Neshaminy Mall - One Last Visit of this Once Great Mall Now Dead, Sold and Soon To Be Demolished. 😐

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@RetroDayOfficial 2 ай бұрын

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@dawnkeyser4802 2 ай бұрын

We got engaged in February 1983 right in the parking lot. The quaint diamond ring was bought at Zales. Because of the fact that I was so excited and a major snow storm due near Valentines Day, 1983, he asked me right in the parking lot❤️ Neshaminy Mall was the best! Thank you so much for showing this video!

@RetroDayOfficial 2 ай бұрын

That sounds like a great memory and congrats! Sure thing glad you enjoyed it!

@mrdjproductions3070 2 ай бұрын

Great tour and video. I have a lot of memories in that mall. I worked at The Wall music store from 1998-2002. There used to be a Kaplan’s down in the same row where Hot Topic is. They were a kids clothing store but also had a place for kids haircuts. I remember my Mom, brother, and I taking my grandmother to the Woolworth restaurant just across from the food court for lunch on Saturdays. It was attached to the main Woolworth store. When I worked at The Wall the food court had so many options. Manhattan Bagel, Cheese steaks, salad, etc. I used to go Sam Goody (ironically where FYE was before it closed) to get the Y100 Sonic Sessions CDs because The Wall didn’t carry them. Still have an old Sam Goody shopping bag. Edco was store that sold men’s suits. Mark was the guy who always helped me when I went in there. Not sure whatever happened to him. Nice guy though. Would come in The Wall and buy Frank Sinatra CDs. Then there was the pet store. And yes I remember the Totem Pole from a number of years ago. Sad to see what the once great mall has become. I worked a Christmas Eve once it was always a madhouse. Around 2018 I went in to the mall on Christmas Eve to pick up a chicken nugget tray from Chick Fil-A and it was almost empty. Even picked up a few CDs from FYE for old time’s sake. There was also a restaurant above the old Strawbridge and Clothier (Macy’s). Thanks for the video.

@RetroDayOfficial 2 ай бұрын

Thanks I'm glad you enjoyed my video and sounds like you had some great memories here! That's great about going to Woolworth's restaurant with your family. Cool and I used to work at The Wall music store in Oxford Valley Mall!

@Jrt8027 5 күн бұрын

I worked at Bavarian Pretzel around that time.

@RetroDayOfficial 5 күн бұрын

@Jrt8027 Nice that's cool you did.

@kathleencollins5531 2 ай бұрын

I remember the Woolworth near the food court. Next to the Woolworth was a diner. Loved it

@RetroDayOfficial 2 ай бұрын

Ok cool so I was right and Woolworths was there! Loved Woolworths especially the one in Oxford Valley Mall! Mini diners in Malls were cool too! Not sure if I remember that one but Bucks County Mall had a great one!

@kimberlylarue5803 2 ай бұрын

I loved Space Port arcade back in the day. That's where all the kids went.

@RetroDayOfficial 2 ай бұрын

Definitely good call and me too! I forgot to mention Spaceport maybe because I couldn't remember exactly where it was? I remember wearing my Pennsbury football coat and playing Street Fighter there a lot! Lol.

@irishred081375 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for all the hard work you put into this and sharing it with us!!

@RetroDayOfficial 2 ай бұрын

Sure thing and glad you enjoyed it! I felt like I had to record Neshaminy Mall's history so we'd always have it to enjoy!

@treaty92 2 ай бұрын

A very sad day, I loved that mall. As a kid in Northeast Philly it was either the Woodhaven Mall or the Neshaminy Mall. Now both will be exist in our memories of the fun we had there.

@RetroDayOfficial 2 ай бұрын

I hear you and it is sad. Neshaminy Mall was always my second favorite Mall after Oxford Valley Mall.

@vickyM9583 2 ай бұрын

Pet store was where you thought, i think it was called Doctor's pets. There was a camera store next to it, I think it was called Camera city.

@RetroDayOfficial 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for confirming the Pet store being there. I always enjoyed it and I believe we did get some pets from there.

@bobholmes65 2 ай бұрын

I walk in the mall almost every day for 5 miles. It is so sad to see this on video but, I’m grateful you took the time to showcase the mall one last time. I believe Boscov’s, AMC Theater and Barnes & Noble bookstore will stay!!!

@RetroDayOfficial 2 ай бұрын

Wow that's great you do Bob. Thanks. I wanted to record Neshaminy Mall's history and good memories. Yes you are correct at least those 3 stores will remain!

@MightyMandyRee 2 ай бұрын

Back in the early '90s, The timeout arcade was very much what a modern day Chuck E Cheese is now. They used to have a prize counter and tickets and you can exchange them for all sorts of cool stuff. My dad and I used to play there all the time. Took me over a year and a half to finally earn my first CD stereo set. 😂

@RetroDayOfficial 2 ай бұрын

That's cool and sounds like a good time at Timeout with your father! Lol nice congrats! 💿

@margiemarchei4368 2 ай бұрын

So many great memories at Neshaminy! Sad to see it go!

@RetroDayOfficial 2 ай бұрын

I hear you and it is.

@charlesschauer8927 2 ай бұрын

Love Neshaminy Mall..my mall

@RetroDayOfficial 2 ай бұрын

I hear you and cool it is. Neshaminy Mall was probably my 2nd favorite Mall after Oxford Valley Mall.

@erica3902 2 ай бұрын

Where the Barnes & Nobles is, you are right about the pet store and it being an entrance to the mall and there was a bank in the entrance/exit hall. When I was little, my mother cleaned the bank in the evenings. I would go with her and run around either in the bank or mall while she worked. Always made it into the pet shop.

@RetroDayOfficial 2 ай бұрын

Ok cool thanks for letting me know the Pet store was there and another entrance too. That's cool your mom did and you would!

@dannielleuber7224 2 ай бұрын

@@erica3902 I had an account with GSB until they closed

@danielmccoy-md3zd 2 ай бұрын

Several years ago I ate at Friendlys in that mall and you could feel the mall was toast, it was right before the Covid nonsense. Then the next time I was there 6 months later, half the stores were gone. Food court had a Wendy’s for years which was always packed. The newsstand was to the left. Cafe Riviera was a terrific spot. Models sporting goods was near the movie theatre

@RetroDayOfficial 2 ай бұрын

Cool you got to eat at Friendly's right before that but I hear you on the writing on the wall. Good call on Models I forgot about it and used to go there!

@brothersbreakdownbroadcast1488 2 ай бұрын

So sad so many Friday / Saturday nights spent there as a middle schooler / early high schooler with friends between the shops and movies in the early to mid 2000s. I lived 2 mins away right before I got married last year & it was a ghost town but sad to hear it’s going .

@RetroDayOfficial 2 ай бұрын

Definitely sounds like good times and memories on the weekends with friends! Wow you were in walking distance that's pretty cool!

@starterplanet 2 ай бұрын

Very sad to see it empty.l, I had a lot of nice times there as a crazy teen.

@RetroDayOfficial 2 ай бұрын

Yeah it is but cool you did as a teen!

@nancyt950 2 ай бұрын

You are right that’s where the pet store was. And remember the Pampered Pup (?) stand? I think that was close to an Arcade

@RetroDayOfficial 2 ай бұрын

Cool the Pet store was there. I couldn't remember exactly where the original Space Port Arcade was. So it was to the right of the Pet store when there used to be an entrance there?

@Lushfan 2 ай бұрын

12:10 Does anyone remember the Magic shop kiosk right where the "Safe talk" sign is? It's was in the 1970's I think. As a boy I couldn't wait to see what tricks they had and my parents would usually by me one trick. The salesman would show some tricks, and if I knew how he was doing it, I didn't want it, but if I couldn't figure it out, that's was the one I wanted. To the left of that was a Roy Rogers.

@RetroDayOfficial 2 ай бұрын

That Magic shop might have been before my time but sounds pretty cool and fun!

@kathleencollins5531 2 ай бұрын

I also remember the carousel in front of the Barnes and Nobles. I liked the Escape Room .also.

@RetroDayOfficial 2 ай бұрын

Cool you checked out the Escape Room before and it was good!

@shemarlosscott2656 2 ай бұрын

Flawless

@RetroDayOfficial 2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@shemarlosscott2656 2 ай бұрын

You're welcome

@RetroDayOfficial 2 ай бұрын

Neshaminy Mall - One Last Visit of this Once Great Mall. 🙂

@the1zar 2 ай бұрын

I remember when it opened and going there as kid living in langhorne

@RetroDayOfficial 2 ай бұрын

Good stuff. 👍

@davidduran9388 2 ай бұрын

I still have CDs I bought at the Wall. For you young folks, CDs were not certificates of deposit but were small disks that played music before there was Spotify and other streaming services.

@RetroDayOfficial 2 ай бұрын

Cool you do and same here! Although that's because I used to work at The Wall! Lol. Thanks on the clarification for young folks too! Lol.

@tolfan4438 Ай бұрын

The first time i was there it was a sunday 1971.. stores all closed but you could come in and look. I got in trouble for grabbing change out of the fountain

@RetroDayOfficial 29 күн бұрын

Lol sounds like a first impression there you'll never forget!

@tolfan4438 29 күн бұрын

@RetroDayOfficial seven yr old in 71 a 1.70$ was a lot of money

@RetroDayOfficial 28 күн бұрын

@tolfan4438 Lol I hear you especially when the Arcade was open!

@johnhemple7459 2 ай бұрын

Doctors pet shop. Spencer’s . Wall to wall sound space port was the arcade name

@RetroDayOfficial 2 ай бұрын

Some great spots you mentioned and I used to go to the Space Port too! Where was it in the Mall?

@tonedef221 2 ай бұрын

The kiosk I used to manage was in front of Victorias secret. They are both gone. Nostalgia

@RetroDayOfficial 2 ай бұрын

Good spot and I remember that now. Picked you up a couple times from there good times.

@PocketChangeInspector 2 ай бұрын

There used to be a beaver at the fountain too. Also the so-called shadow boxes with the figures were on 2 walls and there were speakers on a post in front of some of them and when you pushed the button a story was told about the scene. Not sure when they removed that part of it.

@RetroDayOfficial 2 ай бұрын

Not sure if I remember the beaver but that sounds cool! Yeah you're right about the Dioramas they used to come to life! I heard the other 4 are at Bensalem Museum.

@PocketChangeInspector 2 ай бұрын

@@RetroDayOfficial I enjoy these videos. If you're from that general area do you also remember the plane restaurant on Lincoln Hwy in the Penndel area? Not sure when it closed but it sat a while before being removed.

@RetroDayOfficial 2 ай бұрын

@PocketChangeInspector Thanks and glad you do! Lol yeah I remember seeing the airplane restaurant which looked pretty cool although I've never eaten there!

@alicecollins1936 2 ай бұрын

Sucks. One of the places I could get to on the weekend is gone. Still will go for the movies and Barnes and noble. It was a chance to go and buy things in person(remember that) and not have to wait for them to be delivered, lost in shipping or be at home to avoid the horrid porch pirates. Maybe one day it will come back to life. Remember what’s is old is new again… ex: turntables, records and Atari. One can only hope.

@RetroDayOfficial 2 ай бұрын

That's cool you would still go there on the weekends. True about shopping in person. Yeah at least AMC Theater, Boscovs and Barnes & Noble will remain which is something. That would be nice if it did!

@SuperPat626 2 ай бұрын

Strawbridge & Clothier, not Stawbridge & Clover ...

@RetroDayOfficial 2 ай бұрын

Clover was a great store too good call! 👍🍀

@ernieforrest7218 2 ай бұрын

It was ( Strawbridge and Clothier ), not ( Clover ). They also had a store in Jenkintown, as well as center city Philly.

@RetroDayOfficial 2 ай бұрын

Cool and I loved Clover too! I used to go to the one in Morrisville, PA with my family when I was young! 🍀

@williammullins2852 2 ай бұрын

Dude the plants are real

@RetroDayOfficial 2 ай бұрын

Maybe at one point but they felt like rubber to me. Definitely not like the real plants at Oxford Valley Mall!

@jefffuller9918 20 күн бұрын

I wonder how the King Of Prussia mall is doing.

@RetroDayOfficial 20 күн бұрын

I heard it's doing well especially compared to Malls like Neshaminy, Oxford Valley and Franklin Mills.

@fluttershyamy Ай бұрын

😭

@senatorfred 2 ай бұрын

Straw bridge and CLOTHIER, not clover. 😂

@RetroDayOfficial 2 ай бұрын

Yeah I used to love Clover! 🍀

@dannielleuber7224 2 ай бұрын

Believe it or not the plants are real a company comes out and takes care of them

@RetroDayOfficial 2 ай бұрын

Really? They definitely didn't feel real. Maybe they take care of them but I don't think they're real. The plants at Oxford Valley Mall were definitely real though when I went.