Man, thanks for putting this video together. My family moved out of Sacramento when I was in elementary school in the early 90's, but I still have so many memories of even that parking lot and my dad trying to find a parking spot under the trees. My Mom and I would walk with the elderly people during the summer mornings in the mall. I still remember the outside facades of that Sears and the JC Penney's and the Weinstocks. Good times!
My dad used to work there on the weekends. He did bike repairs with his brother (my uncle) on the basement level in the early to mid 90s. He worked in that “random room” at 10:17 although it was a lot darker down there back then. I remember running up and down that staircase a LOT.
I worked at that Weinstock's from December 1981 to February 1982. I used to buy all my tools at that Sears. I used to go with my mom to Southgate in the late '60s. They had a great little playground on the south side of the buildings.
@@patricksaxon3983 When the Sears at the local mall closed in 2018, I picked up as many Craftsman tools that I could afford. Of course everything was discounted, so it didn't last long before all the tools were gone. I was lucky enough to get some US made Craftsman stuff too.
This makes me sad. I was born and raised in Sacramento and spent a lot of time at this mall in the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s. It was always on the quieter side when I was a kid. I used to love running up and down the main aisle with the pretty fern sand stopping at Orange Julius too. My mom shopped at JCPenny a lot too. I think the last time I was there was 1990. It was starting to show decline then.
Super sad 😢😢😢 thank you so much for making this video. It brought me so many memories there… I remembered doing my work experience in the summer of 92 there in the Montgomery awards there. Shopping and all the good times there. I used to live a block from that mall, too! Moved away in 98. I have a feeling Sears closed because the Sears where I live now, closed at the same time. I don’t know why they didn’t Keep the building and make it to something else. Diminishingly it just not right! I rather have the empty building to go visit for me to remember all those memories. Thank you so much for for this visit and video. Wish I live closer so I can go visit it.
So sad that the department stores are becoming a thing of the past. A Macy's department store was recently shut down at a mall in Madison, Tennessee. I prefer a nice department store than Walmart.
What a great place to put in multi-use community center with an indoor and outdoor skatepark! An ice rink or a roller rink would be great too! The City of Sacramento Parks and Recreation or Southgate Parks and Recreation should take over this site. It also has a great set up to host auto shop classes for local youth since they don't teach it in school anymore.
Sad that this Sears closed. Pretty surprising that it lasted from when the mall closed to 2018. And what brand of elevator was that. Rip Sears 1968-2018 50 years i believe.
Actually, Southgate was originally the main center that went nearly outdoors ghost mall in the 1980's. Then they went Walmart in the 90's and big box stores filling in the mall. They had a Sears and Weinstock until 68 and everything moved to Florin. Sears actually ownes the spot separate from the original owners. But it was the fault of Sears for basically becoming Kmart and going ghetto. However now! Both Southgate and Florin Town Center are doing better than they ever did. They adapted to the growing ethnic population and have a massive asian market and Walmart grocery store, Ross, Sketchers etc.
You are correct. Florin Mall definitely didn't go ut of business because of Southgate Plaza. I think it had more to do with Arden Mall having much better stores.
Wow! I grew up in lindale we used to play there in the sixties and seventies, I remember what was there before the mall was built it was a small airport, Sacramento sky ranch
The whole spot is up for sale now as of April 2023 by Ethan Conrad and there are plans to put a "Raising Cane's" restaurant in the parking lot near the street edge. There is a very strong chance of a demolition, loss of history, and replacement by something completely unimportant. There was a boiler room, bomb shelter, and other areas in this Sears I wish would be documented before it is gone.
Well, if i had a big building, and wanted to sell it, i probably wouldn't get a good deal if the foundation was uneven. Maybe even if vandals were to defile the sears, it would possibly scare away my potential customers.
Sears will be a name in the past. I used to shop at this store for years. Soon the one on arden mall will be next it looks very depressing. Very nice video of the past. Thanks.
Cool video! I'm not sure if Southgate was big competition, but I remember going to both back in the early 1980s. Southgate had Liberty House, another dead dept store chain. It seemed like Southgate went into decline sooner than Florin mall. Both were very sketchy by the 1990s. In fact I think my last trip to Florin mall was to watch repair back in the early 90s! It was surprising that Sears remained long after the rest of Florin mall was demolished. It's cool that the Sears building still has it's vintage exterior.
This bldg. will probably be repurposed. We lost our Sears about a year before this one closed and Essentia Health has already turned it into a clinic along with another store (Younkers) that closed about the same time. (JCP still goin' strong up there somehow.) The fact they're protecting it makes me think the bldg. will survive to do something else. But Sears in general, man! What the hell? They ruled the land for so many years with so many innovations... even built the tallest building in the world! They just seemed to stop innovating about 20 years ago and making some moves that were odd at best. (Buying KMart was, well, um... D'oh!) It's sad.
i grew up in the 80s and i lived rghit next to the florin mall...... i lived in the first apartments next to the old closed down movie theaters and the liquor store that used to be a 711 store I was 12 years old now I’m 47 years old grandpa and all 😂
That's very sucks and that is my husband favorite store to go when he was young and was a great place go and have fun with great food and shopping for everyone
Back before Jeff Bezos was in kindergarten, Sears-Roebuck was the national giant of retailing. They sold virtually everything imaginable, had every product numbered and included in a huge catalog, were extremely well organized, and had a vast system of relationships with manufacturers and sellers as well as nationwide warehouses, appliance repair facilities, and delivery trucks. If, in the sixties, you could have predicted that such merchandising would switch from looking at a catalog and talking to an operator to looking and paying for goods on a home computer, the assumption would be that Sears-Roebuck would have the easiest time transitioning to that business model and would eventually totally dominate it, since Sears-Roebuck was already so well-prepared and successful at offering, selling and delivering practically anything remotely. But nope....
Unpopular.......more like abandoned.Worked at Sears from 2002-10 and saw the whole sad show.The building itself was built in 1967 no AC,just a dodgy swamp cooler system.The third floor has a full restaurant that was closed in 1981.Naturally,it cost benefit to conversion is never a realistic concept.Even demolition would be prohibitive,and the County really does not care..........
Just a Hugh gigantic waste of space. Somebody is keeping it somewhat clean. No homeless people around? Okay people, keep it moving, nothing to see here.😄 Oh yeah, Sears and Roebuck & Co. Arden store recently shut their doors as well. All remnants and reminders of days past when America was booming.
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Man, thanks for putting this video together. My family moved out of Sacramento when I was in elementary school in the early 90's, but I still have so many memories of even that parking lot and my dad trying to find a parking spot under the trees. My Mom and I would walk with the elderly people during the summer mornings in the mall. I still remember the outside facades of that Sears and the JC Penney's and the Weinstocks. Good times!
You are welcome, my friend!
Never forget the Good Guys Shooting Hostage episode. Now that put Florin Mall on the national map!
Man, this brings back memories. I used to visit Florin Mall often when I was growing up
My dad used to work there on the weekends. He did bike repairs with his brother (my uncle) on the basement level in the early to mid 90s. He worked in that “random room” at 10:17 although it was a lot darker down there back then. I remember running up and down that staircase a LOT.
Late 90s 200s kids lol 😅
I worked at that Weinstock's from December 1981 to February 1982. I used to buy all my tools at that Sears. I used to go with my mom to Southgate in the late '60s. They had a great little playground on the south side of the buildings.
Hello! Do you think one day there's going to be a new deportment store to take over this Sears?
Damn, you only lasted like 2 months?
When I was attending electronics school, the instructors strongly recommended hand tools from Sears, being the best quality.
@@patricksaxon3983 When the Sears at the local mall closed in 2018, I picked up as many Craftsman tools that I could afford. Of course everything was discounted, so it didn't last long before all the tools were gone. I was lucky enough to get some US made Craftsman stuff too.
@@patricksaxon3983 did you went to the Sears on Florin Road?
This makes me sad. I was born and raised in Sacramento and spent a lot of time at this mall in the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s. It was always on the quieter side when I was a kid. I used to love running up and down the main aisle with the pretty fern sand stopping at Orange Julius too. My mom shopped at JCPenny a lot too. I think the last time I was there was 1990. It was starting to show decline then.
After florin mall closed all the ghetto of florin moved to arden
NO, they moved to the Ghettoria in Roseville.
Tf😂😂
Probably the heights but fasholy not Arden 😂😂💀 if anything they moving cause of rent 💀
@@LegitnessCenter they dont live in arden, they just moved to the mall
All of sac is ghetto at some point lmao
Man that florin mall tho. That bring back so much memories
Nice video I love checking out these old sears buildings!
Super sad 😢😢😢 thank you so much for making this video. It brought me so many memories there… I remembered doing my work experience in the summer of 92 there in the Montgomery awards there. Shopping and all the good times there. I used to live a block from that mall, too! Moved away in 98. I have a feeling Sears closed because the Sears where I live now, closed at the same time. I don’t know why they didn’t Keep the building and make it to something else. Diminishingly it just not right! I rather have the empty building to go visit for me to remember all those memories. Thank you so much for for this visit and video. Wish I live closer so I can go visit it.
Ah, sorry. Did you go to Burbank?
I used to go to the arcade,right at mall entrance! I was like 13.... Miss Florin Mall AND State Theatre rt next to mall.
So sad that the department stores are becoming a thing of the past. A Macy's department store was recently shut down at a mall in Madison, Tennessee. I prefer a nice department store than Walmart.
So true.
What a great place to put in multi-use community center with an indoor and outdoor skatepark! An ice rink or a roller rink would be great too! The City of Sacramento Parks and Recreation or Southgate Parks and Recreation should take over this site. It also has a great set up to host auto shop classes for local youth since they don't teach it in school anymore.
Would be destroyed by the usual suspects
Sad that this Sears closed. Pretty surprising that it lasted from when the mall closed to 2018. And what brand of elevator was that. Rip Sears 1968-2018 50 years i believe.
I forgot, I have a tumblr picture thingee of tons of pictures and it shows the name of the escalator on it
That would be crazy if you had footage of the actual mall before it shut down
Actually, Southgate was originally the main center that went nearly outdoors ghost mall in the 1980's. Then they went Walmart in the 90's and big box stores filling in the mall. They had a Sears and Weinstock until 68 and everything moved to Florin. Sears actually ownes the spot separate from the original owners. But it was the fault of Sears for basically becoming Kmart and going ghetto. However now! Both Southgate and Florin Town Center are doing better than they ever did. They adapted to the growing ethnic population and have a massive asian market and Walmart grocery store, Ross, Sketchers etc.
You are correct. Florin Mall definitely didn't go ut of business because of Southgate Plaza. I think it had more to do with Arden Mall having much better stores.
@@saeviolet Well, the whole are went to pot too
area
Wow! I grew up in lindale we used to play there in the sixties and seventies, I remember what was there before the mall was built it was a small airport, Sacramento sky ranch
The whole spot is up for sale now as of April 2023 by Ethan Conrad and there are plans to put a "Raising Cane's" restaurant in the parking lot near the street edge. There is a very strong chance of a demolition, loss of history, and replacement by something completely unimportant. There was a boiler room, bomb shelter, and other areas in this Sears I wish would be documented before it is gone.
Well, if i had a big building, and wanted to sell it, i probably wouldn't get a good deal if the foundation was uneven.
Maybe even if vandals were to defile the sears, it would possibly scare away my potential customers.
Hey do you know who owns this? Id like to see if they’d let me inside to explore it
Sears will be a name in the past. I used to shop at this store for years. Soon the one on arden mall will be next it looks very depressing. Very nice video of the past. Thanks.
The Sears at Sunrise Mall shut down in 2018, I think.
Everthing is closing!!!!
@@colinj5291 what is the next closest Sears? Since the Sears on Florin Road is Closed.
I was here everyday in the 90s miss the mall back then
Cool video! I'm not sure if Southgate was big competition, but I remember going to both back in the early 1980s. Southgate had Liberty House, another dead dept store chain. It seemed like Southgate went into decline sooner than Florin mall. Both were very sketchy by the 1990s. In fact I think my last trip to Florin mall was to watch repair back in the early 90s! It was surprising that Sears remained long after the rest of Florin mall was demolished. It's cool that the Sears building still has it's vintage exterior.
Hello
Have you been to this Sears before?
Do you think one day there is going to be a new deportment store that is going to be taking over this Sears?
Southgate was first, then Florin Mall...
@@haydentimmons4048 Doubt it
Do one about Vally Fair mall ‘ At some point that to will be gone in concord CA ‘ year 2024 mostly still their though ‘ wait a other 12 years.. 😅
Why are the lights still on when the place has been closed for like 3 years now
Hello
Have you been to this Sears before?
Do you think one day there's going to be a new deportment store that is going to be taking over this Sears?
Owner of the parking lot still has to pay
It must stay lit to deter crime, homeless people, and etc etc etc..
Have they demolished this place as of 2023?
nope a store gotta lease it
Why don't they have a new store?
Sears is going under, if anything they are going to be closing more locations not opening new ones.
I’m assuming most people don’t want to move their businesses into ghetto areas. The homeless and tweakers have taken over that parking lot now
The Sears at Arden Fair is now supposed to close in April. Sad!
Hello! Is there going to be a new deportment store that is going to be taking over this Sears on Florin Road?
@@haydentimmons4048 ok but where cause i have to let my mom know you know she loves sears
@@JRM103 have you been to Sears on Florin Road before?
@@haydentimmons4048 yes it’s my childhood
Its gone, Nordstrom as well😥
There are only two Sears left in Illinois!
Very sad.Sears was a great store.
Do you think it's safe to stay here for a week or so? I'm doing bad right now
Umm yeah if you like to see the weirdest shit around. My family owns the donut shop across the street
I really, really do miss you, Sears.
This is just hella spooky! Sad too.
It played at Sears at Parkrill Mall
Woof this is a flahsback to me, i was a kiddo when florin was declining, it was something
Actually Southgate is older than Florin Mall. (Originally Florin Center)
3:47 I really just want to unscrew that sign and keep it
8:29
Those asbestos ceiling tiles definitely scream 1960s
How old is that ad
1984
i remember when i was little going to that sear location going down the stair was scary lmao
Did you went to Florin Mall too when you were little?
What did weinstocks sell? never heard of that?! I asked my mom as well she doesn’t remember it.
It was a dept. store chain in Sacramento. It was basically just like Macy's. Almost every Macy's store in Sacramento today were once Weinstock stores!
This bldg. will probably be repurposed. We lost our Sears about a year before this one closed and Essentia Health has already turned it into a clinic along with another store (Younkers) that closed about the same time. (JCP still goin' strong up there somehow.) The fact they're protecting it makes me think the bldg. will survive to do something else. But Sears in general, man! What the hell? They ruled the land for so many years with so many innovations... even built the tallest building in the world! They just seemed to stop innovating about 20 years ago and making some moves that were odd at best. (Buying KMart was, well, um... D'oh!) It's sad.
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That's a lot of coitus...better repurposed than destroyed. Remember those 1890s SEARS catalogs? They were King for like 100 years before falling apart
They just closed the one in San Bernardino California.
i grew up in the 80s and i lived rghit next to the florin mall...... i lived in the first apartments next to the old closed down movie theaters and the liquor store that used to be a 711 store I was 12 years old now I’m 47 years old grandpa and all 😂
The state theater. On sky parkway.
I used to drive by there all the time
crazy how i used to live in front of this location, me and my mom used to walk through there
Hello
Do you think one day there's going to be a new deportment store that is going to be taking over this Sears?
@@haydentimmons4048 Not sure, i dont live around that area no more.
@@eman91.6 how are you?
@@eman91.6 did you and your Mom used to go to Florin Mall too?
That's very sucks and that is my husband favorite store to go when he was young and was a great place go and have fun with great food and shopping for everyone
Does your husband know it is Closed?
Do you think one day there's going to be a new deportment store that is going to be taking over this Sears?
Yes he does know
@@spadescat1055 do you think one day there's going to be a new deportment store that is going to be taking over this Sears?
I don't think so and the mall been changed alot
You should go inside or find locations you can explore 😐
Back before Jeff Bezos was in kindergarten, Sears-Roebuck was the national giant of retailing. They sold virtually everything imaginable, had every product numbered and included in a huge catalog, were extremely well organized, and had a vast system of relationships with manufacturers and sellers as well as nationwide warehouses, appliance repair facilities, and delivery trucks. If, in the sixties, you could have predicted that such merchandising would switch from looking at a catalog and talking to an operator to looking and paying for goods on a home computer, the assumption would be that Sears-Roebuck would have the easiest time transitioning to that business model and would eventually totally dominate it, since Sears-Roebuck was already so well-prepared and successful at offering, selling and delivering practically anything remotely. But nope....
I remember
Me too.
The backrooms location ?
Lol...I took charm school classes at that Sears, in the late 70s.
Hello!
Are they really go to demolish that Sears building?
@@haydentimmons4048 I don't know. I don't live in Sacramento anymore. I know folks that do, I'll ask and let you know what I find out.
@@officetechtyping did you used to go to Florin Mall?
@@haydentimmons4048 yes I did!! I used to catch bus 5 from the Southside! Lol. Did you? Remember the arcade??
Unpopular.......more like abandoned.Worked at Sears from 2002-10 and saw the whole sad show.The building itself was built in 1967 no AC,just a dodgy swamp cooler system.The third floor has a full restaurant that was closed in 1981.Naturally,it cost benefit to conversion is never a realistic concept.Even demolition would be prohibitive,and the County really does not care..........
My childhood
Welcome to South Sac Iraq.
Good days
Oh cool!
It's sad they got rid of the the florin mall just to build a cookie cutter strip mall
Just a Hugh gigantic waste of space. Somebody is keeping it somewhat clean. No homeless people around? Okay people, keep it moving, nothing to see here.😄 Oh yeah, Sears and Roebuck & Co. Arden store recently shut their doors as well. All remnants and reminders of days past when America was booming.
Looks kinda like the backrooms
Gang thugs escalated its demise.
Anyone else remember having to pay to use their bathrooms lol
lol was born 1996 😅
Florin mall had too much gang activity
lmao you should get a gofundme and raise money to buy it and make your own little store or a swapmeet!!
Don't forget all the homeless trolls everywhere