Dead Malls Season 5 Episode 14 - Northridge Mall

Imagine this..
A paradise.. Neon, trees, Christmas lights, 150 colorful stores, 12 restaurants, a movie theater, 4 anchors, flowers, water fountains.. It’s amazing isn’t it? It’s almost like it’s too big to fail. But really, that’s exactly what it was. Northridge Mall was that perfect vision. A shopping center built for a growing city and its roads. But when that city changed, and that perfect vision fell apart, it was left in the dust. And after decades of history, left abandoned. So how 20 years later did it end up as one of the most notorious abandoned malls of all time? An 80s palacade to a different time? Well, take step back into the Time Machine with me. As we explore Northridge Mall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. And find out what really happened..

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[Cres]

I could go for some Chunko’s right about now.

[DocNo]

Malls in the 70's and 80's were magical. So glad those were the decades of my youth!

[hardgamingandagslive]

Showing the mall when it was booming and then showing how it look now is a great addition and you should always do that that's one of my biggest gripes with others that explore dead malls

[eiguajardo]

this took me back to the good old days, where malls were so extravagant and fun, now I feel like the world I knew is dying, no one seems to notice or to care, back in those days, malls reunite people, friends, family, having fun, enjoying simple little things and treasuring every moment, life was simple, I miss that so much.
I enjoyed this very much, thank you.

[laurad]

The editing tied the footage together so well and made this into a masterpiece, this is soooo well made 🤩

[Aceks]

It's sad to see this. Malls used to be a place where people went in the weekends to go shopping back in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.

[Pandabaire]

I can attest as a child, going to Northridge or Mayfair on a Saturday or Sunday was akin to packing up the car to go to Disneyland. Always with a good chance you were going to be able to have McDonalds for lunch. Great editing and early footage...really well done.

[champs]

It always amazes me how pictures of young people in the 80s walking around in malls all have big smiles on their faces. Take a picture of young people today. They're always grimacing like they're about to take a dump. Staring at their phones, of course. Social media has destroyed the minds of America's youth. And it's all by design folks.

[sondaughter]

Finished my final exam yesterday, slept 10 hours, wake up & there’s new dead mall video from one of my favorite channels.
Life is good

[Abears_]

The before and after shots are by far what I enjoy watching most because it shows how extreme the change is

[azabo]

This is a Masterpiece. One of the best dead/ abandoned mall YT videos in years. Production, research, current & past images juxtaposition, vibe, backgroud music is top notch. A story from beginning to end (?). Brilliant, well done!

[bjmccorm]

I lived in Brown Deer, Northridge was our shopping destination. The biggest reason for the downfall of the mall was crime, that area of the city was just full of crime, and still is. Bus routes also brought the criminal element in to the mall area, that didn't help either. Just wasn't safe or comfortable to shop or live there, and that is why it quickly fell apart.

[charlestonpinballarcade]

Dude, another winner! It takes a lot of patience to produce a power episode like this. Thanks for carrying the torch for the dead mall community as the original trailblazers start to move on to other things in life…🎉🎉🎉

[yelapa]

To me, the concourse ceilings steal the show for this mall. Whoever designed those was gifted.

[garethfidler]

This is your best work to date. I love how thorough you’ve been with your research clips and back story. There’s something really eerie about this place when you look at it completely derelict with its feeling of emptiness. Great job!

[charlesroeder]

If a retail store has to pay a cashier $15/hour and half the merchandise gets shoplifted, theres no way it can earn a profit.

[alliemarie]

This is amazing to see! A lot of that mall looked pretty 90s-ish but that theater was very 70s-80s. Amazing. Also a lot of that graffiti made me laugh lol

[Rudy]

I have seen a lot of video's of Northridge, but this one stands out. So many things others seem to have missed.. And what makes it even better are the superb before and after shots 👍

[JacksonShredder]

I normally don't watch dead mall videos this long but I could not stop watching. This one was riveting and creepy. It's a shame that the time capsule was stolen by vandals. I would have love to see what they put in there as a Generation X'er I'm sad . Great video man

[julieinthenorthwest]

Wouldn't it be nice to see these malls come back to life in a different way? A developer could create multiple 2-story homes/condos on each mall level, add patios/courtyards out the condo's back doors, create an all season indoor park with running track, basketball/tennis/racket ball courts, and even a couple of "outside" small eateries.