Hacienda Heights, 1978

[@strumpeteer]

O. M. G.!!! You have footage of the Puente Hills Mall in 1978!!! This video is a hidden treasure! Thanks for sharing.

[@freddaniali]

Lived on Los Altos drive from 1973 (year of my birth) until June of 1986. Move to Diamond Bar, which we hadn't.

[@F15ElectricEagle]

Lived in Hacienda Heights from 1978 to 2003 and my parents still lives there in the High Tor gated community. Scene 1:31 - Going downhill (east bound) on Colima Road. I can see the spire point of the Mormon temple at the corner of Colima Road and Dawn Haven Road, which is the next intersection after passing Country Canyon Road. Thank you for sharing : -)

[@rockingguitarlessons]

I went to Killian elementary in the 70s. The best years of my life. Lived on Borroso street

[@nordschleifefan]

Good old days...I remember when Puente Hills Mall was the best place to hang out during the high school days. Malibu Showboat and Malibu Grand Prix....the old Fuddruckers before it turned into Barnes & Noble. Now it's a strip mall with new restaurants. Music Plus video store where we'd rent VHS's. Then there was Fullerton and Colima when there was that Texaco and Exxon gas station. Pathfinder was completely dirt where equestrians would ride. My dad used to take me to the Thrifty's on Hacienda Blvd. for ice cream every Sunday. Can't forget how there used to be two AMC 6 theaters next to the mall, and then another AMC 10 across the 60 freeway on Gale...and then that Mann 6 theaters where Velvet Turtle and Black Angus was on Castleton. Today, it's so much different.

[@peegeebeedee7563]

How About Mr. Swiss On Hacienda And Haliburton? I Think That Was The 1st Chinese Restaurant In Hacienda Heights. Now Look At The Place (H.H.) It's Filled With Chinese And Taiwanese Eateries!

[@antdude]

Long's Drug Store, BEST, Doug's Animal House, etc.

[@F15ElectricEagle]

Brian. Did you attend Glen A. Wilson High School from the early to mid 1980s?

[@F15ElectricEagle]

@@peegeebeedee7563 - Yes, that's true, and the owner/cook (whom my friends and I used to call "Mr. Baseball Cap" because he always wore a baseball cap) must have made some serous money from that restaurant. When my parent moved from Dawn Haven Road to the High Tor gated community, the 5 bedroom 4 bath 3,600 s.f. house they purchased there belonged to him.

[@jeffreyzimler7978]

Off the 60 FWY Yes. I was born in MPK at the end of 1978 and yes I clearly recall in the 90s... the Golf Land and Arcade in South El Monte but also just the drive east of Montebello on 60 FWy,

[@juancajones]

super cool. I grew up on villa flores by grazide. always in my heart.

[@P33G33B33D33]

CORAZON!

[@spacecowboy2935]

Leopold, Grazide Grad 1969.

[@juancajones]

I was at 16146 Villa Flores dr. It was at the end of the cul-de-sac. Great times growing up there and I have not been back in awhile but I am looking forward to taking a visit down the old memory lane.

[@antdude]

Look at it on Google's Stret View. ;)

[@au4208]

Thank you for showing this !! I used to live in Shady meadow drive in1978-1981...And I used to go to La Puente hill mall everyday back then...wow I appreciate this movie!!! Hi from Japan!!

[@sungnoe]

Lots of memories of the old cars and homes, lived on Tetley and Richdale at 3 yrs old from 1975 to 1994, can't believe how empty it was next to the mall

[@antdude]

It's so crowded now!

[@freddaniali]

Hey Sung! Remember me? We went to school together! Hope you are doing well!

[@alexanderbanos8125]

2:08 J.W. Robinson's at Puente Hills Mall before it became Robinsons-May in 1993 and Macy's in 2006. 2:26 Alongside, Sears existed at its golden age before it closed in 2018. And also off camera two other anchor stores JCPenney and The Broadway also existed at the mall. They both closed in 1996, which brought Burlington Coat Factory and 24 Hour Fitness on JCPenney building and AMC Theaters on Broadway site. The mall footages before Back To The Future was filmed in 1985.

[@strumpeteer]

Don't forget the other historical places around the area during the era: Best Products, Cost Plus, PJ Pizzaz, Skate Country, Malibu Grande Prix, Showboat, Music Plus, Levitz Furniture, Long John Silvers, Fotomat (middle of the parking lot), Velvet Turtle, AMC East 4, AMC West 6, AMC Plaza 10, Mann 6 Theater, etc.....

[@mdgraystone]

Grew up in La Verne-San Dina’s area and would occasionally come to Puente Hills Mall, which in the 70’s and 80’s was the “in” place to go. All the great stores, restaurants, cinemas and misc. entertainment. Pretty much anything and everything could be found there. Fun times and great memories.

[@randysmith2740]

I grew up right nextdoor in Rowland hgts in the 60s thanx for the memories!

[@eskimo05w]

@ 2:07 Look! It's Lone Pine shopping mall!

[@grannymoni7093]

Thank you for sharing I’m in hacienda heights now but wow it looked so different back than

[@lisaortega4886]

My family lived on Walbrook street. My brothers went to Shadyben elementary , but I don't think that's the name anymore, and went to Los Altos High

[@manakoihaya]

@theonlyjuan93 From my dad's old 8mm collection. I took all the (shaky) footage from the car, in the backseat.

[@eskimo05w]

This really takes me back. I graduated from Glen A. Wilson in 1977. Thanks for sharing!

[@Patterson24]

From Rowland Heights - this is an incredible video. Love seeing all this from 1978, before I even existed.

[@alanyuan1049]

This footage is something special for us who lived in Hacienda Heights. Thanks for sharing it with us!

[@alanyuan1049]

Just went there today, what a beautiful place it is. Cant believe the south of Colima was empty like the wild west movies, when I move there in 2004 it was already the way it looks today, I'm sure this place is full of history. Hope i can one day afford a house in the city I grow up in.

[@johnwidner1615]

Thanks for sharing! I lived in Hacienda Heights all my life. This film brought back memories. I was seven when this was made. We live close to you on Rio Claro Dr.

[@modblogger1]

I lived right on ember glen near what is now haliburton. It use to be a dirt road. My dad bought the house for 52k back in the mid 70's. I went to bixby, cedarlane, and Wilson. Great memories.

[@peegeebeedee7563]

Haliburton Was Built In The Late 80s, I Believe. It Connected Colima To Hacienda Blvd.

[@F15ElectricEagle]

Same here. Mr. Lagaretta at Bixby. Mr. Paul at Cedarlane. Mrs. Mullenbach; Mr. Runlett; Mrs. Pearlman; und Herr Era at Wilson.

[@sandymartin8467]

Omg I lived on flower glen dr in hacienda heights next to Bork ave. in 1971 we moved there I went to Bixby cedar lane and Wilson graduated from Wilson in 1980. Our team picture hung on the wall in Bixby office for years I was one of the cheer leaders.

[@kennyjones8111]

my home

[@KMXDS]

I see this video almost every year. Doesn’t get old

[@f.w.2054]

Old world deli, crown books. The mall was thriving in the 70s and 80s! Not so much now.

[@matthewmontgomery1235]

Awesome video. Lucky to have lived it

[@superggernandez8240]

Nice land. Today is nothing but crowded with people.

[@bluechocolate4315]

Hell, the Puente Hills Mall today doesn't even have that many cars in the parking lot around Christmas time! 😞

[@stevengutierrez3510]

Originally from neighboring Rowland Heights! Great 1978 shot of entering Puente Hills Mall from Colima towards Robinson's and Sears. I was 17 that year always going to see good flicks at the Puente 6. Great times they were!

[@eileengarcia6650]

Were your neighbors the McDonald family? I think I recognize them and they lived on that street.

[@manakoihaya]

Yes!

[@eileengarcia6650]

@@manakoihaya - Sending a link to the video to their daughter😊. Thank you for posting the video. My husband and I both grew up in Hacienda Heights and loved seeing the video. Old views of Colima and areas surrounding the mall brought back memories.

[@timornon]

​@eileengarcia6650 that's my Grandpa Jack! Thanks for sending my family this link... pretty sure you sent it to my aunt.

[@MissMichSan]

wow Hacienda heights

[@antdude]

Tokyo Lobby Restaurant and Bank of America are still there across the street! However, I miss Long Drugstore, Doug's Animal House, etc.

[@maggienbob1304]

I worked at Doug's Animal House. =)

[@vicchavez6570]

Lol I went to jellick elementary

[@bruinjer]

I grew up in near by Whittier, but spent a lot of time in Hacienda Heights/La Puente.... I was 9 years old in 1978. Awesome video!

[@levi123095]

Blast from the past. Awesome !

[@SuperSegaUltra]

Puente hills mall isn’t what it use to be

[@TheAceY2k]

Wow, Sears. Now, it's closed as of 2018😢

[@KayKipp]

I have lived in Hacienda Heights since I existed! 26 years old now and it's wonderful to see something like this.

[@arizonalivesteamer9225]

Great video my parents house is right on Colima before the Mormon church. They owned it in 1978

[@DaddySpyce]

Thank you so much for sharing! Lots of great memories. My uncle lived there and I did for awhile until I got an apt in Arcadia. We moved to la in Feb of 1977. I worked at the mall there for a bit selling organs and pianos.

[@dabrownconservative7843]

I feel like I'm watching Sinister.

[@MarioLoco03]

I like watching my dads old 8mm home films. Its like a time machine.

[@sushifornico]

Isnt puente Hills mall the place, where they shot back to the future?

[@jimj3997]

yep they filmed the part with the terrorist shoot out at the end I believe that's all though. I remember I was around 11 years old and thought that movie is going to suck it was terrible to watched the filming and it was a great movie.

[@antdude]

Yup!

[@antdude]

I wonder who actually saw its filming back then.

[@maggienbob1304]

I was working in the mall during the filming. One day, in the parking lot I lifted the cover off a car to see what was underneath. It was the Dalorian.

[@ricardokim600]

@@maggienbob1304 One classic memory!!!Wondeful.Ricardo

[@thearikes]

Did you go to Los Altos High?

[@hazelatino626]

Great video. My family has been in the heights since 1972

[@Demitrival]

Awe (: love these type of videos

[@bighueso2428]

Time Capsule

[@eddiehaskell7]

@manakoihaya Yeah, thanks. Just across Los Altos from my Dad's old house on Adelita. Thanks.

[@refusejuan1813]

02:31 police stop a car

[@spacecowboy2935]

Anyone remember The Pad, Garo st?

[@oboogie2]

Love it!

[@manakoihaya]

@physicaltspiritual This is Agosta Dr.

[@physicaltspiritual]

Wow. great video. I grew up in Hacienda Heights and my Dad bought a home on Adelita later on and this looks like that neighborhood kind of . Do you know what street that is? Thanks........

[@revasanchez]

Hey I grew up on Villa Flores too, what address? I think we were 16022 on the corner of Kiska.

[@theonlyjuan93]

How did u get this

[@irwinalamillo3319]

Bro wtffff

[@DaddySpyce]

Are you near Three Palms? 15446 I believe is my unclesold address. He passed away years ago back here in the NE. Mass. here. If you are close I'd love a pic. :)

[@antdude]

I think I was around back then, but I was a callow ant. :P

[@jennarobinson4922]

That’s back when white people lived there… lol!

[@indigenousMama7]

Wow this is Awesome I love this video!!! my dad went to Los altos and graduate in 72 I allso grew up there graduated in 2001 hac.hts will allways live in my heart and memory =)

[@antdude]

Boo. Go Wildcats. ;)