The Carousel Mall, also known as Central City Mall, was a mixed-use two-story shopping mall located in San Bernardino, California, along the city’s former main downtown street. The mall opened in 1972 and officially closed in 2017. The mall has been abandoned since 2017 with plans for demolition at the end of 2022.
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Remember Central City more than the Carousel Mall
I love those JETSON style plastic and fiberglass round seating areas! They were so futuristic looking!
"Why didn't you ever go to the Carousel Mall?" "If you go to a McDonald's in a city where they have security glass and bars in front of the cash registers? I am not going to a mall in that same city."
When is Patrini shoes and Phil and Jim's video will be released also are working on Zima for Throwback Thursday this Thursday 🤔😇👍📲
For many years on trips to California, staying with my Aunt, Uncle & cousins in San Bernardino, we'd go to Inland Center Mall, then we used to go to Central City instead, apparently IC ended up not being a good place to go to, so that's why my aunt liked going to Central City instead!!
That area has always been SKETCH. I went to Uni at CSUSB and worked along E street in another lifetime ago with a large window looking out toward the mall. Lots of crazy stuff went down. I hope the city can take care of the property and turn it into something nice.
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I heard that along with the gang violence the city overall population from what I believe was a airforce base that closed in san bernadino. great video!
I used to see the Carousel Mall whenever my family and I would travel up and down I-215. I always wanted to check it out; but my family would always do our shopping in malls/shopping centers in Riverside or Moreno Valley.
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Spent LOTS of time there during the Central City days…Was a bit older when the carousel went in and it seemed a bit late (and lame) to save it. NEVER saw or had anything sketchy about it until I had moved away and got the reputation. I'd go to the huge Carl's Jr. then walk across to Millers Outpost and pick me up a Spuds McKenzie tee shirt. The Harris' had a restaurant on the upper level that always seemed was for "grown ups"
what about the resturant that inside harris , upstairs
I lived there when it was built , we used to only have the Inland Center Mall , i left in 2000 and visited few years ago wont be going back . thanks for the memory !
I used to hang out at Central City Mall in Downtown San Bernardino a lot in the 90s….
Always seemed like a fun trip to visit this mall as it seemed so massive back then. Fond memories.
I hope that someone buys the big pink clocks before they level the place! I'd do it if I could afford it.
I was stationed at Norton AFB from 1990 to 1994 when the base closed. When we first arrived in SB it was still Cenral City, but changed to Carousel soon after. My wife and I were all of 21 yrs old and we would take our 3yo daughter there every so often to shop, hang out, and of course ride the carousel. Its sad to see some of the times and places that hold these memories come to an end.
There was even a pretty nice multi screen theater and a large Carl’s Jr in the mall back in the day
I can also remember going to Harris’ when that was the only store and no mall attached, as a kid. The store itself was like a mall and always busy.
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hated passing by there. i would almost always get into a car accident cuz sum stupid douche thinks it’s mario kart around there.
Is it leveled yet?
Hello this is David reavely me and my mom we have been there quite a few times I road the carousel and I have been there since it was central city Mall and when I was there when it got changed to carousel Mall
Yeah I was born in San Bernardino, CA and I remember that mall I went there a lot. I moved to Washington State but visited the mall in 2005 and saw how things had already went down hill I also heard how San Bernardino went down hill as well.
I remember the kb toys store, the bookstore, big boy before it became a carls jr, the $1 movie theater, and of course the cool dragon from the carousel
If I recall, it had a orange juilius in it back in the mid 80s. I was at home sick in the 5th grade and recall my mom taking to the mall to get some things and we ate there.
Yeah this mall was ghetto as hell
I remember the theater and going to a lot of movies there. The admission was afordible and the shows was new releases.😢😊😊
It's finally getting demolished, starting today.
In 96 you said the mall was looking empty that because the Ontario mills mall a few miles east had just opened that year. It was a much bigger mall with a large gameworks arcade. Dave & busters. Improve & 2 large multiplex theaters
I was born here it’s sad