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- The first mall in the world lies abandoned outside of Detroit, Michigan. It was also the largest in the world for many years.
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I grew up in Southfield, and was born in the hospital across the street from Northland. That mall was a part of so many of my fondest childhood memories. It’s so sad to see it in ruins.
I also remember the movie theater - I saw “Raiders of the Lost Ark” there as a kid. The movie ran there for six months or more!
The one time i went i was amazed on how it looked, Huge..
Very, Huge..
@@joramado4804 My parents and I moved here to Southfield, from the Cleveland suburbs, back in '64. I was Very Young. The Freeways allowed folks to flee Detroit for the Suburbs. This town was Never as Fancy as Bloomfield Hills, Birmingham, or The Gross Pointes, but it was OK.
By the Seventies, that Mall, and Inner Ring cities like Southfield, were no longer as coveted. Northland Hudson's befell the same fate as Hudson's in Downtown Detroit (which was shuttered back in '83, and imploded Years later.)
I worked here 7 years ago doing maintenance work. In a two week period I saw two shootings, had a gun pulled on me and was almost robbed in the food court.
Was this like 2010?
Was this like 2010?
Ah, Northland mall..
I am 14, I first went when i was (i think maybe 4-5 or 6 i forgot..)
Man, So many memories. I used to live in Detroit, And every other week or so we would come to this mall, i LOVED this mall, Biggest mall (besides somerset)
I moved to Southfield around 2018, And when i saw that mall, I was very saddend on how it looked..
1 Year later and it looks like the mall has been demolished more.
There now sits a bunch of hills of mulch,concrete hills.
This mall is always a memory for me.
Jeepers was dope, especially the roller-coaster! I used to take my kids there.
Great video. Love all the history you provided and all the old pics!
I will always miss that Chinese restaurant across from Penny's. Sesame chicken was the bomb -- only reason I really ever went to Northland. Also, this mall was where I first saw a CVS store however, it didn't have a pharmacy
Kids play area was Jeepers....so many memories 🥲
I can remember when Northland was an outdoor mall... Bill Bonds! a legend of a Detroit news anchor..
The "Boy on the Bear" statue is now in the Southfield library
Also, the basement had a bus station for DSR (Detroit Street Rail before SEMTA) which directed transportation from Southfield to different parts of Detroit. It also had a fall-out bomb shelter since this was during the "cold war" which was used as the first headquarters for the Oakland County Child Killer task force.
I loved “Boy on the Bear,” I’m so glad it’s been saved. I grew up in Southfield, and I loved the mall and our city library ❤️ Also, I never knew that about the Oakland Co Child Killer - I remember the summer all of that happened. We were told to look out for a guy in a blue AMC Pacer or a Gremlin.
Northland was my mother's favorite mall and she visited it every single day until her death in 2010
This video deserves more views. Love the history. We don’t just want to urban explore or watch these videos to watch a big hole we want to know the history too!
Humans are sad man
Detroit used to be so great!
I think that kiosk was a check cashing spot. I forgot about that until you said "bank teller", I cashed a check there once. Wow!!!!! Back in summer of 2000. Jeepers had a roller coaster for little kids. There were fashion shows, all kinds of stuff.
It makes me mad that malls are dying. Damn Amazon. One more place that will sit forever.
Crime, not Amazon killed this mall, sadly.
@@ryanhilliard1620 combination of both
I live near multiple dead malls but there is one mall near me that is still thriving, it was built in the 90s and it's a massive mall
About half of all malls will close and it’s not just the internet causing it. Partly it’s the pandemic. And let’s not forget, malls were majorly overbuilt and there were some bad deals with lots of tax breaks for developers who would cut and run. Malls had very high rents snd as a result, high prices. The original idea was to give an indoor market in cold weather for people to be comfortable. They were neat in their heyday but not an idea built to last. Amazon is the Sears of our era, only instead of a catalog it’s a web site.
I had many of birthdays parties as a child at that jeepers
Went there a lot as a kid in the 70s. Non-Americans must get a giggle out of one of our shops being named "fanny farmer".
I am officially hooked on watching your videos, awesome job !
Great video!!! Sad situation but I appreciate seeing what it's like now.
Spent a lot of quality time there during the 60’s. Does anyone remember the Mump? It was a club for teenagers. It was separate from the main mall, being built in the parking lot. Good times.
There were relatively modern High-Rise apartments in that area of town that were demolished, years ago. An office Suite, which held the Kaplan Test Prep Center, north of Eight Mile road, is also Gone.
I remember the running joke about this mall towards the end was that they didn't even light up half the mall.
I do work in the Southfield hospital next to Northland pretty regularly. I'd love to get inside the mall.
Now Eastland mall is in that same boat now
Love your videos! Makes me want to explore more so bad
If you get the chance, go across town to Eastland Mall before they demolish it. It has faced the same demise.
Wow, I remember that mall. Is it really gone ??? Rip 💘 🌹
It's so sad to see what the old Hudson's store looks like. It reminds me of the old Downtown Hudson's after years of decay!
OTTOS macadamia chocolate chip cookies 🍪 were the best. You could smell the popcorn and cookies when you walked down the hallway.
i miss northland, i grew up going to jeepers there
Do a video on the abandoned Eastland mall when yall get a chance
OMG, things haven't changed. The 13% is still making a shopping experience, dangerous.
I wish I wasn’t so sentimental. I’m sitting here at work thinking about how much I miss my granny and things we used to do. I started thinking about me and my grandmothers trips to north land mall when I was young adult, I would drive my granny to the mall, she mainly shopped at Hudson’s; later became Macys. After shopping we we ate and the Deli downstairs near the valet entrance As a teen, I worked at Northlands food court: McDonald’s and subway I was still in high school at the time. My grandmother bought her Lancôme and pantyhose at
Hudson’s /Macy’s Northland My last job at Northland was at
Ms Sibleys in the stock room, I sort of hated that job lol My mom would take me and my siblings to Hudson’s in the lower level to see Santa Clause, it was so majestic. I loved the TJ Max there and the Target 🎯 store. I purchased mostly all my 😊Christmas gifts as a teenager at that Target . I will wait for the Hamilton or Dexter bus or whichever came first bag full of Christmas gifts from target big old target bags, I remember being afraid somebody gonna try to rob me on the way home. 😅Almost forgot me my mother and sister met Kriss Kross at Northland Mall my mom grabbed my sister, walked right up to them and introduced my sister. lol They were cool.
Mondawmin Mall in Baltimore was the first mall in America.
Correction.. my apologies..
Living in the D…….I’m more of it lakeside shopper in the late 80’s but it’s those bastard that destroyed everything can we end stop rewriting those who breed when they can’t feed
There was a fire there a while back like a year ago we watched the smoke while posted in our ambulance
Jeebus that place was big
I lived my childhood through Jeepers
They haven't begun work yet on the several hundred million dollar Northland City Center because ...the area is totally blight now.
In the 60's the Brothers Delicatessen had waiting lines always on the weekends. It was THE restaurant of the entire mall.
I hear there are tunnels under near that mall
This is not Americas first indoor mall. Americas first indoor mall was built in 1828 in Providence R.I.. The Arcade.
Southdale Shopping Center, located in Edina, Minnesota, was the first totally enclosed shopping center in the nation.
I live right across the street from it 😂
3:06 why are you whispering? 😂😂
Man how in the hill you get in there ? Lol
What do they get out of bussin windows dummies smh
Whats' up
Oh fuck you broke into it? Lol careful there is a police station and security