Looking Back! Crossroads Mall Last Day, 2017 

I have fond memories of this mall from the 70's... everything from high end audio/video stores to record (vinyl) stores to bumper cars at Le Mans Speedway. I also used to visit Spencer's Gifts almost every time I visited the mall as a teenager. It is really sad to see such a decline over the past 20+ years of such a great mall.

It's always bittersweet to see a place in this condition -- especially, when you can remember it being so full of life. I remember walking into this place and it was full of people. The restaurants were crammed with diners. Kids flooded into the arcade. It seemed like every store had several customers. The food court was buzzing with activity. Now it's just a relic of a bygone era -- except we saw it happen in real time. That just makes it more sad, I think.

I went to Crossroads when it first opened in 1974. I remember what a marvel it was at the time. It was the first mall I ever saw with a McDonald's inside. Fourteen year old me thought that was so cool. The thought of walking around in air conditioned comfort to go shopping and have fun when it was baking hot outside was just so appealing. I watch this video now and I'm just feeling "what the hell happened"?

I grew up in that mall. My very first job was at bath and body works. It was my all time fave job. Thank you so much for this!! ❤️

The carousel is now fully functional at the Myriad Gardens.

Thanks for posting this. I didn’t know that it had closed completely as I moved to Lawton for my employer (I’m from OKC/Mustang) I am so grateful to be able to see this piece of history’s interior one last time. What a shame... it all went downhill after that fatal gang shooting and the recession. :(

Thank you for making this video. I am watching the demise of Woodland Hills in Tulsa while we speak.

The last part of the mall that you explore (at 15:42) to the right was Piccadilly’s cafeteria for decades. Next to it (on the “corner” or wrap-around as you turn to go toward the main part of the mall) was a jewelry store for years and years then, later, became a Moto Photo.

My daughter was born the year this mall opened. I loved to go to Crossroads!!

Thanks guys! I enjoyed your tour of this mall and all the old pictures you inserted. I would of loved to see that fountain.

I ran all over that mall in the 70's when it was still new. Bdaltins was my favorite store.

I remember being a little kid and playing on the stage and trying to climb the ramp around the pillars. I remember the fountain. Going to KB toys, the pet store, buying a pet rabbit. Eating at the McDonald’s and Braums. I remember exploring the hobby shop. They had rare coins in the back of the hobby shop and a big wheel from an airplane.

I loved crossroads back in the day☺️, thanks for posting

I remember going on a Sunday afternoon to the pre-opening of Dillard's when I was a Sophomore in High School. It's no secret that ONLINE shopping and Amazon is the death knell of Mall shopping across America, you simply can't beat delivery to your door.

I worked there in 99-2001. I miss that place.

It was El Fenix in the 80's. I ate there a lot. Much earlier in your vid when you first started walking in the Mall towards Malibu games at that left side there used to be a Lion's Share restaurant.

So sad to see this. One of my fondest childhood memories was going to this mall with my mom and sister. My mom would give me some money to go play in the game arcade while she went shopping. I hated going shopping, but this one was fun to go to.

I do miss it, cause the one on the far north of Oklahoma when I go in, I get lost finding my car when I come out, 😂

I was 10 when I visited this Mall with my Mom's Cousin in law Vondel Smith of Smith Mortuary, we were visiting from Ohio, Vondel wanted to show us this new mall with the oil pump in the parking lot, that stood out in my mind for years, the other was that Bumper car "LeMans" speedway, so pleased that you posted a picture of it in the day!!! Memories came flooding back! It was a one of a kind! YOU actually drove fast and turned left, could put someone out by sandbagging them into slower traffic or into the wall, Vondel kept me in the seat for quite some time because he was entertained by the concept of racing bumper cars. I returned to C.M. some years back, but mall was in a rundown state, and for a out of state guy chasing fond memories, I didn't get out and go in, the oil pump was still there tho. If we were'nt so P.C., that bumper car speedway would be radical today, just get people to sign a waiver before going for it. Two old Amusement parks in Pa. have done just that, but not speedway concept, still traditional old bumper cars that hit hard, Thanks for posting this walkthrough with back in the day pictures!

Back in the 80's I had a friend that worked the heating and air for the mall. Because of this he was the one that access to the roof. It took me up on it several times. I have literally been all over the roof, including to the peak of the pyramid area. One time we were smoking a joint on the roof and I took the roach up to the top of the pyramid and stuck it in between where the tin metal overlapped. We joked about if we really needed some weed, we know where a good sized roach is.

I help remodeled this Mall back in 1991 It was beautiful safe place for shopping and kids to hang out It will be missed

Really enjoyed your video! I always loved getting to come to Crossroads Mall when my Aunt would bring my grandma to the drs appointments she had and that was back in the 80's. My first time coming to Crossroads Mall was when my oldest brother and sister brought me and my mom to my drs appointment which was in the late 70's. I loved going to Zondervan Family Bookstore and Orange Julius. We live 100 some miles away from OKC.

Videos like this make me sad

I worked there in 1981-86. I was there when they did a full renovation. What a mess to be selling TV's and Stereo's covered in dust. In the late 2000's I got to walk threw it even though it was closed for several years. Took photos. then again I was allowed to walk threw it when it was being gutted for the soto meyer buy. Took pics then too.

10:57 I never heard of John A. Brown's, but Foley's was there in the late 80's until I left OKC in the mid 90's! Thanks for the flashback!

I moved out of OKC in '93, I haven't been to this mall since I was a kid. That giant fountain was my favorite part of the mall

Love this! Very nostalgic.

Nice walkthrough so many lost memories🥲

Toys by Roy was toward the middle of the mall, lower level just north of the escalator. The Hobby Shop, near Penney's, was original to the mall. LeMans was remodeled in the late 80's early 90's. The original store on the south side of the west corridor was actually the bottom floor of a two-story Emmer Brothers when the mall opened. The fountain was where the carousel was, and had to be removed because the under liner had rotted and it was leaking into the foundation. On the east end, the Mexican restaurant was El Fenix. Opposite that was the *original* location for Chick-fil-A, next to Radio Shack.

When I was little I got my first pet, a cat named Pal. I remember running up the balance thing by the kid's area and going into Walden Books. I practically lived here as a kid.

I remember going to Crossroads as a kid. My mom worked at Picadilly restaurant and I loved to hang out at Orange Julius.

Sometimes I like to get stoned and walk through dead malls and pretend that the feeling is similar to how people in the middle ages felt when they walked around Roman ruins. Seriously, though, sad to see Crossroads in this condition. It was one of my favorite malls as a kid.

I vaguely remember going to it as Crossroads, but i only went once when it was Plaza Mayor because it had an arcade, had to be not too long before it closed. The whole place filled me with sadness.

I worked in this mall from before it was opened until mid 1975 when I was transferred to a mall in Wichita KS. I worked in Regal Shoes.

Used to be an old corn dog place just to the right of the A&W root beer when I was a kid going there late 80's and 90's

So sad, I actually didn't know it completely shuttered. But I grew up in southern OK in a more rural area and it was the best day ever when we got to go to OKC & visit Crossroads Mall. I never went when it was Plaza Mayor even though I lived in OKC for a bit.

I have read that this mall is being repurposed as a high school, a child development center, a car parts warehouse, an antique store, and some other uses.

Thank you for this video going to miss this mall

What was the final count on all the penny’s thrown in the fountain?

It won’t let me add a pic but I have it the original list of all the stores on the day the mall opened

There was also a McDonalds added on the east side of the North upper corridor.

And when I was a kid I also went with my cousin to go looking at the girls lol it was so crowded but fun lots of food at the food courts fun fun thank you crossroads for the fun I had

I'm not sure if any homeless people strip any of the metal or copper out of the mall, but they sure did of cross the street at the old toys r us store, I was living and sleeping in my car in front of it, cause that's where it broke down at

I used to bring my daughter to play and ride the carousel when it was too cold out. Chick fil a was still open. She loved it. It was a ghost town then, sometime around 2009-2010.

There Absolutely were bumper cars at LeMans. Insurance costs forced them to shutter them just a few years after it opened, and they sat idle. The area was platformed over during the remodel.

So sad. I loved this mall. Thanks for the video.

Always went into the Hobby Shop even though they had the same stuff each time.

i grew up going to that mall and so crazy to see how it use to look like

Wow! I had forgotten about that hobby shop, me and my friend used to go there all the time and I bought a model or two there. Also, the Big Screen TV and Video store (I think that was the name of the store) were our favorite places in the mall, I didn't have enough money to buy anything there though. That was the place to go to on the weekends.

The mall has been bought and plans to reopen this fall

TIM MOSES I HEARD ABOUT THIS MALL YOU TWO NEED TO GO BACK HERE NOBODY IS WALKING NOW

remember Ferrell's ice cream? That seemed like a big place when I was little...and I remember my dad taking me into one of the anchor stores and peeking into the mall part that was still under construction

There use to be a McDonald's upstairs as well

I can't help noticing the fire hydrant in the beginning!

I remember going to the game stop in cross roads

i think this empty mall would serve well as a one stop shop for Social Servicea, Job Corpa, etc maybe restaurants would move in and it could be a central services for the public

I was stationed at nearby Tinker Air Force Base from 1987-1990. I lived off base, just about 2 miles south of Crossroads. Actually, I moved every few months for 2 years but always near Crossroads. I'd live alone, get bored and get a roommate. Then I'd hate my roommate and move out. Then I'd get a gf and that's when trouble really started. Anyway, I went to Crossroads hundreds of times b/c in the winter of 88/89 I had problems with a wayward gf and I was such a wreck I couldn't stay in my house I'd drive to the mall 5x-10x a week, go down then up the sole escalator then back to my car and back to my house..over and over again. God what a minx. As an Air Force buck Sergeant I signed out codes to AWACS crews we had a small shop of about 12 Airmen/NCO's we'd lock up our vault Friday midnight but everytime an AWACS took off or landed over the weekend we'd get beeped by Command Post and the standby Sergeant (usually me) would come on in. I had to sign out a bunch of codes due to an alert crew swap on Christmas Day, 1987 and had to drive in one of the worst snowstorms in OKC history just to get there. Most of the codes were "secret" but some were actually For Official Use Only. Well, due to crazy events I had the beeper all summer 1989. I got beeped by the AWACS commander Col. Stark(Sterk?) and he said this FB-111 pilot needed a code to get back to his home base. We were not supposed to sign out codes to any other than AWACS crews. I was nervous I made a decision right then to sign it out to the FB-111 pilot. It was not SECRET it was For Official Use Only. Oh my god the boss of my shop wanted to bust me so bad. He sent a message to the people that controlled that code, telling them what I did. I was nervous as hell but they replied that everything was ok and be sure to get the destruction report from the pilot. Codes had a short lifetime to prevent the enemy from intercepting. Well, I didn't like my boss not appreciating me working 7 days a week so I hightailed it to Korea a few months later. I only have 200 similar stories like this it was the craziest life trust me.

Where can those old pictures be found online? I would love to see higher resolution versions!

I remember going to the mall when I was younger and when jcpenny was still there I bought my prom dress after I graduated from high school I ended up working at foley’s in 2005 I miss the fountain I miss this mall period my mom would always take me and my brother to this mall and my cousins

They took a beautiful mall and made it ugly with the redesign. That ramp gave it character. They replaced the beautiful fountains with all that ugly garbage. When malls remove their fountains and replace them with eye sores you know the end is near. Edit: And why the heck would they care if you’re recording if it’s the last day of the mall being open?

It is indeed good to see the narrator of this film dressed well and respectfully with collared shirt and blazer.

I used to go to this mall when I was kid I remember the black light golfing the kid play area its sad to see what happened to it I saw the building one more time with some friends in 2019

I never had much memories of this place, I was a late 00’s kid and had a teen mom, when I was ages 4-9 I’d visit this mall with my mom and grandma when they’d need to go to Victoria’s Secret. Little me was in love with the carousel tho, everytime we’d see it I’d Beg my mom to let me go on it. I’d always get declined sadly. Most of the time we’d go to Sooner Mall, so that’s why I lack memories.

Theory: I think both the clover leaf and later ribbon logo of Crossroads was supposed to symbolize the 35/240 interchange.

Dillards was 3 story's of shopping, so sad to see it in such disrepair.

Now the school that is there now it a High school and middle school and elementary school of the same school Santa Fe South and they have been trying to buy more of the mall to continue expanding the school

What ever happened to this mall.

THE MALL CLOSED IN 2017 I FELT LIKE THE MALL CLOSED IN 2013 SO DEAD LONG AGO.. I BELIEVE OKLAHOMA SHOULD COME TOGETHER REOPEN THE MALL BUT GOING TAKE ALOT OF MONEY FOR R DECAYING GETTING BACK TOGETHER OR SECOND OPTION TARE DOWN ENTIRE MALL

If I remember correctly on the upper Montgomery wards side the was a Chuck Norris Century martial arts supply store.

I remeber every time I was done playing at the playplace I would go to the ice cream shop

A&W root beer on the second floor was lit back in the day

I remember how in 2014 security would harasss black visitors but would never bother hispanics. No wonder this dinosaur closed

You forgot at 9:33 this is where a guy got shot

Hey I remembered when I first came out here in 2000 my bro took me to that mall and it was kickn why because it was the first time I saw a pet shop there that had snakes for sale.... why would someone sale snakes?? snakes and I don’t get along 💯🤣!!! I even bought my Brown Lugs at a bottom corner shop there also 2021 still got’em and I’m still here 😎👍🏽!!!

I remember that asian weapons shop that was there forever next to Montgomery Wards. I used to go there before Gamestop and Dillards left. The samurai shop was still there.

There were bumper cars.....heard from a good source course it is still under elevated section of old arcade...

9:05 that wasn't ever El Chico I don't think but I could be wrong. It was Monterrey Jacks then Picoso's for a time.

10:25 back in the day I use to post up here and ask random women to model their feet while I photographed them!

That's interesting. I saw the name Crossroads mall and I thought it was the one here in Roanoke Va. It was demolished in January of this year. If anyone is interested just Google Cross Roads Mall Roanoke Va or RU-vid it.

A lot of good times a crossroads. All because of some fake ass gangster shit causes these places to go down. Smdh

That lil store use to be athletic attic.. they sold sports tennis shoes

I Remember the Garfield’s restaurant there

The sumo thing there now /was/ Hobby Lobby with the big Star Trek ship and a ladies shoe store beside it just before Aladdin's palace the Arcade.

It was el fenix

At least pin square is still kickin

Well, the bright ugly colors and the store names not in English and the horrible lack of maintenance tells you exactly who moved in and that's the reason why it had no chance of survival once ownership changed hands. Sad, but true. Such a gorgeous mall - laid waste by total incompetence.

I say this in the most heterosexual way possible. But it was surprising to see a well dressed handsome man at the end. Most guys who make these videos are scraggly dressed and homely.

Kind of different names of stores than we have at the malls here in America.

I remember going here with my dad to by mom a Christmas present the year after it opened he bought her a purse shaped like a horse saddle and I got my very first Orange Julius I was hooked so sad to see what was once such a great place now die all in the name of online shopping and the call it progresses but I say it's B.S.

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