Comments on: Shopping Can Be Fun (1957)

By: Jarvis Petroske

Jarvis Petroske — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:38:04 +0000

Well said! If I could write like this I would be well pleased. The more I read articles of such quality as this (which is rare), the more I think there might be a future for the Net. Keep on keeping on

By: DaniboyBR2

DaniboyBR2 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:02:48 +0000

Capitalism’s …
Capitalism’s creator tought that consumism was no good, he was right.

“There is enough for everyone’s need, not for everyone’s greed” Ghandi

By: rulesoflilly

rulesoflilly — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:02:47 +0000

Hey, looks like we …
Hey, looks like we grew up near each other. The slide at the toy store was the best, Banana Records where I would save for a 45 record once a month!

By: SamssonBilly

SamssonBilly — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:02:46 +0000

Hillsdale Mall was …
Hillsdale Mall was a very special part of our family. For 23 years a man only known to many as Sam greeted and opened doors for many shoppers at Farmers Market. He was a courtesy clerk. He greeted everyone with a warm smile and a hardy goodbye when leaving. He was the “Unofficial Spokesman” for Farmers Market because he was the first person to see the customer come into the store and the last to see them depart. He was my father Samuel P. Rutland and he won the Sir Hillary Award in 1970.

By: thesaratonin

thesaratonin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:02:45 +0000

thank you for this! …
thank you for this! I was born the year the mall opened but I remember a LOT of this stuff. Do you remember the huge tree they would put in the mall near Macy’s and See’s candies that local groups actually carloed in? I was a blue bird and then a camp fire girl. we sang in that tree every year and every year you got to be higher up on the tree. When I got to sing in the top row–I HAD ARRIVED!!! It was a big deal when I was a kid. What happened to all the Buffanos?

By: CrazyKrysCool

CrazyKrysCool — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:02:45 +0000

My Grandfather used …
My Grandfather used to work there!! My uncle is right below.

By: avalleygirl

avalleygirl — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:02:44 +0000

Fun memories here. …
Fun memories here. I was in high school when this video was made and I lived on Arrowwood Lane ajacent to the mall. We went to the Farmers Market and when I had children, their grandmother walked them there every visit for fried rice. My kids all say they had never tasted such good fried rice again!! I remember Sam, the greeter. How cool is this!
I had forgotten and I am grateful for the memory jog! Are the Bufano statues still in the mall? Does anyone has info about other San Mateo videos?

By: Cestcop

Cestcop — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:02:44 +0000

Great video! I was …
Great video! I was born in 1954 and remember San Jose’s Valley Fair and Mountain View’s Sears in 1957 (See my Valley Fair 1957 home video).

Looking at Hillsdale Center in the fabulous fifties, was there actually an improvement by converting it into a mall? I don’t think so. Things look so much more orderly then and offered reall fun in the outdoor setting, vs the cold indoor echo chamber of the current configuration.

By: Hdtex

Hdtex — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:02:44 +0000

you really screwed …
you really screwed over a lot of good will by abondoning your moa blog….true colors really came through there buddy

gave it up for boobs huh?

By: avalleygirl

avalleygirl — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:02:43 +0000

Oh YESSS…the …
Oh YESSS…the slide at Melarts toys! I forgot!! Too bad everyone goes sue crazy now a days. I never saw anyone get hurt there, but this would be impossible to have today!
Wow…I can almost see the colors of the walls when you got down there!