Went on my first date to the Village Theater across the street from Town and Country Village. On the corner of Fulton and Marconi in front of the shopping center was a set of HUGE wooden wheels from a logging dolly. The shopping center was a collection of free-standing businesses built around little courtyards and passageways. Very relaxing. All the buildings had glass cases affixed to their outer walls that contained antique firearms. I was fascinated.
Thank you so much this is all information We just don’t have because 90% of us whenever there at that time. I’ve been there hundreds of times beginning in the 80s but prior to that I have no knowledge of what the place look like other than this film.
@@OfficeofImageArchaeology Town and Country Village was the first shopping mall in the Sacramento area, and I think on of the first in the nation. Not a covered mall, like there are now, but open air. Much more appealing. All the buildings were rustic and constructed of native redwood with cedar shake roofs. I loved going there as a kid.
@@thewickedwitchofthewest6575 As I recall, the Village Theater was not actually in Town and Country Village. It was on the opposite corner of Fullton and Marconi.
So many memories here! There was a very nice pharmacy on the corner of the Village & lots of wonderful shops. The Village Theater close by & Regal Gas Station just down the street where my Dad won a Cadillac in '59 or '60! It had the big tail fins & I still have the pictures of the station manager handing my Daddy the keys. That whole area is as vivid in my mind like it was yesterday. Great footage! I'm so glad you posted it 📽️
That is so cool Jeanne, such a great memory and thank you for sharing it. I can’t imagine a gas station today giving you anything. Lol, you can’t even get them to give you a towline to wash your windshield! I discovered that are about 1976 and thought it was the best shopping center, mall in Sacramento.
I remember going to Baskin Robins, William Glen and Bob’s Toyland when I was a kid - always liked that collection of lever-actions by the fountain. Shame 99% of the place was flattened for transient, low-end mini-mall shops. Sacramento is imploding: it’s nothing like I remember.
Unfortunately, similar to Country Club Mall area, that part of Arden Arcade was filled with "old" money which has been dying off more and more and the area has become less desirable.
@@ninersdd21 yeah, I drive through Arden Arcade every day: it’s a been a gradual implosion there. Whistle Stop, Graphic Hobby House, Bob’s, Coral Reef, Kid-E Corral, Tower, Weinstocks… all memories. Emigh and Country Club Lanes are the only constants.
Yes ma’am it’s depressing what happens to a city or state when Democrats own it. In some cases, even Republicans make a shambles of things, but I find all too often it’s the Democrats. Thank you for watching.
@@OfficeofImageArchaeology and parents who refuse to raise their kids with any punishments so they now run loose sh00ting anyone they can't fight and win, my old neighborhood was beautiful as a kid now south sac is a war zone. Glad I left in 06.
@@reneesotelo7664 I used to live off of Fruitridge near Stockton and another place off Del Norte. That was back in 1978 or nine I think. It definitely had issues back then, but nothing like today. The place off of fruit Ridge was an apartment complex and Del Norte for a cul-de-sac full of duplexes. Back then we were trying to rehabilitate the area. It didn’t work.
@@OfficeofImageArchaeology I was born and raised there till I left in 2006. Right off 47th Ave on Welty way by the old Paul bunion hotel when it was still there of course every where u go has its problems but ur right it was nothing compared to the crap I seen in 2014 when I went home after my mom had a heart attack. Looks like a lost cause these days. Sad
I took guitar lessons at Town and Country Village in the late 60s, early 70s from Dan Schmidt, the father of Timothy B. Schmidt [sic] at his music shop, Ye Olde Music Shoppe. I remember this place well.
@@rph111745 Did you buy it from Dan Schmit? At some point, maybe 1970, Chuck Evans shared that same set of practice rooms in that suite at Ye Olde Music Shoppe. Evans had a display case in the lobby with a slide guitar in it. But, if I remember correct, this wasn't until about 1970. BTW, Mr. Schmit also gave violin lessons. My mother started with guitar lessons. A few years later, I and my cousin started guitar lessons with Mr. Schmit and my mother left the guitar and started violin lessons with Mr. Schmit. What's odd is that I have the most clear memories of the restroom...through the back, down that hall to the end, the far west of that strip. The same can of bathroom cleaner sat there in the window for the entire time that we attended music lessons: 'Better living through Chemistry DuPont Chemicals.' It's odd what sticks with a person. Hahahaha...;-)
@@thewickedwitchofthewest6575 Seeing how it was back in 1962, I don't have a detailed recollection. All I remember is that it was a two neck steel guitar, on six string neck and an eight string neck. I had to get a Stevens steel tp play because my thumb was to short to use a round one. I had a few lessons from some guy who worked out of his house on Bell St off of Howe Ave. Only had few lesson before my funds ran out. Went into the army, when I got back the guitar was gone.
Thank you for sharing your memories, I do identify with your guitar loss though. As a kid my pop had a wrecking yard of sorts in the little town of College City CA. I have wonderful memories of that place. I joined the Air Force in 75. When I left for basic I owned 3 cars. A 1936 Olds, a 1956 Chevy convertible and a 1967 Ford Galaxy convertible. When I got out of Tech School and home on leave I discovered my pop had sold them all. He just said, sorry the family needed the cash. I never said a word about it but it seems the older I get the deeper that wound goes. Lol Thank you for watching.
I never thought about when the first drive-thru car wash was invented but, apparently they had them in the 50's. I didn't move to Sacramento until the 90's and it looks different today in 2023 even from that time frame.
I moved to Sacramento in 1975 and I am constantly amazed at how much is grown. When I first moved here, it was hard for me to believe that this was the capital of California. Thank you for watching
The last time that I was there, Town and Country, was 1994. There used to be a deli where the same guy asked me what I looked like in a bathing suit before he'd serve me a slice of the german chocolate cake that I'd ordered, a bank branch (my memory fails and I'm not sure if it was Bank of America, Wells Fargo or United Bank or possibly even a Bank of Alex Brown), and a women's clothing shop that had the same polynesian themed clothing in the front windows with the same yellowed plastic guard that, in 1994, had all been converted into a Trader Joe's. This square of building was on Marconi, closer to Fulton.
Before post modern liberalism....what a beautiful time to have been an adult...as a former Roseville gal this looks like a different world...the Roseville video tugged my heart...I feel like I was a part of it but far too late...
God bless people like you, this new generation wants nothing more than to destroy everything that came before them. The liberal agenda in this Country has been more destructive than the Civil War could have ever been. Thank you so much for watching have a great weekend.
GET IT STRAIGHT!The stupid car wash, WAS on the other side of Fulton Ave... Along with the "Town and Country Village Theater! LOCATED on the N east side of Fulton Ave and Marconi Ave... 《ACROSS the street.》 Was THE MAIN THREAD & Heart of THE... "TOWN AND COUNTRY VILLAGE"! It was a design of Aviance... Reflecting it's aura, back to a reminiscent time. When the quality of genuine friendly care, was given to eachother! Always being there to help your fellow neighbor, no matter where they came from. Even opening the store, when closed on a Holiday... If your customer friend, needed a certain item...the merchant was a friend in need! The quintessential theme, behind the ~Town & Country Village" ~ The lanes of the "Town & Country Village" We're aligned with shops, restaurants, and much more... Filled with merchants; Bonny and gordrn, Miles n Miles, Town & Country Village Flower Shop, May Gim oriental jewelry /fashion, Baskin Robbins, William Glen, village 5 and 10, Bob's Toyland, Aldos restaurant, Anderson Brothers Pharmacy, Orange Horse, Groths Shoes, Brother Deli's, Pardees camera, Alta's pet center, town and country Travel, Suburban Yardage, T&C Post office, Lucky Store, Library, T&c Crafts, Ransahoffs, Italian hot dog, Sacramento Savings Bear Bank, Park Bench Hair Salon, Swanson Cleaners, Dempsey Jeweler... All nestled, within cozy streets enfolding many cases of antique reflects with a story of history. Every one on a summer night would stroll along these lanes...having an ice cream cone from Baskin Robbins....it was magical! Now the new owners have done gone and RUINED IT! thanks, for your ugly new modern way of I'll clad design. SHAME ON YOU! YOUR TASTE IS IN YOUR MOUTH!
