How demoralizing to see such economic devastation.

@jaybee5832

10 ай бұрын

Out with the old & in with the new. These massive structures are a thing of the past.

@888ssss

10 ай бұрын

that was in 2008

@chrisyates8115

10 ай бұрын

Not really, warmonger wasteful americcpa, don't care about their citizens just police militarised states of oppression and aggression and corrupt sick evil agenda's, americcpa welcome to a nwo of third world status!

@dwightlooi

10 ай бұрын

Economy is doing great! Jobless numbers are down, inflation is down. It's all good. Haven't you been watching CNN or MSNBC lately?

@Novusod

10 ай бұрын

@@dwightlooi That is pure propaganda man. The middle class is effectively dead. Maybe if you are billionaire things are going well but for the average person it is the 2nd great depression since 2008.

Nothing creepier than hearing music echoing through an empty mall

@LeoMetalTraveler

10 ай бұрын

Agree 🎼🎶🎵😬

@cathyburrows8162

10 ай бұрын

Like waiting for the zombies to appear.

@Madasin_Paine

10 ай бұрын

Dawn Of The Dead Mall 1978 kzread.info/dash/bejne/gYqm25KsoJO2m6g.htmlsi=nnH3QS7yJ5arjCrA Land Of The Dead Zombie Mall Attack 2005 kzread.info/dash/bejne/kWeWu8pwc8nMebQ.htmlsi=CY2R_9uJ5fkoJdAr Have times changed in a half century? Yes! MORE zombies. No country for old men? This country is hard on people!

@HerrinSchadenfreude

10 ай бұрын

It's sad to me. Like memories of a different life playing back. I can't watch one of these without seeing the crowds of people appear like ghosts walking and running through. Kids pointing at toys in the windows, teens laughing, the sound of packages and bags rustling. Couples holding hands and walking slowly. Joy. It makes me feel like the 70's and 80's world I grew up in was on a different planet that no longer exists.

@007thematrix007

7 ай бұрын

sounds like an episode from the twilight zone 🕐🕤🕙

Its crazy that in the 80's and 90's we couldn't wait to hit the mall and hang out with friends an try "failed miserably" and pick up girls lol...Thanks for another video chronicling all this

@LeoMetalTraveler

10 ай бұрын

So true

@blackflag4093

10 ай бұрын

I failed miserably too lol

@phillipbrown2318

10 ай бұрын

​@LeoMetalTraveler Sadly only two malls in America that are thriving the one in Minnesota and The King of Prussia Mall here in Pennsylvania.

@Jeff-sp7bg

10 ай бұрын

I failed too but happened to get lucky(many times with her over the summer) with one of their moms lol. Good times

@map3384

10 ай бұрын

Picking up girls in the 80s. Good times even if we failed. I’ll love my brothers forever for the crazy times.

The bay/ SF is pitiful. And just for background this mall is actually pretty nice. It's crazy they're going to demolish this mall.

@LeoMetalTraveler

10 ай бұрын

I know it was one of my favorites, especially the bookstore

@soavemusica

10 ай бұрын

"Something new coming soon". Yeah, bankruptcy, and being demolished. Well, at least financing a war between Ukraine and Russia will save the US economy, and bring peace to the world - oh wait...

@valerierogers9609

10 ай бұрын

It does look nice, and not old construction either.

@Jeff-sp7bg

10 ай бұрын

I'm amazed someone would even move to the bay area. Why?

@xq39

10 ай бұрын

@@Jeff-sp7bg there's filthy rich immigrants from asia moving here constantly. to them, this area is paradise and are thankful for it

So sad to see California fall down like this but with the rampant theft in the area, I won’t blame the stores closing

@scisci1

10 ай бұрын

Is it because of theft or online retail, and just a change of societal purchasing habits?

@LeoMetalTraveler

10 ай бұрын

Cause-and-effect

@user-vg2eg7oo5n

10 ай бұрын

Arrest shoplifters. Real simple solution.

@Trap-Joe

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, the stupid policy makers and the loss of income made things much worse for everyone.

@VenturaIT

10 ай бұрын

Malls used to be where well-to-do people went or middle class went to be around well-to-do people and friends, before the USA had so much poverty, nobody wants to go to a public enclosed space full of thugs and illegal immigrants gang members and potential crime... that's the problem... but the malls were the center point in the American life-style and were attached with the collapsing society on purpose. This is not by mistake... This is why outdoor malls are doing better because well-to-do people can go in and go out and not have to spend time around gang members and be potential stalking and crime targets like they would in a mall. Sad.

Love the Malls of the 80s and 90s!! So sad to see this happening 😢 😞 💔 😔 😪

@user-zu3md5qz8y

10 ай бұрын

love the malls of the 60's and 70's with mall music, it is already alive in Heaven , Preserved in heaven

@VenturaIT

10 ай бұрын

It's the people of that time... now if you went to a mall you're likely to get stalked or targeted by a criminal or gang-member. That's the real reason for the collapse, people would still go but they are not safe or nice places anymore.

@user-zu3md5qz8y

10 ай бұрын

THE SHOPPING malls of Heaven IS REAL@@VenturaIT

@HerrinSchadenfreude

10 ай бұрын

For me it's 70's and '80s, but same sentiment. In the 90's malls in L.A. like Westside Pavilion where they filmed the Tom Petty Free Fallin video, and Sherman Oaks Galleria which started the Valley Girl trend had already begun dying. The heyday for malls was before Amazon and Walmart took over.

@Jeff-sp7bg

10 ай бұрын

Yep Malls peaked in the 70s and 80s. Started dying in the 90s when jobs started moving to China, nafta, online sales, gangs, etc.

It breaks my heart to see America go down and most Americans are still Oblivious to the Reality!

@Jeff-sp7bg

10 ай бұрын

I don't think we are. It's just incredible hard to stop it

@MrPGC137

18 күн бұрын

@@Jeff-sp7bg It's not hard; just make better, more intelligent choices the next time you vote.

@Jeff-sp7bg

18 күн бұрын

@@MrPGC137 Yes im definetly voting for orange jesus again

@MrPGC137

18 күн бұрын

@@Jeff-sp7bg Well, I'm speaking primarily of voting at the state & local levels, which means the Governor & the state legislature (or if applicable, the city council.) Voting for the Orange one or not probably won't make much difference at the state level (it didn't before.)

This is so surreal, hearing a few kids yelling in an empty mall. California politics destroying California...such a tragedy 😢 Thank you, Leo, for your updates!👍

@theghostoftravel

10 ай бұрын

this isnt about california politics, its an american thing that destroy malls, while malls are great overseas.

@wozslater7695

10 ай бұрын

​@@JC-kv1vn Pity Ronald Reagan karked it, him and the guy you call Trump could make Malls great again, but never fear about the demolishing cause once it's all been torn down, Joe Biden's policies can build it back better...

@tombarr949

10 ай бұрын

@@theghostoftravel Don't confuse SF/The Bay Area and Skid Row LA with California. The majority of the state is still open for business and is dealing with problems rather that welcoming and enabling prolems.

@jaybee5832

10 ай бұрын

The U.S is destroyed

@Jeff-sp7bg

10 ай бұрын

Not sure what you're talking about but I travel all over the state and the entire state is going down the tunes. Is that a joke?

This really bad for women. This was one of the last places women could walk and be safe and have fun. Ironically women didn’t like seeing cops kneeling on thugs necks. Now malls are dying since thugs are now free to pillage. Soon these thugs will be kneeling on your families necks

@Madasin_Paine

10 ай бұрын

Seniors too.

@Jeff-sp7bg

10 ай бұрын

They will be kneeling down looking down the barrel of my Mossberg 500 if they pull that crap on me or my family

@baalzebub5000

10 ай бұрын

@@Jeff-sp7bgdon’t tell the law about it. They will charge the ppl with money.

@lookouthill11

9 ай бұрын

Kids too. A place that I was trusted to be with friends without parents, a major step in growing up and learning independence.

@memorymedia6188

7 ай бұрын

Why dont you explain to people why this is happening? Your nation is being taken over by communism.

Geez, I remember having to fight for a parking spot at the local mall. The community hangout. So many entry level jobs lost, where many of us got our start….

Thank you for sharing this. What a pretty mall. It's a shame. The rampant theft, crime and laws that caused that, affected the prosperity of businesses and of workers and customers.

@lisaapp839

10 ай бұрын

Not entirely true. Online shopping and COVID put a huge dent in bricks and mortar shopping.

@y.cschmidlin8172

10 ай бұрын

All done by design

@admtahoe

10 ай бұрын

Also high wages cause stores to close due to operating costs.

@lisaapp839

10 ай бұрын

@@y.cschmidlin8172 who or what does the designing?

@lisaapp839

10 ай бұрын

@@admtahoe no.

Yup.... let's thank Mr Besos for this.

@hillbillyscholar8126

10 ай бұрын

The unnamed affliction of uncertain origin gave Mr. Amazon his real leg up.

@CHM55

10 ай бұрын

I honestly could live without Amazon. I only use their kindle book app

Insanity is voting Blue and expecting things to get better.

@benjaminguilatcoiv

10 ай бұрын

It's not all legal votes. There's the cemetery voters, illegal votes, mail in fake ballots and especially voting machine enhanced votes..

@blackflag4093

10 ай бұрын

Insanity is voting at all. Hello

@Trap-Joe

10 ай бұрын

Lobbying, corruption and the extreme agendas are the main factors. When morality is gone, everything else follows.

@y.cschmidlin8172

10 ай бұрын

red or blue makes no difference. All parties have been infiltrated and are rotten to the core. Voting for Trump the father of the vaccine is as insane as voting for Biden, the one who mandated it

@jaybee5832

10 ай бұрын

Both parties are f#%×ed up. Republicans can't make decisions among themselves. 😂

They just rebuilt that mall 15 years ago

@LeoMetalTraveler

10 ай бұрын

That’s right they did!

@sandgroper-ig9nk

10 ай бұрын

It seemed like it was in really good condition. Would be good if you could do a video on the history of this place the ups and downs why it's being demolished etc etc. Tx for your abandoned shop vids I enjoy them at the same time it's sad to see the community go down Cheers

@johnmorgan7947

2 ай бұрын

Used to be a HUGE HORSE racing venue "! . Called .. . TANFORAN. (60'S 7O' s).. .that's why the HORSE satute. "

So sad what has happened to the Bay Area and San Francisco in particular! I've been here for like 29 years, and this is like the post apocalyptic era! Corruption, greed, the abhorrent woke culture and people running out of their savings are some of the major reasons why this has turned into a living hell for many. I might move inland or most likely out of California all together once I figure out my finances.

@danfoster-hy8mo

10 ай бұрын

Yes Joe, move inland. I was lucky to live in San Fran and Fremont in the 90s. Id guess Fremont is doing ok. San Fran and Oakland are heartbreaking

@stavroslask1292

10 ай бұрын

If you’re a democrat don’t you dare come to a Republican state! Karma will get you bro

@Trap-Joe

10 ай бұрын

@@danfoster-hy8mo Only if I find a good deal for our needs in a nice community, God willing.

@steven7488

10 ай бұрын

Hi Joe, how do you guys buy groceries for now? Online? Since every store is closed.

@Trap-Joe

10 ай бұрын

@@steven7488 I get what I can from Amazon Fresh, online, and the near by Trader Joe's, and we also still have other stores near by like Whole Foods and such. Groceries cost almost twice as much before the lock down. You have too be very selective.

After half a century as a mall, Tanforan will close to make way for a biotech campus and housing. For 51 years, Tanforan Mall has stood as a major shopping destination in San Bruno, home to a variety of 104 different shops.

@LeoMetalTraveler

10 ай бұрын

FACTS! thank you for sharing! Debbie!

@allentarver6286

10 ай бұрын

All the Tech companies are leaving Cali!!

@lyntwo

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for context.

@JBoy340a

10 ай бұрын

@@allentarver6286 we wish. The traffic is getting worse as the AI revolution kicks in and 18 of the top 20 companies are based in the Bay Area.

The mall was the place to be in the 80s and 90s. As a kid going to the arcade, food court, movie theater and walking around was fun. This generation is not better than the past.

@davidwade7681

7 ай бұрын

Gotta go to serramonte

Malls are done. They are often transitioning to apartments with retail food below. So drones can work, eat takeout and stare at the tube.

@LeoMetalTraveler

10 ай бұрын

True of the times!

This is funny because I was in Thailand for a month and the malls over there are thriving. Literally thousands of people walking around , shopping , eating , etc. One of the mall called Terminal 21 even have theme inside. Each floor would be different country like Japan , France , America , China and there would be the whole floor dedicated to just restaurants. I mean we are talking about 20- 30 restaurants on one floor. You could literally walk the mall the whole day just looking around or try to find which place to eat.

@saintpreferred9223

8 ай бұрын

They enforce their laws.

@nestor6178

7 ай бұрын

@@saintpreferred9223 Terminal 21 has 9 floors. NIMBYs in bay area wouldn't allow that because "It WIll bLock mY ViEw" lmao

@calikalbocalikalbo6082

6 ай бұрын

It's like that here in Japan.

@msdweldingfabrication7051

7 күн бұрын

Almost everywhere else malls are thriving except here

The middle class is being destroyed so sad 😢😢😢

gas stations are next to go to encourage the switch to EVs. good luck finding gas 5 years from now in California.

@LeoMetalTraveler

10 ай бұрын

Yes, that gas station started selling $7 per gallon two days ago! ⛽️💲👀

Malls are closing nationwide, these places were great places for people to get together, socializing. With on-line shopping, I will miss the face to face interactions.

@METAL LEO, that is really sad. I remember love going to electronic stores back in the 1990s and early 2000s. Not only just to look at the electronic stuff from brands like Sony, Toshiba, Panasonic, Sharp, Philips, JVC, Pioneer, etc...and computer stuff like IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, and much more, but the countless aisles of CDs. I go there just to look and browse at the rock music CDs and movie DVDs. Those were the days. Good times that I miss. It is now etch in our memory. 😔😌😞

@LeoMetalTraveler

10 ай бұрын

You and me both miss the good old days. Thank you for sharing.!

They should move small businesses in at affordable rent. Instead of depending on giant chain stores.

@klaurcschwackerberg1880

10 ай бұрын

I can only imagine the rent is astronomical and impossible for smal businesses to pay.

@HauTran-sunfromsouth

10 ай бұрын

Now it’s even half price rent no one will rents. You still blame on rent price & chain stores?? Bullshit It’s about thrives lootings & stealing, shoplifting. Thugs & criminals have more human rights than law abiding ordinary!! Customer get SPIT ON THEIR FACE & VIOLENT ASSAULT ATTACKS WHILE WALKING OUTSIDE BY THUGS, CRIMINALS ANIMAL TEEANGE in the name “kid & MINORITY AGE” Stores, restaurants, bussiness owners get robbery every weeks & every fk months like nothing, jokes!! THEYRE LOST ALOTS MONEYS BY ROBBERY & THRIVES. IT LOST DOUBLE TIMES BECAUSE CUSTOMERS WONT GO THERE & LEAVINGS!! You still talk about rents price caught this shit.

@Jeff-sp7bg

10 ай бұрын

Impossible. Affordable Rent doesn't exist in Cali especially the bay area. Pile on taxes,fees, insurance, this that, shoplifters, lawsuits, . No wonder businesses are leaving California by the thousands. We are witnessing the destruction of California. And it's happening very quickly as well

@evinchester7820

10 ай бұрын

And treat their renters better as well. But malls are not in the retail business, they are in the property management business.

@billger5710

10 ай бұрын

even with low rent you have to get a lot of shoppers to go there and buy stuff. As per another comment people like shopping online and don't even go to the movies which malls used to have. Maybe additional attractions, game venues, concert venues, ice rinks like Mall of America.... but only if the local demographics will support it. Sometimes stuff just becomes economically obsolete. Appreciate the video documentation. Might be interesting to get comments from locals... oh wait... there's no one there.

I remember going there as a kid when people were still allowed to smoke indoors. There was literally a visible shelf of thick cigarette smoke about 3 feet off the ground. Damn near had to stop, drop and roll…

@roberthensley8653

10 ай бұрын

Ah yes good times.....

@LeoMetalTraveler

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing!

@benjaminguilatcoiv

10 ай бұрын

Nicotine is a pretty good thing not the demon its been made up to be, look it up but not thru the managed propaganda pieces of work

@Jeff-sp7bg

10 ай бұрын

I remember people smoking inside hospitals. Those ashpit tray things with sand in them near the elevators. Was crazy lol

I grew up near Tanforan .it was a popular destination for my friends and me. It's so hard to believe what's become of it.

So crushingly depressing listening to The Motels "Suddenly, Last Summer" in the background. Takes me right back to the 80's when I used to frequent Tanforan, Stonestown and Serramonte. And all the hangouts I grew up with: Castle Golf and Games/Malibu Grand Prix, the Cliff House, B Dalton Bookseller, Waldenbooks, Waldensoftware, Toys R Us, Tower Records, the Coronet, the Alexandria, PIzza and Pipes, Farrell's, Steinhart Aquarium - all are rubble or unrecognizable today. Even being able to hang out at SFO in the parking lot by runway 1-right is long gone with 911. And the last nail in the coffin will be Great America closing. The S.F. Bay Area is truly dead to me.

@LeoMetalTraveler

10 ай бұрын

Wow, everything you mentioned brought back memories to me. Thank you for sharing!

@Madasin_Paine

10 ай бұрын

You lived in a relative golden age and now it seems surreal. Free ice cream in birthdays at Farrels! What a teaser!

They can’t afford the rents and some can’t afford the thieving.

@LeoMetalTraveler

10 ай бұрын

True!

This is the subject of most of my videos! Thanks for posting Leo!!!🎉

@LeoMetalTraveler

10 ай бұрын

You bet!

Another excellent lecture documenting the decay and downfall of USA. Thanks Leo.

@margricks

8 ай бұрын

The dems are to blame for all this.

@shaz2761

2 ай бұрын

Not just the US. Here in the UK is the same and even countries like China.

My wife works retail at Dillard's. Fortunately for her, the mall she is at still has a packed parking lot. But, we talking about North Carolina, not commiefornia. Thanks for your reporting!

Malls are closing everywhere. Sad to see. So much of the mall success is based on the anchors, and they are all going under.

I loved this place. Had plenty of dates here and nearby restaurants.

Inching toward Mad Max. Can't wait

Wow! This is so depressing. This mall architecture is very similar to a one I'm used to go near Paris, France. And shops are beginning to close there too, with some almost empty alleys. Recently, a shop for babies has closed, where I used to buy things for my son. Our birth rate is collapsing now.

@10minuteESL

Ай бұрын

Who can afford to have children when we can barely feed ourselves?

After watching this video, you saved me a trip going to a ghost town Tanforan mall!! Thank you!😊Can you do a video at Stonestown Galleria in SF!

@LeoMetalTraveler

10 ай бұрын

Sure thing!

It 1st began as race track for horses. Then to this. This mall, my go to mall back then. Was in this shape in the 1990s. It got revamp in 2000s and great up until the plandemic of COVID.

@colettes9758

2 ай бұрын

I call it convid. 🕊❤️🕊

That mall used to be busy all the time for decades

@LeoMetalTraveler

10 ай бұрын

Yes it was. I used to go to BJ’s for happy hour twice a week

I was at the the mobile store a few months ago but looks like quite a few stores closed since then. In this case the entire mall has already been closed as it was all bought up a few yrs ago and will become a “biomedical” park along with some housing.

Fitting that You added the cemetery at the end. Used to shop there some years ago, Metal Leo. Did not know it will be demolished…but why keep it. Thank You for these documentaries!! Saves me a trip to this cemetery.

Not only do the malls close, but no one has any friends. No one has a job. The malls are just the beginning.

As you stated in the description, online shopping has really put a dent in the success of maintaining a "brick an mortar" presence. I have seen so many "dead mall" videos. I was surprised by how clean the empty spots were. Thanks for sharing, Leo. ❤

@LeoMetalTraveler

10 ай бұрын

Thank you too, and I have to say that there is a lot of dead malls around here too, so I can easily make more videos

@steveurbach3093

10 ай бұрын

The Mall experience was expensive for a retailer (rent and %sales commission). OTOH a huge warehouse cost pennies when compared. Never visited that Mall. I remember when they built Sunnyvale Town center...The replaced it a few decades later. Valco ...Gone. Loss of major 'Anchor' stores hurt, but no adjustment on the terms retailers paid the owners for their space made it less viable.

Go woke go broke

What in the world has your sorry governor done to the beautiful state of California???????? Why don't you people VOTE HIM OUT!!!!

@CHM55

10 ай бұрын

Yeah newsom has ruined California

@charles-cl6xj

10 ай бұрын

The worse they do the more they are liked by the voters.the most extreme and outlandish, strengthens their hold on power.🫏💩

@boostedmaniac

10 ай бұрын

We tried but either there was some shenanigans or too many ignorant people.

@GenXamerica

10 ай бұрын

And just think the Dems want to make him POTUS.

@888jimm

10 ай бұрын

​@@boostedmaniacthe former

Humans are so good at spending large amounts of money on things that don't last. The failure of shopping malls isn't just a California problem; it's happening all over America. Shopping online has changed our culture drastically. What happens when THAT doesn't last?? Excellent video, as always ✌🍀

I recently went on a trip to Guatemala, one of the poorer countries in Central America and I was surprised to visit not one but two beautiful, modern shopping malls that were busy during the middle of the week and filled with employees! There was a even a man whose job it was too sweep and polish the escalator steps and hand rails. There were people working everywhere (not just in the mall) and it wasn't hard to get quick and courteous service at fast food restaurants and in the stores. Since I've been back here in the U.S, the Panera Bread restaurant I go to has been closed three times due to staffing and product shortages and there's more examples I can give but this comment would turn into a novel...

@Jeff-sp7bg

10 ай бұрын

I've traveled all over the world and the happiest folks seem to be some of the poorest. The women are friendly and stunningly beautiful especially in Latin and South America. Sad what's happening to the US

@mgtowmonger2729

9 ай бұрын

@@Jeff-sp7bg 100% get your passport and leave the WEST! Western women offer even less that that empty mall does LOL as far as friendliness, mutual respect and a future!

@seagoddess524

9 ай бұрын

Panama malls are still thriving too.

Welcome to Biden’s America

@CHM55

10 ай бұрын

Bidenomics

@roberthensley8653

10 ай бұрын

The future......

@adrianlopez2215

10 ай бұрын

They were already going down ten years ago

@theluminousone5883

10 ай бұрын

It's joever😔

@mexicoya3106

3 ай бұрын

Yup, Joe hates malls so much he made sure to start the process of closing this mall during Trump’s presidency

If this is to be demolished, such a state is expected. No stores want to be around when the hammer is expected to fall.

Perhaps the government has purchased the mall to house migrants….??? All the empty spaces in the US that are structurally sound should be used for something. Including hotels and hospitals. Although the US citizens who are homeless should be housed first!

@margaretthatcher6828

10 ай бұрын

I think you mean illegals...

Another outstanding video, Leo! Most malls in Dallas and Houston look similar to what you have shared with us. So sad.

@LeoMetalTraveler

10 ай бұрын

Really! I didn’t think it was that bad over there , thank you for sharing!

@Bobgrapes25

10 ай бұрын

Leo--Can you travel to Eureka and film a video for us? It is about a 4 hour drive, but it is a lovely drive along the coast. I am curious to see the homelessness and closed businesses in this town.

@TheUtuber999

10 ай бұрын

SMH that people think this is just a blue-state problem.

@LeoMetalTraveler

9 ай бұрын

I’m going to do some research first then I’ll look into taking the drive

@margricks

8 ай бұрын

Dem policies.

Thanks, Newsome!! Not MY fault he's in office!

@jaybee5832

10 ай бұрын

It's evolution. Coast to coast It's happening. Malls are out.

Thus also reminds me of fashion island mall that use to exist in San Mateo. I lived nearby as a kid when it opened in 1981. It was strangely a flop from very early on. It only him got less crowded as time went on and the whole mall was torn down in 1996. 15 yrs total…mega flop.

@deltamoney2742

9 ай бұрын

I remember that mall, it was the only one with an ice skating rink and giant arcade.

@coldwater5707

9 ай бұрын

@@deltamoney2742 yup. The actually tore everything down except the ice skating rink which is still open.

@coldwater5707

9 ай бұрын

@@deltamoney2742 Yup. The Gold Mine. That was my main arcade through the 80s. In 1982 my favorite game was Red Baron. I had the second highest score...never beat those top 3 initials.

those military trucks are stored awaiting the time to gather up excess population to transport them.

@williamrowlands1789

10 ай бұрын

Empty malls will become the new concentration camps and reeducation centers. Already built and ready to go.

@Damon_Mah

10 ай бұрын

this Tanforan Mall site was already a staging area for the WWII Japanese American Internment, you can see the photos/memorial at the nearby San Bruno BART train station

@y.cschmidlin8172

10 ай бұрын

yes that is exactly what I believe

@buttercup5470

2 ай бұрын

It's a National Guard armory. Up the street is the Golden Gate Memorial Cemetary.

@suppylarue220

2 ай бұрын

@@Damon_Mah true, Asian people were deprived of their civil rights to satisfy the government's desire to declare war on Japan, Germany, and Italy.

I was born and raised in San Bruno. I lived on top of Skyline Blvd and Sharp park Rd which would take you to Pacifica. I haven't visited that area in 20 years. Every thing was so changed even back then! It was a really good life growing up on top of San Bruno in the 60s n 70s!!

40 years ago Tanforan was a Horse racing track. I won a daily double and $600 there for a $5 bet. What comes around eventually goes around.

I wonder why. 🤔 🥊

I spent my childhood in Daly City and would come here frequently. So many memories from my childhood and teenage years. My friends and I would hang out roaming hot topic and spencers for hours and would hang out at the cemetery across the street when it got dark. So many memories here, and it's oddly painful to see it this empty knowing that it will soon be gone.

used to run internet cables for some of the stores there...

Thanks for the video, so sad to see. I am over in the Berkeley.El Cerrito area, so not familiar with this mall. But I can imagine what this mall looked like in its heyday.

But Amazons doing better than ever and thats the important thing. Right Mom and Pop?

I went to this mall a few times a year over many years and it was continuously going downhill. More and more of the bad crowd were showing up so no one went there anymore.

Nice to see the malls closing 😅

Read your history books people. Tanforan was an Internment camp, for Japanese AMERICAN CITIZENS, during WWII. Did they build the mall as a remembrance to this atrocity?

@TikiWarrior

10 ай бұрын

And Biden’s DOJ will probably use these empty malls to intern all the Trump voters after the next rigged election. Maybe that’s why the military national guard equipment is staged so close?

All closed, all for rent Good luck..

@LeoMetalTraveler

10 ай бұрын

That's right

The 1980s music seals the deal.

thank you for this video!

Been going to this mall since the early 70”s with my family, many great memories, very sad to see it die.

I’m thinking this Christmas shopping season is going to be dismal.

@LeoMetalTraveler

10 ай бұрын

🎄🎅 😢

Great video Leo, I went to that mall when I was a kid. Now is completely death it is sad to see the California economy going like this.

you pop up comments are hilarious-love the videos...so sad for CA

@LeoMetalTraveler

9 ай бұрын

Always keeping up the good spirits with good sense of humor 😁

Hi Leo thank you for your videos I drove by last month I live in San Jose

@LeoMetalTraveler

10 ай бұрын

I recently visited San Jose and made a video about , the link is on the description of this video

It is probably safer to order online. Imagine how frightening to be shopping when those shoplifters take over.

At least they're still playing period-correct music from the Malls heyday

You bring the real news . If not for this channel I wouldn't even know this was happening. That mall will not reopen ever again. It's interesting that the military is parking their trucks near the mall. I see they are displaying Ukrainian flag near U.S. military equipment instead of U.S flag which is surely illegal under the U.S. law . Maybe when the mall fully closes they will use it as a military base or a prison in the upcoming civil war?

@jaybee5832

10 ай бұрын

Open your eyes. It's happening coast to coast.

Malls are closing everywhere 😭 I watch many dead mall videos. I was born in the 70’s and malls were my childhood from going myself to mall movies, etc. It’s really sad to see. I think stores like Walmart and Target where you can buy everything along with online shopping has killed most malls. There were also too many built.

great job dude bye bye Cali so sad

You do good work, keep it up.

"Joanna" Kool & the Gand, "Suddenly Last Summer" The Motels.. eerie hearing songs played in that empty building, that were current hits at the height of the malls popularity.

Thanks, use to live around that area in San Bruno, California.💣

@LeoMetalTraveler

10 ай бұрын

Right on!

I have no words...used to go there since 1986. But now, when i see the difference, i'm speechless. Don't know what to say. Don't forget that there are families behind all these closed stores. Really sad situation.

Man, The shops at Tanforan in San Bruno, California. I dated a girl years ago that lived down the street from this mall. We'd hang out here all the time, so crazy seeing stores that we used to frequent all gone, especially hurt when he passed the Subway restaurant, that was our number one spot. GONE NOW!!

Love your videos

@LeoMetalTraveler

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for your support. I have more videos on the pipeline.!

Maybe you want to put smaller malls inside urban areas, where brick and mortar stores are pick up points with free shipping from online orders and where customers can see some of the popular products irl on display and for sale. Guess my European purchasing habits are WAY different then yours over there 😮

The malls still operating have all shortened their hours. Used to be all the stores were 10a to 9p. Most are like 12-7 now, depending on the store & location. The Target near SF State was closing at 6 or 7pm every day, due to theft. Hours are a little longer now but all Targets close earlier than they did pre-Covid.

"For lease, ya good luck with that!" "Comming soon! Not happening!" I have been saying and thinking that for a while now, this time was no exception! Especially as you were saying it 🤣❤👍!

Phoenix too... Metrocenter, Paradise Valley, Fiesta, Christown, etc. All closed. Surreal...

Leo: as you went around and described what store used to be there I named the store in the exact spot here in the Springfield Mall, PA that closed. The layout's are the same. We do have the King of Prussia Mall outside Philadelphia that is managing to survive, how long depends on the economy. Like you I loved the book stores in the Mall, my wife would come back and retrieve me after shopping and all was well. Miss those mall days. Stay safe Leo.

@LeoMetalTraveler

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing

Thanks Leo

@LeoMetalTraveler

10 ай бұрын

You are welcome and thank you for your support, more videos on the way

Hi... love your videos... How is Stonestown Galleria in the Outer Sunset holding up in this retail apocalypse?

@LeoMetalTraveler

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for your support ,Stonestown is not doing too bad from what I hear

Thanks for the show Leo

@LeoMetalTraveler

10 ай бұрын

You bet

Great for DRUG DEALER .

they are playing the MOTELS- SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER 1981

Its sad seeing the state of that mall especially now that its set to be destroyed, I had been frequenting that mall for well over 2 decades.

You get what you vote for.

All the malls across this world were so beautiful, and it is really sad to see their demise because of criminals 😢

I heard the mall near my house growing up in the north bay is set to be demolished as well, odd since it was the only shopping area in the town and had been remodeled extensively relatively recently. It will now be a giant “affordable living” apartment complex with some businesses on the first floor.

@LeoMetalTraveler

9 ай бұрын

Interesting!

Do College Ave in Berkeley all the way to UC. Oakland section has a history of closed shops; more than Berkeley.

it's strange because it looks and feels younger than our piss crap (interior) malls from the Sixties or Seventies here

I grew up in the 70s going to Tanforan Mall and Serramonte.

@LeoMetalTraveler

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing. I also loved those two malls,I spent many hours at the bookstore, enjoying some coffee, good times.

We just watched "Fast Times at Ridgemont High' last weekend and talked about how those malls are going away. How sad........