Opening of Six Flags Mall In Arlington

Opening of Six Flags Mall In Arlington - August 1970

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@wednesday181 Жыл бұрын

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.

@chiquanvu Жыл бұрын

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.

@wingitprod 3 жыл бұрын

Warehouses now stand. It still gives me a feeling of nostalgia to drive by.

@hellkat2285 5 жыл бұрын

Jesus, I was just 11 years old when this was built. Went to it many times though, lots of good memories.

@Eric-vh5by 2 жыл бұрын

Literally every single car that drove by is a badass car by today's standards haha

@trevorjameson3213 18 күн бұрын

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

@B250R 5 жыл бұрын

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. :)

@Monorail-Beyond-the-Veil 5 жыл бұрын

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.)

@Monorail-Beyond-the-Veil 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@melissaann1401 3 жыл бұрын

I get sad watching them too. I'm looking at an America that will never return.. when things were simple and better

@jamesellis33 2 жыл бұрын

@@melissaann1401 Well, not entirely simple. There was still race riots and bigotry. It wasn't too good. But, I guess no time is perfect.

@dianagruver5767 2 жыл бұрын

@@melissaann1401 same with me

@GoblinsINC Жыл бұрын

I miss this mall, the toys r us and the showbiz pizza that was there also

@solidlift 5 жыл бұрын

Grew up here. Wow I've traveled back in time! Thank you.

@idbdidnd2086 4 жыл бұрын

IT REALLY WAS SAD TO SEE THIS MALL GO FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART!!!

@jeremyhart3871 2 жыл бұрын

I miss six flags mall

@sj7624 5 жыл бұрын

Six Flags Mall is now currently torn down and new buildings has been built for the GM Arlington Plant

@JAG214 4 жыл бұрын

This mall has been dead for years before they tore it down

@melissaann1401 3 жыл бұрын

Yea not surprised

@katemorgan4690 3 жыл бұрын

@@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 3 жыл бұрын

@@katemorgan4690 What do you mean by that

@katemorgan4690 3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@stanleye.9038 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@tomsayen9295 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@johndavis8669 Жыл бұрын

Was in that mall once in December 2001 to watch Ocean's Eleven. It was already dying.

@analogkid281 6 жыл бұрын

excellent video quality, and that pre roll and post roll is priceless.

@rheafazal9262 4 жыл бұрын

I remember going to the tinseltown cinemark

@thefoxdoctor1072 2 жыл бұрын

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

@steventaylor4326 Жыл бұрын

The Forum Mall was a tad further south on 303 (Pioneer Pkwy) Six Flags Mall was on Division.

@melissaarispe1551 Жыл бұрын

Yes those were the days.we just didn't realize it at the time.

@t4texastomjohnnycat978 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@xemnas9098 28 күн бұрын

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.

@warlockd 18 күн бұрын

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.

@geowestfield 2 жыл бұрын

Oh the irony of watching this video and next to it KZfaq has suggested videos showing Six Flags as a dead mall just before its closure.

@trevorjameson3213 18 күн бұрын

The only older mall that I can think of around here that still exists and is doing well is North Park Mall in Dallas.

@shannonm75 5 жыл бұрын

The mall. Where everyone went.

@La_unica_estrella 5 жыл бұрын

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

@Imperial0666 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@warlockd 18 күн бұрын

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.

@georgemcgown8310 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video. One of the first malls to fall.

@theTRUTHgroup 5 жыл бұрын

Wow! So many memories. :'(

@Joe-Exit Жыл бұрын

Watched them tear it down.

@muiscnight 5 жыл бұрын

This is awesome

@melissaann1401 3 жыл бұрын

When life was good

@tgree18 2 жыл бұрын

And we didn't have to worry about violence.

@johndavis8669 Жыл бұрын

The mall no longer exist. It became a business park.

@SS-jt4qi 2 жыл бұрын

I worked at Chess King. I loved having lunch at El Chico there. Anyone remember in early 70s McCrorys store and diner?

@chiquanvu Жыл бұрын

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

@johndavis8669 Жыл бұрын

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.

@decimatorentertainmentstud8523 2 жыл бұрын

Whoa!!

@decimatorentertainmentstud8523 5 жыл бұрын

Wow

@simon5005 4 жыл бұрын

I bought two Madonna posters there in 1987!!! (I know.............BFD!)

@therealmamabeardontcare 3 жыл бұрын

Forgot all about that mall 🤷🏽‍♀️

@thebluediamondgamer3634 2 жыл бұрын

It looks so different

@katemorgan4690 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@whynot2644 4 жыл бұрын

Opened the year I was born. Its been torn down now.

@athom1c 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@b.sherrieb9977 Жыл бұрын

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

@athom1c Жыл бұрын

@@b.sherrieb9977 Thanks for the info! I'll have to read up more on this.

@stevemoore3951 8 ай бұрын

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.

@darrylh1971 3 жыл бұрын

When did Musicland and Waldenbooks and Kay Bee Toys come to Arlington, Texas's Six Flags Mall?

@SS-jt4qi 2 жыл бұрын

Kay Bee was there in 1994 for sure.

@chiquanvu Жыл бұрын

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.

@lailasthingz1052 4 жыл бұрын

I wasn’t even born when this happened

@jeremyhart3871 2 жыл бұрын

Wow this krazy look what I found

@mynameisinteresting7403 4 жыл бұрын

Best Mall in HISTORY !!

@Tfontaine209 3 жыл бұрын

Miss Sanger Harris

@susanreid3947 3 ай бұрын

Tayler swift

@truthseekers101propagandaf3 6 жыл бұрын

When America was great!?

@Imperial0666 5 жыл бұрын

When Arlington was great

@TheRealOHMEGA 4 жыл бұрын

I hate to be the one to tell you, but we have never been great.

@TheRealOHMEGA 4 жыл бұрын

@yes and there is the race card.

@shawnwaldrop3702 3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@TheRealOHMEGA 3 жыл бұрын

@@shawnwaldrop3702 I was referring to OP saying America being great. -44 year old