MAGICAL Mall Memories of the 60s-70s | When Shopping Malls Had Panache! | Featuring Mall Muzak 1974
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- Опубликовано: 11 окт 2020
- A time portal into yesterday's MAGICAL Mall Memories of the 60s-70s...and one or two from the 80s popped into this one as well.
Remembering When Shopping Malls Had Panache!
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The following is a list of malls featured in this video. To the best of my knowledge this is correct and in order of appearance. I haven't been to all of these malls, so let me know in the comments if I made a mistake. I was going to mention the names as part of the video, but didn't want to risk making a mistake. Also, please let me know of any malls that have personal memories for you and I might include them in any future videos.
Chris-town Mall, Phoenix, Arizona
Burlington Mall, Massachusetts
Colonial Plaza, Orlando, Florida
Del Norte, Laredo, Texas
Yorktown Shopping, Lombard, Illinois
Willowbrook Mall, Illinois
Altamonte Springs, Florida
Apache Plaza, St Anthony, Minnesota
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Cinderella City, Colorado
Eastfield Mall, Springfield, Illinois
Eastridge Mall, San Jose, California
Eastwood Mall, Birmingham, Alabama
Eastwood Mall, Ohio
Edison Mall entrance, Ft. Myers, Florida
Edison Mall, Ft. Myers, Florida
Escondido Village Mall, California
Farrell's at Cinderella City, Colorado
Foothills Fashion Mall, Colorado
Ford City, Chicago, Illinois
Harvest House Cafeteria at Upper Valley Mall, Springfield, Ohio
Holland House Cafeteria at East Camelback Mall, Arizona
Hollywood Mall, Hollywood, Florida
The Mall, Horseheads, New York
Lake Air Shopping Center, Waco, Texas
Liberty Tree Mall, Danvers, Massachusetts
Lincoln Square, Urbana, Illinois
Lloyd Center Mall, Portland, Oregon
Macon Mall, Georgia
Marysville, California
Merritt Square Mall, Florida
Metro Center Mall, Phoenix, Arizona
Midtown Plaza, Rochester, New York
New York Boulevard Mall, Buffalo, New York
New York Summit Park, Niagara Falls
Northpark Mall, Dallas, Texas
Northland Shopping Mall, Southfield, Michigan
Ohio Arcade, Cleveland
One Tandy Center, Ft. Worth, Texas
Oxford Valley Mall, Longhorne, Pennsylvania
Oxford Valley Mall fountains
Park City Mall "Spring", Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Park City Mall "Summer", Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Park City Mall "Autumn", Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Park City Mall "Winter", Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Park City Mall, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Regency Square, Jacksonville, Florida
Seminole Mall, St. Petersburg, Florida
Sharpetown Mall, Houston, Texas
Southdale Shopping Mall, Edina, Minnesota
Summit Park, Niagara Falls, New York
Sun Valley Mall, Concord, California
Tacoma Shopping Mall, Washington
The Mall, Pontiac, Michigan
Thomas Mall, Phoenix, Arizona
Musicland, Tucson Mall, Arizona
Tyrone Square, St. Petersburg, Florida
Westland Center, Wayne, Michigan
West Shore Plaza, Tampa, Florida
White Lakes, Topeka, Kansas
Willowbrook Mall, Illinois
Willowbrook Mall, Illinois
Winter Park Mall, Florida
Woodland, Grand Rapids, Michigan
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I must apologize as the second half of this video isn't quite as "magical." I looped the images so that we could hear the rest of the music.
PLAYLIST:
40 Years Young
Kate McShane
Tengo Ritmo
Paradise Program
Birthday At The Waldorf
Star Eyes
To Bing
Volare
Whole Lotta Sunlight
50 Million Frenchman
Tower of Strength
Lady Blue
At Seventeen
Am I On Time
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Mall Memories of the 60s-70s...and one or two from the 80s popped into this one as well.
I miss these times. "Panache" was the perfect word to use here. It's such a rare find that we don't even use the word anymore
We usually went to the malls in Montgomery County. I had such fun with my son.
Omg I feel the same way! 😊
I think we are old now and missing those yesteryears when we were young and happy
Was the mall at 1:44 Apache Plaza in MN?
I miss the 1970s. Life was so simple then. I can hang out on RUclips all day looking back at the 60s and the 70s. I have no interest of this way of life we have now
It's pretty difficult to make the life you would like when stuff is happening with force and not organically changing or your decisions. What the heck happened to all of us?
I'm with you Lori Ann. I also miss the 1970s and look back at the 1950s on RUclips. I have no interest of this way of life we have now either.
Well said Lori and ditto all your sentiments. I want to embrace the Now, but always find myself slipping back to the memories and great era 😑💖
@@camcordernonsense5264 Technology/ smart phone distraction? But it probably began with the distraction of TV. At least radio still allowed for the imagination. Like reading does.
The music really takes me back! Almost makes me feel sadness..... remembering that which is gone.
Imagine being 70 years old in 1970 having lived through 2 World Wars and the Great Depression and spending a day with the family at the mall for the first time and thinking..."The kids have a great future ahead of em..."
Her kids in their 40's yep, they had a great future ahead of them at least until the 2010's. The grandchildren on the other hand are now in their 30's or 40's and theirs is the grim future.
Sad…but true. And lest we forget, many stores were local/regional
I'm 37. I remember the hope of the 80's giving way to the despair of today. Don't forget, we're no less productive, we're no less rich. This is the fault of a small ruling class of people who we do not hold to account. The constant money printing and redirection has destroyed America. It's nothing more complicated than that, everything else is a symptom.
Someone who was 70 in 1970 was already witnessing the decline of our country. It all started in 1964 and has been going down ever since. I cant even imagine how hard it must have been to see the 1950's and early 1960's deteriorate into the late 1960's. I'm just glad I won't be around when the millenials are adults. Or will they even BE adults?
@@justindenickuvtyme6515 1964? funny you chose that particular year. The US peaked in 1999. Things will never be that good again.
Lately I've been escaping these very depressing times and visiting these malls of yesteryear on RUclips--I guess it's therapy of sorts for me. I remember how these malls were so inviting and comfortable with the dark wood and dim lighting and just relax and shop, so wonderful back then. I guess around the 90's they all became so bright with horrible funky neon and no character anymore. Another huge plus-----NO smart phones!
About the same time those wonderful dark steakhouses disappeared. Went from could barely see the food you were eating and reading the menu with the glass candkelamp on your table to needing sunglasses to ease the eyestrain even at night! Lol
You have nailed it !!!!
@@veronicaleger8326 Steak & Ale restaurants, I remember them well.
Neón and Bright colors cam be very nice when the whole mall was built around it. Minimalism works in new malls that were built around that aesthetic, but much like how the bright neon looked best on malls built to be bright in the 90s (rather than dark malls than are then filled with neon), the white and beige works best on stuff like the Mall At Millenia, the mall below Freedom Tower, or Mall of San Juan which have the architecture for it. My local mall had a lot of neon and pastel colors but it looked nice cause the architecture was very bright and spacious, with a nice smell with trees, benches, marble and a lovely fountain. Kinda like the mall from Stranger Things.
I agree and now the malls are noisy, whereas the culture today acts out and yells, which was taboo in older days.
I miss fountains. They were always the first things to be removed when malls were renovated.
Right? Like if they were removed for safety purposes... Did someone drown in one? Wait, I shouldn't say that.... Somewhere... Someone... They may have (likely a father or husband), snapped after sitting there after hours of waiting. I personally loved the fountains and little "bridges". Our local mall had 70s yellow tile, trimmed with dark brown wood, all over. The lights that lit up the water... (Sigh)Those were the days. His 'bout those " benches"? The ones that were square with a "bench" wrapped around? Ours had artificial plants inside.
Our mall kept the fountain, but removed the movie theater, carousel, arcade, and food court! It can't even really be called a mall anymore. ☹️
The problems with some of those fountains was a plumbing problems they would probably stop working or get clogged up nobody should have drowned in them but I think it was more of a functional mechanical situation than anything else on some of those things
And the pennies!!!….. the pennies we would throw on the fountain
I miss we're people walking around the mall have a great day with there kids and family in the mall
Of all you people from the 1970s, I'm a young buck here. I wasn't born until 1978. But I seriously strongly agree with you all that life in the 70s must have been so much easier and way better than today. Even at my age, living in the 2020s is HARD. Makes me wish I was around in the 1970s.
Same-I was born in 1978. 👍👍👍👍
The saddest part is that other than people inflicting their version of progress on the majority, there is absolutely no reason it can't be even better now! That's the real tragedy sir. Yes, cleanliness and civic pride are still possible even today but I guess not enough of us care?
@@user-hn5ti3ws7g The 1960s and 1970s were the best time to be a kid. I am the median age of all the Brady Bunch kids (probably a year older than Bobby and a year younger than Peter ?) .
@@user-hn5ti3ws7gYou are right-we allowed this to happen.
Me too. I was born in 79, so I missed the 70’s and now I really do miss that decade… Best music, best malls, people had fun and most importantly, people had hope for a bright future in this country. If only we could time travel. There would be no one here in 2024!
I miss people the most. The malls were our social meeting places. I loved just sitting on the benches and watching the people. The hair, the clothes, the colors. Seeing them interact with each other. The world was so much more alive back then.
I remember how professional and friendly the staff were. They employed people of a certain age to deal with the public. The women looked so pretty in skirts or dresses, and the men had long sleeve shirts with ties. It’s a shame our standards have been lowered.
And you could smoke freely and relax and not be made to feel like a freaking leper... The whole world is now a vile cesspool!🤡
Notice how well-dressed we used to be.
These malls are beautiful as if the architects and interior designers were having fun. The creative uses of planters, water features, materials, texture, lighting, and especially color. There's a sense of fantasy, of beauty for its own sake instead of mere utility.
Back in the days when life was good and people were civilized.
So true.
I think malls reflected the social cohesion and optimism this country used to have long ago.
The colors of the 70s- brown, orange, yellow, and beige
And lime green. 😁😁😁
@@BenjaminGessel The colors changed in between there : By the Disco Years colors were Burgundy , biege , brown , tan, rust . In the EARLY 1970s Tupperware Colors : Avacodo green, yellow-gold, Orange . And yes, Lime Green and Pink (hangovers from the late 1960s).
My light yellow 66 Cadillac will probably still be here when I am not lol
Loved it!
No cell phones. No computers. No Amazon. No Facebook. Three or four tv channels. Gone forever.
This was my childhood. This country has been ruined. Seeing this old footage, I am reminded of how much better dressed people used to be, how much more civilized things were, and how much happier everyone seemed to be. It is a far cry from that today. Things are very ghetto here now.
Same thing in many parts of the world.
Europe especially.
Still people and the media keep pretending that "the old days" were the root of all problems and everything is coming up roses nowadays.
So wrong...
we ALL know what happened and what ruined America...but if you say the truth they get offended and riot and burn everything down
2020 & Pfizer. @@JaclynSmithx.._
Going to the mall used to be an event. We would actually dress up a little for it. We would spend hours there. You didn't even have to buy anything, you could just hang out. Having lunch there was the best part.
When the future held hope and promise
Wow. Well put. .. Well put.
yeah, OUCH! kinda hits home
Truth
Way back when
The future isn't what it used to be.
Ah yes, back in the day of a civilized society.
It's amazing to think that there are people who find these scenes deeply disturbing, even offensive. For each of these malls, there was someone, or some group of someones, who wagered most or all of what they owned to pay for their construction. They were betting on a civilization, they were betting on things they believed would never change, would never go out of style. Our civilization had recently put men on the moon. That anyone would belittle, attack, try to destroy the foundations of the "civilized society" (as you put it) that had done that was inconceivable. Today we are in a quite different place, fifty years later.
@@Obladgolated Yes, it's very sad where we are heading as a society, all that we stood for, our morals, our faith our history slowly fading into oblivion. I guess that's why when I see photos like these I wish I could go back in time. I guess all that people like us can do is try to look at the good things still left in life and hope for the best.
2020; Never Forget what happened . It was all planned.
I wouldn't sit in any mall in today's world, and risk being shot at! I don't think so, and I use to go to the mall, in the 70s and early 80s, to hang out with my friends and wave at our teachers that would shop there after school or on the weekends to look at the things we wanted for Xmas, I was a teenager in the mid-70s. The bus down the street from me today would be safe to take and it wouldn't take long, 15min ride. Eating at the food courts and some even had movie houses. But sadly, not in today's world, memories. If I could I'd go back to those days, but they are gone forever.
Omg this is depressing the sun valley mall in Concord CA was so nice at one time you could spend all day there. Now it's a haven for gangs drugs shootings and homeless. And the stores in the 70s were so much fun not to mention the restaurants, ice rink and movie theater. I'm sad now!
Malls were the place to be back in the day. My favorite was Old Town Mall that had rides and themed like a park.
One of the reasons that malls feel so different NOW is the LIGHTING. The lighting in the 1960s and 1970s was more YELLOW-Y. The lighting of today is BLAST WHITE and makes your eyes hurt. That's just ONE reason BUT it is a biggie.
True. I always put shades on walking in anywhere now.
LED causes cataracts and deprives you of melatonin, which ruins your sleep. It also is cancer causing. Our leaders made everything go LED, and we lost all the soft yellow lighting. Bathed now in bright white LED, gone is the moody relaxing vibes of the yellow glow.
soft lights are always better
IT’s categorically the WORST!! And then there’s the issue of going blind driving to the mall because someone’s headlights are as bright as a light house.
I was just a boy in the 70s. Shopping malls were breathtaking. They were like resorts. All the ambience, all the vibes. By the 80s, they were also the social hub for teenaged life, back when you had to leave your house and go somewhere to find out what your friends were up to.
I too grew up in the 70’s-80’s, as a girl who loved to see the latest styles it was fun, new, exciting and safe. Dropped off at a mall with a girlfriend at 11. Hung out at the malls with boyfriends, went to the movies there. It was our main stomping grounds, besides roller skating rinks.
Yes most malls might have a movie theater. It was a big deal to go to the local mall. I just think peoples mindsets are damaged today to even think about stuff like this ever again. Its all about safety and protection that no one comes out of their homes anymore. Really sad to see our society.
I grew up in the 70s What a fun time it was, not only fun It was safe and exciting to go to the mall, do your shopping, and nobody bothered you, nobody started picking fights in food courts, nobody took out a gun and started shooting that’s what you Have today So sad! if it isn’t the virus to keep people away,it’s psycho pathics that want to kill innocent people! it’s A shame very frightening ! Haven’t been to a mall almost 20 years and not about to go back to a mall! The way it is today,No thank you!! but looking at this RUclips video on how malls used to be, brings tears to my eyes remembering how Comfortable and Serene everything was in those days! and how it changed to a “War Zone!
@@cameronmallory5807 Loss of pride in our country (earned for the most part btw) has damaged us forever.
@@paulamcdonald6568 yeah I saw a grown man roller skating down the side walk the other day first I thought rollerblades but no they were roller skates. He was having such a great time I had to say hello to the guy. I truly don't see people doing anything anymore. I loved going to the roller skating rink. Met my first girlfriend and beat karate champ arcade game. Yep never worried about someone shooting the place up. I feel bad for kids today. No imagination with kids today. Not talking about technology either just pretending to be something of their dreams.
Imagine smoking in a mall, and not worrying about being the victim of a mass shooting!
So nice to see and reminisce!
Being born in 1960, my first 20 years of life were all spent in the 60s and 70s in California living with both my natural parents and siblings in the suburbs of LA and my goodness what a wonderful life it was back then! Everything in those two decades, from the music to the TV shows, clothes, cars, hair styles and fashion trends, the toys, décor, restaurants, drive-in movies and yes even the Malls, all of it amazing! God how I miss those times 😥
When California was great once.
All I want is to be transported out of 2023 and back to this time
Welcome to the present where we all want to go back to the past. ❤
Although the past was rad, the present is still a gift.
I’ll warm up the way back machine
Brings back great memories of how America used to be.
How I would love to step into a time machine and go back to this era.
It was a wonderful time to be alive...
Having been there, I'd bet everything I own you wouldn't want to come back even though there were no real PCs. I'm not pretending it was perfect but it was much more pleasant (contrary to people believing how evil everyone was) and you could dare to hope an average job would reward you with a house and a car! Pure fantasy now I guess lol.
@@user-oy5ez3dz3b
Yes it was! I was raised in Montebello, California during that time. The first ever mall I ever saw then was the Puente Hills Mall after it was first built in 1973.
As a child growing up in the 60’s - 70’s the mall seemed such a magical place.
It was. It had all the stuff we saw advertised on TV. That made it magical.
❤ oh it was❤
Over sized House Plants...Fountains....Pretty Girls... Did it ever get any better than this?!?
LOVE this background music - it's lighthearted & upbeat. We won't even mention the depressing noise you hear in malls nowadays..I feel sorry for the poor salespeople who have to listen to it all day.. Thanks for sharing this. very nostalgic.
Me too, I went to a clothing store that was closing to buy a few fixtures to use and the music was horrible ! Perhaps that is one of the reasons that they are closing? That and the cheap junk clothing they were selling. Sad.
I’m a member of Gen Z and wow this way of life looks great. It feels like something from a dream
Yeah Sam, it was actually cool being a kid back then and going to places like this, first with your parents when you were small, and then with your friends when you got older. Although we didn’t know it at the time:)
I’m so sad for missing out on this. I’ve known nothing but mostly Walmarts and grocery stores my whole life. Malls are depressing husks of what they could be. No wonder no one wants to leave the house anymore. Everything is so stressful and exhausting.
It was wonderful! The malls were safe and clean, the clothes for sale were quality and gorgeous. People interacted with each other and it was so nice. Later on teens in the mall began using filthy language, ther 17:38 e began to be bomb threats in the mall. This is where diversity got us. After that the malls began closing.
If I was trapped in an elevator with this music, I would ask the rescuers for cheese and crackers, a martini, and come back later :-)
Ooh he'll yes. A giant gin martini with 5 stuffed fat Greek olives. Yummy. 😊
😂
Definitely!
It is definately impressive muzak.
Nice!
In my twenties I used to hear older folk talk about “ the good old days”
In my fifties let me please say it...ah the good old days!
The malls were so beautiful and inviting! Customer service with the smile!
Great compilation right down to the music and the warm sound of the vinyl little scratches in the background!
Nothing will be as beautiful ever again!
Thank you for this nostalgic video!
These malls of the past look warm and inviting.
Today's malls look like they had their heart and soul sucked out of them.
Almost everything today had had the heart and soul sucked out of it.
Yes they definitely had character and inviting for people to enjoy. So many great memories back then I really miss those days now more than ever before 🤔
@@kimberlygabaldon3260
Agree, 1000%!!
The Americana at Brand in Glendale, CA has some character for being an outdoor mall. It’s a lot different from the malls I grew up going to (Northridge Fashion Center and Topanga Plaza.
There was no shortage of colors in the 1970's. The decor today is rather bland in comparison.
I never thought the concept of being able to shop from store to store, away from the rain and snow, would ever go out of fashion. It's weird how the new fad is outdoor shopping centers again. I love the music of this video. It definitely captures the mall vibe of that time!
Yes, I was looking at a suburb in FL and the realtor was all like, "And there is OUTDOOR SHOOOOPPPING!!!" Like that is great thing to do in Florida, you don't live next to or in the shops like the older days of downtown cities, it's completely stupid.
Exactly was wondering if someone would comment about what I saw was the main reason for a mall? Least how I saw them
the Golden age of America
I want to go to the Woolworths Cherry Hill Grill for lunch tomorrow... Just one day in the 70's then bring me back to this lunacy...
I was watching this and reminiscing about going Christmas shopping at the mall. Nowadays Christmas shopping is nothing more than a few clicks at Amazon.
We all thought the future would be better boy were we ever wrong😮
i know right!
Seriously
We wouldn't have THOUGHT that the future would have been any better, unless it wasn't for The Powers That Be SELLING US ON the future going to be better...
Notice how everything THEY tell us is "going to happen" NEVER turns out as promised?
The sad part is that we've been trained to be meek and complacent, and to just accept whatever THEY say we're going to accept.
It's sickening.
As a child, my parents were too poor for shopping at a mall. Finally, at 16, i was hired for my first job at Hickory Farms. This was middle 70’s. Malls were fairly safe and a great place to meet chicks 😂
Many very, very pretty chicks came to the malls, I remember that.
The soundtrack should be available for download. It’s like a time machine feeling
The nostalgia is so strong, it almost hurts! Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
Absolutely
It DOES hurt when you truly realize it will never be that way again. But, we had it for an all too brief moment granted, but we had it.
It hurts me.
yes, for me too
I loved the malls when they were all decorated for Christmas! They hardly ever do that anymore!
I’m not going to lie..
This hurt my heart to watch…❤
Me too!
Same here. It reminds me of when all the people who loved me, were alive. I miss them so much.
same here! people were more well behaved and mannered
better days when people behaved and had more manners
Those were the days we thought would never end,we knew how to work,relax,enjoy,fellowship,congregate,just live!!!!
Yup, and all that is gone now. We're in hell.
@@MarcusDaGrand Sadly you are correct sir 😞
All without the internet, intrusive cellular phones, Google,...I miss those days.
Back then you could spend hours in the mall. Today's malls I wouldn't spend 5 minutes.
There were always two places that my mother could find me, at Radio Shack and organ stores, especially Thomas, Lowrey and Baldwin.
I still go to ours. It's changed so much from what was good about it. Lots agree. I'm guessing the younger not getting to see it's former glory don't miss it.
I don't know what I'm expecting to see there. Maybe a portal back to the 70s and 80s?
@@patricksaxon3983 I forgot about the piano and organ shops!!!!
@@sheLovesG Isn't that a choice each one of us makes even today? "The machine" also housed businesses where people and families made a living. You're right, a buck or two isn't much and it adds up over time. I think of that every time I see someone today pulling out of a Starbucks or stopping for a fountain drink at a convenience store. Just like yesterday, I consider my entertainment expenses wisely. I didn't mind spending a couple of dollars at a mall back in the day because I wasn't just there for the popcorn and video games. Sure, that was part of it, but I was mostly there to be around other people, to look at things, and enjoy the free a/c. So, while the machine did indeed extract my occasional two dollars, I also extracted some great memories of time spent with friends, family, and strangers--a true success.
I hate the mall now all the hood and young people took over it’s to the point now I hate going to jc penny
The late 60s and 70s were the best time to grow up. We dressed up to grow to the mall, ate at one of the restaurants for lunch. It was a simple time, people were normal, life was good. I hate this world as it is, bunch of nut cases.
very very well said ....i hate what this world has turned into, i still try to figure out what happened . But i will tell you , i think after 1989 , things started going downhill. 1989 was the turning point
@@rv6205 Yup. Everything has been just awful since the ninety's. Music, clothes, attitudes.
i agree 100%...we are not evolving we are devolving now
GOT EVEN WORSE in 2020. Pfizer Killed Our Planet. @@nathannieto1755
Oh to be able to jump into one of these pics just for a day
Literally why i lovveee going to the mall
For a day.... or better yet, whenever I took a notion to!
You are not alone in that.
I'll go with you. Would be an epic adventure in time
I didn’t realize one short sentence like this post could hit me right in the feels. ❤️
I love this so much. It's devastating how much of mankind no longer values the experience of these magnificent indoor atmospheres and experiences. When indoor malls are gone, where can you go for free that is a large, open, beautiful, climate controlled public space and just hang out (and shop) in a leisurely, comfortable fashion? I know indoor malls still exist now, but they have become more bland and clinical in concept. The 60's and 70's if you ask me, were the height of brilliant spacial design- full of imagination and color- creative seating, planters, water features, cool angles.... I guess one can hope that this mindset can return and find fruition again in beautifully made public spaces- where an uplifting experience is held in high regard. It was more than just a "shopping mall." It was a reflection of our life values. In the meantime, thank you for this video, so we can be there in our minds and hearts!
I cam remember my Mom digging in her purse to give me a penny
to throw into the fountain at the mall! Then was *"window shopping"*
in the toy store. Today's malls are sad colorless streaks of head shops,
teen stores, & lingerie considered trashy 40 years ago LOL! 🧐👙
Thank you for posting these wonderful photos! Takes me back...
Mall Muzak 1974 is a wonderful album! It's kitch but at the same time cozy and comforting. Don't laugh, but I often listen to it when I'm cooking!
No, its not kitch, its a possibility to escape our modern crazy world to a more relax and atmospheric era. I like to listen this album when i need to relax, and that's work!
I would love a CD of Muzak!!
This kind of stuff played into the mid 80s overhead. I got to experience over a decade of it shopping with my mom.
In the cart or walking next to the cart. Malls, Kmart, burger joints, barber shops even her sewing material shops and horse tack shops.
So much awesome.
I love it! I used to make fun of this kind of music, but in these dark times, I have come around to enjoying it in a completely unironic way.
I think I'm going to try that next time I'm cooking!
A time free from flash mobs of "Youth" as they call them, no rap music, baggy pants, ink covered bodies, such a safe and wonderful time!
You forgot : NO PARENTS with a 2 year old in a stroller - and the 2 year old is handling some horrible BLEEPY video game thing for preschoolers. and it's TOO DAMN LOUD .
Malls in those days were so cool, with warm colors, all kinds of decorations, each store had its own look. I know a mall that was just like that, it was built in the late 70s early 80s and it was fun to go there. When they "renovated" it in the late 2000/2010, they gave it an hospital look. Exit most of the fun decoration, the store fronts look uniform and the main color everywhere is white. They wanted to give the mall a very "modern" look, but all they did was give it a very depressing look. The very few times I go there now, I find it feels cold and uninviting.
I agree 1000%. It feels so impersonal and cold. God knows what goes through their minds.
warm colors have always been inviting... I hate how sterile things are nowadays and things are so much worse for it. Silly mcdonald buildings with the red roofs and yellow french fry shapes draping over the sides was such a cool look. I once took a trip up into the mountains and saw one still there in the wild. It was empty and still had the outside park. A relic of a by gone era that we will never be able to return to
Most of the stores were more affordable back then as well… a sign of an existing middle class. Since then, everything has become so upscale.
It’s the same people that got rid of the Shoney’s Big Boy statue because it looked “tacky” and hated the cartoony billboard signs and fun mascots on restaurants. Communists suck and must be resisted.
I feel the same way. They took out the palm trees from our mall and never replaced them. They turned it into a boring sterile cold environment. I have noticed Resorts in Mexico and the Dominican Republic have switched to the same cold decor.
When people cared about what they wore in public.
This even has that ambient reverb sound that you would hear from being in a large mall.
Music had magic and spirit back then!!! I can listen to this any day and feel pure peace about simpler times.
Couldn't agree more and I'm not even from that time. I was born in 83.
@@ariesarethebest271 Right!! I was born in 92. I think I was supposed to be born in the 70s. My soul feels it!!!
Despite what some people say about elevator music I seem to enjoy it and I prefer to listen to it
@@ariesarethebest271 I was born in 82. I vaguely remember some stuff still looking like this in the late 80's but wish I could have been born into this era. Times looked so great then.
@@ELEKTRA_LUXXX mines 1930s dreams I have and attraction to films about the 30s or tools, cars and whatever from then.
Also super heavy 1970s. But I'd say I was an 80s kid.
I used to wonder if I was raised in the 30s and died in the 1970s.
I was a cashier at Woolworth’s in the Cherry Hill Mall in high school. I loved it so much. They were really good to the part time kids.
Remember dressing up to go shopping?
I’m Asian (from the Philippines) and its kinda interesting to see that a lot of Americans reminisce about the golden days of mall. Malls here are very alive so seeing people get nostalgic about malls is a strange phenomena for me
Some things in the Philippines remind me of good things in past times in the USA, especially the devotion to family and close friendships. I visit Philippines several times a year, enjoy serving the children in Mindanao with a church.
stereo stores, spencer gifts, orange julius and the movie theater. So awesome.
And the novelty stores selling those neat "rain lamps." I remember seeing them everywhere back then. I'd beg my parents to take me to the mall just so I could watch one, hoping they'd buy it for me. I never got one. They were so expensive :-(
What about "Hot Sam's" pretzels?
I saw one at around 6:30.
did they have whole stores divoted to stereo equiptment ?....was pioneer big back then ?
Malls were such a part of our lives years ago, for all ages too! Today, you can even say Malls are on life support, with more people shopping from home, they would rather just order something through Amazon. You always felt safe in Malls as well, but even that has changed, you see a lot of thugs, crime has gone up where some of these Malls you would never dream about that in the 60's or 70's. Can't help but feel sad when I see the pictures, hear the muzak, because I know that era is gone. When I go to a Mall today, you don't feel any warmth, just a sort of cold, sterile environment, which seems to affect the people as well. But, for young people today, they will never know the greatness of being in a Mall during those old classic decades of the 60's & 70's, I will say the 80's too, but by the 90's things were really starting to change for the worse...
Depending on the place/area.. id say late 90s .....before it all got refurbished to the cold, unwelcomming decore. Theres still some malls here that are sill in their 90s era in Canada 😏....before C19, i used to go for a visit..... and got reminded of the Canada i knew.... when indoor smoking was allowed 🤣
So true.
I started seeing the mall parking lots deteriorate and never get repaired or redone. I knew something was happening and then started hearing stories of attacks in the parking lots and to avoid going at night because the gangs were out then, that’s when I quit going to fear getting out of your car, what was inside was not worth it 😞
These malls look serine and majestic
They definitely were. This is the music that was playing, and the vibe you feel from a distance is the vibe that you were breathing as you walked through them. There was an ambience and a cool, calm excitement, that was all around you everywhere inside.
A gun will never come across anyone's mind back then! No Shootings 🙂
You could hang out at the mall all day. It was fantastic. That being said, the times were no better. The same things occurring today were happening then we just didn't know about it.
BS, it was nowhere near the scale it is now. Stop lying. You weren't the only one there. There were laws and they were enforced. Quit pretending, you sound like a victim of hypnosis. This type of rhetoric is tired. Tell the damn truth!
yes there have always been problems but your way off those times were better than the insanity of today
This left me longing for simpler times. Glad there are videos like this to remind me of the malls of yesterday
Better times, innocence growing up safe with Mom xo
The BIG differences between 1970s malls - and malls of today is : OLD MALLS had affordable shops : like Woolworth's , McCrorys , etc. Today is ALL upscale.
That and the fact that Malls have no character anymore. They do nothing to draw in person into them. They don't even decorate at the holidays! Sad deal.
What is woolworths
@@thrasherx2k1 They were low price stores, like Dollar Tree and 99cents only are now .
@@tonycanabal1659 yes, but the old 5&10s or variety stores as they technically were known had some atmosphere. Originally they even mimicked certain features of the more expensive department stores. Their current replacements, i. e. Walmart and dollar stores, are nothing more than warehouses.
@@thrasherx2k1 Woolworths was kind of like an inexpensive clothing store with lots of toys! Some also had a great lunchonette.
Star Treks me right back back to the early 70s.....
Still listening in 2024. 😊
OMG, those colors!
More peaceful and pleasurable times. It's really sad what the world has become.
i agree
Imagine being an architect designing these spaces back then!
Elegant !!!! Those were the days you dressed up and went shopping..
Yes! Saturday was a family day out. You just had to look good going to the mall😊
It was like that til about 20 yrs ago. Then folks in pjs show up.
A more innocent time that is gone with the wind.
Truth
Such a shame
As a German I was so jealous about the malls in the seventies!!!!!
Only a few security people. More helping elderly and children.
No shoplifting spree 😭
So sad.
Orange Julius and the smell of chlorine from the fountains 🍊 😊😋
Okay, I admit to somewhat of a "country-bumpkin" upbringing. But Malls were always an exciting, adventuresome experience in my adolescents. How I miss those days! A real experience that took me away from my bullied, hurtful daily routine.
Me too. We were rural but 20 minutes away by interstate. Wouldn't trade the rural kid dipping his toes in the other parts of the world memories. The mall was surprises and adventure for me.
I wanted to see the new.
My town was rural at the time, but we had a lovely mall. They've destroyed it now. I would give anything to go back to those times.
Rural, but Radio Shack, Aladdin’s Castle Arcade, and an Orange Julius was like magic
Wow you sound like me lol
PANACHE is CORRECT! I SORELY miss the days when shopping was an experience: inviting centers with luch atmosphere and engaging music. This video and the music are wonderfully nostalgic. BRAVO and thank you!
That reverby-echo effect putting the music in that hidden place from which it originated is the essential ingredient here.
Everything about the 70s was so special. Always tell my kids if I could, I'd go back and spend the rest of my life in the 70s.
Yes same here. Miss those days so much.
There is one tiny mini mall in the town I live in now. All the stores are closed up.. except a Dollar General. I go in just to walk around and reminisce. It even still has little trees and indoor plants under a skylight. I wouldn't mind being a security guard there, just so I could walk around and listen to the MUZAK all night.😊
Me too. Sometimes I drive 50 miles each way to visit the old mall I used to go to when I was little. I got my 2.00 allowance and would go spend it. Bought a package of strawberry licorice and still had money left to go to the Hallmark store and buy stationary for writing letters! Wow..
I’m right with you. The 70’s were the best.
Me too! I miss it. Far more relaxing.
I was born in 1976 and malls were the place to be! I have always enjoyed going to the mall. I thought my kids would have the same experience however many malls are closing. It’s nice to see people not staring at phones. I grew up in NJ. I would go to The Ocean County Mall which is doing okay and The Hamilton Mall. The Hamilton Mall is really struggling. I remember going to the mall at Christmas time. It would be so cold outside and you would get to the warm welcoming entrance to the mall. It was be so special to see the Christmas decorations. I used to browse the toy stores and book stores. I remember getting clothes and sneakers for the new school year at the mall.
Ah yes, the memories of simpler times, the smell of frozen Cokes and popcorn and echoes of voices bouncing off real marble floors and walls.
Yep ! I remember those marble floors
Simpler times = better times.
Vivid description. Also, people wore their day clothes when they went out in public. Now people walk around in their pajamas and slippers. Society is collapsing all around us
Marble and also terrazzo flooring. Oh, how I miss that.
All of this is a clear reminder of just how far we've fallen in Western Culture in such a short amount of time. Class, Safety, and Conscientiousness really took a hit over the past 35-40 years.
It started in the 1980's when they started stripping down the old malls. Fountains, greenery, carousels and aviaries were being removed and the malls started becoming less distinct from each other.
@@user-tp6fo7im3d yes, and now malls like the Pentagon City Mall in Arlington VA routinely has escalators just never working, despite the fact that it still draws “normal” crowds.
We let the inmates take over the asylum.
@@fudgicle1427True. All according to plan. Klaus Schwab, DAVOS, The Club of Rome etc.
Yet mind scrambled simps are on here trying to pretend it was just as bad then. I completely concur with your evaluation and it is heart breaking. These photos are like looking at a home you can never get back to. Remember the end of Planet of the Apes? We're getting there...
Really the whole idea that gave birth to an enclosed shopping mall was that the temperature inside them could be regulated. Hot climates could be air conditioned and colder climates could be heated. Malls mainly preceded the idea of one huge store like Wal-Mart or K-Mart, though there were some large single stores also, but not very many. What attracted people to malls was that people wanted to have the variety of stores that shopping downtown had provided without the hassle of having to find a parking space or enduring being outside, which were problems when shopping downtown. I remember when most shopping was downtown, people would always dread having to find a parking space. The slogan for so many malls back then was, "shop in comfort in a constant 72 degrees." It is interesting to me that so many of the malls, though they were built all to be different, still mostly had the same stores. And I remember that "Harvest House" was a kind of coffee shop/cafeteria that was part of Woolworths. Then strangely, the malls eventually gave way to the large store chains and hypermarkets and the "outlet malls," that really aren't malls at all because the stores are outside, replaced so many of the older enclosed malls just because people thought they are getting a bargain by shopping at an outlet mall. Still the old malls, very much had a social aspect. People would say "meet me at the food court" and teenagers loved going to the mall because that was the place in town where there was always something to do and to see friends.
Wonderful memories for me visiting indoor malls with my family especially my sweet grandmother. She loved shopping and looking. We would spend the entire day there. Although I was born in the early 80s it was still the same. Woolworth, higgbee, may co, Hallie I remember them all. After a long day shopping my grandma and I would have lunch at the harvest house restaurant next to Woolworth. I watch these videos to remind me of her and our fun times together. She died in 2017 at 94. I miss you grandma thank you!♥️
Wow, me & my cat enjoyed watching these nostalgic memories of the past & it always keeps my cat's ears up like an owl 🦉LOL. What a wonderful feeling. Awesome! ❤🙂😸🦉🙏.
This music awakened something in my soul that I haven't felt for a very long time.
Back when it was enjoyable to go to the mall.
I miss the ambience, the smells, the aesthetics of an old mall and the music. The men smoking their pipes and hanging out in the cafe. Big Town Mall was one of the first malls built in the Dallas area. It opened in 1959 before my time, closed around 2001 and was demolished in 2006 and now a FedEx stands there.
My hobby back then was to visit as many malls as I could. I don’t understand the reasoning for their decline outside of online sales. Do people really hate each other that much? I loved going there, sit on a bench and watch people. The holidays were hectic and challenging, but it was fun, nonetheless. I was only a 40 minute drive from King of Prussia Mall near Philly. You could spend a whole day walking around and shopping. Never a boring moment.
Online shopping is only one factor. I'd say the decline of the big department store anchors is a major one, along with changing neighborhoods. But yeah, people don't even want to go to work outside of their homes let alone shop.
@@karenslovelymess2538 "Hated It" that made me laugh. Combine school & work and you had a long day...I was right there with ya.
I think about how billionaires spend their money on yachts, luxury suites, trips to outer space, etc. If I had a billion $$ I would buy a tiny town or island and create a 60s/70s themed resort. Complete with a retro movie theater, shopping mall, parks and restaurants and mini 60s houses...and LOTS OF MUZAK. My dream vacation.
@@loriwest4777 YES YES YES now that kind of town I would invest in!! 💖
I grew up in San Diego, I don't understand their decline either. The mall was a great place to shop, run into neighbors, and people watch. We all spend too much time hiding behind computer screens now!
I was a kid of the 70’s. My mom and grandma would take us to Mayfair Mall in Wisconsin. It had a really neat candle shop (still have the 70’s candle and hanger), arcade, and a stream with fish that went through the mall. There was an ice skating rink and we sat in McDonald’s and watched. Some of my favorite memories!
They had an ice skating rink at Mayfair?😮 Dang I missed a lot😂
never got see those times but i heard alot about them thanks for sharing the memories
I remember Mayfair Mall! Also Brookfield Square Mall. I was also a 70's kid. To this day I still miss Farrel's Ice Cream Parlor where I had my Bday there. We kids had freedom back then.
we used to get all dressed up to go to the mall or the airport
Ah, the 70s, when everything but the plants was yellow, brown, orange, or red. Odd how each decade had a sort of theme until recently.
I have memories of "myself" shopping here in the 60's...but I was born in the 90's lol. Fascinating coincidence of a dream maybe, but I believe it is a past life memory.
Remember the big malls that had ice skating rinks? How lovely at Christmas time.
I don't remember that but it sounds nice.
I remember that! Lloyd Center in Portland Oregon had an ice skating rink there when I was a kid in the 70’s
And not annoying music. Just easy listening music!
So much "class" back then... from malls to Old Hollywood , even the music had meaningful lyrics and originality. Sad what our world has become. Yes there were problems and issues, but nothing like today. Now you can't even go to a busy mall without wondering if a mass shooting will happen. That's the world we live in now.
☝️ BACK WHEN REAL 🇺🇸 PRIDE WAS IN FASHION‼️ NO UGLY DESIGNS OF BUILDINGS NO TRASH NO LOOTING GANGS SO SAD THAT THIS IS JUST A MEMORY NOW THE WORLD WAS SWEET BACK THEN BECAUSE IT WAS EARNED AND APPRECIATED JUST LOVELY ESPECIALLY THE FOUNTAINS AND PLANTS‼️ ❤️ THANK YOU FOR THIS BROUGHT BACK BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES 🥰
I loved the malls ! The holiday season was always exciting. It sure would get you into the mood. Seeing Santa and the kids lined up to see him was always part of the holiday. Too bad it's all gone. The younger generation only gets excited now if they see something on line ! A great experience that they'll never know.
I always liked all the decorations. The main department stores make up section was always the best
I like shopping Malls . 💪🏼💪🏼🇺🇸🇺🇸
This type of music scratches a really particular itch in my brain.
Wow, this is truly a time I cherish so much. Thanks for the journey back in time. These malls were the center place for socialization. Unfortunately The Lakeside Mall by me is completely closing down this July 1st. Built and opened in 1976, this 2 story 1,550,450 sq ft mall initially had a water park, arcade, movie theater and of course many food choices that kept us teenagers drawn in and engaged during any break we had. It's terrible to see it go but honestly...what that mall is today only desecrates the grand memory of what it was.