A Visit to Enfield Square Mall

Enfield Square Mall is a firmly dead mall that has been in limbo for several years now. However, that may soon come to an end as redevelopment finally comes in due time.
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[@Nebo888]

I grew up in Somers. My neighbor owned a pizzeria in the mall, “Nino’s”. I think I went there at least once a week for 10-11 years before moving to another state. Great memories of that place. Loved the arcade!!! Thank you for posting.

[@GnosticMindTrain]

Crazy to see a nostalgic mall I went to on KZbin.

[@dansev91]

grew up in Enfield. got out many years ago but this brought me back to my youth. many memories in this place dating back to 80’s and 90’s.

[@beckthemusicguy]

I miss the movie theater :(

[@Hoop_23]

​@@dansev91same, grew up in tville

[@theBALLSIESTcat]

Crazy to see the Cinemark still open in this video, shutdown not too long ago, RIP the last good thing at Enfield Square

[@Hoop_23]

Hey, they have a target...

[@ishari1117]

Woooow....I used to work at this mall in the mid-2000s. It was already well into its decline in both foot traffic and tenants when I was there, but crazy to see it so empty. Not surprised that it's reached this state, but still sad to see.

[@PixxiePlays]

Yeah the security guards were assholes and would kick us out despite us being the ones that spent money there. They hated the teens that kept the mall alive.

[@FireMinstrel]

I had buffalo wings for the first time at their Ruby Tuesdays when I was a kid. That mall was doing great in the mid-90’s

[@TheRedDevil_NC]

You should interview anyone you see walking aimlessly or sitting down staring at their phone. I always wonder about the people who still go to the malls like these that are basically empty. Another great video. thanks for doing them.

[@ms.zelman3032]

That's a good idea now that you point it out. I would actually be curious to listen to what they would say.

[@Palmtop_User]

Ill tell you as someone who goes regularly - other than target its dead dead. The theater shown here is no longer there, even when it was its waning years were practically vacant other than the odd blockbuster here and there and even then you could always find a seat. You could watch some big movies all by yourself. Weve been expecting it to close for years now, we dont even know how it made it even reached 2020 let alone "survived" the pandemic. Apparently something must be done with the whole mall soon as one of the dead anchor store's fire suppression systems is faulty so the fire marshal aint happy. Regardless its been depressing walking in the dead wing for a long time now as tenants were literally few and far between. Stores keep leaving and have mostly been vacant for some time. You see someone new pop up, usually a print show or craft shop attracted to cheap rent, and you know they wont be there the next year Target is literally the only part of the mall that has anyone regularly visiting. Hence why most were parked there and the dude dint walk over there

[@fvg]

I went and saw the first Purge movie in the theater in this mall with the first girl I ever loved, what a stinky ass mall lmao I went a few weeks ago and I walked around pulling on doors until security told me to leave

[@RyanCya]

they still got security there??

[@imawesomeanthony]

I live near this mall. You could hear the Macys roof fall

[@nicklav22]

i remember walking down the hallway with handprints to go to a bathroom as a kid and always having such an eerie feeling. idk why it always scared me

[@douglasmolteni6579]

I still get that feeling now lol

[@xargos]

I used to visit this mall in the 90s. I had no idea it was still open! With the number of malls that have closed I figured it was already gone.

[@Terrible0x0Trivium]

Oh, it's gone. Nothing but churches and daycares inside now, a couple of used videos game shops, a target, a GameStop. Nothing of real worth or interest. Sears has been gone for years now, Macy's has been empty and that part of the building should be condemned, what with the holes in the roof and ceiling. The theater shut down a couple months ago. It's a ghost town.

[@kizzume]

That's quite a unique ceiling design. I like it.

[@BuffaloChicken]

I truly enjoy your content, ty!

[@ms.zelman3032]

Me too.😊

[@brettoblaster]

What a random video to stumble upon considering I grew up going to that mall. I worked at that theater for awhile and it just got more and more dead.

[@keikapanen5555]

It's interesting to see as I still go here. Right where you entered, where the Halloween shop is, there's a card game store we go to play MtG. The mall looks so creepy though otherwise and I never go anywhere else in it.

[@Average_Youtube_User91]

Somehow found my way entering inside that empty sears store, I began shitting myself because it's pitch black in there

[@AliusScitmelius]

Windows at the top of the main corridor let in plenty of light and make the corridor feel significantly more spacious. The side corridors, with entrances at the ends, look bleak with their low drop ceilings. It would be better if they were higher and the entrances opened more to the wide corridor. From the outside, the entrances look insignificant.

[@RustyUNITB]

I went there so many times when I was younger! Especially to go to the theater.

[@etothej]

So sad to see these malls dying.

[@97Retrogamenerd]

must've been recorded well over a year ago. my friend opened up a store where GNC was there and has been just over a year.

[@FireAngelZero]

I remember going to this mall when it was still a “Westfield shopping center” used to have a friend that worked there that I’d see all the time. Sad to see the state that it’s in now, but it’s only a matter of time before it’s all torn down…

[@Treysen-gj1jq]

Nice architecture. Love your videos!

[@markstrouse3101]

Great video as always doomie grunt. I was at this mall 5 years ago and it was already a super dead mall

[@antoniodaniele2247]

i remember the Sports Card Shows they had there were LIT.... so sad. great memories

[@groton27]

Did you also make a stop at the Crystal Mall in CT now the only mall in CT without a anchor.

[@natev7870]

I remember going here all the time growing up. I'd tag along with my older brother and his friends and felt like one of the cool kids. There used to be 2 GameStops so if one didn't have the game we were looking for we'd go to the other. Half the time we'd cut thru Sears to get to the movie theater until it closed. Then I remember going to see Star Trek: Into Darkness at the Cinemark with my dad, we got pizza after (where the Kabab House was in this video) and I looked around and realized the mall was dead.

[@Hoop_23]

Pizza 3.14 was the name, right?

[@ms.zelman3032]

I've seen this mall before. I like this mall. I think what makes it unique are those slanted ceilings. I also like the bathroom hallway with the handprints.😊

[@Terrible0x0Trivium]

It'll be gone soon, to be replaced with hotels and smaller retail outlets, and a housing community if the new owner gets the grants from the state they've requested.

[@saintsheepy6682]

The only place I'd go to recently here was the movie theater that was the only thing that kept it alive; now it's Stateline Video Games, but my desire to go to the mall again has all but vanished.

[@chrisose]

I was just in Enfield on a project and did a walk though this mall. Another sad victim of "progress".

[@Nebo888]

I started going to Enfield Square when I was 2, I’m 45. That place used to seem so huge. Holyoke and Buckland Hills were my other favorite malls.

[@Hoop_23]

Holyoke and manchester are still going strong. Manchester mall was our 2nd home when we were punk teens in the late 90s lol

[@Joe-dy7bb]

Only ever went their for the theater. It was always a pretty crappy mall compared to Buckland Hills.

[@RyanCya]

100%.

[@raymondjones5909]

Buckland is crap too

[@MrCraigblaze]

Thanks for the upload !! I was at this mall back in the spring. And it was so dead..I even asked the security guard why are you Still here ??😂😂

[@klax2919]

not a bad mall & i love the ceilings but with the vacancy rate i am concerned. even the corridor with the handprints & the pics of happier times at the mall a lot of the frames for the pics were also vacant & some were repeats.

[@PixxiePlays]

I grew up going to this mall. I had my first kiss in this mall. Now the greedy owners have destroyed it. Such a shame.

[@Terrible0x0Trivium]

Amazon and the big box stores have ruined malls across the country. The owners have little to do with businesses not doing well and not wanting to rent out the space anymore.

[@Hoop_23]

Lol, this mall is dead. Went here all the time as a kid when they had an arcade.

[@MrCraigblaze]

Thanks!

[@kristenswaggierthanu342]

You need to revisit Mayberry mall in mount airy. It is renovated but still very vacant.

[@CairnTerrier69]

I live a few miles from the mall. At the present time it is still open but is pretty much a 100% dead mall….other than the Target who owns their portion of the building and keeps it well maintained. Walking through the mall, the only stores still open is the Party City (which built their own outside entrance), a pop up church, a chamber of commerce office, and one or two craft and gift shops. Everything else is dead. Walking outside around the mall….other than the Target portion….there is no maintenance whatsoever, graffiti on walls, garbage dumped in loading bays, and out of control weeds. Very blighted property. Sooner or later the town needs to start dishing out fines or declare the property a hazzard and declare it unfit for occupancy. Interesting to note….very recently, the parking lot was being used to store unsold new cars awaiting distribution to the dealers. It gave the impression when passing on I-91 that business was booming with customers shopping at the mall…until you pulled in and discovered that every car was still shrink wrapped with dealer labels affixed.

[@renardfranse]

Namdar, the kiss of death. Followed by Kohan and Moonbeam..........

[@blueblousedesigns]

Moonbeam owned the Gwinnett Place Mall in Duluth, GA

[@Palmtop_User]

Ayyyyy, welcome to Enfield mall. We got a target and

[@midnightrocker7]

and nothing else

[@midnightrocker7]

welcome to the most boring mall in the most boring depressing soulless town in the world

[@Laura-i2r9r]

It seems that none of the Companies that managed Enfield Square in the 2000s really gave a hoot about this Mall or its upkeep let alone security . Party Store ,The Cinema ,And Target also Bath & Body Works were all this Mall had left in it . Not to lovely . They are going to demolish this mall probably in 2025 sometime . The old Macy’s is already getting Vandalized and graffiti all over .

[@WhittyPics]

1st. NAMDAR being involved says it all.

[@Fanatic2011-mo1ys]

Does anyone know what these stores used to be? 1:42 Store next to old GNC 2:31 Store that was there before Bright Start was 4:08 Store that was there before Bouley was 4:36 Store that was there before the Kabob House was 6:32 Store with the black on it 6:44 The red store next to Claire’s

[@Hoop_23]

Next to gnc changed a bunch. Iirc there was a non tradition toy store and maybe a sport memorabilia shop. Bright start used to be an asain decor shop, rugs, trinkets, swords and knives etc. I think Bouley used to be Payless shows, pizza 3.14 was before the kebab house, next to claires.might have been a beauty shop like sallys or something. It's been a while, but that's the best I can recall

[@midnightrocker7]

this mall has sucked since the 1990's, and by 2000 it was already dying, the Enfield Square hasn't been good or decent since the 1980's

[@raymondjones5909]

1992 was there prime years by 97 its was a shitty place and buckland was better at those times until 2012

[@midnightrocker7]

@@raymondjones5909 I always preferred Buckland, even then also

[@Mark-zu6oz]

Anyone remember Chess King?

[@SuperBuickregal]

Thanks and Keep em Rolling!

[@Nothinghere0101]

When was this filmed

[@Siggymund]

Right, Cinemark left a long time ago ; ;

[@ktchelseafamily3314]

Cute