It's pretty sad, almost 50 years later and the mall is almost desolate. There is hardly any people that go into town, it's almost abandoned. Back. here there was people every where. Such a sad situation
I was born in 1983 and raised in Launceston - I remember those play blocks being there as a kid and they were always gross and sticky from drinks and cigarette butts/litter were always inside them. Ah memories....haha.
Downtown malls were built in many American cities from the 1950s to the '70s. They started out just like this, seemingly filled with promise, and gradually the downtowns deteriorated regardless. Reading the other comments suggests that happened here too.
This idea only works if you also have medium to medium-high density housing close by, so that you don't need to build endless car parks. It also means you have customers and population density adjacent the mall right on-site. This and the park is one of the best places in Lonny, but the population is still too sparse to make it thrive.
I have Sammy the seal who used to be outside birchalls for many years !! I often look at him and think of The thousands of kids that had a ride laughing and enjoying themselves
@Shell HonkyTonk I think it was called coles variety and became coles fossey later on there was also a coles cafeteria upstairs accesed by a staircase in the corner.
It's pretty sad, almost 50 years later and the mall is almost desolate. There is hardly any people that go into town, it's almost abandoned. Back. here there was people every where. Such a sad situation
Who else is watching after Birchalls has shut down! RIP Australias First, and best bookshop, you will be missed...
Man that shope was amazing I loved going there as a kid. Annoyed that it was shut down
Launceston looked cooler back then than it does now...
Something about Americanisation
No technology in people's hands! So greatful to see this! People were genuine and honest back then compared to today.
This is so wonderful to see. I can remember the Mall being constructed. I loved this era in Launceston ... had the time of my life :-).
Loved playing on those alphabet blocks as a kid!
Yeah I played on them as a kid in the early eighties.
Thank you for the upload. It is great to see how it used to be. It's a shame how it has become today.
So vibrant back then, its completely dead now its really sad.
Well there is a little thing going on right now called a global pandemic. Parramatta in Sydney is also a ghost town at the moment.
Since then, the increasing growth of car-dependence and Euclidean zoning has limited vibrance
Brilliant. Love this window into the past.
And they did all that with people walking around, no huge barriers or high-viz. Yet somehow everyone survived.
All Nancys now
I live here and r.i.p Birchalls
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😭😭😭😭😭😭!!!!!!!
Good to see my brother Greg Cooper and his friend Shawn (Armstrong) part of the onlookers.
Launceston CBD was busier back in 1975 than it is today.
Yes it was nick. See you at the library.
Alan.
Hi TasSpyder - just shared this on Heads Up Launceston - on Facebook - many thanks, LOVE IT!
I was 2 in 1975 and so glad I grew up in Lonny
This is fantastic. Thanks for sharing! :D
I was born in 1983 and raised in Launceston - I remember those play blocks being there as a kid and they were always gross and sticky from drinks and cigarette butts/litter were always inside them. Ah memories....haha.
Thanks Cathryn, I will check the page out :)
Oh, this is brilliant!
Sad it is that it closed permanently. Launceston needs another shop like it.
Amazing video!
Wow over 100,000 people in 1975. Today it's 106,000, no change!
So weird not seeing hi-vis and people just wandering through the site.
This makes me sad :( used to have so much character
Luv the funky bleepy music.
Downtown malls were built in many American cities from the 1950s to the '70s. They started out just like this, seemingly filled with promise, and gradually the downtowns deteriorated regardless. Reading the other comments suggests that happened here too.
This idea only works if you also have medium to medium-high density housing close by, so that you don't need to build endless car parks. It also means you have customers and population density adjacent the mall right on-site. This and the park is one of the best places in Lonny, but the population is still too sparse to make it thrive.
Launceston thrived in the late 1800's.
Love those 70s women's cork sole shoes
They were very cool at least you would never drown...
The first in Australia. Launnie's always been an innovator, but it's slowed in recent decades
I love the 70s.
If i had 1 wish it would be to own every car in this vid
Birchalles is gone :(
Birchalls 😢😭😭😭😭😭!!!!!!!!
I have Sammy the seal who used to be outside birchalls for many years !! I often look at him and think of The thousands of kids that had a ride laughing and enjoying themselves
I live here
cool bro
No one fucking asked
You live in the mall? Where? I,ll bring you some tucker !
“eventually the entire city centre will be a series of malls and semi malls”
50 years later and thats still the only mall
Umm Quadrent Mall, Centerway Arcade, Civic Square, Yorktown Square, am I missing something 🤔
Not sure if this was the first mall ?
god there is coles
@Shell HonkyTonk i know went in there alot
@Shell HonkyTonk I think it was called coles variety and became coles fossey later on there was also a coles cafeteria upstairs accesed by a staircase in the corner.
Ate many a small cup of chips with sauce and frog in a pond in that cafeteria as a child☺️
0 bogans in the mall
Not fat slobs!
Not a fluro work vest to be seen
Bogan central
The CBD is dying .
it's full of zombies.
tasmania
@@daneberryman 😄