DEAD MALL - LAST CHRISTMAS at the Puente Hills Mall ? walk thru & NEW wings walled off! where's🎅

[@smilingontime]

I used to live in la puente .. I remember ditching highschool in the 90s and taking the bus to the mall with all my cronies... .. would frequent that mall because of the movies.. up til 2015 and I took my baby for pictures with Santa.. .. I moved outta la puente after my mom went to heaven in 2018... I'm teary eyed with memories.. I've walked those same steps.... .. that was See's a candy..

[@portalalchemist320]

I was at this mall a few months ago wish I could have seen it in it's prime. Your beautiful btw let's get lunch

[@proconsumersafety]

Sorry to hear about your mom. That is always difficult, nice to have wonderful memories though.

[@jmiranda1499]

Me too Wilson. High school 1995

[@bodiep9132]

I also grew up in La Puente…used to take the bus to the mall on Saturdays w friends in the 80’s! It was packed & was the place to be!

[@VintageLPs]

My late husband and I always went to California for our vacations and when we discovered La Puente Hills Mall, we loved that place in the late 1970’s. It was so hot in the desert, 114 deg., that we would get a cheap room in Las Vegas and then leave at 3 a.m. to drive to a motel near this mall, check in and then go back to sleep! 😂We always drove from our second stop in Santa Monica just to get a Dog on a Stick in the Food Court. You could fit 10 of our old mall into this place but it has been torn down and I still miss it. I miss my husband…..just spent my fifth Christmas alone without him. Forty-five wonderful years together! Thanks for the vlog and the happy memories it brought to me.

[@MrMegaFredZeppelin]

I used to go to The Puente Hills Mall in the early 1980's as a teenager quite a lot😃I used to go to La Casa de Candles for all of my Rock Band shirts as we as Whimsey Works and Spencer Gifts and of course the arcade😁Very sad sad to see it this way now😢But then again it has been 40+ years, those were the days☺Thank you for sharing this👍🏻ROCK ON!!!!!!!🤘🏻🤙🏻✌🏻

[@soniagalindo7589]

I went there and one of the guys who worked there became my boyfriend, five years ago, after 30 years of his interest in me. He wanted to marry me but as of 5 years ago I moved on and he moved to AZ. Anyways, he would tell me the fun times he had working there with his coworkers Mike, Rodney, Marilyn and Edgar.

[@mikecarter8880]

THANK YOU! La Casa de Candles. I would think about that place every so often and had forgotten the name. Next to the toy store downstairs right? Can't remember if it was Sears or Robinsons side.

[@stacyp8010]

@@mikecarter8880I remember it! 😊It had purple shag carpet in the early 80s ! If I remember right!

[@rocknrollgangster13]

Love my rock shirts too !! Wouldn’t get them here but yea, the 80’s in so cal …. Anywhere actually were THEE best era to grow up in. I’m sure every generation believes that of their era but come on …. The music, MTV, the American shopping mall, the big hair, earrings, EVERYTHING …. we were a gluttonous generation but such a cool one. I Grew up in the San Gabriel Valley- in Pasadena now. Yes, so expensive anywhere in SoCal but we’re city folks and can’t imagine leaving this beautiful place. Was just at the Rose parade & game yesterday. All the people we met yesterday- those from Ohio and Oregon all said they Pasadena is so beautiful here in the Winter time. The whole reason for the Rose Parade was to show off our region here. Too bad so many people have left. Schools closing; low enrollment - malls closing ; no customers . Pasadena’s “Paseo Colorado has been a ghost mall for a long time now. Sad .

[@rocknrollgangster13]

Love my rock shirts too !! Wouldn’t get them here but yea, the 80’s in so cal …. Anywhere actually were THEE best era to grow up in. I’m sure every generation believes that of their era but come on …. The music, MTV, the American shopping mall, the big hair, earrings, EVERYTHING …. we were a gluttonous generation but such a cool one. I Grew up in the San Gabriel Valley- in Pasadena now. Yes, so expensive anywhere in SoCal but we’re city folks and can’t imagine leaving this beautiful place. Was just at the Rose parade & game yesterday. All the people we met yesterday- those from Ohio and Oregon all said they Pasadena is so beautiful here in the Winter time. The whole reason for the Rose Parade was to show off our region here. Too bad so many people have left. Schools closing; low enrollment - malls closing ; no customers . Pasadena’s “Paseo Colorado has been a ghost mall for a long time now. Sad .

[@maha77]

If someone told us as teenagers in the 80's that malls would die out we'd never believe them

[@dennythomas8887]

I used to go to that mall all the time back in the 70's and early 80's. In 1978 I bought my wife and i's wedding rings at Talmage Jewelers and rented my and the groomsmen's tuxes at a shop there. We lived 45 minutes away in Alhambra and the Puente Hills mall was our favorite place to shop. That place just had a vibe that all the other malls in SoCal didn't back then. We moved 2,000 miles east to the gulf coast 30 years ago because of the insane cost of living and extreme taxation. Sad to see it like this but it was elevatable with internet shopping, high taxes, high crime and the states unfriendly attitude to business. I'm still on the gulf coast so thanks for the tour.

[@melanieme8410]

I still live near this mall. I remember trying to go to the JcPenny's parking lot to learn how to drive a stick cause it was Always empty at night. But nope they were filming Back to the Future that night. We sat around for a few min and watched the DeLorean race around.

[@michaeljneal]

It's definitely sad, but kind of an honor, to be part of a generation that gets to experience such pivotal societal changes as this. I can remember back in the early 90s, as a High School Senior and the modern Internet in the process of being born. Two of the first thoughts I had were, "Who's going to keep the internet clean/organized? When sites stop working, will they still be there, or do they get removed or what??" The other thought was, "This could end pretty badly for some stores/malls, etc. Companies that don't jump on the bandwagon and start selling here immediately, are going to be gone in 25 years." I was half-right 😂 😂 It's crazy how life, circumstances and global events cause (just about everybody) to just start doing things differently, leaving entire industries, traditions and processes behind.

[@tonycanabal1659]

YES, the final Christmas. The tell tale signs are there. Closed escelators, blocked sections, shut down fountains are usually the final stages.

[@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN]

I'm guessing partial demo in 2025 in phases.

[@JennNofficial]

I miss this mall 😢 it’s so sad to see the back to the future mall like this when my old mall Santa Anita in Arcadia is still full and alive.

[@claudettevargas3049]

I remember going to the grand opening with my Mom and siblings. It was so crowded. I remember thinking how beautiful it was. All those stores in one huge place. Also, We forgot where we parked and it took forever to find our car. I’ll never forget that day. It’s so sad.

[@CF-cx3hg]

I used to work there summer of 98 at the McDonald’s next to tacos Mexico. Great times. I’ll miss the mall

[@robertdiamondoil2384]

I remember going to the grand opening in the 70s

[@RosannaDanna8]

I remember being in high school in the 80's and this mall was the happening place on the weekends. Those were the days when it was fun being a kid/teenager. Never got into mischief, just shopped and hung out with all your friends at the food Mart and arcades.

[@bryansidler7678]

Extremely sad to hear and see , i went by there a couple years ago and was shocked at how many stores were gone then. Orange, Cerritos, Whitwood and many others are going or gone just like the friends and family that was at one time also. Saturday and Sunday - sat was fam ,sun was friends and my mom kid brother and I watched back to the future in the theater- the one they filmed at. Those really were the good ol days , now life 40 years later is so depressingly different- if you were there you get it, if not you'll see eventually just like we did , every generation gets a turn.

[@williampetersen9915]

I have 18 years of memories of The Puente Hills Mall. From 1974 until 1992. Christmas time was always a great time to be there, as was Summer. Back in the 80s, I came up with a method of completely avoiding crowds and the need to search for a place to park. During the Christmas season the mall extended its hours to open at 9am. I also noticed that most folks like to sleep late on weekends. I went to the mall at 9am on a Saturday. Hardly anyone was there. I'd finish my shopping by 10:30. As I went to my car, the lot was already quickly filling up. I used that method for many years. It's so sad to see it going away. There was a time when it supported 4 book stores: . Walden's B. Dalton Pick wick Zondervan's Oh well, nothing lasts forever. I wonder how The West Covina Fashion Plaza is doing or if it's still open.

[@bodiep9132]

It is still open….some closed stores as well but not as bad & still draws some people….

[@baalmoloch4933]

Grew up in La Puente, hung out at this mall a lot, used to race stoplight to stoplight on Colima heading east leaving the Showboat parking lot after spending all of my spare cash at the arcade in the early 80's. Great times.

[@gad6347]

My friends and I from Baldwin Park used to take the bus down to Puente Hills Mall to meet up with our friends from Walnut and West Covina to hang out or watch a movie... the good ol' days. Kids used to go out more and be more active cuz we didn't have social media or cell phones back then... we only had the landline phones to call up our friends.

[@efrem1]

I wonder what they will do with the Twin Pines Mall sign. I hope they find a permanent home for it.

[@saradraperwessels]

Very eerie. My mom managed the shoe and stationary departments at Robinsons in the late 1970s. I worked at a few stores at Christmas. My ex-husband streaked through there. It used to be packed.

[@ill_will1338]

This was my neighborhood mall growing up. Thanks for sharing times have changed. Where’s my Delorian? Time to go back to the future! FYI that movie was filmed here!

[@myguy796]

22:54 This was a Geode store, that's where they sell rocks that has color like purple inside. I went with my parents inside once, and the guy was nice to us, but everything was expensive. Some rocks we're thousands of dollars, but they had some smaller rocks for hundreds though 🤣

[@davidknighttv6752]

I have visited this mall many times with my kids. Taken pictures with the twin pines sign. Bought a hat in the Burlington and also used to shop at sears.

[@robserrano8971]

I would convert it into SGV OUTLETS like The Block of Orange with affordable housing along Albatross and relocate Ethan Allen and Guitar Center to the mall. Build a Rainforest Cafe like Downtown Disney where Forever 21. Another option would build a Great Wolf Lodge where the mall was instead.

[@ciello___8307]

definitely should have some housing element. Too much retail space around there already

[@Quipson]

All the place needs is a Starbucks clone coffee shop and free wi-fi and the food court should be packed!

[@jdoh4972]

During the hot summer after a short visit to the 24 hr gym i stopped in for a short visit. I went to the seats in the center and took it all in. Only a few folks moving about enjoying the open space. As i sat there they were playing all 80s music and the atmosphere was rather Gostly. Spent a lotta nice times in that mall all the way back to late 70s. Spencers, kaybee toys, Time Out Arcade, hot dog on a stick and my favorite was Bobs old Fashioned Ice Cream Bars. I always remember the Store that was selling Pianos or Organs or something. Someone was always playing music there.. High School times i was probably there the most. A couple days later i read somewhere that it had finally been sold. I believe the article said it would be modernized to have shops and boutiques but im not sure. Either way the winds of change are steadily increasing now. Maybe in the Future we can catch a ride on that movie car to take us back for a look ... "the way it was ... "

[@saradraperwessels]

Yah! The girls at Hot Dog on a Stick would pound the lemons with plungers to make fresh lemonaid. I was great.

[@stephanieadkins9369]

Don't forget they also had a chick fila in the that mall

[@jose.jgomez9397]

That was my mall during the 80 .....❤

[@CharlieChoco-n7s]

So sad watching Americana die before my eyes. These buildings have been reduced to zombie apocalypse shelters.

[@danielatilano3294]

Yes for zombie type people everywhere

[@BongDonkySecret77]

I have never been here, but I always wanted to see it bc of BTTF. Thanks for the video.

[@frauwolftherehorse]

Good morning Jay and Merry Xmas. Thank you for this video. Nice delorean collectible. Apparently Jada toys is located on Gale Ave just 1 block of Fullerton Rd. Right next to Railroad st that runs behind the building (parallel to the RR tracks). Take care.

[@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN]

Merry Christmas to you. Kinda cool it's a collectible that was distributed local as of where some of the movie was filmed. Even tho they Jada distributes other toys too.

[@ruckusrodkustom8140]

Great seeing it one last time! Thanks

[@robertmann7277]

Nothing is more depressing than these dead mall tours, I wonder if the Montclair Plaza is still open?

[@EnlightenedRogue24]

Yes, Montclair Plaza is still going. ☝️🥴

[@Alchemiiisst]

Still popping..

[@jeffshadow2407]

Heavily remodeled and doing quite well.

[@MrLivvyfan]

We use to go to the AMC theater for Halloween movies that the theater would show a new horror or thriller movie then an old movie such as Halloween, Friday the 13th or Freddy Krueger film. Then go and eat lunch or dinner in the food court and show our movie theater tickets for a discount and go and see another film. And show our movie theater ticket to get a discount on Baskin Robbins ice cream and proceed home. Nice memories!

[@CrazyboyLA]

Back in 2001 took the bus from Montebello to Puente Hills Mall and purchased a pair of clothes at the old Anchor Blue (Miller Outpost) and a cologne. Also went back in 2002 to meet with a gal in person that I met on AOL. Now that mall is in despair looks like It has seen better days.

[@pokemon9839]

😂 from the look of the bowling alley. The only thing missing is skating, laser tag, go carts, and a sports park.

[@lorena617]

😮😮😮😮 omg that mall uaed to be so busy. used to live in the area and it used to be the only option the other one was too far in west covina by 10 freeway. surprise it did not make it, its not like there are a lot of options in area. 😊

[@mrgregserrano]

I used to work at the AMC 4 Puente Hills theater in the Spring/Summer of 1990 while I attended Walnut High School. I spent most of my teen years in and out of that mall with my friends at Rowland High and Los Altos, and I remember in the 80s not being able to find parking during the Christmas shopping season. I saw them film a quick scene of Back To The Future One night when I was ten. It's sad to think that the mall will be gone soon.

[@Jaketonyz]

i remember that mall in its heyday it was a nice mall and that restaurant makinos buffet served good food i miss it and i am a member of 24 hour fitness and still go there.

[@robertoacevedo6247]

Man I used to shop there with my kids years ago, I remember they used to have a river in the middle of the first floor with coy fish I used to get coffee and buy feeding pellets to feed the fish it was relaxing they the took thst out and it just felt weird the vibe of the mall changed completely.

[@terri917441]

I remember when there was a merry-go-round in the middle of the mall. Puente Hills Mall was used to film Back To The Future.

[@charleswest161]

I used to go there as a kid now I service the fire system at the empty sears next door, an old buddy of mine bought his first decent drumset there at the piano store, I would have never imagined seeing all this emptiness as a kid or the fact that theres a whole little maze underneath the mall that im sure most peple dont know about. It will probably be condos in a few years.

[@loki78lb]

There is a really old mall in New Jersey that converted the upper floor into residential use and the lower redeveloped. It really looked cool. Very successful too

[@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN]

They need to do that here. Not sure of the logistics or if that's profitable in CA?

[@phgamer4393]

that wasnt annie annes on the bottom floor before the escalator it was a cinnabon. i remember buying one from there when it was open

[@ErikJoaquin]

I've seen the concept of the remodel, if they make it happen it will definitely revive the mall

[@rebeccamartus5859]

I lived there in Hacienda Hts from the late 80's- 2021. It's so sad to see Puente Hills Mall die, it's erie to watch you walking through where I used to walk.

[@GalaxyCatTV]

Someone bought the Mall. Back to the Future movie was filmed there. It was bought in August 2024. I used to go there a few times in my day as a teenager back in the 90s.

[@paulcastillo1310]

I used to come to this mall back in the 80s when the RTD bus used to come up here now it's LA Metro now LA Metro does not go up there no more on a foothill Transit does but that won't be for long

[@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN]

Always seems like buses hanging out in the lot

[@paulcastillo1310]

@@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN yeah that's the end of the line for the foothill Transit buses now back in the 80s and early 90s when sctrd it's a shame to see the mall closed down completely I haven't been up there in a long time and became famous for the movie back to the Future

[@DebiMartin-n3r]

My mom worked at jcpennys back in the early 80s I used to ride my bike after school and hang out at the mall. Part of my childhood is closing with it 😢

[@mikecarter8880]

Was my favorite place in the early-mid 80s. Being from Montebello we probably stopped going when that mall opened. Loved going to the 2 toy stores. The one on the bottom had RC stuff I couldn't afford and next to it was a shop similar to Spencers, they sold black light posters and sex joke gifts. I remember buying my Vectrex from Sears. When Back To The Future came out I was living in Arcadia and saw it at the mall there and remembering going hey that's Puente Hills mall! RIP mall. Oh yea and loved going to Seafood Broiler or Velvet Turtle. That mall and area was great in the 80s with Malibu, Showboat and Skate Country.

[@ErikJoaquin]

How's the Montebello mall? Last time I was there it seemed like it's next to go

[@mikecarter8880]

@@ErikJoaquin No idea. Moved in 2000 and haven't been since. I am back in Arcadia, that mall is hopping.

[@pokemon9839]

Montebello mall is about the same. It's been a while but went to BJ's Pizza inside the mall and after we walked around for old times and every other 2 or 3 stores were empty.

[@skyeblue5669]

😮 Wow.. MEMORIES..

[@jodiburnett6211]

Back To The Future TWIN PINES MALL Forever! In 1985 this place would have been packed two days before Christmas. The holiday musak echoing in an empty mall is creepy. But now you have a Time Machine.

[@antholbdy]

I use to go there all the time back in the 80s use to get my Z Cavaricci pants there

[@knuclear200x]

The Ross and AMC are still in business. I hope that never changes

[@tonycanabal1659]

They may remain in the redevelopment.

[@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN]

I can picture the AMC staying

[@SandsTimeDiscoBiscuitShow]

I had no idea, I went to that mall pre-covid. It's closing down??

[@chuckroast7053]

Back in the 80s around Christmas time, this place would have been wall to wall people shopping, and having a good time. The chicks back then would actually dress up nice, as well as the dudes. At this day and age, you see people shopping wearing their PJs and crocs. I know times evolve, but the internet has killed a lot of businesses. Most people don't even leave their house anymore.

[@LAppleDumpling]

Yup and #Back to the Future

[@saradraperwessels]

You are so right. I remember that too. Why do people wear pajamas in public?

[@ciello___8307]

@@saradraperwessels because why not?

[@323hamstr]

90s too

[@bruinjer]

There used to be a great Brazilian BBQ place next to the entrance facing Azusa Ave. that was 15-20 years ago… I’ll have to go tomorrow to see what’s going on. So sad

[@smilingontime]

20:29 .. that Mongolian beef place was delicious 😋

[@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN]

I should of ate there 2 months ago when i was there

[@evilgabe666]

The only thing keeping this place alive is the AMC and Time out, also the hot pot. I was just at amc watching sonic 3 and the place was packed along with time out and other places around the center.

[@sandyhanson6082]

Sad to see the end of Twin Pines/Lone Pine mall.

[@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN]

Yeah an era gone by the wayside

[@Enriqued305]

What happened? Ontario , Montclair, Covina are still booming

[@DEADIKATED]

Sad this was the place to be in The 80's and 90's. I can't count how many times I've been there. The last couple of times I've been there is to watch a movie and Round 1

[@professorruthie8367]

So sad. I fear this will happen to our mall in Burbank. Does anyone know what will happen to the The twin pines mall sign ? Hope to goes to the retro museum or the bttf fan bases. Thoughts ?

[@jmal]

The last time I went to Puente Hills Mall was for Round One. The most memorable visit I had at this mall was for the 30th anniversary celebration of _Back to the Future._ It pains me to see such an iconic mall be on its last legs. They could at least redevelop it into apartments or something on the second floor. I don't wanna see an important part of movie history be demolished.

[@thedosman]

I believe this was the location of the mall parking lot scene where Doc was "killed" in Back to thr Future.

[@drexasouras1235]

I remember thos mall had a skateboard park inside it.. i miss this Mall... I met so many girls . I wish i xould go back in time and do it all over again

[@jeffbatdorf]

I wish I had gone to this mall when I moved to SoCal in 2003. It looks like they're trying to follow the example of other malls entering the mixed-development model. Have you looked into spending some time at Garden Walk in Anaheim? It was a mall that was dead on arrival. Keep up the fun videos!

[@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN]

Haven't been to Garden Walk. I have free Disney parking so it's easily walkable to get there

[@jvargas6034]

How Is The Anaheim GardenWalk Doing Nowadays?

[@Brando501st]

​@@jvargas6034 I live nearby. It does get business every once in awhile. It hosts the A Tasty of Japan yearly. It got a new AMC and House of Blues a few years ago after Disney basically evicted them from Downtown Disney lol. To me it seems it still has a mix of successful stores and dead stores right next to each other. It's not the best but it's surprisingly been better than when they started. I remember almost 10 years ago when it was Always Completely dead.

[@ciello___8307]

Garden walk is not that dead. it gets good traffic on the weekends and it has clubs and event spaces

[@jvargas6034]

@@ciello___8307 Agreed, They Are Trying To Focus On Dining And Entertainment Rather Than Shopping

[@calichica2020]

The thing that is striking and sad is there are no Christmas decorations in the mall at all, except for the lillte Santa Village, and it wasn't very festive at all. I remember going to the Puente Hills mall in the 90s to get pictures with Santa for my kids. Before that, as a teenager in the 80s hanging out with my friends, I'm very sad to see it that state 😢

[@pokemon9839]

You are so right. All the mall's has so many Christmas decorations that it slapped the Christmas right in to you ready or not.😂

[@71spazz]

I live on Colima and nogales so that's my mall ,it's sad. But because of this video I went back today just to see for myself. I did go to the collectible store and get my DeLorean pull car. There is five left in the Mr fusion was broken on three of them. Got my picture with the sign tried having the little DeLorean in there but it's so small. And my wife pill it up one of the blue piece of tape and got me a piece of left Mall floor.

[@almightytora]

Oh wow. I was literally there about 4pm the same day, but I was at the Round 1.

[@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN]

I was eating at another dead mall at that time frame. I went from PHM to Westminster mall

[@jmr5707]

22:58 It's a Casino for kids😂

[@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN]

Yeah, starting them off young...lol

[@AndyTseRealEstate]

The Japanese buffet was really good. We celebrated Mother's Day there a few years in a row. COVID did the restaurant in. Really sad....

[@RobertCanceljr]

I remember jolly Roger I remember that the rolling 2ozbloods to over batson apartments back in the day money was definitely more prevalent

[@frauwolftherehorse]

😱 sincere -- the blocked off sections of the phm. 😔

[@vdcg2010]

How sad that is to see, I used to go shopping there as a teenager back in the mid 80’s

[@jvargas6034]

I Agree With You That This Is Possibly The Last Christmas For Puente Hills Mall. When Do You Think This Mall Will Permanently Close?

[@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN]

Not sure but i bet sections would close vs the whole thing at once. In phases i would think to rebuild

[@nancytharpe7042]

I used to live in La puente and went to the small all the time and it was always packed it's truly sad to see it this empty Christmas time I took my niece and nephews to the movies and I went to the movies multiple times and had eight bearing just I used to hang out at that place is sad to see it go down

[@SLone3251]

I wonder how the few thriving tenants will work around whatever re-development this mall may have. I personally think with the immense 56 acres this mall sits on, the new owner, RCB Equites, needs to create a mixed-development destination to increase foot traffic. Apartments (freeway noise is gonna suck for sure) and outdoor retail that can chain everything together.

[@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN]

1 of the retail workers said but can't confirm yet that the spread out tenants may need to move to other parts of the mall so the mall can do whatever planned in the future

[@SLone3251]

@@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN Interesting, thanks for noting.

[@Miguel-x2l]

I stop shopping at the mall ever since TEMU came out! $35 for a Phone Case when i can get the same one for $6 And a lot more items

[@EGe-u8g]

From info wars to mall madness 😂

[@phgamer4393]

i was just here today lol. was saddened to see the mongolian place had died out. had hoped it would survive. given it was there. i really do wonder whats going on. managment deliberatly crashing it? you would think they would try to fix it up and find new tenants so it doesnt die.

[@ciello___8307]

The Mall has already been sold. So I assume a demolition is coming

[@johnlowell9220]

You have 71 comments. You seem to have a love for La Puente Mall content. You should have a channel meet up at Round 1. 2-3pm meet and greet at the Round 1 food court area. 3-4pm walk around the Puente Hills Mall and photo op. 4pm end of meeting. 4-6pm walk across the street to the park with the 5 miles hiking trail into the backwoods.

[@EnlightenedRogue24]

👌🤣

[@WrestlingArt3]

Are they closing down the whole mall I mean the only thing that's really like cool there is or a popular would be the movie theater are they going to keep the movie theater

[@CharMinsky]

My mom dropped a lot of cash here. I will miss it with fond memories.

[@Brando501st]

Have you heard anything on what AMC plans to do?

[@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN]

No. No idea. Nice theater tho

[@Michael-ri2eh]

So Do you think that it will become some kind of bus hub

[@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN]

Im not from that area so couldn't say. There always seem like a bunch of buses over there tho

[@drexasouras1235]

It's a shame everybody's stuck inside their house and nobody goes out shopping at malls like this anymore.. everyone became computer zombies

[@pauli4036]

Heyman, good stuff. Got a question for you and perhaps others may know the answer - why is it that some malls are "dead" and some are still alive and kickin? For example, Westminster- dead. Cerritos-alive.

[@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN]

@pauli4036 no clue. Could be city politics, could be greed by landlord, or things we don't even know about. Hopefully someone else can answer

[@pauli4036]

@ some are dead dead and others have stood the test of time with similar stores chains. Same goes with our local swap meets. Love your material.

[@ciello___8307]

I think its location and owner. For example, most of the simon malls like brea, southcoast, del amo have lots of renovations and good tenants. Cerritos is not simon (I think) but they have a lot of good destination tenants and shops. I also think there is too many malls, so those that fall behind just are not viable without some other use like housing, outdoor dining, etc.

[@morganm9040]

What's the point and a waste of resources to just keep the lights on. The last time I was at Puente Hills Mall was around 2018 and went to the movies. It was dead then.

[@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN]

Yeah why do these malls keep it afloat. Cant be profitable at this point. Only they know the logistics that they're doing

[@ICallItAsItIs]

They should just turn all these dead malls into like a hybrid commercial/residential spot. That would be interesting living in a internal self-contained community where all the stores and restaurants are within a short walking distance from your living quarters.

[@lostcanyon777]

Some cities/states are indeed doing this.

[@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN]

There are kinda sorta 1s like that here. Residents upper floors and retail/restaurants down below but it's cheaper to shop & eat elsewhere vs on property

[@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent]

@@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN I think that was the original intention for the mall right before the Covid-19 pandemic then the company gave up on it.

[@BurtBowers]

When people started ordering online few decades ago it was the beginning of the end of many malls across America, only mall I know of that's still going strong today is the Riverside Tyler Mall in southern California.

[@abc123fhdi]

I was thinking make the whole thing residential, but if businesses are willing to move in with residences above maybe it will work, and they can keep the parking lot rather than the newsom plan of building housing with no parking. This isn't near any mass transit so they can't use that as an excuse not to have parking, just leave the existing lot in place and there will be plenty of parking for residence.

[@Letdeanerfish]

You mentioned “Situation Period” earlier in the video, referencing the restaurant that closed in front of the mall. What was the meaning behind that phrase “Statement Period”?

[@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN]

@@Letdeanerfish pandemic

[@Letdeanerfish]

@ Assumed that’s what that meant, used as a safeguard against saying trigger words. Smart. Never heard it phrased that way. Appreciate the response!

[@trojanfan1960]

Are they tearing it down or renovating

[@andrewcaballero743]

Remember Back to the Future? Part of it was filmed there,sad to see

[@natenay5730]

let's find out at this mall about 7 months later

[@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN]

See what happends

[@james2398]

Are you ever going to make it to Dead malls in LA county?.…. South Bay

[@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN]

Eventually i will be all over. Holidays are almost gone. Pay off things then roll out. I do have a 4 day a week job too so days off sometimes are needed for arrons & things. But.....ill be going all over soon

[@james2398]

@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN that's awesome....im a local South Bay guy and would love to meet up with you someday.... keep up the good work!

[@skyeblue5669]

Roland H.S 1984 ..

[@MrWeliz]

RUSD employee 1979 retired in 2016

[@kryptism]

Adam The Woo will be really upset!😮

[@will-nc1zy]

What happened to this mall. I live by del amo mall in torrance and it is so busy, you cant even walk down the isle because of all the people.

[@raquelvasquez3731]

i wonder if it will become apartmenst too

[@namewithheldnamewithheld2725]

😮 looks terrible, what happened?I Grew up here.😢

[@smilingontime]

....sad... empty like that.. What happened?

[@HEYMANWITHJAYMAN]

Shopping has changed with brick and mortar cuz of online sales are cheaper then the pandemic didnt help either. Youngsters know apps vs going to a mall

[@RobertCanceljr]

Oh that's messed up I was hoping it would be thriving man the a sign of the times people's

[@proconsumersafety]

Very dead. Not even Christmas decorations for holidays. Seeing this mall struggle like many, it would be costly and somewhat difficult with zoning, but a developer should team up with the city, to plan, and create apartment living on the upper floors to separate (meaning no public access to upper living floor) with stores on the lower level. It will bring in more need and utilize shops, restaurants, etc. and rebuild a new community.