After watching all the neat places that are not here anymore I really feel old. Going shopping on the internet is not the same.

God I really miss the valley in the 1970s and 80s. I went back to get my degree at CSUN and ended up leaving the valley forever in 1996, when many of these places apparently went out of business. I remember shopping at Nudies with my dad . He had to have his Tony Llamas Cowboy Boots, always!! God rest his soul. I love these videos but to be honest.. Just reminds me of all the dead people I miss. No reason to go back.. You can never go home again... I live in Ecuador now. Thank you for these videos!

I would go to Thriftys with my grandfather when he would pick up his medication from the pharmacy and we would always get a couple of icecream cones on the way out. Such fond memories.

Gosh, if the Baby Boomers are this nostalgic, how much more are we Gen X’rs gonna be? I feel for you guys💖

I used to live on the other side of the 405 freeway, just north of Roscoe Blvd. It, the freeway, actually took half of our backyard when it opened in 1963. Leo's Stereo, (formerly Muntz Stereo), and Galpin Ford pictured from 2:12-2:30, both came into being about 1965. Thanks for keeping the Valley history alive, of what I remember. I really want to see your Valley Relics Museum in it's new location, much success to you!!!

Born & Raised Valley Girl San Fernando,Sylmar, Van Nuys, Sepulveda 1965-2001 Great video 💕Loved the music very moving like the valley itself. . (Thrifty ice cream is a some CVS ‘s ) in NC 20 yrs now so cool to look back. Thank you 😊

Such a beautiful song to pair with this video. The nostalgia it evokes, has me yearning for those days again. Well done, thank you! ❤️

I would love to go back in time to just chill and enjoy the good times I had growing up, those days are gone forever, but will remain precious memories to me always

on one hand it makes me smile thinking of all those memories and on the other, I am deeply saddened that it all comes to an end. Time having only one direction stinks. but I haven't been able to change that yet :p

As "Time" by The Alan Parsons Project was playing in the background it struck me that I don't think anyone in today's popular music scene could produce a sound with that feel. Words that come to mind are mellifluous, gentle, wistful, a tad ethereal. It came out of a generation that grew up when there was more time and space to distill experiences.

Thanks for putting things like this up. It reminds me of a time when things weren't so screwed up. When the government wasn't so corrupt. When as a kid, you could walk down the street with very few if any worries. When you could go out and buy a house and raise a family without it costing you $5,000/month or having to take out a 60 year loan to be able to pay for it. Southern California sucks now. I hate living here and if it weren't for my job and the fact that i'm so close to retirement, I would have split 15 years ago. I can honestly say without reservation that I hate California. It's sad because there was a time not all that long ago that I loved it here.

I remember that BSA and Bultaco motorcycle shop on Van Nuys Blvd.

The Pickwick Pool! I swam there a LOT in the summer of '71 and '72.

Thanks for another thought provoking video. My backyard from 1952 to 2004.

You put the BEST MUSIC / sings with yr videos!!! Man you are awesome ! Thank you!!!!!!!!!

Every generation has a sadness or nostalgia at seeing the things from their past or youth that have disappeared.

Awesome. What a great video I remember most of all that was videoed. I was born and raised in the valley. Reseda Canoga park. Chatsworth from 1960 till 1987. I miss the old valley. Had some awesome times. Great Days. Hope to see more. Great video's 😎

Makes me sad too ..As I have been or seen all but one of those places from the video. I worked at broadway dept store in mid 1960's and i bought a car stero from Leo's...OH well thats life. Time marches on.

Will, the Van Nuys drive-in hit me the hardest. Thank you for your evocative posts.

I remember all this! I miss my childhood. 😢I would go to Cafe 50s a lot and pioneer chicken. That chicken was one of the best in the world.

My brother and I worked at the Broadway auto shop when we were kids. Memories. 😎😁👍

All these wonderful memories make me sad. :( We moved out of the valley in 1982. Most stores and restaurants that were closed in the 80's now belong to Walmart and Mexican tacos. It's heartbreaking.

I worked at Leo's Stereo installing car stereos, good times. Conveniently located close to Tommy's burgers (which is still there) where I would often go for my lunch break, or The Taco Tree on Sepulveda. The downside was the smell that would emanate from Busch gardens.

I miss all the good place and time of 60 and 70 in Valley.

I'm a generation Y (aka Millennial) and I was privileged enough to have seen some of these places when I was younger. While not in this video, I do miss Fedco membership store in Van Nuys. Spent every weekend of my early childhood shopping there with my parents. Sad it's no longer there.

When 213 was all of the Valley. GM plant in full swing. Late night burgers at 50’s Cafe. Now it’s all Starbucks and homeless camps.

Anybody remember Market Basket stores. There building fronts usually look like a giant hand basket. I used to shop at the one on Bellflower and Alondra blvd in the 70's.

We all bought our 4 track and 8 track stereos at Muntz ( Leo's )stereo shop. I put mine in my 1965 GTO. 😎👍

I remember working at the car wash on Laurel cyn across from sears ,,they filmed the move car wash there and didn't pay us for a week ,those were great days .too bad they'll never come back with all them people there ,can't even breathe there .

The northridge quake really changed alot of things in the valley

Dad I grew up back in the daye when All them places were still open the s.f.v 818 is so much different now it's ducks m sad to see all the places I used to go as a kid growing up .be gone n closed down. I miss them good old days.

I had my bar mitzvah at the White Horse Inn. Wow!!!!!

Great video, nice song, this is biter sweet

When the world was more innocent. Now it's a decaying world. So sad.☹🥺😥

damm honestly started to tear..😢

Not at all from this area, but my gosh it’s so emotional or progress. You do an awesome job. I’m from southeast Los Angeles (South Gate, Cudahy, Bell, Maywood and Huntington Park) and how nice if we had someone to document that areas past. It’s a changed community but always looking to make it better.

Thrifty Drug Stores (some if them) had a lunch counter, where you could eat. My favorite drink at the Thrifty Drug Store counter was a mix of 7Up and lime syrup...it was called "Green River". Just a few years ago, I found out that John Fogerty of Credence Clearwater Revival liked the SAME drink, which was the inspiration for his hit record "Green River"!

Holy melancholy Batman The music and Images. Gosh.

In the "old days" as they say, lol stores like Sears or JC Penny weren't in huge malls they were stand alone stores. Dad would come home the family would get dressed up in there nice clothes, like to go out on a date, this would usually happen on a Friday evening they would then all pile into the, SUV of that time period, the family station wagon and the family would communicate we didn't have cell phones where everyone in the car has there nose buried in there phone . Then the family would go shopping! yes shopping all the whole family it was an event. The family would hit the grocery store or stores then maybe Carl's or In n Out to get a burger. The evening would continue on to maybe Sears for shoes or? then May Company for clothes. It was a family event.

Sad they got rid of drive in movies but at least I got to experience them as a high school kid in the 80's, nothing like making out for an hour and a half straight while the movie played. My car had bucket seats so I'd always take my Mom's car to the drive in cause it had a bench front seat......I don't think I have to explain why.

80 to 92 in the valley was the best of times

I remember the CHoo CHoo Burger where your food got delivered on model electric trains.

Me. Too! my. dad. Took. Me. To. The. Van Nuys. Drive-in. When I was a. Kid!!

The Zody’s Department Store at Reseda and Devonshire Blvd. It later became a Ralphs Super Market where I worked from 1976 to 1994.

My father had a women's clothing store in Panorama City. He used to pick up Wor Wonton soup from Phil Ahn's restaurant or we'd eat there. After the store and two other women's stores were robbed my dad closed and took over his brother's store in Claremont. Panorama City went downhill fast after that when Hispanics took over the area. It became dangerous.

Great to see. Now I know the name of that theater in Van Nuys: Capri where I saw a double bill MASH and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid on day before Easter Sunday in 1971 with a good friend.

I lived in the San Fernando Valley (Burbank and North Hollywood) until 1989. I moved to Washington State, and have been here ever since. I've never had the desire to go back, as so much has changed. It's hard to see your memories destroyed. Does anyone remember Gemco or Builder's Emporium? How about Long's Drugs or the big Lankershim car wash? Thank you, I really loved the video, but it made me feel a little bit sad. I wasted so much time not enjoying my youth. How does time go by so fast? As the saying goes, if I only knew then what I know now! LOL ; )

Will like to know of a video of Van Nuys Blvd from the Americana Theater all the way down to Burbank Blvd ,once had a Hot Rod magazine of V.N Blvd saying it was the best cruise night in the nation for 20 years ,they had Muscle cars galore,they made a movie about the street ,but it did no justice ,now back then was AMERICANA

Still discovering some amazing videos of you, this is damn cool.

I Miss Fedco, Kmart, Gemco, Zodys, Thrifty at Van Nuys and Vanowen 3 scoops for 15 cents.

Iam from. Hollywood Sherman oaks orange county California

You are such a great historian! Love your video's!

1970s were the WORST! It's sad seeing all the things from my childhood gone. ALL of them! Pioneer chicken-totally forgot that one

I Love the song by Alan Parsons Project. Do you have any footage of vintage Glendale, California? I lived there from 1972 (approximatley) to 1975 and then moved to La Crescenta, later that year. I am now in Utah. I miss southern California!

I remember when the Panorama mall was an outdoor mall. I worked there after it was enclosed. The brother of my assistant manager was shot in the head inside the mall.

I work at that Broadway you showed at the top of this video on Roscoe and Van Nuys lantel Robinson's stores took it out and now it's a Walmart which is really sad

The San Fernando Valley in those days mirrored “Any Town USA”, today it looks like a third world country. Thanks for the memories, now go home.

I think I see a young Ace Carolla at Henry’s tacos begging for broken tacos and sauce packets - damn you Kris and Jim!

One of the worst malls and areas in the San Fernando Valley. So ashamed that they won't clean it up!

Nice mix!! Lynwood -1965- what happened?-. What's a Taco stand?

Been to Many of the places. So sad to watch them wipe out history an the good memories

Bitter sweet. The Valley is now a 3rd world country.

Does anybody have any pictures of "The Sherman Oaks" movie theater roughly in the spot where Starbucks is now right before Noble on Ventura? I am also not finding any good photos of the Yellow Brick Road castle play area at the Van Nuys/Sherman Oaks Park.

You should probably add a tag for the great song Time by The Allan Parsons Project.

I forgot about Nudies.

I'm from Monterey Park California. Hopefully someone has photos from there.

Back in the 1970's...1980's Buena Park CA used to have two X- rated theatre's...Pussy Cat and on the other side of town was the Club West.....I heard via KZfaq that they are no longer there! The people living in the area are now happy those seedy places are no longer there.... I was at the pussy cat one night and there was a woman and male adult star signing autographs! A lot of people were there and a funny movie " Flesh Gordon" was playing!!!

The Roman Empire

Ontario and Thousand Oaks are not in the SFV.

A great time THE Best Time Nothing like todays BS

Wow Thank You,wish you had more of the Valley but still Thank You. Van Nuys drive in the fog, never forget that night. If anyone would have told me DC and the American Media would care more about Israels happiness and security than Americas back then, I would have thought they were crazy. God help The United States from AIPAC.

That used to be a place to start to build a foundation, to be near jobs. Then save for a retirement community outside the valley. Now it’s too congested with meaningless urban sprawl of which I don’t know who gives business to. So you have to fast forward into the retirement community early. Too bad on one hand. It was central for commutes in all directions for the valley and could have been cute. I think a lot of homes were torn down for massive condensed housing for apartments. The good part is getting your retirement home when you can afford it, because the area will be too expensive if you wait too long and I’ll have commutes to at least several beautiful cities versus just one major metropolis. The state has never been normal in my adult life, the only life I’ve known here.

California used to be the promised land.

I know nothing stays the same and the only constant is change, but California in general has changed way too much in too short a period of time. Its almost unrecognizable compared to the 70s and 80s when I was young.

Gen x won't have anything, Gen z will destroy everything

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It's not california anymore it's filled with people from everywhere ,I'm so glad I moved to from that shit hole .I won't even visit my family there ,it's a struggle there for regular people in that place.never seen it that bad ,it's sickening to see miles of homeless and the city authoritys don't know where the millions of dollars went .

The BROADWAY is now Walmart ! All the businesses have changed. The drive-ins are all gone. Alot of good family restaurants gone. Loved Cafe 50's . Even Hamburger Hamlet is gone ! Now when you drive through some areas. It looks like you crossed over the border. Really depressed looking area of the valley. The past........just erased.