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I thought maybe it's pronounced like Jesus Christ instead of Chris.

Used to love that mall. That rail train brought a bad element there and shop lifted it blind. That train is free transportation for criminals! Ruined every neighborhood south of Bethany home also.

That Boutique and Fashion near the entrance...didn't that used to be a shop for coffins and urns? (Not kidding...)

I can't believe Marvel hired park bums and an ice cream salesman to ruin your recordings just so you couldn't say anything bad about them. It's getting out of hand.

Man in the bush Talking to himself Arnold's birthday

Yeah this is Marvel’s public admittance that he carried those movies. The second Iron Man died it was over for them. They need him to drive any engagement. It’s kind of pathetic lol

Can’t possibly warehouse “homeless” bums, crack heads and mentally ill in there.

Saw Star Wars and ET there as a kid

He did play a good bad guy in Oppenheimer but you’re right that it would be weird in the same exact cinematic universe *Jason Isaacs would be a pretty dope choice, has amazing range, Harry Potter, black hawk down, etc *i think I’ve heard a lot of samples from that 80s doom cartoon from MF Doom as well which is cool

Aww... sweet memories. I used to run that all about books and comics location many many years ago.. God bless you Alan and Marsha Giroux for all the great memories, and all the customers who would have us hold your favorite comics each week for you to pick up.❤

got my first skateboard in this mall in the year 2000. lime green muska sunburst deck, destructo trucks, and lime green spitfire wheels. you will be missed

Coronado Mall can suck it.

All i see is the set for a 2032 zombie apocalypse. Who's watched Black Summer? Yikes

The cottonwood mall is my childhood mall! I grew up in Rio Rancho NM for the first 9 years of my life and this mall was the goto fun time for me! I absolutely miss this place and I hope it doesn’t close down and become abandoned like the unfortunate fate of many other old malls.

I grew up at this mall, soooo many memories! My dad was a bus driver so I could ride for free from 31st av and bethany to Christown. I remember as far back as Farrell's. The Sand Sculptures. I saw The Never Ending Story in the upstairs theater. I remember that place that sold huge TVs by montgomery wards, I think across from woolworth, anyway they were playing the beginning of top gun over and over to showcase the tv'd quality. With the jets taking off "hiiighway to the danger zone.." Always loved the atriums and plants! JCPenney was my first job there when I turned 16. Good memories

Was that the 43rd and Glendale? I went to KFC before!

The Sand Sculptures started as a promo for summer reading program. The big dragons was called Bookman the Dragon.(I think). It was such a hit they extended it for a couple of years. It was a big draw. I took my kids several times. They loved different sculptures. Each year they would change the main feature in the center of the mall. That's when JC Penney's was right in front of the center. Before Costco was there. Went there lot too. 😕 Sad about all the malls.

I remember ditching school and the fiesta mall was are spot I have so many memories growing up as a kid this is crazy I was so shocked when I found out they were closing this place

I remember going here as a kid and there was an R/C raffle give away, it must of been 2000 or so. I forgot about this place until one day while driving with my dad his car overheated and we hung out inside the mall and It all came back to me

wow this is freaky...i used to go to this mall as a kid back when it was popular....

I grew up a few miles North from this mall. I used to bike here with my grandpa and brother as a little kid. We would walk around the mall during the hot summer days to cool off too. It used to be much bigger. I mildly remember the Montgomery Ward. The mall used to have the orange brick tile and they had a lot of decorative plants inside which I miss. I remember the dillards shutting down in the early 2000s and when Walmart and Costco moved in. That Costco was my go to Costco since it was so close and convenient. I miss having a Costco in this part of town. I never got to experience this mall in its prime but it was a prominent location in my life while I was growing up in the early 2000s. Especially the harkins and Costco. I think they also had a KB toys in this mall. My parents would often take me to Metro center and Paradise Valley Mall often as well.

Sad to see the MALLS DIE... I moved to Arizona in the Spring of 1992. My First Job here was at SEARS in LOS ARCOS MALL, Scottsdale. All of that was Demolished by the end of the 1990's. ASU SKYSONG is on that site now... Great Job on this, the end of an Era when THE MALL was the place to Hangout. 😊

My best memories at Christown mall are all the sand art that they had. Also my family were eating at the Miracle Mile Deli, and my sister, about 10 years old, wanted to eat horseradish sauce. My parents warned her multiple times, but she insisted. So they gave her a very small protion on the fork. Her eyes got about 3 times big and covered her ears. She stormed off to the planters nearby and she said youre despicable as she was walking away.

The powers that be need this much needed land to change the landscape. Sick of, "so called, progress," that removes the iconic locations for land.

I grew up going to the first indoor mall in Phoenix. Who cares if Costco moved. Walmart destroyed our neighborhood long before Costco moved in and retreated.

Gigantic wast

I’ve never seen a resort that beautiful in my whole life! That tropical lagoon.

Man....I grew up at Christown mall...back when the North entrance had the 2 stair cases that had all the military recruiting offices on the 2nd floor. Ferral's (sp?) Ice cream, Montgomery Wards, The Broadway, Sears, KayBee toys (I worked at the Christown location in the 90s), miracle mile, the food court that had the escalator to the movie theater (saw return of the jedi there).....the 80s and early 90s were that malls heyday for sure.

its protocol in the army

Graham Central Station wasn’t where Ranch Market is. It was on the other side of the parking lot. The Ranch Market was a home improvement store.

It’s so sad to think that one day I left here after an afternoon of roaming around with my friend and would never be able to come back. I practiced driving my dad’s old truck in the parking lot. It wasn’t a prime hangout when I was a teen but what else do you do on a weekday afternoon when you and your friends only have about $20 combined and lots of free time lol

I will need to come back and watch this many more times. It is currently 108 degrees in July. The rainy parts are really comforting!

Holy moly, I forgot all about the sand sculptures! Memory unlocked. I used to go into the Miller's Outpost next to what is now Walmart quite often and a lil book store on that side too.

Mom took us there in the 60's and bought all of our clothes at JC Penney's. My grandpa tackled a man with knife that was threatening people, he chased him down in the parking lot, threw him over a hood of a car and held him until the police came. My grandpa was a Las Vegas detective at the time, visiting. The Navajo women had the best Indian fry bread, with meat and beans, tomatoes, green chiles, onions and cheese. Mom would get us one ,we would split, every time we went. There was a little monkey, that would take Penney's out of your hand, he would bite you if you tried to give him food. I have the whistle from the cart. There was an under ground bar called "The Janitors Closet", their logo was a Still, I have the Still. The mall made them leave, because Walmart was just built and complained they didn't want the bar near them. I took my daughter there to pick a Christmas angel off the tree, we picked 2 and went shopping, that was the last time I was there, in 1989.

Machete Azteca is hella good

I used to go there years ago, but after the hurricane in New Orleans it seems like that city just vomited it's inhabitants all over Atlanta, Houston,and Phoenix. The are around 19th and Bethany is where most of them wound up. So sad. Christown became a sewer after that.

Reminds me of Nukaworld in fallout!

the one thing i remember the most about this mall was the massive sand sculptures they used to display there.

Wait...when did Liguori's/Kats get demolished? Also...you missed a few notable venues - Nita's Hideaway, The Sets, Club Rio, Club Red and Joe's Grotto. Just to name a few

Iconic

How did I miss this!

80s 90s Las Vegas vibe was so fun

Does anyone know why Costco moved from christown?

Bro the theater part is fake I went there around a month ago and I went to watch the inside out 2 movie

Just started watching these videos. Brings back lots of memories. I've been to all of those venues early to mid to late '80s mostly. Such great memories and good times. 🤘

It’s not really a dead mall.