THE REAL TOURS: #60 Neshaminy Mall 2024 Year-End update - Raw & Real Retail

[@elliotmock8391]

Oh my gosh, my dude! I was there that same day at 2p.m.! I have pictures because it was my first time there!

[@jacobsekela8691]

This mall was a staple of part of my childhood. My uncle used to live in Bensalem (he now lives in Trevose) but every time we'd go to his house for Thanksgiving dinner we'd always go here on Black Friday to see a movie at the AMC and do some shopping. Always loved looking at the vintage dioramas in the windows and Neshaminy Indian fountain in the old Strawbridge and Clothier wing of the mall. We saw a movie at the AMC a few weeks ago here for the first time in a while and walked around for a bit and the scarcity of tenants was shocking. I'm stunned this mall hasn't managed to stay afloat given its pretty decent location but local competition from the King of Prussia Mall and Willow Grove certainly haven't helped. Another mall of my childhood (the others being my hometown Coventry Mall and the awesome Schuylkill Mall upstate) biting the dust. :/ *btw, what year is that Boscov's storefront picture from?

[@RawRealRetail]

The Boscov's picture was from 2015

[@chm9935]

@@jacobsekela8691 im the same way about Echelon mall in voorhees nj. Its still rotting away too.

[@jonc3806]

1:35 Strawbridge & Clothier was the only store built in 1967. The rest of the mall as well as Sears & Roebuck were built a year after.

[@RollerskateKyle]

Acording to an employee I had spoken to at Plymouth Meeting’s FYE around the time the FYE which was a former Sam Goody in this mall closed, this location supposedly shut down due to them having to fire 2 different store managers and then were unable to get new employees

[@jkoe85]

I think the store you were thinking of at 9:55 was Express. I used to visit Neshaminy Mall all the time in the 90's. It's sad to see it go like this.

[@johndersham1]

We went to this mall regularly in the 80s, no vacancies, but it was before the AMC wing and the new wing down by Strawbridge and clothier. It was a very busy mall at the time, year a round. No food court at the time but Friendly's was there.

[@PaleOpal21]

I'm so sorry about your mall. There's a small mall a mile away from my home that was built in 1965. I have so many memories from my teens in the 80s. A new owner purchased it and wants to renovate it and is being blocked by the city because the city council wants it to completely fail so they can tear it down and build an apartment building. My other childhood mall was in St. Paul, MN and was burnt to the ground during the Floyd riots. Although I had not visted in years, the fact that I can never see it again still makes me cry.

[@BlackArroToons]

Hallmark card store still going. They were one of the early Mall stores too, from way back in the 1980s and maybe before? I have seen some close shop, but good to see this one still going in this nice mall tour. Enjoy 2025, thanks RRR.

[@angelorodriguez1737]

It suck’s to see what happened to this mall. Lots of childhood memories.

[@chm9935]

Im guessing no money for water

[@chm9935]

LIDS at deptford mall has very few customers

[@elliotmock8391]

That actually might be more an issue on the chain’s side than the mall. Deptford is doing very well for itself.

[@chm9935]

@@elliotmock8391 that mall is thriving

[@chm9935]

@elliotmock8391 it is a thriving mall

[@chm9935]

AeropoSTALE?! 1998 time warp?!

[@PhillyBagel]

I know right? How this Aero is still open here boggles my mind.

[@chm9935]

@@PhillyBagel i think they got a stealth bailout in 2009. Howard Davidowitz mentioned it yrs ago. A mall property owner didnt want more vacant space at its malls. Maybe Simon Properties??