Sanger-Harris and Wyatt's Cafeteria were two of my favorite places to go with my maternal grandma back during the first decade of my life, I still miss them both (and her) so, so much.
Do y’all remember Christmas time? In the middle of the strip, there would be benches and ashtrays/trash cans- they would set up Rudolph, Santa, elves, trains, all the way down the strip, with each display having a different theme. They were all mechanically moving in place, and had tons of those cloud cottony- snow. As a kid I really loved those things.
I'm sure many people watch videos like this and think, "Those were the days", but not me - I get very sad watching such videos, so many good memories gone forever. Very sad! (I worked at Toys R us across the street from the mall.)
Does anyone else remember the porn shop right near the Toys R us? It was very odd because I think it was the only one in that area (they are usually in Dallas or Ft Worth). I don't know much about it, but I think it didn't stay long.
Yes that's right, every single car in that film would be a classic now. I was only 4 years old when that film was made but I do remember 1970. My uncle had just bought a brand new mustang and I remember him coming to our house in Dallas to show it off. My Dad was not impressed, he had a '65 Chevelle at the time. Lol
Thanks so much for posting this video and the other many videos. I cannot get over the quality of these films. These films look like they were taken today. VHS tape sure didn't hold up to aging very well. Thank goodness these films were not destroyed. I sure like watching them. :)
Really, really nice footage... thank you! I was born, during the early 1960s... lived [and still do] a few hours from Arlington. This brings back memories -- the old cars (i.e., the "clunkers"), and the apparel. Of course, I I have no room to talk... I *still* wear turtle-neck shirts -- always have. :-) Again... thank you for the clip... and for *not* over-enhancing the "vintage-ness" of the original, audio-video quality... the "no sound" was really nice... kinda' brings one back.
@@JAG214 I liked the international commerce angle in it. Asians were being paid fairly. It was just too much meat even still on the menu to be the next conceptual buildout
@@JAG214 I mean that H5N1 will kill 60 percent of the population if we continue with current levels of livestock-based industrial economy if it ever gets out of control like Covid.
Saw "Animal House" in 1978 at their movie theatre. Sat through it again, bunch of guys brought in a couple cases of beer, we all drank, laughed, smoked.
I really wish I could go back to when time were simpler and allot funner back in the 70's & 80's and even the 90's. There was also Forum 303 Mall across the street I believe. I remember they had an ice skating rink that I would always go to in the early 80's
Moved away from Arlington about 11 years ago. Didn’t know they had demolished the Six Flags mall (I knew even back then it was just a matter of time) the forum 303 was torn down when I still lived in Arlington. Wonder if the Parks Mall is still there.
Its still "there" but covid did a number on it. The littler shops are coming back though. They turned one of the big spaces into a huge Bolling ally/claw game/arcade so people still go. Honestly its more that all of south Arlington exploded into a "place to go to" with restaurants and such. I think if south Arlington didn't develop as fast as it did the parks might of been closed by now.
In '62 as a 6 year old, I was too short to reach the "height" mark at SixFlags to ride some of the rides.😅 In '70, we drove past all of this going from EastTexas to Olney.
This wasn't going to last. Six Flags Mall heyday was the 70s and early 80s. I remember it being a second rate mall in the 90s. Arlington had 3 malls. Six Flags Mall, Forum 303 and Parks. Only Parks is around now the other 2 had a long slow death.
Ya. The area itself wasn't great by the 90' as well, being surrounded by where houses. I think it could of survived if the area was more like where the Park's is with restaurants and other things than just the mall but not sure they were thinking about the surrounding area back in the 70's.
Absolutely! Mcrory’s would at times have a gentleman with white hair demonstrating kitchen chopping utensils, and he had a microphone attached to his shirt. It was across from Revco, and maybe Walden Books? This was when they had wooden floors
You had a McCrory's in Texas. I thought it was a east Coast thing. I last remember that store was Spring 1997 in Maryland and that location closed shortly afterward.
THERE!! At 2:16, those three triangular structures hovering in the background? Does ANYONE know anything about those? Who designed that assembly, what it was called? I remember seeing those EVERY time we drove past, way back in the '70s, but as a kid, I never thought to wonder much about them. Now... wish I knew.
Those three structures were emblems for the great southwest industrial district. They predate the mall by at least 10 years. Same shape was incorporated into other buildings built in the 1960s in this area. Most have been demo’ed
Not sure. But I do remember Record Bar, but I don’t remember if it was there at same time as music land or not. Whichever music store I remember, it would have the displays showcasing quiet riot, and Eddie from Iron Maiden. Can’t remember anything else.
I bought a jade necklace here at a Chinese shop and ate cheese fries at a place called “Taste of Chicago”’ before it was torn down in 2002. Parks Mall is much nicer.
@@TheRealOHMEGA I hate to break it to you. Not sure how old you are, or where you are from, but this was just one of the achievements putting Arlington on the map. First city outside of California to have a theme park. First city it’s size to have Major League Baseball. Thanks to some movers and shakers in Arlington, they attracted a GM plant, an industrial park, and the first hospital in the mid-cities area. Which the land and seed money was donated by my great-grandfather. While other cities are expanding, Arlington is still growing. Texas LIVE! is vibrant and all 3 stadiums are still very busy. I don’t know what your definition of “great” is, but I’ll take any part of Tarrant County over Dallas any day.
Sanger-Harris and Wyatt's Cafeteria were two of my favorite places to go with my maternal grandma back during the first decade of my life, I still miss them both (and her) so, so much.
Do y’all remember Christmas time? In the middle of the strip, there would be benches and ashtrays/trash cans- they would set up Rudolph, Santa, elves, trains, all the way down the strip, with each display having a different theme. They were all mechanically moving in place, and had tons of those cloud cottony- snow. As a kid I really loved those things.
Warehouses now stand. It still gives me a feeling of nostalgia to drive by.
I'm sure many people watch videos like this and think, "Those were the days", but not me - I get very sad watching such videos, so many good memories gone forever. Very sad! (I worked at Toys R us across the street from the mall.)
Does anyone else remember the porn shop right near the Toys R us? It was very odd because I think it was the only one in that area (they are usually in Dallas or Ft Worth). I don't know much about it, but I think it didn't stay long.
I get sad watching them too. I'm looking at an America that will never return.. when things were simple and better
@@melissaann1401 Well, not entirely simple. There was still race riots and bigotry. It wasn't too good. But, I guess no time is perfect.
@@melissaann1401 same with me
I miss this mall, the toys r us and the showbiz pizza that was there also
Jesus, I was just 11 years old when this was built. Went to it many times though, lots of good memories.
Literally every single car that drove by is a badass car by today's standards haha
Yes that's right, every single car in that film would be a classic now. I was only 4 years old when that film was made but I do remember 1970. My uncle had just bought a brand new mustang and I remember him coming to our house in Dallas to show it off. My Dad was not impressed, he had a '65 Chevelle at the time. Lol
Thanks so much for posting this video and the other many videos. I cannot get over the quality of these films. These films look like they were taken today. VHS tape sure didn't hold up to aging very well. Thank goodness these films were not destroyed. I sure like watching them. :)
Grew up here. Wow I've traveled back in time! Thank you.
IT REALLY WAS SAD TO SEE THIS MALL GO FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART!!!
Really, really nice footage... thank you! I was born, during the early 1960s... lived [and still do] a few hours from Arlington. This brings back memories -- the old cars (i.e., the "clunkers"), and the apparel. Of course, I I have no room to talk... I *still* wear turtle-neck shirts -- always have. :-)
Again... thank you for the clip... and for *not* over-enhancing the "vintage-ness" of the original, audio-video quality... the "no sound" was really nice... kinda' brings one back.
excellent video quality, and that pre roll and post roll is priceless.
Six Flags Mall is now currently torn down and new buildings has been built for the GM Arlington Plant
This mall has been dead for years before they tore it down
Yea not surprised
@@JAG214 I liked the international commerce angle in it. Asians were being paid fairly. It was just too much meat even still on the menu to be the next conceptual buildout
@@katemorgan4690 What do you mean by that
@@JAG214 I mean that H5N1 will kill 60 percent of the population if we continue with current levels of livestock-based industrial economy if it ever gets out of control like Covid.
I miss six flags mall
Saw "Animal House" in 1978 at their movie theatre. Sat through it again, bunch of guys brought in a couple cases of beer, we all drank, laughed, smoked.
I really wish I could go back to when time were simpler and allot funner back in the 70's & 80's and even the 90's. There was also Forum 303 Mall across the street I believe. I remember they had an ice skating rink that I would always go to in the early 80's
The Forum Mall was a tad further south on 303 (Pioneer Pkwy) Six Flags Mall was on Division.
Yes those were the days.we just didn't realize it at the time.
Was in that mall once in December 2001 to watch Ocean's Eleven. It was already dying.
Moved away from Arlington about 11 years ago. Didn’t know they had demolished the Six Flags mall (I knew even back then it was just a matter of time) the forum 303 was torn down when I still lived in Arlington. Wonder if the Parks Mall is still there.
Its still "there" but covid did a number on it. The littler shops are coming back though. They turned one of the big spaces into a huge Bolling ally/claw game/arcade so people still go.
Honestly its more that all of south Arlington exploded into a "place to go to" with restaurants and such. I think if south Arlington didn't develop as fast as it did the parks might of been closed by now.
In '62 as a 6 year old, I was too short to reach the "height" mark at SixFlags to ride some of the rides.😅 In '70, we drove past all of this going from EastTexas to Olney.
I remember going to the tinseltown cinemark
Oh the irony of watching this video and next to it CZcams has suggested videos showing Six Flags as a dead mall just before its closure.
This wasn't going to last. Six Flags Mall heyday was the 70s and early 80s. I remember it being a second rate mall in the 90s. Arlington had 3 malls. Six Flags Mall, Forum 303 and Parks. Only Parks is around now the other 2 had a long slow death.
Ya. The area itself wasn't great by the 90' as well, being surrounded by where houses. I think it could of survived if the area was more like where the Park's is with restaurants and other things than just the mall but not sure they were thinking about the surrounding area back in the 70's.
I remember going there as a child 💙 soo many good memories there i even had my 1st date there 🤣 too bad its nomore and was torn down
Awesome video. One of the first malls to fall.
Wow! So many memories. :'(
The only older mall that I can think of around here that still exists and is doing well is North Park Mall in Dallas.
The mall. Where everyone went.
I worked at Chess King. I loved having lunch at El Chico there. Anyone remember in early 70s McCrorys store and diner?
Absolutely! Mcrory’s would at times have a gentleman with white hair demonstrating kitchen chopping utensils, and he had a microphone attached to his shirt. It was across from Revco, and maybe Walden Books? This was when they had wooden floors
You had a McCrory's in Texas. I thought it was a east Coast thing. I last remember that store was Spring 1997 in Maryland and that location closed shortly afterward.
This is awesome
When life was good
And we didn't have to worry about violence.
The mall no longer exist. It became a business park.
Watched them tear it down.
Whoa!!
I bought two Madonna posters there in 1987!!! (I know.............BFD!)
THERE!! At 2:16, those three triangular structures hovering in the background? Does ANYONE know anything about those? Who designed that assembly, what it was called? I remember seeing those EVERY time we drove past, way back in the '70s, but as a kid, I never thought to wonder much about them. Now... wish I knew.
Those three structures were emblems for the great southwest industrial district. They predate the mall by at least 10 years. Same shape was incorporated into other buildings built in the 1960s in this area. Most have been demo’ed
@@b.sherrieb9977 Thanks for the info! I'll have to read up more on this.
There a couple of them at a rest stop on Interstate 35 between Denton and Gainsville on the west side. I'm not sure how or why they need up there.
Wow
When did Musicland and Waldenbooks and Kay Bee Toys come to Arlington, Texas's Six Flags Mall?
Kay Bee was there in 1994 for sure.
Not sure. But I do remember Record Bar, but I don’t remember if it was there at same time as music land or not. Whichever music store I remember, it would have the displays showcasing quiet riot, and Eddie from Iron Maiden. Can’t remember anything else.
It looks so different
I bought a jade necklace here at a Chinese shop and ate cheese fries at a place called “Taste of Chicago”’ before it was torn down in 2002. Parks Mall is much nicer.
Forgot all about that mall 🤷🏽♀️
Opened the year I was born. Its been torn down now.
I wasn’t even born when this happened
Wow this krazy look what I found
Miss Sanger Harris
Tayler swift
Best Mall in HISTORY !!
When America was great!?
When Arlington was great
I hate to be the one to tell you, but we have never been great.
@yes and there is the race card.
@@TheRealOHMEGA I hate to break it to you. Not sure how old you are, or where you are from, but this was just one of the achievements putting Arlington on the map. First city outside of California to have a theme park. First city it’s size to have Major League Baseball. Thanks to some movers and shakers in Arlington, they attracted a GM plant, an industrial park, and the first hospital in the mid-cities area. Which the land and seed money was donated by my great-grandfather.
While other cities are expanding, Arlington is still growing. Texas LIVE! is vibrant and all 3 stadiums are still very busy. I don’t know what your definition of “great” is, but I’ll take any part of Tarrant County over Dallas any day.
@@shawnwaldrop3702 I was referring to OP saying America being great.
-44 year old