THE FINAL DAY OF THE LAKESIDE MALL - STERLING HEIGHTS MICHIGAN - FINAL HOURS OF OPERATION
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- THE FINAL DAY OF THE LAKESIDE MALL - STERLING HEIGHTS MICHIGAN - FINAL HOURS OF OPERATION
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This was probably the most crowded the mall had been in years.
That echo noise of the crowd that only really happens in malls really hits me hard with nostalgia.
I think what hits the hardest is Christmas time it was magical at the malls I think that's where all our childhood hides forever
I feel like the entire internet was there while it closed. Sick music bruh
Hi Sal! You and Ace both rock.
I grew up in Michigan in the 80’s and 90’s. It was an icon of malls in the state. My grandma, who will be 95 soon, still lives in Sterling Heights very near it.
Cool.. old people rule 🎉
It was surprising to see it shut down before Macomb mall😂
Rest easy, my old friend. You will be missed. Thank you for doing this, Anthony. 🙏
Lakeside Mall was extremely popular. Me and my friends hung out there every weekend about 20 years ago. We used to get free samples from the food court lol and just walk around for hours. Don’t understand why this mall in particular went under, when we have a few other malls in SE Mi still going strong (Somerset, 12 Oaks, Oakland, Macomb)
Partridge creek, IMO can be blamed for Lakeside downfall
Bingo .. and the rest of the Hall Rd. corridor. Also, the Golden Butthole .. lol jk
Lakeside went down for 3 reasons. 1) Somerset Mall, 2) Partridge Creek, 3) Great Lakes Crossing. These newer and “cooler” malls surrounded Lakeside from the East, North, and Southwest. This is what choked the life out of Lakeside. It’s not because of online shopping or Covid. Those malls are doing fine after that. Oh and Sears and Lord and Taylor going down didn’t help either.
12 oaks is getting pretty ghetto
Lifelong Metro Detroiter here.......living in Macomb County, this was my fav, go-to mall since I started driving, back in the mid-80's. I always liked it, especially at Christmas time. Stopped going there toward the end of the 90's, and since then Partridge Creek and Somerset have taken over for me. Thanks for showcasing this once soecial place ❤
Thank you so much for the kind words, man. Love ya brother. It was such a bittersweet weekend but man was it fun. Especially you showing up unannounced! What a great surprise. And yes... some of those neighborhoods were quite... "interesting." LOL! But i had fun driving around with ya. And those bloopers. 😂😂😂
Who are you
Ace these videos are truly TV worthy. I am amazed how far you have come. Please don’t ever stop
That Lord & Taylor facade is super cool looking, with the pre-2015 font and all.
Lakeside went down for 3 reasons. 1) Somerset Mall, 2) Partridge Creek, 3) Great Lakes Crossing. These newer and “cooler” malls surrounded Lakeside from the East, North, and Southwest. This is what choked the life out of Lakeside. It’s not because of online shopping or Covid. Those malls are doing fine regardless of that. Oh and Sears and Lord & Taylor going down didn’t help either.
I agree
Great video as always!
Seeing Walter Bee 26 🐝 at the end was a treat!
🤣🤣🤣
The best!
tanglewoods was a fancy restaurant back in the 1980's , thank you for doing this video 😀
So cool!
so sad this call closed, this mall looked nice ball
Man, I don't know much about malls outside of these videos but living near Columbus, I know a Taubman mall when i see it.
Thank you for the great video, Ace!
My pleasure!
Grew up as a 90s kid and that was the best mall to go to with friends. It was hands down the best mall around at one point. You couldn't get near it during christmas time and it looks like a lot of others there feel the same walking around and just sitting and looking and remembering. I spent hours and hours and hours at that place. Tilt and meeting girls, eating and looking at singles there at harmony house was just the best.
Sad it’s gone
Ace I wish you could have seen Randall Park in it's heyday. It was an amazing place. But like a lot of others the knuckle heads came in and started making trouble. It became a very unsafe place to visit. Now it's an Amazon hub.
I saw it once years ago
I love the geometrical structures in when these mall are empty out like this.
But in actual operations, it's just like all malls.
The structures giving out that prime 70s-80s vibe but till the 90s it was just there. Somewhat renovated; mostly never change.
If I own this mall! Im definitely making it into The Pines (MW) or the Twin Pine from Back Into Future, with all those old school neon with new tech.
Cause sometime these mall only have grey, light brown, beige and white. It gets pretty dull
thanks for doing this Anthony. i was planning on coming out there to visit one last time as Lakeside was my childhood mall and wanted to be there when it closed, but as you would’ve known, the Police closed the entrances early. it sucks that i wasn’t able to be there on sunday, but i was able to be there a few days prior.
The American era is coming to an end.
I'm glad I documented and visited this mall many times. I did not grow up in this area and visited the mall it's last 6-7 years so I am happy I was able to roam the corridors and admire the history and architecture.
If you are up for it, you should upload it. I loved this mall!!!
@@sharon2716 I did it's on my channel
I am really kicking myself for not going the last day. I would have met you and Wallie. Shit. This mall is an old friend. It wasn’t cookie cutter to me. This mall was hurt by Partridge Creek. Best of luck to you on baby Ace.
They are demolishing the mall as we speak. They will break ground next spring.
Interesting to still see a Taubman mall that still has a conversation pit. The ones in my Taubman mall were converted to children’s play areas.
Yeah this one got sold off right before Taubman did that to many of them.
Crazy to see this mall go out before Macomb mall.
I got to see you filming! I even show up for a few seconds here in the video, I didn't want to bug you while filming though.
This was definitely a different atmosphere for a closing mall on it's last day. I went to Northland Center on its last day, also in the Detroit area, and hardly anyone was around.
Thank you for the great videos as always.
Shoulda said hello!!
3:52 I see me haha, neon green pants lol. Anyway it was a pleasure meeting you. I was the guy with the mall book. I wish we got to chat more but I knew you are a busy guy. Thanks for all your content and you're an inspiration for me to do this as well and write about it.
I was surprised by the turnout that day. I had Jollibee for lunch lol. It was nice to see so many young people there and hopefully some of the take up the mantle as well. I sat in the conversation pits and just listened to some of the people reminisce about Lakeside Mall. I first wen there in 2020 and also Ace not sure if you saw but there was a table in the food court that a bunch of us signed as the mall closed. Truly something I will remember for the rest of my life.
Tanglewoods was a restaurant that closed many years ago (like 15-20 years ago)
Nice!
Malls will not disappear. There will be fewer, to be sure, but the country was over-malled in the first place.
That’s the part people don’t understand, developers “Over-Malled” America and one day the bubble 🫧 will burst. But the good thing is like you stated, it may be fewer malls but the ones that’s functioning well will continue to grow. I visited South Park Mall in Charlotte and you couldn’t find any parking because it was so crowded and it was a Friday afternoon not even a special holiday. There’s several malls here in Atlanta that’s doing great
I hope you are right! Of all the malls I visited in Michigan, I liked Lakeside the best and so many folks I talked to feel the same! I wish they could envision a new plan that would keep the mall in use! It is a beautiful structure!
@@lisamatheson3831 That mall was oversized for the area it was located in. Besides, in order to attract people you need trendy stores because young people between the ages of 19-48 years old is the biggest spenders. Malls that have trendy stores, upscale shops and restaurants survive well beyond its typical retail life. Malls that stay stuck in the past and catering to older customers typically don’t survive long enough to inspire anyone to shop there. Malls main purpose is to attract customers, and the way they do that is to remodel their building and attract trendy shops and upscale stores like Gucci and trendy restaurants
Same here. I believe they should repurpose and revitalize the building versus demolishing it and replacing it with new development. What a waste tbh! I love this aesthetics and architecture of this mall just like Stratford Square Mall among my favorites and most Taubman and De Bartolo malls like Century 3 Mall and Randall Park. Wish they could’ve preserved architecture of most of the dead malls. But it’s just a wish.
Love the 70's aesthetic. With so much public interest on closing day I wonder why it failed. There are a good many malls still doing well in California. RIP
Grew up 3 miles from Lakeside. Rode my bike up there to meet some girls randomly met calling prank phone calls. Had many jobs there: Merry-Go-Round, Hudson’s and JCPenny. Dropped a lot of quarters playing Defender and Galaga drinking frozen cherry cokes at the Sears arcade. So many memories….
Indeed
Tanglewoods was a restaurant . After it closed it became storage for the fixtures from Lord & Taylor. The upper level glass windows in front of L& T were used for mannequins and displays.
Macy's hangin on til the bitter end.
They are not closing will be part of the new development along with JC Penny's.
Ive lived in Sterling Hts about 1 and 1/2 miles from Lakeside since 1974. The big three and Lakeside grew this area from one lane to 3 lane Hall rd/M59. I'll miss that land mark basically 5 mins from home, but i'll never forget the memories. My thing was the ice rink which was located where the food court and carousel was. The Rink and movie theater were the first to open in 1975. They shut the Rink down in the mid 80's in favor of a indoor water park. Needless to say, i didnt frequent the Mall much after the rink closed. But i drove by and still do at least 3 times a week. Thank you for documenting the last day, not surprised how busy it was. Very popular mall from 75' till 2020' which was the final nail for many malls.
Malls have memories. Would love to see a Buffalo 🐃 V Detroit 🦁 SuperBowl in 2025 !
Here’s hoping
@@AcesAdventures1 Detroit is the most improvement sports city of 2024!! The Lions went all the way to the NFC Championship game and end up lost to the 49ers and failed to make it to the super bowl. The Red Wings won 41 games and finished the tie with Washington for the final wild card spot in the East but the almost made it to the playoffs but they left out this year. The Pistons finished another worst record in the NBA as result of suffering a 28-game losing streak, finished at 14-68, and then they fired Monty Williams after a single season and replaced by JB Brickerstaff. Last without least, the Tigers are now several games below .500, they are very disappointed.
2025 might be a fantastic year for Detroit sports.
@@DjSportsGirl86 i hope so, i like detroit
Sept 2008 to early 2020: Mall death in slow burn mode.
2020 to now: Pedal to the Metal!!!
Great video 🔥🔥🔥🔥thanks for my shout out !
🎉🎉🎉
Legit depressing, I grew up at this mall
I'll be making it a point to not spend a single penny at the new developments
@@CyberdriveAutomotive Those new developments will be overpriced anyway.
@@jenniferburchill3658 Yeah, especially in this economy we need more overpriced luxury stores.
Looks like they got a good turnout on the last day. Those skylights keep reminding me of Randle Park Mall
I really wanted to go, just one more time before it finally closed for good. It's been on the cards for years and the last time I went, a few years ago, I was shocked how quiet it was. Nothing to how I remembered it from the 1990s. Such a shame. 😊
I was there on closing day as well, such a sad day
Thank you for filming Lakeside's final hours of operation. I remember when my parents took me and my (then only) sister to Lakeside to slide down the Hydro Tubes, and that glass elevator descending into the water fountain was so cool back then! My final visit was two weeks prior to close for one last trip to Anime GT (the only reason I visited Lakeside nowadays) to buy an armful of anime figures. I'm sad to see this mall I've known since childhood gone, but I'm looking forward to checking out the new retail center that will eventually take its place! I'll be sharing this video with my friends & family!
Awesome!
I love wallieb26's channel much respect acesadventures.
It has a near twin that opened on the same day (March 4, 1976) in Dearborn, MI (Fairlane Town Center) that has been taken over by Kohan and already got the utility disconnect notice so we'll see how long until the inevitable pipe burst.
Awesome video as usual Anthony. Of course we don’t expect anything less. Thank you for documenting this beautiful mall on its final hours. I’m filled with emotions right now seeing another beautiful mall died. I wish they could repurpose it instead of tearing the building down. Look forward to your next mall visit.
Ty ty :)
I was there on June 29th. I live 1/2 mile away from the mall.
Love seeing this. It looks much busier than its sister mall in MoCo Maryland did on its last day. Thanks for capturing this Ace and as always fantastic work.
P.S. Congrats on the new little one on the way.
Thanks for watching
I met with you briefly with John Rev, glad to see this all so well documented, some places dont get the coverage like this one did
Great video, Anthony; sad to see another mall close... I'm surprised at how busy this mall is, for it to be closing. Heartbreaking as usual 💔 Awesome footage, and love to see your videos, as always!! Keep yo your amazing work, and take care of your little family - he'll be here before you know it!! ❤
Ty ❤❤❤
I never thought I'd see big retail drop like it has or shopping malls fall flat.we used to go to parks back in the day for free and now they charge to go in to see the history of the nation 😢
Because America is dying
There is still a partial Debartolo mall here in Tampa. They kept the center section. There is still a Spencer's in there. Thanks for another great video.
Thanks for the info
@AcesAdventures1 it's called University Square Mall
Awesome video, Lakeside was a great mall in its day. While in Michigan you should check out the Kohan properties Lansing, Jackson, and Port Huron- Fort gratiot
If people had been there like that all the time, this mall wouldn't be closing, but sadly, everyone does there shopping online 😢
I dont think all malls will die off. There will still be like maybe 1 or 2 in cities thats everyone goes to and can stay afloat, providing they also change with times and offer more than just shopping (example entertainment options) but i think most will die unfortunately
We shall see
@AcesAdventures1 that's also my hope, too. I love malls. Many good times growing up
They missed a up coming generation that would of loved it here
This mall wasn’t cookie cutter even if there was a near exact replica in Maryland. This mall was thee place to be in late 70’s, 80’s, and early 90’s. I know because I was there. In Decembers back in the day people used to have to park up on the lawn on the outside edge of the circle. Thats how packed it got.
To me it is because i have seen them all lol
@@AcesAdventures1 I’ve seen a lot of malls too and even other Taubmans but none just exactly like this one.
@@drewblue1164 to clarify, what I meant was it was a typical Taubman
@@AcesAdventures1 That’s better. Telling people from SEM that Lakeside was “cookie cutter” is like telling someone from Buffalo “wide right” or “drive for five” and then laughing in their face about it. Lakeside was a very special place to literally MILLIONS of people for about 3 decades before it started to decline due to the 3 newer malls that surrounded it. Thats why you saw the most people you have ever seen at a mall’s last day.
Very sad moment to see a mall closing down 😢
Amen
RIP Lakeside Mall 1976-2024 😢😢😢😢
RIP
I wouldn't say "before there's not a single one left". Believe it or not there are malls that are still active and thriving. It's just that the dying malls tend to get most of the attention because that's what people want to see.
Yeah
It’s a relative term, use your imagination
This place used to be awesome. Went there back on the 21st and it was dead. R.I.P. to another real one :(
Man, you could’ve probably got some good money for that MC sports sign and those sealed up calendars on eBay
Lol really?
It seems that one by one stores began leaving and as a result people started to leave as well. I would like to think that with a little imagination, the mall could be revitalized without tearing it down!
I agree on that point.
When I see “Lakeside Mall,” I’m reminded of the competitor of Al Bundy’s New Market mall that hired a Santa Claus to skydive in.
So sad 😢
Tilt. That is all.
Never been to Lakeside Mall looked like a beautiful mall too bad it became a dead mall.
You should see the fashion place mall Utah The security guards hide in the stores in the morning and take pictures of mall walkers They then do the same thing throughout the day walking inside, They are driving customers away .
Sad.
Was the Macy's staying open? Kind of looked like it. The rest? Somebody grab a plant on the way out!
Yes. Penney’s will stay open as well
Yup both Macys and also JCPenney are staying open. I kid you not there were signs saying don't take the plants XD.
🦄
Tanglewoods was a restaurant.
Is it ridiculous having emotions about the closing? Spent plenty of time at Lakeside as kid. My mom worked there at JcPennys. My wife as well years later.
The old brown leather couches.. the smell of the water fountains, putting your hands in the cascading water. The Christmas decorations…
Tilt back in the day..
Seeing my 1 yr old in 2002, play on the breakfast food playscape..
It’s silly I guess but .. goodbye old friend. Thank you for being part of our lives… a fond part.
Nope not at all
Nostalgia isn't silly
THE MALL IS NOW CLOSED..FOREVER
Rip
Yes, dead/dying mall vids are now an oversaturated genre
Chrysler needs to be brought back from the dead
Thank you for the Memories of the Mall, Are they keeping some Anchors?
Yes, for now
There must be more than one cyber truck around then. One just got in an accident that was the first one I have seen in person, now that one lol
Rolling microwave
@@AcesAdventures1 Nicest way to describe one 😂
That's not brutalist architecture. That's midcentury modern with a touch of art deco. Brutalist is lots and lots of gray concrete and defined by a very stark, rugged appearance.
Not all of us follow a million dead mall/retail/urbex channels, Ace. We follow you. I'm not going to go look for the history anywhere else, so even a very brief 30 second cliffnotes would be nice.🤷♀️
When you have been doing this, this long it gets repetitive lol
I’m surprised none of the mall channels record on vhs. That would be a cool look for videos.
Some do, but i like clear 4K footage
It was a great mall. Loved Sears!!!
Yes it was!
What did the announcer say
I found the bloopers more interesting
Thanks for the pointless comment!
@@AcesAdventures1 you’re welcome .
What was the name of the song at the intro to this video, please
It’s a generic youtube song not sure
Hello
I disliked this mall more than any other in metro detrot.
I dislike 12 oaks more
Great video as always ace. I was also there for the closing and was astonished about how meny people came to say goodbye to this place. This was the largest mall in Michigan and hasnt been renovated much over the years so it looks mostly like it did when it open in 1976.
You should have said hello!
Hey there’s a panda in the mall. LOL!
I really hope that this property doesn’t just end up sitting vacant for years and become blighted. I’ve heard of redevelopment plans for it but it seems like this stuff happens and then things change and then the property is just left abandoned for ever.
It will be torn down in 2025
Great videos 👍🏼
Very good video
Thanks for the visit
Another mall gone so many this year only half over with to
wow so cool walleyb26 i watch off on also i saw my first live the cyberpickup 2 days ty for video