LAKESIDE MALL (THE HISTORY)- STERLING HEIGHTS MICHIGAN

[@coreycoyle9548]

Very Wonderful Video!!!!! I really Love the Fountains!!!!! F+L, Corey

[@TiltedTripodMedia]

@@coreycoyle9548 Thanks for the support :-) and kind words

[@kauldercage5469]

Thank you for making these videos...

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[@kauldercage5469]

@@TiltedTripodMedia I grew up going to Eastland in harper woods, so i know how much things have changed..

[@TiltedTripodMedia]

@@kauldercage5469 my parents saw it built and we both went to it all the time. Eastland was awesome.

[@kauldercage5469]

@@TiltedTripodMedia i remember it before it was all enclosed, i remember Hudsons, record stores, kaybee toys, sadly now all gone..

[@TiltedTripodMedia]

@@kauldercage5469 yeah my parents remember that I wasn’t alive then.

[@lbputzer]

Some historical clarification regarding 3:49 commentary. On the national scene, the sole "groundbreaking" characteristic surrounding Northland is that it held the crown for the largest suburban shopping center for a brief period in the late 50's/early 60s (as such, it was featured as a "glimpse into the future" in LIFE magazine). Neither Northland nor Eastland, qualifies as the "first enclosed mall". They were both built as open-air and not enclosed until well into the 70s--almost 20 years after they opened, whereas Southdale in Edina, MN opened as enclosed in 1956. All 3 were designed by Victor Gruen. As for the "first open-air" suburban shopping center, Northland & Eastland don't qualify for this title either. There were a number of others that opened before it: Lakewood Center (Lakewood, CA), Northgate Center (Seattle, WA), and Stonestown Center (San Francisco, CA), and there were more.

[@TiltedTripodMedia]

@@lbputzer thanks I’m all very aware of all of this info just stating what others the internet and my parents who lived in Michigan during the rise of the very first malls. I grew up with northland and eastland however it was in the 90s and 2000s.

[@smegypsiren]

Man I wanted to see it back in the day, not this depressing catacomb.

[@TiltedTripodMedia]

@@smegypsiren it was awesome back in the day as my family grew up in the Detroit area several generations. I remember this place in the 90s and my mom as far back as when it was built. It rations much of if not most of the original architecture including the statues and iconic ceiling.