Keizer, Oregon on Sept. 4, 1988

[@joshuaa.5523]

To me it's not how many things have changed, but I am amazed about how many things are still the same and how many businesses are still in the same exact lot over 30 years later!

[@joshuahlewis3835]

I've lived in the Salem-Keizer area all my 34 years and watching this video was a fantastic nostalgia trip. As they were driving the length of River Rd, passing all these old buildings that are no longer there along with the ones that still stand, what blew me away was the old Roths IGA parking lot. I never knew there was a giant white building in that lot

[@ntl9974]

The US is stalled

[@cryptokids3760]

I miss skippers and Bob’s was way better back then. Remember Arctic circles?

[@Cfchild1]

@@cryptokids3760 My mom worked at both Skipper's and Arctic Circle back in the eighties. The quality of the fast food was so much better as I can attest. Skippers actually cut the fillets at the restaurant fresh every day. And they made their own Cole-slaw and cut their own fries. From what I understand, the cod that Skipper's used was over-fished and basically became extinct because it was so good. The cod varieties used now don't have that melt in your mouth aspect like the cod Skipper's used back in the day.

[@susie11]

So many great memories! My Mom and I shopped at that Albertsons when she was still alive! Thank you!🥺💞💗

[@lisaforrester1097]

Wow!!!! My mom and dad owned that Figaros back then! What a great video!!!❤❤❤

[@julienielsen3746]

Nice to see the old Keizer school. Thanks.

[@2stroketurbo]

That brought back a flood of a million memoires , Like it struck a subconscious chord. I lived there then . wow I recalled everything exactly

[@mccdrew7012]

This is so cool. This was 3 years before I was born. I drive this road almost daily it’s crazy to see some of the businesses that are still there. It makes me even more sad that Town and Country bowling alley closed down. I had no idea if was around this long and even with the same sign above the door. Thanks a lot for sharing this dude. I love seeing these kinds of videos.

[@kymalvarez6151]

Wish Pietros pizza and Safeway would have Been shown on the opposite corner of old schoolhouse. But the schoolhouse was a flashback. Loved it all, thank you.

[@keizerhistory]

Love this video! The old Keizer School is shown (where Schoolhouse Square now is located) and many other sites that are no longer there or changed. Thanks so much for sharing this treasure of Keizer history! Years ago I saw it, but then couldn't locate it. May we share it on our Keizer History YT channel?

[@judya8392]

This is the Keizer where I grew up. Sooooo many memories! I cried watching this. It was such a great place to grow up. I struggle with driving through now, it is so depressing.

[@reneelemos765]

Bless you! Man this is where me and my friend grew up! We are in our late 40s and this brought back some great memories for us!!! Post more

[@dbelcher3249]

Keizer and Salem what a spread out area, even back in 1988

[@debbieboatwright44]

love this, bringing back some memories. Thanks for sharing.

[@stedyhustle112]

This is crazy like back to the future looks the same except a few new buildings . Albertsons is now a winco

[@stedyhustle112]

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[@YahisJoy]

Wow that is so cool to see what Keizer looked like in 88 I live on River Rd now. I travel that stretch every day. So much is the same yet its so different. Lol I loved seeing this. Can't believe my luck of stumbling on it. Thank you for sharing. So cool to see.

[@bug1104]

They drove passed my street and I about cried :,) i wasn’t born till 2006 but it’s crazy to see how things have changed, and the cars- wow. I love this.

[@AndrewPatrickRalston]

Great video. My wife grew up in Salem and was pausing every intersection to look at the signs. I had the same problem with a driving video I took in Kansas weirdly also in 1988. The songs on radio were flagged by the YT bots, but I was able to contest it and they just gave the artists royalties for views. The audio is such a huge part of the time travel experience and YT is dumb for making you mute it.

[@FlyingCarp583]

I remember all this like yesterday. Town and country, JC’s, Bobs, skippers, and I can still remember the smell in bi-mart. I used to get a free cookie sample in Albertsons. Wish I could have seen silver video up the road from Albertsons and McNary HS.

[@Angelb503]

It’s crazy how it Lowkey still looks the same

[@morsteen]

Holy crap, the old school taco bell right after fred Meyers.

[@martaaberg3330]

My girlfriend and I had an accident right at that light when she didn't see a woman turning in front of us! I was covered in tacos, lol, because we'd picked up food for her whole family.

[@julienielsen3746]

Loved going to that Taco Bell when I was in Jr. High in the early 70s.

[@morsteen]

@@julienielsen3746 I hate how they abandoned the cool brick buildings.

[@bigburgerboi2005]

Any carwash footage from back then you got? if so please post it! as I am a HUGE fan of carwashes and would like to see how different they were back then!

[@sillymamacita3854]

I love this 😭

[@arthousebill]

The story was compelling, the settings dreamlike and the performances…well, what more can be said..Oscar-worthy? Cinephiles have reason to head back to the theater with this daring and expertly crafted masterpiece

[@arnesen.design]

So many memories! Remember the Hydro Tubes?!

[@TheSheepDogPatriot1776]

yes, right behind bobs burgers. I heard some fat guy got stuck in there and thats why it was shut down.

[@nokari458]

😮4:10 that building is not there anymore in 2024 nor around 1996 because i don't remember this and this is my hometown.

[@Cfchild1]

I lived in the Salem-Keizer area when I was a teen back in the early to mid-eighties. I remember going to the Fred Meyers and Albertsons that is in this video.

[@gabrielbennett5162]

I love videos like this! Interesting to see the Old Keizer School in its original location. My dad designed the remodel of it after it was moved to its current location near City Hall in the late 90s.

[@isaiah97303]

Was born here and will stay here

[@cryptokids3760]

Same my friend

[@oso_nomada]

Burger King and BiMart still holding strong, but how in the world has JC Pizza held on...😝

[@CallieRoseMartinsyde]

Right? Even the sign at JC's is the same. Good on them for making it this far!

[@Joey.Ventura]

Woah woah woah, leave my baby out of this. The real question however is, how the hell is bimart still holding on ??

[@mccdrew7012]

Yeah bimart ain’t going nowhere 😂

[@TheSheepDogPatriot1776]

jesus, this is is what I remember from my childhood. Behind bobs burgers was a water park, and it got shut down cause someone got stuck in the slide tube, or so I was told. Still live in keizer now.

[@melindabowlsby3080]

This is so cool!!! A LOT has changed!!

[@ryders_mom]

Such a beautiful vacation destination.

[@Lostace007]

soo many memories, thank you so much

[@williamgrove3052]

AMAZING how you hit all those lights green. haha This was before my time, but my late wife lived here art this time. We didnt move back till the early 90's.

[@heatherwanderer777]

A trip down memory lane!

[@scottaschaefer]

Great trip down memory lane!

[@wwazman2673]

Hoyl Carp, there was a TACO BELL there?!?!

[@jvg8543]

Does anyone remember the 100 dollar huge pizza at jc's

[@jvg8543]

@@stevenweathers2989 no way really... wow.... definitely going back I figured that place would be gone..

[@kathyzsiros1318]

People were so much nicer back then didn't have a whole lot to worry about like we do nowadays having to deal with all the crap going on in this world.

[@AnthonyL0401]

2:53 I used to love going to JC's pizzeria! And 1:45 I went bowling at Town and Country lanes a few times including one class I took at Chemeketa Community college for PE credit haha

[@Gratefulman1965]

Keizer/Salem, I remember what it looked like in 1970. Lots of farm land. It was a crap hole by 88’. I miss Oregon’s days of innocence. Gone but not forgotten.🤔

[@brrtp]

Does anyone know whats right after the 76 at 4:18 is ??

[@cbycraft]

I was wondering the same thing - what is that huge building?!

[@DanielKE7UUM]

Thank you for uploading :)

[@reuben8324]

That burger King really has been there that long. Amazing

[@beefjayzos2072]

we lived in those apartments in the beginning 32 years later 😮

[@kathim231]

Memory lane. Was that a school at chemawa and river rd

[@julienielsen3746]

Keizer Elementary School built back in the 1940s. I went to school there in the 1960s. They blocked out most of the windows by the time this video was made. It was all windows on both sides back when I was going there. Made the rooms nice and light at winter.

[@Theweatherschannel1220]

Do you have anymore around keizer

[@mike-gs4nx]

Wow the city i grew up in . Lots of changes ..i forgot the gas station by orcutts

[@julienielsen3746]

Larry Hamm's service station 76 by the school.

[@jasonstegallco.960]

Is this old State Highway 219? I ask as a native Oregonian but not familiar with the Keizer/Salem area.

[@chrisread3971]

It's Broadway Avenue which turns into River Road once you reach Keizer.

[@AndysRetailExploration]

1:36 when did that Izzy's Pizza went out of business?

[@FangsMcGee]

I was yelling at this video so much. Randomly the camera just panned to the left but not right. I just wanted you to look to your right so we could see Hydro Tube behind Bob's.

[@christopherallencomer5738]

Hey wheres dat one officer who gets ya for 2mph over?

[@SeanMcteague]

Is this the guy who video taped through Mcnary highschool in the late 80s? If so he has much more.

[@chrisread3971]

Nope, it's just some old footage of family camcorders. They decided it was a good idea to film a trip through Keizer, so they did. We lived in North Keizer past Albertsons, so that's why we went so far north.

[@nathanpatrick7094]

Damn good time been there wow lots had change

[@margaretbaily344]

did you ever make another video?

[@chrisread3971]

Yes, I posted it yesterday.

[@MsAngieSolis]

Love this!

[@chieflongsmoke3672]

Liltery walked down this rode to day all the way down to fredmyers and back🤤🤤🤤

[@mythrilassassin1020]

Wow this is awesome! But hey.. wheres that second video you said you were gonna make??

[@cryptokids3760]

Photo development booth in Fred Meyer parking lot

[@dudeman3986]

Awesome man

[@ashleyrodriguez8156]

How weird to see no dealerships or Dutch or the fast foods

[@williamwhipple7129]

Sure is different now had a lot of good times at spong's Landing

[@modernforever1528]

Keizer sure has changed a lot today!

[@kristimartin9531]

Is this cherry?

[@chrisread3971]

It's River Rd.

[@Baezv]

LOVE THIS!

[@lylemosher9951]

Where are all the weed clubs?

[@joeyv.9227]

Not born but raised in Keizer 88 long time ago

[@afatty322]

Man I miss Bob's big brute and jojo's!!!!

[@bobriggi6183]

Bob's cheeseburgers where hangover cures for sure! Buy them 20 at a time for the BSSR house.

[@Weech503]

Hahaha the only things that’s changed are the cars! Every thing else is still the same!

[@kristenmeyers7362]

Wallery's Pizza!!!

[@CanyonBryantjohnson]

Rip llaw

[@bobriggi6183]

Walery's Pizza :)

[@robertgarrett3002]

No graffiti.

[@aprilschaeffer7093]

I subscribed to you just now and shared your video on my fb hope it helps to get you more subscribers 😊

[@CarlosRamirez-if8xs]

Love this!