Random Video of Del Amo Mall for Nostalgia
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 พ.ย. 2015
- This video that I am uploading is mainly for personal reasons in which that they are remolding this mall and this small section I filmed is part of the old mall and I want to capture it so I can have my memories of this mall and to remember my childhood.
you have no idea how much I miss the old del amo mall. Especially the times when game stop was there. Time goes by :(
I miss it very much because it was a big part of my childhood I just wish they would've kept the same style and everything
@@_spooky_sisi You're absolutely right!!!
Badoocee the gamestopp iss sooo olddd only ogs remember 😭🥺🥺
I remember when the GameStop there was still babbages
@@Kain5th I used to go to software etc!
Wow! I used to work at Gloria Jeans Coffee at Del Amo. This brought back so many memories. Thank you 🙏🏽
Yo I worked at macys and always get the bomb azz caramel orio frap at Gloria jeans lol 😅 everything bad for you but we couldn’t resist. And I use to use the free massage chairs at brook stone 😅 good times del amo 😢
I remember that section of the mall and I love going there as well
Videos like these are the history of the millennials. I hope TH-cam never removes them.
What great memories 😢 My family and I loved how the old fashion mall used to look like 🥺❤️
I miss when they used to put up the “Santa’s of the world” display during Christmas time.
Lots of good memories in that mall. Went as a child so many times. For me that would have been in the 80’s.
Anyone else old enough to remember Aladdin's Castle? That was my go-to spot after school. I would skip lunch every day and spend the money there, instead. lol
Just yesterday my hubbs and I were reminiscing how it used to be in 1996. I met my future hubby at Aladdin's castle 28 yrs ago and was so sad when it was taken out. I'm glad some of the main parts of the mall are the movie "Jackie Brown"
@@DesiDidIt99 Oh, my goodness. I can't watch Jackie Brown without getting a little misty-eyed. I'm an old, and that movie was filmed across the street from me!
Sadly, now it's just a parking structure. Congrats on meeting your hubby, the time! Even though I doubt you were a Madrona Wildcat!!! Traitor. lol
im so glad you captured the old design of the mall. i really liked the old food court they had. rip
I hate rich people. They are so greedy and selfish and they want everything for themselves.
I remember there used to be a second smaller food court around where that Outback restaurant used to be at. It had a good bathroom too.
The old food court and the old AAHs store were the best . Pure gold😢
Maybe it's just because I'm older, but the new section feels much smaller than the original. I remember the square that connected the old food court to the section where Montgomery Ward stood (assuming you didn't take the shortcut through TJ Max) felt massive and sprawling. There was so much to see that was of genuine interest to middle-class shoppers. Many of the new stores either seem to cater to wealthier shoppers (and tend to be fairly empty most of the time), offer weirdly niche products, or are just redundant clothing outlets. I guess the Internet has transformed what makes for a financially viable store. The new mall is pretty but just... not as interesting.
This is so true!!!!! It just feels weird walking through that mall now. I drove through the parking lot the other day to see if I could buy a cinnabon and the security told me, they are tearing it all down and remodeling!! I guess this is their next phase of remodeling the mall while they can during this pansemic
where's the old food court? my family moved in like 2013 and then we did go to del amo one year. but, i don't remember the old food court because the new one is engraved in my brain now. i do remember tj max, then it got turned into marshalls, and now mitsuwa.
Thank you for this video. I truly miss the old Del Amo Mall. I've been going to the Mall since the early 70s. Every year my Mom took me to visit Santa and the Easter Bunny. We used to love to go to King Table Buffet and eat all you can for a little price, they had the best fried chicken a buffet could ever offer and their soft serve ice cream machine was the best!!!!! I miss Aladdins Castle as I became a teenager and played a lot of video games, then would go right out of there, next door to McDonalds and I miss the ice cream stand that used to sell homemade lemonade and ice cream bars dipped in chocolate and or nuts if you chose. So many great memories. I miss shopping at Orbachs!!!! (that goes to show you how old I am!!) Orbachs was where Marshalls was located. Del Amo mall had Universal Movie theatre and you could go see a movie once your feet got too tired to walk anymore and enjoy a box of expensive popcorn. It was a great great mall to go to back in the 80s and the 90s. I loved shopping at PJ's and Catherines and even Sears and JC Penney's back in the day and we cant forget Montgomery Wards!!!! My mom bought my 6th grade graduation dress from there as I graduated from Lomita Fundamental Elementary School, Class of 1980!!! So proud! I miss being able to sit in the middle of the mall and just watch the elevator go up and down, and watch people go back and forth. It was a great place to people watch. Let's not forget Hickory Farms on the 2nd floor!!! Where you could get all the free samples of beef stick you wanted. I loved the smell of that woodsy/country looking place and the cute little old ladies dressed in their red gingham uniforms. Great times. There was a candy place called Ms. Helene's Chocolates that was pretty good as well. See's candies was always the best, but Ms. Helene's had more exquisive chocolates such as lemon crème filled covered chocolates!!!! LOL Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo many great memories at Del Amo. Now, I walked into that mall in 2019 and looked around and I felt like I was on a completely different planet!!!! I had to say out loud WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT IS THIS? AND WHY?? The stores are catered totally to the young and ritzy!!!! They are truly not catered to the middle class, used to be 80s and 90s shoppers. I felt like I had landed onto the Millenium Planet and was lost in space and time somewhere. Well, all I know now is to go to certain stores. I noticed even Macy's is not that crowded or filled with customers like they used to be, I guess because everyone finds its more efficient to just shop online versus going into the stores the old fashion way. It's really sad, that the old song is true: EVERYTHING MUCH CHANGE, NOTHING STAYS THE SAME! THE YOUNG BE COME THE OLD AND MYSTERIES UNTOLD!!! So very true. Between Del Amo Mall and Old Town Mall in Torrance, I'm lost. Thanks for sharing.
I'm lost too and now Sears is going to be lost...We really are like antiques before our time,and I'm going to be funny and say:well I'm fifty and one half!Been here since there were parakeets in Sears Garden Shop!
@@lorenheard2561 Hahahahahaahaha! Yes Loren, I am 52 years old.and right there with you. Remembering the good.smell.of popcorn and candy sold.in Sears. My.mom.wanted a scoop of jordan almonds.while I wanted.a box of popcorn. And.they took the best photos in.their photo studio on site lol lol lol. Hard to really fathom that all we have now are memories ♡
@@JSmith-hn5ki Miss that snack area at Sears! Coconut haystacks,huge swirly lolipops,cherry ice-ees,popcorn,hotdogs,etc.. My Mom took us to the Entree,Cafeteria,with all those ladies from Eastern Europe,and Russia who could out cook most chefs in my opinion today!
@@lorenheard2561 Yaaaaaaaaaas! I remember them. Omg, this generation will never know the scenes and sites we experienced.
@@JSmith-hn5ki One thing is sad also.I've been looking everywhere online.It seems nobody took photos of Sears or the mall on camera 35 millimeter film. Can't find many pictures.Maybe Sears didn't advertise too much!
good old days when I use to walk around here
OMG thank God for this video! Literally makes me so happy.
I officially miss the old mall I wish it was 2013 I was 8 Year Old
Thank you for uploading this. This really brings back memories of when I was a kid. Sad they had to remodel it, it feels very foreign when I walk through it. I wish I took more time to appreciate it before it was gone.
Ahh the old food court. When they had things like Chick Fil A with two floors to eat.
Fue el primer mall que fui cuando llege a Los Ángeles me gustaba comprar películas cuando eran vhs,y cuando era tiempo de navidad que bonito adornaban gracias por recordarme esos momentos.
I miss those days....😢
i spent a lot of time on those tile circle benches while the sister was clothes shopping etc! (in the 80's)
seeing this makes me cry, I like it remodeled but it just doesnt feel the same.. the floor was nostalgic which seems very dumb to say but its so true.. I miss everything about it :/ the old GameStop, the Disney store, the mall is just now ghetto in general.
I dream of how it used to look all the time!
as a kid i alwaysssss remembered going to the section where you could go outside (not the marshalls part i’m pretty sure) and once it got super late i found a $20 bill on the floor near the victoria’s secret! i felt super lucky at the time and now i miss those times so much lmao. plus my dad used to work at the cinnabon near the burlington so i would either go around the mall with my mom or stay inside the cinnabon and get free food and drinks
Thanks for posting, its like a walk around the Jackie Brown set except the food court is a bunch of shops now, heh. Title of the video was exactly what I was looking for.
I remember the old design of that food court. It had a shortcut bridge that connected to a tj max.
Every year my family would travel 10 hours south and go to my Grandmas house in Torrance. Just a few minutes from Del Amo. I LOVED it. Thanks for uploading. Nice video :)
Maybe I'm remembering wrong, but the South Bay Galleria was actually more popular back in the day, so I recall spending a lot more time there. It could've also been cause I lived closer to the galleria lol
But those curved red and white checkered benches next to the Cinnabon are forever burned into the memories of my childhood. I love that retro 70s/80s feel of that section of the mall. Now it's all white and smooth and marble and bland like the rest of it. The new look is more simple and elegant, which is I'm sure what they were going for, but the old design had so much more character and you just remembered it.
RIP old Del Amo. We will always keep you, your white park benches, gumball machines, frankly ugly tiled floors 😂, downstairs Burlington Coat Factory, and curved red and white checkered benches in our hearts
mann this was my childhood along w southbay galleria. was nice to see the progress in both malls esp w all the more “trendy” stores being put in but was rlly sad to see it being destroyed.
Thanks for uploading this brings so much memories growing up going here shopping every weekend as a kid. I miss the old food court, Mrs. Fields Cookies, Aladdin Castle, Sears, times go by as we get older now and buildings needed to be renovate and redeloveped too.
I remember way back. The taco bell, sam goody's, the arcade, the lemonade stand that always had a little old lady working there. The good old days
U can get tacos from chipotle at the food court and play the arcades at Dave and busters Del Amo
They also took off the elevator that used to be next to the Santa chair every Christmas
Remember the Payless shoe store that used to be there next to the Sears store?? And also near that area, there used to be a place where they sold cell phones and chargers. I miss the original Del Amo mall.
Omg i knew that something was missing I just couldn’t remember what
@@Hotters9060 yep, those were some good times. I remember there also being a 5D monkey theatre and a game stop within the mall, which was originally located in where the Nordstrom are today
@@bobbobbo5278 that was definitely a highlight every holiday season
@@homelessend8557 I remember when things were much more cheaper in Los Angeles than it is now. LA is not the same anymore like it used to be. More and more people are moving in to Los Angeles from other parts of the world and maybe that's why the rents and everything else is so high. I plan to move to another state where it is cheaper.
Its 2022 and this part of the mall still exists. Yes, Ahhs has been in the same location for decades. The one thing I miss about the old mall was the steak sandwich place in the middle food court. Of course, I miss the KB Toys next to Montgomery Ward as well as Alladins Castle. It's been so long and the mall went through a few renovations that I absolutely forget how that corner of the mall was connected. 😅
Thank you for sharing your video!
Thanks for the video. I used to hang out here all the time.
I miss old Del Amo mall. I miss the Game Stop & the old food court
Thank you, I MISS DEL AMO WHEN IT WAS LIKE THIS i remember when i was like 5 my mom would take me and my sister to chick fil a and hand feed us in the food court, i miss those day, the good days, once again thank you
Don't cry because it ended, smile because it happened
well said
@@jamesbeach7405 what happed to the old del amo mall what happed ?
@@franksandoval6046 nothing it just modernized... there's an outdoor section. The inside looks are different. As much as we hear about failing malls there are many that thrive.
None the less I remember del amo mall this way. Lakewood mall and Cerritos mall were more my malls of choice over the years due to proximity.
If it that arcade was never there then I would have never met my husband. 28 yrs later and still together remembering the old mall.
I have so many good memories of my grandparents taking me here on weekends. Such happy times
I remember when ahhs was there. Not it’s on the other side, I actually work there right now. It’s fun
Thanks for taking the time to do this! I've never been to Del Amo and came across your video after watching one showing what's new. I know what it's like to grow up with a mall and to appreciate it as a place where I spent a lot of time with friends and family. When I do finally get to Del Amo one day, and I definitely will, I'll think about the way it used to be.
Miss how dark it used to be :(
Great times/memories. My first job was in Del amo mall.
Thank you so much!!! I was feeling nostalgic about the old mall and sure enough someone captured its glory days! 😭👍🙌
Does anyone have indoor photos of the old Montgomery Ward section of the mall? I was like 10 when they demolished it so I don't remember :/
I'm looking for pictures of that area too.
I miss the arcade place that was there back in the late 90s. I think it was next to McDonald's.
@@jeffharrison6059 Is this the way how Del Amo Mall used to look in the 80's and the 90's???
I miss the bumper cars and arcade.
Did u check the arcades at Dave and busters Del Amo
Damn I haven’t been to this mall in over 15 years back when they had the Del Amo Steakhouse (yeah the super good philly cheese steaks and fries) and EB Games - Game Stop. The tiles, skyline and seating arrangements made you feel like you were walking in a timeless place but like all things they never last.
damn I remember sitting at that bench years and years and years ago at 10:20 nostalgia kicked in hard
Thank you for videoing this.
I remember back in the days when there used to be an arcade there. I miss that.
I haven't been to the mall in years. I still live in the area and will occasionally go to the outside restaurants but that's about it. I remember going to that mall monthly. I remember the taco bell and orange Julius (I think?) in the entrance near Victoria's secret and charlotte Rousse. I also seem to remember a kb toys store on that side as well. And a United Artist movie theater. It looks so different it's hard to remember all the stores that were there in the 90's.
Although not in the mall they got rid of the Toys r Us across Hawthorne Blvd which was a staple of my childhood.
I miss old Del Amo mall
I loved going to the Del Amo Mall
this is so nostalgic 🥺 i miss it
This isn’t even that old I wanna see like from the late 90’s to early 2000’s
I remember coming to this mall back in high school. There was no play area for the kids where book off is. It was right under the escalator
DAMN THIS IS FUCKING NOSTALGIC
Anyone remember a really small toy store and a popcornopolis close
to one of the entrances?
Yeah I missed popcornopolis.
That’s why people go to AMC just to buy popcorn.
I remember it was my cousins birthday when it was the old del amo.I renember all these shops and we bought Shopkins at aahs
This is exactly what I was looking for
Eh. I do remember some parts under construction. This was during the transition when they were removing interior structures. Before the big change in the front of the mall. Most of this footage is taken at the back and bridge of del amo.
Thank you so much for this
I was so sad they changed it to the trendy look it has now.
This reminds me when my dad used to work in this era of the mall😪
The food court sucks now
Yeah,it triple sucks.
@@lorenheard2561 They should have kept Del Amo Mall the way it was before. It was better that way. Politics and corporate greed are always messing up everything.
the new Del Amo food court?
did u check out the food court section in Mitsuwa Del Amo?
Thank you for posting this!
my pleasure n.n
i forgot what it had looked like before so thank you for this
I remember those big, ugly, semi-circle tile benches that were very spacious but became extremely uncomfortable if you sat there any longer than 10 minutes. :D
Do you live near the South Bay Galleria too? You should film some footage there too and save it for when that mall undergoes a big renovation sooner or later.
Thank you! That's actually a good idea n.n will do!
I went just last week. That mall is dying and needs to be put out of its misery lol
@@jesselicon328 cap 💀
those lamps at 6:20 are the original lamps from WAY back when it was an outdoor shopping area
Memories 😢
Not what it looked when I was a kid in the 80s
Heavens to Murgatroid ! Loved your video ! I had never even heard of this mall till I saw it in Quentin Tarantino's late 90's crime thriller "Jackie Brown". Looks like QUITE a place !! Thank you so much for sharing your memories with us !! CHEERS !! :-)
You are the only person I ever knew to use that expression! My Dad would always use "Heavens to Murgatroid"! What a trip,and he was born in 1920,and was in the Navy during the 2nd WW.Clfford W. Heard?
Obviously,besides my Dad.Better work on my written words!
@@lorenheard2561 That's OK ! I knew what you meant ! That's fascinating that your dad used that expression ! My late dad was a Navy veteran too....though he wasn't born till the late 20s. I got the phrase "Heavens to Murgatroid" from the early 60's TV cartoon character "Snaggle Puss". That was one of his catchphrases. Thanks for your follow up comment !! :-)
@@jubalcalif9100 Thank you for telling me that! He was born in San Francisco and moved out with his folks in the 1930's to work on the Asbury Ranch above in the mountains in Malibu area.
I use to go to gamestop there all the time
where is that little water fall with the glass mirrored ball ?
That was on the north side of the mall near mall entrance 3
@@ronwalker620 I remember as a toddler, snoozing on my Mums shoulder while gazing into it.... :D - I imagine that the Whole Place will look a LOT SMALLER when I visit ...but being allowed by security into the stores without mummy and daddy will be a new experience (in THAT mall) - the Arndale Shopping Mall in Manchester ENGLAND is now VERY MUCH like DelAmo; - except that when you go back outside you either freeze your bollocks off or get pissed on something Silly with the RAIN!!! :p ...memories of coming back out of DelAmo and having to wind down the windows OR put on the air con of the car before blowing gently on the seat belt fastener to get it cool enough to touch........ - as for the day when I first saw that rocket; - I was going LOONEY with my Folks for a Ride on the Rocket to the MOON!!!
Now I know like me,you had to remember the north end of the world all with what were they? Terrazzo or travertine black,white and gold sparkly floors!? The winding staircase with faces mid 60's and early 70's style w/ wooden handrail.Plus a blue- tile fountain as well! Blue-tile Orbachs' ,Montgomery Ward,Woolworths,Lindburghs',Docktor Pet store,Book stores! Etc.I'm from early 70's and 80's through 90's era.They used to have Bumper cars at the original arcade by Mc Donalds'.
@@ANTHONYBOOTH I remember the Rocket as well! On the East side of the mall by the Montgomery store and auto shop area!
@@lorenheard2561 black,white and gold sparkly floors - I can picture that like it was yesterday!!! - I am 53 yrs of age + went to Victor Elementary...
I remember now
I like the new mall, but I miss Old Del Amo mall
I go there every week just to walk around after i eat at hometown
What about when Aladdin's Castle was there?!!
@@jeffharrison6059 Yes, it was long ago. HAAAA
Anyone seen video footage of Aladdin's castle or the McDonalds food court? I'm trying to find it. Same with the food court with Chick-fil-A.
They closed it down 20 years ago, at that time they were getting ready to build del amo village out door. They only have front building of arcade pic on Google images.
@@roxannegarcia6559 Sad but true yes. My memories are nothing but that, memories. I know that the movie "Valley Girl", has scenes from the older version of the mall. I've been there since then and it was all so surreal.
@@roxannegarcia6559 Thank you Roxanne.
I miss this “old mall”😥😭
Memories!
GameStop what about Babbage’s 😅 I’m ancient lol. And del amo steak house chicken turkey fresh from the grill the lady use to say that all day long. They had the bomb cheese steaks. Also U A cinema and orange Julius. What y’all know about that. Montgomery ward and the arcade alladins castle. Wind breaker jackets , McDonald’s , taco bell and Carl’s junior all at del amo 😢
at Del Amo Mall, u can go watch movies at AMC theaters, play the arcades at Dave and Busters, eat burger from Shake Shack at the food court, eat cheesesteak from Charley Philly Cheesesteak, eat tacos from Chipotle at the food court.
Rip tjmax
Yeap, that TJ max old Marshall building is now Mitsuwa.
I really didn`t like those benches.