Adam, here is something I experienced May 25, 1990. I was a limo driver for the opening premiere of Back to the Future part 3. Toward the end of the back lot party I drove "ZZ Top" back to their hotel and was invited to their party. Not sure the mall will survive even with a possible future renovation there just isn't the economic base for it any longer. Maybe the Peabody family will buy it back and finally breed Pine Trees.
Was I the only hoping that when Adam said "You'll see a familiar sight from Back To The Future Part 2" and then opened the door that Bif himself would be standing there? Lol.
I just watched the 80s life video and it was awesome. It also shows Adam from a bit of a distance and this is the best look at his weight loss current status. Adam is looking amazing and that made me really happy to see. I know Adam was going with the slow and steady pace and it’s working out great. I am 5’9” and I was 270lbs at my heaviest around 15 years ago and I finally went with the slow and steady approach and got down to 143 over a couple years. Been steady around 150-160 ever since. So awesome to see Adam sticking at his goal.
Dang. Been a few years since I've been in the mall, but I still drive by it on the 60 freeway regularly. I had no idea it was in its death phase. Puente Hills Mall was "THE" mall for us back in the 80's. So many memories of the mall and the old theater outside. We watched Ghostbusters, Gremlins, Beverly Hills Cop, and so many more 80's classics.... then hang out in the mall. Sad to see it go.
It shocked me how empty and closed that mall is. I grew up a "mall rat" teenager, and I guess change has to come in life, but still it's shocking. I think it's so cool that you have done several videos showing this mall as it relates to Back to the Future, one of my all time favorite movies. Really cool to see!
This was my mall as a kid. There used to be a fantastic KayBee toys in here and a pretty trippy 70s style head shop with a bunch of Iron Maiden shirts in the window. There used to also be two AMC theaters on the outside of the mall - where we saw JAWS 3 and Robocop 2. Man I have such good memories of this place. Thanks for taking me back to my past!
Mine too. I lived in West Covina and Puente Hills Mall was the place to be in the 70s and 80s. Especially at Christmas time. The head shop was Casa De Candles. I saw some of the filming from a distance with my late uncle. It was '84 when they filmed. I was 11. Now, not sure if it was Eric Stoltz or MJF.
It’s so cool how much changed but many things still remain the same in that whole area that appeared on screen. I grew up and live by this mall so it’s still cool people come to see where this iconic movie took place
As some who spent many years of their youth hanging out at The Puente Hills Mall when it 1st opened in the 70's all through the 80's and the early 90s, it makes me sad to see what it's become. I especially loved going there during the Christmas season. There were days that you'd be lucky to find a parking space. Oh well, nothing lasts forever. As for the McDonald's production studio on Green Drive off of Gale in The City Of Industry; many scenes from Bye, Bye Love were filmed there as well. The Donut Hole was walking distance from our house and appeared in the movie Moving Violations. They were actually filming while I was across the Street at KFC one late afternoon. Thank you for the trip down memory lane.
I worked at the Puente Hills Mall ! The store I worked was called Robinsons department store. The white building Back 1981-1983 Grew up city Whittier! thank you for sharing your video! 😊
This was fun and interesting! I know what I will be watching later 😃👍 Nice to see Kurt also. The McDonald's they film at was very cool, I never knew about it... Thanks Adam!💜
High rents & shoplifters have made malls disappear. Never thought I would live to see them go extinct. Spent alot of time hanging around their food courts, movie theaters, and record & book stores. Great memories of a simpler life never to be matched again.
I was hanging out with a few friends at the Blimpies Sub shop which used to reside across the street from the Puente Hills Mall the evening they were filming that iconic scene from the movie. If I had only known what they were about to film that night I would have stuck around to watch.
i lived 10 mins from the PH mall for 12 years and i remember you doing a meet up there many years ago but i was too shy to go, I moved out of the state a few years ago so its so nice to see you visit there cause I am so homesick and miss living there. I used to go to the souplantation and mall every week... i'm glad theyre not closing down and hope to go visit if they do plan to shut down before remodeling for one last hurrah
Wow, that mall is kind of eerie and especially to see something like that empty in So. Cal. Every time I see a video about Back to the Future, I think about Michael J. Fox and what he's going through 😢 and yes Adam, we have not had a lot of sun in the past couple of months here, but I won't say why here. But it's certainly not our normal natural weather. I used to love eating at Souplantation, was sad to see it close. Good vlog 👍
Grievous. We used to make trips to the mall (not this one in particular but others in Southern Calif) to enjoy the air conditioning and enjoy looking around in stores...a ritual in our summers especially. Thanks for the video!
I go to the Puente Hills mall frequently for the movie theater. The theater is just as busy as any other movie theater, and the arcade gets crowded on the weekends and holidays. Unfortunately those are the only two places really keeping the mall alive. The only remaining businesses are close to these.
I was just there on Mother’s Day. I walked in the same way you did and I was like 😮 We went to Round One (the arcade/bowling alley). Although it still wasn’t crazy busy, definitely more people and places open on the weekends. I always have to take a look at the Twin Pines mall sign 😊 BTTF is one of my favorite all time movies.
80's Life has funny and entertaining scene recreations! They're whimsical yet endearing and sincere and it fuels my nostalgia--takes me right back to 'when' the scene was happening.
Just watched Retail Archaeology's recent video about the mall..it's been underperforming since the early 2000s. I have always remembered it being a Ghost Town even when it had a lot of stores. FYI in the movie you can see the Puente Hills Mall sign in the background.
Hey Adam, have you ever considered hosting a private event at the Courthouse square on the Universal backlot? I heard on another vlog recently that it costs about $20k to reserve for an event there on the USH backlot. But if you invited 200 people and each paid $100, it could be affordable.
I mentioned in a previous video of yours, that I was at work with my dad late one night and decided to go "In n' Out" and drove by this mall while they were filming. I was too young to care but my dad pointed it out. I am surprised the mall won't be torn down. All I can think of is that they add a Target but isn't mall shopping a past time? If they do renovate it, they should make it an 80's style with bright neon flashing lights like the old days and like how the mall is in Stranger Things.
Hey Adam, when the movie was shot, that side of the Mall was anchored by two department stores, Robinsons and JC Penny department stores, JC Penny is now the 24hr fitness and on the other side of the Mall they were anchored by Sears and May Company. It used to be quite busy back in the late 70’s and early 80’s
I have a feeling you’re going to nail your goal weight Adam. Looking good man. I saw you pass on the corndogs and lemonade at Venice Beach the other day. Those are the tough choices that show results (and they also make you appreciate the cheat days even more). Travel safe ✌️
HEY ATW...YOU ARE GIVING OFF A VIBE OF HOW MUCH YOU miss southern California, with all the tour-guiding and showing the other vloggers around your old stomping grounds. You even bought a Disney timeshare so you could come back without admitting you have moved back. C'mon man, just admit it. You love California. No trolling pal, all with love.
Great video, Adam! I'm planning my BTTF location trip for October, I really hope that nothing changes before then...this has been years in the making and I really hope to meet some fans while I'm there!
The few malls that are left in my neck of the woods are, hubs for unruly teens and crime. In fact, Independence Center, the mall closest to me, actually has a satellite police station in it. I grew up with malls, but, due to the aforementioned behavior taking place now, malls are being torn down, plus, people would rather park closer to a shop in a strip mall and not have to walk as far.
The Puente Hills Mall is empty??!! That was my mall as a kid/teenager. I bought my first cassette tape their of New Kids on the Block. LOL That is so weird it is empty!! I remember the organ store that was always playing loud music and the old fashion ice cream bar store. That white building used to be I believe the Robinson's and then turned into Robinson-May which was a popular department store back in the day. I was so excited when I first saw the exterior of the mall on Back to the Future! I never thought I'd see the day when malls would be empty! Tommy Burgers was so good! We used to go there once month or so with my Youth group as a teenager.
I remember when malls were everything back in the late70s and 80s and the 90s. Saw it all. The 80s some people dressed like the music groups thy liked. Ahhhh memories🥰
Say what!!! I remember when they were filming the Back to the Future movie and my dad took me and my sister to the mall to see the behind-the-scenes while they were filming in the parking lot. OMG I am so sad to hear that the Puente Hills Mall is going to be closing forever
i love any "BACK TO THE FUTURE" content you put out, i can probably go back now and collect all the vids you did, and make my own marathon of Adam going back...back to the future. an as i might have stated before it is good you retell ,or show for the newbies coming in, they need to know what channel they are on. and our Gainesville Mall, here in Gainesville Florida is doing quite well Actually, many memories of my own.
I wonder what your mall is doing different. My impression has been that Amazon and all the other online commerce are eating brick and mortar stores’ lunch.
Wow, what a bummer that this will be closing soon. Guess I won’t get to check it out… Sad that malls in general have fallen out of favor with people in the last 20 years.
I miss the 1980’s ( im class of 81) it was a interesting and optimistic time, and I was in the prime of life…. The music was great! Due to working security I’m around a couple of Texas malls Regularly, and they are having to get really creative. We do the Dallas Comic Show at Music city Mall in Lewisville… a small comicon, that gets shoehorned into the hallway and former Victoria’s Secret… next in august. And Grapevine Mills mall, that has sort of turned outlet mall, and still very busy.
I didn't know that about the McDonald's filming location. That appears to be typical of the fate of malls around the country. I think the pandemic just hastened the process. There's just too many other ways to shop... 😅A cool movie, and great nostalgic memories, and coverage, guys. Thanks, Adam... a great video. 👏👏🤠🌈
Cool beans . I have never seen the Back to the Future stairs or Lost Pines mall before. I love BTTF . Thanks for sharing . I was hoping Mickey Ds was open and hoping for a Happy Meal purchase to see what toys they have right now . Also, great willpower there with the donut shop . No doughnut ! #thinbydragoncon
hello adam, i will be forever grateful that you accidentally filmed my book of otis campbell at the mayberry museum on camera when you did a vlog. i only knew, but was very excited too see myslf in an adam the woo vlog..best regards -- john's wacky world -- doing it here since 2006.
Hi Adam. My wife & I grew up down the street from Puente Hills Mall in Hacienda Heights. We even worked in the mall when we were 16 years old in 77 just after the mall opened. My wife says one night driving home from the mall saw the DeLorean parked in the parking lot at night when not filming.
At least the mall is not being torn down which is surprising. You must be loving that cool crisp cali weather. I'm jealous, bring some back to florida!
BTTF is my absolute favorite movie. I was fourteen when it came out, and immediately fell for Marty Mcfly. ❤ I didn't realize he was ten years older than me. And five inches shorter. Not that that matters much. Tomorrow is June 9th. I want to wish Michael a happy 62nd birthday. 🎉🎂💖😁💕😍 Thanks for doing these types of vlogs ,Adam.
I really hope the mall doesn’t get demolished 😢 as much as a renovation would suck still better than completely being erased…. From existence. And Love those stairs!!!
I don't even need to see the need for renovation. The inside is so clean it looks like you could eat off the floor and everything looks new inside despite being mostly abandoned.
@12:53 my uncle had that exact camera and I remember watching BTTF for the first time maybe a year or two after it was released in theaters, I was like, hey that's my uncle's camera. I ended up inheriting that camera which I still own today but unfortunately it no longer works. Love this video Adam!
When I was in High School I worked at McDonalds in Tullahoma, Tennessee, for an entire day. I was sent down to the basement to watch burger building videos. I was given a stern talking too for putting extra mustard and ketchup on a regular burger. So I took of my Mickey Ds hat and shirt, gave them to the manager and walked out. I didn't think a half teaspoon of condiments was worth getting yelled at, so I went water skiing after walking out.
That was the mall I grew up in. I remember seeing them film Back to the Future BUT at the time nobody knew what they were filming. I just remember seeing Deloreans parked around but that was it. I never saw Michael J. Fox.. who knew? Great great movie!!!
I used to live two miles from the Puente Hills Mall…used to shop there all the time. Several good restaurants there as well. When you filmed the busses I could see the hill in the background where I used to live! I moved away from there (out of state) about 15 years ago. Sad to see the mall has gone downhill.
I just looked up their hours and, if what I found was correct, the mall opens at 11am on weekdays, so that might be why things were closed. That is a pretty late opening, though.
When you were giving the play by play of the chase scene, my brain was just filling in the music from that scene, also knew right away it was the Mac and Me McDonald's. Enjoyed the video very much
The former Robinsons at Westminster Mall has the exact same look as the one at Puente Hills, however the one at Westminster is a JCPenney in the former Robinsons May
Was at the events in Oct 2015 with a big crowd and an 80's cover band with 2015 costumes from the movie. I also worked at one of the car dealerships around the block from the Mc Donald's from 2000-2005 and would break in a new employee by getting coworkers to place orders for lunch and send them that Mc Donald's. .
hello again Adam , another great video , love the back to the future stuff , really sad to see places like that close down , really well done and thank you 😊
I remember reading somewhere when people were coming out of the old cinema that they were wondering why a water truck was wetting the parking lot. Can you imagine? So cool to watch the movie and find out. My kids know the 80’s. Proud to be an 80’s dude.
Yes Adam it will be sad to see it go I have seen the actual area where they were filming at the time with my father I still remember like yesterday I used to live around here at the time, so it was easy for us to see what they were doing and then we saw the movie. It was awesome. My dad passed away last year right after Father’s Day. Now to find out the mall is changing will be very sad for me. as well take care Adam
Hi! I clicked this video so fast! Rowland Heights is my home town. I grew up going to this mall all throughout the 90s and 2000s until I moved out of the area. I only go there occasionally now to visit family or go to Round 1. That Souplantation was my weekly spot. Soo sad, favorite restaurant and I miss it! But definitely a bummer that mall couldn't stay booming. I have many fond memories of taking the bus all over the place and using that bus station and many mall memories haha. Love your channel!
I lived right down the street in Rowland Heights when these scenes were shot. We didnt know they were shooting anything and actually went to the mall to shop, only to be turned away by the police who had the entrance blocked for filming. We were standing right across the street in the chase scenes, etc. (there was a Fudruckers there) We didnt know what movie it was until in came out and I saw it on video when we moved to Atlanta. It blew my mind.... we were right there! It made the movie even better. La Puente Mall was what it went by then. We loved going there, but we were a product of the 80's. I heard it ad fallen on hard-ish time. Too bad. It was nice back then.
I have a little remote control Delorean that I've never taken out of its box, but if I ever decide to break the seal I now know the perfect parking lot to try it out at, if I could match up Marty's exact path that Woo drove along today too that'd be fun. Ah the Puente Hills Mall, I can still taste the Orange Julius and hear the wind up toys at front of good ol 'KayBee toy store... 👊
I was at the Puente Hills Mall last weekend to see a movie at the AMC Theaters. That mall has truly become a ghost town in recent years. It's a great location, with easy freeway access and plenty of restaurants on the streets surrounding the mall. But the owners should have recognized the trend toward outdoor shopping & dining venues, which are certainly more popular now than enclosed malls. The L.A. area has pretty great year-round weather, so the concept of packing everyone into a big box at a climate-controlled enclosed mall has kind of come and gone.
Thing is it is happening in AZ too. And as most know Summer in AZ not the time to be shopping outdoors. Our local mall closed and has for the most part been levelled. JC Penny and Costco are still open though. 🤷🏼♀️
@@debbralehrman5957 Exactly. I think people just prefer being outside now than inside a building. Another example similar to yours is Palm Springs. It gets unbearably hot during the summer, but they leveled the enclosed mall that's been there for decades and now people shop downtown or at newer outdoor shopping complexes. Many businesses do have misters to keep people cool during outdoor dining, etc.
It's happening all over the country. The weather in CA has little to do with it. Online has decimated the retail landscape no matter which state you live in. Couple decreased in-store sales with laughably astronomical rents for stores, and it just isn't a workable model. Also, sit-down restaurants in general have fallen out of favor in many places as the middle-class gets more and more squeezed into non-existence and inflation drives the cost of dining out through the roof. I went to a simple diner last week and a burger, an open turkey sandwich, and two sodas cost $50. That's absurd. Now, throw door dash or uber eats into the mix. People are now too lazy to even go out to eat such that many dining rooms are now empty. Unfortunately, it's a new world. It takes a thriving middle-class with disposable income to make all those businesses work, and it doesn't look like we'll be going back to that any time soon, if at all.
@@reedberry I don't get this at all. I'm from the northeast where all the malls were enclosed, and now live in SoCal. I hate the outdoor shopping setup. It seems like it's harder to find the stores you want when they're outdoors and they're harder to get to, and I hate that our mall is more of a hybrid - most of the main stuff is indoors, with other stores outdoors. Thankfully, most of what I want to go to is in the main indoor area, so I can avoid heading outside.
@@thetaekwondoe3887 I certainly respect your preference. Some of the malls, like you mentioned, have both indoor and outdoor shopping and dining options, such as Santa Anita Mall in Arcadia. Some malls, like Santa Monica Place in SM and Paseo Colorado in Pasadena turned their enclosed malls into open-air concepts.
In the 90s, people used to be paid $40-60 to eat test burgers from the research and development team at that McDonald’s. Advertisements were placed in the newspaper, and a phone interview would be conducted beforehand.
I don’t understand why malls aren’t popular anymore. They have stores, restaurants, arcades, theaters, and more, all in one place! It makes no sense. I feel they should be more popular than ever. You can’t say it’s because of online shopping, because other stores are still PACKED. You can’t even get to the checkout sometimes.
That was also my mall as a kid. I would take the bus from my house which the route ended at the mall. It was always super busy. At Christmas they used to put a giant castle in the middle….so sad to see it this way…but I guess times change…
"The Lebanese(!), duck and run for cover Marty! I will see you in the future!!!!!" It's probably not a direct quote, more of a summation. That was an innocent time in life. I like your films because you get us and what we, as a generation digged and still do. Adam, I hope to meet you IN THE FUTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sadly, this is the majority of malls all across the US, as they are just no longer a feasible business anymore, and I'm not really sure there was anything that could have been done to change that. I grew up in the 70's & 80's and some of my favorite memories from those years came from going to the mall, going to interesting shops, or hanging out in the arcades(more so than amusement parks on occasions). It's really sad to see this mall go, due to it's BttF history, and it still looks halfway decent inside, which is more than I can say for most malls. It's just an experience from a bygone era, that people no longer want to visit, I wish that wasn't the case, but all good things come to an end eventually.
The declining mall experience is a sad thing. Malls are a way to get in some walking, be with friends, see many shops, and socialize in general. All this done under one roof. Well, except for one where I used to live, it was an outdoor mall. Not a strip mall, but laid out like a regular mall without a roof. It was a unique experience….that is now converted into a covered mall, and is not unique anymore. The results of mall closings, are that the stores now need a new place to sell their wares, and property owners need to replace the mall structure,because what else do you do with a dead mall? Keep the malls, keep the social interaction. Get people out of the house and away from the monitors,screens, tvs….enjoy life in the real world.
It is Sweet Tomatoes here in Tucson, AZ as well. It closed for a long time but it is coming back! So, maybe there is hope for yours in Florida. I can't wait to go there again.
The backside of the mall next to the freeway and Azusa Ave, the VERY BUSY Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is located. They share the same drive through area with Chic Fil A. Over to the East side is Raising Caines Chicken Fingers. The empty parking lot for JC Penney’s is an overflow for the restaurant waiting line que. You should’ve taken Kurt from 80s Life to the Valley Relics Museum. That’s his Home turf!
Maaaaaaaarty! 😅 always like seeing that secrect BTTF location, I remember us talking about this when you were in Portland with me. Thanks Woo for what you do.
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Adam, here is something I experienced May 25, 1990. I was a limo driver for the opening premiere of Back to the Future part 3. Toward the end of the back lot party I drove "ZZ Top" back to their hotel and was invited to their party. Not sure the mall will survive even with a possible future renovation there just isn't the economic base for it any longer. Maybe the Peabody family will buy it back and finally breed Pine Trees.
Malls in America are dying. Sad for us GenXers.
Was I the only hoping that when Adam said "You'll see a familiar sight from Back To The Future Part 2" and then opened the door that Bif himself would be standing there? Lol.
Ha maybe one day
That would be totally awesome!!!
"Why don't you make like a tree and get out of here!" 😂
That would have been awesome!
yeah this needs to be done! hopefully Tom would do it. backlot tour with Tom at the town square would be epic
I just watched the 80s life video and it was awesome. It also shows Adam from a bit of a distance and this is the best look at his weight loss current status. Adam is looking amazing and that made me really happy to see. I know Adam was going with the slow and steady pace and it’s working out great. I am 5’9” and I was 270lbs at my heaviest around 15 years ago and I finally went with the slow and steady approach and got down to 143 over a couple years. Been steady around 150-160 ever since. So awesome to see Adam sticking at his goal.
Dang. Been a few years since I've been in the mall, but I still drive by it on the 60 freeway regularly. I had no idea it was in its death phase. Puente Hills Mall was "THE" mall for us back in the 80's. So many memories of the mall and the old theater outside. We watched Ghostbusters, Gremlins, Beverly Hills Cop, and so many more 80's classics.... then hang out in the mall. Sad to see it go.
It shocked me how empty and closed that mall is. I grew up a "mall rat" teenager, and I guess change has to come in life, but still it's shocking. I think it's so cool that you have done several videos showing this mall as it relates to Back to the Future, one of my all time favorite movies. Really cool to see!
This was my mall as a kid. There used to be a fantastic KayBee toys in here and a pretty trippy 70s style head shop with a bunch of Iron Maiden shirts in the window. There used to also be two AMC theaters on the outside of the mall - where we saw JAWS 3 and Robocop 2. Man I have such good memories of this place. Thanks for taking me back to my past!
Mine too. I lived in West Covina and Puente Hills Mall was the place to be in the 70s and 80s. Especially at Christmas time. The head shop was Casa De Candles. I saw some of the filming from a distance with my late uncle. It was '84 when they filmed. I was 11. Now, not sure if it was Eric Stoltz or MJF.
Yes! I remember when it was built. It was THE modern mall!
I saw Back to the Future at the AMC 6 in 1985. The Twin Pines Mall scene was a complete surprise to the audience.
@@KatriceMetaluna Wow! Very cool!
From covina and yes taking the bus straight down Azusa to get there lol
It’s so cool how much changed but many things still remain the same in that whole area that appeared on screen. I grew up and live by this mall so it’s still cool people come to see where this iconic movie took place
editing tip, people have a great feel when you show clips of the film so they can see the film with what you are trying to show! :D great vid
I’ve covered it 20 times in the past . I never put movie clips on this channel , never have . This is more of a daily vlog style
@@TheDailyWoo you do you
As some who spent many years of their youth hanging out at The Puente Hills Mall when it 1st opened in the 70's all through the 80's and the early 90s, it makes me sad to see what it's become. I especially loved going there during the Christmas season. There were days that you'd be lucky to find a parking space. Oh well, nothing lasts forever.
As for the McDonald's production studio on Green Drive off of Gale in The City Of Industry; many scenes from Bye, Bye Love were filmed there as well.
The Donut Hole was walking distance from our house and appeared in the movie Moving Violations. They were actually filming while I was across the Street at KFC one late afternoon.
Thank you for the trip down memory lane.
I worked at the Puente Hills Mall ! The store I worked was called Robinsons department store. The white building Back 1981-1983
Grew up city Whittier!
thank you for sharing your video! 😊
Old man Peabody owned all of that. He had some crazy idea about breeding pine trees.
Why you mutated Bastard!
This was fun and interesting! I know what I will be watching later 😃👍 Nice to see Kurt also. The McDonald's they film at was very cool, I never knew about it... Thanks Adam!💜
High rents & shoplifters have made malls disappear. Never thought I would live to see them go extinct. Spent alot of time hanging around their food courts, movie theaters, and record & book stores. Great memories of a simpler life never to be matched again.
Also, gun violence plays a big part. I think a lot of people don’t wanna be in confined spaces because of guns.
Slave wages killed shopping malls..back in the day you could make a living wage working at Sears...
@@patgalvez4563 yep Walmart took away the good service and commission jobs. I really feel like they were the big downfall of American lifestyle
No Amazon killed malls
It's all the crime and bad laws in California, the ransacking, that has closed most businesses.
I was hanging out with a few friends at the Blimpies Sub shop which used to reside across the street from the Puente Hills Mall the evening they were filming that iconic scene from the movie. If I had only known what they were about to film that night I would have stuck around to watch.
i lived 10 mins from the PH mall for 12 years and i remember you doing a meet up there many years ago but i was too shy to go, I moved out of the state a few years ago so its so nice to see you visit there cause I am so homesick and miss living there. I used to go to the souplantation and mall every week... i'm glad theyre not closing down and hope to go visit if they do plan to shut down before remodeling for one last hurrah
Two of my Favorites!! Adam The Woo and 80s Life Kurt!! Who could ask for more!
Wow, that mall is kind of eerie and especially to see something like that empty in So. Cal. Every time I see a video about Back to the Future, I think about Michael J. Fox and what he's going through 😢 and yes Adam, we have not had a lot of sun in the past couple of months here, but I won't say why here. But it's certainly not our normal natural weather. I used to love eating at Souplantation, was sad to see it close. Good vlog 👍
Grievous. We used to make trips to the mall (not this one in particular but others in Southern Calif) to enjoy the air conditioning and enjoy looking around in stores...a ritual in our summers especially. Thanks for the video!
Glad you got to document that mall one more time before it closes. Seems like all old fashioned type malls are going bye-bye.
Mall walkers! That sounds like it could be a good theme for a horror movie! 🙂
I go to the Puente Hills mall frequently for the movie theater. The theater is just as busy as any other movie theater, and the arcade gets crowded on the weekends and holidays. Unfortunately those are the only two places really keeping the mall alive. The only remaining businesses are close to these.
So very sad! Malls were fun to go to when I was young. Will miss them. Some of them are not safe. You never know if someone is going to start trouble.
Great video Adam on the tour of the mall parking lot where Back to the Future was filmed back in the day...Have a good one...
I was just there on Mother’s Day. I walked in the same way you did and I was like 😮 We went to Round One (the arcade/bowling alley). Although it still wasn’t crazy busy, definitely more people and places open on the weekends. I always have to take a look at the Twin Pines mall sign 😊 BTTF is one of my favorite all time movies.
80's Life has funny and entertaining scene recreations! They're whimsical yet endearing and sincere and it fuels my nostalgia--takes me right back to 'when' the scene was happening.
Just watched Retail Archaeology's recent video about the mall..it's been underperforming since the early 2000s. I have always remembered it being a Ghost Town even when it had a lot of stores. FYI in the movie you can see the Puente Hills Mall sign in the background.
Hey Adam, have you ever considered hosting a private event at the Courthouse square on the Universal backlot? I heard on another vlog recently that it costs about $20k to reserve for an event there on the USH backlot. But if you invited 200 people and each paid $100, it could be affordable.
If that’s the cost of it I’d totally do it
wow yeah that would be pretty cool
Take Tom with you next time undercover on a Backlot tour and have him stand up and demand to go see the square. Would be a riot.
@@TheDailyWoo Count me in!!!
I mentioned in a previous video of yours, that I was at work with my dad late one night and decided to go "In n' Out" and drove by this mall while they were filming. I was too young to care but my dad pointed it out. I am surprised the mall won't be torn down. All I can think of is that they add a Target but isn't mall shopping a past time? If they do renovate it, they should make it an 80's style with bright neon flashing lights like the old days and like how the mall is in Stranger Things.
Hey Adam, when the movie was shot, that side of the Mall was anchored by two department stores, Robinsons and JC Penny department stores, JC Penny is now the 24hr fitness and on the other side of the Mall they were anchored by Sears and May Company. It used to be quite busy back in the late 70’s and early 80’s
I have a feeling you’re going to nail your goal weight Adam. Looking good man. I saw you pass on the corndogs and lemonade at Venice Beach the other day. Those are the tough choices that show results (and they also make you appreciate the cheat days even more). Travel safe ✌️
HEY ATW...YOU ARE GIVING OFF A VIBE OF HOW MUCH YOU miss southern California, with all the tour-guiding and showing the other vloggers around your old stomping grounds. You even bought a Disney timeshare so you could come back without admitting you have moved back. C'mon man, just admit it. You love California. No trolling pal, all with love.
I’ve always loved SoCal
Great video, Adam! I'm planning my BTTF location trip for October, I really hope that nothing changes before then...this has been years in the making and I really hope to meet some fans while I'm there!
The few malls that are left in my neck of the woods are, hubs for unruly teens and crime. In fact, Independence Center, the mall closest to me, actually has a satellite police station in it. I grew up with malls, but, due to the aforementioned behavior taking place now, malls are being torn down, plus, people would rather park closer to a shop in a strip mall and not have to walk as far.
The Puente Hills Mall is empty??!! That was my mall as a kid/teenager. I bought my first cassette tape their of New Kids on the Block. LOL That is so weird it is empty!! I remember the organ store that was always playing loud music and the old fashion ice cream bar store. That white building used to be I believe the Robinson's and then turned into Robinson-May which was a popular department store back in the day. I was so excited when I first saw the exterior of the mall on Back to the Future! I never thought I'd see the day when malls would be empty! Tommy Burgers was so good! We used to go there once month or so with my Youth group as a teenager.
I remember when malls were everything back in the late70s and 80s and the 90s. Saw it all. The 80s some people dressed like the music groups thy liked. Ahhhh memories🥰
Say what!!! I remember when they were filming the Back to the Future movie and my dad took me and my sister to the mall to see the behind-the-scenes while they were filming in the parking lot. OMG I am so sad to hear that the Puente Hills Mall is going to be closing forever
i love any "BACK TO THE FUTURE" content you put out, i can probably go back now and collect all the vids you did, and make my own marathon of Adam going back...back to the future. an as i might have stated before it is good you retell ,or show for the newbies coming in, they need to know what channel they are on. and our Gainesville Mall, here in Gainesville Florida is doing quite well Actually, many memories of my own.
I wonder what your mall is doing different. My impression has been that Amazon and all the other online commerce are eating brick and mortar stores’ lunch.
Wow, what a bummer that this will be closing soon. Guess I won’t get to check it out… Sad that malls in general have fallen out of favor with people in the last 20 years.
It’ll be interesting to see what happens in the …. Future
I miss the 1980’s ( im class of 81) it was a interesting and optimistic time, and I was in the prime of life…. The music was great!
Due to working security I’m around a couple of Texas malls
Regularly, and they are having to get really creative. We do the Dallas Comic Show at Music city Mall in Lewisville… a small comicon, that gets shoehorned into the hallway and former Victoria’s Secret… next in august.
And Grapevine Mills mall, that has sort of turned outlet mall, and still very busy.
Always Factual, and very Humourous! Keep up the Good Cause Adam!
I didn't know that about the McDonald's filming location. That appears to be typical of the fate of malls around the country. I think the pandemic just hastened the process. There's just too many other ways to shop... 😅A cool movie, and great nostalgic memories, and coverage, guys. Thanks, Adam... a great video.
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Cool beans . I have never seen the Back to the Future stairs or Lost Pines mall before. I love BTTF . Thanks for sharing . I was hoping Mickey Ds was open and hoping for a Happy Meal purchase to see what toys they have right now . Also, great willpower there with the donut shop . No doughnut ! #thinbydragoncon
I’m trying , I have my cheat meals tho
One of my all time favorite movies. There’s just a feeling about it that I can’t explain. It’s just a comfort
hello adam, i will be forever grateful that you accidentally filmed my book of otis campbell at the mayberry museum on camera when you did a vlog. i only knew, but was very excited too see myslf in an adam the woo vlog..best regards -- john's wacky world -- doing it here since 2006.
RIP Souplantation (our favorite food stop), but, across the P.H. Mall parking lot
is a Golden Corral Buffet!!!! Thanx, Adam.....
There’s a thing in your lens again. But it only seemed to show up when you use the stabilizer recently.
I was wondering how your legs were feeling the day after your awesome Hollywood hike? That was such a fun video! 🙂
Was very happy to see you on Kurt's channel. Great to see you help out other wonderful TH-cam creators.
Hi Adam. My wife & I grew up down the street from Puente Hills Mall in Hacienda Heights. We even worked in the mall when we were 16 years old in 77 just after the mall opened. My wife says one night driving home from the mall saw the DeLorean parked in the parking lot at night when not filming.
At least the mall is not being torn down which is surprising. You must be loving that cool crisp cali weather. I'm jealous, bring some back to florida!
Loved all the Back to the Future lines in the video! One of my most quoted movies when the situation calls for it! Safe travels Adam!
I was 10 when BTTF came out and I think it holds my record of seeing a movie the most in the theater at like 6 times.
BTTF is my absolute favorite movie. I was fourteen when it came out, and immediately fell for Marty Mcfly. ❤
I didn't realize he was ten years older than me. And five inches shorter. Not that that matters much.
Tomorrow is June 9th. I want to wish Michael a happy 62nd birthday. 🎉🎂💖😁💕😍
Thanks for doing these types of vlogs ,Adam.
Puente Hills/BTTF Mall is on my list 🎥 Thanks for the motivation! Can't wait to see "the scene" on 80s Life
I really hope the mall doesn’t get demolished 😢 as much as a renovation would suck still better than completely being erased…. From existence. And Love those stairs!!!
I don't even need to see the need for renovation. The inside is so clean it looks like you could eat off the floor and everything looks new inside despite being mostly abandoned.
I didn’t know they only filmed mickeyds at one location?! Not sure why but it blew my mind lol! Pretty cool thanks for sharing!🙌🏻
@12:53 my uncle had that exact camera and I remember watching BTTF for the first time maybe a year or two after it was released in theaters, I was like, hey that's my uncle's camera. I ended up inheriting that camera which I still own today but unfortunately it no longer works. Love this video Adam!
I graduated in 1985....that mall was the place to be back in the day. Used to be packed every weekend
When I was in High School I worked at McDonalds in Tullahoma, Tennessee, for an entire day. I was sent down to the basement to watch burger building videos. I was given a stern talking too for putting extra mustard and ketchup on a regular burger. So I took of my Mickey Ds hat and shirt, gave them to the manager and walked out. I didn't think a half teaspoon of condiments was worth getting yelled at, so I went water skiing after walking out.
Great info! Thanks for the history of this mall! So creepy to see an empty mall! Thanks again 👍
Back to the Future Love movie DVD 📀 my favorite one fan Big 💖💖💖💖💖⭐️⭐️🎶💯
I saw a Delorean at the historic museum in LaPorte Indiana and thought about you and this movie, because you love it so much
It’s mind blowing Back to the Future is almost 40 years old. Better times.
I was at that theatre on Sept 10th, 2001, seeing Rock Star. The next morning the world changed forever.
The Awesomeness that is Adam The Woo! - Continues!! 👍👌
Fantastic Episode!! 😎👊✊🍁
The Round1 bowling alley there gets really packed on the weekends. It’s awesome.
That was the mall I grew up in. I remember seeing them film Back to the Future BUT at the time nobody knew what they were filming. I just remember seeing Deloreans parked around but that was it. I never saw Michael J. Fox.. who knew? Great great movie!!!
I used to live two miles from the Puente Hills Mall…used to shop there all the time. Several good restaurants there as well. When you filmed the busses I could see the hill in the background where I used to live! I moved away from there (out of state) about 15 years ago. Sad to see the mall has gone downhill.
I just looked up their hours and, if what I found was correct, the mall opens at 11am on weekdays, so that might be why things were closed. That is a pretty late opening, though.
When you were giving the play by play of the chase scene, my brain was just filling in the music from that scene, also knew right away it was the Mac and Me McDonald's. Enjoyed the video very much
The former Robinsons at Westminster Mall has the exact same look as the one at Puente Hills, however the one at Westminster is a JCPenney in the former Robinsons May
That McDonalds studio is one of the most way out facts I've learned from this channel. Amazing !
Was at the events in Oct 2015 with a big crowd and an 80's cover band with 2015 costumes from the movie. I also worked at one of the car dealerships around the block from the Mc Donald's from 2000-2005 and would break in a new employee by getting coworkers to place orders for lunch and send them that Mc Donald's. .
hello again Adam , another great video , love the back to the future stuff , really sad to see places like that close down , really well done and thank you 😊
I remember reading somewhere when people were coming out of the old cinema that they were wondering why a water truck was wetting the parking lot. Can you imagine? So cool to watch the movie and find out. My kids know the 80’s. Proud to be an 80’s dude.
Adam, you definitely got out of NYC at the right time. I hope everyone is safe there.
Looks scary . The air is so bad right now
@@TheDailyWoo Ya it is. Sad.
Yes Adam it will be sad to see it go I have seen the actual area where they were filming at the time with my father I still remember like yesterday I used to live around here at the time, so it was easy for us to see what they were doing and then we saw the movie. It was awesome. My dad passed away last year right after Father’s Day. Now to find out the mall is changing will be very sad for me. as well take care Adam
Hi! I clicked this video so fast! Rowland Heights is my home town. I grew up going to this mall all throughout the 90s and 2000s until I moved out of the area. I only go there occasionally now to visit family or go to Round 1. That Souplantation was my weekly spot. Soo sad, favorite restaurant and I miss it! But definitely a bummer that mall couldn't stay booming. I have many fond memories of taking the bus all over the place and using that bus station and many mall memories haha. Love your channel!
I lived right down the street in Rowland Heights when these scenes were shot. We didnt know they were shooting anything and actually went to the mall to shop, only to be turned away by the police who had the entrance blocked for filming. We were standing right across the street in the chase scenes, etc. (there was a Fudruckers there) We didnt know what movie it was until in came out and I saw it on video when we moved to Atlanta. It blew my mind.... we were right there! It made the movie even better.
La Puente Mall was what it went by then. We loved going there, but we were a product of the 80's. I heard it ad fallen on hard-ish time. Too bad. It was nice back then.
I have a little remote control Delorean that I've never taken out of its box, but if I ever decide to break the seal I now know the perfect parking lot to try it out at, if I could match up Marty's exact path that Woo drove along today too that'd be fun. Ah the Puente Hills Mall, I can still taste the Orange Julius and hear the wind up toys at front of good ol 'KayBee toy store... 👊
Mall meet-up featuring The Majestic! Great video! I went to Universal Hollywood for the first time yesterday. It was literally a dream come true.
I didn't know about that McDonalds filming location. Adam you find some great things on your adventures...thanks for taking us along!!!
I was in a McDs commercial back in 1986 but it was filmed at the corporate offices in Oak Brook, Illinois
Also the donut hole. Nice, Adam my brother lives a block away from there. Awesome.
I was at the Puente Hills Mall last weekend to see a movie at the AMC Theaters. That mall has truly become a ghost town in recent years. It's a great location, with easy freeway access and plenty of restaurants on the streets surrounding the mall. But the owners should have recognized the trend toward outdoor shopping & dining venues, which are certainly more popular now than enclosed malls. The L.A. area has pretty great year-round weather, so the concept of packing everyone into a big box at a climate-controlled enclosed mall has kind of come and gone.
Thing is it is happening in AZ too. And as most know Summer in AZ not the time to be shopping outdoors. Our local mall closed and has for the most part been levelled.
JC Penny and Costco are
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@@debbralehrman5957 Exactly. I think people just prefer being outside now than inside a building. Another example similar to yours is Palm Springs. It gets unbearably hot during the summer, but they leveled the enclosed mall that's been there for decades and now people shop downtown or at newer outdoor shopping complexes. Many businesses do have misters to keep people cool during outdoor dining, etc.
It's happening all over the country. The weather in CA has little to do with it. Online has decimated the retail landscape no matter which state you live in. Couple decreased in-store sales with laughably astronomical rents for stores, and it just isn't a workable model. Also, sit-down restaurants in general have fallen out of favor in many places as the middle-class gets more and more squeezed into non-existence and inflation drives the cost of dining out through the roof. I went to a simple diner last week and a burger, an open turkey sandwich, and two sodas cost $50. That's absurd. Now, throw door dash or uber eats into the mix. People are now too lazy to even go out to eat such that many dining rooms are now empty. Unfortunately, it's a new world. It takes a thriving middle-class with disposable income to make all those businesses work, and it doesn't look like we'll be going back to that any time soon, if at all.
@@reedberry I don't get this at all. I'm from the northeast where all the malls were enclosed, and now live in SoCal. I hate the outdoor shopping setup. It seems like it's harder to find the stores you want when they're outdoors and they're harder to get to, and I hate that our mall is more of a hybrid - most of the main stuff is indoors, with other stores outdoors. Thankfully, most of what I want to go to is in the main indoor area, so I can avoid heading outside.
@@thetaekwondoe3887 I certainly respect your preference. Some of the malls, like you mentioned, have both indoor and outdoor shopping and dining options, such as Santa Anita Mall in Arcadia. Some malls, like Santa Monica Place in SM and Paseo Colorado in Pasadena turned their enclosed malls into open-air concepts.
May Gray and June Gloom are actually a regular weather patterns that happen every year. Been living in Los Angeles my entire life.
In the 90s, people used to be paid $40-60 to eat test burgers from the research and development team at that McDonald’s. Advertisements were placed in the newspaper, and a phone interview would be conducted beforehand.
I don’t understand why malls aren’t popular anymore. They have stores, restaurants, arcades, theaters, and more, all in one place! It makes no sense. I feel they should be more popular than ever. You can’t say it’s because of online shopping, because other stores are still PACKED. You can’t even get to the checkout sometimes.
People are ordering things online more nowadays, that and high rents, and the cost of living would have an effect.
Back to the future I could watch a million times thank you Adam my friend for this!
That was also my mall as a kid. I would take the bus from my house which the route ended at the mall. It was always super busy. At Christmas they used to put a giant castle in the middle….so sad to see it this way…but I guess times change…
"The Lebanese(!), duck and run for cover Marty! I will see you in the future!!!!!" It's probably not a direct quote, more of a summation.
That was an innocent time in life. I like your films because you get us and what we, as a generation digged and still do.
Adam, I hope to meet you IN THE FUTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sadly, this is the majority of malls all across the US, as they are just no longer a feasible business anymore, and I'm not really sure there was anything that could have been done to change that. I grew up in the 70's & 80's and some of my favorite memories from those years came from going to the mall, going to interesting shops, or hanging out in the arcades(more so than amusement parks on occasions). It's really sad to see this mall go, due to it's BttF history, and it still looks halfway decent inside, which is more than I can say for most malls. It's just an experience from a bygone era, that people no longer want to visit, I wish that wasn't the case, but all good things come to an end eventually.
The declining mall experience is a sad thing. Malls are a way to get in some walking, be with friends, see many shops, and socialize in general. All this done under one roof. Well, except for one where I used to live, it was an outdoor mall. Not a strip mall, but laid out like a regular mall without a roof. It was a unique experience….that is now converted into a covered mall, and is not unique anymore. The results of mall closings, are that the stores now need a new place to sell their wares, and property owners need to replace the mall structure,because what else do you do with a dead mall?
Keep the malls, keep the social interaction. Get people out of the house and away from the monitors,screens, tvs….enjoy life in the real world.
glad to catch a notification and an update on back to the future spots.
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Thanks Adam, you have put me in the mood to watch BTTF this evening! Great video as always!
As a 90s baby, I’ll be very sad if one day indoor malls become obsolete 😫 that’ll truly be the end of an era!!!!
It is Sweet Tomatoes here in Tucson, AZ as well. It closed for a long time but it is coming back! So, maybe there is hope for yours in Florida. I can't wait to go there again.
They should put that sign in/near the theatre since it's a movie property!
The backside of the mall next to the freeway and Azusa Ave, the VERY BUSY Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is located. They share the same drive through area with Chic Fil A. Over to the East side is Raising Caines Chicken Fingers. The empty parking lot for JC Penney’s is an overflow for the restaurant waiting line que. You should’ve taken Kurt from 80s Life to the Valley Relics Museum. That’s his Home turf!
Maaaaaaaarty! 😅 always like seeing that secrect BTTF location, I remember us talking about this when you were in Portland with me. Thanks Woo for what you do.