It once had the DMV I took my driver's written exam their in 1982 on the 1st floir.. It also has a great sewing store, I bought my ex a Pfaff sewing machine their in 2002 and as a 10 year old I bought rock and roll t shirts and posters in some store that catered to such stuff in 1976, that store sold comic books and was their for maybe 30 years. That white poured concrete ceiling used to be the color of natural concrete and it was really dark in their. This mall once had a croded mcdonalds that moved to Cenral Ave. Thanks for sharing.
That was the best record store too! Rack after rack of everything. Family weekend trips every week in 75-80 then the galleria opened and it slowly became less populated. Some repair shops, McDonalds..Japanese Hibachi place...deli...army navy...clock store...a quiet place by the late 80s & 90s... Mid 90s so many immigrants were in surrounding neighborhood that you'd have 30 of 40 people online at the phone booths ..the ones outdoors had lol been wrecked by drug dealers... late 90s the cell phone became ubiquitous..no lines...no crowds.. the DMV moved in... quietly it faded away...tore it down ...big construction zone...two tall buildings going up.
I was here a few days ago, and I have to say, this is definitely the creepiest mall I've ever been to. Once you get away from the DMV, there's absolutely nobody around. Walking around here alone is so damn creepy. Also, the parking lot on the roof is even creepier than the mall itself. There's a lot of broken windows in the area around the staircase, and perhaps most bizarre of all, there's a Nissan Z-car from the early 2000s just sitting up there, with the front bumper ripped off and stuffed inside. Such an odd, eerie little mall. Feels like something out of a fever dream, really.
Was watching a video about liminal spaces and this came to my mind, I remember going to the Chinese restaurant there with my parents when I was little, some nice memories made in that McDonald’s too, I always remember trying to sit on that spiky ledge on the entrance haha ,feels nostalgic.
It sold to a development company at the end of 2020 for a price roughly equivalent to land value minus demolition cost. I doubt it has long to go as a mall. On a much better note, the nearly dead Mall at the Source is undergoing a big revitalization under its new Hong Kong-based owners and is now known as Samanea New York. When the new tenants who have signed leases are in full operation, combined with the five or six existing ones the mall will be at 60% occupancy. The idea is to position it as a dining and entertainment center more than a traditional shopping mall, which makes sense given not only changing commerce patterns but also its close proximity to the far larger Roosevelt Field. As for Long Island malls in general, my take is that in addition to Roosevelt Field, Smith Haven Mall (middle class), the Shoppes at Walt Whitman (upscale), and Westfield South Shore Mall (lower end of middle class) are doing well. Sunrise Mall is nearing the end as I've noted, and Green Acres Mall (sketchy area) is struggling. Broadway Mall (more or less middle class) also is struggling somewhat but gets a huge boost because it includes an Ikea.
@@R32R38 I think the crime rates for Hicksville and Valley Stream are pretty similar. As for Green Acres Mall, the big box stores next to the mall are also part of the Green Acres property. I've also heard that they're opening Primark at the former JCPenney soon.
As of this date this mall is no longer a thing in downtown white plains. I’m honestly not surprised it came down, was 95% vacant in 2018 and amazed it got through covid.
Things that used to be there and were there for quite some time. The McDonald's. There was a hardware store on the 2nd floor with the entrance to it outside by the ramp up to the roof. The DMV used to be downstairs by where the loading dock is. Those things were basically the only three things that really got any business since the 80s. They put a Chinese supermarket in there sometime in the 2000s. That had some business when I used to cut through the mall.
I grew up in White Plains. This mall was busy in the 80-90’s especially. The DMV always had long lines lol. The chinese restaurant used to be called the wok II I recall. Used fo be a good bike shop also. Hair Salons etc. Thanks!
@@CDRachelsauthorofMMroman-ee4ci And the galleria is gone...grand plans for a downtown plaza with some residential towers and open air greenspace. McDonalds better get on the ball..no galleria...no wp mall...just Hartsdale on Central and THREE Chik Fil A opening on Central and another being built on the old Comp USA/CVS site next to Westchester County Center!
Wow, I’m at a loss for words. This place looks like a drug dealer hangout. Not that I’d know where a dealer hangs out. It just screams crime scene to me. There’s clearly nothing worth salvaging here. Demolition must be on the horizon.
Lol, I'm the other half of the channel & took the photos. I felt aware of my surroundings but generally chill. This isn't the first creepy & profoundly dead place we've covered. Thanks for watching!
@@ThresholdDreamer111 A couple years ago Sal of the YT channel of the same name did a walkthrough of the Greenspoint Mall in Houston, which is so skanky that locals call it Gunspoint Mall. Two disreputable looking characters were following him around, presumably sizing him up as a potential victim. You can see them at a few points.
A very old-school styled mall. Maybe the 70's style; sure enough as the description says. Great video, thanks for all the great mall footage you capture.
there used to be a comic book store in this mall that i used to go to in the late 2000s, even back then this mall had seen better days. but still alive. it's downright haunting now.
Fascinating little mall that definitely is quite puzzling to see still going. Though I guess it kind of has to with all the signage that the grand opening of that one yogurt/ice cream parlor got.
The White Plains Mall is dingy and dirty and does not appear to have anything to offer. Other than the DMV office, I could not tell if any of the businesses in the mall were still operating there. (I did see a sign in the window that the model railroad hobby shop had relocated to a different location.). In my opinion either the City of White Plains or Westchester County should acquire and condemn the property, offer to relocate any businesses still operating, and then offer the property to developers for other uses. Westchester County is one of this country's most affluent counties. If something else were put in that space it would certainly raise more tax revenue than that carcass of a dead mall is providing.
Wow really I ate at Baos when I was there that's why I was asking about that. You wouldn't happen to know if they moved to a new location or if they went out of business all together would you or no?
when i was at college in the area i’d always take the bus to white plains and wander around this bizarre ghost of a mall, was last there over a year ago and i’m surprised it isn’t demolished by now!
I'm in my mid 30s and this place has been essentially dead my entire life yet somehow endures. It is permanently stuck in 1978. I almost feel like the place is a tax write off scam. COVID seems to have not affected its attendance as there was never more that five or six people in this place at a time (spare the DMV and Japanese grocer) before the pandemic. Fun fact, that hobby shop is really cool but they refuse to charge anything but original retail which kills any enthusiasm to return.
I’ve visited some remote towns in Alabama and Georgia. It has a somewhat similar old depressed look and emptiness especially with extremely low population
The mall is just sitting there basically vacant I don’t know what the hold up is that mall should have been ripped down already there were cases of mold in that mall so You should watch it..
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Great music! I miss that era.
So many memories from here as a kid growing up in the 1970's. This place ALWAYS had a funky smell!
At 6:14 is where McDonald's used to be with the red and white squares. It was the most recent place to shut down, with the DMV left open.
I love this place. Noda hibachi was there. The comic book shop and the DMV were reasons to go there.
It once had the DMV I took my driver's written exam their in 1982 on the 1st floir.. It also has a great sewing store, I bought my ex a Pfaff sewing machine their in 2002 and as a 10 year old I bought rock and roll t shirts and posters in some store that catered to such stuff in 1976, that store sold comic books and was their for maybe 30 years. That white poured concrete ceiling used to be the color of natural concrete and it was really dark in their. This mall once had a croded mcdonalds that moved to Cenral Ave. Thanks for sharing.
That was the best record store too! Rack after rack of everything. Family weekend trips every week in 75-80 then the galleria opened and it slowly became less populated. Some repair shops, McDonalds..Japanese Hibachi place...deli...army navy...clock store...a quiet place by the late 80s & 90s... Mid 90s so many immigrants were in surrounding neighborhood that you'd have 30 of 40 people online at the phone booths ..the ones outdoors had lol been wrecked by drug dealers... late 90s the cell phone became ubiquitous..no lines...no crowds.. the DMV moved in... quietly it faded away...tore it down ...big construction zone...two tall buildings going up.
Wow. It's two years later and this whole building is gone and is now a constructions site. Also, the Galleria is now closed as well.
It happened so quick, didn't it?
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1:35 I hope he found another spot for his shop, the Galleria is gonna be gone soon 🤧
their website says they are working on moving to the JV mall further up north
I was here a few days ago, and I have to say, this is definitely the creepiest mall I've ever been to. Once you get away from the DMV, there's absolutely nobody around. Walking around here alone is so damn creepy.
Also, the parking lot on the roof is even creepier than the mall itself. There's a lot of broken windows in the area around the staircase, and perhaps most bizarre of all, there's a Nissan Z-car from the early 2000s just sitting up there, with the front bumper ripped off and stuffed inside. Such an odd, eerie little mall. Feels like something out of a fever dream, really.
Back rooms level stuff.
I remember a friend hosted a birthday party here it was fun but sad aswell since its now demolished the building
Was watching a video about liminal spaces and this came to my mind, I remember going to the Chinese restaurant there with my parents when I was little, some nice memories made in that McDonald’s too, I always remember trying to sit on that spiky ledge on the entrance haha ,feels nostalgic.
I love that the colours and aesthetics seem to never have changed since the 70’s! I just love time-warp places
Love the Asian market and use to play Warhammer 40k at the comic shop in 2008-9
Another dead mall in New York is sunrise mall but awesome video!!
Oh there are quite a few in NY for sure.
@@RawRealRetail yeah there is but if I can name a successful mall in New York I would say Roosevelt Field
It sold to a development company at the end of 2020 for a price roughly equivalent to land value minus demolition cost. I doubt it has long to go as a mall.
On a much better note, the nearly dead Mall at the Source is undergoing a big revitalization under its new Hong Kong-based owners and is now known as Samanea New York. When the new tenants who have signed leases are in full operation, combined with the five or six existing ones the mall will be at 60% occupancy. The idea is to position it as a dining and entertainment center more than a traditional shopping mall, which makes sense given not only changing commerce patterns but also its close proximity to the far larger Roosevelt Field.
As for Long Island malls in general, my take is that in addition to Roosevelt Field, Smith Haven Mall (middle class), the Shoppes at Walt Whitman (upscale), and Westfield South Shore Mall (lower end of middle class) are doing well. Sunrise Mall is nearing the end as I've noted, and Green Acres Mall (sketchy area) is struggling. Broadway Mall (more or less middle class) also is struggling somewhat but gets a huge boost because it includes an Ikea.
@@notscorch2421 Queens Center is number 1 for NY, Roosevelt Field is in competition followed by Smith Haven. Not sure where Walt Whitman stands.
@@R32R38 I think the crime rates for Hicksville and Valley Stream are pretty similar. As for Green Acres Mall, the big box stores next to the mall are also part of the Green Acres property. I've also heard that they're opening Primark at the former JCPenney soon.
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Is this where the Japanese restaurant that cooked on the tables was? Maybe it was called Edo?
As of this date this mall is no longer a thing in downtown white plains. I’m honestly not surprised it came down, was 95% vacant in 2018 and amazed it got through covid.
Thanks for the update! I was wondering if the mall was done for or not.
New apartment building that’s all white plains keep building smh
remember there was a mcdonalds there aswell
Things that used to be there and were there for quite some time. The McDonald's. There was a hardware store on the 2nd floor with the entrance to it outside by the ramp up to the roof.
The DMV used to be downstairs by where the loading dock is.
Those things were basically the only three things that really got any business since the 80s.
They put a Chinese supermarket in there sometime in the 2000s. That had some business when I used to cut through the mall.
I grew up in White Plains. This mall was busy in the 80-90’s especially. The DMV always had long lines lol. The chinese restaurant used to be called the wok II I recall. Used fo be a good bike shop also. Hair Salons etc. Thanks!
The “mall” has always been dead, even going back to the early 90’s. Somehow McDonalds and the DMV kept it alive for so long.
The old McDonalds 😢😢😢
Ahh the DMV mall Galleria will be another dead mall soon too
update its closing tomorrow march 23rd 2023 and i intend to go there Galleria was my place
@@CDRachelsauthorofMMroman-ee4ci And the galleria is gone...grand plans for a downtown plaza with some residential towers and open air greenspace. McDonalds better get on the ball..no galleria...no wp mall...just Hartsdale on Central and THREE Chik Fil A opening on Central and another being built on the old Comp USA/CVS site next to Westchester County Center!
I'm fairly certain this qualifies as a Derelict Dig
It's a teensy bit past Dead Mall now isn't it?
Great video like always.
Awesome video 😻nice place
Wow, I’m at a loss for words. This place looks like a drug dealer hangout. Not that I’d know where a dealer hangs out. It just screams crime scene to me. There’s clearly nothing worth salvaging here. Demolition must be on the horizon.
It is pretty shocking walking into a place like this not knowing what to expect.
@@RawRealRetail You’re braver than me.
Lol, I'm the other half of the channel & took the photos. I felt aware of my surroundings but generally chill. This isn't the first creepy & profoundly dead place we've covered. Thanks for watching!
@@gordonsabean6860 In fact, I kind of enjoy the little charge I get from being in a sketchy place sometimes. It heightens my creativity a bit.
@@ThresholdDreamer111 A couple years ago Sal of the YT channel of the same name did a walkthrough of the Greenspoint Mall in Houston, which is so skanky that locals call it Gunspoint Mall. Two disreputable looking characters were following him around, presumably sizing him up as a potential victim. You can see them at a few points.
WOW I USE TO GO TO DMV THERE I MISS IT I THOUGHT IS WAS A MOM & POP FEEL TO IT PEOPLE WHO BEEN THERE WOULD AGREE 💯
A very old-school styled mall. Maybe the 70's style; sure enough as the description says. Great video, thanks for all the great mall footage you capture.
there used to be a comic book store in this mall that i used to go to in the late 2000s, even back then this mall had seen better days. but still alive. it's downright haunting now.
Omg I used to go to McDonald’s there!
I was born in white plains in 1986 and live there until I was 10. I didn't know this mall existed until a few months before I moved.
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It is being demolished as I write this. I passed by today and digger trucks were attacking it.
Oh shit! we got there just in time then!!
Place is now totally gone, passed by today via the Ibus express.
I’ve been inside this dead mall so many times. It’s just sad to see pretty much everything minus the DMV is closed
Fascinating little mall that definitely is quite puzzling to see still going. Though I guess it kind of has to with all the signage that the grand opening of that one yogurt/ice cream parlor got.
That place should have been closed down in 1996 it was dead back then
The White Plains Mall is dingy and dirty and does not appear to have anything to offer. Other than the DMV office, I could not tell if any of the businesses in the mall were still operating there. (I did see a sign in the window that the model railroad hobby shop had relocated to a different location.). In my opinion either the City of White Plains or Westchester County should acquire and condemn the property, offer to relocate any businesses still operating, and then offer the property to developers for other uses. Westchester County is one of this country's most affluent counties. If something else were put in that space it would certainly raise more tax revenue than that carcass of a dead mall is providing.
Is that Chinese restaurant Baos still there or did they close and the only place left is a DMV place?
DMV is all that's left.
Wow really I ate at Baos when I was there that's why I was asking about that. You wouldn't happen to know if they moved to a new location or if they went out of business all together would you or no?
Surprised no one has mentioned the homeless that live in there!
I didn't see any homeless people living there the day we went.
@@RawRealRetail You can't see them but they can see you!
@@Essays4College very fucking true. Go to the roof and you’ll see them
Very true inside the hallways that have no lights I stg I’ve seen them
when i was at college in the area i’d always take the bus to white plains and wander around this bizarre ghost of a mall, was last there over a year ago and i’m surprised it isn’t demolished by now!
Idk if it is still around
This mall was demolished near the end of 2022
I'm in my mid 30s and this place has been essentially dead my entire life yet somehow endures. It is permanently stuck in 1978. I almost feel like the place is a tax write off scam. COVID seems to have not affected its attendance as there was never more that five or six people in this place at a time (spare the DMV and Japanese grocer) before the pandemic.
Fun fact, that hobby shop is really cool but they refuse to charge anything but original retail which kills any enthusiasm to return.
I’ve visited some remote towns in Alabama and Georgia. It has a somewhat similar old depressed look and emptiness especially with extremely low population
It’s completely demolished now.
Many malls in the state of New York are thriving but this one is a dead mall
I know people who worked at that DMV and the pipes burst twice because it froze.
Lol I did pet sitting near this place. I thought it was closed down even the music is creepy 😂🤣
#stick_a_fork_in_it Nothing left but a governmental agency and the ghostly leftovers (signage and such) of a mall...
The mall is just sitting there basically vacant I don’t know what the hold up is that mall should have been ripped down already there were cases of mold in that mall so You should watch it..
Who is the girl following you around taking pics? Another Dead Mall youtube channel?
That's my wife she's the other half of the channel. She takes the pictures you see in the slideshow at the end of each video.
@@RawRealRetail lol
hahaha yeah man it's totally dead. been there many times...and the dmv was over there