The original mall had a GTE phone store. It was taken out and Gottschalks (then Harris of course) was expanded to include that area. Adair Photography was also in the mall from close to the beginning of it. Roundtable Pizza was a staple there as well. And Miller’s Outpost. Hung out there a ton when I was young. Was always a huge eye sore and a terrible choice for such an amazing town.
I went to this mall many times as a kid on market nights that were held every Thursday Night. That and I been in it a ton of times when it was in its twilight years. Its insane to me how its still around and hasn't been removed yet.
It's called the Sanja, and it is a creek that starts way up in Mentone and runs through Sylvan Park by the University of Redlands on its way to Loma Linda and happens to travel directly under the mall property.
BTW, the Mall in San Bernardino that would become Carousel Mall was called Central City. Sadly the leveled most of it this year. It looks like they saved the original Harris Department store (thank God! the architecture is beautiful and it's about 120 years old!) and part of a parking structure. The whole area and San Bernardino as a whole have been going downhill for decades. It's really sad.
I remember Claire's and rubys bangles being among the last shops in 2010. Also fences were put up not because break-ins were an issue, but to keep people away from tagging the glass and boards
I remember a store there called Brown knows computers before any one I personally knew knew anything about computers. Another store there was "Built like a Brick Shirt House". I even worked for Harris' for a couple years as my first real job. As a weekend maintenance worker wiping up spills and picking up trash at registers. (referred to as " cash wraps") one thing that stands out was the amount of tossed out fresh lemonade cups from the hot dog on a stick store. they would toss them into these bins made for paper and when I would lift the bin up dump it into my rolling janitor trash can I was often exposed to liquid lemonade all over the front of my work clothes. Ahh, the good ole days at Redlands mall. My ex even later worked at the Redlands federal bank branch at the mall. One elevator from the downstairs parking lot to the main floor. It gave the illusion it was a two-floor mall but was really a small one level shopping venue. with a downstairs parking lot .
Wifes account. I worked at the round table pizza from 98 to 02. It always felt like mall mismanagement was its downfall. Someone let it rot while everything around it was thriving. Its a eye sore sadly. Miscreant teens and local homeless invaded the place. When market night was active Thursday nights at round table were wild. Fights, taggers ruining the bathrooms, it was chaos.Still i miss that place and it was fun working there.Whoever owned the property then and now are just holding the city hostage since its prime real estate. Revitalize it or bulldoze the place. It deserves better.
I worked at Harris’ as a teenager in the 80s. I used to really like the little sandwhich/coffee shop. Can’t remember the name though. I remember a couple of bomb threats and having to evacuate. It looks exactly how I remember it back in the 80s. Had some really good times. So sad to see it is closed now.
I lived in Redlands as kid from 1979 to 1986. I remember always annoying my mom into letting me hang out at Flipper Flapper whenever she was in the mall for something.
Great video! I just visited Redlands recently and wondered about the mall's history after seeing it closed. Are you able to do a video about the defunct Crossroads Mall in Salt Lake City? I used to go there as a kid and many fond memories shopping there with my sister. Thank you!
I will be doing that one soon on my other channel Eric C Productions. In fact, I did the ZCMI Mall that will be coming out on that channel on October 23rd. I did the Old Cottonwood Center on Eric C Productions.
@@echang1976 great! Can't wait. Forgot to mention, the other defunct mall called Plaza Pasadena. It was an indoor mall demolished in the early 2000s and redeveloped into mixed use called Paseo Colorado.
It was a B Dalton bookstore if I recall correctly. I had good relations with the employees at the book store. I would hook them up with discount pizza and they would let me use their employee discounts when I bought graphic novels or star wars books. Later on to keep my employees happy at round table I worked out a deal where I gave em a free pizza for all the maxim, playboy and penthouse issues they would throw out every month. Covers would be torn off but none of the guys complained ;)
There was also a B. Dalton books, a Warehouse music and video store, a toy store that I don't remember the name of. The toy store didn't last long if I remember right. There was a Roundtable Pizza with it's own entrance on the side. The Court Jester joke shop. There was also a Bell telephone store before the government broke up the phone company. There was a candy and cookie shop. One of the most unique stores opened in the mid 1980s was Haris' Underground. It catered to younger people and definitely looked like it was from the mid or late 80s. Lots of neon. The Save-On Drugs was bought out and changed it's name to Osco Drugs. The Flipper Flapper too was bought out and converted to an Aladin's Castle. The mall Santa area was set up a little to the side of the top of the escalators. I assume the Easter Bunny set up in the same place. There wasn't really anything on the bottom floor, just an entrance and maybe an office or 2.
The original mall had a GTE phone store. It was taken out and Gottschalks (then Harris of course) was expanded to include that area. Adair Photography was also in the mall from close to the beginning of it. Roundtable Pizza was a staple there as well. And Miller’s Outpost. Hung out there a ton when I was young. Was always a huge eye sore and a terrible choice for such an amazing town.
The GTE phone store was so interesting and fun to browse.
Thank you Eric,for another Mall Monday video!.😎
ESRI needs to buy that horrible decaying blight on downtown and turn it into a conference center. The rest of downtown Redlands is so beautiful.
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CVS won't give up the lease
Good old days! Use to ride our bikes to the flipper flapper in the 80s early 90s! Born and raised in Redlands
Miller’s Outpost, Hallmark, Roundtable Pizza. They always had the best Santa every Christmas with a real beard. Awww the good ole days…
Loved round table
I went to this mall many times as a kid on market nights that were held every Thursday Night. That and I been in it a ton of times when it was in its twilight years.
Its insane to me how its still around and hasn't been removed yet.
My brother worked at the Taco Factory. I also remember the GTE Phone Mart, Miller’s Outpost, and The Wherehouse. Vons was where CVS is now.
There was always an urban legend that there is a reservoir under the parking garage. That would be a sick video!
It's called the Sanja, and it is a creek that starts way up in Mentone and runs through Sylvan Park by the University of Redlands on its way to Loma Linda and happens to travel directly under the mall property.
My dad was installing the heating and air-conditioning system there when I was born in 1977.
I love this mall we need this mall back
who would invest in a dying business model
Saw it on my return trip back sad to see it abandoned
BTW, the Mall in San Bernardino that would become Carousel Mall was called Central City.
Sadly the leveled most of it this year. It looks like they saved the original Harris Department store (thank God! the architecture is beautiful and it's about 120 years old!) and part of a parking structure.
The whole area and San Bernardino as a whole have been going downhill for decades.
It's really sad.
I miss this place my dad used to work as a janitor and I used to ride the cart when I was a kid good memories
I remember Claire's and rubys bangles being among the last shops in 2010.
Also fences were put up not because break-ins were an issue, but to keep people away from tagging the glass and boards
I remember a store there called Brown knows computers before any one I personally knew knew anything about computers. Another store there was "Built like a Brick Shirt House". I even worked for Harris' for a couple years as my first real job. As a weekend maintenance worker wiping up spills and picking up trash at registers. (referred to as " cash wraps") one thing that stands out was the amount of tossed out fresh lemonade cups from the hot dog on a stick store. they would toss them into these bins made for paper and when I would lift the bin up dump it into my rolling janitor trash can I was often exposed to liquid lemonade all over the front of my work clothes. Ahh, the good ole days at Redlands mall. My ex even later worked at the Redlands federal bank branch at the mall. One elevator from the downstairs parking lot to the main floor. It gave the illusion it was a two-floor mall but was really a small one level shopping venue. with a downstairs parking lot .
i loved this mall back in 1992 i was 15 i went to the arcade there all the time and had yogurt at the little yogurt place there
Wifes account. I worked at the round table pizza from 98 to 02. It always felt like mall mismanagement was its downfall. Someone let it rot while everything around it was thriving. Its a eye sore sadly. Miscreant teens and local homeless invaded the place. When market night was active Thursday nights at round table were wild. Fights, taggers ruining the bathrooms, it was chaos.Still i miss that place and it was fun working there.Whoever owned the property then and now are just holding the city hostage since its prime real estate. Revitalize it or bulldoze the place. It deserves better.
thanks for sharing your memories
They are planning on building a housing and office buildings Redlands has this ordinance where you can’t have anything taller then a 2 or 3 stories
I remember there were always young mothers in parked cars breastfeeding their infants in the cool darkness of the underground parking.
I worked at Harris’ as a teenager in the 80s. I used to really like the little sandwhich/coffee shop. Can’t remember the name though. I remember a couple of bomb threats and having to evacuate. It looks exactly how I remember it back in the 80s. Had some really good times. So sad to see it is closed now.
I lived in Redlands as kid from 1979 to 1986. I remember always annoying my mom into letting me hang out at Flipper Flapper whenever she was in the mall for something.
thanks for sharing your memories
Great video! I just visited Redlands recently and wondered about the mall's history after seeing it closed. Are you able to do a video about the defunct Crossroads Mall in Salt Lake City? I used to go there as a kid and many fond memories shopping there with my sister. Thank you!
I will be doing that one soon on my other channel Eric C Productions. In fact, I did the ZCMI Mall that will be coming out on that channel on October 23rd. I did the Old Cottonwood Center on Eric C Productions.
@@echang1976 great! Can't wait. Forgot to mention, the other defunct mall called Plaza Pasadena. It was an indoor mall demolished in the early 2000s and redeveloped into mixed use called Paseo Colorado.
It was my place as a kid..I knew it closed sad to see it now
I grew up going to this mall it’s sad seeing it empty and decaying. There was a round table pizza at one point a book store.
It was a B Dalton bookstore if I recall correctly. I had good relations with the employees at the book store. I would hook them up with discount pizza and they would let me use their employee discounts when I bought graphic novels or star wars books. Later on to keep my employees happy at round table I worked out a deal where I gave em a free pizza for all the maxim, playboy and penthouse issues they would throw out every month. Covers would be torn off but none of the guys complained ;)
There was also a B. Dalton books, a Warehouse music and video store, a toy store that I don't remember the name of. The toy store didn't last long if I remember right.
There was a Roundtable Pizza with it's own entrance on the side.
The Court Jester joke shop.
There was also a Bell telephone store before the government broke up the phone company.
There was a candy and cookie shop.
One of the most unique stores opened in the mid 1980s was Haris' Underground. It catered to younger people and definitely looked like it was from the mid or late 80s. Lots of neon.
The Save-On Drugs was bought out and changed it's name to Osco Drugs.
The Flipper Flapper too was bought out and converted to an Aladin's Castle.
The mall Santa area was set up a little to the side of the top of the escalators. I assume the Easter Bunny set up in the same place.
There wasn't really anything on the bottom floor, just an entrance and maybe an office or 2.
The court jester they had the best Halloween masks!!
There was a stride rite shie store with a gianthorse we sat one
Id turn it 3 or dept stores with a movie theater
Maybe some condos
This video is vary helpful me and some friends went exploring around redlands and was wondering what happend to the mall
Thank you for watching
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House of Fabrics and Wherehouse
I don’t know why they don’t make a out door Mall..
ITS MONDAY ERIC
happy Monday to you
Hot Dog on a Stick, Harris Dept Store
Round table pizza
Redland?
Thankya!
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