CLOSING - A Visit to The Galleria at White Plains
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- The Galleria at White Plains is an old urban renewal mall that has been through quite a bit over the years. However, after losing it's two anchors, it seems the owners are ready to call it quits & bring fourth a new vision for the mall property.
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Excellent tribute to a mall that is leaving us way too soon. You captured the aesthetics well. Glad I got to see it last year myself. The Galleria at White Plains will be missed.
This mall was used for this amazing project by streamer Ranboo called generation loss so at least it was used for something cool. I love abandoned malls they are so liminal.
"Terrible '20s" is an appropriate name. Very sad and unnecessary that the entire mall has to come down for another mixed-use center. It looks really nice on the inside. Awesome video!
Mixed use centers are so inconvenient. I’m always getting rained on or chased by wasps. Overall, just makes me dread shopping.
@@pamelaaverrett5848 Same. Totally the same.
@@pamelaaverrett5848 It's not even just that. It doesn't have the vibe of a shopping mall, so yeah, it's more of a another outlet center. Dang it though.
I remember being there the day The Galleria opened, went w/ my Mom & a friend of mine. The opening had Jackie Zeman & Tristan Rogers, both from "General Hospital", slated to appear that day (I don't know if they were ever really there), though we arrived later in the day & missed them. Until that day, we had never seen a "food court". Unreal, all that food in one place, lol. We moved away to NC in '84 & I never kept up w/ the goings-on there after. I don't think I'll ever go to another mall, as all 3 of the ones from my life are now either demolished/redeveloped (the old New Rochelle mall & the Cary Towne Centre), or are soon to be closed (Galleria). You did an excellent job covering Cary Towne, Doomie, & that's the video that brought me to you & your channel. You did the mall justice w/ this video, Doomie, so thank you, & well done.
Old New Rochelle? Like New Roc City?
That would be the one, yes. That area used to be within walking distance for me. I miss the old mall, though having an ice rink I could walk to would've been nice, instead of us having to go to Mamaroneck & Rye to go skating.
@@deannadrake2040 I'm walking distance from new roc as well! 😅 But I was like 5 when the old mall closed and 9 when it became New Roc city
@@charlesintune Where about are you? We lived mostly on Church St., only moving away for a couple of years to live on Pelham Rd. & then back to Church St. in the 70's. We moved away for good back in '84 to live in NC, which is where I still live now. Doomie is kinda local for me, lol.
@@deannadrake2040 off Franklin. I live in Bronx now and go to new ro like once every two weeks nowadays
This mall didn’t have to close. They could have redevelop the former anchor pads and moved on from there.
I know what caused it to decline. After Simon sold it due to a thriving mall nearby known as The Westchester, the property slowly began to decline with stores pulling out in favor of The Westchester and other nearby malls, and the glass elevator was red tagged and shut down in 2018.
I agree
@@Ih8kone ya but it was doing good the last time I was there so how was that possible that the near by mall the Westchester could've hurt it cause it never did before?
I'm from here. So I can tell you this mall got super ghetto and people just didn't wanna shop here anymore. It wasn't really killed by the Westchester. We loved both. You are right it didn't have to close it sucks bc Im 40 and I used to see Santa clause as a baby and kid here lol
It's a sad loss for White Plains, given that the mall doesn't look so dead and is nice looking. RIP Galleria at White Plains. ⚰
I bought my first suit at A&S in this mall for the IBM job interview and I got the job at 44 S Broadway location. Used to come here once a week during the lunch break or shop after work.
Thanks for bringing back memories.
Great footage and some history.
I live near by in the story town of Sleepy Hollow NY and have been to the galleria many times since I was born and always enjoyed it too, and remember the mall doing their annual santa and easter bunny photos as well as many others. I often remember going to what was KB-toys in the mall for my toys as a child as well as when old-navy first opened a store here in NY in the galleria (with a converted display trolley!) and going to the gap for clothes shopping. I definitely will miss it and hope the Palisades manages to outlast this anti-mall market and continue to stay strong.
Same, I'm from Valhalla.
A lot of memories at this mall growing up. I remember there use to be a friendly’s restaurant there too!
I tried to do a video of this mall too back in January, but I got harrassed by this very nasty security guard. First he yelled at me and then followed me all over the mall. I suspected he was attempting to illegally detain me so I fled the property. Horrible security guards this mall had! Almost makes me glad this mall is gone. It was not a very nice one anyway.
I love all the diverse shaped floor tiles. Very pretty. The fountain is really cute too. Not a bad mall. So sad to see another mall go. Farewell White Plains.
its unfortunate that this place will soon be closed. its a beautiful mall & i love the main skylight. i did look up the scotch bonnet in the mall & the only other location is in the poughkeepsie galleria mall not too far from there. RIP galleria at white plains you will be missed.
I wonder how the Galleria Mall in the Poughkeepsie suburbs is doing? Having shopped there years ago, it was always busy. They had good security in the parking lots. If I just sat in my car in the parking lot after dark, you saw some rather suspicious things going on. But Security was driving around all the time.
Love your videos man. I'm hooked! Grew up cutting school and spending way too many days at this mall versus 3rd period Spanish.
lived there in the 80s....bought all my records and tapes there and spent many a sunday in the food court
Holy cow, seriously thank you SO MUCH for this- I’ve been looking for photos and maps to try and get a solid build idea out of them but this is seriously so incredibly helpful
The Galleria was my hangout even though I lived in Yonkers. There were a LOT of good memories made here, and I miss that feeling - even though I guess a lot of that was the US pre-2001 vibe a lot of older Millennials feel before major responsibility, life, and the increasingly worsening world settled in on us.
Especially after its redesign it was a much nicer mall, and the only people who hung out at The Westchester were the rich kids from Scarsdale and Bronxville, and you really felt like you didn't belong if you weren't wearing high end designer stuff. It's a much colder feeling mall, while the Galleria felt... down to earth, and not in a bad or condescending way.
There was also the Cross County Mall, but Cross County was desperately trying to return to the fetid swamp it once was before it was rebuilt, even though that was the mall of my youth. Of course, then as now it was always taking a big chance to eat there, lol. You'd know what I mean if you saw the tunnels and basements of that place, lol.
Edit: You're not wrong btw. That elevator has been closed for a VERY long time. I think at least a decade.
Cross country is nice now. But I haven't been in the proper mall building (sports authority?) For awhile now (miss you Pizza by the Square). Lots of memories...like watching Batman Forever at the theater there 😅
Westchester was the only mall you had to get dressed up just to feel comfortable going into lol
It was sad to see this mall being shut down but Honestly i’m happy that the mall got it’s final use as the set of Generation Loss (a series made by twitch streamer Ranboo) when i First saw the series’s 3rd ep i was in shock that they had used the mall that was pretty my childhood mall when i was in America
I grew up in the area and was an 80s kid, so it was a big part of my childhood and teen years. There used to be a movie theater on the ground floor. I remember going to watch movies on Saturday afternoon. I really loved that mall and will miss it. Thanks for sharing this video.
I still remember getting my CDs at Sam Goody on the bottom floor in the late-90s. Really sad the Galleria is closing.
You are amazing for playing Home - 26. It's a great song. You should try out Home Resonance as well. Thank you for including song names and titles as well. Did you get permission to record? I tried to, but security told me "No recording". Thank you for recording though, good sir. This is/was my childhood. I've been coming here since 2012/2013. It was great/awesome. I'm going to miss the loud chattering, seeing people going to and fro to other shops/businesses, 2010s era music playing, with the cries of babies and kids yelling/having fun. You've earned a subscriber with this great video. This will be in my memories for years to come.
Over 20 years ago a skell murdered a woman in the parking lot of a freestanding Bloomingdale's not far away in Connecticut, and business plunged so much the store had to close.
👍🏾 This Video Forever 😭 On White Plains New York
I'll miss it. Huge part of my childhood. Lots of fond memories.
I believe the elevator has been out of service since 2019.
Another decent mall bites the dust. This one still appears to be viable, but was probably like you said a year or so away from an inevitable demise.
Worked at Oakleys American Restaurant there in 1983- trekked daily from Larchmont. Big thrill for a transplanted Midwesterner with a love of old movies when Lana Turner (and her entourage) hustled by enroute to some appearance. Sad to see this closure. Tons of memories
I loved loved the galleria,it was the place to be and shop,I would get my hair done at the hair salon and shop at the first Stern’s then Macy’s also JC penny and Sears,the food court was the best and that incident really didn’t hurt the galleria,so sad that it died but without any major anchor stores it was bound to happen
Who remembers the movie theater that was on the lower level until it was closed ? Was a convenient place to go the movies.
After the galleria closes, the only affordable mall to remain will be the Palisades center but with the new bridge requiring loan payments, I fear its going to be very expensive to visit it from Westchester as tolls will increase beyond $5 soon.
cross county is still going and the danbury mall is another one that wont be going anywhere
@@Charmedone9805 Same thing for Ridge Hill Mall if I’m not mistaken.
The Weschester is a great mall to shop at
the only mall in White plains at this rate will be the Westchester, as two others besides the galleria have closed - the white plains pavilion mall, and the original 70s White Plains Mall and the latter being the mall from which the hobby store was in for years before they had to move out of unfortunately
City Center and The Source in White Plains are still here today as well.
@@johnoconnor4019 not really malls more like multi-use centers
Very attractive property
So sad. I was basically raised in the Waldenbooks there. I'm going tomorrow on its final day March 23 2023.
I fear the next mall to probably close in westchester would be the Jefferson valley mall in Mahopac / Shrub Oak NY as even though they just renovated it and extended it, its in a mostly upscale suburban / residential area with most of the residents working in NYC
some how that mall still kicks on they are able to fill spaces and got stores that will keep them going
@@Charmedone9805 oh idk how they do it but good on the management
The Yorktown chamber of commerce recently moved their office to the JV mall and and it seems like they've really been pushing to have more opportunities for small and locally owned business to come to the mall. Although I will say, I think the new exterior facades stick out like sore thumbs on an otherwise retro looking building.
Will miss it as a staple growing up in white plains. Heading home from high school and grabbing all the free samples at the food court, to terrorizing the adults patronizing the mall as teenagers do. Down to picking up linkin park’s meteora album from the former Sam Goodie in the “pit” where the train store is now.
The mall itself sits on two super blocks that are underutilized and the architecture doesn’t play nice with the city as a pedestrian that frequents and visits family still living in white plains. - I’m ready for it to go as a white plains native.
We all grow.
This mall was always a mixed bag. During the early 2000s it really was at its peak with the stores actually being filled with customers and the place looking good. Years of looking like the remains of a college party and the external death of retail kind of put a nail in the coffin when multiple other shopping centers now surround it. Shame the rennovations went to waste.
Did I see a store that said "Dental and FOOT care??? lol
Yeah. And to think I used to go there to get my teeth taken care of 😭
Loved it always went to the Galleria. Learners was a good store so sad to see it go
It was losing $. The value of the real estate 10 acres in downtown was no longer being served by the major principle of real estate highest and best use.
Galeria needed free parking and a strong performing store. Example Shope Rite? Costco?
Concentrate on putting some big stores in the new development, restauants. Close the road in the middle and maybe make it a lit outdoor seating area to chill. Maybe 4 good stores may work there. Lean on free parking though. DMV should be there. City wants make mpney but also is alittle greedy. Things are more expennsive so people are spending less
this is a local mine of mine sad to see it go but without any anchors and updates it was bound to close. i do remeber many long gone chains here like Sterns JC Penny KB and Friendlys use to be right near the entrance
Friendlys of which the mall never refilled / replaced surprisingly
@@DComander1 i think they just sealed it off
I guess the owners decided to close the mall and let it die with a little respect?
fun fact: a college fair was recently hosted in the old sears(i think)
I grew up 4 miles South I was 14 when it opened and spent a better part of my teenage years their with bars and restaurants that served us with fake IDs. The issue is that Westchester is one of the wealthiest counties in America and this dated shopping concept had to go. This kind of retail is done in America
I left NYC is 1990 and briefly shopped there. Nice but gone too soon.
I kinda like the mall. Sorry to see it go. :(
Omggg the galleria is gone? 🥺💔
Is the palisades mall still standing? smh
the palisades is sliding as well but for the most part is holding pretty strong, and the galleria closes in march
@@DComander1 so sad, I gotta tell my sister and see if she wants to make a trip one last time 😢
No shoppers
It's definitely indicative of what's happening all over the country. Thanks Amazon and all the other online retailers. At some point "convenience" is no longer a "fun" thing like a visit to a mall. When Main St retailers didn't have what was available, there was the mall and that was okay in my mind. Maybe the Main St retailers were challenged by it, but still, it worked. I just don't see a big benefit to losing the experience and interaction caused by the internet really. It is what it is I guess.
The property declined even more after the SoNo Collection opened.
Not that this is the pinacol of work opportunities. But this means joblessness in a concentrative area .
Philip from the Philippines. It saddens me when a mall closes. With the anchor stores closing why oh why?
That's a really nice looking mall; it is a bummer that it is closing - it still looks like it has some viable life left. Malls are dropping left and right at a record pace. I've unfortunately read multiple reports where the experts think that in 10 years or so that only around 75-100 malls will exist in the US. If that happens, that is just astonishing to me; only having a few malls per state. I do have a question about the anchor spots...were both of them four level anchors in size? Thanks for sharing your video and documentation on this mall. You did a really nice job with it.
I’ll answer about the major anchors: Sears and Macy’s were both 3 levels each.
Sears also had an auto repair services basement while Macy’s had a staff penthouse.
@@johnoconnor4019 thanks for the info
@@theposse96 Your welcome!
There was also a shooting there in 2000
I've been here with my mom before
They should have waited to close The Galleria. They should finish the old White Plains Mall first, then close The Galleria.
Actually the old White Plains Mall from 1970 is already gone. It was demolished last year. The Galleria is still here but it will close down next March.
So they did wait for the original White Plains Mall to go before closing Galleria.
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If you can't say what happened with the homeless man incident that happened can you at least tell us if he's still alive or you can't because it's not appropriate at this time?
The black homeless guy killed a lady just because she was white & he did it by stabbing her twice in the heart. It happened in the parking garage. He was arrested shortly thereafter, confessed & lead authorities to the knife. He was sentenced to 25 years to life. May he rot away.
House the homeless please
anyone else here because of Generation Loss or is it just me
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I love abandoned malls they look so liminal it's so cool aaaa
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also i love abandoned malls as well! they are just super fun to explore
Yes lol, was looking for the floor plans so I could make a full scale generation loss world on vrc and found this ^^
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