Darrell’s wish has now become a reality. This mall is now a pile of rubble as of last month. I had many good memories here as a kid. I could spend all day at the theater/arcade/pizza place that were all right next to each other. Oh well. Memories.
Darrell K.
Évaluation du lieu : 1 Seal Beach, CA
Should be renamed Slumplace. This place is awful and and an eyesore. Years ago, this use to be called Belair Shopping Center. It had a great hobby shop, Marty’s Card, Penn Auto, and one of my favorite, Mr. Chicken(great fried chicken although Mr. Chicken himself was an angry old fart). It was an open market and really couldn’t compete with Freestate Mall, but I think it was more to compliment it. Then this moron bought it, changed the name to the Marketplace, made it into a mall. Originally, for the better. They got Peebles to move from Freestate to the new mall, put in a big Safeway, a nice craft shop and bulit Bowie’s first multiple movie theaters. He probably charged too much; and slowly and surely all the patrons have left leaving this eyesore of a slum. Only Glory Days, Rite Aid and a dry cleaner is left. They need to knock it down and clean it up. It’s embarrassing to see this place every time I drive by it. I hope the owner is proud of himself of doing nothing for decades. What a jerk.
