird to see it so empty and closed to the public. It's one of those things that would be impossible to think would happen back then. Also in my day there was no food court, just a few restaurants and quick food places like Bavarian Pretzel, or Orange Julius.
remember Farrell's and Roy Rodgers and Woolworths and Head shop
@@bethlanders6608 I remember Farrell’s! That is going way back. Yes, before food courts were a thing you had to just wander around to find something to eat.
I am the same age as you and used to frequent that mall. This vid brought a tear to my eye. There was a story in the 80s of a LI mall, someone was working in burger king and got a drill thru their head from the store next door doing construction. May have been this one.
@@bethlanders6608 LOVED Farrell's. Always so much fun to eat there. They opened on out in LA, but it will never be the same
@@alb12345672 it wasn't a drill, but I worked in the mall when it happened. THey were doing construction and a nail gun shot a nail thru the wall into a young woman's head. I remember the evac choppers. I believe it was in Burger King, but I may be wrong on the name
And this was the “updated” Sunrise mall. I used to take the bus here as a kid and spend hours walking around. There was a movie theatre, a water pond with coins , the big block outside that everyone would spin, and the famous cursing parrot upstairs! It really was a memorable mall for Nassau county. I stayed local and would bring my children there for the JC Penney photos. It was THE place to go! Let us not forget Bavarian pretzel 😊. It will be greatly missed. Thank you for sharing this video. Thank you Sunrise!!!
This breaks my heart. When I was a kid, I remember seeing the "Never ending Story" there in the movie theater with my family during a matinee. I used to go to the Sunrise mall as a teenager back in the 80's and hang out there with friends all the time. I think I also saw the movie "Legend" there staring Tom Cruise. I remember they used to have an Orange Julius downstairs which I used to frequent. If I remember correctly they were one of the first if not the first mall on the island to have a food court. I completely forgot about the cube art displayed outside until you showed it at the end. I remember hanging out by it with friends what seems like a lifetime ago. The Sunrise was one of the malls I used to go to on a regular basis, but it wasn't the closest mall to where I used to live. I hadn't visited the Sunrise Mall in close to a decade, but it is still very sad to see it close. It was a place of joy and happiness and lots of great memories for a lot of people over the decades. RIP Sunrise Mall.
I grew up hanging out at this mall. One of my first jobs in the 90’s I worked as a stock boy in the Limited. Back then there was a movie theater inside the mall. The people on here saying it’s a good Thing malls are closing don’t see the big picture. This was a safe place for teenagers to hang out. It also served as a place where the elderly can walk around indoors in the winter for exercise.
It’s so sad to see the mall is closing. I remember spending a lot of time there in the 70-80’s. I remember the tall sculptures and throwing loose change in the wishing ponds.
I love throwing change into wishing fountains. ⛲️
I appreciate this a lot! I didn't frequent this mall super often, but I went a lot as a child for Lobel's for school uniforms. Did trick or treating here with a friend who has since passed away. And I used to meet a lot of wrestlers there when a collectibles store was located there. Used to love sitting and watching the fish, checking out the trees and the fountains. Always so so so many people... it's crazy. This brought me back to those days and it makes it so sad to see the mall as it is now. Thank you for this!
I literally laughed out loud when you said, "Here is the food court.......there is no food in here anymore" it was so sad, and hilarious at the same time. Love dead mall vids. Thanks for posting.
Thank you!!
One shopping center in city I used to live in became office buildings and a bank.
I came down here two days ago, there's not even a bloody Coke machine in the mall!
This is so sad for me. I grew up on LI, had about 3 different jobs in this mall while in HS. as well as my sister. Lerners, Sterns, Quick Test, The Dime Bank A & S...I'm telling my age. Will forever love NY and Long Island. Thank you for this video. Although sad, the visual memories remain.
Thank you for making this video. We walked the entire mall in August of this year. It was so strange and it was desolate. I grew up in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s, in Massapequa, and was always in this mall. I had my first real jobs here (Laurie’s Restaurant then Macys). My 2 brothers and sister worked here, for many years. This was the main place that my family shopped. I have some of my best memories in this mall (the movie theatre, The Game Room, birthday parties at Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlor, Spencer Gifts, Sam Goody, Lobel’s , Gertz, Abraham & Strauss, Orange Julius, dates, etc.). I spent hours in here before they renovated it. It was my ‘hang out’. I loved being able to spin the black square outside the mall. They added the escalators at the end, the food court, the middle see through elevator and many other things. I remember when they were building the original Sunrise Mall. Those were the days!
The closing of this mall is so very sad for me. To dispel any rumors the Koi fish were ALWAYS very well taken care of, all along. I, personally, know the security guy that’s worked there for years and will remain there until the mall officially closes, in Dec. of 2022.
Good bye Sunrise Mall. You will always be in my heart. ❤
omg!! yesss!! the game room!! this mall has gone through decades of changes. loving everyone sharing their memories which is helping me remember some of my fav spots in sunrise. we use to get our school uniforms at Lobel's and my aunts loved Abraham & Strauss
@@GratitudeGriot :
*ALLADIN'S CASTLE!!! I'VE STILL GOT UNSPENT GAMING TOKENS FROM THAT GAME ROOM!!!*
I can remember Christmas shopping at Sunrise mall. The decorations were beautiful! The only Macy's store near me (hicksville closed). I still shop there. I came from queens but I shopped at sunrise whenever I needed something. Eating at Sbarro's, getting aunt Annie's pretzels, yankee candles, hallmark store, learners, Stern's and JC Penney. Thanks for the video. Shame it's closing!!
You earned a new subscriber for your soothing voice and detailed description of this video. I felt like I was with you there exploring.
thanks so much!!
So strange, this use to be the mall everyone went to. Spent a ton of time here growing up. Parking lot was always packed. Times do change
What an amazing video. I remember the Sbarro’s Pizza, GameStop, Suncoast and of course Aunty Anne’s. I would go constantly when I was younger, but the last time I must have been there was 2014-2015 when the Walmart was there. I just remember the mall being full of stores, so when I saw this video I was shocked.
I also remember the arcade. I’d win a lot of tickets playing the whack a crocodile game when I was little. You’d insert a coin, a voice would menacingly say “👹I’m gonna get you👹” and then you had to whack the crocodiles with a mallet. Fun times.
RIP Sunrise Mall.
I believe this is one of the many reasons our society is collapsing. Malls were a place you would go after work, do a little shopping with family and friends and then go out and grab a bite to eat. And during this time, is when we interacted with each other, we met people with different backgrounds and ethnicities. We weren't on a phone reading texts or tweeting. This is why a lot of the younger generation have such short attention spans and can't cope with life. We are turning into a society that is veering away from personal interaction and look what it's done to us. Sadly, malls were a big part of the structure of society and they are being torn down faster than when they went up. And this was done on purpose.
I absolutely agree with you on your statement.
Yes exactly malls were to place to go when I was growing up and the mall that I went too was within walking distance from my house. I grew up on Long Island and this mall was considered one of the biggest malls on the Island at that time. It’s sad to see this generation not enjoying the things we had when we were growing up. I also agree social interaction is very important and it’s something that is lacking with this generation.
Malls as we know them today only started to sprout up in the 60's and society was not collapsing when they didn't exist. The thing is, humans are social beings and technology has made our connection to each other much more difficult to achieve. I'm guilty myself of ordering things online instead of going out for it. We just don't interact with each other like we used to and this has contributed to creating a very hostile society IMO. I grew up in the 70's and 80's so I remember how it was before cell phones and the internet. We were doing much better back then. We were significantly happier. The 21st century has been rough so far. Morals have also changed, but that's another story...
There are still malls. Roosevelt Field is still going strong. There is still Tanger, Green Acres, etc. They just built more malls that shopping would support long term. Malls didn't even exist before the 20th century. People went to smaller shops. Shopping somewhere else will not make society collapse.
Society is not collapsing. It's changing for sure, maybe it's becoming something you don't recognize or understand but it's not collapsing. Society has undergone much more drastic changes over thousands of years, it will survive the current shift just fine.
Thank you for making this video, I grew up in malls myself and it is sad the younger generations will not know the thrill of waiting for the weekend to go to the mall with friends. My first job was at a Hickory Farms in a mall.
Love the mall growing up so thankful I grow up in that era
I remember when the giant cube was in the parking lot. My cousin and I loved to spin in before we went into the mall to bet toys/video games at KB Toy & Hobby Shop! Truly sad indeed! I think I'll definitely be taking a trip out there to say goodbye before it closes for good! 🥺
awwww yes KB Toys was my spot at sunrise circa elementary and middle school!!
The cube was there as of a month ago - I did my own sad tour of the mall and took a few photos for remembrance. One photo I HAD to get was of that landmark cube!
It's sad to see malls in decline. As much as online shopping can be nice, I enjoy going to the mall and trying things on. I'm also a big fan of lunch at Bloomies or Neiman's. Still a nice treat.
Worked at the Hollister there for years and had a blast. Even as recently as 2016, you could walk through Sunrise Mall during the holidays and not think much was wrong in terms of occupancy. It's honestly sad to see it like this
I lived near this mall as a child. My Mother would take my brother and I to the lastest Disney movie, then to the resturant in Woolworths for burgers. Great memories. I'm sorry to see it go.
First of all, thank you. You did such a wonderful job of making this video. You gait and tone were perfect. Your explanations were great. I turned 12 in 1973. It was a big deal. The Mall was a place now that we could congregate and get our first job. I ended up working at Quick Test. It was down the end by Macy's at the Mall Entrance on the bottom floor. My store front was across from the Dime Savings Bank and next to Farrells. (later Time Out) Most of my colleagues and I, we really worked in the Mall. Our workplace was the Mall. We were the folks who stopped people to ask them questions. Every section of the interior of the mall you went to, we were standing there, wanting to ask folks questions. If we got someone who qualified to participate in a survey, we might bring back to our store/office space, for a continuation of the survey. I did that for a couple years, and so did my younger brother, a few years later. So many people have so many memories of the Mall. It will live on in our heads
i always hoped the Quick Test workers would stop me and i'd get a little cash bonus for the day 😊
Hi there! My first time here and I just wanted to tell you what a sensational job you did with filming and voiceover. These "dead malls" really are inordinately and personally so sad. Our local mall called The Hilltop Mall opened in late 1970, causing a shopping shift away from the "downtown" area, and subsequently turning it into a seedy, undesirable, and higher crime destination. I think online shopping and Amazon killed these once beloved malls that provided youth and young adults someplace to find work and have fun. My first job was a JCPenney sales clerk, which garnered a whopping $2.10 an hour in 1981! There is no question that buying stuff whilst in the comfort of our homes totally beats worrying about some dirt bag who's planning to tackle shoppers for our personal handbags. Then again, package deliveries aren't safe, either. Criminals are brazen and I'm obscenely in debt.
It's amazing how everyone "remembers" going to these malls and is sad, but this happens because many thousands of people stop going - including the people that are sad and filled with memories.
In the 70's and 80's, being a teenager and going to Sunrise Mall was THE BOMB!!! It was THE place to go to on the weekends to hang out. Loved that place!!! I remember taking the bus from Bellmore and it was always jam packed with teens all headed to hang out at the mall. Todays kids have no idea what they're missing.
That's sad, I worked there for two Christmas seasons with an out of state contractor decorating the whole mall for Christmas, I remember how crazy busy it was in 86/87 but those were the glory days of enclosed malls, RIP Sunrise Mall ❤️
worked here at foot locker till we had to pack up and leave in june this year, i know malls were dying but seeing it happen to a mall i grew up in is crazy it’s so surreal. great video tho
I've been to this mall several times over the past few months myself to witness precisely what has been shown in this video--the demise of a once-bustling mall where I spent many hours shopping over the past 23 years that I've lived in the nearby area. The thing I always loved about this mall is that it was a great place to shop for a quick gift or to pick up something that you needed last-minute because it was just around the corner and parking was easy, even around the holidays...and you could grab some lunch too. Shopping Malls are rarely considered "neighborhood" entities due to their self-contained nature; however, Sunrise Mall came pretty close to being as such (at least in my opinion). Thanks for the video and capturing very much the same sentiments I have toward this sadly defunct place.
I moved from the Island 6 years to Florida and I can’t believe what this place looks like! 😮 it really is sad to see this because i remember this place hopping! Unreal
I remember going there in the early and mid 70's. It originally had a bunch of really cool fountains in the court areas which were later turned into gardens. Thanks for posting this video!
Nicely done!
Incredibly well done video, the ambient mall sounds tied in with your voice over is absolutely perfection! I never grew up at his mall and it was only till Sears closed last year when I made my first visit in which I could tell the mall was dying but, still had some life left. Though I never would believe this how the mall would end in this liminal space it has become and now some what a symbol of what malls have become now. I have been trying to get out here one more time before it closes to capture it one more time since I have one more video planned on this place but, you blew my socks off with this video! A sub has arrived.
Thank you!! I’ve enjoyed your videos about the mall as well!
@@furbybridgers Well thank you!
Massapequa New York where a single family home sells for about a million bucks. You would think they could do something with all of this valuable real estate.
Great video, I've been in the Pequa area since 1993 and used to frequent the mall in my high school and college years. I even worked at two places there. It is very sad to see this go. Lots of memories.
Very well done video. I like the ethereal background music you chose too. So sad to see such a beautiful mall in it's dying gasps. Thanks for sharing this!
I grew up 10 minutes from this mall, and worked at that Macy's for 7 1/2 years. Can't believe it's closing down. Thanks for your video! Well done. 👍
Malls used to be the places of 1st dates & 1st jobs for teenagers in my youth ... as each mall closes so does the door on a big part of my youth 😥
This is so sad. I grew up on LI and this was my go-to Mall. I spent many happy hours at Sunrise Mall shopping and hanging out with friends.
The end of an era. They rose and fell in my lifetime. So sad. The mall used to be so awesome.
I was a teen in NY
In the 70s.
Mall was a big deal , back then. Not just for shopping, but more for socializing .
I was an operating engineer at a major mall in NYC for 20 years.When I first started throughout the year Saturday was always a big day for shoppers and during the week it would have a steady flow of people.The holidays were madness,stores were packed and retail flourished.The year I retired the manager at sears told me in 1998 his store made 50 million and in 2016 it made 14 million. I went last week to that same mall non Thanksgiving weekend and I was amazed how empty it was.I find it very sad.😢😢
Was there the day it opened as a kid,, hung out there thru the late 70's, we knew every inch of the place all the back hallways, how to get into the theaters for free, all the store entries from all the loading docks. The hidden hallways that connected every store we used as shortcuts or places hide from security after getting chased is on our skateboards.. It was a great time to be a kid
Growing up, I’ve always called it sunrise mall never Westfield
I remember it from when it was called the Pit and it was a semi wooded area where kids hung out. We had a blast at the construction site and was there for the Grand opening. It was called the Sunrise Mall at the beginning and later sold to Westfield. Not sure when it became Sunrise Mall again. In 1973 when it was built I was 14 and a typical 70's teen. This place was a magnet for kids from all around the South Shore.
My fam lived in Massapequa Park for a short time. My sister and I bought countless CDs and band shirts there. We even went back to visit the mall multiple times after leaving Long Island. Great video and even better commentary, I can tell you loved that mall, I am sorry for your loss.
Grew up in Wantagh, and rode my bike to this mall before I had a driver's license. Would buy my records in Sam Goody. I remember the sign when it was under construction. Malls were really a new thing at the time. We actually went on a field trip to Roosevelt Field Mall in elementary school, and I'd never been there.
Anyway, when it opened, it beccame where we bought nearly everything other than food.
My brother-in-law told me the grounds were originally called Toad Valley. Guess the toads are getting their property back.
I stumbled accross this and while it was sad to watch I felt your style of presentation with a calming natural narration was wonderful. I am not sure if the concept of The Mall as folks like us grew up with will ever make a come back but i sure miss that era. We had a great little mall in the small town i originally came from and everyone my age and old back there still mourns is loss while also recalling all the wonderful memories of it. Great job on this and your channel here. Keep up the great work! - SV
The end when u showed all the people there and the way it previously looked made me so sad 😞 just another thing gone and changed from many of our childhoods. Damn the internet 😩
Great video!! It's so sad watching this on black friday. I still think malls are packed today with people, and then i watch this and am reminded that is far far from the case. Thanks so much!
Found this on the "New for you" tab! It's always fascinating for me to look at American malls (especially dead / dying ones) as I observe its architecture, how the building looks, the lack of people, stuff like that. I come from a country whose malls are still alive and bustling even after the pandemic, so it's always fascinating to see how other countries like the USA deal with malls and "malling" culture as a whole. Great video!
I was in this mall in the mid 80s while visiting a friend in the area, it's truly surreal to see it so empty compared to how packed it was back then.
Your voice is very calming and articulate! Great video!
thank you!
Extremely well done! Dying malls make me incredibly sad as well. I watched the Sun-Vet mall die a slow painful death, and saw the super unique Atias flea market torn down for another Target (do we *really* need another Target???) I'm waiting for the Smithhaven mall to reach the end of its life cycle, which can't be far off. Thanks again for documenting this.
So glad that I was born in the 70's and was able to experience malls in their heyday. Now, we live in a world where everything is online and there is zero social interaction, which turned the world into a digital hellscape.
Thank you so much for filming this. I used to live on Long Island, until 2009. I grew up in Hicksville, and had the pleasure of visiting this mall on numerous occasions. It was a beautiful mall with lots of life, though sadly, everything passes with time, but we still have those wonderful memories, that make us smile, and say, I’m glad I was a part of that.
I went to 2 colleges, transferring from SUNY Albany to a midwestern university after sophomore year. Among my memorable SUNY experiences were an ancient philosophy class class where we read Platonic dialogues revealing how Socrates in Periclean Athens pioneered democratic culture by engaging with other citizens in philosophical conversations on topics like "justice," "wisdom," "courage," "friendship," and the proper goals of education and citizenship. What became clear was that the substantive points of view, arguments and philosophical stances were very important, but so were the act of conversation itself and the relationships enacted, and in many ways the content was inseparable from the "social" process of dialogue, which self-reflexively addressed the environmental/context conditions that made such philosophical discourse (and by extension, democracy) possible. The other memorable experience was outings with friends and dorm roommates to Crossgates Mall, the relief and relaxation (and of course the enjoyable conversation and interactions) this provided, getting away from from the stresses and pressures of coursework.
It was only in my second university, after transferring, that I took a history class that put those dialogues in a social-historical context, and learned that Socrates would initiate these conversations in Athens' traditional, customary citizen meeting place: the marketplace, the AGORA. The agora was not just a place to buy and sell things, but the place where citizens came together, enjoyed companionship, exchanged ideas, and thereby made democracy a reality.
Seeing this hollowed out husk of a marketplace saddens me, because it makes me think the loss of a mall is so much more than the loss of a mall. It is probably much more connected to other kinds of decline in our civic life.
As I recall, every kid my age saw "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" - males like myself mostly for lascivious reasons, the chance to see some flesh, secondarily for some jokes and thirdly for the social drama story, but now that I think about it, the story was bookended by mall scenes establishing the characters, their relationships, and the basic social dynamics of the community -- and in fact that it is some form of "community" being presented. Most of the dramatic scenes - social life itself - took place at the mall. It's one of those movies you see as light frivolous entertainment, and only later appreciate for its heart and subtle insight, even wisdom. The mall, in other words, has been one of the anchors and foundations of our communities, without really realizing it, the kind of thing you only fully appreciate as it disappears -- maybe a little like democracy.
I love how you narrated this dead mall video. Your voice was soft and pleasant. I really enjoyed your video on the Sunrise Mall. Very interesting! I enjoy seeing dead mall videos and a lot of other RUclipsrs stopped going to dead malls which I do miss! The mall security was polite and friendly and helpful with you. Which other mall security are rude and unfriendly to other RUclipsrs. I just subscribed to your channel. Do you have other past videos on dead malls! Keep up the good work! 😊
Great video! You have a very relaxing voice. A lot of old mall memories doing the walk hrough.
It's a shame. I used to shop there whenever Roosevelt Field didn't have what i wanted. Great memories taking the N55 bus to the mall from Uniondale.
Remember going to the movies there in the 80's. They had a green ticket booth upstairs. On its busiest days the line would be as long as 6 stores long. I also bought my dog at a petland store in there in the early 80's as well. Before the food court there was Burger King, McDonald's, Roy Roger's, pizza place 2nd floor (near the movies). It also had 2 arcades, Time Out and 1 owned by Sega(forgot the name). It was the place to hang out as a teen in the 80's.
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do you remember the restaurant that was downstairs across from Mc donalds? was it a sizzler? i just remember they had a salad bar in there
When you think of a dead mall you vision a place that’s dilapidated & dirty, but Sunrise Mall is very clean, like all the vendors abandoned the place overnight.
This is great footage. Thanks for sharing. Good for you, for documenting and preserving history.
Very sad- the photos at the end showing the outside black cube that could be manually rotated and the inside shots showing fountains with various towers in them that people would throw coins in brought me back to the late 70's/80's when I lived on long island(I moved away in '87).
When I was a kid this place was popping. Early 2000s. Always thought it was a weirdly remote location and super car-centric design, but I suppose most suburban malls are the same. People don't want to visit a depressing empty mall with no good stores anymore, and it fell off super fast. Sad to see. I'll be back on Long Island for the first time in a year next month and I'll check it out just before it closes for good.
Great video, thank you.
It's funny that you mention it was "popping" in the early 2000s. That's the last time I was there having taken my wife to Massapequa to show her where I grew up. I was shocked at how "un-popping" it was in 2001 compared to what it was like in the 1970s and 1980s. I was creeped out in 2001 visiting the mall; you could sense it dying then.
@@vjr4763 You're right. You're talking to people that were kids in the early 2000's. That mall started to decline in the 90's - after the 80's mall era and the influx of natives to the outlying areas. Politically incorrect, but true.
Thanks for this video, I'm 59 years old and lived in Massapequa just on the other side of sunrise highway, and I absolutely remember the mall and spent so much time in it, do you remember when there was a multiplex movie theater in it ? So many memories, and lots of shopping back in the day ( before internet shopping ) , thanks again
Thank you for taking the time to make this video. It's a great service for posterity.
Great video, just finished watching. You have a real talent for capturing a milieu - a specific place and moment so it feels like we're there, and giving us a feeling for your experiences and the history of the place that led up to this. Although it's not my place to suggest you spend New Year's eve in such an environment, if I heard correctly December 31st is the real final day, it would be quite a poignant, touching video if you could document the closing itself. In any case, amazing work on your part. In an understated way, this may be one of my favorite videos, because you uniquely show, with your own touch and your own voice, the disappearance of a major part of our communities and culture. Keep it up! It's wonderful!
In fact, if you want real documentary fireworks - and a a unique institutional event and personal/community/cultural event, why not make a ***New Year’s Eve Party*** at the closing mall???
It could be a truly impactful event, at least in theory. If you want to take up this idea and do it in grand style, organize it with mall management and have guest speakers (maybe even town officials), and you could include my ideas about the AGORA as a public meeting place and forum, a disappearing major component of democracy itself. “We get things more efficiently and cheaper, for less money, through Amazon, but AT WHAT **COST?**”. You could have a very poignant video presentation of the mall over the years as a community center, holiday scenes etc.; contrast that with December 25, 2022 scenes at the mall. Pose the question “Is this what we want for our communities?” Is slightly heightened economic efficiency and lower prices worth declining communities, deterioration of civic life and civic and civil discourse, probably contributing to deeper partisanship and Balkanization in politics- **is it worth it?** Maybe we need to revive the old idea and ideal of the AGORA as not just a place to buy and sell merchandise, but a meeting place for maintaining and building a sense of community and relationships and the exchange of ideas. This may be the most overlooked message of the Platonic-Socratic dialogues that could be regarded as the founding of democratic culture itself: the notion of an informal, friendly public forum where we could exchange contrasting ideas but still invariably acknowledge the humanity of the people we disagreed with, by conversing in a cordial, friendly way, acknowledging that though there are differences, maybe the similarities are just as, or more, important. This may be the most important message of the AGORA, the Socratic dialogues, and the mall we are losing, and maybe democracy slipping through our fingers, without our barely noticing it.” You could quote the Levitsky-Ziblatt book “How Democracies Die” in this connection, and sliding into more authoritarian politics with deceit and often racism being increasing factors. Without malls, people coming together, all these patterns will intensify because people retreat into the cozy cocoon of their own cave, click onto Amazon for what they want, and abandon the idea of community.”
You could end on the theme of a New Year being a time of farewell to the old year, reminiscing and taking stock, but also looking forward, making resolutions and a time of **renewal**. Maybe bidding farewell to the closing mall, it’s possible to resolve that this should only be a temporary setback, like the French say “receuller pour mieux sauter” - recoil downward so as to leap even higher and further. As the mall closes, resolve to renew the idea and ideal of the public AGORA, as a place not just of pleasant, fun, sociable shopping, but a center of community and institution of democracy, thereby bolstering, reviving these ideals of community and democracy. So winding down 2022 and watching this sad closing of the mall need not be just a moment of letting go, but jumping forward into a renewal of the things we truly care about. What better way to celebrate New Year’s?”
So you could make your video, include a speech like that, and who knows: with your video and such an event, the mall’s closing may not be so much about a closing, but launching a re-opening and renewal of an institution, an ideal, new vistas.
Btw: if you like this idea and actually want to pursue it and want my help/participation, I live nearby in Lawrence. You could email me at c2Andrew101@gmail.com
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You live in Lawrence!?! EEEEIIIIUUUUWWWW!!!!! *_>:D_*
No seriously: what the hell do you mean by: *A.G.O.R.A.* ?
It is such a shame that all this mall area is empty, not sure what they should do with it but they shouldn't tear down they could put bowling alleys or theaters in it or something. It's a terrible sign of the times. Some malls started putting apartments in them and I think that's a great idea
These "dead malls" always remind me those "futuristic utopian underground towns". Like Logan's Run, the empty stores became apartment with a central food court (not in Logan's Run - it was something else). With a lot of tweaking, imagination and money - these could have been transformed into housing...
Housing could be good here or it could be
transformed into a medical center or college campus.
Love how you included the old pics 🥰
Thank you for this video, you definitely stirred up some memories of mine from back in the 80s. I spent many Saturday afternoons there and remember seeing Risky Business at the movies.
Thank you for your Time and effort for such a nice video,
A blank wall of fame. What a liminal image I’m so glad stuff like this exists to document mall as they disappear. I was a teenager in the 90s some mall were a pretty big deal growing up. The bigger one I used to go to is still thriving, but all of the smaller ones, including the one closer to my hometown have shut down
Good job doing this video. RIP Sunrise Mall.
I just returned to Long Island after 10 years. I remember coming here back in 07 for school shopping, I remember how busy this mall was, sad to see it go
69 subscribers? This is actually pretty good! Almost like a documentary!
wow thank you!
The real problem with all these mall closings, is the lack of human connection-kind of explains why we’re all such a mess today. We don’t connect any more. The mall at Christmas time was a crazy happy place filled with excited shoppers - sorry online shopping doesn’t cut it- and now too many shootings - weird weird. American society is in serious decline- we’ve lost something and we won’t get it back.
Call me crazy but the internet has caused the decline in humanity
@@jgorge2702 actually you sound very normal and lucid. I completely agree with you.
F*** that we have to get it back
@@sitdowndogbreath how?
@@blastoff2022 you count me? Come on let's go get this my nigga!
I remember when this mall was first built: it had a Korvettes, Farrells and even a woolworth. We spent a lot of time going to that movie theatre as well.. so sad!
My first job was at Nathan's in this mall and then I worked at Foot Locker. For some reason this really breaks my heart. So many memories here 😔
Aw, I'm sorry your mall is closing down. I feel your sadness. This was the mall that was always there during your formative years. It's just so sad to watch it happen right before your eyes, kind of like losing a friend. Oddly, I live down the road from one of the largest malls in the world, it actually had that distinction when it opened in the 80's, West Edmonton Mall. I live on 178 street which is the road along the west side of the mall. In comparison, it is still very busy and very much alive. In fact, in recent years, high end luxury brand stores have been opening up in there: Gucci, St. Lauren and Louis Vuitton and I think more are coming. Although, I have seen some malls close down too which was very sad ie: Heritage Mall in Edmonton's south side. Most shopping in brick and mortar stores are being done in strip mall style. We have a large shopping area called South Common and each store is an individual store, all with only outside doors, no communal indoor building.
Anyways, very well done video. You portrayed the slow death of an American mall very well. I really enjoyed the old photos at the end, they really captured what is was like back in its hayday. I'll be sure to look for your upcoming videos. Take care 💕
So heartbreaking 💔 to see this Beautiful mall abandoned thank You for your video I appreciated You Great Job ❤️♥️
Breaks my heart, Thank you for sharing this.
You have to wonder what their utility payments are like, staff, upkeep etc. and how they support those expenses without tenants.
Also, be vigilant being alone in such a place, maybe take a friend with you, you never know when some sicko is right around the corner.
I agree. You should have someone with you while filming in dead malls. It’s not safe, especially after dark! There are nutcases everywhere.
Interesting to know that about the JC Penney. I wonder how bad it actually is on the inside.
Also, a couple weeks ago when I visited the mall, the first floor entrance of JC Penny had this strange draft coming out of it. The curtains were moving slightly. The gate must have been slightly moved because I was able to stick my hand in and feel how cold the draft was. Super strange.
Hmm that is very strange!
Grew up in deer park closer to Walt Whitman mall, but my mom always took me to Sunrise because she was from Massapequa. I spent a lot of time in the early/mid-00s here finding the media/fashion that’d help shape my taste/who i am even today. Watching this with a sad face from Florida 🥲
The AVON store story creeped me out. It's also pretty sad. My mother sold AVON on the side back in the 80s and 90s. Great video!
Great job on this video.
I don’t know if you plan on doing a lot more Dead Mall videos, but you would do great in this space on RUclips. I don’t think there are any other women filming dead malls, which is interesting how male dominate it is.
Dan Bell doesn’t really post Dead Malls much these days. All the guys who have followed him have been more prolific in recent years, but they can’t replicate the pleasantness of how Dan Bell sounds as he narrates. It’s actually an important element to this style of content and seems to be the magic ingredient.
You have a good voice and delivery for this and I think would draw a lot of fans if you chose to focus on dead retail. 👍🏻
Absolutely agree with this. Dan Bell is my favorite for dead mall videos, and this video really brought me back to the pleasant delivery and information on the mall. This was great. I totally agree with your comment!
We should fight by protesting to get back our stores! Online shopping is what the controllers want for us. We should say NO!!!
I loved this mall I grew up in Freeport , NY. I would take the N19 bus to the mall and just shop or walk around. I remember living in Amityville, NY and it was a two minute drive because once your on Route 110 and drive in the back of the Pathmark supermarket on Carmen rd , your right next to the mall
Great video! It really brings back a lot of memories but also makes me sad. I remember going to the movie theater that was in the center of the mall when I was a kid in the late 80’s/early 90’s. Sbarro’s in the food court was the best!
sbarro's was there before the mall was remodeled and added the food court.
This makes me sad …. I grew up on Long Island and this mall in the 80s was the shit. Lol. It’s so crazy to see it like this when I remember how full of life it once had
Same. It was like the entire high school was there on the weekends it was packed everyone was going to the arcade Sbarro's or the movies LOL
make me happy we have a place in Florida
Great job! Awesome to have a female take on this genre.
Sunrise Mall was the only one my parents allowed me to go to alone in the 80's. Roosevelt Field & Green Acres were a little too rowdy according to them. I lived in Freeport, so the N19 was my direct pass. This is sad, so many amazing times there. Not to mention going to the Wiz near the bus stop on the way home, to afford paying Sam Goody prices.
Thanks again Furby!
I bumped with this video on this Thanksgiving Day, despite a very boring quiet day this video made my day! It's one of those type of videos to watch in a relaxing evening and glad I watched it completely. You have a very lovely narration! 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂