Today We Tour This Super Dead Mall, The Source Mall (Westbury, NY.) Cops We're Called After Filming... Let's Take A Look! ?History: - Welcome to The Mall At The Source in Westbury NY. The site of The Mall at the Source was originally Roosevelt Field airport, with Charles Lindbergh taking off on his trans-Atlantic flight near the site of the mall's parking garage. Roosevelt Raceway bought the property when it expanded the harness-racing track in the 1940s for additional parking. In the early 1960s, Ohrbach's constructed a department store on leased land at the northeast corner of the raceway's property. Fortunoff built its store several years later in 1964, as they followed their customers east from the original Fortunoff location in Brooklyn. Alan Fortunoff bought the entire property north of the current boundary of Transverse Drive from Roosevelt Raceway in the early 1980s.In the late 1980s, Alan Fortunoff planned to construct the Long Island Galleria shopping mall, one comparable to the size of the massive Roosevelt Field Mall a few miles away but with different stores. It was to be built by the Westfield Group and include Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom as anchor stores. Community pressure over concerns forced Fortunoff to scale back the size and scope of the mall. Roughly half of the property was sold to Price Club (now Costco), which developed their portion to include a Kmart (now Walmart). The mall was instead built by Simon Property Group, and they continued to manage and co-own the mall until August 2012. The mall was also the first on Long Island to house clothing chains H&M, Old Navy, Nordstrom Rack, and Saks Off 5th. It was also the first to house restaurants including The Cheesecake Factory, Dave & Buster's, P.F. Chang's China Bistro, and Rainforest Cafe (closed on October 19, 2000). The Mall at The Source is also adjacent to many other shopping complexes and restaurants. 2009 saw the shuttering of all three anchor stores — Fortunoff, Steve & Barry's, and Circuit City — crippling foot traffic and resulting in a steady abandonment by its remaining tenants. On August 9, 2012, it was announced that the property was to go up for auction by the end of the month; by then, the mall was under 50% occupancy. The opening of the nearby Gallery at Westbury Plaza in late 2012 prompted Nordstrom Rack, Old Navy, and Saks Off 5th to move away, leaving the future of the mall uncertain. On August 28, an auction was held but was unsuccessful in attracting buyers. Lenders then took ownership of the mall, and Newmark Grubb Knight Frank was hired for management. In 2013, a Lord & Taylor outlet store and the Jewelry Emporium and Mall opened in the former Nordstrom Rack and Off 5th, respectively. However, these stores failed to increase foot traffic at the ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfKFFBoB0DM

This Kmart Opened In 1998 After Moving Into This Former Venture Location. It Later Closed In January 2018 And Has Yet To Reopen As A New Business, Come Along Why Don't You? Stay Connected: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GriffinYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grm_adventures Twitter: https://twitter.com/GRM_Adventures Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/grm.adventures Official Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/civilized-retail-store All Music Provided By "Royalty Free Planet" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6-wx-04aMXk6a3m_fSXLEw Disclaimer: We do not condone going to these places to cause any sort of trouble. We only film to preserve the history of these buildings and admire them before they're gone. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrPbjjzq2EU