I might have an unpopular opinion, but I still think White Flint will stay as the best mall in MoCo.

When I was a kid in the 80's we used to travel "all the way" out to the suburbs to go to White Flint Mall once a year to buy school clothes. For some reason, it was a big deal, and we'd plan in advance and my mom would get us to try on every article of clothing, and every article of hand me down clothing by telling us we could go to the food court.

When I was a teenager and the metro started running out there, and I realized it was really not that far I can remember being amazed because when I was a kid it felt like it was soooo far away.

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.

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.)

Anonymous wrote:ANYTHING on that lot. I live nearby now and get so frustrated that they won’t move forward with redevelopment.

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My blood would boil if the only thing they'll decide to come up with is to ultimately just demolish the abandoned building and replace it with boring modern looking apartments. I remember the SYMS store that was by the Twinbrook metro station closed down too, and eventually the area surrounding it was developed by those modern-styled apartments, it just feels depressing to see it now.

Riding the glass elevators as a kid.

ANYTHING on that lot. I live nearby now and get so frustrated that they won’t move forward with redevelopment.

Here's a map of the mall in the fall of 2013, just a little about a year and a few months before it closed and the start of the demolishment. I still remember The Cheesecake Factory being on the first floor and we ate there about a few weeks I think before they announced the closure.

Bertuccis. I know that’s probably more an early 2000s thing but sometimes we’d be coming home on 95 and pick up a pizza when we got off the beltway….

Convience, I loved that back area that looked different as a teen.

The food court.
When they auctioned off parts of the mall, i was able to outfit my restaurant kitchen with some things from the food court

OP, you really unlocked one of the best memories I still keep to this day. Loved shopping at the Lord & Taylor store and I frequently went there twice a week before they announced that the mall would permanently close. I would buy either heels or dresses for myself and my mom ( she still prefers the H&M though. )

Borders!

The food at the Burger King there actually looked like the pictures.

I grew up in North Bethesda in the mid and late 90's close to the White Flint Mall, and every time I pass by to where the mall use to be, abandoned and demolished as it still is, I always remember all the nostalgic memories I had about being a pre-teen and going frequently to White Flint during the 90's (about a decade and a half I think before it closed for good).

One thing I will always remember was the Dave and Busters. Probably one of the biggest reasons why I always loved the White Flint Mall, but the aesthetic of the mall as a whole was probably what I always feel nostalgic about. I wish White Flint came back, but sadly, things have changed a lot since it closed.


Picture above is the mall while it's abandoning and closing era.