You explained it perfectly. Any Monmouth county native would say the same ! Thank you for this. I never realized how many good memories I have in that place.
Wow this brings back so many memories. My mother passed away in 2023 but growing up boy did we do some DAMAGE at this mall! I will cherish these memories. I love you mom!
When I lived in Long Branch from 2011 to 2015, I can't tell you how many joyous times I shopped in Monmouth Mall🥰, especially during the holiday season🎄 when the complex was bursting with shoppers before online shopping was a thing of the future. I visited the mall one last time last month, and it grieved me sorrowfully there were barely thirty people inside the facility. I discovered most of the stores I used to go to were padlocked and left deserted, like JC Penny and Sports Authority. I feel for Mr. Setaro's grief😔 of sharing his memories of Monmouth Mall in his upload, and now, as we speak, the demolition has already begun, and already 2/4 of the remnants of the building have been crushed to dust. A sad day for Eatontown's residents whose livelihood is not what it used to be after the destruction of a once-prominent shopping extravaganza. 😢
Hey cuz! Nice job with the video. Some good memories here. Monmouth Mall was a bit out of the way for us, but worth the trip due to the selection and size of stores. First computer purchase came from the Macy's there, circa 1985. They used to carry electronics on the lower level (talk about dating yourself) ...Apple II-C & Panasonic dot matrix printer, that I still have today.
The piped-in music is what I fondly remember from my local mall. All those great pop/rock songs from the 70s & Big '80s. Lest we also not forget about the arcades? Straight out of the opening scene in Fast Times At Ridgemont high. eh Those were the days! Now my childhood mall (Kings Plaza in Bklyn) looks like every other mall that was refurbished from yesteryear.
Thanks for sharing .. lots of memories there for me too!! I lost one of my children too .. hiding in clothing racks ;) but this did bring back lots of memories ❤️
I was pretty emotional too when they torn down my childhood mall. Opened in 1969 when I was 3 and torn down in 2012. The last two weeks before they closed I’d go there everyday. Took in all the memories. Just took many for one trip so I went a lot. It really was generation X’s place. What I miss most is Christmas time in the early 90s when my wife and I were engaged. The Salvation Army Chorus and Band playing in the center of the mall. People would stop for a moment and listen to the music.
Oh wow, if this isnt summer childhood memories and teenager's years! Never forget Alexander's Department. Lord&Tayor, Macy. Learner's. The famous Sam Goody's, Roy Roger's Restaurant. Sorry to hear about the mall
Ngl, my mom got emotional when our mall closed too. It was gnarly walking through the mall and hearing nothing but the environmental system, when a decade before, you could hear nothing but the hustle and bustle of people shopping and laughing
Where I live there is a mall like 18 miles away that is a single level mall that opened it's doors in 1965. In 2024 that mall is running but without 4 retail stores and 3 of it's anchor stores. The mall has been operating for 59 years and counting it's shocking it's still is after how people changed how they shop.
You explained it perfectly. Any Monmouth county native would say the same ! Thank you for this. I never realized how many good memories I have in that place.
Wow this brings back so many memories. My mother passed away in 2023 but growing up boy did we do some DAMAGE at this mall! I will cherish these memories. I love you mom!
When I lived in Long Branch from 2011 to 2015, I can't tell you how many joyous times I shopped in Monmouth Mall🥰, especially during the holiday season🎄 when the complex was bursting with shoppers before online shopping was a thing of the future. I visited the mall one last time last month, and it grieved me sorrowfully there were barely thirty people inside the facility. I discovered most of the stores I used to go to were padlocked and left deserted, like JC Penny and Sports Authority. I feel for Mr. Setaro's grief😔 of sharing his memories of Monmouth Mall in his upload, and now, as we speak, the demolition has already begun, and already 2/4 of the remnants of the building have been crushed to dust. A sad day for Eatontown's residents whose livelihood is not what it used to be after the destruction of a once-prominent shopping extravaganza. 😢
Kept waiting for you to mention Suncoast. Thanks for the walk through nostalgia. #MallRat
Oh yea couldn't forget Suncoast, I couldn't even stand there and look it, too painful 😢
The scheer amount of wasted materials used to build all the malls about to be demolished across the USA is staggering!
Hey cuz! Nice job with the video. Some good memories here. Monmouth Mall was a bit out of the way for us, but worth the trip due to the selection and size of stores. First computer purchase came from the Macy's there, circa 1985. They used to carry electronics on the lower level (talk about dating yourself) ...Apple II-C & Panasonic dot matrix printer, that I still have today.
The piped-in music is what I fondly remember from my local mall. All those great pop/rock songs from the 70s & Big '80s. Lest we also not forget about the arcades? Straight out of the opening scene in Fast Times At Ridgemont high. eh Those were the days! Now my childhood mall (Kings Plaza in Bklyn) looks like every other mall that was refurbished from yesteryear.
Thanks for sharing .. lots of memories there for me too!! I lost one of my children too .. hiding in clothing racks ;) but this did bring back lots of memories ❤️
I can hear the pain in your voice talking about the mall I be in the same boat too this mall was my childhood stomping ground in the 1980's
The childhood mall videos just hit different. Subscribed.
Thought about popping in there for a last walk through, but it's a bit of a hike these days.
nostalgia galore, place was always just THERE, weird to walk through a last time.
i wanna go friday after I leave freehold
I was pretty emotional too when they torn down my childhood mall. Opened in 1969 when I was 3 and torn down in 2012. The last two weeks before they closed I’d go there everyday. Took in all the memories. Just took many for one trip so I went a lot. It really was generation X’s place. What I miss most is Christmas time in the early 90s when my wife and I were engaged. The Salvation Army Chorus and Band playing in the center of the mall. People would stop for a moment and listen to the music.
Thanks for watching, and thank you for sharing, you are right too many beautiful memories. :)
Rbc ! I knew you looked familiar , we went to school together. Awesome video bro
Oh wow, if this isnt summer childhood memories and teenager's years! Never forget Alexander's Department. Lord&Tayor, Macy. Learner's. The famous Sam Goody's, Roy Roger's Restaurant. Sorry to hear about the mall
Ngl, my mom got emotional when our mall closed too. It was gnarly walking through the mall and hearing nothing but the environmental system, when a decade before, you could hear nothing but the hustle and bustle of people shopping and laughing
Where I live there is a mall like 18 miles away that is a single level mall that opened it's doors in 1965. In 2024 that mall is running but without 4 retail stores and 3 of it's anchor stores.
The mall has been operating for 59 years and counting it's shocking it's still is after how people changed how they shop.
I remembered Aladdin castle arcade in the 1980s.
Cajun Cafe. I was recently been there filming as well.
Yes Cajun Cafe, it was shocking not to see the big sign and the little toothpicks!
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What exactly is going on with it? I’ve heard different things.
Mixed use development. The project had met a lot of resistance originally but has since been scaled down and reworked and moving forward.