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…