STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The days of yore always seem to shine a bit brighter in hindsight — and the same goes for the Staten Island Mall.
A 1990 directory of the Staten Island Mall is circulating on Reddit , serving up some of that bittersweet nostalgia of a mall that boasted 16 shoe stores and a liquor store within its hallowed halls.
Food joints — Blimpies, Roy Rogers, Stuft Potato — serve up delicious memories as Tape World poised as the entryway to the background music of the age.
Of course, not everything is history.
The old mall directory. 1990
by u/Buldoon in statenisland
Aeropostale, Macy’s, and Spencer Gifts are living relics of the Staten Island Mall that existed 35 years ago.
“That Kay Bee Toys was my drug,” one commenter posted. Another joked it was “…where I took m