Northshore Mall: Is It a Dead Mall? I'm on the Fence Here... Peabody, Massachusetts.

แชร์
ฝัง
  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
  • Join me as I take a look at the Northshore Mall in Peabody, Massachusetts. Is it a dead mall? I'm kind of on the fence here. I could make arguments for it being a dying mall or that it's doing just fine. Let me know what you think in the comments!
    This video was filmed in July 2023 on a Thursday around 12:00pm.
    If you liked this video, please give me a thumbs up, leave a comment and subscribe to my channel! Thanks!
    Source of information:
    en.wikipedia.o...
    mall-hall-of-f...
    mall-hall-of-f...
    Kiddietown pic: Melissa Kavanaugh, Pinterest
    #deadmall #deadmalls #mall #massachusetts #shoppingmall #shoppingmalls #retail #peabody #nostalgia

ความคิดเห็น • 167

  • @andyk192
    @andyk192 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    Really nice to see this! It's funny to hear someone call it PEA-BODY like that haha. Around here everyone pronounces it like PEE-BIDDY lol

    • @RVMD95
      @RVMD95 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I was trying to figure out how to spell it so it would look like how we locals pronounce it. Your way was good I’ll give it a try! PEE-Ba-DEE say it and run it all together no pause.

    • @xMaGuSx888
      @xMaGuSx888 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@RVMD95 Yours is better.

    • @fluffyduckbutt24
      @fluffyduckbutt24 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I cam on Herr to say the same thing. It's Pea buh dee. Not pea body.

  • @socalrockergal3727
    @socalrockergal3727 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    I think it looks ok for now especially compared with actually dying malls. I would be interested to see how it’s doing in early December before Christmas

    • @gemstone108
      @gemstone108 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I worked at a store there from summer 2020 to 2021 and even during peak pandemic times the mall was very busy. Dunno how much of that was affected by the whole collective cabin fever though…

    • @ryannolet9575
      @ryannolet9575 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      From a teen who frequently visits the mall on the weekends, I can say no matter the season saturdays and sundays are always very busy

  • @madmerlot841
    @madmerlot841 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    A Simon all without maintenance issues? I'm shocked. It looks like a pretty healthy mall considering the mall climate we are in now.

    • @SavSpdDemon
      @SavSpdDemon 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sounds right to me. Does Natick Mall have any maintenance issues? It does seem to be better than other indoor malls.

    • @bostonrailfan2427
      @bostonrailfan2427 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      and has a mall literally a few hundred feet away

    • @SavSpdDemon
      @SavSpdDemon 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bostonrailfan2427 Shopper's World.

    • @bostonrailfan2427
      @bostonrailfan2427 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@SavSpdDemon oh, so it’s not just Liberty Tree/North Shore!

    • @SavSpdDemon
      @SavSpdDemon 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bostonrailfan2427 I walked from Liberty Tree Mall to Northshore, and I did the same for Shopper's World and Natick Mall.

  • @jameso5306
    @jameso5306 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Should have gone to the Liberty Tree Mall (its right down the street from Northshore Mall), now that is the posterchild for "Dead Malls" but is somehow still open.
    Great video though, but I highly reccomend going to the above mentioned mall the next time you are in the area.

  • @kencayer1628
    @kencayer1628 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    The Double Bull Restuarant location at 30:41 was originally a P.F. Changs which opened around 2008. There was a fatal stabbing in the kitchen of P.F. Changs around 2015 and the restaurant closed permanenty shortly after. There is information online if you google this. The building was gutted and remodeled into a Bankcroft and Co which was there briefly and is now The Double Bull.

  • @Spucky50
    @Spucky50 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    I am older enough to remember before the mall was built. We had family friends with a small farm across from where the mall was built. Much of that area was farms and orchards. I remember the North Shore Shopping Center which was open air. There was a JJ Newberry store, a Paine Furniture, Jordan Marsh, Filenes, Bailey's Ice Cream.
    The current mall looks like every other in the country.

    • @DoinThatRag
      @DoinThatRag 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I remember when this was a Toys R' Us (not the single building that used to exist near the Shaws now), but an anchor at one end. There also used to be a baseball card (and other) trading shop. I bought a few sets from that store when I was a child (meaning my grandmother bought them for me). I loved the blue, red, green, yellow wooden vertical theme on the outside of Toys R' Us at the time. This mall still seem to do pretty well, compared to most. Liberty Tree mall is just around the corner, that one isn't doing so great. Used to be an arcade in here I would love to visit on the weekends (Mortal Kombat II, Killer Instinct, Darkstalkers - the golden years). Although I started to prefer Mad Maggies up the street as you could also play pool. Good Times.
      You went on a Thursday morning in the middle of summer? Not a great time. Usually busier at night, and the weekends. If this mall is dying then the rest are just non-existent at this point. Busier on weekends for sure.

  • @sunnsetteaTTV
    @sunnsetteaTTV 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    As a ex employee of this mall I can say it's far from dead on most days. Sometimes while working you'd have a better time watching paint dry due to how slow it is, but it gets stupid busy during all big holidays, and college vacation times (spring break and summer)

  • @kissmy_butt1302
    @kissmy_butt1302 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Northshore Mall went in reverse. The Liberty Tree mall was the hot one when I was a kid. North Shore Mall was an outdoor mall that had been covered in the late 60's or 70's? The company that owned the Burlington Mall bought both of them. They started upgrading it to a more high end mall and Liberty Tree was more the kids mall. North Shore is still growing and stays busy year round.
    In the 1980's the anchor stores were Filenes, Sears and Toys R' Us. The basement level use to be a complete tunnel that ran under the entire mall. One entrance was next to Toys R' Us, where Macy's is today but it was covered up. The other entrance to the tunnel is next to Tony C'. I remember going with my dad to pick up some furniture and we had to go to the shipping dock below the mall. It was surreal.

    • @BfDelano
      @BfDelano 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The Toys R Us that is now some sort of golf store, or was there a Toys R Us attached to the mall back then?
      I'm assuming I found the spot on Google maps where the spot near Tony C is/was. I just never paid much attention to it.

  • @imsarahbella-
    @imsarahbella- 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    My grandmother used to take me here when it was North Shore Shopping Center. Other than being enclosed, it still definitely had an old school vibe at the time.
    Because of its dated architecture and its lack of a video arcade, I always looked at it as an older persons mall.
    Liberty Tree Mall had an Alladin's Castle and a Tiffany concert in the 80's. North Shore didn't get a video arcade until it became North Shore Mall in the 90's.
    I haven't been to either recently, but I suspect neither of them have a video arcade anymore.
    My favorite mall with a video arcade back in the '90s was The Mall at Rockingham Park. It was called Dream Machine, and it went out around the early to mid 2000s.
    Thank you for your walkthrough of that mall, as well. I have amazing memories there, too.

    • @gemstone108
      @gemstone108 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Sadly there’s no video arcade at Northshore but there was a mini glow golf place the last time I was there! Liberty Tree also has a tiny game room. Not as great as a full arcade by any means but it’s something at least…

  • @Viper4ever05
    @Viper4ever05 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I haven't been here in over 10 years. Good to see it's still alive. Square One Mall is depressing to visit it's sad seeing your childhood fade away.

    • @andreamitchell4758
      @andreamitchell4758 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sq one is a third world shit hole and the north shore mall is just about as bad even Burlington is going down fast.
      All the good stores from NS left and went to Market Street in Lynfield or went out of business.
      This is what Happens when you import the 3rd world, you become the 3rd world

  • @tomewatson
    @tomewatson 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    You skipped over one of the most unique features of the maul. There is a Catholic chapel in the basement near Not Your Average Joes. It’s been there since the 60’s.

    • @swancorewhore
      @swancorewhore 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      im sorry what???? No way

    • @lynneb620
      @lynneb620 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@swancorewhoreThe Carmelite Chapel…they have a very nice shop as well.

  • @EriolGaurhoth
    @EriolGaurhoth 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Try going to Northshore mall any time from about late October through Christmas and then tell me if it's a "dead mall". The lines at the Gongcha and the pretzel places are long, tons of people everywhere. But on a nice day in July? More people are going to be outside, maybe hitting up Brooksby Farm or something as opposed to the mall. It really depends on when you go. Liberty Tree Mall, about a mile away, on the other hand...that's absolutely a dead mall...

  • @axhottboi
    @axhottboi 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    As Always, I love your walk throughs.. This mall has changed quite a bit but is definitely not a dead mall. The nordstrom wing was never there before. After they tore down the 4 floor Jordan Marsh building they extended into what was the parking lot to build the nordstrom. This mall was all one floor besides the department stores and there was a small lower level where Filene's Basement once was. There was no wing leading up to the old Jordan Marsh/ Macy's building. I always found this mall kind of strange with its skinny main mallways.
    I love your videos Tom! Thanks again!

    • @fleabittenadventures
      @fleabittenadventures  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks for the info. The old maps made it look like there was a hallway leading to the Jordan Marsh.

  • @andysorensen1737
    @andysorensen1737 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    As others have said, this mall is doing fine.
    I do like the different ceiling styles as you go through the mall. My guess is those are markers of the various phases of enclosure, but I could be wrong.
    I am a fairly regular Nordstrom shopper, and yeah, I have a feeling they’d kick you out fairly quickly if you’re filming.

    • @PunmasterSTP
      @PunmasterSTP 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I definitely feel like the various styles give the mall character!

    • @VineReference
      @VineReference 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@PunmasterSTP last time I went to this mall was back in December of 2020 and there was quite a hefty amount of people for being during the pandemic

    • @PunmasterSTP
      @PunmasterSTP 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@VineReferenceI hope it keeps going strong for years to come! 🍻

  • @chachee15
    @chachee15 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I don't know how you thought that mall was dead. Liberty Tree mall is the dead mall.

  • @georgef551
    @georgef551 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Ugh. I remember as a kid when my Mother wanted to go to another mall besides Searstown (Whitney Field) for different stores, my Father, and I had to endure the "Double Death Nail", a trip to Northshore, then to Liberty Tree. At that time in the mid 80s, you could see Liberty Tree from Northshore.
    This was a single level mall, so all the 2-story sections are 90s add-ons.
    Things weren't as bad as teens, as we were allowed to go to Allidin's Castle at Liberty Tree. The door to the left of Kohl's heading into the mall was the corridor to it (now an outdoor corridor next to the rear of the cineplex).

  • @johnmitchell4769
    @johnmitchell4769 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I remember going there as a child in the 1960's. It was still the open air version and it was a treat to go there. They had a petting zoo and giant wooden soldiers at Christmas. My mother used to always go to Jordan Marsh for their blueberry muffins. When the first real mall opened nearby in Danvers (Liberty Tree Mall opened in the 70's) the Northshore Shopping Center became somewhat forgotten. I will always remember what fun it was to go there. Sadly, the mall culture in America is slowly fading away.

  • @Dylvente
    @Dylvente 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I'm not even sure what evidence would even suggest a dying mall. I saw very few spaces that were not open stores. Kiosks everywhere, decent furniture people are actually using, even massage chairs. Lighting seemed a bit dark in spaces but I see that a lot in malls. Looks clean, well-maintained, fairly busy. I would say doing just fine.

  • @pullingguard5435
    @pullingguard5435 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Northshore Mall is just fine. But growing up it was a dead mall and liberty tree mall in Danvers was the place to go, which is now slowly dying.

  • @n4rut089animereviewer
    @n4rut089animereviewer 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's not dying yet because during black Friday or cyber Monday, it was pretty packed, plus it has plenty of food and beverage businesses compared to Liberty Tree Mall. It also has named brand stores, Macy, JcPenny, Victoria Secret, 21Forever, Nordstrom, etc.

  • @kevinlevesque7422
    @kevinlevesque7422 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The mall was enclosed in 1978. I remember as I was 7 years old at the time. Still a very vibrant mall.

  • @davidgirard1398
    @davidgirard1398 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This mall is almost unrecognizable in it's current incarnation from what it looked like in the 1960's and 1970's. My cousin worked at Kiddie Towne from 1966 to 1970. It was an open air mall then and smaller with a lot of places that no longer exist (i.e Liggetts Rexall Drugs, China Sails, Conrad and Chandler, Paine Furniture, Kennedy's, S S Pierce, Fanny Farmer and many more) anymore. Although this mall does well now, I think that eventually it will go the way that many others have. A lot of the stores (mostly chains) are not "corporately" doing well including Nordstrom. It should be a LOT busier considering the enormous size it is today but like it's sister mall Liberty Tree Mall in Danvers I don't think it sees the amount of trade it was built for. Also, back then there was a Sears and Sears Auto Center next to Kresge's on the original site of Kiddie Towne. Kiddie Towne had to move to where the current Macy's is now to accomadate the building of that store and its attached Sears Auto Center. Later, Sears built a much bigger store (demolished now) with an separate larger Sears Auto Center at the Route 114 perimeter entrance that was not attached which is now the Tesla dealer shown in in the video. The old Sears became a Toys R Us store with the attached Sears Auto Center being their storage area. Northshore Shopping Center (Northshore Mall) also had a General Cinema Theater (two screens) and an attached Holiday Lanes bowling alley where the Barnes and Noble bookstore is currently. At one time Jordan Marsh had a Jordan Marsh Car Care Center that was demolished to make way for the Essex County Bank building (now the Lahey Medical Complex). At Christmas time back in the 1960's it had giant candles on top of some the stores along with giant toy soldiers everywhere.

  • @illbetheone779
    @illbetheone779 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The Barnes & Noble was a movie theater and a bowling alley side by side.

  • @davidsirois9164
    @davidsirois9164 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The owners have done a great job keeping this mall relevant. They brought in a fitness building, space made when the tore down Sears. they have brought in many restaurants for the people to have a better sit down meal than the food court. The pandemic has hit all malls as well as competition with Online retailers. I think this mall is NOT a dead mall. If you want to highlight a dead mall, go about 1.5 miles in to Danvers and highlight the Liberty Tree mall. This is a really depressing mall. Which is too bad. It used to be the "good" mall.
    thanks for bringing a bit of history. I can remember the BIG easter egg hunts that were in the Jordan Marsh parking lot, where money was stashed in the eggs and it was a free for all.

  • @BfDelano
    @BfDelano 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The one thing that always has me questioning the owners of these malls, is all the booths selling bootleg items. I honestly don't see how it's legal for this stuff to be sold, or how the owners of the malls allow it to happen.
    My wife gets a kick out of checking out the bootleg stuff, and the people who run the little kiosk/booth will come out of nowhere and stand directly behind her. She's fine with it, but it creeps me right out.
    The Maine Mall had a booth in the early 2000s that was selling one of the bootleg Nintendo 64 units with all the NES games loaded onto it. They'd keep it on Super Mario Bros, and if you tried to play other things, they'd reset it on you. Gee, it's almost as if they knew what they were selling wasn't legitimate.....

  • @The_Fancave
    @The_Fancave 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    When I was a lad in the 80's, there were numerous NuTone (Proline 1 and Slimline) ceiling fans scattered throughout the mall, (Called the Northshore Shopping Center at the time). All were uninstalled during the major renovation in 1997. There were also Emerson Heat Fans in Herman's Sporting Goods, and a pair of NuTone Proline 1's in Windsor Button. I would love to see some old pics or videos which include the fans if anybody watching this has some footage.

  • @pamdangelo6743
    @pamdangelo6743 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Depending on the time, it can be very busy. I live there in Peabody

  • @mariag4677
    @mariag4677 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I still live in this area....but as a child I went to this mall when it was out in the open and there used to be a small amusement park called Kiddie Towne here. Kids used to go there while their parents shopped! There was a website a while back for Kiddie Town with stories from past employees (not sure if it still exists?). They still keep in touch over the years and have reunions!

    • @lynneb620
      @lynneb620 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      OMG…I remember that…

  • @GiraffeSweaters
    @GiraffeSweaters 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Not even close to dead. I drive by here every day going to work and they're adding more and more all the time to it. You want a dead mall go to Liberty Tree in Danvers.

  • @michael-s
    @michael-s 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Wow, chick fil a and McDonald’s in one food court is awesome! I have family in Peabody but I haven’t been to this mall in years.

  • @Accuratetranslationservices
    @Accuratetranslationservices หลายเดือนก่อน

    A very alive mall, not close to dead. It gets really crowded at night after like 6 p.m. and during the holidays it is absolutely packed all the time. The great majority of the stores in there have been there for a very long time -- I'm talking 10-20 years at least, like JC Penney, Nordstrom, Spencer's, Newbury Comics, Macy's, Yankee Candle, Pac Sun, Abercombie, Forever 21, Tilly's... So it has to be getting business because I am legit talking decades these stores have been there.
    There is a full-on hospital with an ER and everything right in that parking lot, as well as a police station, a grocery store, a Barnes and Nobles, and some other pretty large stores. It is very much a bustling center of commerce for the North Shore.
    Going in the middle of the day, especially on a week day, it will look more like this. But I think this is just a reflection of our time; There are less mall-shoppers _in general_ these days (sadly, in my opinion) due to things like Amazon, so the "dead" hours seem much more pronounced, while the busy hours still seem busy as they always have.

  • @gianthogweedvideo
    @gianthogweedvideo 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Was the Ops. Manager for several years at the Lord & Taylor at NorthShore. Good to see the mall is doing well.

  • @SwellyTripleSeven
    @SwellyTripleSeven 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This mall is doing great, you should see it around Christmas time. The parking lot is packed. The liberty tree mall down the street definitely needs some love. If anything happens to the AMC theater or total wine that mall is done for. They did a good job with the updates at the north shore. It’s practically the same minus some additions. I miss the sears though

  • @DiNap44
    @DiNap44 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This mall is still going strong. The mall that is dying is its sister mall, the Liberty Tree Mall, which is about 2 miles away in Danvers MA. Very sad.

  • @PraveenSrJ01
    @PraveenSrJ01 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I just hit the subscribe button after way this video. Thank you for creating the video in 2023.

  • @soccerpaintball6881
    @soccerpaintball6881 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    You're a hop skip and a jump away from Liberty Tree Mall. I look forward to that video There was an old Denny's across the street from that mall I wonder if the building still stands.

    • @cphowe51
      @cphowe51 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Liberty Tree Mall is def a dead mall. The Denny’s is closed and abandoned… some type of residential development going in there I believe. LL Bean recently opened in NS Mall… so def not dead.

    • @soccerpaintball6881
      @soccerpaintball6881 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@cphowe51 Thank you.

    • @RAdaltonracer
      @RAdaltonracer 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That Denny’s is long gone and dead, and, having worked there, good riddance. The Liberty Tree was already dying at the time, but that place was the town’s slums. In just one summer working there I got shot at maybe 4 or 5 times.

  • @deirdretaylor3105
    @deirdretaylor3105 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A lot of foot traffic but I don’t see many people with packages.

  • @tracyroth-myers5574
    @tracyroth-myers5574 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I think it would be real fun. If you would do a live sometime for people could ask you questions because I think it would be fun to learn from you.

  • @interstellarphred
    @interstellarphred 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The Jordan Marsh building was the best constructed building when this first gen. shopping center opened;.............ironic. The really innovative feature was the truck tunnel, so there is no ugly side, thus convenient access from all points of the compass.

  • @KeurigWasTaken
    @KeurigWasTaken หลายเดือนก่อน

    Little known fact, there is actually a chapel inside the mall and i've been there a couple of times. You can see the sign start to come up at 4:59

  • @ShaneSaw2593
    @ShaneSaw2593 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As of mid ‘24 they’re still working on it and adding stores. Liberty Tree down the street was the more fun mall and this one was boring when I was a kid. Liberty Tree is just a shell now. The only thing keeping it afloat is the movie theater and who knows how much longer that has.

  • @lynneb620
    @lynneb620 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It’s a very nice mall… I live on the border of Ma. and Salem NH. I prefer NorthShore over Mall at Rockingham Park. It’s just that traffic can get crazy up towards that way. I probably go every few months. I actually prefer the Burlington Mall, but the traffic to and from is always horrendous ! I do feel as though malls are not what they used to be…people like to shop online. Weekends, holiday shopping and back to school shopping draws people in, on a random weekday… they tend to be quiet.

  • @princessma15
    @princessma15 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This mall is pretty cool. This is the mall that I usually go to. This mall for Christmas season is very busy. It haven’t died yet but the other mall which is Liberty tree mall in Danvers looks like a ghost town with tumble weeds at times. Especially last year in the Christmas season it was very empty.

  • @northernlight777
    @northernlight777 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The Maine Mall in Portland ME is also fairly quiet but a very nice mall and busy at times, especially when it rains

  • @workjobb
    @workjobb 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    In 1990, I managed the General Cinema which was free standing in the parking lot. It's since been torn down and last I knew it was Barnes and Noble. The crime at the time was rampant. My car was stolen, and the theater was held up.

  • @ToxicFruitSnack
    @ToxicFruitSnack 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Unrelated-ish but in San Francisco we have a very lively mall and I’m happy about that at least.

  • @johnburke1317
    @johnburke1317 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Nice video

  • @fig1954
    @fig1954 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I worked security there for about 4 years. Back in 89 to 93? Ha, the guard has the exact uniform I wore! 35 years and no upgrade. The Zales was where I met my 2nd wife. BTW there are corridors throughout the entire mall to get to every store from the back. There is also a massive underground concourse for tractor trailers to deliver goods. It's very surreal to walk in. It's like a maze of tunnels with slow moving vehicles The mall looks exactly like it did when I worked there. It will take perhaps another 5 or 10 years for this elephant to die in the graveyard. I guarantee this will be cleared for high end housing and offices. It's just off of Rt.128. and Rt. 1. Thanks for the memories Mr. Hope!

  • @randyrotcavich8154
    @randyrotcavich8154 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The north shore mall has a church on the basement floor

    • @robo08ify
      @robo08ify 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That’s the Carmelite Chapel. It was one of the original places that opened shortly after the mall itself opened.

  • @Bigdreamer83
    @Bigdreamer83 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Check out The Mall at Fox Run
    in Newington, New Hampshire. That is more of a dying mall i was there afew weeks ago i guess it has new owners not sure what there plans are if there is any at all but i would take the trip up before any changes occur

  • @ronhoover5516
    @ronhoover5516 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Agree with others on here who have said it looks relatively healthy! Nice mall with a good energy vibe!

  • @csscott9803
    @csscott9803 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Love the McDonald's in the food court. Buckland mall had a McDonald's in the food court when it first opened.

  • @bikdav
    @bikdav 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That mall is quite busy on the weekends. I think it’s in good shape.

  • @SavSpdDemon
    @SavSpdDemon 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Last time I was here, there was some construction happening northeast. If there's construction at a mall, is it considered dead? Northshore Mall wasn't a dead mall when I visited this year and last. About 90% of the shops are on the second floor, which was probably something I wasn't a fan of, but that's not saying I don't like Northshore Mall.

  • @Jack-nj9pi
    @Jack-nj9pi 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    U hit the wrong one sire lol liberty tree is the dead one

  • @marcelonigra6741
    @marcelonigra6741 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Used to live up the hill across the street on one of the Avalon apartment complex, about 20 years ago. good times!

  • @macedon4049
    @macedon4049 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Malls creep me out. Something sad about them and I can't figure out why.

  • @muff-waggle-b9408
    @muff-waggle-b9408 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fun fact ! When the new wing was being built , I called it the international terminal I worked in construction and built the Swarovski crystal store as part of the expansion . Also there was a guy painting the ceiling and the Forman yelled “ hey ! Put your damn hard hat on “
    Worker : “ dude I’m at the ceiling nothing is falling on me “
    Forman : “ put it on “
    Worker “ if anything I’ll probably fall on you “

  • @bostonrailfan2427
    @bostonrailfan2427 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    the ceilings in the Simon malls are the same all around here: North Shore, South Shore, Square 1, Copley Place etc. the place is actually doing well despite anchor stores closing, far different than its neighbor Liberty Tree
    and as an FYI: Macy’s parent bought/merged with Filene’s parent causing them to retire the store brand and close stores or do like they did there: rebrand them as Macy’s.
    Filene’s Basement was spun-off and later sold several years before 2006 so wasn’t affected by the merger/acquisition of Filene’s by Macy’s…it lasted until 2011 when it went under

  • @RetroRockGamer
    @RetroRockGamer หลายเดือนก่อน

    This and Liberty Tree in Danvers are the two malls I grew up with. This one is definitely more alive than LT.

  • @Jonny4384
    @Jonny4384 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Mall looks pretty alive to me and a good size, too!
    Not sure what the policies are over there but most stories don't usually mind people filming inside the store.
    Thanks for another video

  • @legotrolls213
    @legotrolls213 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    26:40 This is where the Apple store location used to be. It opened back in September 2001. As of January 28, 2017, the store has relocated to the MarketStreet shopping center in Lynnfield.

  • @Bigdreamer83
    @Bigdreamer83 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    At 18:55 when you're going down the escalator that H&M store was once a Suncoast Motion Picture Co.
    It was my favorite store during the 90s. You can see in your video once you pass the H&M it looks like an emty store front but is actually part of H&M now.

  • @RicksTravelogue
    @RicksTravelogue 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The one and only time I was in this mall around 2010, Filene's Basement still was in that short lower floor section of the mall. Which I think was pretty much the only thing that lower floor had at that time. As far as this mall's health, it doesn't have that "dead mall" vibe. Yeah, there are closures, but not overwhelming where there's major holes in like some dead malls are dealing with.

  • @workjobb
    @workjobb 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I enjoy your mall walk throughs, but I'd like them better if you'd identify the stores, and go in some of the more unique ones (Boston Barkery?). I also would have liked to have seen more of the mini golf.

    • @fleabittenadventures
      @fleabittenadventures  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'll see what I can do in the future. However, if I go into too many stores during the mall videos, the videos will end up being super long. I may do separate store videos though.
      What are some stores you are interested in? Thanks for watching!

  • @TheHiredGun187
    @TheHiredGun187 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have delivered fruit baskets to Northshore Mall businesses. Northshore has alot higher shopper count today (12July2024) than Square One Mall which you have covered in the past.

  • @northernlight777
    @northernlight777 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Im from the South Shore. Never been to this mall but it seems pretty decent to me, not really even close to what i would consider a "dead mall." It seems like you are just there in the morning or early afternoon on a business/school day? You ever been to the Solomon Pond Mall in Marlboro, MA? There is a small quiet mall in Auburn, MA that one might consider a "dead mall" and there also a few quiet malls in Lewiston and Auburn ME as well ❤🙏🏽

  • @marcygelinas3489
    @marcygelinas3489 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I would say that mall doesn't look like a dead mall yet unlike the mall near me located in Leominster Mass very sad to see what that one has become haven't been in there since last year but I would say this mall is safe for now :)

  • @smallblock412
    @smallblock412 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This mall is far from dead. Millions of dollars have been pumped into this location over the last several years. I've been going here since the 80s. Lots of changes through the years. There are several separate lower levels but they don't connect. Toys R Us used to be one of the main anchor stores. It was originally just inside the entrance were Macy's women's store is now. The Macy's was built after Toys R Us moved into a standalone building out in the parking lot. It is now a PGA Tour SuperStore. The Sears store was actually located to the right of the legal seafoods restaurant. It extended out into the parking lot where they are currently still doing construction. During the week there is more foot traffic than the other local malls and the weekends can be quite busy. The Christmas shopping season is extremely busy.

  • @MusicMan922
    @MusicMan922 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm a North Shore guy and have been to this mall and the Liberty Tree Mall more times than I can count!

  • @JackpotToys
    @JackpotToys 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This mall is fine. I’ve worked in every mall on the eastern side of Mass, Rhode Island, and parts of New Hampshire and Maine. The company I worked with most recently has a store here and its middle of the road performing, in a good way, dollar wise. Big reason places fail, to me, is people. You get people who truly care, not just taking the company word, but care about their work quality, odds are you’ll do well, regardless of online shopping. In my decades long career this is the case 90% of the time.

  • @NB-cn9uk
    @NB-cn9uk 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    North shore mall is nice I like going there

  • @fraud291
    @fraud291 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    it's not as lively as it used to be when I was a kid but seems to be doing decently

  • @spyrothedragon1319
    @spyrothedragon1319 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Have you ever visited merle hay mall in des moines iowa?

  • @derekjet7715
    @derekjet7715 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You know he isn't from the area by the way he pronounces Peabody.

  • @jaybon625
    @jaybon625 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember this was my preferred mall, because it had the good stores like banana republic and apple , uniqlo, coach but like other malls.. The pea-buddy mall is slowly dying. I'm surprised to see rack room shoes still open? Nobody goes in there ..

  • @arosenweig
    @arosenweig 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Northshore Mall is still a good mall. It has something for everyone so I don’t think it’s going anywhere anytime soon.

  • @scottfraser9570
    @scottfraser9570 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When you visit the mall you forget about Barnes and Noble books stores Shaw’s Supermarket PGA store Toys R Us!!!

  • @markleblanc3447
    @markleblanc3447 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was there as a young boy, probably about 7-8 when it was open air. Back then it was Exciting to go to the Mall. Jordan Marsh, Sears, Filenes. Now it’s All Crap.

  • @mattrichter7332
    @mattrichter7332 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Peab'dy. Not "Pea Body"

  • @AlexSilver9
    @AlexSilver9 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Haven't been to this mall since 2018, but I'm so unreasonably upset the Old Time Hockey store is gone 😅

  • @scottfraser9570
    @scottfraser9570 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    North Shore Mall is not dying because they are adding more stores out side of the mall!!!

  • @t0tal546
    @t0tal546 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Northshore mall is the go to mall in the area since the square one mall is has less name brand stores and the Cambridge side galleria doesn't have much to offer, There's liberty tree but that is def a dead/dying mall, Other then those 3 you really gotta travel a ways to get to a real decent mall like the burlington mall or southshore

    • @bostonrailfan2427
      @bostonrailfan2427 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Square 1 is all but dead, they’re the same regarding options as Cambridgeside…basically no reason to go there when the remaining stores are everywhere else

  • @chickenwing111
    @chickenwing111 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember when it was an open air mall and the construction to close it in.

  • @gabrielmt3500
    @gabrielmt3500 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The food court shows this mall isn't even close to being dead. There's a McDonald's, Chik-fil-A, Caffe Nero...all major chains. They aren't going into dying locations. Also, too much construction occurring for a mall that is dying. They are still adding many restaurants.

  • @jacklinkz
    @jacklinkz 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    From Arizona. I think this is the mall with the healing crystals store as featured in the ASMR videos with that lady Francesca...

  • @ReallifeBambiDeerattheFarm1
    @ReallifeBambiDeerattheFarm1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's doing just fine for now, but it could go south if one of the big dept. stores close shop.

  • @BfDelano
    @BfDelano 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I really hate the renovation of the food court. They removed the Taco Bell.
    The lower level of the mall is typically dead, but the upper level is always busy.

  • @funfun_2001
    @funfun_2001 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Not dead at all, always pretty busy! And like others have mentioned there’s a chapel there as well that you need to include next time!

    • @lynneb620
      @lynneb620 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I love going into The Carmelite Chapel. ❤️🙏🏻

  • @williamdistefano5698
    @williamdistefano5698 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It is dying, but it's because of online shopping. It's fighting hard to survive, though.

  • @PunmasterSTP
    @PunmasterSTP 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I kind of want to dig in more about how decisions like enclosing (or unenclosing) shopping centers are made. On the surface I feel like enclosing things would almost always increase the traffic, since then there'd be climate control. But who knows...

  • @HomeAtLast501
    @HomeAtLast501 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When I was in high school Iin the '80s I had a moped, and it was stolen at that mall.

  • @straightshootermp
    @straightshootermp 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How are you on the fence? Every time I’ve been here I can barely move cause it’s so crowded. Even on Mondays.

  • @lukesistek638
    @lukesistek638 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    visit here semi-regularly. its definitely not dead IMO. seen it way busier than in this video semi regularly

  • @CJTheHaunter
    @CJTheHaunter 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    My home town

  • @user-jv8hr8kt8r
    @user-jv8hr8kt8r 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    i grew up in the area it was dead mall til construction than it began popilar than liberty mall

  • @thenanny14850
    @thenanny14850 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So, I’ve watched a decent amount of your videos and am wondering if you use the whole “dead, dying or doing just fine”. Is just for people to click on your video. There is nothing in this video that shows a decline in this mall in fact as you drove around it looks like they are building or expanding some of the outdoor areas.
    Also if you look at the stores in this mall as well as the eateries that are in there they have definitely made an effort to bring in restaurants that will attract people to the mall for more than just shopping.

  • @RedkindomOverwatch
    @RedkindomOverwatch 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Omg I live on loris rd and j did not know the mall is there the only thing I knew was chace bank lifetime and also telsa

    • @jacobbeaupre3940
      @jacobbeaupre3940 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      🤣🤣did you just move or something

    • @RedkindomOverwatch
      @RedkindomOverwatch 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      No I swear I lived at 22 for like my whole life

  • @youtubin222
    @youtubin222 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    lol this mall is by no means dead. always packed. liberty tree mall on the other hand... dead. even that one gets packed sometimes

  • @RandoBoss6104
    @RandoBoss6104 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Do the Walpole mall