It would be great if the mall could be replaced with at least an indoor skatepark, at least one restaurant, at least one retail store, and a Car Wash with a site layout very similar to the WashGuys Flex Service site in Frisco, Texas at Preston Road.
Good video! I used to work at Sandella's Coffee Cafe, where Spencer's is now. I have so many memories of that place, and spent a lot of money, and time there. Remember Charlie's Restaurant?...and the stairs that used to wrap around the elevator near the food court?
@@motorheadmatt79 Those where the light blue garbage cans right? I was born in 93 so smoking indoors was a little before my time haha, the earliest I can remember an indoor smoking place was Bee Bee Dairy
The Toy Vault and Ice Imports are really good!! This N That is also decent. It’s a shame these mom and pop stores are close to the only things around now! 🥺😢
Nice video. I managed to get over to Berkshire East in late January, and they were running the T-Bar Express that day. Bummed mountain ops closed it early this year, its a great ride. Looks like they got a lot more natural snow since then, the spring skiing looks great! ~Cheers
The place with the Spanish tile roof was Abercrombie, also across from Starbucks I remember there was a popcorn store that had like 50 different flavors and colors of popcorn
The red brick floor tiles are still there just under the new floor plan. When they renovated in 2012 and were pulling the previous renovation tiles from the late 90s off the floor, the red brick tiles were still there. I was working at the mall so I was able to see them. I was so happy.
The wall ! ….. my favorite tennis practice partner. I use the racquetball court at my club . I’m on the wall 5-8 hours a week practicing all the strokes Including serves, overheads and volleys.
As someone born and raised here in Eastern CT. The malls mistreatment by Simon real estate just pisses me off honestly. That was where the Original Burger King was by the way then it moved for a while to the food court where Arby’s and Taco Bell used to be.
I watched this mall die gradually after I moved here in 2010. Seeing the old red tiles in the video made my jaw drop since I hadn't even known they existed. They look so pretty and remind me a lot of the streets in Philadelphia, but I digress. I do want to say that the mall is seeing some increase in activity, but its not helping with revenue, since most of the incoming visitors are kids with no money going to the mall to hang out and not shop. If the mall hangs on for a few more years, the kids will have jobs and allowances and might start shopping. Its unlikely, but I want to look at the bright side as my favorite mall falters. Updates from my recent visit. I power has been cut to escalators and the elevator and the spirit halloween across from Rue21 is basically a mini anchor store now, since this is now the closest spot for all of Ledyard, Montville, and Stonington's Halloween and costume needs, with the other one being far past Norwich.
Sorry @user-fu7kn9ez6b, I don't know why your comment didn't show up when you posted it, all fixed now though. Thanks for your comments about your Crystal Mall memories, and about the red tile reaction--I actually haven't been to the mall in about a month I have to admit, so now I need to go see what you are talking about about the power being cut in certain areas. thanks
"Drawings don't lie. If you're bored with it, it shows. If you're overwhelmed by it, it shows. If you're intense about learning it and making changes and trying to fix it, it shows. Drawing, a drawing, is the direct evidence of your involvement with it. It doesn't lie."
Great video! I used to work at Prints Plus near Sears. Actually met my husband there. They just made it into a wall years later. Right next to Eblens. We used to visit our wall when we would walk the mall 😂 I also worked at Recordtown. That was a cool job.
thanks--was Prints Plus the poster store? I remember going through the bins of posters when I was a kid--or was Prints Plus a different store? About Recordtown, that is FYE now right? Every time I'm in there, memories of Recordtown come back to me, as the store is essentially laid out the same way. I remember where the cassette singles were for like $1.99 etc.
Yes! Prints Plus was a poster store where anyone with $20 could get their poster plexiglass framed in the back room and have a work of art. Loved those giant plastic folders that held the prints for sale. There was also a nicer quality art/framing store on the top level but that was for real artwork, I think. Recordtown was at FYE near the elevator. So cool. Also, thanks for sharing info about the original flooring. I knew the mall was darker in my memories! Sorry for long post but that mall deserves good words. Thanks again!
@@moe9730 Cool, yes I vividly remember the red tile, I was wondering if other people did-my Mom worked at night at J.C. Penney through the 1980's so I was there all the time-anyway, I had always liked the design of the tiles, and I wonder if things had gone differently, and they decided to keep that flooring, and the lamp posts, whether the mall would have sort of a unique charm now...anyway, good memories, thanks
As a young man, I did a BMX freestyle show INSIDE that mall. Probably in '86 or so. We had our quarter pipe up against the escalator/belt thing. MAN, I wish I could find footage of that. The guy who did the videoing disappeared years ago.
Burger King used to down the hallway to the right of Sears on the first floor. It got remodeled to a Tweeter and then eventually Eblens and the Burger King got relocated to the food court. There used to independent restaurants in the food court but I remember when Simon took over it went corporate. The mall lost most of it's charm when Simon took over. I heard from some the employees they were pretty religious and would ban the sale of certain items that didn't meet their Christian requirements(body piercing's come to mind). I'm sure the mall was doomed when other retail space was cleared up slightly down the road and definetly online retailers but to me the mall died when KayBee Toy Store filed for bankruptcy.
The mall was holding it own for ages with all that . I really feel when Simon did the half way remodel in the early 00’s and put the second mortgage that’s what doomed it. Not long after that rents started going up. They went way up after the recession of 07-08. Was not long after that places like TJ sports and other local places moved out to other spots
Where Champs (below FYE) is, used to be Taco Bell and had a sit down dining room (left side used to be kitchen, right side used to be sit down dining). That was my first job, back in mid 90s, while they were demolishing a restaurant in Groton and prepping the site to become the Groton Taco Bell.
I used to go to the Burger King. I always remember it being a Burger King and never a McDonald’s. I’m pretty sure there was a pet store next to or a store or two down from the BK.
And, here is part 1 of Draftsman's Handbook by Deane G. Keller, here as an online flipbook (part 2 is still on the way, I plan to scan it very soon): archive.org/details/DraftsmansHandbookPart1DeaneGKeller2002_images
Here is a link to Part 1 of "The Draftsman's Handbook" by Deane (part 2 to follow soon): archive.org/details/DraftsmansHandbookPart1DeaneGKeller2002_images
please upload part 2. have been studying the drawings and reproducing them on large A2 Newsprint stuck to the wall. now am going over the videos. maybe coincidence but seems like it's helping me draw better: 15mins, 30 mins poses, open studio life drawings. I struggle a lot with short poses. But like he also draws and teaches "Big" ..... on an easel, standing up.
0:00 Welcoming Remarks by Yale President Peter Salovey 6:27 Remarks by Jack Montmeat (artist) 8:47 Unveiling of portrait of 22nd Yale President Rick Levin 9:09 Speech by Rick Levin
Rudolph Zallinger's "Age of Reptiles" mural is the one iconic masterpiece that began my lifelong interest in prehistoric life from the Devonian, Silurian and Permian Periods all the way through the Mesozoic Era! For over 60 years, he has remained my favorite artist of the great giants that roamed our planet millions of years ago! Right behind him is Charles Knight! Both were the greatest influential masters at capturing the animals and flora of past ages that mankind will never see in his short span of existence on Earth!
