A Blast From The Past: 60 Pictures From A Shopping Mall In The Summer Of 1990

Ned Hardy ^ | May 13, 2013

[2ndDivisionVet]

You won't believe how much has changed since then. Notice anything peculiar (other than the fashions) in some of these photos? (Many photos at link)

[mylife]

I guess Joyzee.

[heshtesh]

When i earned minimum wage it was 2.65 hr. and I was 17.

[Roos_Girl]

Two peculiar things, people don’t smoke in the mall anymore and now way some of those photos are from summer given the heavy jackets some people have on.

[Wiser now]

“Mall bangs”. That’s what my daughter’s called them. Of course, they also had them!

[Cementjungle]

Notice anything peculiar

Yes... in many of the pictures, people are wearing winter coats... in the summer.

[Jim from C-Town]

Looks like the mall, the last time I was in one, which may have been 1990.

[LdSentinal]

Yeah, it's either Roosevelt Field Mall or Green Acres in NY

The last pic on the bottom to the entrance of Sears makes me think it's the Green Acres mall.

[wku man]

I miss big hair on women. For that matter, I miss young women that actually look like women. These days, so many of them look like Satanic nightmares, I don't even want to look at them long enough to determine what they are.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[353FMG]

Business is booming, no closed shops.

[heshtesh]

As I recall this country also was’nt regulated to death!

[tflabo]

Not many tatoos— although some of those pics were taken in cool weather dates.

[shibumi]

I have a habit of going to the gym late at night. (We’ve got a great 24 hour club here.)

I like not having the crowds and the distractions.

Last night there were only three of us in the weight room. After a few minutes I noticed I was the only one moving from machine to machine.

You guessed it! The other two guys were sitting on their exercise machines, either surfing or texting. I watched for a minuter or two, but realizing that I was a sixty-something watching a couple of twenty-somethings, I just gave it a sigh ..... and moved on.

[2ndDivisionVet]

So you could be my son? Thanks, I needed that.

[mylife]

Are there army men on that cake!

The Horror!

[Viennacon]

I miss a lot of that stuff. ‘Definitely took it for granted. One of the fashions I miss in particular was girls wearing shirts that were too big for them. This was everywhere among teenage girls especially.

[diabolicNYC]

Nope, this is definitely the Smith Haven Mall in Smithtown, NY.

[Born to Conserve]

Smoking — I remember my eyes burning at the mall. When they stopped smoking, my eyes stopped burning. The funny thing is how many people will hate me for saying this.

[dfwgator]

Still can't believe Patrick is no longer with us.

[KC_Lion]

Are there army men on that cake! The Horror!

Hell, I think I still have them somewhere. Probably in the attic.

(I still have those records too)

[KC_Lion]

If you were born in '60, my father was born in '54 and my Mother was born in '56.

So that should make you feel better 2DV.

Lol