Walking Around at The San Jacinto Mall - Summer 1991 

Weird decorations ? Go nowadays and everything is weird, including the people.

Don't forget the Pastal'd colored plant pots! :P Going to the mall in 1990 was the best! We didn't even realize that this was as good as it was going to get. Until the late 90's creeped up, and then the awful 2000's and on wards.

That was the 90's brother.

I miss it. I was an 80s kid and a 90s tennager

I had no idea. I remember visiting that mall when I was very little with my brother. That is so sad. :-(

+adidas1984x And, It will never happen again, I'm very happy that I recorded this, Never new this would be a treasured memory!!

Yep! I'd say it lasted until maybe mid 1993

Huh 93? No way... The mall scene was prime throughout the 90s due to the rise in many things. Movies alone made the place seem full from 5-11 pm. Mid 80s-early 2000s were a prime time to buy electronical devices. The 90s were filled with useless crap to buy if you were living a middle class style. I'd say sometime in the early 2000s, the mall scene was on it's death bed. The magical was certainly not there but on the weekends, most malls were filled up imo still. It wasn't until post 2009 where it's basically just a empty building. It's not over yet tho lol.

I miss the 90s. Great time to be a teenager

@@midnightmoon3230 a lot of hangouts that my friend group and i have are actually very reminiscent of how it was in the 90s. We all went to the mall and walked around for 7 hours just 2 days ago.

FACTSSS

Thats exactly how I feel

Wow, brilliantly put

Same here, my whole life was in front of me

Thank you for giving me the back story about this mall. I do remember how I loved the food court area. It seemed to me that there were a lot of plants throughout the mall. For some reason I was thinking about Greenspoint Mall instead of San Jacinto when I left a previous comment to you and deleted it because I realized I was mixed up. My mom and I used to shop mostly at that one all the time. I went over to see it a couple of months ago and there was a security guard that I talked to inside who told me where the jungle gym I used to play on was. I just about cried because it is totally boarded up and only a few stores are left. There was a Scooby Doo Pizza across the street where we used to go and that shopping center is in a sad state, too. I guess I'm too sentimental. Everything changes but we still have the memories at those places. I don't know that I've ever been to Baybrook Mall. That's encouraging, though. Yes. I think Amazon has singlehandedly shut down a lot of brick and mortar stores although I love the convenience of it. The pandemic, too. Maybe sometime I'll go to Baybrook. I mostly shop at Deerbrook and occasionally at The Woodlands Mall which is very nice.

@@kevinrichards3288Not sure if I remember those but I remember having a baked potato with melted cheese and broccoli on top. lol I also remember the slanted windows when I looked up at the ceiling where it always looked cloudy outside because they were tinted. lol

@@kevinrichards3288 Oh, interesting. I think I may have remembered those animals elsewhere but I think I only was out in the main part of the mall. If you don't mind me asking, when did you grow up? (70s, 80s, 90s) What you are talking about reminds me of Slinkies which were popular in the early 80s. I got one for Christmas one year. I remember a store called Wackers near where I lived when I was growing up that had stuffed animals hanging from the ceiling. lol

@@kevinrichards3288 Oh, I see. :-)

@@kevinrichards3288 Oh. I didn't know that. I remember staying at the Hotel Galvez with my parents when it was brand new. I know where that is.

The tail end of the 80's creeped into 90 & 91. It wasn't until 92(which was still an awesome year) when things started to change. 96 was when pop culture, imo, went to crap.

I was 4, I also am now horribly grizzled and have given up on life since the baby boomers ruined any chance of a life equal to their own for us.

I was born 11 years later, in 2002. Now, I’m a young 18 year old.

I did not take one breath in the 20th century.

Was about 5 at this time and some reason I still remember playing that same game during that time as well I remember playing Gameboy in 1989 at Wal-Mart before my deform thumb accident. Don't ask how I remember my childhood so well from 30 years ago like that and yet most of my family can barely remember what they yesterday which will be a mystery to this day?😑

@@TheHolyMongolEmpire you're just using Boomers as an excuse... Your generation just wants the government to take care of them

I have similar thoughts when I watch dated videos

Hell yeah, remember that circle ride up against the wall? Sit and it take up. And round. Party area was like a platform stage. Perfect.

The 80s & 90s were the days😎👍

Yes I remember the Chick-Fil-A they had there, brings back great memories. I remember my mom took me to that mall back in the day when it first opened & I was real little at the time & it was the place. Nowadays the only stores that are still there are Macy's & JCPenney but the whole rest of the mall is all closed off.

They don't want you to have any kind of fun/freedom anymore.

I think 9-11 caused that whole thing

Even the commercials were amazing back in the very late 80's and early to mid 90's. They were cozy, comforting, larger than life, creative, wild, colourful and super imaginative. These days, commercials have become nothing but soul sucking corporate sterile lifeless lazy garbage.

POPINCONEJO88 it sucks I never got to see this mall it seemed so unreal and magical

@@sethwoodward5515 I remember my mom took me to that mall back in the day when it first opened back in 1981 & I was little at the time & it was the place. I've had great memories of that mall & now today only 2 stores there remain, JCPenney & Macy's, & the whole rest of the mall is all closed off.

Kevin Richards yeah man sad times I’d do anything for a fully restored mall with the sales walls I remember shit I’d do anything to see that awesome ass acrade

@@sethwoodward5515 the original gameroom that use to be there before that one was called Yesterdays & it was smaller than that one. That gameroom there in the video was called Power Play & it was redesigned & made bigger when it took the place of the original Yesterdays.

@@sethwoodward5515 those were the days😎👍

Same! Now i can't stand going to the mall. Nothing but Broccoli haired teenagers and 20-something year olds with dirty viking beards wearing dark clothing. The late 80's and early 90's were so much more fun. The neon colors, big hair, 80's synth pop music, the video games, mall decor/interior, just the simplicity of it all. fuck. :P

Power play was in Baytown,TX don’t forget to hit up Zipps in Dayton. Always fun.😄

It is really sad, because I was there opening day. I definitely know that this mall was the best thing to ever happen for Baytown, and we were very fortunate to grow up with this magical place. I doubt Baytown will ever have anything this nice ever again, at least in our lifetimes..😢

Thank You! It is so depressing seeing the wonderful place this was that I grew up in being demolished as I type this reply to you!

Yep brings back memories. Now today that mall is narrowed down to only 2 stores, JCPenney & Macy's.

Those were the days😎👍

Lived in Pasadena in the early 90s. Miss those days

It's been 40 years since this was filmed back in July 2, 1991.

It was Sound Shop!

Yesterdays92 yes! Thank you!!

Macy's is still there also.

Cheesy Mustard I know man its crazy. Born in 1990 and I'm having crazy thoughts about how much has changed

They only tore down the parts where Montgomery Ward & Sears use to be. Besides JCPenney & Macy's the whole rest of the mall is all closed off.

@@kevinrichards3288 yep. January 2020 is when they closed the mall down due to construction. But you can still go to JC Penny and Macy's.

@@razvandobos9759 yes & I visited those 2 stores there recently to get some new bath towels & wash cloths. To go from one store to the other you'd have to go outside & either drive or walk around because the indoor entrances that lead out to the rest of the mall are all closed off.

I was 10 years old at the time when this video was made & I remember my mom took me to that mall back in the day when it first opened to the public & although I was real little at the time but I remember it real well. It was the place back in the day. My mom use to take me there quite a bit back when I was a kid & had some great memories of that place. Today only Macy's & JCPenney are the stores left there, but the whole rest of the mall has been closed off since January 5, 2020. JCPenney there at the mall is about to close sometime soon because recently they had a yellow banner outside their store that said "Closing" on it. JCPenney filed for bankruptcy not long ago. After that JCPenney store goes, Macy's will be the only store left there.

The good ole days😎👍

It's a 1992 Ford Crown Victoria. It's from Baytown Ford.

Chevy changed the Caprice for 1991 a before Ford did with the Crown Victoria.

@@TMANN-jo1ps Baily Ford back then, Baytown Ford opened in 2001

😂😆

It was casa ole

It was! Liked that place too.

@@disphugginflip2213 those were the days😎👍

Physical Whimsical.

Born 1985, had my 8th and 10th birthday there. Most my friends from Lamer Elementary. The hide away bathroom use to set up fights there. Hanging out on Fridays and Saturdays 7pm til close. Power play with $20 plus use to watch which ever movie was the latest. Moms all mad picking me up around 11pm-11:30pm I was 10-14years old good ole days.