I believe most, if not all, of these were taken by Michael Galinsky

Weird how every time you see a photo of a mall food court your first thought is that it’s a photo of your local mall

The weird feeling for me is that all these people lived just as we are now but in a different era, and we have no idea what happened to these people and where they are now 😥

But these photos bring me tons of nostalgia. Even tho I wasn’t old enough to truly live in the 80’s and most of the 90’s, it’s like you still felt the tail end of the aesthetic and s*** growing up

Used to love going to the mall as a kid. Not like we were able to afford s***, but there always was a certain magic in the air there.

But I guess that was a normal mall not a vintage mall I'm sorry please continue

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Huh?

i see through your lies

Yep.

Malls use to look raw as hell when I was a kid, now them s***s look basic.

wish I lived my teens during the 80s-90s

OP I f***ing LOVE going back and seeing old photos of my local mall before they renovated it. I love seeing old photos and videos of stores/public from the 90s in general. I so badly wish I could just walk through, like a portal, and take some cool s*** back to the present day with me. Like a sealed Gameboy Advance and s***

Used to hate malls when i was a kid in the early thousands. Stuffy, crowded. And my mom loved to watch americas most wanted so i thought id get yoinked any time i left my mom so i stuck to her

The mall used to really be bussin, even the early 2010s going there with my friends

Tbh, seeing movies from back then about kids hanging out at the mall or just in general without the internet makes me wish I was that age then

I know they're just movies and it probably would have still sucked in its own way, but I feel like the internet has taken a lot of mystery out of life, like I was just at the point where creepy urban legends were passed around the playground, but I wish I wasn't in a world where it's instantly possible to disprove some kid saying Mew is hidden behind a random truck in Pokémon Red

ngl it hurt when my local mall got rid of their fountain. where am i supposed to thrown my quarters now

I don't remember too much of the 90's since I was born in late 1993. But I DO have distinctive memories of like 1995/1996/1997 of being a little kid wandering around in the mall.

I remember LOTS of the designs were based on MEMPHIS design. For those too young to know about this, it's basically that late 80's/early 90's design trend that took over. Most of you would associate that 'aesthetic' with the 90's. Here's an example: (This is obviously overkill)

Anyways, I remember being a little toddler in the mall seeing these colorful shapes and designs. It evokes a LOT of nostalgia in me.

^ Stuff like that was extremely comforting to see when I was young. It was very welcoming and fun. I miss those designs.

Also even though Vaporwave is a pretty dead genre, some of the gems like this are super fitting to that whole memphis design stuff

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Now it’s just

Wtf is this

Yeah it's a shame about the internet's effect on brick & mortar shops and subsequently malls. That physical aspect is just completely disappearing in favor of convenience & prices. But malls were the best and they started dying out here right as I was getting old enough to f*** around alone or with friends in there

The malls that are still standing today that are active are great

I got a photo of like 3 years old me in the mall