Memories of the San Fernando valley Part 8 - Valley music venues - Dead mall and more - 80slife

[@LeoWest-h7h]

Hello there,I love your history on the valley it brings me back to remember wild times . I used to work at the country club in the 80;s and dance at phazes on tapanga and Sherman way, so much fun.

[@shadeyxo]

So in your videos you’re driving around, recounting stories about the 80s and showing buildings that have changed a great amount in the past 40+ years. Isn’t it insane to think that in 40 years a kid who is currently growing up and going to these newer stores and restaurants everyday could watch your videos to remember THEIR childhood from the 2020s. So not only are you helping people remember past memories you could potentially also help people in the future. I just randomly thought of this and I think it’s really cool!

[@80sLife]

Wow, I never thought of that. That is such a cool thought. Thank you!

[@Mbeck250]

Dude, the slide park was called Kiddieland. Had a crappy little carnival type roller coaster, trampolines, mini-golf and a driving range in the back. Spent some of the 70's there. Early to mid 80's hung out as a delinquent in the closed mini golf and drank beer as a teenager at night. Great videos. Throwback for me. Graduated Cleveland High School in '85. I can comment on almost all your west SFV vids as I spent my great childhood years there. Keep them coming.

[@traceytrotter9934]

I loved that park, and the Topanga Theatre. Life was so sweet then.

[@FernandoGonzalez-iw8xt]

Born and raised in Canoga Park and remember going to all those places lived across the street from zody's on Topanga canyon great times!

[@stevemanson2165]

😖🤣🤣🤧

[@rubygirl214]

Yesss!!! I grew up a block from West Hills Hospital and loved going to Zodys and the 99c theater across the street

[@BrandonAustinG]

I quite literally cackled at the “ANDY?!” part. I have been watching these vids all morning. Thanks for doing what you do. Discovered your page a few months ago when looking up Can’t By Me Love locations. :)

[@avega2792]

You’re 15 months older than me and I was born and raised in the north valley, but frequented your old stomping grounds. I remember a lot of these places you speak of. I moved out of state in 2008 and these videos are a blast from the past, great series, thank you!

[@80sLife]

Thank you for that!

[@Ambykind]

The indoor swap meet was awesome, we went there every week. It was big & had lots of great stuff. I remember going back by there after the apartments were built. Time does change the things we hold so fondly.

[@Kausion]

These vids should be the primary focus of your channel love the comparison vids miss the 80s like crazy always will

[@Boomboomroomish]

My 1st apt was on Lankershim & Victory in the early 2000's where FM club was. But when I was living there it was a Mariachi club.

[@tomthomas2646]

Dude. Your stuff is The BEST...

[@80sLife]

Thank you! 😁

[@kathyzahnow8253]

I remember Phases! I used to live on Topanga right down the street from there loved that place back in the 80's! Thanks for the memories have some really good memories from there! 😀👍mancinis was also a great place! I used to go dancing at the Palomino a lot! You should mention the country club where I also saw so many great bands back in the 80's although its not there anymore, that was in Reseda.

[@MrK9thunder]

Went to Phases often from 82 to late 86. Also went to Fabian's which was a rented room near Birmingham HS. Lots of great memories there in the awesome 80's... Also went to Fabian's which was a rented room near Birmingham HS.

[@nomames2503]

I love the valley 818 for lyfe 🔥

[@nativoplantas2003]

All the cool places in San Fernando valley I miss them

[@darincrowell4424]

It is great to watch! Grew up in Canoga Park, went to CPH class of 84! We used to go the the Pup n Taco to eat right across from the school! It was awesome to grow up in the West Valley in the 70's and 80's!!

[@rubygirl214]

I grew up in CP and practically lived at Phases. There’s an excellent Phases group on Facebook with tons of old photos. It was the greatest. I hung out there from 82-88

[@patr70]

What's CP?

[@MrK9thunder]

Went to Phases often from 82 to late 86. Also went to Fabian's which was a rented room near Birmingham HS. It was awesome and paid 50 cents for ice water from the bar and went outside to cool down. Last time in late 86 (maybe 87) was cool with couple of peeps on stage using power tool to create sparks. LOL

[@rubygirl214]

@@MrK9thunder yes!! It was at the old Teen Center on Victory Blvd!! My brother used to have his pop Warner football practice there as well. That was such a fun time!!

[@rubygirl214]

@@patr70 sorry!! Lol Canoga Park. That’s the LA suburb that Phases was in

[@heroishiguro3156]

Really enjoying this series!!👍

[@80sLife]

Thank you

[@syanhc]

I grew up on Whitsett Ave and Oxnard from 1980 to 1983. Love your videos.

[@scottmartin6587]

I did a lot of growing up in that Valley and I used to live a couple of minutes from FM station and I used to go there and then I worked right across the street from there at LA pizza place and then I lived in North Hollywood for a while and the movie blast from the past is so much fun and so much history because I did that as well too

[@1965gp]

Love the videos, cant beleive I was in one of them lol. We were selling vintage toys at the comic book shop where Safari Surf used to be.

[@CharlesMelton-f1z]

Love what you are doing. You are a few years after "my time". But still really cool.

[@crazedhippiecult1071]

topanga theatre was the home of "rocky horror picture show " on weekends..there was also a theater on Topanga that played nothing but surf films only.

[@eddiepuerta6418]

Stumbled upon this video of "The valley" in the 80's while remembering, on this almost Halloween night, Factory of Nightmares in Devonshire downs. Now I'm living near the South Pole, so, for obvious reasons I loved this trip through memory lane you took me to...thanks!

[@someguy9778]

He did a video about that place and event.

[@curthudspeth1910]

Love your videos I remember when Mancini's first opened on Canoga ave just north of parthenia ave south of Nordhoff that was probably mid 70s. Awesome days had a lot of great times. Keep up with the videos love um. They bring back memories!

[@retroweirdo5818]

I used to live across the street from the Valley Indoor Swap Meet on Cedros Ave. I would always get my ninja stars, import Robotech toys and Nintendo games there. Used to be a good area.

[@80sLife]

Yep, that all sounds right

[@jazminsanchez8046]

I remember working at the Big Scoop ice cream shop next to the AMC back in HS 😀 We also used to ditch tp the Topanga mall since it was across from CPH 😂

[@VanOaksProps]

New fan of the channel and grew up across the street from Topanga Plaza. In the '80s, the mini golf spot didn't take up the entire block, just about 1/4 of it, right in the middle of the block. The rest was overflow parking for the Movie theater. I think it closed in the late '80s because I remember going there with junior high friends, but never after that. Keep up the good work!

[@80sLife]

Awesome. Thank you for the info. And thank you for watching

[@abel8725]

Bro i appreciate all ya videos about the Valley I grew up there aswell , you brought up alot of memories brother , i went to Crespi and Birmingham High school. God bless bro Peace!!!

[@80sLife]

That's awesome. Thank you so much. Makes me really happy

[@danikeebler1662]

I also went to Bham. I sat behind Ahhdreah Wilson. She was the girl that they wrote the song about Valley Girl. It says her name in the song.

[@danielgallegos8869]

I like these radical throw back vids👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@80sLife]

Thank you

[@mayoroflosangeles]

thank you so much. love this series. So many good memories. man I miss the valley

[@80sLife]

Thank you for watching

[@kevinreyes4523]

Being a naive of la in the late 80's & 90's I love seeing history of the sfv. I moved out here in sfv from LA in 2013. In catching up on your history by watching vids on your channel. Thanks for posting .

[@80sLife]

That's so great. Thank you so much for watching

[@notedrockhistorian4382]

I remember the giant slide and park. I have been on that slide. And the trampolines and mini golf as well. I think this park opened shortly after Topanga Plaza opened in the 60s. I think the park came and went during the 60's, possible early 70s. Those giant slides used to be a thing. Also, at the Topanga Theatre I saw Sinister Seymour do a live showing of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. This would have been the early 70s. Seymour was a horror show host. The show was on channel 9 KHJ late Saturday nights. It was called FRIGHT NIGHT. Also, I think the southwest corner of TOPANGA AND ROSCOE used to be a ZODY'S store. I would have to check that. I do not remember the Promenade Mall. I remember Fallbrook Square however.

[@80sLife]

Thank you so much for sharing all that.

[@HaimTabibi]

Mancini's was called Pizza Boy according to my Dad. Great pizza that was cut into squares. There was also a boxing gym next door.

[@maxamillion2140]

I live near Topanga Mall, and regularly see all these places and it's sad to me how much it's changed, I just ignore half of these buildings and i never gave them much thought. Some really cool stuff happened in some of them in the past.

[@eddienicholsonjr6080]

Loving these videos in 2024

[@rava5926]

I spent couple of weeks in the valey at -92. One saturday evening we went to some Country club at Sherman Way. I reckon it was something like Longhorn etc. Don`t know if its still exist, probably not. I like your videos a lot and miss 80` and 90`s. Greetings from Finland!

[@keithgaraas26]

Remember Topanga theater. The super slide was fun. Lived in woodland hills 66-72.

[@rojgorritxa1082]

OMG The Promenade!! I went to that In-n-out after my first job interview when I moved out to here.

[@jacobpalmares4396]

Just wanna say this is a great KZbin channel

[@80sLife]

Thank you so much

[@meotv2336]

Xcellent and educational!!!

[@80sLife]

Thank you

[@jerryl6634]

It's funny, I never been to the Valley. Im from Europe, I used to visited States few times, but never get there. However I'm big fan of your chanel. Brings me joy of 80' from the place where they were at its best, I suppose! Great thanks!

[@80sLife]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@memeco50]

Jerry the Valley is where most of the porn came or maybe still comes from, Chatsworth.

[@cutubaina]

Wow!!! Good memories. Thank you very much for this video. I moved to the San Fernando Valley in 1983.

[@80sLife]

Thank you!!

[@CharlesMelton-f1z]

Did you ever get get a shot of the old "Ozone" night club in Northridge? Big part of my valley memories.

[@Tr0nzoid]

Your comment about going to pay the pager bill reminded me how it has been a really long time since I've gone somewhere to pay a bill, rather than paid it online.

[@80sLife]

Right?

[@lloydwilliams-k6h]

You forgot about the Country Cub on Reseda blvd. & Johnny White'sThe Little Nashville club in N. Hollywood although it was country. I saw Great White and bands I have forgot about at the C.C. ..Great video

[@Matt-li6zm]

Great videos!! I really like the then and now locations from some of my favorite movies

[@80sLife]

Thank you!

[@crazedhippiecult1071]

my friend from sutter tony mancinis dad owned that club....tons and tons shows there.

[@johnrpizzaguy]

Yes the mini golf was right behind the movie theater it was a blast in the 60s and 70s. My wife worked at that Arbys for 2 hours and quit. That Vivo is where the Mexican restaurant was. I miss Mancinis and Cavarettas deli. Both my wife of 41 years and I moved to San Luis Obispo.

[@btaylor928]

Yeah, I remember the mini-golf place Where the Village is now. There was a giant golf ball on a tee that was out front. I have lived here since 1979 and never remember it being operational.

[@BW-kv9wj]

I use to hang out at Phases in high school 1982.

[@adonismapother]

I enjoyed the video it’s great 🙏🏻

[@80sLife]

Thank you

[@luvpinkhellokitty]

Awesome!! New video!👏👏👏👏👏 Cool opening!!

[@80sLife]

Thank you! I was excited to premiere it

[@Ambykind]

Phases was great & perfect for us teens from Canoga Park HS.

[@arnulfogonzalez3236]

Thank you for sharing Kurt..I'm from PACOIMA..be safe out there and be careful there's a lot of crazy drivers out there.

[@80sLife]

Thank you so much. I'll be safe, and you do the same. Thank you

[@CJsRC]

Great series. The early 80's were my heydays in the valley. So many good memories, but it's so sad to see a lot of places gone now.

[@80sLife]

Thank you for watching

[@zillsburyy1]

nice history

[@someguy9778]

Also used to be a movie theater inside Topanga Plaza, on the May Company side.

[@johnnya.6313]

Used to frequent Mancinis to listen to my buddy's band(Fuzzbyte, later King Vitamin) back in thee early to mid 90s. 1st time there at Mancinis after a Friday gig was great because there was a burger stand on the De Soto side that the local Hot Rodders would hang out at. I believe it was called "Ricks Burgers".. awesome times!👍

[@80sLife]

I remember the name Fuzzbyte! I remember the burger stand as Michaels, No? I think it's still there, but something else

[@johnnya.6313]

@@80sLife wasn't sure on the name of the burger stand. I just know that if Fuzzbyte played on a Friday evening, I'd take a quick walk over to the burger stand to check out the cruise night. I worked with Fuzzbyte's bassist at a Marshall's dist center off Topanga & Nordhoff. Good times!👍

[@themauriciobunch2442]

I love these videos!!!!!

[@80sLife]

Thank you!!

[@wonderjoe167]

Really enjoy these for some reason 🤪 seriously though I like them. Especially since I’m not from LA and it’s cool to see what it looks like. Enjoy the filming location ones too

[@80sLife]

Thank you so much!

[@daystar4909]

Dude! I used to be a fan of your channel.... Now I am a full air conditioning unit! whut whuuuut huh? 🤣🤣🤣😆

[@80sLife]

Hahahaha! Perfect

[@kelleyjones2926]

Are you on something we should stay away from? Because that made no sense what's so ever!🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@hashaskinner]

Hell yeah, love learning more about Valleys past

[@80sLife]

Thank you for watching

[@danieleagle8227]

Shoutout to Canoga H.S.! I graduated Chatsworth H.H. in ‘73, but partied with lots of homies from Canoga. Little known fact-Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston was a ‘73 Canoga grad!

[@MK-ft3qt]

I knew Brian when he was our Captain in the police explorers at the Vanowen police station....he was a character.

[@69FOSTER]

The former Mancini's restaurant in the video brought back very fond memories! I never ate at Mancini's on Roscoe and DeSoto, but next door there was a boxing gym called, Left Hook Boxing. I was a member there in 1982, frequently working out and Left Hook was where I learned to box. That was a good time. I would drive over from Santa Monica, sometimes going via Topanga Canyon Blvd. Thanks!

[@80sLife]

Thank you for watching

[@UnovisVids]

I have not watched all 8 parts yet but have you covered The Country Club in Reseda? I drove up from San Diego a few times in the 80's and saw Metallica and the filming of the Decline the Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years there amongst others great shows. I want to see footage of that place if you have not already covered it.

[@NoName-eu2xw]

Yep he covered it. Malmsteen played there too

[@UnovisVids]

I watching the series backwards but I guess if I had started from the beginning I would have seen it as it was episode one. :)

[@NoName-eu2xw]

@@UnovisVids ya but he does mention malmsteen. But this is a good channel especially if your from Midvalley or west valley

[@80sLife]

I did, but I guess you found it

[@surviver5738]

SFV represent! Its too populated now. Traffic just sucks now

[@sonnyday6727]

Love the videos, keep it up!!

[@80sLife]

Thank you

[@trinketsmusings]

I always wondered about that mini golf course! So rare for things to rot for decades as opposed to being torn down around here. The Promenade was perplexing at best. There were never enough rich old white women to keep it alive! Fun flashback! Thanks

[@80sLife]

Right? That's what I'm saying, it was weird that it just sat for all those years

[@frankm8533]

I like the old Arbys. My buddy has that old Arby's sign in his shop its huge not sure where he got it, he'll laugh and say he found it Lol

[@duhmilkz]

Last movie I saw at that AMC was The Simpsons movie lol I used to work at that Maggianos as well! Great work bro, you know I love the valley vids lol

[@80sLife]

Thank you as always for watching

[@PierreIsmail]

I went to the Topanga theater in '81 to watch Raiders of the Lost Ark with my mom. In '86 I moved to the Woodland Hills area and went to that theater many times. The huge area behind it was just a used car lot. I went there to look for my first car.

[@Hispandinavian]

Really nice presentation. This coming July, I'll be celebrating my birthday in LA. The last time I was in California, I was in elementary school and Ronald Reagan was in the Whitehouse. When I was in highschool in the later 80s through early 90s, we were not allowed to have beepers or pagers. It was associated with drug dealers.

[@danh832]

7:23 Blast from the Past movie scene. Next to the topanga theatre was a sports bar/club yankee doodle, aka spank your noodle.

[@sergiosandoval2434]

On the corner of Corbin and Parthenia there use to be a Lucky's Supermarket(currently an Office Depot) Pioneer Chicken and Flooky's Hot Dogs all next to each other.

[@albuquerqueturkey1567]

I remember seeing Jerry Lee Lewis..Meeting Lee Majors Buck Owens and playing with Top Jimmy at the Palomino club...Great memories!!

[@80sLife]

So awesome

[@albuquerqueturkey1567]

@@80sLife I love your posts of the 80s and the San Fernando Valley..I would have my Limo take me all over the place (RTD) Bus....

[@j3rkcat]

OMG, I remember that Mancini's show. I went to it. First-time I ever saw the Fixtures. Oddly ElevenTeen became Eve 6 and had a big MTV/Radio hit. And even weirder I went to high school with the roller-skate girl from their video. LOL

[@texasmotoworx1599]

Actually after the slide was cut out, it was used as a help U sell used car lot called the Auto Expo. Me and my freind Damon worked there for Cedric Steele, the owner. One hazard we had to avoid were the posts coming out of the ground that the slide was connected too that they hacked off and left jutting out of the ground. We both popped a few tires on those. I worked there from 86-87 and it was one of my favorite jobs and I really thought I was killing it making $5 an hour under the table at a time when min wage was $3.35.....good times.

[@MrFrankrizzo5150]

I bought my first car there!!!!

[@80sLife]

That's awesome. Thanks for sharing your story

[@Mpg-gh5fq]

Wow! There used to be a Ruby's at the Promenade Mall? There used to be one in Terminal 7 at LAX, but it didn't survive the renovations that happened a few years ago. Last time I flew through Houston Intercontinental Airport (two years ago), there was a Ruby's in Terminal E.

[@celavargas19]

The part on 7214 topanga looks a lot where “blast from the past” was filmed

[@Canyonradio]

Yes!!!

[@williammkennedyjr]

Oh yes I remember that water slide it was still there in 1970

[@Cutelatinguy2]

Another great episode Kurt! Love the new title card BTW. I'd wear that on a t-shirt! (Changed my name back, lol)

[@80sLife]

Thank you! I was thinking of making it into a shirt. Felt weird putting my face on a shirt though

[@eddysan6036]

Hope you get to see this !!!! But on victory and lankershim that Spanish night club got tore down like about 3-4years ago and that building got built like maybe a year or two ago but it took a while and I believe it’s all step up but it hasn’t been open at all. Recently they put up the green fence because many food venders got on that corner!

[@80sLife]

Oh ok. Awesome, thank you for the info

[@paulrom446]

Kurt I have an update to a previous post. I forget which video it was on But it was about the AFTP (Airline Film and TV Promotions) in San Fernando. It got acquired by'Air Hollywood' in 2003 They essentially combined Sound Stages in San Fernando. Their Corporate Headquarters are in Valencia.You could probably contact them for Your Info. When I visited in the early 2000's the Tours were free!

[@NoName-eu2xw]

Ok some more about the abandoned mini golf course. A lot of punks used to hang out there in the mid 90s. Sleep there. Hook up there. Etc etc

[@80sLife]

That's true, I remember that. All the valley punks

[@andrerone8208]

I used to go to Mancini's back in the late 80s early 90s to go see a bunch of punk bands with kroq Rodney on the rock such good times where's the time go give me a a time machine so I can go back thanks

[@80sLife]

Trust me I feel ya. Thank you so much for watching

[@andrerone8208]

@@80sLife keep the videos coming man totally Primo dude you're welcome dude

[@from1978]

Phases... where dreams came true.

[@nativoplantas2003]

Love

[@andrerone8208]

And I definitely most remember the FM station I frequent that club late 80s early 90s special go check out a bunch of bands and not to mention the beautiful women and unfortunately you be greeted at the door with piss and puke the best part I liked about that place great times man great times

[@carlosgomez-sc1fm]

Did you ever go to Iceland on Calvert st in van nuys?

[@80sLife]

I don't think so

[@fernandofhernandez899]

i remember seeing santana name on the marquee of the FM station in No hollywood...

[@andrerone8208]

We used to call Jack in the Box Jack In The Crack back in the 80s in those times several spots like a Grand Prix over in Northridge you forgot one other place Call Pepe's go-kart land

[@DeLynnNz]

Wasn't The Magic Pan at that Mall? It was the only reason for me to go there

[@Cocobeachhippie]

That mini golf course was called Tiny Town!

[@80sLife]

Thank you

[@Cocobeachhippie]

@@80sLife I know there was a section of that mini golf/trampoline park that also had a small kid amusement ride area and that part was called Tiny Town. I remember (I think I have pictures 🤣) riding in a little boat ride where every kid would sit in their own boat and “steer it” as it went around in circles in a like large kiddie pool type thing 🤣. I remember having fun on the trampolines and there was a giant illuminated golf ball at the entrance which had a fountain of water that flowed over the golf ball. 👍😁

[@howlinwaters]

When I moved to L.A. in the 80's, it was kind of an unspoken thing that you went to the Valley to find a place to live because it was much more affordable than other parts of L.A. I lived on Sepulveda @ Vanowen a block away from Valley Presbyterian Hospital. The apartment rent was pretty cheap then.

[@PAMAROSHOUSE]

the palomino club i think it was used in a clint eastwood movie every which way but loose?

[@80sLife]

Yes

[@eleven.eastgate.twelve967]

I remember going to the Palamino on Wednesday nights for KROQ's Local Music Showcase. 1986-89

[@NickL951]

Isnt the Woodland Hills Promenade the site where the Rams want to build their new training site?

[@peymang]

You are correct.

[@danikeebler1662]

Ooooohhh mmmyy gossh!!! Phases!!!! It was an underage club to go dancing.. it was a LBG friendly club. It took us hhhourrs to get ready to go to punk club. We were dying hair colors, crazy hair stlye to make me look llke I had my head shaved, and getting the right clothes, There was a guy dancing on a riser and almost jumped on my foot wearing white pumps. I had never seen anything like that. What a night!!

[@johnphantom]

I'm not sure what you play, but starting in late 1986 when I was 17 the only place that had a live band was The Greenhouse in St. Thomas, USVI. They got hair bands from the states to come down to play, the bands stayed in the back of the restaurant in an apartment. Evidently they had a couple fires and stopped the whole live band thing. Now there isn't even a stage in The Greenhouse.

[@supercoolyguy]

A Pay Phone. Nice! Outside no less.