I live about 20 min away from this mall, yrs, it used to be "Cranberry Mall", because that was the name of the little community just north of Westminster. I bought my first digital camera there at the photo shop in 1998. Cinnamon was always busy, across from Caldor. And I remember during Christmas season, even the overflow parking lots were packed. Who remembers Greenfelts, where you could shoot pool all day?
This was the mall I knew growing up. I remember Caldor, Montgomery Ward and all that stuff. I used to love going to K. B. Toys as well. Its so sad to see the mall come to this when it used to be such a thriving place.
@@steveng6911 lol I don't think it is Villas, I can't read the sign but it looks different then I remember. Do you remember the Taco Bell on the corner, that had some cool built in booths around the outside?
@@JeremysRetailExploration I think they may also be adding wifi or something, i saw a bunch of dangling ethernet cables in the boscov's when i went a few days ago. a workman accidentally tripped the fire alarm while i was there, too.
Since the mall is no longer able to attract larger chain stores, it has recently drawn many interesting and unique smaller businesses, including a very large unique fantasy gaming store, a huge crystal / hippie type shop and a massive vintage comic / toy store, to name a few. I visited this mall at the end of January 2023 and was pleasantly surprised with how many cool, unusual stores had opened. All said, if you are done looking at the same twenty stores in every mall, this mall might just surprise you!
Bro I loved that mall!!! They had Antie Annie pretzels there a while ago and the they got removed I loved that place. Boscoves and belk are the only stores still alove
I remember having a birthday party at the mini golf place they had before that got ripped. I used to love this mall but it’s just not the same anymore. the only reason I go is for the peep show
I don’t remember it being a Roy rogers I know it was a chick fil a. On the right hand side the restaurant was there and on the left there was a space for kids to play while the parents would eat they had a tv and toys and stuff they eventually tore the room down and turned it into several other stores and the chick fil a closed I think around 2019-2020. Anyways it’s cool to see you review are dead mall they could have done so much with this place smh They had a lot of cool stores my brothers were born in 1995-1997 and they both experienced a lot shifts there when I was growing up and one was they had a Spencer’s, hot topic and pac sun and they got rid of those they had the rue 21, Deb, journey, the shoe dept, Claire’s and game stop but half those stores closed down from not making enough to stay there or they had plans for something else same with FYE I loved that store and now it’s swapped with Eternia dreams toys and collectibles which I like it doesn’t compare to FYE though. Anyways sorry for the rant i hope they do big things with this place there isn’t much to do in are area already.
I was going to say the same thing, I worked at that Chic-fil-a in 2008/2009 and as long as I can remember it's been a chic-fil-a, unless it turned to a roy rodgers in the last few years before closing lol. I worked many jobs here but the only ones left are the gamestop and movie theater
The Roy Rogers was where "tables and towers" is with Chick-fil-A besides it. Thats why the towers and tables windows are like that, they were part of Roys design at the time. I first went to Cranberry in 1995; Eternia/FYE space was "The Wall", there was a "Tape World" at the other end, Caldor was still there as was Leggett, GameStop was "Electronics Boutique", and a shout-out to the sporting goods store "The Pro Image"! I used to prefer entering the mall from Montgomery Wards, at the time it was only a single floor, Boscovs did pretty major construction to make two floors and put the locally famous (/s ) escalators.
There's still a bit of life in the mall with Boscov's and a couple of the clothing stores though I do agree it's definitely on life support. North Hanover Mall in Hanover, PA is deader than TownMall in my opinion which is sad. I live locally close to both malls. Cool video! I always loved Christmas in the TownMall which used to be called "Cranberry Mall" in the 90's which sounded cooler in my opinion.
Worked at Boskovs and the dollar deals store next door. At Boskovs People would come just to ride and play on the escalators which would drive security crazy. I miss the food court selections.
@@JeremysRetailExploration I'm going to guess you weren't born when they got bought by, I wanna say Belk. I THINK Leggett and Belk were the same company, their logos had the same flourish on the first letter. Leggett was North of the VIrginia Border, and Belk was south of it. And then suddenly Leggett was gone and Belk was in more places.
Does anyone remember the tee shirt shop - Stu's maybe 1992ish? I worked there and would love to know if anyone knows anyone with that store. Fun times. Love real malls like this was and hopefully will be again.
@@DavidMillberry Yes maybe Tees Etc. I remember the owner was Stu and his employee was Lee. We are trying to bring our Mall in Florida back to life and was thinking about it. Thanks so much. I went down a rabbit hole last night and really enjoyed the video - wow the memories came flooding back.
You should go visit Birchwood Mall in Fort Gratiot Michigan I haven’t been there in a while but I know there are some new stores but it is a dying mall and some of the only things keeping it up are the holiday seasons
Shockingly enough this mall is still going, they renovated the movie theater like a year ago or 2. Definitely not as alive as it used to be. But today in 2023 it still gets business. Also that wasn’t a Roy rogers it was a chik-fil-a haha
@@JeremysRetailExploration oh I get what you mean, my apologies lol. To be honest I don’t even remember a Roy rogers being in that mall. Only places I’d eat at were Chick-fil-A and there used to be a flamers burgers and chicken in the food court
I live about 20 min away from this mall, yrs, it used to be "Cranberry Mall", because that was the name of the little community just north of Westminster. I bought my first digital camera there at the photo shop in 1998. Cinnamon was always busy, across from Caldor. And I remember during Christmas season, even the overflow parking lots were packed. Who remembers Greenfelts, where you could shoot pool all day?
I remember years back when this mall had the auntie Anne’s and the chickfilla and it was so fun.😢
This was the mall I knew growing up. I remember Caldor, Montgomery Ward and all that stuff. I used to love going to K. B. Toys as well. Its so sad to see the mall come to this when it used to be such a thriving place.
Same Christmas decorations from my childhood. I loved going to that place in its hay day.
I miss the built in wood seating area around the fountain!
@@stevinfunk the fountain was amazing. I couldn’t tell was that still Villas pizza? Dad always told me the mafia ran that place 😂
@@steveng6911 lol I don't think it is Villas, I can't read the sign but it looks different then I remember. Do you remember the Taco Bell on the corner, that had some cool built in booths around the outside?
I am happy to say that, given the ration of vacant stores to occupied stores, this mall is not dead anymore.
I have heard, and it's such great news!
@@JeremysRetailExploration I think they may also be adding wifi or something, i saw a bunch of dangling ethernet cables in the boscov's when i went a few days ago. a workman accidentally tripped the fire alarm while i was there, too.
Nah it's dead
Since the mall is no longer able to attract larger chain stores, it has recently drawn many interesting and unique smaller businesses, including a very large unique fantasy gaming store, a huge crystal / hippie type shop and a massive vintage comic / toy store, to name a few.
I visited this mall at the end of January 2023 and was pleasantly surprised with how many cool, unusual stores had opened.
All said, if you are done looking at the same twenty stores in every mall, this mall might just surprise you!
They have these same stores in every dying mall across the country lol. Not unique at all.
@@traincore1955 Do you visit lots of dying malls?
Dead or not, mall walks are relaxing
Omg i go to this mall 😱
Just wondering why you are so amazed by that?
Bro I loved that mall!!! They had Antie Annie pretzels there a while ago and the they got removed I loved that place. Boscoves and belk are the only stores still alove
I remember having a birthday party at the mini golf place they had before that got ripped. I used to love this mall but it’s just not the same anymore. the only reason I go is for the peep show
great job
I don’t remember it being a Roy rogers I know it was a chick fil a. On the right hand side the restaurant was there and on the left there was a space for kids to play while the parents would eat they had a tv and toys and stuff they eventually tore the room down and turned it into several other stores and the chick fil a closed I think around 2019-2020. Anyways it’s cool to see you review are dead mall they could have done so much with this place smh
They had a lot of cool stores my brothers were born in 1995-1997 and they both experienced a lot shifts there when I was growing up and one was they had a Spencer’s, hot topic and pac sun and they got rid of those they had the rue 21, Deb, journey, the shoe dept, Claire’s and game stop but half those stores closed down from not making enough to stay there or they had plans for something else same with FYE I loved that store and now it’s swapped with Eternia dreams toys and collectibles which I like it doesn’t compare to FYE though. Anyways sorry for the rant i hope they do big things with this place there isn’t much to do in are area already.
I was going to say the same thing, I worked at that Chic-fil-a in 2008/2009 and as long as I can remember it's been a chic-fil-a, unless it turned to a roy rodgers in the last few years before closing lol. I worked many jobs here but the only ones left are the gamestop and movie theater
The Roy Rogers was where "tables and towers" is with Chick-fil-A besides it. Thats why the towers and tables windows are like that, they were part of Roys design at the time.
I first went to Cranberry in 1995; Eternia/FYE space was "The Wall", there was a "Tape World" at the other end, Caldor was still there as was Leggett, GameStop was "Electronics Boutique", and a shout-out to the sporting goods store "The Pro Image"!
I used to prefer entering the mall from Montgomery Wards, at the time it was only a single floor, Boscovs did pretty major construction to make two floors and put the locally famous (/s ) escalators.
There's still a bit of life in the mall with Boscov's and a couple of the clothing stores though I do agree it's definitely on life support. North Hanover Mall in Hanover, PA is deader than TownMall in my opinion which is sad. I live locally close to both malls. Cool video! I always loved Christmas in the TownMall which used to be called "Cranberry Mall" in the 90's which sounded cooler in my opinion.
Yeeah~amazing shots- see you on my side!amigo.
place across from the theater used to be a candy shop
That was always fun trying to stop people from bringing them in to the movies lol
Worked at Boskovs and the dollar deals store next door. At Boskovs People would come just to ride and play on the escalators which would drive security crazy. I miss the food court selections.
They are fixing it up now in may 2023 alot of new stores!!!!!! I'm so happy I've been coming here since 1994
This was the Cranberry Mall when I was younger.
Very bland interior, but I like their Christmas wreaths. Nice video!
I don’t understand They just opened a Strip mall where the new CVS store is. Now they are building another strip along side of that set. What’s up
the leasing open slot in the food court used to be a subway
Legett is pronounced LEG-IT. I grew up in Virginia, it was a high end store like Dillards or Macys
Well, I am sorry!
@@JeremysRetailExploration You couldn't have known. Just figured, if you are doing more of these you'd like to know. Good job, keep it up!
@@JeremysRetailExploration I'm going to guess you weren't born when they got bought by, I wanna say Belk. I THINK Leggett and Belk were the same company, their logos had the same flourish on the first letter. Leggett was North of the VIrginia Border, and Belk was south of it. And then suddenly Leggett was gone and Belk was in more places.
Does anyone remember the tee shirt shop - Stu's maybe 1992ish? I worked there and would love to know if anyone knows anyone with that store. Fun times. Love real malls like this was and hopefully will be again.
I think I was called T’s and etc. I think record world was across from the T-shirt shop.
@@DavidMillberry Yes maybe Tees Etc. I remember the owner was Stu and his employee was Lee. We are trying to bring our Mall in Florida back to life and was thinking about it. Thanks so much. I went down a rabbit hole last night and really enjoyed the video - wow the memories came flooding back.
@@catincarwill never happen again
Hey does anyone know if Westminster Mall is still even there . I was thinking about driving over there today with my family .
It's there
@@JeremysRetailExploration that is a relief. Next question: Is FYE gone ?
@shanetucker9009 Yes, it's been gone for years.
@@JeremysRetailExploration damn lol. How about Books N Million ?
@shanetucker9009 No. The mall is bouncing back, but with mostly small businesses now.
This mall literally has potential
No malls have potential. Kinda the point
You should go visit Birchwood Mall in Fort Gratiot Michigan I haven’t been there in a while but I know there are some new stores but it is a dying mall and some of the only things keeping it up are the holiday seasons
That is on my list!
@@JeremysRetailExplorationthe Columbia mall is gorgeous too!!
Shockingly enough this mall is still going, they renovated the movie theater like a year ago or 2. Definitely not as alive as it used to be. But today in 2023 it still gets business. Also that wasn’t a Roy rogers it was a chik-fil-a haha
No, the black space on the left was Roy Rodgers. That's what I was referring to. I know that the place on the right was Chick Fla
@@JeremysRetailExploration oh I get what you mean, my apologies lol. To be honest I don’t even remember a Roy rogers being in that mall. Only places I’d eat at were Chick-fil-A and there used to be a flamers burgers and chicken in the food court
Voiceover audio was good, warm sound no background noise.
so sad
They are fixing it up an adding stores now
lol despite it being so dead my friends and I come here all the time just to do stupid crap
Oh hey I work there
More empty shops than full ones.