Southwyck Mall - Toledo, Ohio - 2007
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- I took these photos of Southwyck Mall in Toledo, Ohio in early-January of 2007. It seems to be in decline, but still shows signs of beauty. The huge glass dome over the fountain/stage is pretty cool.
I pushed my cousin into the pond when we're 6 years old back in the early 80s. My mom thumped me nicely. Good ole memories!
Love the 70s themed music. Loved the Southwych mall, especially at Christmas time.
man its so sad this closed, i used to love this mall for the nice atmosphere and the fact that you could actually walk in it, and it was also so quiet and peaceful, now this video is my only reminder
Growing up in Toledo, I loved this mall! And remember Old Towne too. Thank you for posting. What a magical place it was. And those AMC theatres too.
Thats dating you. Old Town. My stomping ground.
Wow, this brings back memories. My mom and grandma brought me there in the late 80s and early 90s all the time (I was born in 1985, we moved across the state when I was 10). I remember going to see the newest Disney movies at the theater, eating at Coney Island, riding the carousel, throwing coins in the fountain, seeing Santa and the Easter Bunny there, and I had so many soft pretzels and frozen Cokes at the place pictured at 2:48. I even remember when the Lion store was there, and I would always pet the gold lion statues that flanked the entrance (and I think I got to sit on it once or twice, or I wanted to so badly that I imagined it).
Damn it’s really crazy to see all the past events life is really a mysterious thing
I could tear💦upz....I'm obsessed with traditional🌹classics....I liked SOUTHWYCK....SOUTH TOLEDO....WestField Franklin Park(GLITZ' HIGH END)...COOLZ....I'm from CANTON, OHIO, went to UNIV. OF TOLEDO, & lived in Toledo, OH For many years before now residing in PHOENIX AZ......TOLEDO actually has a special place in my ❤ heart....Bigg-Butt-WIDE HIPZ-WHITE LADIEZ💋🍑🍑!!! DEM' T-TOWN MEMORIEZ....I was born in 1976...
Omg same I was born in 89 and I have the same memories with my grandma in this place too 💔💜💜💜
oh, the memories.... "Olde Towne" and the pictures we all took there. Coney Island, Friendly's, Hot Sam, Orange Julius, and always had to stop in to spencer gifts. thanks walmart.
before it was an arcade, it was an "old towne." it was done up with wooden store fronts and like a small mall within a mall. It featured magic shops and other small vendors. The entire section had a old west feel. it was great. By the time it turned into Red Baron part 2, the mall was already heading down hill..
I remember old towne. I spent a lot of time in that mall in the 80s, sad to see its demise and to know it's a parking lot now.
Used to go here when I was a kid and it was SO packed back in the mid 80s! times have changed.
Nice memorial. Thank you for posting!
I worked at Forum Cafeteria carving roast beef in the summer of 1976. It's hard to believe that Southwyck is all gone now!
.Brick, wood, mirrors...Mint Condition 1970's You dont see that anymore. Not in malls, and rarely other places too. People go nuts to try and save architecture from the 20s~ 30s but when it comes to the 70's and 60's nobody is interested. They consider it "dated" even though its all nicer than todays white halls and bland decor.
True...
It's been demolished and replaced with a Amazon hub now so this video is all that's left
You don't see fountains, gardens, and central meeting areas in shopping malls anymore.
The "management" sees these beautiful oasis as "wasted space", which is EXACTLY WHY malls are disappearing in the U.S.
The fact that Toledo has gone from four major shopping malls to only one tells you how greedy property management organizations have become, seeking to take your money, but not offer anything in exchange in visiting their facilities aside from overpriced merchandise.
While shopping malls are disappearing in the U.S., they are growing in other countries because they still remember how to offer the things that made coming to the mall enjoyable 30 years ago. They now have skating rinks, bowling alleys, basket ball courts, and YES, fountains, lounging areas, and gardens to give people a reason to visit.
Ohana Digital Filmworks yeah I’m not even that old all things considered, and I miss the simpleness of the late 80’s early 90’s. Now everyone does everything online and as a result people forgot how to slow down, disconnect and just enjoy the company of others. When I was growing up it was a whole thing, going to the mall to meet friends on the weekends, arcades etc. Now it’s Twitter and Instagram. I’m so glad I grew up just before the internet took over.
Man, I used to spend a ton of time at the Red Baron arcade here. Heard it shut down shortly after we moved out of state. Then Wards closed, and the rest was pretty much history.
Brings back a lot of memories. Thank you for posting!
I remember going to southwick mall as a kid. And as a adult. When they closed their doors for good. I'll admit I was sad.
I had so many great memories at this mall, what a shame!!!!!!!
My wife and I used to go to Southwyck back in the mid-90's when they were attending BGSU. I would drive up from Columbus to visit them every other week and we would go to Southwyck from time to time to shop or see a movie. Even after my wife graduated we drove up to visit BG and Southwyck Mall too. It was a really nice mall. The last time we visited Southwyck Mall was around 2002 and it was dying then which was very sad to see. Sorry to know that it's gone.
Not many people remember Old Towne. I remember it, too. That's where they put the cinemas, I believe. I remember the long walk back to it, into a different time. I miss those days.
I remember Old Towne like it was yesterday, and there was no cinema there (unless it moved). Cinema was next to the original Red Baron. I think they started with 2 theaters, but later added more. Maybe it was 8 at one time. My brother and I would pay to see one movie, and stay all day watching the rest.
I remember this mall. Miss it and the fountains. And all the wood.
Used to be the hangout spot for us after school in the mid 90's.. went there almost every day.. I even worked at "Monkey Wards" in the 90's I also miss Mr Bulky's getting sour patch kids and then Rite Aid for cans of pop n go to the AMC to see a movie lol.. And of course Red Baron was fun as hell.. spent many of hours playin Skee-ball.. so sad it closed! #Memories
Thanks for posting.
Southwyck was suffering very badly financially. It just wasn't able to climb back up. The violence in the area wasn't helping much either, and that plus all the anchor stores having left, it just had to go. R.I.P. Southwyck mall; Loved by the people of Toledo Ohio for 36 happy years. You will never be forgotten ;(
I don't remember much violence in that area?? Fallen Timbers and Levis Commons was a huge part of the downfall of Southwyck.
love it! i used to go there as a kid in the late 70s and 80s, when it still had some shops. oh how the mighty have fallen!
thank you for this Video.. I swear I grew up at this mall. This is not it's Hayday but, WOW it was awesome!
Ron please never take down this video, this is one of my only reminders of southwyck lol god do i miss this mall, remember it so well when i was a kid!
Reminds me of the old Southtown Mall that used to be in Fort Wayne..
Northtown Mall in Toledo is the worst. Too many abandoned malls between Michigan and Ohio to be honest. Midway Mall, Randall Park Mall, Rolling Acres Mall, Euclid Square Mall, etc. all empty. It's amazing how they were huge in the 80's and early 90's still thriving then go bad out of nowhere. Randall Park and Rolling Acres were the biggest in the state and then like around 2000, they collapsed real fast. Rolling Acres was hopping every day of the week in the 80's, even at 2PM on a Monday.
I remember sitting on the floor in B. Daltons there, reading Pop-up books. Moved away from Toledo when I was 12 in 1986, but still visit a few times a year.
Yeah! that long wooden hallway. it was dark and old looking... that was great.
I have not read all of the comments but in the description, the music and artists are incorrectly identified the song is actually entitled "Love's Theme," by Love Unlimited Orchestra. ( it was a disco radio hit during the 70's.)
Wow this makes me sad...I worked in this mall in the 70's. My first job, age 14, at Southwyck Seven Theatres.
Man, I love this mall, live right down the street from it, I wish they could let it be, and not tear it down.
Watching again in 2019. Great memories. My first job was as a waitress at Frisch ‘s Big Boy. 😀
I remember it being built around 1971. I went to it throughout my high school years, and fairly steadily until 1980, when I moved. It must have been the late 1990s when I last visited the mall. It was showing signs of diminished business and disinterest.
OH MY GOD! My moms B/F use to take me there all the time to visit mom at work and ride the Carousel!! I wish it was still there.....
where the original head shed started , you could win pipes and cool stuff out of the coin push machines. first time i ever played tron was there .. man i miss "toledo"
Went there in the early/mid 80's and my mom would park me at the arcade ( first right just inside the main entrance) while she shopped. Great memories.
The writing was already on the wall in 1987 for Southwyck mall. I sure do miss that mall and the many memories it held.........
Wow this video gives Southwyck more life than it really has. I worked there a few years ago. I was born and raised in T-town but moved to Columbus. Its still my home!!! When did Coney Island close?!
I loved Southwyck. Remember when the Jazz Restaurant was there?
We used to ride our bikes through there while it was under construction.
Last time there was in 1993, on a trip to Pennsylvania. The mall was still alive then, with lots of people.
Leveled in the name of 'progress'. RIP Southwyck.
An Amazon factory is being built there now. 😔
Memories
I use to hang out here back in the 80's nice place back then. I also like the music.. What is the name of that song.Please!
Southwyck now exists in memory only. Tear-down started this week.
How long does Woodville Mall have left??
It's a shame what big-box stores like Walmart and Meijer have done to America's shopping malls.
Where are teens hanging out on Friday and Saturday evenings now?
I think its stupid how most thses mall are being replaced by outdoor shopping centers especially here in Ohio now in Toledo there is 2 outdoor malls dont get me wrong Levis commons and Fallen Timbers are nice to go in the summer and spring but the last thing i wanna do when christmas shopping is freezing my balls off walking from store to store !
I lived near Franklin Park Mall but would drive out to Southwyck Mall because they truly had the dopest clothing stores in town. And the best shoe stores. (to a teen) #80s
wow, this brings back old memories, i used to go here with my parents when i was little.
i use to go there alot as a kid i hated to see it go dead then get torn down it was such a nice place !
I loved that mall. Lots of memories there.
Thanks for the memories . . .
I thought I was on an episode of CHIPS there for a moment, with that music. 😂
its a parking lot now.. lots of memories there.
I remember Old Towne and Spanky's night club.
the answer is: sometimes malls when they are built have bad anchors. a large number of dead malls had Wards as one of its anchor (case in point, Universal Mall in Warren). For every Dixie Square Mall, there is a Universal Mall. (Universal had Wards, Mervyns, and Value City as its Anchors and all of those stores closed (store closing/Bankruptcy), killing the mall.)
@gravijiga I agree, even though I'm anti-materialism in some ways, these malls were my Ohio childhood and an important piece of history in this country. If I had a billion dollars before one of these gems were demolished, I'd have refurbished it entirely in the original style, required the old inside store marquees, etc. - people like me would go just for the nostalgia. If I ever own my own home it will be authentic 60s & 70s style right down to the faux wood paneling in the basement.
this is depressing. I miss southwych... maybe it wouldn't have failed so bad if they didnt build 3 more malls in toledo/ perrysberg
@DazzDeLaMorte I need to ask my friend about Old Town.She grew up in Toledo but moved south some 25 years ago.She did say that the area she grew up in has gone bad.The church where she married closed and the priest later was sentenced for killing that nun.
Great mall Grama loved that mall
man i use to bother my mom lets go to the big stairs and wed all hang out there and ride the ride and it was so fun
Why not more pix of the stores earlier? So many shots of foliage, lights and empty storefronts! Sad testimonial. Must have been a fabulous mall.
Jkdm 76
it really was. very sad that they couldnt have re-vived it. espically sucks that after they knocked it down the land has sat empty for 8 yrs n 1 month. now its just a wasted space...next closest mall is 15mins away 30 with traffic
miss this mall
I miss you Southwyck
How horribly sad. I remember Southwyck Mall in 1987 when I passed through the area on the way back home to Buffalo from Milwaukee. It was prosperous and lively and had a lot of top notch stores that did not have locations in Buffalo at that time. Now it is dying and slowly decaying. Southwyck is not alone because many suburban malls are suffering the same fate as downtown shopping areas suffered in the 60s and 70s. The internet is the shopping center of the future which is making it increasingly difficult and costly for brick and mortar retailing operations to stay afloat. Many big name department stores are gradually disappearing or being bought out by nationwide giants like Macy's and Dillard's. JC Penney is pretty much on its last legs and I will not be shocked if JC Penney goes out of business and existence in a few years because they cannot compete and they cannot crack a halfway decent profit. Sears and K Mart are also on their last legs as well. Both Wal Mart and Target and crushing K Mart in the discount competition. Sears has declined into a glorified junk store. The eventual demise of these big retailers are going to leave huge chunks of empty space in most suburban malls and strip plazas throughout the US. Many suburbs are in serious trouble along with the central cities.
Its gone. They bulldozed it...
I remember riding the carousel when I was a little fella.
Not sure of the song title, but isn't that Ramsey Lewis off his "funky serenity" album?
Ah memories....
The fountain looks so much smaller than I remember
I grew up in Toledo and left it in 1992 for Los Angeles. I went back for a visit in January of 2008 and had to visit my favorite mall. I used to work at AMC Theatres (the three on the outside) from '86-'92. Let me just say that it was SURREAL to walk around that place now. What have you guys let happen? I heard from family about all of the bickering with the owner..blah blah blah. Are you kidding me? Damn just fix the place up!!! Idiots!
hey your right. used to be frankiln. Im from Toledo (I moved) how's it up there?
When did they finally close it down?
"Wow this video gives Southwyck more life than it really has."
Nice!
@BorneoBoy28
I was a kid in the 90s i remeber those days too how sad....
"Love's Theme" by the Love Unlimited Orchestra
Only 10-11 tenants remain as of 1/11/08. Among them are Victoria's Secret, Lady Foot Locker, Kids Footlocker, Bath and Body Works, Fiesta Hair Salon, a spray-T shirt place and a couple of other women's clothing shops.
okay… what about now?
@@indiasupportstrumpwwg1wga927 Demolished 2009.
@@Rabscuttle02 waahhh 😭
It is now torn down and all that remains is nothing!
The mall property continues to just sit. Vacant land owned by the city of Toledo. Amazingly, some life has been brought back with the office buildings that surrounded the former mall.
By no means a comeback at this point, but there are more businesses than when the mall closed almost 10 years ago. Still has a long long way to go. Especially north of the turnpike exit nearby in Toledo. South - which is Maumee is doing quite well on the same Reynolds road.
lol.. i remember being a teen around that time... going into Frishes because it had a cigarette machine... and for a dollar, you could get a pack of smokes... Had to sneak it though, cause the waitresses would watch out to make sure kids weren't buying them.
Blame also goes on the Internet.Folks rather shop online now.Also blame Woolworths closing and Monty Wards closing.Once MW went belly up,the malls started suffering.
how many screens were at the theater inside?
7 at first...later, 8.
Wow... this is glamorizing it... It's really cruddy.
There's like 10 stores left. 3 are jewelers.
yep probably, but for now its going strong, but i hate how the new southwyck isn't going to be an indoor mall
so sad it's gone, and literaly gone, they have already torn it down
This mall used to be popping
And why would you freak out and criticize something you don't understand? Malls are part of America's cultural history. There are scores of people who are documenting these malls before they are demolished or altered. Serious discussion has been given to the rise, fall and reinvention of the shopping center. This video is just as valid as filming the hotel district of Miami Beach, the 19th century factories of East Coast or the auto plants of Detroit.
She is in her early 60's.They lived in Toledo I think until 1980.I will ask her about the mall etc the next time we meet for lunch.Her parents later moved to Maumee which is a nicer area.
i love the song to this video ^_^
Toledo isn't the same
Who remembers the Christmas elf/bear?
theres talk of westfield buying it and fixing it man i hope so i grew up there
Here are some more videos of southwyck mall
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hell yeah. Red Baron. Used 2smash every1 on killer instinct back in the day
hell ya
wow this looks bad it was sad to see no phone on that phone holder
yeah, as do I, last time I was there I was 10, 6 years seems like so much time...
Now in 2020 an Amazon distribution center will be built there
Love Theme. 1974
They might be making a super kroger or a place for kids to hang out , I heard.