Wow, I remember shopping here years ago, I loved the arcade by the McDonalds (I still have the little plastic dinosaurs I won from there ages ago haha). It's wild seeing the place all empty now (and to see that the arcade stayed running this whole time!). Thanks for taking this video and sharing a bit of history.
Really cool video! I live like 20 minutes away from it and I remember going to a Fifth Harmony meet and greet in 2015. Crazy to see how empty it is now
The silver city galleria mall in Taunton is set to close at the end of this month. You might be able to do a video there if you can manage to get there before it closes down for good.
Omg yes go to this mall bc I used to go here and when I went there to years ago they were trying to put a round one in but I guess if they are closing it dodnt work out
I used to go here a lot when I was a kid. It's so sad that it's gone now. R.I.P. Thank you for preserving it through this video, I appreciate the nostalgia trip.
Omg yes. This mall I used to go to all the time when I was a kid and when my mom was a teenager she used to hang out with her friends here all the time
Thanks man! Yeah it was weird seeing this place so dead. I couldn’t believe I found that old MTV footage, what a random mall to have on TV haha but I thought it was a nice touch to the video
I grew up right behind the Hanover Mall and know EVERYTHING about the Mall, Sears was added I believe in 1976. When they renovated the mall it even had a food court which later closed and Old Navy took over most of that space.
This is bringing back some memories… I’m 15 years old but I used to live 2 minutes away from it… literally down the street… I still miss it today… I grew up going here so loved to see it again
@@nicolestoughton2986 Same here. The whole South Shore hung out here basically every day. I even learned to drive at the driving school in the back of Sears!
I remember when I was younger, they had this amazing fountain that people would throw change into for good luck. The dumbest thing this place ever did was get rid of it. It was so iconic. Edit: nice you talked about it
Thank you for doing this! My dad would bring me here every Friday night (1974)for coffee ice cream at Brighams and to buy silly foam at Childworld. Bought my first eyeshadow at Almy’s. I continued to come here all through my teens and shopped here with my first born. My heart strings definitely got pulled knowing now it’s dead. I have resided in NH since 2002 so I had no idea. Thanks again. Oh and Woolworths was in the center of one of the hallways not at the end. Much love.
Glad I could bring back some memories! Brigham’s was so good!! I have some more bad news for you though…. The mall has been completely demolished now 😭
There are two malls you should check out soon before they are no longer. Steeplegate Mall in Concord New Hampshire and the Greendale Mall in Worcester Massachusetts.
I remember having a vacation back then in my country,when i'm going outside with my mother.I see an old-looking hotel closed,it's very creepy when i passed it at night.
@@mikehoerter2816 I live down the street from this mall. Walmart decided not to renew their lease for the new mall coming in and closed down. This mall is already being demolished and soon will be a outdoor mall just like Derby Street in Hingham MA
The Hanover Mall reminds me of the Liberty Tree Mall in Peabody looks very empty outside the Kohl's the Liberty tree mall seems to b holding a few ancor stors Kohl's, Sky Zone, and AMC and Best Buy without these stores the mall would b closed
I lived in Hanover Mass from 1977-1980 before moving to California (dad was in the marine corps and got orders to relocate) I remember going to this mall all the time, my dad used to get the racing form from a smoke shop right inside and he would always tell me “go grab yourself a candy bar” I also remember seeing Empire strikes back at the theater near next to it.
I remember when the Hanover Mall was built. Sears was not there when it was first built. They came in later. Woolworths was near the center of the mall. JC Penny's was new also. It was just another wing to the mall. They added on and took some stores from the wing to shorten that wing. Spencer's was near the center. It sold incents and black light posters, 70's stuff. The waterfountain was big. Walmart opened as Zayre then was Ames. The food court/ Old Navy was Child World a toy store. Macy's was Almy's a clothing store. Other stores that are gone was. Paperback book smith, Music smith, York Steakhouse and Angelo's supermarket were out in the parking lot.
I would go to the Paperback Booksmith and get Dungeons & Dragons stuff. I remember getting a Space invaders game for my 11th birthday from Woolworths! Later I would go to the food court with a date and get pizza from Sbarro. I also made a stop in the Hub music shop and pet store across from it quite often...the good old days...
The abandoned Old Navy, before it was a food court, was a Child World toy store. Spent lots of birthday and Christmas money there on hockey sticks and action figures in the 80’s!
man i miss this mall. It always felt so "mall like" if that makes sense. It wasnt even the greatest mall but it was personally my mall. Whenever I see liminal space mall related stuff it always reminded me of my childhood of this mall. may this mall forever rest in peace (the macys however will not since it remains open to this day somehow lmao)
I know of a "dead" mall that near by. Would love to talk about it more and can give a lot of detailed infomation about it since it was a place I been too a lot as a child.
Aw man, this really takes me back. I used to work in that JCP starting my junior year of HS from 2009 until it closed in 2014. We were tiny considering the size and staffing of other JCPs, and the current mgmt was good, so we were pretty tight knit. It was crushing when they closed us. Almost no one quit between the announcement and last day, we all rode that ship down. They did a car show in the then event space a couple years later, it was pretty surreal to walk around it again with it gutted out and filled with cars. Last time I stepped foot in there before it was torn down. I still miss the Teriyaki 2 Go and the arcade; staples that I still haven't replaced.
Its so sad to see this mall just gone like that. So many memories made here and cant go back to reminisce. My parents in the 1980s used to come here a lot, they remember the fountain but not the food court. I actually have images of the fountain, they were on the Hanover Historical Society, they are really cool looking! There was so much neon, which was typical for a 1970s mall!
I worked there when the mall opened. Sears building was not there and was just a big wall said coming soon. Woolworths was in the mall across where Brighams was. Any questions ? ask away. Mall is gone and the new replacement is about 50% done. Macy remains all the balance is new. The JC Penney building was also not there came later.
Kind of sad to see malls closing. There is a mall in Oklahoma City that is basically dead. It's called the Crossroads Mall. Used to love going there and hanging out.
Definitely sad, especially when it’s a local spot that you use to hang at. I’d go to this mall all the time cause it had the only FYE in the area, I’d pick up a lot of used movies haha
I remember going to this mall when I was younger and my teens. then eventually trying on tuxs for my buddy wedding. even visiting him at his job there and visiting his dad when he worked there also. yes there was a small food court going to fye across from the food court. that fountain was really cool. Hanover Mall RIP. long live Hanover crossing
I wonder if old abandoned Malls could be repreposed as Themed tiny House villages. A wall could be resurfaced with a theme. Harry Potter, Star Wars, Star Trek. You home would be inside the world of choice. It’s a thought.
Zayre's was a department store similar to K-Mart years ago. SIlverCity Gallaria and WestGate Mall in Taunton and Brockton, respectively, are both in the same boat. Huge malls are a thing of the 70s and 80s.
My mother worked at Zayre when I was a kid. When I was a teenager, late 70s to early 80s, my friends and I would go to this mall and to the Braintree Plaza - mostly this one because we lived in Rockland. When you stepped in, I didn't even recognize it since I hadn't been there probably since the mid to late 80s. Another dead mall (not sure if you did a video on that) is the Emerald Square Mall in North Attleboro.
Good lord, this brings back memories! So glad you documented this place. I remember walking through here as a toddler and passing a blockbuster (god i'm getting old) with a cardboard cutout in front of it. I don't remember what movie it was for, but I do remember the guy was doing the "I got my eye on you" gesture. My mom pointed to it, and said something along the lines of "You see that guy? That's what I'm doing to you, I got my eye on you mister.". I haven't been there since 2013, yet I still remember getting immidiately hit by the aroma from the Subway as soon as you walked in. I still have some toy soldiers I won from the arcade, too! Sorry for rambling, this video just unlocked some memories I never knew I had :) Edit: GOOD LORD, I FORGOT ABOUT THE DAMN RIDES AT 7:29 AND 9:40
I worked at the Friendly's from 2002-2008. Got caught shoplifting at sears Spent many hours at the arcade. Used to ride my bike here from hanson. Sad to see it so empty
@@BenLaurence do you remember the food court? After watching this video I tried finding pictures of it before it was turned into the Old Navy but no luck
i used to LIVE at this mall and worked in it as it was dying. i’m devastated that it’s no longer there, although even now the macy’s is still standing! edit: LOL i worked at the spirit halloween! (which used to be a.c. moore crafts)
There used to be a very cool fountain in the center of that mall in the 70's and 80's. The Zayre's store was a good place to get Atari and Activision video games.
When I was a kid/teenager, that mall was the place to be on a Friday night or Saturday afternoon. It was always busy. The surrounding towns had almost no businesses so everyone went there. On the left side of the Sear's entrance when you walked down the stairs there was a Musicsmith store which had all the latest vinyl records. It's sister store - Paperback Booksmith - was all the way down the other end near the Zayre's. The Orange Julius restaurant was near the fountain and sold what was sort of the precursor to fruit smoothies. Orange and strawberry flavored. Expensive but delicious!
Funny story about Jordan Marsh. In the early 90s I lived in the Bay area of California and was going to massage school out there. One of my classmates' last names was Marsh. His wife had a baby while we were still in school. They named him Jordan. When I laughed and told him why I laughed (they didn't have Jordan Marsh stores out there), he didn't think it was funny. His problem, not mine. I still think it's hilarious!
Oh my the hanover mall. Where Jc penny was was where the original entrance to the mall was. To the right of that was a bank and then Woolworth. Where the food Cort was and old navy that is where child world was. Then next to that was Eb games. Almys was where Macy's is now. Zayre was where Wallmart was. And you had many other cool stores such as. Radio shack. Olson electronics. Fanny farmer candy. Spencer's. Orange julious. Friendly's. Before the mall it was a farm. Behind the cinima is a pond I used to fish at. Ya I'm old. I think I was one of the first Hanover mall rats. Lol
I used to occasionally cash paychecks at the Walmart there just a few years before it went away. Traded in some video games. It was always pretty small compared to the nearby Braintree mall or Kingston mall.
My childhood memories was Child World (the 1980s), Musicsmith (where I got many albums on cassette tape and/or CD until they morphed into Record World in 1993), Zayre Department Store. Many albums in my collection I got either my first copy of or notable replacements. Zayre : Pink Floyd’s The Final Cut and Works, Led Zeppelin III and IV, The Police Zenyatta Mondatta, Van Halen 1984 and Aerosmith Toys In The Attic (all between 1983 and 1986) Musicsmith : The Eagles’ Hotel California (on 8 Track Cartridge in 1981 and last cassette copy in March 1991), The Long Run on cassette, Desperado and an upgrade of On The Border Pink Floyd : A Nice Pair and third copy of A Collection of Great Dance Songs Rush : Hemispheres, A Farewell to Kings (copy number two), Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows and Hold Your Fire (all on cassette in 1990) Styx : Paradise Theater (Christmas Time 1984) Other albums which I believe my parents bought me my first cassette copy of Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here album for my 9th birthday in January 1985 Last time there was 2016 and bought ELO’s Out of the Blue Remastered CD AND Boston’s Third Stage on CD as well in the FYE there.
Wow great memories!! You can barely find CDs in stores anymore which sucks! Fye was my spot for sure, now I have to get lucky at a select few Newbury comics’
This mall is being torn down to build condos...been in the plans for years...bad management and high rents and no maintenance. Not an exactly an abandoned mall.
Lol ikr.i just heard there was something like an asylum around there.anyways if you don't want to do abandoned vids I still support your decision!love your content!
bruh the only reason i ever went here was for the fuckin theater. im BIG MAD its closed down- they had half priced movies (on tuesdays ?? i think) so like youd only be paying like $8 per ticket. i miss the place :(
As a boy my friends mom took us there we hung around there look for geans at the gap .....there wasn't a food court ....just little simple eatery ... friendlys Zayres ...Jordan marsh ..filienes
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Should I do more dead mall videos?
Yea
Yea
blue&pink ninja's thanks make sure to like the video. If this does well I will definitely do more!
@@BenLaurence thank you!
yes
Wow, I remember shopping here years ago, I loved the arcade by the McDonalds (I still have the little plastic dinosaurs I won from there ages ago haha). It's wild seeing the place all empty now (and to see that the arcade stayed running this whole time!). Thanks for taking this video and sharing a bit of history.
Same here! I loved the arcade!! Thanks for watching :)
Really cool video! I live like 20 minutes away from it and I remember going to a Fifth Harmony meet and greet in 2015. Crazy to see how empty it is now
rowan sophia thanks so much! Haha that’s too funny, FYE did a lot of celebrity meet and greets which was really cool. Sad that the mall is gone now
I WAS THERE TOO
The silver city galleria mall in Taunton is set to close at the end of this month. You might be able to do a video there if you can manage to get there before it closes down for good.
Thanks Brian that is definitely on my list of places to film. I’m hoping I get there next week!!
Omg yes go to this mall bc I used to go here and when I went there to years ago they were trying to put a round one in but I guess if they are closing it dodnt work out
Before Jordan Marsh it was Woolworths.
The Hanover, MA Mall will be missed! It was a great mall to go to but now it’s dead! Good Video! 🙂👍🏻
RIP Hanover mall 😭😭 thanks Kevin
They’re rebuilding it into hanover crossing
I really miss this place, I always went there when i was younger but god it holds so many memories as I live 15 minutes away. RIP
I used to go here a lot when I was a kid. It's so sad that it's gone now. R.I.P.
Thank you for preserving it through this video, I appreciate the nostalgia trip.
Can’t believe it’s completely demolished now!!
@@BenLaurence Same!
Protip: people are NEVER happy when mall fountains are emptied or demolished, haha.
Lol people love their water features!!!
@@BenLaurence Damn straight!
Yea, a few years ago they dismantled the water fountain at Copley Place in Boston and I was pissed
@@atm97ify It's even sadder when they just drain the water and just leave the whole thing sitting there empty :(
Omg yes. This mall I used to go to all the time when I was a kid and when my mom was a teenager she used to hang out with her friends here all the time
Haha that’s awesome! Your mom probably knew some of the people in the MTV footage lol
Hell yasssss. I’m from Massachusetts. This is so insane to watch. Awesome video 👊🏻
Meag_ Ken Nice pretty much all my videos are shot in Massachusetts lol. Thanks for watching 😃
I was was watching your videos wondering if you were from around here 😊
Meag_ Ken yeah if you poke around my channel there is a lot of videos shot in Massachusetts. We even have a whole playlist for Massachusetts videos
Dang, I didn't even know this mall was this dead and closing soon. It's Unfortunate.
Bossome it’s not just dead, it’s permanently closed and ready for demolition any day now 😭
Bro im from Marshfield and went here all of a time and I am absolutely TRIPPING balls rn
Nice video Ben! Dam that mall looks empty and I like the 1980's video in the beginning! lol
Thanks man! Yeah it was weird seeing this place so dead. I couldn’t believe I found that old MTV footage, what a random mall to have on TV haha but I thought it was a nice touch to the video
This mall was part of my childhood, sad to see it go. Also great video.
Me too! Thank you 😃
I hate seeing malls dying out. BUT as a former Wal-mart employee, part of me gets a perverse pleasure in seeing one of them shut down.
I grew up right behind the Hanover Mall and know EVERYTHING about the Mall, Sears was added I believe in 1976. When they renovated the mall it even had a food court which later closed and Old Navy took over most of that space.
When did the mall close down
@@benjaneymar7047 Like three years ago, now it's an outside plaza like the Derby St. Shops in Hingham.
This is bringing back some memories… I’m 15 years old but I used to live 2 minutes away from it… literally down the street… I still miss it today… I grew up going here so loved to see it again
Yeah this place was awesome back in the day!
Imagine if u were a teen in the 80s and this was ur hangout spot and now is shutting down
I know right, kinda sad for all the people who hung out here
I was a teen in the 90s and it was our spot lol
@@nicolestoughton2986 Same here. The whole South Shore hung out here basically every day. I even learned to drive at the driving school in the back of Sears!
I remember when I was younger, they had this amazing fountain that people would throw change into for good luck. The dumbest thing this place ever did was get rid of it. It was so iconic.
Edit: nice you talked about it
Overthink the problems it never had....people and kids wanted to jump in and steal the change
I went here all the time and mostly went to an arcade in there right next to sears, I’m legit about to cry
I cried
Thank you for doing this! My dad would bring me here every Friday night (1974)for coffee ice cream at Brighams and to buy silly foam at Childworld. Bought my first eyeshadow at Almy’s. I continued to come here all through my teens and shopped here with my first born. My heart strings definitely got pulled knowing now it’s dead. I have resided in NH since 2002 so I had no idea. Thanks again. Oh and Woolworths was in the center of one of the hallways not at the end. Much love.
Glad I could bring back some memories! Brigham’s was so good!! I have some more bad news for you though…. The mall has been completely demolished now 😭
@@BenLaurence Thank you for the update.😭The mall memories live on!
It's always sad to see abandoned buildings
Dan Cooney it sure is 😭
There are two malls you should check out soon before they are no longer. Steeplegate Mall in Concord New Hampshire and the Greendale Mall in Worcester Massachusetts.
Awesome!! I will add those to my list
Yes go to steeplegate!
They are planning to demolish Greendale so go while you can
I remember having a vacation back then in my country,when i'm going outside with my mother.I see an old-looking hotel closed,it's very creepy when i passed it at night.
Nice hope you enjoy this dead mall video 😃
@@BenLaurence i just enjoy it :)
It's really fun to see some dead malls even though it looks a bit scary
Amaya Rokii thanks!!
@@BenLaurence your welcome
I'm sorry did i miss something but there was a Walmart in the mall???
Mike Hoerter yes I included the Walmart in this video
@@BenLaurence that's crazy lol I've never in my life seen or heard of a Walmart being in the mall
Mike Hoerter crazy right!!!
In Long Island We Had One In The Old Sunrise Mall now called Westfield Mall but it closed less then 3 years
@@mikehoerter2816 I live down the street from this mall. Walmart decided not to renew their lease for the new mall coming in and closed down. This mall is already being demolished and soon will be a outdoor mall just like Derby Street in Hingham MA
The Hanover Mall reminds me of the Liberty Tree Mall in Peabody looks very empty outside the Kohl's the Liberty tree mall seems to b holding a few ancor stors Kohl's, Sky Zone, and AMC and Best Buy without these stores the mall would b closed
I don’t think I’ve ever been to liberty tree but it sounds dead enough that I need to make a video there!
@@BenLaurence i think its worth it
Liberty Tree has a weird layout. The result is a lot of blank walls that make it look deader than it really is.
I lived in Hanover Mass from 1977-1980 before moving to California (dad was in the marine corps and got orders to relocate) I remember going to this mall all the time, my dad used to get the racing form from a smoke shop right inside and he would always tell me “go grab yourself a candy bar” I also remember seeing Empire strikes back at the theater near next to it.
I remember when the Hanover Mall was built. Sears was not there when it was first built. They came in later. Woolworths was near the center of the mall. JC Penny's was new also. It was just another wing to the mall. They added on and took some stores from the wing to shorten that wing. Spencer's was near the center. It sold incents and black light posters, 70's stuff. The waterfountain was big. Walmart opened as Zayre then was Ames. The food court/ Old Navy was Child World a toy store. Macy's was Almy's a clothing store. Other stores that are gone was. Paperback book smith, Music smith, York Steakhouse and Angelo's supermarket were out in the parking lot.
I used to BEG my mom to take me to the Child World there! Good times.
Yes that fountain was huge to me and the changing lights was magical when I was 4-5 years old 74-75
Thanks for reminding me about Angelo’s ❤️
I would go to the Paperback Booksmith and get Dungeons & Dragons stuff. I remember getting a Space invaders game for my 11th birthday from Woolworths! Later I would go to the food court with a date and get pizza from Sbarro. I also made a stop in the Hub music shop and pet store across from it quite often...the good old days...
@@katsfoilhat2963 my dad worked at that Angelo's. Remember when Godfathers pizza was Attacked to Angelo's?
peak childhood mall
The abandoned Old Navy, before it was a food court, was a Child World toy store. Spent lots of birthday and Christmas money there on hockey sticks and action figures in the 80’s!
used to hang out there back in the 80s spencers was my go to store and i totally remember the water fountain
they're apparently putting up a new mall in 2021 here
dead I guess they’re building one of those outdoor shopping centers like derby street and colony place
That's why they tore it down
I’m so glad this video exists. I never got to walk through the mall and document it before it got demolished.... thank you for this.
Glad I was able to document this place 😃
Yeah at least we still have the opportunity to visit the Kingston collection before it's inevitable demise in the next few years I would guess
man i miss this mall. It always felt so "mall like" if that makes sense. It wasnt even the greatest mall but it was personally my mall. Whenever I see liminal space mall related stuff it always reminded me of my childhood of this mall. may this mall forever rest in peace (the macys however will not since it remains open to this day somehow lmao)
I grew up with this mall, and I absolutely agree. Hanover was a mall-ass mall.
I know of a "dead" mall that near by. Would love to talk about it more and can give a lot of detailed infomation about it since it was a place I been too a lot as a child.
Z Cacciolfi YES feel free to shoot me a message, I’m always open to new video ideas
Aw man, this really takes me back. I used to work in that JCP starting my junior year of HS from 2009 until it closed in 2014. We were tiny considering the size and staffing of other JCPs, and the current mgmt was good, so we were pretty tight knit. It was crushing when they closed us. Almost no one quit between the announcement and last day, we all rode that ship down. They did a car show in the then event space a couple years later, it was pretty surreal to walk around it again with it gutted out and filled with cars. Last time I stepped foot in there before it was torn down.
I still miss the Teriyaki 2 Go and the arcade; staples that I still haven't replaced.
That’s awesome! I’m still bummed that it’s gone
This sad looking back at my home town mall now gone loved going here so many good times 😢
Can’t believe it’s demolished now
Its so sad to see this mall just gone like that. So many memories made here and cant go back to reminisce. My parents in the 1980s used to come here a lot, they remember the fountain but not the food court. I actually have images of the fountain, they were on the Hanover Historical Society, they are really cool looking! There was so much neon, which was typical for a 1970s mall!
The food court is where Child World was!
Hey Ben love your videos
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I did. This is the second time you hearted my comment
Awesome!!!
Do you have a discord account Ben?
Ben Smart discord is linked in the description of every video...
I used to love going to the Hanover mall when I grew up in Scituate
Definitely going to miss this place!
What do they sell at Zaire’s
Rileyall Davis honestly couldn’t tell ya haha. If I had to guess I’d say overpriced, outdated cloths like Macy’s or something lol
Zairess was like most department store. Think k mart or Wal-Mart but without food.
Zayre's
It was a poor man’s K Mart. Yea, you read that correctly
I worked there when the mall opened. Sears building was not there and was just a big wall said coming soon.
Woolworths was in the mall across where Brighams was. Any questions ? ask away. Mall is gone and the new replacement is about 50% done. Macy remains all the balance is new. The JC Penney building was also not there came later.
I remember when you could still smoke in that mall.
Kind of sad to see malls closing. There is a mall in Oklahoma City that is basically dead. It's called the Crossroads Mall. Used to love going there and hanging out.
Definitely sad, especially when it’s a local spot that you use to hang at. I’d go to this mall all the time cause it had the only FYE in the area, I’d pick up a lot of used movies haha
There must be 100 malls named “Crossroads” scattered across the country.
I remember going to this mall when I was younger and my teens. then eventually trying on tuxs for my buddy wedding. even visiting him at his job there and visiting his dad when he worked there also. yes there was a small food court going to fye across from the food court. that fountain was really cool. Hanover Mall RIP. long live Hanover crossing
I love this video because we may never see malls like this someday. 😔
Squidee thanks! I love documenting stuff like this
they've been talking about building a new outdoor mall there, its not gone forever
Yeah but it’s not the same mall and it’s demolished sooo it is gone now 😂😅
The Macy’s is the only remaining structure of the old mall. It’s since been replaced with a more open shopping center called “Hanover crossing”
The mall was way cooler then whats there now
I wonder if old abandoned Malls could be repreposed as Themed tiny House villages. A wall could be resurfaced with a theme. Harry Potter, Star Wars, Star Trek. You home would be inside the world of choice. It’s a thought.
It's a shame, the mall looks very nice too, unlike Simon's white-washed malls.
Yeah it was really nice. I don’t understand why they needed to demolish it
Zayre's was a department store similar to K-Mart years ago. SIlverCity Gallaria and WestGate Mall in Taunton and Brockton, respectively, are both in the same boat. Huge malls are a thing of the 70s and 80s.
Silver City Galleria will be the subject of this weeks video. It will be out tomorrow at 6 pm
My mother worked at Zayre when I was a kid. When I was a teenager, late 70s to early 80s, my friends and I would go to this mall and to the Braintree Plaza - mostly this one because we lived in Rockland. When you stepped in, I didn't even recognize it since I hadn't been there probably since the mid to late 80s. Another dead mall (not sure if you did a video on that) is the Emerald Square Mall in North Attleboro.
Ooooh emerald square is so dead! I can’t believe how huge it is and there is NOTHING! I will say, the few stores that are left are pretty good
I remember going with my family in 2000 to the chuck n cheese... good times, thanks for the memories
Damn why can’t I remember the Chuck E. Cheese? Where was that?
@@BenLaurence I don't know if my mind is playing tricks on me, but I was sure it was a chuck e cheese, it was a gaming place right across hobbytown
Good video. Interesting. Please do more mall videos.
Thank you! I should be doing another mall video very soon
Just came across this video randomly today. I know the person who filmed the MTV event you used to open the video. Where is their source credit?
MTV owns the footage, I don’t think they need a plug from a little RUclips video haha
Good lord, this brings back memories! So glad you documented this place. I remember walking through here as a toddler and passing a blockbuster (god i'm getting old) with a cardboard cutout in front of it. I don't remember what movie it was for, but I do remember the guy was doing the "I got my eye on you" gesture. My mom pointed to it, and said something along the lines of "You see that guy? That's what I'm doing to you, I got my eye on you mister.". I haven't been there since 2013, yet I still remember getting immidiately hit by the aroma from the Subway as soon as you walked in. I still have some toy soldiers I won from the arcade, too! Sorry for rambling, this video just unlocked some memories I never knew I had :)
Edit: GOOD LORD, I FORGOT ABOUT THE DAMN RIDES AT 7:29 AND 9:40
I worked at the Friendly's from 2002-2008.
Got caught shoplifting at sears
Spent many hours at the arcade.
Used to ride my bike here from hanson.
Sad to see it so empty
Daaamn I remember the friendlys! Wish they never closed this mall
@@BenLaurence do you remember the food court? After watching this video I tried finding pictures of it before it was turned into the Old Navy but no luck
i used to LIVE at this mall and worked in it as it was dying. i’m devastated that it’s no longer there, although even now the macy’s is still standing!
edit: LOL i worked at the spirit halloween! (which used to be a.c. moore crafts)
Daaamn I miss that mall so much, use to go to the cheap movies then FYE and get CD’s all the time
There used to be a very cool fountain in the center of that mall in the 70's and 80's. The Zayre's store was a good place to get Atari and Activision video games.
I’ve heard stories of how cool the fountain was, wish I got to see it!
When I was a kid/teenager, that mall was the place to be on a Friday night or Saturday afternoon. It was always busy. The surrounding towns had almost no businesses so everyone went there. On the left side of the Sear's entrance when you walked down the stairs there was a Musicsmith store which had all the latest vinyl records. It's sister store - Paperback Booksmith - was all the way down the other end near the Zayre's. The Orange Julius restaurant was near the fountain and sold what was sort of the precursor to fruit smoothies. Orange and strawberry flavored. Expensive but delicious!
Dude this was the best. Now that they have redone it’s all right
Miss the old mall!!
@@BenLaurence Me too
I don't remember Old Navy being a food court. WOW $99mil to $37mil in a short time. What a loss.
We want more
I will do more haha
@@BenLaurence do a lot more but please if there are any toy stores, please don't buy them to take the plastic off and wind up opening them.
Mark Strouse I open pretty much all the figures I buy
@@BenLaurence I know you do, I am the guy who told you not to that time on your Livestream video.
Funny story about Jordan Marsh. In the early 90s I lived in the Bay area of California and was going to massage school out there. One of my classmates' last names was Marsh. His wife had a baby while we were still in school. They named him Jordan. When I laughed and told him why I laughed (they didn't have Jordan Marsh stores out there), he didn't think it was funny. His problem, not mine. I still think it's hilarious!
HA no way
I used to work at the old navy up till it closed! There’s actually 2 floors on it but only one was used by old navy
Hi, Ben, my husband, (who is walking through this video!), suggests you check out a dead mall in Pittsfield, MA called Berkshire Mall...
Thanks
Thanks so much for the suggestion! I’ll have to check it out :)
Do more
I will 😃
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Oh my the hanover mall. Where Jc penny was was where the original entrance to the mall was. To the right of that was a bank and then Woolworth. Where the food Cort was and old navy that is where child world was. Then next to that was Eb games. Almys was where Macy's is now. Zayre was where Wallmart was. And you had many other cool stores such as. Radio shack. Olson electronics. Fanny farmer candy. Spencer's. Orange julious. Friendly's. Before the mall it was a farm. Behind the cinima is a pond I used to fish at. Ya I'm old. I think I was one of the first Hanover mall rats. Lol
I used to occasionally cash paychecks at the Walmart there just a few years before it went away. Traded in some video games. It was always pretty small compared to the nearby Braintree mall or Kingston mall.
i used to shop at the sears in south shore plaza because my friend worked there so i’d get nice cheap champion shirts with his discount
My childhood memories was Child World (the 1980s), Musicsmith (where I got many albums on cassette tape and/or CD until they morphed into Record World in 1993), Zayre Department Store. Many albums in my collection I got either my first copy of or notable replacements.
Zayre : Pink Floyd’s The Final Cut and Works, Led Zeppelin III and IV, The Police Zenyatta Mondatta, Van Halen 1984 and Aerosmith Toys In The Attic (all between 1983 and 1986)
Musicsmith : The Eagles’ Hotel California (on 8 Track Cartridge in 1981 and last cassette copy in March 1991), The Long Run on cassette, Desperado and an upgrade of On The Border
Pink Floyd : A Nice Pair and third copy of A Collection of Great Dance Songs
Rush : Hemispheres, A Farewell to Kings (copy number two), Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows and Hold Your Fire (all on cassette in 1990)
Styx : Paradise Theater (Christmas Time 1984)
Other albums which I believe my parents bought me my first cassette copy of Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here album for my 9th birthday in January 1985
Last time there was 2016 and bought ELO’s Out of the Blue Remastered CD AND Boston’s Third Stage on CD as well in the FYE there.
Wow great memories!! You can barely find CDs in stores anymore which sucks! Fye was my spot for sure, now I have to get lucky at a select few Newbury comics’
It had a Gap? Damn it was bussin..it’s gonna be a beautiful outside mall💗
Wait! Try and do an abandoned movie theater!!!
Not really into the abandoned stuff anymore
Aww i loved the abandoned vids, oh well your decision not mine, ill stick around through thick and thin!
Come to San Jose. Dead malls are non existent. Instead you’ll spend about 30 minutes trying to find a parking spot on a weekend
😂 that does not sound fun!
Visited my grandparents in San Jose when I was 12. Hanover Mall was my local mall, and Eastridge with its 3 levels BLEW MY MIND. 👍👍
@@BenLaurence definitely not lol
i remember zayer
Me too
abandoned malls are really fascinating to me
Yeah they’re really cool
Zayres became Almys , and then Ames became Walmart.
4:06 I bet they had kids waiting to see Santa
Nope 4:00
Explore The Future! do more #BL
captainakron27 YES I definitely want to do more, it’s kind of interesting seeing malls empty like this
I remember the teriyaki place. I used to to there for lunch when I worked at the pet store by the mall
This mall is being torn down to build condos...been in the plans for years...bad management and high rents and no maintenance. Not an exactly an abandoned mall.
Beverly Sewing & Vacuum that is not true. They are building an outdoor shopping center.
I loved this mall :(
Same!
Can people still go in there??
Only the Macy’s. The rest of the mall has been demolished.
Do more abandoned vids i miss them. :'(try locations in lake elsinore California i heard there are a couple there.
A very specific town in California that I’ve never heard of 😂
Lol ikr.i just heard there was something like an asylum around there.anyways if you don't want to do abandoned vids I still support your decision!love your content!
Cool Video , I Miss Mall's . . .
Thank you! Me too 😭
Oh what I would give to go back here.
Miss this place too
@@BenLaurence Loved the Bigtop playland
bruh the only reason i ever went here was for the fuckin theater. im BIG MAD its closed down- they had half priced movies (on tuesdays ?? i think) so like youd only be paying like $8 per ticket. i miss the place :(
SAME! I loved going to the movies and then hitting FYE after
Grew up two towns away wow sad
Can’t believe this place is gone 😭
there is the Berkshire Mall in Lanesborough Mass that's dead
I’ll have to check it out
brick and mortar retail is dead......"The Internet....It gives and it takes."
Rip malls
Sears you’re giving me mean girls vibes
Why?
Ben Laurence what you don’t remember that part of the movie where Rachael macadams is reduced to shopping there when she’s gaining weight?
I don’t know why I don’t remember that haha. Haven’t seen that movie in a long time though
Ben Laurence you should watch it again it’s soooooooo good
I think (THINK) Zayrs was like Ames.
I worked at Sears auto for 4 years part time there
Sad seeing all the Sears stores go too
Never would have thought Sears gone
As a boy my friends mom took us there we hung around there look for geans at the gap .....there wasn't a food court ....just little simple eatery ... friendlys Zayres ...Jordan marsh ..filienes
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I’m like 10 min it’s away from there
Nice! Too bad it’s gone 😭
Lol this place is gone now. Absolutely flat.
Gonzoooo
There replacing it with outlets
Just an outdoor shopping area, no outlets unfortunately
this is where i used to go to pick up chicks back in the day.... how times have changed. LOL
5:58 kiddie rides
Yeah they had a lot for some reason
No the Walmart 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 6:59
Rip 😭