BACK TO THE FUTURE MALL -GOING AWAY FOREVER

[@njbusnut]

Preserve this mall as a museum for Back to the Future memorabilia, maybe rent it out for movie studios to use as a back drop

[@vaccumsealed]

Malls are such a pop culture phenomenon of a bygone era known as the 80s and 90s. I lived it, and I was even at the grand opening of my own mall in my city, but sadly, it's now gone and replaced by an Amazon facility. Truth be known, so many malls are vanishing due to the lack of shoppers and resorting to on-line purchasing. How ironic that my own mall gets leveled and Amazon takes its place.

[@troykelso]

Man, what a shame. Malls everywhere are folding up and going away. The Internet has ruined everything.

[@kvon432k]

I couldn’t agree more. Well said!

[@LiLgPnoy15]

I know. As a kid and a teenager, malls were the place to go.

[@Mike1064ab]

Seems like it’s part of some larger plan instead of trying to revitalize and save the malls they want to close them just to put apartments or other things there that don’t really serve the local community.

[@BigPauly]

No malls in the UK are closing they’re thriving and have never been busier

[@MikeN-cs8qe]

Change…. Its the only constant in the universe. Gotta learn to live with it!

[@sharkyfish3492]

its a shame. so many great malls are shutting down now. More history going away to Amazon

[@CampsitePyro]

The 24 hr fitness is JC Penney. Not sure what the store was that is behind Doc + Marty

[@danielbruning1213]

I grew up during the era of malls. They were a place for kids to hang out on the weekends, eat and chill at the food court, walk around and scope out the girls, and so many other things. It was also nice that u could shop, try something on and see if it fit proper or was the style u liked. You could just walk around and see all the displays the stores had and what they containesd. You could get some really good pretzles or a fresh squeezed lemonade. Your parents could drop u off there on a Saturday for a couple hours and they didn't have to worry because they knew weren't getting into mischief or trouble. It was a more innocent time. You even had the arcade where u could blow some of your quarters on and still have fun. You could really make a nice day out of just going to the mall. The list goes on as to all the things that made malls great.. Now everyone just buys things online. You're lucky if what u ordered fits right and if not u have to go through the whole through the mail return and emailed customer service. I have a lot of great memories from that era. Strangely though, i live about an hour from NYC and our mall is still packed almost all the time. I thought it'd be closed by this time but it's still alive and well. Sad that more and more are closing down each year though. Where are kids supposed to go now? On their cell phones i suppose. But, I'm glad we didn't have those in our pockets when I was a kid. R.I.P. to one of the most iconic malls ever. Aside from the original Dawn of the Dead mall i can't think of any more iconic.

[@kvon432k]

Very well said 🙏🏻great comment! Truly the good ole days.

[@BMWMike]

We visited last year, from England. I parked where Doc Browns truck was parked. It was eerie inside the mall. We only saw one other person inside.

[@kvon432k]

Exactly! Thats cool you came all that way. Did you go to their houses in Pasadena? That street is so cool and has so many craftsmen style houses. Plus the tree George McFly falls out of while “bird watching” is there too.

[@FRITZI999]

I did the same on a Businesstrip from Germany to the US - Area of Dallas. On my Weekend off I booked a Flight just to visit the Mall .... parked my Rental directly own the Spot !!!! Managet to break a piece of Tarmac out next to the Lightpole. Sits on my Shelf stuck onto a piece of SS of a DeLorean. (actually cut I out of the inside Doorpanel of my DMC).

[@barneypaws4883]

I live in the UK too, I would love to visit this Mall before it's demolished. Such a shame, very sad

[@Siryn]

It seems the sign is up for sale on EBay for 19K dollars.

[@kvon432k]

Really ? I need to check that out.

[@Siryn]

@@kvon432k Just saw it as I came across your video. LOL!

[@wbj2000]

Rename the mall .. to Twin Pines ... add in some more fun movie related items. Make it a semi-Hollywood museum to draw in the tourists. Shops would open up again.

[@wheelieblind]

Malls, the places we hung out at as teens before they all started to become so empty, I am surprised that one is in some way still open.

[@jamesreid2626]

I think I can agree with everyone here that it's sad to see the one place where us kids and teens could gather is slowly coming to an end. Great video and know that we all still appreciate still that this is one of the greatest movies ever. Wow! This is heavy!

[@NorthernChev]

I was a Junior in High School when BTTF came out. The movie absolutely blew me away back then. It super-charged my car enthusiasm so much, that in 1996 I bought a real 19,000 mile DeLorean. I still have that same DeLorean to this day. Although these days it resides on display in my living room as a three-state show winner.

[@kvon432k]

That’s heavy! Just such a great film. A real understatement of “ they don’t make hem like that anymore”. For years I thought I was the only one that this movie really related too. And here we are decades later still enjoying it.

[@sargecollects]

Yeah, I'm sad about the mall. I'm definitely going to show on the 25th. I never knew about the annual meet up until this year. Of course its gonna be the last one. You reminded me of some classic movies I want to rewatch again. Great vid. I did the same video few months back.

[@kvon432k]

Thanks! I was 50/50 on the meetup, I’m about 90% now.

[@sargecollects]

@@kvon432k well, might see you there

[@Rowebot15]

So weird it's been almost 10 years since the 2015 gathering. Whoa.

[@fishbern82]

It's cool that they used the same time that was in the movie on that sign.

[@GeorgeAmodei21]

yeah, i live right up the street. Sad to see the MALLS going Bye Bye!

[@Ezduztube]

Awesome video. Too bad the Puente Hill mall is going away. Many memories at that mall.

[@kvon432k]

Thanks so much! I really wanted to be there for the 10/25/24 meet up but I’ll be on the road. Glad I was able to document it somewhat. Appreciate you watching

[@rwdplz1]

Glad I saw this when i did back in 2015, that hill is WAY steeper in person. Parking lot is also a lot smaller in person, there isn't enough room to get a Lamborghini up to 88.

[@kvon432k]

Isn’t that the truth! Crazy how Hollywood and the camera change the perception. I also went over to Pasadena to checkout Biff, Lorraine and George’s house. That was so cool and I highly recommend it if you can get out that way.

[@SalAvenue]

The building with the blue awning was actually Robinsons, later Robinsons May and finally May Co. JCPenny was where the 24 Hour Fitness is now.

[@yardboy3955]

Good memories at this mall, it was a robust mall once with a lot of good stores. Sadly it became a victim of change.

[@real_hello_kitty]

There used to be a koi pond in the center of the mall.

[@kvon432k]

No way! That would be cool. That place has a ton of potential still. Hope they keep it.

[@Mr.SharkTooth-zc8rm]

I remember when this place was HAPPENING!

[@kvon432k]

So sad to see it now. Hope it gets a good revamp!

[@Mr.SharkTooth-zc8rm]

@@kvon432k Malls are dead. I don't think that retail strategy will work any longer. With some exceptions.

[@stevenmanchester2104]

Looks like someone DID remove the "A" at some point, then somebody made one up out of electrical tape to fill the space. if you notice, the 'A" does not match the rest of the letters. it is skinnier and is not lined up with the rest of the sign. the top of the "A" is low and the bottom is not even.

[@kvon432k]

I did notice that when I got close. You can see that is made with old plastic. Suprised it’s not cracked more too

[@brookingsbeachcomber]

I was 17 and loved it...

[@kvon432k]

Right! Mind blowing 🤯 I can’t believe I finally made it there though. To know after all these years I’ve driven by it so many times 🤦🏼‍♂️🤣

[@maths1az]

I was also 17 in 1988 when I first watched it.

[@yazinmusa5450]

Had to really look to see those people in white clothes praying.

[@kvon432k]

Yea didn’t want to show them or the kids all that much. Respect their space

[@gutz1981]

I think I recently figured out an error in Back to the Future. Many of us know that the "Twin Pines" mall sign changed after Marty went back in time and destroyed one of the pines while driving off and in the altered present, it was now known as Lone Pine Mall. However, as Marty is playing back to young Doc his experiment video of old Doc, old Doc still says "I'm standing here at the Twin Pines...." given how Marty's analog photo of his siblings is changing in real time as everyone is fading from the photo as the situation has not been cemented yet, given the one pine tree is already gone, the old Doc should have now said "Lone Pine mall." in the video now.

[@kvon432k]

Nice! I’m gonna check it out today

[@TheNightmareMan]

I can do you one better as Marty is still on his way to disappearing and nearly does at the Enchantment Under The Sea Dance briefly Marty shouldn't have been there to film it and therefore the video of Doc shouldn't even exist.

[@joeysluzer1913]

@@TheNightmareMan huh? Maybe if you used commas and periods we could understand that.

[@TheNightmareMan]

@@joeysluzer1913 I can do you one better. As Marty is still on his way to dissapearing, and nearly does at the Enchantment Under The Sea dance, briefly, Marty should, at least for a small time, been there to film Doc Brown. Therefore the video young doc was watching actually shouldnt exist.

[@doct0rnic]

Well since things were changing slowly, the tape would have been the last thing to change, the photo was older than the recording and thus didn't change when Doc viewed it

[@LiLgPnoy15]

Back to the Future is definitely one of top 3 favorite movies of all time.

[@joeysluzer1913]

Malls are actually coming back.

[@urbex_coasters]

Wait, this place is set to close? Glad I made it here on Sunday before that happens. If you're into urbex the former Sears has some machinary that works at the loading docks. There aren't many malls like this in California (guess I was spoiled to have Century 3 and Washington Mall right there when I was growing up to get me into the dead mall hobby). And you mentioned Stand By Me, I've been to every filming location in Oregon and NorCal.

[@kvon432k]

No way! I’m so jealous! Grimmlife did an awesome video on Stand By Me. Hopefully I’ll be up there later this year or next spring. I am planning to be in Oregon so I will hit the One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest Hospital. On 10/25 I just got confirmed Puente Hills Mall will have a Back to the Future night meetup in the parking lot around 10:30 pm if your interested. Thanks for the comment!

[@urbex_coasters]

@@kvon432k I will put that on my calandar, I live in Irvine now so pretty close. For Stand By Me, most of the railroad is a bike trail now (I have biked it). The famous bridge and the water tower are in NorCal in Shasta Trinity National Forest on a different line that's just abandoned. I visited the bridge but still haven't uploaded it because it was actually a bit of a coming of age story for me with the risk assesment of cliff jumping off that bridge as my first jump (fun fact on why they picked that bridge: the water is deep enough it's more likely you'll survive a fall. I believe I heard somewhere that the spot was actually selected by the stunt women that were used in the far shots with faces not visible because it was their cliff jumping spot)

[@kvon432k]

@@urbex_coastersWow! Thats crazy, how high is that bridge? The town shots are really cool too. Another similar place for me would be Astoria, Or that I will be hitting soon. I actually leave for Florida tonight to film. I need to check out your channel!

[@urbex_coasters]

@@kvon432k It's about 25 meters I'd guess, definately more than 20 (a standard high dive is 3 meters for comparison. So 7 to 8 times taller than a high dive). My coming of age story was deciding not to jump because the guys there who said it was safe didn't know what a depth check was and were more concerned about "a girl got hurt so dad's going to be mad at us cause we told her to jump" than "injury to her could cause career trouble" (I was thinking "injury to me could cost me my career").

[@timrose9826]

Sad that everything that was America 🇺🇸 is gone or soon will be… greedy old people and angry young people killed this country… good luck kids… you’re going to need it

[@kvon432k]

Indeed. I’m glad I lived through the good times and got to experience it though!

[@timrose9826]

@@kvon432k indeed… never give up… never surrender

[@donall]

Cool Vid, looks like the sign only displays one time 1:16am

[@kvon432k]

Yea I thought that was interesting too. Glad I could actually touch it after 40 years.

[@jokerace8227]

Yeah, reminds me of that conspiracy thing about that being 911 upside down, and it being "twin pines" like "twin towers."

[@vice4134]

Thanks for showing us the current location. I see you're a Persol sunglasses guy. So am I.

[@mlc4050]

Looking at the number of cars in the parking lot, that appears to be far from a 'dead' mall

[@kvon432k]

Everyone was at the 24hr fitness that still draws in a lot of people. Look at the video where I shot inside the mall and it’s a ghost town.

[@PurpleSideBlack]

I'm a huge fan of BTTF and also an auto enthusiast. I've had many fun cars, but I've got a Tesla now and it's so much better! There are quite a few DeLorean EV conversions out there. I think that's also quite awesome. If BTTF was made today, it would likely have been an electric car they used. It would have made it alot easier to refuel the car because Doc could have rigged something up, even in 1855 to charge the car. Rolling it down a steep hill would have been a start because of regen. Anyhow... cool to see the old mall. Keep the dream alive!

[@kvon432k]

Thanks man! Well said.

[@real_hello_kitty]

Oh no! The last time I went there was over a year ago. No more Macy's and almost all stores were gone. The new owner raised the rent prices, that's why all the stores ran away. I went to that mall since around 2000, 24 years ago. So it was only 15 years after the movie. It used to be a vibrant mall.

[@kvon432k]

24 hr fitness, round 1 and AMC. Plus the military recruiters. It was hot that day, but the air was barely on inside too

[@radio1342]

Great video. Thanks for sharing. If they demolish this mall someone needs to keep that sign for historical purposes.

[@kvon432k]

I hope so. They sure be one last meet up Oct 25th this year and I’m thinking need to be there. Thanks for watchin

[@texmex9721]

Great video. I wonder what happened to the Fotohut. (Fox Photo)

[@kvon432k]

You don’t remember ? The Delorean blew through it! 🤣🤣🤣thanks for watching

[@Rowebot15]

The VW bus (The Libyans!)crashed into it.

[@texmex9721]

@@Rowebot15 That's right. I didn't think the Delorean hit it.

[@craigwoodgate7120]

So it's no different In the United States just like it is I the UK shopping ceare practically empty and more and more shops closing down

[@timrose9826]

It’s not only a great film 🎥 but also a awesome trilogy… Don’t remake this movie Hollywood

[@kvon432k]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻yes, leave it as it is!

[@michwashington]

I subscribed because of this video 👍

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

WHY THE HECK is this place not preserved? HOW the hell can people let this happen that historically relevant places like this one are disappearing forever only some freaking Mega corporation can expand its tentacles even more? -_-

[@AllenSchoepflin]

I would think that they would use the new DeLorean ev if they were gonna make a new back to the future film

[@MyChannel-vm6dw]

I wish you do direct shot comparisons to the movie when you do your videos. Missed opportunity

[@kvon432k]

It’s tough with BTTF it’s so heavily licensed that I had to trim down and keep clipping sections under 3 seconds. They really get you quick on this movie. Sorry about that

[@MyChannel-vm6dw]

@@kvon432k can you link anything about the closure? Entire mall or just a few stores?

[@kvon432k]

@@MyChannel-vm6dw www.sgvtribune.com/2024/09/03/puente-hills-mall-of-back-to-the-future-fame-sells-for-115-million/amp/

[@dianascrimger284]

It should declared a national monument

[@maths1az]

Best movie ever. Any objections?

[@kvon432k]

Agreed!!!

[@kvon432k]

As Quentin Tarantino said “the perfect movie”

[@samuelohare6884]

The interpretation of time travel is pseudo intellectual

[@TheOtherDerek]

That sign is so cool... I wonder if they're gonna sell it?

[@emerald3331]

Thanks to Amazon and Walmart

[@billyshepard5514]

Sorry to see this mall is now a dead mall. One mall i used to go years ago was the Glendale Galleria which had filmed Fastimes as Ridgemont High, valley girl and Commando with Arnold. The mall doesn't exist anymore after a earthquake.

[@kvon432k]

Being from the valley I remember that one too! Northridge fashion center too after the 1995 Northridge quake. The good ole days!

[@belltolls1984]

Now you've given Hollywood an idea; they are totally going to remake Back to The Future with a Cybertuck now.

[@kvon432k]

Nnnooooo!!!! They’ve ruined way too much.

[@tigersgedanken1246]

they cant remake it.. bob gale still holds the right and wont let that happen

[@MagicAl5F4781]

Maybe it's lost to time but the DeLorean being in the movie was meant as a joke. DeLorean was well publicized failure in 1985. Cybertruck is equivalent if Tesla is going out of business and Musk is getting arrested and tried like John DeLorean.

[@tigersgedanken1246]

@@MagicAl5F4781 they had no idea how popular the delorean would become after the movie.. :D

[@ZagnutBar]

HALLOWED ground. Not hollowed :)

[@kvon432k]

🤣🤣🤣🤣yes I know 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️man is was 110 and I was dehydrated and and 🤣

[@TheMoneypresident]

​@kvon432k I live close by. Working on a nearby mall up the road. Worked on chick fil A.

[@Kill3rT0fuuu]

gonna put up apartments. Because that's what we need (sarcasm)

[@kvon432k]

Yup! More housing for people who can’t afford it. DONT leave one square inch.

[@Network126]

We actually DO need housing... But above all, we need AFFORDABLE housing, not just more overpriced luxury crap. I've been homeless since the pandemic because I lost my housing twice during all of that drama, then couldn't keep up with the skyrocketing rents... so I ended up buying an old Toyota Sienna minivan to live in. I'm still homeless now.

[@ProtoType99468]

big deal - all the southern confederate statues and building designations have disappeared since doc & marty. I'm of portuguese descent and from Texas, this country is going to itsha 🤐

[@yellowblanka6058]

And rightfully so, as they were symbols of racism and hatred.

[@lkajiess]

That sign is easily a $1m piece of memorabilia. I hope they're keeping it safe.

[@kvon432k]

I agree! Smithsonian even, right now it’s sad to say it’s almost forgotten

[@txcal88]

I thought your favorite movie was " The Dark Crystal " HA HA HA. Still scares you I bet. 😅

[@kvon432k]

Or Gremlins, or Something Wicked this way comes!

[@txcal88]

How many times did we watch it on VHS. HA HA

[@kvon432k]

Enough to wear the tape out for sure!

[@robertm8380]

Model X is a back to future car just ask Elon Musk its based on a DeLorean

[@terryw9838]

Sushi restaurant's been closed since Covid. ; (

[@kvon432k]

No way. What a bummer, that place looks cool!

[@Dragon_Slayer_Ornstein]

If they remake it they would have to use the CyberTruck.

[@kvon432k]

I agree! Wait, wait, wait don’t even put that thought out there. Hollywood might hear ya ! 🤣

[@BacktotheFutureIG]

The Libyans

[@txcal88]

BACK TO THE FUTURE 5. ????? 😅 with a Tesla.

[@RabbitsInBlack]

The Tesla falls apart. The End of Movie. Those cars are built like crap. CyberTruck is the worse of them all.

[@samuelohare6884]

There was a 4?

[@brx8r]

Why aren't you at home on tik tok?

[@chriscravens4915]

I bet they will demolish it……

[@kvon432k]

Most likely, that’s some prime real estate. Maybe build a housing development. If they do it better be “Lyon Estates” 🤣👍🏻

[@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent]

While it is prime real estate, I don't think they would do housing development. Too close to the freeway and other commercial areas like the nearby Costco which has a lot of traffic running through and uses the road along the mall as short cuts. At most they might have the mall changed so it can still have stores and perhaps limited apartments or similar. Kinda what they had wanted to do before 2020. If they settle on housing. new owners will treat local large business like Costco, Frank & Sons and the AMC similar to how home owners treat nearby airports. As a problem for them. Gotta remember that even with the mall functionally dead, it has locations around and inside it still that provides a lot of traffic.