Another excellent video sir. Breaks my heart to see the Orange Mall gutted. So many great memories hanging with friends, back to school shopping, and catching the midnight movie at the Orange 6 theater behind The Broadway. 👍✌️
This truly saddens me 😞- so many wonderful childhood memories with my parents, shopping at B. Dalton Booksellers, and the huge Toy Store they had, I believe almost next door to the bookstore! Oh, my mom LOVED to shop at The Broadway LOL!! We were so sad when that went and was later replaced with, of all things, a Wal-Mart *sigh*...truly a sign of the times. Also, yes, the little 6-Theater behind the Mall was where I saw so many movies with family and friends during my youth!! Christmas time at the Orange Mall was also a blast getting to hang-out in the toy section at Sears (which was in their basement/downstairs) while my father was picking out gifts for family friends!
@@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN Yeah, even the K-Mart is gone - in fact, speaking of things no longer in this area, Cinemapolis/Cinema City is being replaced by a Tesla Dealership...I am (still) so upset!! I remember the Pic N' Save in the same center as K-Mart too. Lots of fun times shopping with my mom for cool inexpensive toys and household nick-nacks 🙂!! I get it time changes things, BUT this is just too much change and not necessarily for the better 😞.
The j c penny building was a woolworth store when the mall opened, I was a manager there. My first job was at Sears at the Xmas free pot when I was 18. Now I am 80....
So my dad Karel Timmermans tiled those 3 orange arches when he worked for McCandless Tile. I was 5 years old but I remember him or the company getting some kind of an award for it since nothing like that had been done before. All just a memory now.
I have many fond memories of the Orange Mall. One that stands out is when I was a sophomore and bought Dokken’s Tooth and Nail on vinyl from Sam Goody while shopping with my mom and sister. My best friend in high school had a thing for the Carl’s Jr. on the Sears end of the mall. I also remember frequenting the walk-in movie theater during my high school and college years. For a brief time in college, I worked at Things Remembered, and I even covered a shift for my high school sweetheart, who couldn’t make it to her shift at a kiosk after having a bit too much to drink the night before.
Yes, they were cool. I would save my money to buy a cool knife when I was a kid. No one got upset that I would have one and make a big deal out of it. I could show them off to family and friends. No one got hurt or anything. But in today's society if a kid has a whittling knife they sure make a big deal out of it. Times sure have changed. I recently happened upon my knife collection. They still look new in their original packaging and discovered that they are now worth thousands of dollars. Not bad for a kid with a pocket knife to make an investment.😢@@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN
I look forward to the future of this property. Last time I went into SEARS there were dead mice and the smell of retirement lingering. It's served its purpose. Great video!
Awesome video. I watched the Westminster mall video about a month ago and it made me go check it out for myself. I'm so glad I went. Thanks for the great videos.
WOW! I moved to Orange County in 1990. Back then, this was the Orange Mall .. Anchored by Sears and JC Penney. Sears had a huge Auto Center. They did a lot of service and maintenance jobs on cars. Everything under the hood except engine and transmission work. I came here when i didn't know any mechanics... Come very early and sit here all day until my car was finished. There was a second-run movie theater in the northwest corner of the mall... AMC Orange. Tickets were $1.
Oh wow. You mentioned the La Fiesta Mexican restaurant!!!! Same here. My grandparents would take us with them in the early 80s when they babysat me and my brother. Crazy how it’s changing! The basement at the sears is actually 24 hours fitness. You walk in to check in and then go down the stairs or elevator to basement for the workout floor and lockers and pool area
I was there yesterday! Can't believe The Village Mall is done for! When I took videos of them demoing the building itself, I had an emotional moment! My childhood is forever gone! I remember going to Todai Japanese Buffet, food was great! Man so many memories!
@@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN That Sears has been empty for years! First one to go then JcPenny! I still have my ninja blender from Sears which I got it for $25, retail was $125! Closeout sale my friend! Well I might have to visit spirit of Halloween! Watching the Mall get demolished knowing the memories you have of it, just feels emotional. Can't describe it, almost feels like being lost! Where Party City sits use to be a hobby store called Ultimate Hobbies which they relocated further down on Tustin Ave.
@@caponecruz6259 that was my mall growing up in the 70s. I do own a MALL OF ORANGE street sign that was out there on the streets some pace & It has to be from the 80's i bet
You were brave to do that much walking during our heat wave 🥵. Yikes! Appreciate your efforts to make this video. So many good memories there: getting some Sees candy and then going to the pet store to look at the puppies & kittens🥰. Good times.
@@pauline3735 it was HOT & i burned a calorie...lol. I see it even shows the beginning of the Airport fire in the distance when i was by the JCPenneys out back.
Im going to miss this little hangout. Me and my lady called it "The Mini Mall". We used to eat at the In-N-Out across the street then hit the Mall and Walmart lol.
Being a kid of the 80's and 90's, it sucks to see these vids. I lived in Northridge, so i would go to that one all the time. Grandma would take me to JC Pennies for back to school shopping.
Where the habit is used to be sass shoes, next to the sass shoes used to be total wine and more, in the corner was a party city, next to the Petco. I actually haven’t been over there since they’ve started demolition. Can’t believe they closed the Savon. That dumpling place is super new. Next to home goods used to be Tilly’s and a Verizon. I actually used to work in the salon at JCPenney’s back in the day. Or the 90s.
I remember the SASS shoes there now you say it. They moved down Tustin Ave if they're still even down there? I remember a JCPenney eatery there waaaaaay back.
I thought they just redid all these parts of the mall in the early 2000s and the early 90s too, anyhow just be careful videoing they can be disturbing asbestos, that you can't see or smell!
Oh man what a sad day. I worked at that Sears and I used to work at the Broadway as both the salesperson and in los prevention. Sad to see what's happening at these malls. if they just added some living space up above. Condos, townhomes. I keep telling all these developers. I'm a Gen X. We grew up at the mall. We later got jobs working at the mall. I also worked at that CVS too when it was inside the mall. very small. I wish they would do mixed use because I personally would love to own a condo You can then take your elevator down You could put medical doctors in urgent care facilities and there that cater specifically to geriatric practice. Add in your trader Joe's and a few other amenities and guess what folks You've got a great area to live. I like to see the movies so put in an AMC but those reclining lounge chairs and let's get to it I want a new place to live that's fun and they could have done it here. Added in a dark dog park and a few other things and they would have had people lining up to live there. Sad sad day. I know Simon shopping centers is doing that in Tacoma and a few other places in the Pacific Northwest. Doctors need cheaper rent in so if you build a suite of medical providers as well as have a place to shop etc it's perfect for seniors who can't drive they could take their golf cart or motorized shooter to get around. Buses could come right to that location and then take them out to the casino and all the other places that seniors like to go too.
@@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN Well not quite. CA does have the affordable housing programs so the 10-20% of the units that have to go to that will get occupants. The rest will remain empty though so they can get their tax write-off. Its sad but since they closed, well forced out, the wine exchange that was there almost everyone I know quit going there. It may not be much but the 40-50+ we each spent there weekly adds up, since it was 20+ of us. Westminster Mall got hit by business just west of it closing. It does bring a point though with the closing of so much were will people work to shop anyways?
Yeah people do need to work but where when so many places are going out / closing businesses. Online sales is an easy peocess but killing everything else
I used to like that mall. What are they going to build? I think they want to build houses and or apartments. We don't need more of that.15 min cities HMMMM. Sad to see it go. Yes we had a hot humid summer.
@@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN U look like Alex Jons, has anyone told u that? I thought u were him when i first saw your pic on a video thumbnail, lol. Btw. I saw an article on an app called Newsbreak: It mentioned Crenshaw Mall. But it didn't elude to it closing down. I can only assume it did. But the news story had pop up ads and you couldn't read the story. I know u cover mostly malls and sites closing down, but how about South Coat Plaza mall ( As being the most expensive mall in Southern Cali/ ex. watch stores: Lange and Sohn that sell $100,000 watches/ , also Century City Mall being one of the most expensive in the sense that I can barely afford parking to see that mall, lol. I believe they have luxury watch stores there too and a very upscale store selection.
@@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN I don't know if u remember Falbrook Mall in West Hills, California in the 1990's. But I google imaged searched it and saw old pics of the interior, If you can find enough old pics you can recreate a video of how it used to be and what is today. Same with Topanga mall ( west Hills ), which has since expanded in 2024 to a much larger more luxurious mall, and the new development of bars/restaurants/strip before Promenade Mall in Woodland hills. I think promenade mall may still be the same from the 1990's. Also U might as well cover panorama mall. Hell, all malls in So cal. They don't have to be closed down, cuz one day soon they might.. U got a cool concept of a channel. Hell all malls in the different area codes in so cal.
It broke my heart the last few times I went and it was almost empty every time. I used to take my sons there to the pet stores just to watch the puppies and some other pets. Sweet memories though… 🥲🥲🥲 does some one knows what is the plan after that?
