Man.. I have watched EVERY JCS video this week.. We'll need more! You do an amazing job at narrating and explaining super important things on JCS. You deserve so much man, thank you for bringing in the great content!
The classic columns and post art deco , if they had kept it, would be artistic and beautiful as it had been. The architecture would be celebrated. Great commercial montage!
Very nice video. A while ago I scoured the internet for a picture of the fountain by the stairs, only to come up empty. I was a child in the 80's and that fountain seemed so much larger back then, perhaps it's just the angle of the picture, or lack of plants as you mentioned. Thank you for documenting this historic landmark. Tacoma resident from 1978-1988.
back in the day this was where everyone would meetup to hangout when you couldn't get a ride out to the South Center lol. and shoutout to the suit guy with the shopping cart, that dude is a local legend.
It's funny that this mall changed so much from the 80s till now, hickory farms use to be there. Mc Donald's use to have a full sit down restaurant and so did Cinnabon. The food court use to look very ghetto in the 90s with a huge arcade. I do remember the bon water feature, the space between jc penny and were sears use to be was a water fountain in that circle. The first space leaving sears on the left use to be a small pet store my parents take us, my brother and i to see the pets they had. This mall is still thriving its sad basken and robins is closed now.
I remember that mall well. When the Sonics made the playoffs, I ran up the wrong way on the escalator to get those seats. Got them, I too remember the staircase that went to the bottom of the Bon Marche. I have not been there in 25 years. I now live near Kelso where the Three Rivers Mall is. The mall is in sad shape as far as occupancy but is always clean. Major stores are JCP, Sportsmans Warehouse, Planet Fitness and Regal Theaters. There are a few smaller local stores too. Of course, there is a Claires and Bath & Body Works. What I like best is they also have the Kelso Public Library inside the Mall. They also distribute from the Kelso Resource center here too.
Yeah, I wish there were more photos of that staircase, but that's it. I did a video at Three Rivers Mall as well. Sad to see a nice place barely get used. I bet it was really happening in the 1990s.
Yes!! I remember the pillars. The mall is unrecognizable. On the left of the pillars right outside used to be a police station. As you walk in on the right used to be a shoe store. As a teenager attending Macilvgh Jr High a group of us skipped school on occasion to spend the entire day at the mall. Fun times!
The reason one part of the mall is empty except for Spencer's is that the end of that hallway used to be the opening to the Sears building...which was demolished to make room for a new Tacoma Mall Theater. It looks like more stores will be added to that area also. I miss the old Tacoma Mall theater..it will be nice when we have one back again. When we first moved here 40+ years ago that whole hallway wasn't there..It ended with the J.C. Penneys store. I also remember when mall walkers could enter the main mall hours before stores opened...it gave a safe dry place to walk especially for seniors...friends would meet over coffee after...the benches and live plants around the hallways gave walkers a chance to take a break. (those benches also gave husbands a place to wait while the wives shopped from one store to another) I'm hoping malls like this survive..after the lockdowns it is nice to have a place to go to.
the Sears wing you were a little off. The spot you said was Suncoast video was Finish Line. They relocated to the food court. The spot to the LEFT of that spot with the smaller black facade was where Suncoast was. To the right of that was a decades running little donut shop that closed down in the last few years
Lucky's became the Food Court. there was a Payless Drug on the other side of the walkway. Where ThinkGeek is now. There was an amazing fountain down those Bon Marche' stairs. It becomes a Christmas shop now every year(the little store in front of Macys). down by Sears there was a donut place and a puzzle store, not TOO long ago. I miss the fountain that sat in that circle by J C Penney.
I am surprised they let you take video in such a busy mall. If that was over here, the security cops would come by on their segways, throw you against the wall, search you and ban you for life for walking around with a camera. Maybe I am just remembering when I was 17.
Kizzles! (Hi) lol. ls that Japanese food so good You can eat it? I wanna open a restaurant and name it that. lol. This mall seems to be doing... ok for now. Find any Hot Wheels or Matchboxes for me at the mall today? 😺
Shame that they took the exterior pillars out. Looks so much different from the way I remember it. Those skylights really do ruin the overall design of the mall. Nordstrom's used to own the Seattle Seahawks back in the day. Shouldn't have sold out to Ken (Over)Behring.
@@kizzume call me crazy but do you recall an upper type of sitting area in one of the areas where the smaller stores now exist. I swear a half circled stairway went up to some landing and there was seating up there. These are early 80s young childhood memories I’m going off btw. I guess that place could have been in the pre Lakewood mall Villa Plaza as well or maybe I’m confusing it with the old Bon stairway that you mentioned
I see Dick's is outside. Is that a good or a bad thing ? Maybe they have a back entrance ? EDIT: Yes, they had an entrance inside - across from Canal ST. Just saying...
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That’s crazy. I never would have thought the voice himself would be in my hometown. Keep up the great work.
This is the JCS-Criminal Psychology’s Narrator!
That's what me and my wife just learned just now.
Man.. I have watched EVERY JCS video this week.. We'll need more!
You do an amazing job at narrating and explaining super important things on JCS.
You deserve so much man, thank you for bringing in the great content!
Thanks, though I'm just the narrator, I don't write any of the content.
@@kizzumeI like you did good job
holy shit i live here and was here recently! crazy to see a favorite youtuber in a familiar place
LOVE that you're covering local spots! Wow that mall has changed! Also....not sure what's going on at 1:16 but it's meme worthy if you pause it.
The classic columns and post art deco , if they had kept it, would be artistic and beautiful as it had been. The architecture would be celebrated. Great commercial montage!
This one looks a bit more lively than the last one.
Indeed, and it's a Tuesday!
I thought I saw 👀 Curas1 in the food hall wearing a carnation 🌼😏
@@robbiekop7 LOL
A carnation 🌼 and nothing else 😲
@@robbiekop7 What in carnation!
it feels VERY surreal watching a video of a mall i used to always go to before the covid outbreak
I remember that fountain and the stairs growing up as a little kid in the early-mid 90s
Yeah, it was really cool. I wonder if any more pictures of it will ever show up.
Me too,
I remember the first time it opened. My grandmother said, “Let’s go to the NEW Tacoma Mall!” Shoppers were greeted by a robot. It was thrilling!
Very nice video. A while ago I scoured the internet for a picture of the fountain by the stairs, only to come up empty. I was a child in the 80's and that fountain seemed so much larger back then, perhaps it's just the angle of the picture, or lack of plants as you mentioned. Thank you for documenting this historic landmark. Tacoma resident from 1978-1988.
Do you think the mall looks better now or worse?
yo what is that in washington? i'm in washington too
back in the day this was where everyone would meetup to hangout when you couldn't get a ride out to the South Center lol.
and shoutout to the suit guy with the shopping cart, that dude is a local legend.
Indeed, he's been around quite a while!
Johnny!
very underated channel
When I lived in the northern part of Kentucky, Thriftway was the main grocery, besides Kroger. Bread was 25 cents. Been a while. lol
It's funny that this mall changed so much from the 80s till now, hickory farms use to be there. Mc Donald's use to have a full sit down restaurant and so did Cinnabon. The food court use to look very ghetto in the 90s with a huge arcade. I do remember the bon water feature, the space between jc penny and were sears use to be was a water fountain in that circle. The first space leaving sears on the left use to be a small pet store my parents take us, my brother and i to see the pets they had. This mall is still thriving its sad basken and robins is closed now.
The last time I was in a mall, smoking was allowed inside.
I remember that mall well. When the Sonics made the playoffs, I ran up the wrong way on the escalator to get those seats. Got them, I too remember the staircase that went to the bottom of the Bon Marche. I have not been there in 25 years. I now live near Kelso where the Three Rivers Mall is. The mall is in sad shape as far as occupancy but is always clean. Major stores are JCP, Sportsmans Warehouse, Planet Fitness and Regal Theaters. There are a few smaller local stores too. Of course, there is a Claires and Bath & Body Works. What I like best is they also have the Kelso Public Library inside the Mall. They also distribute from the Kelso Resource center here too.
Yeah, I wish there were more photos of that staircase, but that's it.
I did a video at Three Rivers Mall as well. Sad to see a nice place barely get used. I bet it was really happening in the 1990s.
Yes!! I remember the pillars. The mall is unrecognizable. On the left of the pillars right outside used to be a police station. As you walk in on the right used to be a shoe store. As a teenager attending Macilvgh Jr High a group of us skipped school on occasion to spend the entire day at the mall. Fun times!
Yeah, the original entrance is definitely not recognizable anymore.
The reason one part of the mall is empty except for Spencer's is that the end of that hallway used to be the opening to the Sears building...which was demolished to make room for a new Tacoma Mall Theater. It looks like more stores will be added to that area also. I miss the old Tacoma Mall theater..it will be nice when we have one back again. When we first moved here 40+ years ago that whole hallway wasn't there..It ended with the J.C. Penneys store. I also remember when mall walkers could enter the main mall hours before stores opened...it gave a safe dry place to walk especially for seniors...friends would meet over coffee after...the benches and live plants around the hallways gave walkers a chance to take a break. (those benches also gave husbands a place to wait while the wives shopped from one store to another) I'm hoping malls like this survive..after the lockdowns it is nice to have a place to go to.
They got rid of the benches after so many teens loitered for hours and some got into fights
I love how you walk around malls to capture moments in time. What do you guys think mall will be like 20 years from now? Will they still exist?
Negative. The few still in existence are against all odds. Sad to say.
Love your videos, love your manner, love you x
I gotta chill with you one day
This is right down the street from me. 🥰
the Sears wing you were a little off. The spot you said was Suncoast video was Finish Line. They relocated to the food court. The spot to the LEFT of that spot with the smaller black facade was where Suncoast was. To the right of that was a decades running little donut shop that closed down in the last few years
Ah yes, you're right.
Awesome!
Lucky's became the Food Court. there was a Payless Drug on the other side of the walkway. Where ThinkGeek is now. There was an amazing fountain down those Bon Marche' stairs. It becomes a Christmas shop now every year(the little store in front of Macys). down by Sears there was a donut place and a puzzle store, not TOO long ago. I miss the fountain that sat in that circle by J C Penney.
Yeah, I had it reversed in my mind (Lucky's and the food court). Yeah, I miss the fountains a lot.
Donut shop closed forever after the lockdowns. You have Jay Inslee to blame
Your voice is god tier
Fred Meyer jewelers shut down across from Zales. i wonder why. They were there a long time
the response to the wheel chair door being SLOW is to allow the person to push the button and then have time to backup their wheelchair.
thank you Kizzume
Wait Kizzume… are you from Tacoma? Me too!
This is awesome
Ahh I caught the famous suit man at burgermeister in the video 3:12 if youre from tacoma you know who im talking bout 😉
Yes
I am surprised they let you take video in such a busy mall. If that was over here, the security cops would come by on their segways, throw you against the wall, search you and ban you for life for walking around with a camera. Maybe I am just remembering when I was 17.
Thirty years ago it was only really Japanese tourists that carried cameras and filmed stuff
Epic
Really nice mall.
Yeah, I'm glad it's still doing decently, considering how malls are doing.
Kizzles! (Hi) lol. ls that Japanese food so good You can eat it? I wanna open a restaurant and name it that. lol. This mall seems to be doing... ok for now. Find any Hot Wheels or Matchboxes for me at the mall today? 😺
I didn't go into very many of the stores.
The "So good, you can eat it" would make a better *tagline* for a restaurant than the actual name of a restaurant.
@@kizzume 😉
@@kizzume LOL. I texted You earlier 😺
Shame that they took the exterior pillars out. Looks so much different from the way I remember it. Those skylights really do ruin the overall design of the mall.
Nordstrom's used to own the Seattle Seahawks back in the day. Shouldn't have sold out to Ken (Over)Behring.
Yeah, it was a nice entryway, but I miss the stairs and fountain the most.
I miss the old mall so much
Yeah, me too
@@kizzume call me crazy but do you recall an upper type of sitting area in one of the areas where the smaller stores now exist. I swear a half circled stairway went up to some landing and there was seating up there. These are early 80s young childhood memories I’m going off btw. I guess that place could have been in the pre Lakewood mall Villa Plaza as well or maybe I’m confusing it with the old Bon stairway that you mentioned
@@lm6817 I don't remember that, actually. Memories can be weird.
@@kizzume ain’t that the truth?!
FYI-The two kids in the photo sitting by the fountain are my brothers. Hahaha! One of them has a boob balloon in his mouth.
That's awesome!
I see Dick's is outside. Is that a good or a bad thing ? Maybe they have a back entrance ? EDIT: Yes, they had an entrance inside - across from Canal ST. Just saying...
Well, everyone loves... ok that one's old now LOL
@@kizzume I kept waiting for you mentioning it every time you pass one in each mall video... Haha... Just say it quietly inside your head.
Glamour Shots... is that still a thing? I remember ladies going there in the nineties...... made everyone look so sexy. lol
That store later became “as seen on tv”
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