Is the Beverly Center Mall dead on La Cienega blvd ?

I'm old now... I remember shopping in the malls for the family. I miss those days when I had money. I live paycheck to paycheck now. Inflation is horrific.

Thankfully we older people have memories of better days. I feel sorry for the young people.

Michael Jackson used to shop here regularly by himself without bodyguards. Sometimes in disguise, Sometimes not. I LOVED this mall.

I worked at the Beverly Center Mall 39 years ago. I'm now 72 and live in North Georgia. I worked at Optical Fashion Center and Dr. Levelthal's Vision Care Center. I met a lot of celebrities. I remember seeing Joan Collins coming up the first escalator you were on. When I came back from lunch, she was at my workplace. I met so many celebrities there and my favorite was Patrick Stewart. Very cool guy and I spoke with him for a long time. At that time the Borg episodes were in production. I met Eddie Van Halen, Elton John, Muhammad Ali, Marvin Hagler, Marie Osmond, Cher, Robert Vaughan, Fran Jeffries, the guy who played Horshak in Welcome Back Kotter, Pepe Ludmir from Peru, Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Bishop, and Bruce Springsteen. That's just who I can remember. Thanks for the update on the Beverly Center!

Thank you, Mike, for sharing your home with us. I love your place ! Very nice ! Very welcoming. 😊

Beverly Center died with the arrival of The Grove. Even remodeling the place didn't bring flocks of people back. It's so empty these days, I'm shocked its not shut down. When Beverly Center got rid of the movie theater for Forever 21 retail store, that signaled the beginning of the end.

Your apartment looks great! I love your artwork and your style. And of course, your show.

A lot of people are trying to pay the rent and buy food - the mall is a luxury many can't afford... Cheers Mike!

I'm so old that I remember when that piece of property was Beverly Park with pony rides and other fun stuff for kids.

When I moved here in 1981, I would visit all the malls in the Los Angeles area a lot. I love the echo atmosphere and the energy of malls. I hope that experience never goes away, we need to support them so that doesn't happen. This brings back good memories. Thanks for GiVing ! 👍👍

You know I just looked through the thumbnails of all the vids in my subscriptions for the last two days and you are the only one smiling. Everyone else has some sort of dramatic expression on there face. Thats why I like your channel, you are a happy positive person. Keep it up GiV!!!

Sadly, except for a handful that are still surviving, enclosed malls are on the endangered list. Many have already closed, while others are becoming ghost towns with empty stores throughout. I was the store manager of Taco Bell on Beverly Blvd just down the street from Beverly Center in 1979/1980, before the mall even opened. It was quite exciting when it did open, and it was THE place to go in the area. It was a different time. Now, people seem to prefer outdoor shopping and dining destinations, at least here in sunny California.

The Beverly Center was never a very busy mall like Century City or Westside Pavillion malls, not even during the 80s/90s. Their appeal has always been more to high end shoppers and not the hang-out crowd. It aligns itself with Rodeo Drive more than a typical family mall.

It’s not just malls there that are dying off, they are dying off everywhere. 😢

It's definitely on life support. I went in there a couple of weeks ago to go to the food court on the top level. Then I discovered the food court is no longer there, which used to be packed with shoppers having a bite to eat. Not only that, but there were so few shoppers in there, I couldn't believe the place is still open. Maybe they should tear it down, and bring back the old kiddie amusement park that used to be there when I was a kid.

We would dress up when going to a high end Mall. Hey, your art in your apartment is very nice!!

You have a great apartment. Very cool stuff, one of a kind. Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful shopping mall!! Good day Mike👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻greetings from Italy🐶❤️🤣

A lil GIV to brighten up my day ❤

I remember waking up early on multiple Saturday mornings, driving to the Beverly Center or the West Side Pavilion, getting my chocolates and coffee / espresso and settling in for a good foreign film.... Those days are gone.