I remember when the mall was always packed. The food courts, the merry go round, it used to be the coolest place to hang out

@adventureswithrobbie

11 ай бұрын

Sad to see it just sitting.

Makes me so sad 😢. So many good memories in that mall! The mall of the 90s for any south side teen!!!!

@adventureswithrobbie

2 жыл бұрын

It was. Merle Hay for me and that mall has changed so much. The new Bucs Arena will really help Merle Hay. They need to get a good tenant in the old Sears building. That will help keep the area going and keep out crime.

@pauls4522

Жыл бұрын

@@adventureswithrobbie For sure Merle hey is attracting solid new tenants now. Oddly despite a popular movie theater and Arcade/Bar outside of those areas I still never see high foot traffic in the mall proper. You will obviously see people in Lens Crafters, Target, and Ross, but the people who go there aren't actively walking into the Mall Area. I just noticed the other day that panda express officially left... Stepping over to the strip mall just east of the mall in the game parking lot, burlington coat factory has slowly reduced its store area for the past few years. I wish I knew what that was about, because there is always a good number of people in there. im aware they built a new small location near valley west, so many they are just planning on eventually downsizing one location and fully investing in the other... Let's hope the Dave and Busters does not ruin the Gameday at Merle Hay as the wife and I really like that place.

@kennypatnaude3337

Жыл бұрын

It still smells the same as it did in the 90s Todd White

I still live in the summerset area, and seeing the mall from 2021 and it being almost 2023, is such an honor. May the Southridge mall spirit live on.

I remember my grandma take me here as a child it was not long ago ether maybe 8 years ago i remember walking though there. There wasn't many stores beside the arl, this one store where it had like old Chinese things, and this one store that my friends grandma owned across from the arcade. I remember the arcade alot. I loved going there and playing gamed like carnevil area 51 site 41 ect. I rember this one game it was made by sega where you would drive people in a ambulance. I loved that game. I also rember the merry go round that used to be there and the food court. Its all empty in there and it makes me cry that my child hood died like that. I also miss the toy r us the building isn't really recognizable anymore. I wish i could go back to those day agian and spend atleast one day with my grandma in that mall.

"There will come soft rains"

The stores I remember was younkers toys r us and sears

The whole Southside is a wreck! The Dr.s office was a recruiting office where I enlisted in 89'.

@adventureswithrobbie

Жыл бұрын

Yes lots of room for improvement. At least they are putting in a new Olive Garden on SE 14th. Yay

Well that was totally depressing. 😢

@adventureswithrobbie

11 ай бұрын

it is.

Hi my new friend and way to carry the dream on and Awesome channel and good luck bye

Looks pretty much abandoned

Not sure a mother should be encouraging a young child to ignore the yellow do not enter tape.

@adventureswithrobbie

16 күн бұрын

I can see your point, but it actually says caution on the yellow tape. Not, do not enter. It wasn't dangerous.