South Shore Plaza Mall: Where Is Everyone? Spring 2023. Braintree, Massachusetts.

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  • @john_from_eastcoast.
    @john_from_eastcoast. 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    Go there on Saturdays and Sundays, it's really packed with a lot of people!!
    That Mall is definitely not dying!

    • @Mario_1031
      @Mario_1031 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Good to hear :)

  • @R32R38
    @R32R38 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Early on a Tuesday afternoon is going to be a slow time for any mall. Vacancies aren't excessive, of course the mall is blameless for the loss of Lord & Taylor.

  • @Jaminn724
    @Jaminn724 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This mall is definitely not dying its always packed on weekends

  • @AutMouseLabs
    @AutMouseLabs ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This is a super healthy mall, there are more people in that mall then in any given 40 dead malls combined. Also an Apple Store? They don't stick around in perfectly serviceable malls let alone dead ones.

  • @emilyb2273
    @emilyb2273 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    My guy, you went to the mall on a weekday while people were at school and work. On the weekends like when I went this past Saturday, it was full of people. You need to start going to malls on the weekends more often to know if the mall is dead based on the day and time it would be the busiest like a Saturday afternoon or evening.

  • @GRB22
    @GRB22 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Stabbings, murders, fights, and theft has plagued this mall during the last few years. Stay away.

    • @HarrisonHanson-hy7or
      @HarrisonHanson-hy7or ปีที่แล้ว +3

      & a woman driving randomly down the mall concourse bc she thinks she’s in the parking garage 🙄

    • @dickchampagne4358
      @dickchampagne4358 ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s why I won’t go anymore or anyone else I know

    • @Mike-fk3ie
      @Mike-fk3ie 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@HarrisonHanson-hy7orwhat an icon.

  • @Yukikaze617
    @Yukikaze617 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It’s usually busier once the high school kids get out of school.
    But man, that store by the Lord & Taylor with the green signage used to be a K.B Toys that I frequented to a lot as a child.
    That Pac Sun had to have been at that very spot for almost two decades.
    The Johnny Rockets used to be its own little restaurant with booths with the 50’s era decor until it moved somewhere else in the mall, but now it’s back where it used to be…except now it’s…whatever that is. The waitresses were so friendly and sometimes they’d draw smiley faces on my ketchup tray when I was a kid.
    The Easter Bunny and Santa would be stationed in that area outside the Macy’s during their respective holidays, that’s where there was the most foot traffic, I have no idea why they decided to move them to that new area of the mall.

  • @jfturner73
    @jfturner73 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I remember going there in the 80s when it was 1 level, old school stores Jordan-Marsh, Sears, and Filene's. Brigham Ice Cream, Orange Julius, KayBee Toys,...

  • @MakoMakes
    @MakoMakes ปีที่แล้ว +8

    As a resident of Braintree, I can say a few things. A lot had gone on in this mall the past few years, stabbing, shootings, cars being driven right through the building, the whole lot. The place isn’t always that well kept but the stores are exceptional. Some new condos are being proposed to be built near the plaza but many of the towns residents are resisting this ad most of us don’t want many newcomers. The towns become sort of ghetto and it is only continuing to get worse. As to the dead mall, I believe it’s dying but it can still get VERY packed during certain times. Most of the highschool kids like to hang around at the mall too.

    • @Neogears1312
      @Neogears1312 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nigga braintree is the town known for being a preppy town. Your kids are all a bunch of Soc’s. They’re just against further gentrification.

    • @damuffin91
      @damuffin91 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      How is Braintree ghetto? I can see the mall being described as ghetto but I don't think the town itself has really gone down that route.

    • @Zataxx
      @Zataxx 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      btree is far from the ghetto dude

  • @MrStellarDog7
    @MrStellarDog7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Oh yeah, the mall of my childhood, I had some of the greatest times in that mall bro, I use to go there a lot back then with my family and my mentor, I still go there even to this day but not as much as I use to.

  • @Xozona
    @Xozona หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I remember that PacSun used to be a Limited Too. Also who remembers “The Dazz” the large hut that had all the pageant accessories and you could get your ears pierced there

  • @oldretailsongooglemaps2619
    @oldretailsongooglemaps2619 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    on your descripiction its says you were there there on tuesday at 1 pm l belive it was not busy because kids were at school at that time l think malls get busier by 3 o clock

    • @HarrisonHanson-hy7or
      @HarrisonHanson-hy7or ปีที่แล้ว

      Kids were in school in June???

    • @Geekywitch
      @Geekywitch ปีที่แล้ว

      @@HarrisonHanson-hy7or Yes, kids are in school in New England in June - my son' s last day in RI was June 24th this year. But he filmed this in April.

  • @sjs_steve
    @sjs_steve ปีที่แล้ว +2

    7:03 - it was always that wide, at least since the mid 80s. When the mall was just one floor, that space used to have multiple hut-like, free standing shops. They were removed when the second floor was added, and replaced with these smaller stalls. (This was my mall growing up in the 80s and 90s)

  • @georgef551
    @georgef551 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I think because you went on a weekday during work hours, it's dead. It's been several years, but when I got out of work early, I came here, and it was dead. Once 3pm came, it slowly filled, and was a madhouse by 5pm.

  • @Sandman60077
    @Sandman60077 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I went there a few months ago on a Sunday and it was packed. I was actually surprised at how many people were there. It reminded me of being at a mall in the 90's.

  • @covergirl678
    @covergirl678 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That mall is far from being dead 🙄

  • @screenplayhouse4932
    @screenplayhouse4932 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Many moons ago there was a General Cinema nearby on the same mall lot. My Mom dropped my older brothers and I off to see Disney's Bedknobs and Broomsticks. Thank God my oldest brother said, "We're seeing DOG DAY AFTERNOON and you're not saying shit about it to Mom." I was 11 and I still love that film to this day. Just showed it to a young person.

  • @tommyfinn4432
    @tommyfinn4432 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I went to the sears last Saturday the mall and sears were packed

    • @bluewrx04
      @bluewrx04 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      wow lol sears is still running nice !!!!

  • @madmerlot841
    @madmerlot841 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The mall doesn't look that healthy. There is some anchor rot near the former Lord And Taylors and Sear will be gone soon. There are a good number of closest retailers in the mall proper.
    Emerald Square Mall (which you reviewed in another informative video) used to owned by Simon until recently. Simon seems to skimp on property maintenance.
    Not sure if you mentioned it but a SUV drove THROUGH the South Shore Plaza last year on the second floor. There is video of the SUV near a store called Track 23.

    • @Neogears1312
      @Neogears1312 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It’s because the mall management doesn’t pay to fix anything. They covet the money to fix stuff and refuse to use it so they get a bonus. The management just wants to scam the shit out of everyone.

  • @Music-AsLife
    @Music-AsLife 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Afternoons, evenings and weekends will see a lot more customers. kids aren't even out of school yet. love your vids

  • @MultiThrashed
    @MultiThrashed 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I went here last Tuesday in the early afternoon and the place was packed.

  • @ruby055
    @ruby055 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Natick is larger in terms of RTF retail SF However SSP is larger in in TSF Total Square Footage, which includes common areas and utility and storage space. SSP and Natick swing back and forth on total number of stores with SSP currently having a total that is 5 higher than Naticks store front census as of 6/1 which was the last reported stat. I believe that by 10/1, Natick will have more store fronts by one or two.

  • @thiscorrosion900
    @thiscorrosion900 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've never seen a dangerous elevator sign at a mall, but the past year or more, I'd seen some non-working broken escalators at Roosevelt Field Mall here on LI. They do eventually
    fix them, at least. I was in Bloomingdale's there last week, and at least their interior escalators and elevators all work fine.

  • @glenninftl
    @glenninftl 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Point of clarification: Filenes did not go out of business. It was purchased by Macy’s and renamed. Macy’s also took over Jordan Marsh, which was also in that mall. The store downstairs, once upon a time, was a Filene’s Basement. I managed a store next to Sears back in the late 80s. I knew that mall well.

  • @doobette5554
    @doobette5554 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I worked at South Shore Plaza's J. Crew during college in 1999-2000 for some spending money. What a difference 24+ years makes - this mall used to be packed at all times back then.

  • @stevenprovost2029
    @stevenprovost2029 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It depends on when you go to the south shore mall .. it always seems to have a lot of store fronts still filled and great brand names for stores still opened . This is not a dead mall by far!

  • @shafromRI2024
    @shafromRI2024 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for sharing. Saves me the trip from southern RI. For many years I frequented this mall several times year.
    South Shore Plaza looks like it will be downsized to only a few stores in the not too distant future. Saw it happen here in RI where our malls are not worth stopping in. Its sad there really aren’t many brick and mortar stores left.

    • @damuffin91
      @damuffin91 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This video isn't really accurate tbh. He went at a super not busy time. During the weekend the mall is packed.

  • @jorgeuc71
    @jorgeuc71 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Dude, how do you walk past a guy in a wheelchair and not help and hold the broken door???

  • @MrPanzerDragoon
    @MrPanzerDragoon 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This mall is pretty packed on most days. Also, during holidays, it can get slammed.

  • @Seriously5505
    @Seriously5505 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Come on a Friday and you’ll be parking all the way out by the highway. This mall isn’t dying

  • @thiscorrosion900
    @thiscorrosion900 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One thing I cannot fathom lately is why Superdry never opened a single store on L.I. NY in any of the malls. I think there are some in NYC, and there is one in Queens Center Mall,
    supposedly.

  • @BrickGinjah
    @BrickGinjah 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I worked in this mall about 30 years ago and still live within 20 minutes of it. It's always been a "slow during the day" mall. Evenings and weekends are a totally different story. I'd say it's only a "dying" mall in that way that all malls are dying.

  • @tyeralexander7346
    @tyeralexander7346 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    They have One of the last Sears that in Massachusetts

    • @nicksabandonedadventures4771
      @nicksabandonedadventures4771 ปีที่แล้ว

      I went there back in February and I asked a worker if they have any plans to close and they said probably not till 2024 because Dick’s Sporting Goods wanted to buy the location from Eddie and they wanted to close down the sears so they can open a store over there

    • @Geekywitch
      @Geekywitch ปีที่แล้ว

      That's one of the last Sears in the country.

  • @HarrisonHanson-hy7or
    @HarrisonHanson-hy7or ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mmmmh S Shore is a HUGE mall that I used to get lost in mainly bc of all the arms it has stretched off the main concourse. It took me a while to get it more figured out. Especially given I don’t live near this mall so it’s not a frequent of mine.

  • @MattMcIrvin
    @MattMcIrvin 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This one is a lot like Burlington Mall or The Mall at Rockingham Park--still doing very well for a large enclosed mall in 2024, but maybe not as bustling as it was 25 years ago and if you go in at off times you might not see large crowds.
    Shopping malls physically grew so much in the 1980s and 90s. It strikes me watching these videos that the foot traffic many of them get today might be perfectly adequate to support an enclosed shopping mall the size that many of them were in the 60s and 70s, a single-level space with one or two anchor locations, but so many grew with the promise of much larger size being endlessly sustainable. And just scaling back to a smaller operation is not something that's as easy to do as making them bigger--it'd be more attractive today to knock them down and replace them with some completely different business model, like a big-box strip mall or a faux-downtown "lifestyle center".

  • @dshock2903
    @dshock2903 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I work at SSP during the week is slow but at night it gets busy and also the weekend is pretty too.

  • @jcue85
    @jcue85 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Looks like it’s doing fine but it’s way overbuilt and too many spaces for its own good resulting in several vacancies a wired mix of high end stores like Nordstrom and discounters like Target and Old Navy

  • @DaveD2488
    @DaveD2488 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's doing great. The only area that seems slow is where Lord & Taylor used to be. All other areas are doing fine. 1:00 on a Tueaday people are working. The weekends and I imagine after school hours things pickup. The holiday season is very busy.

  • @Madness832
    @Madness832 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I lived in nearby Quincy and frequented that mall, quite often. Hated drivin', so I always just took the bus down from Quincy Center (a long ride). But when I was last there (over 6 years ago), it was pretty busy. Not sure what it's like now. Also, when they had 'em, I used to prank-call the payphones.

    • @zarman189
      @zarman189 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It was you! Asshole... 😂

  • @darkamusements1966
    @darkamusements1966 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Grew up on the South Shore, this mall use to be good, I would not go there now, it has become dangerous and now has a bad reputations. I remember when it was opened to the air, Where Macys is was Filenes and RH. Sterns. Sterns being to the left of the main entrance to Macy's. That was a beautiful shop. I Spent a lot of time at the mall in the 70s-80-90s. Use to have a Kresgies and Woolworth too when it was a plaza exposed to the outside. it makes me sad to see it this way!

  • @mew3782
    @mew3782 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    In the land of the dying mall, the mall that is busy sometimes is king.

  • @CommuterRailProductions
    @CommuterRailProductions ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Man I always go to this mall, and Westgate mall. Have you ever checked out Silver City Galleria? If you haven’t, you can’t because it got knocked down back in 2021 after closing permanently.

    • @HarrisonHanson-hy7or
      @HarrisonHanson-hy7or ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Westgate mall in Brockton is CRAP! Even before Macys pulled out of that mall it wasn’t a decent mall, it had like the mini versions of every decent store, like the Victoria’s Secret was crap also.

    • @CommuterRailProductions
      @CommuterRailProductions ปีที่แล้ว

      I sort of agree. The Popeyes there is crappy, but it brings memories back because I went there so much as a kid

    • @normanwyatt8761
      @normanwyatt8761 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@HarrisonHanson-hy7or You can't compare WESTGATE with BRAINTEE .....It 's like comparing BROCKTON football stadium to the PATRIOTS stadium.......I don't go to either one or the other, but a few people still like malls.......This is my opinion.....

    • @duquettebeats6312
      @duquettebeats6312 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No shit they tore down the Taunton mall damn.was it getting that bad up there.ive been out of Massachusetts for ten years now so thats new news to me

  • @SierraOne
    @SierraOne 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dying for sure
    Only restaurants left are Capt. Loui, Davios, and Cheesecake Factory. Food court is still going without Dunkins.
    Buffalo Wild Wings, California Pizza Kitchen, and Red Robin are gone over this past year.

  • @truebnb
    @truebnb 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I literally just went there today (/looks suspiciously at Google at why this just popped up in my vid recommends now, I didn't search for it on YT but did on Google maps). On the size vs Natick, it does feel like Natick is bigger (especially with the added wing). I was more shocked that they actually had an open Sears store (think it's the last one in MA), weren't any customers when I went in to look around, but there were some very bored looking employees.

  • @K1NG5042
    @K1NG5042 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is nowhere near a dead mall as someone who’s been going since a kid it’s definitely not as active but it’s still busy on weekends and end of the day

  • @annemontanaro3795
    @annemontanaro3795 ปีที่แล้ว

    How many stores were unoccupied vs the total store fronts in the entire mall? I wouldn't count the arcade whose owners haven't figured out that if people are coming in, walking around and leave charging admission won't attract patrons.

  • @JenniferHonsa
    @JenniferHonsa ปีที่แล้ว

    I used to love going to this mall. It used to be an event! Now this mall just isn’t fun anymore. I really only go there for Target and an occasional return from online purchases 😔😔😔 I feel like this mall used to be flagship level and it has gone so far downhill. And that popcorn place near Sears stinks up that whole area!!

  • @chrisdeantonio1891
    @chrisdeantonio1891 ปีที่แล้ว

    I thing you go to the mall during off peak times. You should go later in the week and during evenings and weekends.

  • @lancegraham9870
    @lancegraham9870 ปีที่แล้ว

    the mall around where i live is only 1 story tall. it has a jc penny, a planet fitness, a trampoline park, a hunting store and a movie theater and a little arcade but u hardly see anyone in the building because the main doors to each buisness is on the outside

  • @Margy-d1k
    @Margy-d1k 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hard to drive thru Braintree anymore as it is way to overbuilt in the south shore area. Quincy is a complete train wreck, Braintree is a huge cluster f, and Weymouth is being wayyyy overcrowded. Nobody wants to sit at 20 minute red lights. Takes an hour to get to the mall from Weymouth. Whole state is being ruined.

  • @Mike-fk3ie
    @Mike-fk3ie 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That hallway has been wide as long as I can recall.

  • @RosieM1970
    @RosieM1970 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It was during the work/school day. Of course it was empty!

  • @halojill4937
    @halojill4937 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think the loudness makes it sound more busy than it is.

  • @Geekywitch
    @Geekywitch ปีที่แล้ว

    You went on a Tuesday at 1 pm - of course it's going to be quiet! People shop in the evenings and the weekends. We all work, dude.

  • @AWB-Official-u1b
    @AWB-Official-u1b 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've been to that Primark and it looks like Sears

  • @Pseedholm
    @Pseedholm หลายเดือนก่อน

    That mall has always had dead zones, as long as I’ve been alive and going there (40+)

  • @fernandoterrazas4860
    @fernandoterrazas4860 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Do you know about seeing the mall cop

  • @JosephOOOOOO
    @JosephOOOOOO 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Stop the cap

  • @rsoxx74
    @rsoxx74 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This mall is packed every weekend

  • @timann80
    @timann80 ปีที่แล้ว

    place is busy as hell. The opposite of dead

  • @bluewrx04
    @bluewrx04 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    this mall is doing just fine shizllled u heard me now

  • @duquettebeats6312
    @duquettebeats6312 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Geez the south shore plaza use to always be booming.if you wanted to find some hot chicks this was the spot.none of them i had a chance with but i tried 😂.thats what you did as a teenager back in them days cause you weren't old enough for clubs an bars so the malls an beaches is where you tried😂 now you just go online lol

  • @cutiesyums
    @cutiesyums 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lots of people goes there now plus they been filming you just went early but lost people went there

  • @Crazea
    @Crazea ปีที่แล้ว +2

    1pm is pretty early, maybe check back around 4ish and see how it looks.

    • @Geekywitch
      @Geekywitch ปีที่แล้ว

      Or go on a weekend. 1 pm on a Tuesday is always going to be quiet - and was always quiet.

  • @davidknowles3459
    @davidknowles3459 ปีที่แล้ว

    Primark is huge in the UK

  • @JoeBeatty-o1o
    @JoeBeatty-o1o 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There has been a spike in crime at the mall and the nearby area so that could be a factor

  • @santo8389
    @santo8389 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Natick Mall is larger than the SSP

  • @jzkallah
    @jzkallah 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Replying to: "...where is everyone?"
    Correct answer: in class

  • @HarrisonHanson-hy7or
    @HarrisonHanson-hy7or ปีที่แล้ว

    Well Wikipedia can be altered by anyone w enough of a basic skill set of reading & writing. It’s definitely a busy mall. I mean only last year we had some moron woman driver drive down the concourse thinking she was In the parking garage 🙄🙄🙄

  • @KellyBorgKellyLou
    @KellyBorgKellyLou 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I won't be watching any more of his videos after this! Shameful behavior

  • @HyneBlack
    @HyneBlack ปีที่แล้ว

    It’s Tuesday at 1pm…. Of course it’s dead. Lol

  • @SavSpdDemon
    @SavSpdDemon ปีที่แล้ว

    South Shore Plaza may look empty in this video, but it's actually doing well.

  • @duquettebeats6312
    @duquettebeats6312 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Walmart target ebay Amazon temu 😂 what reason do you need to go to any mall anymore really.everything is delivered to you nowadays

  • @BastianBeltazarBucks
    @BastianBeltazarBucks 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    @fleabittenadventures Why dont you show your face in any of your videos?

    • @fleabittenadventures
      @fleabittenadventures  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Few reasons. I don't want mall security to recognize me immediately and kick me out and I don't want to be treated differently at flea markets. I'd rather just blend in. Also, I'd rather not get nasty comments about my appearance.

  • @helenramsdell1959
    @helenramsdell1959 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I'm unscribing for your lack of awareness. There was a disabled person struggling to get into the mall because the automatic door wouldn't open. You kept on filming ignoring the fact she couldn't get in. Your filming was more important than assisting.

  • @Idelia412
    @Idelia412 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dying mall

  • @cam7248
    @cam7248 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What do I think? I think you should open the door for handicapped people when the automatic door opener is broken and they are clearly struggling. Unsubscribed

  • @jxk7712
    @jxk7712 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    South shore plaza is dying. There are fi many hat stores all the same hats and lower level retailers. Prime place for something else like mass housing for illegal immigrants.

  • @natepoon-lj4cb
    @natepoon-lj4cb ปีที่แล้ว

    Yo am nate mom dad go mall day