Liberty Tree Mall: Is It a Dead Mall? It's Close... Danvers, Mass. 

Who else remembers Bonkers in Peabody and when the Salem Willows arcade had more buildings open and the casino building had its own individual prize counter.

It was so busy back when it opened - Ann & Hope was huge, had everything. Lechmere was the best place at the time for electronics, luggage, sports equipment, appliances. There was all kinds of 80s stores that were hopping, Tellos, Chess King, Empire - Filene's Basement had a store there too.

The only thing keeping the place alive is AMC and 5 Below. As i was there just the other day to watch barbie and ninja turtles.

10-15 years ago, when my children were small, this mall was full of life, the shops were 100% open! Thousands of people families, everybody! There was a train for the kids, a lot of other fun (I forgot what you call the thing on the floor when the kids jump on those moving rails?) Everything you wanted to buy was in that shopping center, including Kohl's on the side, Best By, Target, Marshall! Of course the cinema! The food court had a fantastic selection of everything! Now this Mall looks sad 😔

Lived in Peabody majority of my life and grew up going to this mall. Back when Orange Julius was there lol. Lot of great memories here. Times change but not always in the best direction imo

I remember the premiere for "A Perfect Storm" took place at this mall's AMC theater in 2000. George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, and others in the movie were in attendance. Probably the most exciting thing that's happpened there lol

This mall was the place to be if you were a teenager from the North Shore in the 80s. The tile floor looks the same but the interior in general was more vibrant though dimmer. I remember too that there was a chunk of the Skylab that fell to Earth on display. Thanks for the video!

Hah! Im old enough to remember when NS Mall was a pig farm and there were onion fields where Liberty Tree mall is. This whole area, out Rt 114 to Middleton, was farms. Liberty Tree Mall has been on life support for about 20 years. NS Mall had Jordan Marsh and Filenes when it opened. Liberty Tree never bounced back after Ann & Hope closed. Liberty Tree had a Brigham's and a Friendly's. There was also a Kaybee Toy Store. Its heyday was the 1970s. So was mine!

The last time I was in that mall was 1980/81, and it was a hopping place. The liberty tree had "glass" panels hanging from it with writing on them that represented significant documents and proclamations from the past. I see the floor hasn't changed. It still has the lines of colors on it that scream 1970s. The floor in the game room is still pretty worn out. The stores have all changed and it looks as if a lot of those have closed up. What a sad metaphor for America.

The doors leading outside next to Kohl's used to be a long hallway where an "Aladdin's Castle" arcade once was at the end of it.

We saw Adam Sandler outside the food court when he was in town filming Grown Ups 2 so around 2013.

This mall was awesome in the 90s , a middle schooler had a ball there hanging out

The NorthShore Mall used to be an outside mall before they enclosed it. Liberty Mall used to have a huge video arcade room back in the 80’s down by where Kohls is now. The old photo with the place filled with stores brings back memories. Also the old silver liberty tree, I remember that under the center atrium.

I was a security guard there for two years back in the 80's. I also was a guard for the North Shore mall for 3 years. I'll try to leave comments on it for you. The tree was in the centre of the mall where the "cheap green" seating is. It was a tree made of aluminium tubes welded together. I remember when people would come and gawk at the tree for the longest time and take pictures of like it was something discovered in Tut's tomb. Filene's basement was in one of the corners near the tree. I responded to many a shoplifting calls there. We knew this mall had problems with tenants then. It was dying then. Now this mall is like buying a hospice patient a new car and 20 years mortgage on a home. Please show us this dump in 5 years when it is a homeless encampment! Nice video. Thanks for the memories.

I grew up in the 2000s, and used to beg my parents to take me to EB games, the trading card store, and the fye arcade at the liberty tree. in recent years the north shore mall has pretty much soaked up most of the traffic

Simon only manages the interior of the mall, and the outparcel where Michael's is - Target owns its own property (with Dollar Tree and Staples) and New England Management owns everything to the left of Kohl's. It's a very unique property with three different owners.

So the Mall is technically from the movie theater down to Old Navy and out the door. All other stores are accessed from their own entrances as there is no need to go trough the Mall. I remember when this was bustling in the 80's/90's. How packed this place was during Christmas season. While they keep it clean and in good condition, it is failing hard. What to do, what to do

North Shore Shopping Center, as the Northshore Mall is known now, had lagged behind Liberty Tree until a ton of investment and expansion in the '90s.

My friend and I used to go to the large video arcade there every Saturday morning. It is depressing to see it now. I feel like we lost something.

When this mall opened in 1972, it was crowded with people especially on Friday and Saturday nights. Two anchor stores on each end, Ann & Hope and Lechmere and smaller stores in between. Loved going here as a kid.

so surreal! I haven't been here since 2014 at the latest. Crazy how familiar it still looks.

I'm near this mall, and have been several times. I've seen this mall progress to the state it's in now. My childhood days consisted both visiting this and Northshore. Liberty Tree used to have a mostly filled food court back when I was a kid, but now, barely anything left. The center court would have a jumping course a few times prior. At this rate, I consider this mall to be partially dying. The outparcel stores are most certainly keeping this mall alive, along with AMC, Marshall's, and Old Navy. With retail being replaced with tenants such as a church, job counseling, and fitness centers, and places such as ALDI not having mall entrances, I really don't know how this mall's going to end up. Will it close? Will it be completely turned into these non-retail places? I just don't know. But it's even more puzzling, in the end, why Simon still owns this mall. (They previously tried to sell it last year).

I live in Peabody mass and I go here all the time it just doesn’t feel the same anymore

I used to hang around here a lot back around 2002-2006, but I went there a decent amount during the 90s. There used to be a weird little hole-in-the-wall arcade down this narrow side hallway back in the 90s. This then progressed to occupying the place just to the left of the movie theater (when the movie theater was being built), which was then connected to an FYE music store. There used to be a tree in the intersection of the two main halls, and three of the corners of that cross were jewelry stores. Claires has been there since the late 90s / early 2000s as far as I can remember, and the kids my age loved all the junky plastic jewelry they sold. The Target used to have a Taco Bell in it, which was a standard choice for me and my friends just before going to the movies. Hit up Taco Bell for dinner, grab some movie snacks at Target, and you're all set. The opening of the Panera (in maybe... 2005?) was fantastic, some of the first less-unhealthy food sold in Liberty Tree, and it was novel to us at the time. "We Can Fix That" used to be an ice cream place, as you might be able to guess from the fixtures. The current arcade I believe used to be a Gamestop, and before that, Electronics Boutique. The earlier arcade, connected to the FYE, was quite large and had an excellent selection of games. Virtual On, Raiden, DDR, all sorts of racing and fighting games, it ruled. The space to the right of the Army Recruiting Center was a McDonalds for decades. Sea Lion Sushi was one of the last gasps of life in the food court - Staples there were Sbarros (where Liberty Pizza is), Sanku (a "Japanese" place that just served renamed mall Chinese food, where the falafel place is), and a Chinese place that might have been called Manchu Wok? I'm unsure. Later, there was a Subway to the left of Sanku. For decades, that "Utopia" store was instead a family photo place, and I've got some terrible photos of myself as a child from there. The Sports Authority parking area was always where us kids would get dropped off - it essentially served as the main entrance for most of us back then, and that only really changed with Panera and then later, Buffalo Wild Wings. That weird cotton candy machine set back into the wall was the location of a newspaper shop that sold lots of cigarettes and candy, and while it was more expensive than getting snacks at Target, if you were running late to your movie, it was a lot faster. The location right after it was a Hallmark. Many Beanie Babies and Christmas ornaments were bought there. (Might have been two doors down - that space might have been a hair salon, judging by the floor and my hazy memories) Five Below was the location of a KB Toys for a while. The Pet Express was pretty much always there - we always stopped by to look at the cute puppies. The Netcast directly across from the movie theater was a Suncoast Video, where I got to learn that anime on VHS and later, DVD, was horribly expensive. There was a guy who worked there that my girlfriend at the time and I used to chat with about anime and video games whenever we'd drop in, and I seem to remember him having some pretty good recommendations. Additionally, the mall was supplemented by that strip mall across the parking lot, which had a (beloved by me) CompUSA in it.

I worked in a few places in this mall over a period of 5 years. It was basically my second home for a good while. This mall will always be pretty special to me, and although it appears to be dying I believe it will stick around, it's not really dead just significantly different than it was before. Sometime around 2020 some sort of church moved in there and now there is some sort of swimming place for kids in the front not connected to the stores inside. I think it will stick around just because of the still popular anchors like Target, Best Buy and Marshals. I’ve been told the rent is very high, and a lot of stores leave due to that. Even the news stand convenience store left, and they had been there for so many years. I remember the big tree right as you walked in, and I have really great memories of going there as a kid growing up in the 90s. It was actually a cool place to be at that time and the food court was full of different options that were always great. Sadly, the food court is definitely dead now. I used to work in the cell phone repair store that was part of the food court and saw the restaurants slowly leave over just a year or two. Currently all that is left is what used to be a Regina Pizza, and a Sushi place. It’s not a good sign for a food court when even McDonalds leaves. The pizza place for some reason is now called Liberty Pizza, I'm not sure if they are still associated with Regina Pizza but it does look like they kept the same oven that Reginas used. The movie theatre I would say is the biggest draw to the mall as you mentioned. It’s a great theatre still. It’s funny to see that some stores have survived there for decades like Claire’s, Hallmark store, and the pet store. Right behind the Marshals rear parking lot there is a car show that still happens on certain days and has been going on since the the 90s I believe. This was really cool to see this video thanks!

Been working at this mall since I was a teenager. What happened to this mall was greed and neglect. The mall has no food court. Guests can’t sit down and enjoy a meal it is quite literally one long hallway. Only businesses driving in money are cocos nail salon, amc, Marshalls old navy and sky zone. Rent for businesses is too high and advertisements for those new business in the mall is expensive. During covid the mall remained open even tho business were closed . Instead of pausing the rent for those months they kept charging stores , said stores then were too far in debt to reopen. (That’s what owners of businesses here have told me at least). The mall is indeed dying. This is the only mall where I’ve ever seen a McDonald’s & a Dunkin Donuts fail and a subway franchise declare bankruptcy. Unfortunately having a super mall less than 5 minutes away is killing this mall. It has gone on sale several times the last being a few months back for around 40mil not sure what happened to it.

Once thing of note is what looks like closed store fronts are not actually that. They're businesses like Aldi, Goldfish Swim School and Total Wine that only have access from outside. On the other side of a large wall in the Kohls wing is the AMC Theater, which has it's own entrance in the newer wing.

Malls seem to do ok in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. There's the Burlington mall, pheasant lane, and Merrimack outlets all within 33 minutes of each other.

Under that sky light there was a giant metal tree sculpture in the 80s. And that cell phone store was Empire clothing, where my grandmother worked.

That Ann & Hope was my moms go to for our school clothes. lol

I remember going to the Liberty Tree Mall with my parents in the mid-70’s. There were water fountains in the corridor that I thought were the coolest features in this mall. Five-year-old me thought they were a big deal. I would throw pennies and make wishes to my heart’s content, and when I ran out, I would just put my little hands in the cold water and grab change off the bottom of the fountain so I could make more wishes. Here are some stores and restaurants I remember there in the 80’s and 90’s: Chess King, Contempo Casuals, Skribbles, Pad and Pen, Arby’s, Sports Authority, Fredericks of Hollywood, Hickory Farms, AC Moore, Spencer’s Gifts, Debby’s PetLand where I bought my first puppy in 1994, and Lechmere where I bought everything from my first typewriter, sewing machine, a word processor for college papers,and my first color TV. The last thing I purchased there was a pair of really cheap plastic rollerblades that all my dormmates would borrow to skate through the halls of BU’s Warren Towers Dormitory. They had a removable thin foam boot that would fit loosely inside the plastic blue and yellow-colored outer skate boot. You tied them up with laces so they were impossible to get them to support your ankle tightly. When you skated them made a farting noise. We were all lucky no one broke an ankle. I do remember selling them in ‘91 to a girl who lived on my dorm floor for $35! That was a good deal for me! Sad they took the Liberty Tree away.

What a rec to get in the algorithm at 1am lol This is my hometown mall too. When I was a teen in the late 2000s-early 2010s this mall wasn't in its peak anymore but there was still plenty to do, and I loved hanging with my friends just to window shop here. Now I only go in to get something at the Marshall's or Target, or to see a movie. It's depressing walking through those miles of empty dark hallway. It's dying for sure, but I have a feeling the traffic from the Marshall's, Old Navy, and AMC will keep it puttering along for a good while longer. Just a shame to not have any fun smaller shops to accompany them anymore.

I grew up going to Liberty Tree and was a team member when Target opened in 1999. The place started going downhill in the mid 90s when the North Shore Mall had a big renovation. A lot stores moved there. When Target opened it wasn’t connected to the mall. When the store first opened people would go the back corner of the store looking for the mall entrance. When Bed, Bath and Beyond moved to the mall (current Total Wine location) it didn’t have a mall entrance and it basically killed that entire wing. Still as recently as 10 years ago there was still a McDonalds and two Asian restaurants at the food court. Going back for the first time in years to see Top Gun Maverick was kind of sad.

This mall makes me a bit sad. I worked security here from 2003-2006 and it was a great mall back then.

I can’t help but have a soft spot for this place. I came of age just as it was dying out (born in ‘98) but as a teen it was still one of my favorite places to take the bus to. Especially with AMC and when AC Moore used to be there! The state of it now is pretty sad, though I’m glad that Northeast Arc seems to be doing well there and they held a small art market in the mall just this past spring! I think it’d be a good venue for more things like that. Could do without the misleading-looking church though…

Some of the best days of my life were getting to skip school and go to Liberty Tree and North Shore mall in the same day with my Mom. As a kid both malls had their own perks.

Its been dying for about 20 years and still holds on. It had one of the last Sam Goodie stores in up until about 15 or so years ago. I use to go there here and there during the late 90s till mid 2000s. It looks way worse but honestly Simon owns most if not all the Malls in Mass so thats pretty much how they stay a float. I used to go to Burlington mall for the most part.

we used to hop the freight train to liberty tree mall,hang out there for a while then cut across behind the dennys to the NS mall,..in the 80s malls were/was our social media:)

I remember there was an arcade that I used to go to inside the mall back in 06. Damn I spent a lot of money there .

In the early to mid 70s we would drive up 114 from North Andover to shop. We gravitated to Liberty Tree Mall from North Shore "Shopping Center " (as i believe it was called as it was open air) because it was new and had different stores than Methuen Mall. I remember a triangular intersection with a ski shop located at the intersection (Buchika's maybe?) Good times!

I went here all the time as a kid. Now I drive right by and go to North Shore. This place is empty as hell.

i am so glade you your mommy are doing good ty for video

I actually do a lot of work for that Best Buy as well as other stores in that area, a good example of a dead mall can be found about 30 minutes south in watertown, the watertown bestbuy is attached to the mall, which is now just a DMV and a chinese restaurant, and theres a Target at the other end, you can tell it wasnt a big mall, but it at one point had several store spaces

I lived in the area 20 years ago, this mall used to be packed on weekends with kids and teenagers. I moved out of state in 2010, sad to see how it is now.

Even in the 90s and 2000s it was much more like a normal mall. We went to ann and hope for a long time, and even the marshalls which is still there. The theater keeps this place alive.

As a teen growing up in lynn,ma. Me and the boyz would take the bus to the LT mall and steal so much stuff. Lol

This is the mall that started my love of tabletop games. There was a Games Workshop that used to be located here, so sad when it closed in like 2010

I remember going here every single week as a kid. They used to have an actual tree in the middle of the mall and revolutionary war murals throughout the mall. There was also a small movie theater across the street where Dick's Sporting goods is now. I remember watching Independence Day there. There was also a kids clothing store in the 80s that had a huge slide in the back of the store. It was pretty awesome.

CompUSA in the parking lot was where it was at back in the late 90's/early 2000's. Was a great spot for Black Friday, remember seeing the Grinch over that holiday weekend.

I remember the bouncy thing. In that atruim straight ahead of the entrance where that car was being displayed, you could get strapped to these bungee cords and jump super high on these inflatable trampolines and do flips and stuff. Either that or it was in northshore mall, i cant remember too well. Either way, it is missed dearly by me and my family

I remember when my mom would take me to this mall like 5-10 years ago and it had so many more stores, and the food court had the best food. Now no one goes there anymore 😢

It is a frail, sad shell of what it was in its glory days. Damn you eCommerce, damn you.

The Liberty Tree used to be part of a huge fountain under the skylight. There were two smaller fountains also, and these animal statues kids could climb on.

Unfortunately malls across the country are in the same boat. They are going down the same road as the drive in theaters. The pandemic gave birth to home delivery and people today would rather shop on line than physically go walk through a mall. I personally use to enjoy spending a day walking and shopping in the mall.

I spent countless hours there as a teen in the late 80s to early 90s (and worked at Ann&Hope and then GNC). The tree was definitely still there when I graduated high school in '91. Those wavy ceilings existed back then also. Ironically, back then the Liberty Tree Mall was the hot mall and the North Shore Mall was the weak one.

I would say the peak of this mall was late 90s early 2000s. I worked at that Best Buy from 2004-2007. It was filled and mostly busy. It took a dive sometime around 2010s. That Best Buy door used to be open all the time so you had direct entrance to the mall.

Reminds me of going to the mall back in the 90's, doesn't feel like much has changed to be honest. Glad there are at least some things still drawing in patrons.

I live behind this mall. I miss what it was like in the 80s and 90s. The movie theater gives it a reason to go and the businesses on the outside of the mall. Honestly they should convert it into something like the Lynnfield Market Place and open it up more.

I was there a little bit ago and it was so empty, it made me sad to see something that was such a big part of my childhood be so dead.

Sky Zone was opened in 2014 and Sports Authority was still operating at that time as it closed in 2016. It did not over take the location of Sports Authority from what I am aware of

I went to this mall a lot in the 80s and worked there in the early to mid 90s. There used to be a metal tree in the middle that looked like the Liberty Tree in the logo, Ann & Hope used to be where Kohl's is and had a Ticketmaster and cafeteria inside, if you took a right down the hallway where Kohl's is there was the Aladdin's Castle arcade at the very end near the doors. The Best Buy end used to be a Lechmere store. But yeah, the Liberty Tree Mall used to be jam packed all weekend with kids hanging out, going to the arcade and food court etc... The hallway going to Jump Zone was added in the mid to late 90s sometime and was originally a Sports Authority, the outer doorway was where the hallway starts. The North Shore Mall used to be the desolate dying mall until it got a major renovation in the mid 90s and became the newer better mall.

2:16 To the left was Bed, Bath & Beyond. Can't nail down exactly when it closed, but it lasted FAR longer than most stores that opened up.

Can’t believe there’s actually still a hallmark store in that mall. Everyone in RI CT & most of MA have gone under. It does have a Nordstrom’s Rack however it doesn’t have a mall entrance.

I visit the actual plaza fairly regularly for Best Buy, Aldi, and Total Wine, but I honestly don’t remember the last time I was in the actual mall

The Kingston mall in Kingston Ma, is also dying like this one. Most of the stores are empty. Big stores like Target and Macy's keep that place going. Was very popular the 90's and now most of it is little kid jumpy places now.

It seems like the Khol's concourse was mostly offices based on those two NortheastArc entrances I saw there, so that's why I think that corridor was just wall. By the way what service does that offer?

Dead..but they took interior mall space and made it exterior with Target, Best Buy and Kohls and Total Wine, Aldi all accessible like a shopping center now.

HAVE YOU DONE EMERALD SQUARE YET?!? I'VE Been going there and Working ther for over 25yrs and its SAD!!!Every Week Another Store Closes,Not Sure what's going on with it but have heard possibly that last 2 big Anchors may leave next year!Anyway cool too see and History of A Mall I've never been too!I Loved the Old Shoppers World in Natick/Framingham back in day!Saw countless movies over there,vividly remember seeing Ghostbusters

I had a store in that mall between 2001 and 2005. That mall manager was extremely difficult to understand and deal on a daily basis. She purposely made it difficult to operate and when it came time to renew my lease the Simon Property Group quadrupled (4X) my rent. I walked. Retail is dead between paying unbelievable square footage for rent and $25/hr for employees. Malls are basically a place where you drop off your kids and let the mall security guards babysit them. I am in that mall at least once a month and I don't see anybody making any money.

Every mall is dead or dying, for one simple reason - not too long ago, my youngest, (10), wanted to buy a new Lego set he had seen in aYT video. Instead of asking about "going to the mall", he simply hopped online, found the Lego set he was looking for, and asked me to buy it for him. Kids today don't care about hanging out anywhere but "online", and have grown up in a world where anything they could ever want can be purchased online, and delivered right to the front door.

sports authority turned into total wine next to buffalo wild wings. Buffalo wild wings fell off a damn cliff after 2019. used to go to the movies, game stop was at the wow arcade, and buffalo wild wings around ten years ago w my cousins. those were the days

Hahaha I’ve literally been there hundreds of times weird to see on RU-vid. Total wine is there that place is jumping all the time it’s kinda outside the actual mall though I guess

I remember Ann & Hope. My mother would check her bags and they would give you a tag. When you walked out to the main mall they had a little lunch counter. Looking at Kohl's if you took a right there was a popular arcade of my childhood, Aladdin's Castle. Lechmere use you have some nice tile work of the Liberty Tree when you left Lechmere and entered the mall. I remember playing Odyssey, Atari 2600 and Colecovision at Lechmere. The mall was pretty hot in the 1980's. That is when they extended the down and created the food court. I do not remember Filene's basement at the Liberty Tree Mall. The movie theater was actually two before they moved into the mall. The Dick's Sporting Goods, next door was the Sack 1 and 2. Across the highway, the abandoned Hollywood Hits, was the Sack 1 through 6. It was the hot mall and the North Shore Mall was the one that was struggling, but not as bad as Liberty Tree today. The group that owned the Burlington Mall bought both. Today the North Shore Mall is the thriving him, Burlington Mall 2.0. Liberty Tree pretty much has been left to die on the vine. They moved the tree a long time ago. I never knew that history blurb you presented. I wonder if it ended up somewhere considering it had some history behind it.

I went to the AMC there recently it’s quite dead. However overall malls just aren’t what they just to be, not just in Massachusetts but in other states too. It’s like malls are slowly dying. Going out of business. I’ve seen so many that just are abandoned now.

I'd point out, the main area isn't so lively, but the anchor stores: Now an Aldi, a Best Buy, a Target, and a Total Wine are all going strong.

i feel like when FYE closed it all went down hill. combined with the upgrades at the north shore mall. growing up the north shore mall was boring and the liberty tree mall was the place to go.

They need to start adding more color to malls. It reminds me of a hospital. Good Choice playing H20 overdrive. Hydro Thunder spiritual successor.

I managed the Endicott Johnson Shoe Store at the Mall in I think 1980 and I do remember the big Liberty Tree in the middle. I also remember I think China Sails as being a great place to eat and have a drink. I enjoyed my time there and we had a great and fun staff

The Liberty tree was vandalized when it was on the Boston commons. Then it was removed and refurbished for the liberty tree mall opening. Then different dates of when it was removed is argued I think it was 1992 the former management before Simon said. The tree was definitely scrapped.

Worked at Lechmere from 1984 to the day in closed in November, 1997.

I can't get over how mall owners have blanded out these malls anymore. Don't get me wrong, this is a nice mall, but...just open seas of beige, white and light gray with an occasional skylight thrown in. Contrast this with Chinese malls where it looks like you are in the middle of a video game from 2078. It's amazing to me how US malls haven't kept up with the times. I mean, I know malls are dead, but the owner neglect can't have helped matters any.

I went here a few times when I was in college nearby. If you think this is bad, come down to the mall in Kingston, MA.... it's absolutely pathetic how empty it is.

2000s was best time for this place. Once the arcade left and AMC changed it was all downhill.

Within the last 10 years alone the malls really lost a lot of business. The only places that really keep it open are the movie theaters, the Buffalo Wild Wings, Best Buy and five below since people love buying cheap snacks for the movies. I remember when they opened the sky zone too around 2013 ish. Before sky zone, it used to be a sports authority with a big blue stripe going down the exterior. For a while too in the late 2000s and early 2010s, they used to have a giant bungee jumping attraction in the center going up to the skylight where the liberty tree used to be. 8 year old me always wanted to go in it 😂 Otherwise, it’s actually really sad to see. The food court used to have a lot of shops in it too, McDonald’s, Subway, Dunkin’ Donuts Can also confirm, AC more was exactly where the grocery store is now. Aldi took over the old space

Malls used to be a fun place to hang out and maybe find some deals on stuff you’ve been wanting. Now everything is so expensive most don’t shop around for fun and all the deals are online anyway.

From kohls, walking back to the center of the mall on the right hand side used to be a Friendly's and a spencer gifts among many other stores. On the left, I believe there was a Doctor pet. Or doctor X.

You can get expensive Panera,sushi,Shawarma,maybe pizza,Also Marshalls,Best buy,Staples and Dollar tree is part of that sprawling consumerist complex and I am for consumerism and consumption in America.Aldi is there too

This gives me an idea for a novel called "Liberty Tree".

Liberty tree mall past 8 pm is a weird expirience

at 2:14 that wall used to be stores but now it is the other side of the movie theater.

There are barely any Inside stores there anymore, it really is more of a plaza at this point, the only inside thing there that’s popular is the AMC. Edit: and sky zone.

the amc theatre is the saving grace of this mall -- that's also the only reason why i actually go here

They’re used to be cable driven trampolines.

Why isn’t this just a “strip mall” already? 😪😵‍💫 PS: I see the Hallmark is still alive. It has PLENTY of “stores” but it’s (Target, Best Buy, AMC, Marshall’s, Best Fitness, Kohls, Five Below, Dollar Tree, Aldi’s, Old Navy, SkyZone Park) but as I said…make it a strip mall!

Don’t take my word on it but I believe I saw the liberty tree for sale some time in the past couple years somewhere. Could be a false memory though it’s just a vague memory I have. Possibly on Facebook marketplace.

This mall used to be "the" mall of the two, until northshore got a major overhaul and became far nicer by comparison.

I was in that mall back in the 90's. I can't remember it that well but I don't remember it being on life support. I use to go game hunting back in the day looking for PlayStation 1 and Sega Saturn and PC games. I would call the different video game stores and if someone had a game I wanted I take a trip. A few years ago I did go back to this mall and it was dead with homeless people in the parking lots asking for money.

I dropped my kid off at a party at Sky Zone, and went for a walk around the mall. The vibe I felt was 100% "dead mall" energy

I don't know what's killing malls in more urban areas but for the rural areas it's lack of jobs and loss of income. Growing up in the 70s, 80s and even well into the 90s before the terrible terror called NAFTA happened a lot of places had jobs, especially manufacturing jobs in rural areas. I know my mother used to work at a Donnkenny sewing factory based in Dryden, VA and they shipped clothes all over the US to different stores that carried the brand. They were good clothes and had strict inspections but instead of keeping those jobs in America and employing American's everything went to cheaper places in other countries where they will work for penny's on the dollar. Most people didn't think nothing of NAFTA and those places closing up and leaving at first but as it happened more and more it sank rural areas, took the money they had and now the largest employer in the county I grew up in is the Department of Social Services following by the hospital that has opened and closed a few times now. People would like to work, they need those jobs and these companies and malls/stores need to figure out that without people working they aren't going to get business. So I don't know what killed malls in more urban areas but the rural malls were killed by people losing their jobs and not having extra money to spend. I'll forever blame Bill Clinton for NAFTA, I remember when he was pushing it thru when I was in high school selling people on cheaper goods, different goods coming in, and claiming American workers would be OK and have a larger market to sell their goods; it was all lies. Sure you might be getting some cheap plastic crap from China for $1 and some clothes that fall apart after the first time you wash them for less than half the price the good made in America garmets were, but it's killed our factories and our working class. So what killed malls in urban areas where they still have jobs, like tech sector and such?

Long hallways and no stores. Unbelievable