The History Of The Hawthorne Plaza in Hawthorne CA

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@kevra117 8 ай бұрын

I used to take the RTD bus line 5 with mother to the mall and when i got older i went with my friends to the mall it was good times to be a teenager and just hanging out buying clothes and shoes for school and it was a good time for me.

@CarsonPete310 8 ай бұрын

Hey Eric...thanks for this upload. Hung out there a couple of times (I was more of a 1st Gen Del Amo Mall Rat). I actually got married in a chapel behind the Hawthorne Plaza. It'll 27 years this June 28.

@1_Bad_Z 5 ай бұрын

Awesome. Good to see you got to this one. I requested it. I would frequent here in the late 80s. I believe the movie theaters were on the first floor. We would mostly go here because of the movie theaters. I drove through there today on 120th and got to see the side if the mall. Can't believe the building is still there.

@Zeus-tc9wj 6 ай бұрын

Mall didn’t closed in 1989. I worked at the broadway store later became macys Clarance store I worked there until may 1996

@mariajames180 6 ай бұрын

Awwww !!! Nice !!!! I worked at the customer service at the Broadway store back in the mid eighties, I didn't notice any criminal activity then, everything was fun and good time

@chocl8te Ай бұрын

Broadway my first job ❤

@postal_the_clown 6 ай бұрын

The reason it's called the plaza is because of the plazas that were along Birch St. Back in the day. The original area the mall was built was potentially an attractive place and had it been modernized, it could have been today. The new trend would be an open-air promenade. 2 examples in my area would be the Sparks, NV Outlet and the way they've redone Carson City.

@montereyapartments2068 8 ай бұрын

I worked at leads cards & gifts. I went out with a security guard who worked their. Some of my friends worked at Hot Dog on a stick. Crime sure did get bad.

@Nini-vj8sw 7 ай бұрын

That's good information!

@uniquel4164 8 ай бұрын

the mall structure is still sitting there after all these years the best use is housing units

@Nini-vj8sw 7 ай бұрын

Agreed!! They better make something cuz it's a waste if it stays there for more years! Also there's this other place near it called hometown buffet I passed there and guess what! It's abandoned...

@retro_jonny 2 ай бұрын

@@Nini-vj8swYeah I remember Home Town Buffet. A great place and a childhood memory. Enjoyed going there. Closed down I guess cause of food safety.

@djm5k 8 ай бұрын

This mall was opened around the same timeframe as Glendale Galleria, except the Glendale Galleria is still going strong today. I take it this building is still standing although gutted. Hopefully it will soon be demolished so as not to attract derelicts and kids. I also believe that a scene in the movie “Gone Girl” was also filmed in this mall in its gutted condition.

@seancrawfordskates 5 ай бұрын

I’ll be so honest with you I got into there and it was so sick

@jons.6216 8 ай бұрын

I did get the right answer. Seems like the town just gave up multiple times! Sounds almost like Vallco Fashion Plaza in Cupertino!

@CousinMyrtle 3 ай бұрын

Anyone here from 2028???

@Krissy493 6 ай бұрын

I lived a couple blocks away from here , on El Segundo Blvd

@DianaGalvez-nw9xs Ай бұрын

Well its keeping busy with all the music videos, tv shows and movies in need of abandoned shopping mall!!

@RTistic 5 ай бұрын

Chris Brown also used it for a video

@chocl8te Ай бұрын

First job Broadway RIP Hawthorne Mall 🔥🔥🔥

@beatsbyjiro8291 4 ай бұрын

Hawthorne is considered a suburb? Sounds like it has gang problems. but housing is decent price and location seem good.

@bobboenish3299 20 күн бұрын

The locals called it the Hawtha-Watts mall. They bussed the blacks from Inglewood as employees the crime rate went up and the mall turned into a mess. Most of the long time residents moved out of Hawthorne. As a kid this was a safe area. As soon as the mall came into play Hawthorne was no longer safe. Sad

@stickynorth Ай бұрын

Still blows my mind that this sits abandoned after all these years.. Personally a mixed use complex that retains the mall would be ideal to me... Needs a grocery anchor, entertainment anchor, offices and housing to get it going.. This is basically what every mall in Canada is becoming or planning on soon enough... And ironically the original vision and intent of the mall's creator, Victor Gruen. He proposed malls to be the climate controlled heart of new urban centres worldwide...