The sad aspect of so many malls closing is that once upon a time, they were social hubs where people of all ages could visit, meet and get to know each other. Today everyone of all ages are addicted to their phones and have become unsocialized. It's a sad state of affairs.
@HEYMANWITHJAYMANАй бұрын
@@SWExplore it is sad. Im in the era of going to the mall for just about everything minus groceries. 70's - 80s - 90s. Young people are mainly apps & amazon now
@rickstalentedtongue910Ай бұрын
By design.
@rideshareroadwarriorrick28 күн бұрын
I understand that they are going to convert much of the mall to housing
@SWExplore28 күн бұрын
@@rideshareroadwarriorrick That would be great if it actually happens. The cost of renting or buying a home continues to sky rocket and people in government don't seem to care.
@robertking309027 күн бұрын
to many rules things to expensive kids like a places they can afford like fast food joints parks extra today's young see being broke as embarrassing and too young to get a job to fix that.
@GregSr18 күн бұрын
I grew up in Westminster from 1966 through 1975. On my wedding day on November 15, 1975, as a prank, our friends "kidnapped" my wife. She was still in her wedding dress and I was in my tux. They took her to this mall and I had to rescue her by paying a ransom of 100 pennies. The pennies had to come from random customers at the mall. She was handcuffed to metal gates in front of a store. The whole thing was a blast and created some great memories and pictures. It was kind of a spectacle at the time. It's sad to see how it looks now. FYI...my wife and I are still happily married with two sons and four grandkids. 😃
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN18 күн бұрын
@@GregSr ohhhh the memories & still together makes the story that much better
@40redfox4016 күн бұрын
Love this.
@ryang309721 күн бұрын
I grew up in this mall. It's too painful to watch it die. Kids today missed our on the true 80s 90s mall experience. It was magical and we all took it for granted.
@anonymous-ze2ug19 күн бұрын
Being a graduate of Westminster HS I spent a lot of time at this mall sad to see it now a ghost town.
@fastj196213 күн бұрын
like I said, the area where the mall is was great for riding my little motorcycle when the gold fish farm was there. Malls are temporary and only can be a think if people go there. Why be pissed? That space should be turned into something useful.
@MarlinAmada12 күн бұрын
As a 90’s kid, the mall experience was as ass and we ALWAYS longed for something more exciting… like drugs
@fastj196212 күн бұрын
@@MarlinAmada my daughter was born in 95. 3 years sober. My son is a 99. Recent UCLA GRAD.
@kendallevans40793 күн бұрын
My mall also but unlike most here, I'm not nostalgic AT ALL about this, or any mall. All they are, are monuments to consumerism. In fact I find them dystopian, like underground bunkers to shield people from nature and the real world. very little natural light, conditioned air.....creepy!
@dr.benjamintran235620 күн бұрын
this is my childhood mall, great memories from the 80s
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN18 күн бұрын
Our mall memories are pretty much all we have now.
@GrampsD6324 күн бұрын
Growing up in HB I remember when that opened. Spent so much time there with my Mom shopping and then hanging out as a teen. That place was absolutely packed any day of the week. Christmas was just insane. A crown Jewel of the OC. But malls are a thing of the past now.
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN22 күн бұрын
Lets circle the lot to find a parking spot now...lol
@tommurphy430721 күн бұрын
especially in OC
@GrampsD6321 күн бұрын
@@tommurphy4307 Brea was pretty hoppin' last time I was there. I'm sure South Coast Plaza and Fashion Island are still good but haven't been to either in decades
@woodyboy649320 күн бұрын
@@HEYMANWITHJAYMANyou could have a street takeover or a lowrider meet in this lot lol. Yeah probably it's because they made those shopping centers with outlets and fast food franchises is why lot not occupied
@epicwolf18 күн бұрын
South Coast Plaza still thriving
@btrdangerdan2010Ай бұрын
Finally somebody made a video about this, it's about time! I live like literally 10 minutes away from this mall. Thank you for making this. I knew almost every store was used to be there when you pointed it out in your video. Part of my child hood was that mall. Radio shack, american eagle , Hollister, sears , game stop , book off, DSW shoe store, wetzels pretzels, sunglass hut, pink by Victoria secret, zumiez , spencers, japan lifestyle store, Vans shoes , express men (mom bought me my first suit there in high school), sbarro at the food court my favorite Italian eatery, hot dog on a stick, phillys cheesesteak, panda express, see's candies ,robinsins may etc etc etc. I could go on and on. Thosd stores i listed all used to be there at one time. But now they are all gone. RIP.
@HEYMANWITHJAYMANАй бұрын
Good memories is all we have now with these malls. Yup R.I.P.
@sammyocgirl741125 күн бұрын
@@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN i use to go there in high school all the time with friends and hang out, shop, eat ect
@iamkyros223325 күн бұрын
Same, sad to see it end this way, but ever since sears closed its doors, it seemed like it was a domino effect.
@tommurphy430721 күн бұрын
you forgot to mention 'tilt'- where it was easy to score and sell weed- right?
@jeffalbillar762520 күн бұрын
Is Spencer's still there? I remember when Spencer's used to be in the Buena Park mall, and when it closed for renovations I'm the mid 80s sometime, Spencer's went to Westminster Mall and stayed there.
@heidi413216 күн бұрын
Brings back memories…I used to work at this mall (Warehouse Records) in the 70’s. Ahhh the good old days!! Thanks for this video! 👍👍
@kevinhansen47905 күн бұрын
woohoo music stores! I used to go on the one at Beach/Warner in HB.
@ap77421 күн бұрын
Was an amazing mall back in the 90s, you couldn’t even find parking sometimes. They use to have a pet store where you could see the cutest dogs. Shocked how it’s empty now 😢
@leftwinklightwork716315 күн бұрын
Pet store was the best!
@stevekovacs409327 күн бұрын
I remember when it opened. My old room mate used to work in the Sears tool department in the mid 70s. The place was always busy and alive. The holidays were especially enjoyable with Santas and families enjoying all the decorations and activity. What a sad place it is now. I still occasionally go to the Macy's that's hanging on. I don't understand why today's shoppers avoid the tactile experience in favor of online purchases. I'm glad I lived when all these places thrived. Youth today will never know what a great time it was.
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN25 күн бұрын
@@stevekovacs4093 im glad i seen it myself & your right the youth of today is soooo used to tech to buy everything.
@tommurphy430721 күн бұрын
okay, wow- TACTILE EXPERIENCE. we still go to the malls to buy clothes here in san diego., buying tools and buying clothes are two entirely different things. we have a few outdoor swap meets every sat/sun and those are the best places to buy tools. harbor freight has a great selection of cheap stuff to get you by, but i go to ace for better stuff at its in my home town here in alpine, ca. all the sears stores that were around here are toast- macy's is next...
@BillMcLendon888827 күн бұрын
There was a news article a couple years back that stated they were going to start demolition in 2024 and new construction was going to start in 2025 of a Housing community with new shopping and restaurants on the lower level of the housing. I do not recall the name of the construction builders or owners of the property, but they are the same owners and builders that are going to build housing in Buena Park in the Mall where the Sears location is now. Malls are going to become 15 minute city locations soon enough. How Sad. I’m an 70’s-80’s kid and we are socially heading into a downward irreversible spiral.
@mdgraystone26 күн бұрын
Exactly what I was thinking. These old shopping centers/malls are slated to be redeveloped into Agenda 21/mixed use ultra dense housing. It’s been happening for awhile and will really ramp up in the coming decade, especially in Southern California. A serious bummer imo.
@sammyocgirl741125 күн бұрын
that not true....the lady at macys told me a couple weeks ago the plans are on hold to tear it down,,,,the property owners cant agree on what to do ....she has been with macys for 25 years....she said macys told the employyess they will be there until feb 2025,,,but they keep extending that....
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN25 күн бұрын
@@BillMcLendon8888 i went to the Buena Park Mall today to soot a vid there & they had a fire inside there the day before so the interior was closed due to them airing out the inside. Hope i can get in there soon
@IanPunter21 күн бұрын
Wow, thats my hometown mall, started going thee in 1960s. I think its doing better than Westminster except for west end closests to knotts.
@tommurphy430721 күн бұрын
i would think housing costs are much higher in orange county than those in harris county, texas. what the hell are they waiting for? its costing SOMEBODY a ton of $$$$$.
@dorrengilbert804Ай бұрын
I never thought this mall would look so deserted
@HEYMANWITHJAYMANАй бұрын
Yeah, blows me away.
@microwave9099Ай бұрын
Used to go there in the early 2000's it was always packed
@HEYMANWITHJAYMANАй бұрын
@@dorrengilbert804 yeah sign of the times now. Sucks!
@jasonn459725 күн бұрын
@@HEYMANWITHJAYMANonly time it would get packed is during the holiday season
@user-fl1vh2uv5n24 күн бұрын
Yeah i remember going to watch starwars episode 1 at this mall. Times have changed 😢@microwave9099
@monsterpig327020 күн бұрын
We live in a virtual world, the physical world no longer matters.
@kevinhansen47905 күн бұрын
Yeah...kids need to get off their console games and mobile devices and go outside!
@melissamilam-hw9dt15 күн бұрын
You're ripping my heart out. We grew up with this small and watched it change over the years. It only recently died and those bears used to be inside. I'm surprised to see them out there.
@jaystriple16 күн бұрын
I was a freshman at Westminster High School in 1986 and 87. This mall was my hangout when I ditched school. We were always getting lost in the crowds when the cops chased us. Thanks for the flashback!
@oldiesgeek4543 күн бұрын
@jaystriple. Lol... I hope the security didn't catch you. I can't imagine keeping one eye on the stores and food courts, and one eye keeping a lookout for security. 😊
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN2 күн бұрын
Easy to get lost in the crowds back then too
@patriciawatkins953924 күн бұрын
I grew up not too far from this mall. I was 16 when it opened. I have such great memories of shopping, hanging out with my friends and eating there. I even remember Joan Jet performing there in the 70s before she became huge of course. Later in my 20s my mom and I would spend the day shopping then having lunch at The Broadway or May Co. Christmas was the best because they would go all out on the decorations. Dept stores offered holiday gift wrapping for a reasonable cost. It was the ultimate mall experience. Spent a lot of time there. There's a cemetery not too far from there that we'd pass on the way to the mall I used to tell my mom jokingly that when I die I want my ashes scattered at Westminster Mall that's how much I loved that place. She still remembers that and we still laugh about it. She's 95.y.o. time passes so quickly.
@oldiesgeek4543 күн бұрын
Patricia. That's very funny! Ashes scattered in the parking lot at Westminster Mall. 😊
@ronaldeaton65218 күн бұрын
Amazing worked a few months there in the mid nineties for Hickory farms,it was a very busy mall
@markrhuett21 күн бұрын
My wife and I used to walk this mall when it was so busy with people. It was so nice to get away and socialize with others.
@19rrodman6913 күн бұрын
I grew up in Garden Grove. This was my mall. It's very sad to see it in this state of decay.
@SuperOCHomes24 күн бұрын
Saw Kobe Bryant on Valentine's Day on his way home from the Forum to Newport Beach picking up a present for his wife. The days!
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN22 күн бұрын
That's cool!
@tommurphy430721 күн бұрын
and you had lunch with him and gigi- right??
@e1craftsman58819 күн бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@kendallevans40793 күн бұрын
Sure you did! Then shot hoops in the parking lot, right! If Kobe would go to ANY mall it's going to be South Coast Plaza
@jackie147417 күн бұрын
Absolutely horrible! I was born and raised in Westminster and went to Westminster Highschool. I’m 60 now…you can blame the city council.🤬 They have destroyed the city!
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN17 күн бұрын
@@jackie1474 plus other factors too i bet but yeah i hear city council isn't the best
@gregoryberg580615 күн бұрын
It’s changing times. The internet and Covid killed a lot of malls.
@mars5610021 күн бұрын
I used to work in the mall in the 80s. Boy where they packed. How we do business now has changed so much.
@madskillsgamer128Ай бұрын
I once bought a leather jacket from Wilson's Leather back in the early 2000's.
@sammyocgirl741125 күн бұрын
lol so did i, and i still have it....
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN22 күн бұрын
Wonder if Wilson's still exist in life. It was the place to go at malls for leather goods
@sammyocgirl741121 күн бұрын
@@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN it does back east in fact last night on qvc they was saleing them
@julieb399618 күн бұрын
I and a group of friends bought Wilson's leather jackets, when we were 20 ish and in the year 2000 ish. I still have mine, but have never needed a plush lined, suede leather trench coat, in So Cal weather, and especially not since the winters have (seemingly?) grown warmer in the last 10 years...
@laotse_2 күн бұрын
Wilson's House of Suede lol
@nedracrouse812520 күн бұрын
Wow unbelievable- enjoyed your walkabout. I remember this mall in it heyday. What a shame.
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN18 күн бұрын
@@nedracrouse8125 thanks. I mainly knew the Sears inside & out.
@rvierra723528 күн бұрын
This is so fricking sad to see...It is actually heartbreaking to see. Though not my primary mall (that would be Lakewood Mall), when I started driving, Westminster Mall was THE place to go (early 80's) and I spent a lot of time there. And even into my adult years, If I had to hit the Mall, I would go to Westminster. A couple of years ago, I read that Westminster Mall was going to be demolished and in it's place, will be constructed literally of one thousand "low income" housing units, apartment style. Should that happen, can you guess what that will look like in about a year or two after opening and what it will do to the area traffic?? I stopped going to Westminster Mall when the Sears closed (that is where I would always purchase my Craftsman Tools). Thank you for making and posting this video, still though, very sad to see. BTW, forgot to mention, back in the day, were you to visit during Christmas time (keeping in mind the size of the parking lot, it would take 15-20 minutes to find a parking spot....the ENTIRE parking lot would fill up, causing you to circle looking for a spot to park.
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN25 күн бұрын
I bought tons of Craftsman tools there myself & stopped going there after Sears closed too. The days of circling for a parking spot there are over. Super sad
@MeekelDubya26 күн бұрын
I remember being around 7 or 8 years old and going here with family and I found 5 dollars in a planter. Mid 80s. I felt so lucky to find that 5 bucks lol I bought a Gumby toy with it. It was a damn good day for that young version of me!
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN22 күн бұрын
I remember as a little boy finding $$$ all the time cuz we were low to the ground back then....lol
@MeekelDubya19 күн бұрын
@@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN This is true!
@InteractiveRealmАй бұрын
I used to go there all the time when I lived in HB in the late 90s to 2002
@mikeparker632219 күн бұрын
Drove by many times ove the years and every time it looks more sad than before.
@helenhines271225 күн бұрын
OMG!!! That mall was so happening back in the 80s it was my old stomping ground. It was where we hung out me and my girlfriends on the weekends. I'm so sad to see it in such dire condition. Never thought it would go out of business. Thanks for showing. Its been so long since I've been there that I was going to take a trip down there to look around, but I guess I won't have to now. 😢
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN22 күн бұрын
Visuals are everything from this vid. But if you have other plans in the area stop in just to trip out in person on how dead it is & reminisce your memories you had of it back then
@helenhines271220 күн бұрын
@@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN Yes, I think I will go down there and look around in person. I'm gonna trip out, reminiscing the good old days. 👍🏻😆
@28cjd25 күн бұрын
Nice work ! As a kid of the 80s I spent many days and nights in this mall. My friends and I anticipated this with the emergence of Amazon and Walmart. It’s unfortunate the malls will be all closing most likely for housing. Now my son and I go so he can ride the elevators :).
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN22 күн бұрын
Gotta keep going to hit up the elevators & escalators before it goes away 😁
@oldiesgeek4543 күн бұрын
@@HEYMANWITHJAYMANThat just reminded me of something. Remember the scene in Dawn Of The Dead where the Zombies are riding the escalators? 😅
@JaneDoe-ps6ve26 күн бұрын
This is depressing seeing this mall so dead. I remember in the 1980’s and 1990’s when it was busy.
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN26 күн бұрын
@@JaneDoe-ps6ve ahhhh those were the days!
@alexshatner390723 күн бұрын
The emptiness at the malls is mainly about Amazon, E bay, and other online shopping at a fraction of the cost.
@SuperOCHomes24 күн бұрын
That's the mall I grew up with. Taught me how to lock a bike up so it didn't get stolen. Lace lock through your seat, wheels handlebars, frame..... Anything you didn't want stolen.😅. Made it from McFadden and bolsa chica to the mall in 6 minutes on my bike to make a movie. Personal best!
@ChatGPT111124 күн бұрын
I tried that and they just cut the lock.
@TRONABORON24 күн бұрын
USED TO GO TO THIS MALL BACK IN THE EARLY 80'S .
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN24 күн бұрын
@@TRONABORON lots of 80's & 90's stories. Was a happening mall back then
@gregoryberg580615 күн бұрын
I remember when it opened. It was packed around Christmas. Used to ride the bus there from 5th grade through middle school to see movies, hangout, and go to the Sega Center arcade to play pinball, Tempest, Asteroids and Space Invaders.
@akamissrubytuesday18 күн бұрын
I lived in that mall!!!! seriously- went there EVERY day after school, (Westminster High- goooo Lions) it had the BEST food court... I see you passed where foot locker was... & spencer gifts - Judy's was at the end- that esculator next to Macys saw sooooo much action... it was the "spot" to be noticed when looking for a date. :-D
@GregSr18 күн бұрын
Graduated from Westminster High in 1971! Yikes!
@trila182Ай бұрын
This mall in the 80s and the 90s. was really fun to go to. even had two separate movie theaters. One inside the mall. and the other One outside of the mall.
@HEYMANWITHJAYMANАй бұрын
@@trila182 i hear the out side movie theater was where the old babie r us was
@trila182Ай бұрын
@@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN yup
@sammyocgirl741125 күн бұрын
and a pet store by the inside movies
@joesanchez981125 күн бұрын
I remember watching Return of the Jedi in the outside theater and Indiana Jones and the temple of doom and many others.
@user-fl1vh2uv5n24 күн бұрын
@@joesanchez9811star wars episode 1 for me. Crazy how things change so much.
@kdlusmc20 күн бұрын
In any indoor mall, once Orange Julius and Hotdog on a Stick closes on the food court, the mall is done. I wonder if Laguna Hills Mall is still open.
@lindaneely397721 күн бұрын
My first job was at Hickory Farms in 1974 when the Westminster Mall first opened.
@kansascitychase366520 күн бұрын
Fell in this mall back in 2019 when it was still somewhat lively. Gf and i would go there all the time because it was nostalgic for both of us when we grew up. Sad to see it go. Going to miss you, Westminster 😢
@sherylclements284623 күн бұрын
My home territory!! My friend and I walked Westminster Mall the very week it opened. It had new technology in that it was built on some type of rollers that would withstand strong earthquakes without having structural damage. Every store was open back then. So sad to see the teenage hang outs gone now. Update Aug 7 ... went to the Laughlin Outlet Mall today in Laughlin, NV (close to me now) and it's the same thing. It's so dark, everything closed except for a Boys & Girls Club Thrift Store, Maidenform, and a souvenir type store. Oh, the Bath & Body Works outlet is still there too. Was told they're selling the property. I wonder if malls will ever revive.
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN22 күн бұрын
Ahhh the older mall days! Was fun times. Ok im going to hickory farms now
@scottshannon204919 күн бұрын
I lived in Westminster when it opened and remember hearing that it was supposed to withstand earthquakes.
@SolomonsochillАй бұрын
Tons of memories there.
@HEYMANWITHJAYMANАй бұрын
It all we have now. Memories. I know that Sears very well
@NeenerBananas27 күн бұрын
I was there during the Grand Opening week. This is wild. No one shops in malls anymore with the internet.
@jasonn459725 күн бұрын
Agreed but it does get packed on black Friday and during holiday season
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN22 күн бұрын
Very easy to shop online these days. Its a👍&👎way better variety online & no time gas or effort wasted.
@debbabe225420 күн бұрын
Sugar Plum used to be downstairs at Buena Park Mall. They rent out stalls, and vendors sell crafts, small antiques, used items, etc. It is only open a few days each month. It is sad to see what has become of Westminster Mall, a mall from my youth. The way people shop has completely changed. Not just online, but the items they shop for. Who knows? Maybe a future generation will rediscover mall shopping, and online shopping will suffer. The only constant is change.
@billl1127Ай бұрын
During the holidays that parking lot would be full. Bought a lot of tools and a few appliances at that Sears. Used to get watch batteries changed at that Fast Fix. Other stores like KB Toys, Spencer Gifts, and Cinnabon. I still get mailers advertising that Luxe Buffet. If I had to guess, they will demolish the mall and replace with apartments.
@HEYMANWITHJAYMANАй бұрын
@@billl1127 i bought a bunch of tools from that sears my self. Wasn't my hometown mall but used to go there from time to time tho
@CAHummingbird21 күн бұрын
I love your JCP comment on the tshirts…my dad & husband both were JCP T-shirt fans who always got them & their underwear for Christmas 😆
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN18 күн бұрын
@@CAHummingbird my dads favorite undeware brand was the JCPenney brand. They seemed thicker & better cotton back in the day. I liked the Vans t's they have there.
@oldiesgeek4543 күн бұрын
@@HEYMANWITHJAYMANI wore the JCP brand Tightie Whites as a kid. I think they were called Towncraft. 😊
@dricedlk13 күн бұрын
Also, fun fact: Punk rock band The Vandals wrote a song about the food court "Cafe 405".
@CC-gb8wj16 күн бұрын
Grew up going there and worked at Robinson May back in the day. A lot of memories there 😊 Took my niece to an anime meet up a while back . Love to see this place full again .
@sovereigntysoldier130322 күн бұрын
This is my old neighborhood. I spent countless hours and quarters at that mall and the arcade which used to be right there on the right as you walked in at the beginning. Was a pizza place, then the arcade. I can't believe it now looks like the Huntington Center did then. Empty. This video brought back so many memories.
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN22 күн бұрын
👍 i remember the Huntington Center & wondered why the Montgomery Ward building stayed empty for so long.
@MiteshDamania21 күн бұрын
They were successful in changing an indoor mall to an outdoor mall. Strange how that worked out.
@velvetknight780Ай бұрын
Malls will be missed. Amazon has taken over. Sad state of affairs 😢
@HEYMANWITHJAYMANАй бұрын
Yeah technology has certainly taken over
@sammyocgirl741125 күн бұрын
i hate amazon im a mall person...i need to see what im buying...
@peterslaby978224 күн бұрын
It's sad to see it in this state. You should have seen the crowds in the summer of 87'.
@Airbender-kl7cu23 күн бұрын
I remember the Jeff Spicoli days
@shannonbates71420 күн бұрын
Worked at May Co in that mall back in the mid 80s 😢
@jerryhase452012 күн бұрын
I watched "E.T." at the old UA theater on the outside of this mall back in 1982.
@ExploringTheWestCoast28 күн бұрын
So sad. I grew up in Chino, CA in the 70's, 80's and the first half of the 90's. I spent many summer days there at the Westminster Mall, chasing girls and getting in trouble! I just turned 50, and life itself, seems almost unrecognizable from those days.
@tonybino0126 күн бұрын
Chino to Fountain Valley is a long drive.
@ExploringTheWestCoast26 күн бұрын
@@tonybino01 lol..yeah. my whole family was scattered all over Southern California one of my My Auntie & Uncles, Cousins lived in Huntington , we were there often! 🤙🏻
@alexshatner390723 күн бұрын
The emptiness at the malls is mainly about Amazon, E bay, and other online shopping at a fraction of the cost.
@Airbender-kl7cu23 күн бұрын
Yes back in the good days of Jeff Spicolli
@Rockerlady22 күн бұрын
@@Airbender-kl7cuDude!!!
@oldorcsneverdie485426 күн бұрын
The middle of the mall used to have a sunken food court and it was amazing. The three story escalator going down to the food court was like a Disneyland ride (at least for a 6 year old in 1981). Then they ruined the mall and filled the center in with more store fronts, it took the character and uniqueness out of it.
@lafemmeprada820 күн бұрын
My favorite was the popcorn store. Multi colored….
@AlessiaBlue17 күн бұрын
Yes!!!! The pit! I worked in the pit at burgers & fries next to Orange Julius- my first real job at 15 in 1983! So many memories- the mall was where it all went down!! 😂
@lafemmeprada817 күн бұрын
Karmelcorn is what it used to be called. I remember Orange Julius too! 😭😭😭 so many memories.
@AzMountainMoMo17 күн бұрын
The bears used to be inside, in the 70’s I would climb on them as a little girl and had so much fun :)
@YourLilRascal227 күн бұрын
I started at my current job in February of 2020 nearby this mall. After the initial lockdowns were lifted, i used to come here on my lunch breaks. It was kind of eerie, like i was living in a zombie movie. It's so sad that things are the way they are. That food court is like the discount version of the classic food court staples. The Sbarro's hasn't actually been one for a while (the same thing for the Ghengis Khan). It was an Orange Julius and Dariy Queen combo, but i think they have been gone for a while. That actually was a Mrs. Fields, but it was a combo store with TCBY Treats ( I didn't know they were still around). I think the owner of that location closed a couple of years ago. I only ever saw her working by herself and she was only open a few days a week at very limited hours. Thanks for doing these videos! When I was at my previous job, we actually had the property management as a customer. The middle island sucked to get communication wires to.
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN7 күн бұрын
Man, TCBY a forgotten name but weird Mrs. Fields & TCBY together. As Dairy Queen & Orange Julius
@TRONABORON24 күн бұрын
My three favorite back in the day South Coast Plaza, Orange Mall Westminster- never cared for Main place in Santa Ana (even though I lived in S.A... 77-85
@fionnmaccumhaill325721 күн бұрын
It's ironic and sad that these places were once flourishing places of wonder and socializing and commerce and then people at the top enact changes upon society and these locations without regard for what the people want and then wonder why things are the way they are now and why everything has changes in an negative capacity.
@KathyLang-l5v7 күн бұрын
I used to work there when it first opened! Worked at the food court down in the middle. Pablo's Kitchen, Orange Julius and Burger and Fries all owned by the same company. Was a very busy place. Saw movies stars etc. Christmas it was packed. So sad to see it like this but so many found memories.
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN7 күн бұрын
Orange Julius used to be all over the place. I here people like that place a lot
@Native72219 күн бұрын
Very familair with that mall, use to pack when I was a teenager 25 years ago.
@lisalove763425 күн бұрын
My first job was at this mall!! I was 15
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN22 күн бұрын
Memories
@oldorcsneverdie485426 күн бұрын
I wonder what happened to the iron bears and alligator statues we used to play on as kids (and occasionally crack our heads open when we fell off them).
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN22 күн бұрын
Bears are out front in the parking location by the food court entrance
@cat_zab4 күн бұрын
This video came through my algorithm… my grandma would take me shopping there when I would visit 😢
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN4 күн бұрын
@@cat_zab it was a happening mall way back when
@TrungNguyen-ul8gm21 күн бұрын
Westminster Mall being like this for 20 yrs the only Immortal Mall !
@julieb399618 күн бұрын
I think South Coast Plaza will be the only physical immortal mall
@TrungNguyen-ul8gm18 күн бұрын
@@julieb3996 SCP is a open mall! There is a way to revive the mall but that is just me!
@johnboy563212 күн бұрын
Man this is soo depressing to watch.....😭 My family moved here to Westminster back in 1980! and I remember it had that 80's model vibe and style then a few years later they revamped the mall to look more modern. A couple of Landmarks. In the middle of the upper level was the Huge store for the girls ( drum roll please....) . . . . Charlette Rouse, if I spelled that right. Anyone remember that? And Me and my buddies would play Street Fighter at this I think it was a pizza joint near the entrance of the mall. And I used to shop at the Cool shop in the 90's ......G.H.Q! Anyone remember that store!!!!??? I loved looking around Sears too as a Kid, we used to get our school clothes from there. 😢 In the 90's this mall busy and bustling...... and they used to have a Millers Outpost there too!!! There's a Blast from the Past. I got my 1st lil RC car my dad. bought me from : KB toy store. Man I Loved that lil car. Anyone else have memories here at the Westminster Mall they want to share?
@jacquelinethompson621819 күн бұрын
I was 15 and 16 when I did fashion shows in Westminster mall. My mom would drive me there and I would model the clothes with other girls on the runway in center court somewhere. Oh it was so fun! I am almost 61 now!!! I was the total mall girl with my friends.
@larryaldrich4351Ай бұрын
Back during the Great Bicentennial my beautiful, young wife and I would spend all day Sunday here.
@HEYMANWITHJAYMANАй бұрын
Yeah back then it was the spot to be.
@ready4sea30111 күн бұрын
I lived in HB from 1976-1983.. went to this mall often. In those days the very center of the mall was a cavity where the largest wooden beam imagineable was suspended by about a hundred steel cables resembling a modern suspension bridge. Then in the late 90’s I went through and saw they had built into that cavity-/ the beam was gone, and the cavity was filled with more stores. Shame to see such a magnificent place die.
@justcallmejay3041Ай бұрын
Damn, as soon as you walked inside i saw that Book Off was gone. That's the only thing i went to this mall for 😢
@pnw-coast26 күн бұрын
They moved to Garden Grove after finding out the mall was going to be demo'd for a new development.
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN22 күн бұрын
Soooo many places took off. Weird to see it like that
@MattReeves-id5hdАй бұрын
As a kid in the 80s, I always knew I was at Westminster Mall thanks to the red carpet that covered the whole place.
@HEYMANWITHJAYMANАй бұрын
Old school memories is all we have now.
@KitemanTV28 күн бұрын
Yes, that's when this mall was awesome. We're so lucky to have known it like that. All those little pathways and everything. That's how I will always remember that mall.
@MattReeves-id5hd28 күн бұрын
The Little Folk Shop (with in store slide)0Cartoon Junction, Doo Dah, Time Out, KB, the weird d organ stores, and .25 sticker books at Sanrio. Those were indeed....the days
@societyofgoodness46437 күн бұрын
So sad. It’s not just a depressing situation due to Bidenomics, but also in the sense that Malls were the hangout for all us kids growing up in the 80s. So many great memories. I’m going to Del Amo next w my bff. Hope it’s not this bad. 🙌🇺🇸🙌
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN7 күн бұрын
Main Place Santa Ana & South Coast Plaza are the busy malls my way.
@oldiesgeek4543 күн бұрын
@Society. I grew up not too far from Del Amo Mall in the 70s. I believe it's where I saw my first movie in a multiplex theater.
@jc4evur6612 күн бұрын
Had nothing to do w/Bidenomics as it started dying once internet shopping started in the late 90's.
@bruceburton652324 күн бұрын
Used To Go There All The Time Back In The 80s
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN22 күн бұрын
Those were the days!
@KathyLang-l5v7 күн бұрын
My husband and I just went there. So hard to see it like this. Walked around remembering how it was when it first opened. Where I worked and thinking of all the shops that used to be there and the people.
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN7 күн бұрын
Glad you went to go see it as it is now. Memories is all we have now
@maryannecba388926 күн бұрын
This looks like the mall in Citrus Height, CA.. ( suburb of Sacramento). The are tearing it down and replacing it with apartment buildings, other types of retail, offices, etc. My daughter lived south of Westminster Mall, and I remember going to visit her at Christmas time, and the traffic around this mall would be backed up for blocks with people wanting to get in. I never went in there, but I never realized how huge it was. I wonder what makes some malls deserted, while others thrive. I know of three that are just like the hey-days of the 80's.
@epicwolf18 күн бұрын
Born in Garden Grove and raised in Westminster. This mall was our neighborhood mall. Im 44 now and I still remember back in the days when the mall was so packed, it has red carpet and everyone was happy going there. Such a shame it becomes one of those ghost town malls in Orange County. People can argue because of online shopping and the pandamic but its not true. South Coast Plaza, The Orange Outlet, Irvine Spectrum and Fashion Island still has alot of people and stores still open. To me this mall will always me our neighborhood mall
@rachelhalsell92726 күн бұрын
I grew up at this mall, it’s so sad to see it so empty. There used to have a theatre there in the 90’s which was great and the parents would just drop us off for hours. My mom worked at the LensCrafters there for over a decade and they were always so busy. So many awesome memories there.
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN25 күн бұрын
@@rachelhalsell927 ahhhh the days of being a kid & being dropped off at the movies. I remember those days
@denisegarcia45903 күн бұрын
OC native and this place definitely brings back memories 😢😊
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN3 күн бұрын
Memories is all we have now
@monicaclark958118 күн бұрын
Cost of buying new clothing etc became too expensive for many us at the malls in recents years. Cost of living exceeds our incomes. Goodwill stores has become the popular place to shop.
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN18 күн бұрын
I hit up goodwill today & bought brand new Asics shoes
@DaveEPie16 күн бұрын
I never went there growing up - but moved into the area around 2002 . It was so packed every weekend. People spending money on children’s clothing and everything else. I saw the demise of this mall over the next 15 years. Most go down the freeway one exit to Bella Terra. Once Macy’s and Sears lost all of their customers, this place was DONE. It will be better developed as a Balla Terra type place- with hundreds of apartments. lol
@AzMountainMoMo17 күн бұрын
The food court was at the west end by the sears entrance. Upper level. It was called “cafe 405” they made it I think around 1987. Before that it was in the center of the mall accessible by a bunch of red carpeted ramps to get to the various levels of the mall. It was really gorgeous.
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN17 күн бұрын
@@AzMountainMoMo red carpeted ramps sounds cool vs going down an escalator or elevator
@marcmcreynolds282712 күн бұрын
... and there was that maybe hundred-foot-long beam suspended horizontally above the ramps as sunlight shone in through ceiling windows.
@brianowskielder4658Ай бұрын
I got laid on the roof of the JC Pennys while I was doing the HVAC for a company called Building Comfort Services. They even had a freight elevator to the roof. Good ol days.
@MeekelDubya26 күн бұрын
Nice. 😏
@mdgraystone26 күн бұрын
Wow. Lol
@julieb399618 күн бұрын
I live not far away in the same county, but haven't been there in about a year. It was not this bad, it really looks like a ghost town now! There isn't really anything for me to get there that I can't get online w/free shipping now. Malls were places to socialize like 30-40 years ago but not anymore. Those big bins Returns places have popped up in strip malls too now, kinda creepy.
@Jimmy-Lee-T21 күн бұрын
I used to live near the Westminster Mall in the 70s and 80s. Even though JCPENNEY and Macy's are there, they didn't replace Sears store. Many more stores that were there just didn't do the business and now the shops are closed.
@justgravyАй бұрын
I used to go to the Westminster Mall almost weekly. I would go to Best Buy to check out the new releases, then head across to the mall. Target helped to revive it for a short while. Sad to see it this empty. 😢
@alexshatner390723 күн бұрын
The emptiness at the malls is mainly about Amazon, E bay, and other online shopping at a fraction of the cost.
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN22 күн бұрын
I remember best products next best buy waaaaay back when
@alexshatner390721 күн бұрын
@@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN can you remind me?, the name sounds familiar I just cannot remember what those products were
@bobcunningham98998 күн бұрын
@@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN Best Buy went in to the external location where Best Products was.
@bobcunningham98998 күн бұрын
@@alexshatner3907 Best Products was one of the original warehouse stores. Pick something to buy from a catalogue or limited display area. Then would be given to you at a pickup counter. I had forgotten about this store until I remembered the Best Buy using the building years after Best Products closed.
@shonnie08917 күн бұрын
Sad to see this mall so empty. I was Dave's Appliances last year and did not realize that this adjacent mall was failing. Very good selections and prices at Dave's BTW!
@CraigRoccanova6 сағат бұрын
This was my mall growing up. I remember where the KB toys, Mrs. Fields, Spencers Gifts, and Suncoast record store was! Suncoast is where I remember my mom took me to get the Offspring "Americana" CD lol. The food court had an A&W Rootbeer, Hotdog on a Stick, and a McDonalds. I remember getting the beanie babies from the happy meals there. That Target was a big deal when it opened and now it's just a shell for the most part. I stumbled upon your Puente Hills video and had to look to see if you did the Westminster Mall. Sad how they have become but it is a different world than the 80s and 90s now. The only malls that haven't struggled are South Coast and Fashion Island but that isn't for everyone.
@MrTr3D29 минут бұрын
I tutored a lady for chemistry back in 1997? She and her husband had a jewelry store. One day some slashed his Mercedes tire and he was afraid to change the tires and so he drove home with the flat.
@albertnunes8552Ай бұрын
Soon to be condos and new outdoor shops and dining, demolition begins mid 2025
@Anaiya202227 күн бұрын
It's public information that the entire property is going to be repurposed into housing, restaurants, a park and plenty of shopping. It will be booming like the Bella Terra here in Huntington Beach.
@MiteshDamania21 күн бұрын
@@Anaiya2022strange how an outdoor mall is successful....
@SunSeekerHawk9 күн бұрын
When the Sears shut down the mall died. It really isn't a mall anymore. It's a Target next to zombie stores. The Best Buy at the north end of the parking lot still seems to be alive; that's the only place I've been to recently.
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN8 күн бұрын
@@SunSeekerHawk haha a Target next to zombie stores. Pretty much, next year things will change over there with new construction i guess?
@cheril88913 күн бұрын
Westminister Mall used to be THE mall. None of us lived in Westminister but we all went there. I cant believe this video, its unreal.
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN3 күн бұрын
I keep hearing the good old days stories about this mall
@tammyhiggins101314 күн бұрын
I used to take my kids to this mall when they were little. This breaks my heart!
@davidneyra441810 күн бұрын
I grew up in the 90s, coming to this great Mall, back when it had a Disney store, KB toys, I'm in shock how it's so empty now, like I walked into an alternative future, almost everything is gone and some homeless dude is growing corn in a part of the parking lot
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN10 күн бұрын
It is amazing how it went down hill. It was a very popular mall back in the day
@vaderjoe313320 күн бұрын
In the 80's this place was packed! Especially during Christmas time! This is very sad.
@SueMoe10 күн бұрын
It's a very slow sad death. 😢 They closed the Target entrances to the mall quite a while ago because the alcohol section was next to the exit and it made it easy to steal, so of course the solution isn't, move the alcohol, the answer was, close off the exit. Now you have to walk out the front side from the lower level and back into the mall at its deadest point. That decision didn't help the few that still shop there.We no longer bother using that Target.
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN10 күн бұрын
Was courious as to why the Target mall entrances were shut
@msjoeschmoe540017 күн бұрын
I remember when it opened. I was 14-15 and me and my friends got all dressed up just to walk around! Also, during the holidays there was absolutely nowhere to park. Even the outer parking spaces were full. Now it will eventually become more condos and shops with some kind of park space. Just more traffic and congestion for the main intersection of Bolsa/Goldenwest. Sometimes progress is not a good thing. 😔
@DianaRodriguez-cu2lpАй бұрын
Thank you for sharing with us ❤❤❤❤
@CAwolfguy28 күн бұрын
Then I got jobs here...first maintenance, then security...finally moved on to real jobs, but still came here through the 80s.
@AlessiaBlue17 күн бұрын
Omg! I had my first two jobs here- Burgers & Fries in “the pit” aka, the lower food court, next to Orange Julius over the summer and Robinson’s (now Macy’s) in the fall for the next two years. Wow, it looks crazy! It used to be so packed back in the 80’s!! I live in south OC now and I had no idea this mall was a ghost town now- another one bites the dust 😢 it’s almost hard to look at… my warm childhood memories are disintegrating in my brain rn 🤯
@ErWo7522 күн бұрын
When you first walked in the mall, it seemed like a scene from the beginning of a zombie apocalypse. Lol I used to go to the Westminster mall quite often when I was younger. In addition to MainPlace, Buena Park, and the old Anaheim Mall. I liked the underground movie theater at the Buena Park mall. FEDCO made it’s last stand there before going out of business. South Coast Plaza has always had a “snooty” vibe. The Brea Mall was cool. I remember when the Huntington Beach Mall (now called Bella Terra) was a dead place. Bella Terra is the blueprint of what the modern developers want to do with these 1970’s style malls. It’s weird seeing these old malls go extinct. This mall was built about a year before I was born in late ‘75.
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN22 күн бұрын
I did trip out when i first walked in. Amazing how dead it is now
@IanPunter21 күн бұрын
How is brea mall now? if any mall is doing ok now its probably brea.
@duncanidaho209720 күн бұрын
Wow my mom took us to FEDCO in Van Nuys.
@stacybugg71804 күн бұрын
Fast fix does amazing repairs!!
@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN4 күн бұрын
@@stacybugg7180 my mom goes to Fast Fix
@OhanaMamaWatt7 минут бұрын
A lot of the stores have closed that were just open last December. I was told that the mall would be fully closed and demolished within the next 3-5 years and condos would be built in its place. Same thing is supposed to happen to part of the Buena Park Mall.