The T-branch they built in the mid-90s was completely empty except for 1 restaurant on the 1st level. But the place was still open, there were about 30 people or so in the food court (don’t know how many were employees), and the stray customer walking around here and there (mostly near Macy’s). The mall basically seems like it’s catering to an older age group and is more a one-stop shop for various services rather than typical mall stores: they had a karate studio (for the less older people), an eyeglass place, chiropractor, and I think an insurance place. And, of course, that barber shop is still there.

I’ve been a Northern Jersey kid all my life, and I practically lived at the Nanuet Mall as a teen back in the 90s: me and my buddy would go there every weekend, hit up Sam Goody for CDs and Suncoast Video across the way for the under $10 VHS section. Eat at the BK or Taco Bell at the food court, check out a few other stores, then head to the strip to buy comics, play Mortal Kombat, and drink Arizona iced tea at the Paperback Exchange. Walk over to the record store down the strip (I can’t remember the name) and scope that out for more music & used NES games. I remember seeing “The Crow” and “Forrest Gump” at the theater in the strip, too. It’s sad to see what’s come of this place, and I hope they’re able to revitalize it somehow while retaining the current structure.