Eastland Center (Harper Woods, MI) - My final walk-thru
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- Eastland Center, one of the oldest malls in Michigan, has finally closed. I had one last opportunity to walk through it's halls in late October, to reminisce about the memories made there.
My apologies for the heavy breathing... I didn't realize how sensitive the mic on my phone was and, well, I'm out of shape (and I was wearing a thicker than normal facemask). LOL.
Dam I was born in 94 that mall had alot good memories for me n my family
When I was 12 my buddies and I would hitchhike up Kelly to get to the mall. This placed at one time was packed. Hated to see it go but animals turn it into dangerous place to be.
I have been coming to this mall when I was a teenager. This used to be my favorite mall. It's very sad to see this place go like that. I used to actually walk to this mall when I lived in Eastpointe 🥺💔
When I used to live there Eastpointe was East Detroit.
I'm old enough to remember back in the early 80s when Eastland had Circus World and Kay-Bee toy stores, such a shame how this mall went downhill, this was my hangout spot during my younger years
There was a moment that I thought I was the only person who remembered that Circus World was a store.... I'm glad I'm not the only "old" person. lol
@@krono0666 Hell no... Circus World had all the cool die cast stuff. I got one of the ships from "Space: 1999” there.
If I remember correctly one of them was located next to B. Dalton books and Hickory Farms.
This mall made up a large part of our early family life. What I remember from the Concourse area (that part going down the steps at the beginning) is 1. A post office, 2. A stamp and coin shop, 3. A shoe repair shop, and 4. Lemontree Restaurant, that my parents liked. Above ground, I also remember Sanders ice cream. It had two floors-I think the basment was more for cafe-type meals, and the surface-level area hosted soda and ice cream counter confectionaries. In the late 80s I worked at Waldenbooks. In the late 70s my sister worked at Hudsons, and later moved downtown to the admin/corporate-level sphere. In the mid-80s I attended Notre Dame (next door). In the early 90s I "worked" at Kohls while brushing up on my poetry-writing skills in the stockroom, creating general havoc by suggesting a UNION, and then went off to gradschool..One last memory-Atwater Seafood restaurant that was attached, but outside the mall on the side of 8mile. Good food. And your Taco Bell memory ar 5:40 used to be a Little Ceasers in the mid 80s...ate many little pizza there!
The Little Caesars was on the other side of the mall in what ended up turning into Montgomery Ward's entrance. The Taco Bell was built brand new in the 80's. Also the seafood restaurant was called Tidewater Grill.
@@johnr033 Ah, yes. Tidewater. Correct.
Used to come here all the time in the 90s/Early 2000s. Very sad, used to be packed.
Eastland Barbershop owned by Vito was the BEST. Ralph also did a wonderful job but he left in around 1994 to open his own shop out in Clinton Township. Both men have sadly passed away. When you stop and looked into the space where the barbershop was it was like "Frozen in time" Thank you for a great video especially of the concourse.
Growing up, I would get my hair cut by the ladies in that room off to the side of the main body of the barber shop. Specifically Brenda. I think I started getting my hair cut when I was old enough to not have to ride the horses. lol. Cool thing is, if you remember Brenda, she actually owns a barber shop in Grosse Pointe Woods call The Family Barbershop on Mack (between 7 & 8 mile)
@@krono0666 I went to Brenda as well!! Wow so cool I had no idea she still was cutting hair. I switched to Ralph and then Vito and followed Vito to Fountainview Barber on 9 mile and Kelly. Vito passed away in 2015 at the age of 80.
Ralph cut my hair ever since I was old enough to move from the kid’s room (with the horsie chair) to the "grown up’s" room … Vito always cut my Dad’s hair. Both great guys … thanks for the update on them. Wish I had a pic of Ralph back in his hay-day.
So strange to see an almost empty mall...farewell Eastland. My first job back in the 90s.
I grew up on the Eastside and used to go to this mall ALL THE TIME. I remember where Shoppers World is used to be a store called Steve & Barry’s, they had all the college team gear and that’s what made me wanna go to college along with watching A Different World and other shows of course.
I remember when they had the movie theater there too I went to see the movie Speed with Keanu Reeves & Sandra Bullock there and they had that movie store called Suncoast right by the food court. It’s such a shame to see what this mall has become man, I guess all we can do at this point is reminisce on the good times.
Suncoast Videos was my jam! One of the few places that actually carried early anime.
@@krono0666 I just had to come back and comment bro because I just rode past Eastland yesterday and it was completely DEMOLISHED! It’ll NEVER be the same 😢
R.I.P. Eastland Mall
Eastland use to have its own Private Police Department too. When they removed them and replaced them with contract security that was the beginning of the end.
You know, for as much as I shopped at that mall, I never knew much about the inner workings of their security. But considering how bad it got near the end, I'm not surprised.
Wow, I worked at Ottos and musicians I high-school, the lemon tree restaurant was in basement by the old post office and a barber and cobbler shop. Great memories thank you for doing this video.
Wasn’t it amazing during that time when Lemon Tree and all those stores you listed were open!! Just a shame it’s gone.
I used to get my hair cut at the barber in the basement. I never ate at The Lemon Tree. I did love it when Hudson's/Marshall Fields had an entrance in the basement because they also had a bookstore in the basement of Hudson's. I would spend hours just flipping through the books.
Thank you for this 🤘🏿😎😈🤘🏿 I went here all the time in High school.I remember the stores you mentioned.🤘🏿😈
Same... I went to Notre Dame so I went to Eastland all the time after school.
@@krono0666 Next to Regina and Lutheran East. All gone.
What years were you at ND?
I'm really sad that there's no longer going to be Eastland.. this was my family favorite spot my sister used to work at Macy's. My dad and brother always came here to go to the Metro PCS, Target and to get his haircut. It's really sad because I lost my father due to covid complications back in May 22 2020 this was his favorite place to go! 💔💔💔
I so sorry for your loss. I have very similar memories about my mom who also loved to go to the mall. I would walk around the mall just to walk the path we always took through the mall.
Thank you for this video. I worked at Otto’s and music land during high school. The Lemon Tree restaurant used to be down stairs too.
You're welcome. It's funny, in all my years, I never did get a chance to ever eat at The Lemon Tree. The only time I ever went downstairs was to get my hair cut at the barber shop or to use the basement entrence into Hudson's so I could check out their book selection.
Hahaha... Hot Sam's... And the downstairs barber... Yep.
Hudson's basement went forever, it seemed...
Where'd the hippo go?
I honestly don't know where the hippo went off to. I heard a rumor that the Lion & Mouse statue is now with the Detroit Historical Society but I haven't heard anything for sure.
@@krono0666 A fitting place for it to go...
Probably should have gone through when I was there last in '18... but I tend to get... irritated... when the reality diverges greatly from the fond memories.
Hot Sam's had the best pretzels... and I haven't found a mustard which pairs as well since.
Honestly, I had forgotten about the downstairs Hallmark until you panned past it; it came clear to mind as soon as I saw that mirror on the corner. Across the hall was that funky smelling cafeteria... Which reminds me of the Big Boy and Coney upstairs... and the Woolworths... but that might be slightly before your time... Late 70s, early 80s... but I'm sure someone else will remember those as well...
@@krono0666 by the way - thanks for posting this video for us... Gets us reminiscing about days when kids unattended was the norm and life was a bit simpler... maybe even better, depending on one's perspective.
That restaurant you were referring to with the smell was The Lemon Tree which closed in the late 80’s and nothing ever replaced it. Such a shame.
That is such a shame that this mall fell on hard times and closed. I moved to Harper Woods about 4 1/2 years ago and Macy's had just closed their doors there. There was still a Burlington Coat Factory and a great little department store by the name of Shoppers World that carried many household items that had good value for the price. Also, there were still a lot of smaller well known stores and that time. Macy's leaving started a mass exodus. The mall was already struggling, but Covid just nailed the coffin shut. This is such a loss for the community.
Yeah.. while I'm never a fan of consumerism, I can't deny how important Eastland was to me while I was growing up.
Well, that is definitely a playground I used to visit regularly, got my picture taken on the lion when I was 12 🥰
Its so funny to think that our parents were okay with us climbing all over a STONE statue. Like, if we fell off that thing, it was not going to be fun. But then again, it was a different time. LoL.
The lion and the hippo are going to St. John Hospital on Moross.
I heard! And that's fantastic. I'm happy that such iconic works have found a home.
Now demolished
What was the name of the pretzel place by ottos???
Hot Sam's Pretzels.
We all know who helped ruin the mall for people..
A lot of things contributed to the downfall of that (and other) malls... primarily was the shifting shopping patterns of consumers. The mall stopped being the center of social gatherings... there was the exodus into suburbia... and, yeah, people on the whole acting like fools. It was never a "who" that ruined it... everything had a hand in it.
Now demolished
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Torn down in January 2022
I haven't driven by the area since I did the video. I really should make the trip out and see what it all looks like now.
@@mikerocks56
[Sigh]
Well... At least there are others with similar fond memories.
@@krono0666 I lived on Chalmers until '86...
Years ago, I wandered back into St. Juliana's former school and was *amazed* that the old principal's office smelled like it did in the 80s... and I was convinced that Str. Helen was going to hobble around the corner and smack me with a ruler.
Nothing trains for negating PTSD better than nuns... Lol