Burlington Mall: Is It a Dead Mall? I'm Honestly Not Sure... Burlington, Massachusetts.

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@tuukkatuukka
@tuukkatuukka 4 ай бұрын
In 1995 or 96, I had a friend who worked security at night. When the mall closed, he would let us in and we could roller blade all night. Thank You Dave !!
@jeremyanderson1139
@jeremyanderson1139 Жыл бұрын
When I go there usually, it's pretty packed. The Burlington Mall is far from a dead mall as it's still thriving.
@topgammar3763
@topgammar3763 7 ай бұрын
It looks dead to me.
@stanleydolan5609
@stanleydolan5609 6 ай бұрын
@@topgammar3763 four years of Bidenomics may just put it under , unfortunately part of his legacy.
@bostonman8347
@bostonman8347 5 ай бұрын
@@topgammar3763 Its dead early hours... usually after 4pm its packed; or lunch hour
@waynebrowne1063
@waynebrowne1063 4 ай бұрын
@@topgammar3763it 11:00 am on a weekday. Most malls are extremely quiet then.
@paulcbrady
@paulcbrady Күн бұрын
I grew up in Bedford and often went to the Burlington mall as a child and later a teen. The mall as it is today (I was there last weekend) is still really active and nowhere near being a dead mall. In fact, it had a bunch of stores that I never see in most malls because they’re the first stores to leave when the mall is dying. Compare it to say the Solomon Pond mall where there is not a single restaurant other than what’s in the food court, and Burlington mall looks super active. Not only does the Burlington Mall have multiple restaurants outside the food court, but they’re all high-end nice restaurants. All of the Solomon Pond mall’s restaurants closed.
@KOTJBee
@KOTJBee Жыл бұрын
The Burlington Mall used to have a Rainforest Cafe, Disney Store, and Burberry but not anymore.
@acutemadness
@acutemadness Жыл бұрын
I thought the Disney store came back i remember there was one at Arsenal mall
@Stacey_LaValley_Lambert
@Stacey_LaValley_Lambert Жыл бұрын
The Rainforest Cafe was where we celebrated my pregnancy with our now 13 year old boy.
@John-gf7kj
@John-gf7kj Жыл бұрын
Rainforest cafe location was a Herman's Sporting Goods in the 80s
@DigitalIslandboy
@DigitalIslandboy Жыл бұрын
I thought it had Lord and Taylor's too?
@John-gf7kj
@John-gf7kj Жыл бұрын
@@DigitalIslandboy it did
@spocker
@spocker 5 ай бұрын
That’s one of the busiest malls around. Two reasons, it’s at the intersection of two busy highway’s, and within a 15-20 minute drive from some of the wealthiest towns in the state. It’s pretty much busy every weekend, for weekday lunch, and weekday evenings.
@DigitalIslandboy
@DigitalIslandboy 21 күн бұрын
@@spocker don't forget the free parking, you can take your time and not have to worry about getting back to the vehicle before you have to pay more money.
@spocker
@spocker 21 күн бұрын
@ Good point. Plenty of free parking, unlike shopping in the city. I hadn’t thought of that.
@pizzaface817
@pizzaface817 Жыл бұрын
idk if you mentioned it but Paul Blart was filmed at this mall for the chase scene
@richiebarrettjr3629
@richiebarrettjr3629 6 ай бұрын
Yes it does
@jennifermalone7481
@jennifermalone7481 3 ай бұрын
Yes it is !
@paulkrafve109
@paulkrafve109 Жыл бұрын
I think the Burlington mall is the best mall in Massachusetts
@bombkirby
@bombkirby 4 ай бұрын
Natick takes the cake with all the entertainment places in it like Puttshack and Level99.
@rl8429
@rl8429 Жыл бұрын
Primark & Sears did coexist in this mall at one point. Similar to South Shore Plaza, Sears reduced their store size to the first floor to make way for Primark. Sears made this joint venture with Primark for a few of their other locations before.
@John-gf7kj
@John-gf7kj Жыл бұрын
This mall does very well and its usually very busy and very safe. I have been going there since I was a kid and now I take my kids there. A lot of cash flows through the mall to justify the high end stores and remodel - as example note that black SUV in front of you at the end of the video is a Aston Martin DBX ~150k+
@riproar11
@riproar11 Жыл бұрын
By the looks of that Aston Martin with the douched-out matte black finish, the driver is someone of poor character to ever do that to an Aston Martin.
@ThomasJones-ij6hv
@ThomasJones-ij6hv 8 ай бұрын
​@riproar11 so you leave your Asyton Martin stock? 😂
@markleshane9314
@markleshane9314 5 ай бұрын
Lease vehicle does not mean you own it.
@remyd8767
@remyd8767 4 ай бұрын
This area is thriving. Not just this mall, but the surrounding stores, plazas, and restaurants.
@FezCaliph
@FezCaliph Ай бұрын
This place during Christmas as a child was truly magical. Sad places don’t decorate like they used to in general.
@ben2058
@ben2058 5 ай бұрын
this is one of the few malls in MA that is thriving. They are constantly adding on to it but if you go on the weekends it is usually packed.
@owensweetland342
@owensweetland342 11 ай бұрын
I recall shopping here early 2000s. Filene's, Lord & Taylor plus 3 other anchor stores. Rainforest Cafe. Legal Seafood. A Coach store. Just a great place to shop.
@rl8429
@rl8429 Жыл бұрын
11 AM is when the stores barely open, no wonder there aren't that many people. Mall opens at 10.
@bostonman8347
@bostonman8347 5 ай бұрын
yep its packed after 4pm and weekends all day
@DigitalIslandboy
@DigitalIslandboy Жыл бұрын
Anyone who remembers Burlington Mall back in the day would remember. The other store the family *HAD* to hit up in Burlington which was a small distance from this mall was the "Building 19" discount clearance store.
@stayathomecichlidmom3579
@stayathomecichlidmom3579 22 күн бұрын
19 1/2 🤣 I walked to the mall growing up and Simon's Park. I remember when it was one floor and they started the massive remodel. That side of town is crazy now.
@ruby055
@ruby055 Жыл бұрын
This Mall is fine. It's part of the 4 Malls that support Metro Boston including Natick, South Shore in Braintree and North Shore in Peabody. These 4 are pretty much ok. Natick will struggle the most because it's the furthest from route 128. It also has competition from Chestnut Hill and Dedham shopping areas
@jimmyjay689
@jimmyjay689 Жыл бұрын
Cambridgeside Galleria
@felix121984
@felix121984 Жыл бұрын
True, Natick Mall is hard to navigate.
@yeahhoo86
@yeahhoo86 Жыл бұрын
I live in New Hampshire, near another Simon Mall, Pheasant Lane, but use to live in Massachusetts, and frequented the Burlington Mall especially when my mother worked at the Macy's. The Burlington Mall is the crown jewel of Simon malls in the Greater Boston Area. The mall has always done well and is why they continue to re-invest in it. I would like to see Simon do much more to invest in its other malls such as the Pheasant Lane Mall (Nashua, NH), The Mall at Rockingham Park (Salem, NH) in and the Mall of New Hampshire (Manchester, NH)
@blueburygeminitheemoprince6175
@blueburygeminitheemoprince6175 5 ай бұрын
There was still a Sears on the bottom floor when Primark opened in 2016 and the Sears at the Burlington Mall closed completely in 2018. (First the top level of Sears closed in 2015 then the bottom level of Sears closes in 2018)
@DigitalIslandboy
@DigitalIslandboy Жыл бұрын
You're correct, the hall at the beginning was inside the Sears. Part of the Sears space also contained the Sears Tire/car maintenance shop where you could either service your car, service your yard tools like lawn moers, assemble your new bicycle, or put air in your bike tires etc. while you shopped or ate in the food court etc. My mom used to have them rotate the car tires before the winter while shopping.
@zaxxon25
@zaxxon25 6 ай бұрын
That's all been converted to a small standalone group of stores ... Cafe Nero is there
@danielfife348
@danielfife348 6 ай бұрын
It's still thriving and always one of my favs
@copyright-ur1sf
@copyright-ur1sf Жыл бұрын
10:18 there used to be a huge fountain about 15 feet in front of the escalators. The water jet would reach the 2nd floor. They took it out maybe around 1995. The photo at 10:08 looks exactly like a mini one that used to be in front of Sears. It also was taken out I'd say between 1995-2000.
@DigitalIslandboy
@DigitalIslandboy Жыл бұрын
Yes. Burlington Mall had a HUGE water jet water fountain that I believe had smaller ones around it that would spray a while and then booooom the center one would blast upward.... I used to always want to see the center one spray again, and again, and again.
@jmebabs
@jmebabs 6 ай бұрын
I was an extra in Paul Blart: Mall Cop. The scene when the bad guys took over the mall and we had to run around crazy on the second floor while Paul played guitar hero haha
@johnbonetti7458
@johnbonetti7458 Жыл бұрын
burlington mall is so nice, i always loved both burlington and natick malls when i lived in boston
@alex1vid
@alex1vid 4 ай бұрын
Yeah that used to be Sears (where you entered). That Sears even had an autocenter too that is now a Crate & Barrel I think. But it's a pretty popular mall. A lot around it. There used to be a Rainforest Cafe and get this - a Mrs. Fields Cookies there! Other shops it used to have were a Disney Store and I believe a WB one too & Johnny Rockets but those are of course all gone. This mall though I went to for the first time in a while in a recent holiday season and what struck me in general were the amount of 'junk stores' - stores dedicated to burning money with pop-culture and nostalgic items. Stores that sell overpriced vinyl records, etc. I think there were like 4 or 5 in this mall alone.
@RickBerg-b9k
@RickBerg-b9k 4 ай бұрын
This mall used to have a Dyer Leather with the best selection of leather coats I’ve ever seen.
@georgef551
@georgef551 Жыл бұрын
The pillars in the hallways used to have square trapezoid patterns on top of them where they meet the trusses, but those are not here anymore as I watch this. I guess they wanted to remove the "West Orange Pavilion" look to the place.
@SavSpdDemon
@SavSpdDemon Жыл бұрын
Been to Burlington Mall countless times, it's really good.
@SandraBugler-vq6co
@SandraBugler-vq6co Жыл бұрын
I used to roam that mall on my lunch break (always went over time allotted) when it was just one floor. I loved it. Then in the late 80's the Pheasant Lane Mall in Nashua was built. That was much closer for me.
@donnadrane4977
@donnadrane4977 5 ай бұрын
Burlington Mall is not a dying mall. I’m there every weekend supporting the economy! Seriously, parking is so difficult on the weekends, and even during the week there are areas you cannot park in. It has high end stores such as Nordstrom, Macys, Michael Kors and Coach. This mall is higher end than Northshore Mall, and only upstaged by Natick Mall. I consider Burlington Mall to be my mall of choice.
@darrenp1549
@darrenp1549 7 ай бұрын
Usually VERY busy...... High end stores and midrange mix. Doing very well.
@johnny5.56
@johnny5.56 6 ай бұрын
This mall isn't anywhere close to being dead. What are you talking about...
@rosemarykacoyannakis3702
@rosemarykacoyannakis3702 Жыл бұрын
One minor note. I enjoy your videos but at some point could you document the directory plan, map, as it exist in the mall at the time of your visit. It gives us a quick lay of the land for the rest of your walk. Thanks.
@rl8429
@rl8429 Жыл бұрын
45:21 To the left was once the Sears Auto Center. It's now multiple shops and restaurants.
@WhatsCookingTime
@WhatsCookingTime 15 сағат бұрын
Wow I remember the old Burlington Mall with those cool ceilings. Being a little kid with my mom shopping there
@caseykasemrocks
@caseykasemrocks Жыл бұрын
was this the mall where Paul Blart: Mall Cop was filmed?
@darkmya19
@darkmya19 Жыл бұрын
yes one of them they filmed in other malls in massaschuetts
@MattLong90
@MattLong90 Жыл бұрын
PAUL BLART MALL COP WAS SHOT HERE.
@kenhowell8403
@kenhowell8403 6 ай бұрын
I was in the mall last fall for the firs time in many, many years. I just barely recall the single story version of the mall. My favorite stores were Jordan Marsh and Filenes. Sears was always worth a visit too. If I recall correctly, the fountains were at either end of the mall. One in front of Sears and one in front of Jordan Marsh. Wasn't there also a Brighams or Friendlys near Sears?
@albertseabra9226
@albertseabra9226 5 ай бұрын
Eleven AM, on a Thursdsy morning? Ir was quite early, and I didn't catch the months. Just before X-mas or Thanks- Given, looked a little ali a. But during a regular month, it would be quite normal. Ir was a great place to relax, mostly during the Winter or in a muggy Summer day
@maria-wu7us
@maria-wu7us 5 ай бұрын
I consider this mall to be the best in MA right now for the average shopper and last time I was there I had a hard time finding parking. It was a weekend earlier this year and I had never seen it so packed in years. I actually worked around there for years, the area is thriving. There is so much industry, housing and grocery shopping options around that I don't see this mall dying anytime soon. In fact it has gotten better since the pandemic and they were going to open a UNIQLO last time I went which is a good sign. Across the street from the mall is also one of the largest and nicest Barnes and Noble in the area. The Natick Barnes and Noble cannot compare.
@DigitalIslandboy
@DigitalIslandboy Жыл бұрын
When I was going there last year (I worked in Lexington, MA) area the mall was a lot busier. Still lots of teens going inside esp. to the third floor food court (which was packed.) My main grouse is I can never figure out where the MBTA 350 bus picks up and drops off outside the mall. So I always have to walk around the outside of the whole mall to ask people where they saw the mbta pick up and drop off going in the correct direction. Usually I just cave in and order Uber or Lyft.
@freebrook
@freebrook 4 ай бұрын
The Lord and Taylor wing was added on to the mall when Lord and Taylor came in. The whole wing plus the store.
@EricFosterMedia
@EricFosterMedia Жыл бұрын
I grew up around here and have been to this mall when it was 1 floor. Very cool to see it profiled.
@Jane413
@Jane413 5 ай бұрын
Oh yes, Spencer Gifts is that old of a store. I remember shopping in there when it was at the Natick Mall when I was a teenager or in my 20s. I'm 67.
@erikthorstensen5185
@erikthorstensen5185 Жыл бұрын
As someone who lives in Burlington, about a mile from the mall. I'll tells a few things about it. The Primary opened above the Sears when Sears was still a thing. Like I said I'm from Burlington, and I have zero interests in that place anymore. Is way to high end now. I consider it the Lexington mall,in Burlington. Its a tourist trap on the weekends, especially in the winter. And I'm shocked the Johnny Rockets isn't there anymore. Since I'm commenting before I finished the video. The malls claim to fame. It was the primary filming location for the movie Mall Cop.
@MrMmaver
@MrMmaver 5 ай бұрын
The Burlington Mall gets a lot of lunchtime traffic from the nearby office parks. A lot of big tech companies have campuses in the area. As a result it gets weirdly busy at unusual times, but very quiet other times. It also has one of the only ChickFilAs in Boston suburbs so it's not uncommon to see a huge line there while the rest of the food court is empty.
@Cotelw8345
@Cotelw8345 Жыл бұрын
It is not a dead mall. Really busy on a Tuesday I want yesterday. Burlington is a major hub near Boston it should be okay. They are shifting high profile stores near where sears was to increase flow. The mall has the nicest Jc penny snd Macy’s besides North shore mall in the area.
@SlowST
@SlowST 4 ай бұрын
Fun fact Paul Blart Mall cop was filmed here(the first one)
@FezCaliph
@FezCaliph Ай бұрын
Sad that it’s still pretty unrecognizable now. The mall has changed so much since then 😞
@JG11099
@JG11099 9 ай бұрын
Yeah, that hallway at the beginning was build inside of what used to be the Sears space. Actually strangely enough, the women's restrooms down that hall are the are in the exact same place that they were located in Sears. They have the same layout and configuration and everything, they just built a new door on the opposite side of the room and updated the fixtures. Not very interesting I know, but it's something I noticed 😅
@OriginalSwagGaming
@OriginalSwagGaming 21 күн бұрын
3:23 gives huge pheasant lane vibes the way the center is and the roofing
@btt449
@btt449 9 ай бұрын
Where the food court is now, that use to be on the first floor and there was no second floor above it or that whole wing. Also there was an Eric Fuch's Hobbies right across from that food court where Legal Seafood entrance inside is.
@skree_fpv436
@skree_fpv436 7 ай бұрын
Erich Fuch's was my favorite store at the Burlington Mall when I was a kid. I was sad when it left.
@markbunnell5288
@markbunnell5288 4 ай бұрын
For those who do not know about the Burlington Mall it was used for filming in 2008 for the movie Paul Blart Mall Cop with Kevin James, it had a budget of 26 million and make 183.6 million world wide, have to say it was a very funny movie
@stayathomecichlidmom3579
@stayathomecichlidmom3579 22 күн бұрын
I remember walking to the Burlington mall when it was only one floor and a rectangle. Bradlees was across the street, and nothing but Victoria Station and Chili's was on the other side of Middlesex. Now it's just nuts on that side of town. Thankfully, the commercial is separated from the residential, completely different feel growing up and living here.
@dsandler92
@dsandler92 Жыл бұрын
I go there all the time I live nearby busy on weekends Jordan Marsh was converted to Macys in 1996 never closed Mall was renovated the last few years they moved escalator near food court closer to mall and removed another escalator and squared the food court outside entrance that used to be round
@DiggityDawgs
@DiggityDawgs 6 ай бұрын
Burlington mall is still poppin, you just happened to go on a work day.
@HarrisonHanson-hy7or
@HarrisonHanson-hy7or Жыл бұрын
This used to be a favorite mall for me mainly bc the N.Rack around the corner is AWESOME usually. But than the actual Nordstrom’s in that mall is just as crappy as the one in Braintree w Braintree being 1/2 the drive for me. Than Natick beat this mall out for me bc their Nordstrom’s is AHHHH-MAZING!!! plus there’s also a N. Rack around the corner of Natick mall. Your just there extremely early in the middle of the week too so I’d say that’s standard for almost any mall.
@nickroyalprince2163
@nickroyalprince2163 2 күн бұрын
4:12 where Frank Pepe’s pizza is currently located that space was formerly occupied by UNO’s Chicago Pizza. They closed in either 2019 or 2020. Frank Pepe’s I believe moved in around late 2020 or early 2021.
@abandonedmass2333
@abandonedmass2333 Жыл бұрын
A dead mall hell no
@Benkpink
@Benkpink Ай бұрын
The smell of this mall. (It’s the only not dead mall I went to)
@fatrat6820005
@fatrat6820005 5 ай бұрын
Me and my friends you use ride are bikes to the Burlington mall from Woburn in the 80s
@pamelaaverrett5848
@pamelaaverrett5848 Жыл бұрын
Nice mall! Was that LED lights in the ceiling of the first section?
@Stacey_LaValley_Lambert
@Stacey_LaValley_Lambert Жыл бұрын
I remember when the Burlington Mall used to have a York Steakhouse and a Magic Pan restaurant.
@TinyIslandMaine
@TinyIslandMaine Жыл бұрын
Bring back York Steak House 😊
@waynebrowne1063
@waynebrowne1063 4 ай бұрын
@@TinyIslandMaine York steakhouse was so good!!
@seanhayes9056
@seanhayes9056 5 ай бұрын
Some more history to add. The FYE use to be in the bottom floor near Macy's. They shut down until a couple of years ago when a new person bought the brand and reopened. This mall has changed a lot from over the years and a handful of stores shifted locations. Back in 08 I use to have the blueprints to this mall. And thanks to this video I wish I still saved them.
@dlewis9760
@dlewis9760 Жыл бұрын
The concept of indoor malls will survive. The industry opened way too many of them because everyone wanted in for the "Easy Money". We baby boomers aged out and we drove the creation of these places. Not gone or retired we have less reasons to hit these places as frequently as we did in our prime. I expect it will be quality and not quantity that keeps some open. The consumer will just have to travel a bit farther.
@bikdav
@bikdav Жыл бұрын
Great video. You are right about that entry way. It was a big SEARS store. I frequently visited that mall since my middle school years. I witnessed the second level being built. Usually on the weekdays, what you’re seeing is what it is. On the weekends, it’s far more crowded than this - even outside of the holiday seasons. I don’t remember a Stop and Shop there. But, I could be wrong. A lot of tenants have come and gone over years and for various reasons. But, that’s true of other malls. My memory is foggy concerning the water fountain, but I think it was about where you thought it might have been. By the way, if I remember correctly, Macys bought what remained of Jordan Marsh.
@blueapples
@blueapples Жыл бұрын
A few quick comments ... Right now for the holidays the mall is very busy. One thing I give them credit for is they always have a very "authentic" looking Santa for kids to get their pictures with. Compared to most food courts, Burlington's has usually featured several eclectic choices, like a cupcake stand where you could get your cupcakes shot full of ice cream. The restaurant with Indian food has been there for years, and the last time I was there I saw a place that serves Korean street food. There's also the only Chick-fil-A in the surrounding area. There are a couple of restaurants that are accessible only from the outside of the mall, like The Friendly Toast. Where The Friendly Toast is (on the floor beneath the food court) there used to be a cinema. I disagree that the new wing has better ambience than the rest of the mall. The ceilings are plain and to me it feels closed off and a little claustrophobic. Because Primark is upstairs, though, they didn't have much choice.
@RickBerg-b9k
@RickBerg-b9k 4 ай бұрын
The South Shore Plaza in Braintree is the biggest mall in New England with 2.16 million sq feet of retail space. It was referred to as a plaza, because originally all the stores had entrances outdoors, with no indoor mall, later it was built into a mall, but continued to be referred to as a plaza.
@bewarethedecks
@bewarethedecks 4 ай бұрын
I remember the Burlington Mall back before all of the renovations. If my memory is correct, the fountains were in the end sections (near Sears & Jordan Marsh). I don't remember the Stop & Shop. There was a 2-screen General Cinemas movie theater where, I believe, the food court now is. The theater closed when the multi-screen complex opened across the street. I haven't been to the Burlington Mall since the Microsoft Store closed a few years ago. I think "The North Face" store is where the Microsoft Store used to be. But, yes, the Burlington Mall, from what I can see when I drive past it, seems to be holding up quite well at a time when walk-around malls are failing. I know of four walk-arounds in the area that were dead in the water, closed, became strip malls, reopened and are now doing quite well for themselves. One of them is just east of the Burlington Mall. It is called the Middlesex Commons. Another is the Meadow Glen Mall in Medford. That mall was originally a 2-screen drive in theatre. As a walk-around mall it was in bad shape. Now as a strip-mall, it is doing quite well. The third mall is the Woburn Mall. The last time I went in before the renovation, only a few of the stores were open (including Market Basket). Now that the mall was changed & expanded, it also looks to be doing very well. The fourth is an "*". That would be the Assembly Square Mall in Somerville. The original mall was across the street from industrial-based establishments such as Graybar. The area was completely transformed into the high-end retail stores there today. The old K-Mart anchor is long gone. Staples is still there, and all of the high-end shops, movie theater, business offices & apartments are across the street. The last time I went to the Staples (a while back), I had a tough time finding a parking spot.
@TheNBAonTNT
@TheNBAonTNT Жыл бұрын
This is where they filmed Mall Cop
@slapshot22
@slapshot22 Жыл бұрын
Cinema I & II was located where the food court is now. Around the time they built the second floor, General Cinema (now AMC) Burlington opened across the street with 10 theaters, so they closed and gutted the old cinema. Waterstone's bookstore was on the first floor, and the food court was opened above it on the second floor. The original mall entrance there wasn't very big; I don't even remember if there was a food court at the time. I am surprised that there's no second-floor entrance to Macy's. But when Jordan Marsh was there, it actually had a third sales floor. I think it's just Macy's store offices now.
@Patriot64
@Patriot64 Жыл бұрын
In the 70's and 80's, Burlington Mall was the place to shop. It was so crowded, finding parking was practically impossible, especially at night. I have excellent memories of it. It was a good place to be and it was SAFE for everyone!!!Look at the historical pictures. Men, woman and kids were all dressed very well. I miss those days 😐
@felix121984
@felix121984 Жыл бұрын
Wow Burlington Mall was not even a luxury Mall then !
@Patriot64
@Patriot64 Жыл бұрын
@@felix121984 I know. It was an awesome, Safe place to shop.
@cubehire3653
@cubehire3653 10 ай бұрын
I've been going to the Burlington mall for decades. It was certainly better when it had the giant anchor stores Felines, Sears, Lord and Taylor and Jordan Marsh. It's still has Jordan marsh sort of speaking with Macys. That mall would be hurting without that store. It is a sin what happened to Sears but that's another story. As I understand it, the Burlington mall and the surrounding shopping areas were all gravel pits repurposed into shopping areas. There used to be a busy movie cinema located at the mall I hated to see that go. I was shocked to learn that there was a Stop & Shop there before my time. I remember as a teenager visiting the records stores and the Spencer gifts store with all the black light posters. There was a really good sporting goods store that also closed. I hope the malls survive in some form. I don’t want to be left with only Walmart, Target and Amazon.
@Jane413
@Jane413 5 ай бұрын
What happened to Sears is their own doing. I'm not sorry after so many rip-offs and bad service I got from them. I could make a list but that would be boring.
@OffYourBackBJJ
@OffYourBackBJJ 4 ай бұрын
depends on the time of day you go here. especially holiday season right after work its always packed.
@brianc1481
@brianc1481 2 ай бұрын
I was in there the other day.. Columbus Day 2024 at around 1pm, for the first time in a long time. I was really surprised at how busy it was. I actually made a comment that it reminded me of the 90s... minus the packs of juvenile delinquents everywhere.
@MooseBme
@MooseBme 4 ай бұрын
Cool, THANKS!
@GinaBoudreau
@GinaBoudreau Жыл бұрын
I grew up not far from this mall. Obviously in the 80's-90's it was packed. I remember it well. Moved about an hour from here after getting married. The first time I went here in over 20+ years was about 2 weeks ago on a Sunday and it was packed. I just have lost to thrill of mall shopping now. Same stores, same crap. Maybe I'm getting old. lol I'd rather shop online. Sign of the times.
@u2keaneshaped
@u2keaneshaped 3 ай бұрын
Burlington Mall is thriving in 2024; good anchor stores and as you had mentioned, it's a mid to high end which caters to many people, especially given the location in MA where there are wealthy communities and the proximity to local highways makes it easily accessible. It gets especially busy during lunch hour, and very busy on weekends. It's funny you found one of the elevators broken down, it's nearly always the case that one of those two are shut down for repair! Unfortunately for this mall, those are the only two elevators outside of the anchor stores (Nordstrom and Macy's) so families with strollers or those in wheelchairs are really out of luck when it comes to accessibility. Also, the Cheesecake Factory by Macy's is ALWAYS busy.
@MattMcIrvin
@MattMcIrvin 2 ай бұрын
While it's lost anchor stores, and the upper level can feel quiet, I vote for "very not dead". Burlington Mall is probably the busiest mall in the northern half of the Boston metro area. I haven't seen it packed to Christmas-in-the-1990s levels in a long time, but the parking lot does fill up and there are usually more people there than in the video. Turning the Sears location into a whole mall area with smaller shops was an interesting choice and it seems to have paid off.
@lovewins4436
@lovewins4436 Жыл бұрын
Cambridge Mall has always been my favorite ❤
@PaceyAndPumpkin
@PaceyAndPumpkin Жыл бұрын
Definitely not a dead mall.
@timmuller1567
@timmuller1567 4 ай бұрын
I worked at that Sears when I was in high school in the early 1980's.
@MG-yw3im
@MG-yw3im 4 ай бұрын
Sears had an auto center there as well.
@Arturo-sm1tb
@Arturo-sm1tb 29 күн бұрын
DEFINITELY a healthy mall, but risks up ahead. But with that number of floors, I worry about this place by the end of the decade... Foot traffic is lacking, I hope the owners know what they are doing. Nice history, nice looking place.
@chrisowens8016
@chrisowens8016 3 ай бұрын
this is so far from a dead mall!!
@madgoose2k
@madgoose2k Жыл бұрын
This mall gets very busy. Extremely light day and time.
@markwalsh6620
@markwalsh6620 11 ай бұрын
The large water fountain in the hall was right in front of EU Wurlitzer ,Spencer Gifts and Friendly's Restaurant. I was there a lot back in there 70's ....Tx FB
@stayathomecichlidmom3579
@stayathomecichlidmom3579 22 күн бұрын
Brigham's not Friendly's.
@Stacey_LaValley_Lambert
@Stacey_LaValley_Lambert Жыл бұрын
Also, it was the coolest place to have your picture taken with Santa Claus in Massachusetts!
@EverydayErin
@EverydayErin Ай бұрын
The fountain was right outside the entrance to sears
@BeaufortRyan
@BeaufortRyan 5 ай бұрын
Even while this was a dead mall, wasn't this where they filmed Paul Blart Mall Cop?
@BostonElevatorDude
@BostonElevatorDude 4 ай бұрын
That is my local mall. What you are starting at is the entirety of the old Sears store. I do like the array of stores but tis a shame of what that all replaced :( | The mall sure had it's fair share of renovations since at least 2020 which I do like the new renovations. It's basically what you'd expect from Simon
@YummyBananers
@YummyBananers 25 күн бұрын
Primark opened on the top floor when sears was still open on the first floor
@TravelsByTransit
@TravelsByTransit Жыл бұрын
I live in the Boston area. From what i've heard, it's one of the nicest malls that doesn't have all designer stores.
@raymondjones5909
@raymondjones5909 Жыл бұрын
Not like it use to be after 2017 a lot of the stores have left but it does still hold a crowd throughout the year
@AWB-Official-u1b
@AWB-Official-u1b Жыл бұрын
This is my childhood mall
@deirdretaylor3105
@deirdretaylor3105 4 ай бұрын
It looks to have about 12 vacancies. It is a semi high end mall. They could use a Lois Vuitton, Fendi and Gucci.
@Csilva857
@Csilva857 4 ай бұрын
Burlington Mall is usually packed . It is surprisingly doing well. Also there is a city bus from Boston that goes there you can see all the people who work there from the city on the 350 bus
@brianc1481
@brianc1481 2 ай бұрын
The good old 350! We used to ride that from Cambridge St Burlington to Cambridge. Go cause trouble in the city and hop back on to the burbs... back in the 90s
@Csilva857
@Csilva857 2 ай бұрын
@@brianc1481 They killed the 351 (Express service) Much to my dismay :(
@erikthorstensen5185
@erikthorstensen5185 Жыл бұрын
If you do flea markets. Try the swap meat at New England Dragway in Epping New Hampshire. Usually the last Sunday of the month,unless there's a major event planned like the NHRA New England nationals usually in June.
@KNIGHTGAMER-rm2dz
@KNIGHTGAMER-rm2dz Жыл бұрын
Sears at the Burlington Mall had a location on the bottom floor and Primark is where the second level Sears used to be! I was there in 2017 that’s what I saw!
@copyright-ur1sf
@copyright-ur1sf Жыл бұрын
I don't remember that. How was the basement level accessed?
@KNIGHTGAMER-rm2dz
@KNIGHTGAMER-rm2dz Жыл бұрын
@@copyright-ur1sfactually looking back no I think it ended up just 1 story before it closed! I thought it had a basement level there but I guess I could be wrong!
@888life
@888life Жыл бұрын
Def not a dead mall. I've been to plenty of dead malls in the area, and this is not one of them. The attendance is definitely down from its hay day. Although a lot of their storefronts are unused and boarded over but that mostly has to do with rent prices and the loss of brick and mortar stores as a staple of retail. A lot of money still flows thru there and it's pretty crowded with the most annoying people, suburban families from rich neighborhoods.
@philcatania3892
@philcatania3892 10 ай бұрын
Not many people with bags?
@TheJimbob1603
@TheJimbob1603 Жыл бұрын
They need some real stores ..... stores that sell stuff we need: a hardware store, a grocery store, a movie theater, post office, DMV office, a liquor store, a CVS; and a Walmart, Costco, and Home Depot could be the anchor stores. Throw in a realtor or two, a couple dentists, a 'quickie health-stop', a garden nursery, a car dealer, a hobby shop, and an internet cafe. I guarantee a mall with these stores would rock!
@kayleniaintgonnatellyou6039
@kayleniaintgonnatellyou6039 7 ай бұрын
This mall is right down the road from a lot of that.
@genegjr
@genegjr 5 ай бұрын
why is it in every mall the same stores like E.G Zumiez our local mall has one of those store I noticed that store in the video and they both looked the same on the outside stores in every mall are kind of set up the same way nationwide im just wondering bcuz I noticed when you showed JC Pennys they look the same on the inside but different on the outside
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