What do you miss the most about the White Flint Mall?

[Anonymous]

Discovery Zone. My husband and I were discussing this today.

[Anonymous]

Love the cobblestone area, food court with Jerry's, some of the stores, Cheesecake Factory and Bertucci's with the long wait times, movie theater, easy parking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was a young mom without a lot of friends and used to take my son to White Flint mall to ride the little train. We'd also get one of those race car strollers they gave out for free, eat lunch in the food court, read books in Borders, maybe buy some Baby Gap clothes. It was a calm period of life that I really miss (he's in college now.)

I miss Conductor Steve too.

Same! My kids loved the train. It was a rainy day activity for us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Borders!

With that escalator!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was a young mom without a lot of friends and used to take my son to White Flint mall to ride the little train. We'd also get one of those race car strollers they gave out for free, eat lunch in the food court, read books in Borders, maybe buy some Baby Gap clothes. It was a calm period of life that I really miss (he's in college now.)

Same here except I would enjoy taking the kids to Pottery Barn Kids then going over to Williams Sonoma.

Miss how all the nice stores were in one location. Now you have to go to many different shopping places.

[Anonymous]

Borders was wonderful!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was a young mom without a lot of friends and used to take my son to White Flint mall to ride the little train. We'd also get one of those race car strollers they gave out for free, eat lunch in the food court, read books in Borders, maybe buy some Baby Gap clothes. It was a calm period of life that I really miss (he's in college now.)

This was me too! And my DD in college as well. Sometimes we’d walk into Pottery Barn Kids and play with toy kitchens after Borders and train ride. I think back on those days fondly and how they gave me something to do during the winter months when it was too cold to be outside.

[Anonymous]

I used to work at that Borders in the late 90s. So much fun working there. The mall was a happening place then. Everyone waiting for their tables at Cheesecake would come to Borders so I'd be in the middle of helping a customer and their table beeper would go off. Lol. I just loved that mall. The glass elevator made it seem so fancy and the long escalators in Borders. They were super fast too! I remember in college I got a dress at Cache thinking that place was so fancy and I used to love the Banana Republic there. It was a good one. The mall was always so decked out at Christmas and they'd play good Christmas music throughout. Good memories. We'll never those mall vibes back again. Malls today are just depressing.

[Anonymous]

Gentleman’s Jodhpur! lol! Kidding because I never shopped there but I miss that a store like that exists.

The Tinder Box
B. Dalton Books
Some pen store I can’t remember the name of
The elevators!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gentleman’s Jodhpur! lol! Kidding because I never shopped there but I miss that a store like that exists.

The Tinder Box
B. Dalton Books
Some pen store I can’t remember the name of
The elevators!

Bertram’s Pens?

[Anonymous]

BORDERS!!!!!!!
Sorry. I’m a bit overcome by nostalgia….

I liked the Lord and Taylor’s and the Bloomies much better than the other local branches of those stores.
There was a wonderful place that my Mom liked for jewelry repair and custom jewelry. I think it was called something like Dikomeys.

This was my favorite mall as a teen. My Mom would give me a time to meet her, and we’d go off in completely different directions, and meet up at a bench in the “Georgetown “ area to see if I needed more shopping time. I don’t remember the food court. I spent most of my time and most of my allowance in Borders.

[Anonymous]

I miss D&B a lot, but it was sometimes a sketchy place to go during the nighttime. Still really fun to go every once in a bit.

[Anonymous]

I bought pornography there when I was in HS. Are these the kinds of memories you are looking for?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I bought pornography there when I was in HS. Are these the kinds of memories you are looking for?

What were you even doing in HS that made you do this exactly?

[Anonymous]

Wish I could find pictures of the original eatery from the 80s. There was a pizza place (not sabarro) that made individual pizzas and a fish and chips stall (wrapped in newspaper) so good. I magnum, the children’s place, Bloomingdale’s and the cobblestone section with the sticker shop. I loved that mall.