Is Woodbridge Center the ugliest mall in New Jersey? (Jersey City: house, to buy)

[Jackal1]

I believe most retail space will become showrooms for online retailers. Much like in the distant past when Sears and Roebuck was a showroom for its catalog business and just stocked some essential goods.
Some smaller scale of retail will still exist with the increase of online sales. Much in the same fashion that movie theaters didn’t disssapear after the likes of Blockbuster. People are social and still want to go out.
Mall owners need to reinvent themselves to stay in business. Possibly by adding more recreation and entertainment business. They could also bring back pet shops for strange cousins and the likes of them.

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by AnesthesiaMD

I am basically average in size for a man, 6’1”, but my inseam is only 30 inches. I can find what Im looking for in regular stores, but shirts are often too short and pants are often too long. I usually need to try on 2 or 3 things before I find the right fit. When I am buying online, I cant do that.

I know what you mean, though, about being too lazy to return stuff. I've done that and ended up putting it the donation bag. Something brand new.

[EdGuitar]

Originally Posted by Retriever

I see this on a daily basis, courtesy of the parents who drive their precious snowflakes to the school bus stop, rather than allowing them to walk (horrors!!) perhaps as far as 3 blocks, in an area with essentially zero crime. I can understand this type of overly protective behavior on very cold days, or when it is raining, but the same parents can be seen every day of the school year, sheltering their kids within the confines of the family truckster until the school bus arrives.

Yeah I know what you mean, but try to look at it from this point of view. According to the NCMEC, 25,500 children went missing in 2017 alone with one in seven being victims of child sex traffic and/or pedophilia victims. As a parent of my only 10 year old boy, I can't afford for something like this to happen to us. So, as much as I hate not letting my child fence for himself, I hate the thought of my son being a victim of this kind of crimes even more...............unfortunately, we are not in Kansas anymore.

[Retriever]

Originally Posted by EdGuitar

So, as much as I hate not letting my child fence for himself, I hate the thought of my son being a victim of this kind of crimes.

Statistically, fencing is one of the safest sports.

[AnesthesiaMD]

Originally Posted by Retriever

Statistically, fencing is one of the safest sports.

Safer than golf?

[Retriever]

Originally Posted by AnesthesiaMD

Safer than golf?

No, it isn't safer than golf, but it is surely safer than most other sports, given the types of protective gear than fencers wear.

[AnesthesiaMD]

Originally Posted by Retriever

No, it isn't safer than golf, but it is surely safer than most other sports, given the types of protective gear than fencers wear.

Good, because I like golf. I have no interest in fencing, especially now, what with this new information from Ed Guitar.

We are talking about fencing with a sword, right? Not fencing stolen property, because that could be really dangerous.

[NYtoNJtoPA]

Originally Posted by vision33r

Take one section or wing of Woodbridge mall and that's how big Livingston Mall is. It has a food court and that's probably where most people are but otherwise it's more like town square or strip mall.

I know people rank nearby Short Hills mall highly but that mall is also boring and lacking a food court. A lot of snobs there because of the high end stores but there's nothing there that interests me.

I have never been to either Short Hills or Livingston Malls personally so I can't tell you about the clientele. I personally have always hated stuffiness and dealing with those who have their noses up in the air, so I am sure it would be a rather unpleasant experience for me. Though now that I've become successful I can make fun of them.

[NYtoNJtoPA]

Originally Posted by Retriever

IIRC correctly, Steinbach's moved into the space that was originally occupied by Ohrbach's. Then again, due to all of the changing merchants' names over the years, perhaps I have the spaces confused.

Fortunoff moved into their space many years after the opening of Woodbridge Center, following the demise of Hahne's. Hahne's was a really nice store, and that was where I bought most of my clothing back in those days.

IIRC, after the collapse of Fortunoff's, that same space was occupied by Boscov's, and that gives you a clue as to the current nature of Woodbridge Center. After Boscov's opened, I decided to take a look, and I found a true schlock store, with clothing racks so crammed together that it was almost impossible to move through the men's clothing section.

Just to make the trip to Boscov's worthwhile, I wound up buying a bath towel that seemed like a good value. When it fell apart after its third laundering, I realized that this very low-quality item was actually a very poor value.

When a schlock store--selling schlock merchandise--is one of your anchor stores, your mall has fallen to a very low level.

I don't know much about Boscov's. There is one in the Neshaminy Mall in my area now. I have heard some second hand information that their products are rather low quality, like Walmart is. On the other hand my s/o bought a nice dress there that she wore to my nephew/godson's christening in December though that was the only time she wore it. By the same token, Woodbridge still has Lord & Taylor which is very high end. Neither of the malls in my area have that, in fact I cannot think of any L&T in Pennsylvania.

[NYtoNJtoPA]

Originally Posted by Jackal1

I believe most retail space will become showrooms for online retailers. Much like in the distant past when Sears and Roebuck was a showroom for its catalog business and just stocked some essential goods.
Some smaller scale of retail will still exist with the increase of online sales. Much in the same fashion that movie theaters didn’t disssapear after the likes of Blockbuster. People are social and still want to go out.
Mall owners need to reinvent themselves to stay in business. Possibly by adding more recreation and entertainment business. They could also bring back pet shops for strange cousins and the likes of them.

My favorite was the Black Rose Antiques which became an anchor in the Phillipsburg Mall in Phillipsburg, NJ. This is a small (1 level) mall, that is a dead mall by most standards, but that store has a lot of cool old stuff with plenty of little "show room" booths. You could spend hours in there.