I live in the neighborhood across Vermont and my mom used to tell me that the Zody’s took the place of the drive-in. I’m sure she could be wrong but how is it that the Harbor Drive-in is listed as being in Harbor City (as the Zody’s land is) but the land that the condos are on is Torrance?
BTW, interesting real estate ad. My uncle lived in that neighborhood and I know they paid substantially more than $8250 for their house.
I too saw Pretty in Pink, The Lost Boys, and Some Kind of Wonderful on opening night there. That was probably the theater that I visited most when I was a teen. But I never knew all this about the mall. By the late 80’s all we went there for was the pet shop (where we got our toy poodle that lived for 17 years) and the beauty supply store for my beauty school drop out sister. The majority of the storefronts were vacant. Oh and Federated whose commercial had that annoying “Fred Rated” (Shadoe Stevens) sledge hammering electronic devices.
The building that Mann 9 was in was previously a SportMart (or some other sports equipment chain.) The reason why the front of the theaters felt like the back was because it was the back of SportMart and the drive up lane that went under the marqee was the delivery alley. I assume that they put the entrance on that side to give the theater more street presence on Del Amo Circle. It was weird because there was no parking directly in front. Mann 9 closed right after AMC expanded the nearby Rolling Hills Plaza complex to 20 screens. BTW, I saw Titanic there 5x.
I live in the neighborhood across Vermont and my mom used to tell me that the Zody’s took the place of the drive-in. I’m sure she could be wrong but how is it that the Harbor Drive-in is listed as being in Harbor City (as the Zody’s land is) but the land that the condos are on is Torrance?
BTW, interesting real estate ad. My uncle lived in that neighborhood and I know they paid substantially more than $8250 for their house.
I too saw Pretty in Pink, The Lost Boys, and Some Kind of Wonderful on opening night there. That was probably the theater that I visited most when I was a teen. But I never knew all this about the mall. By the late 80’s all we went there for was the pet shop (where we got our toy poodle that lived for 17 years) and the beauty supply store for my beauty school drop out sister. The majority of the storefronts were vacant. Oh and Federated whose commercial had that annoying “Fred Rated” (Shadoe Stevens) sledge hammering electronic devices.
The building that Mann 9 was in was previously a SportMart (or some other sports equipment chain.) The reason why the front of the theaters felt like the back was because it was the back of SportMart and the drive up lane that went under the marqee was the delivery alley. I assume that they put the entrance on that side to give the theater more street presence on Del Amo Circle. It was weird because there was no parking directly in front. Mann 9 closed right after AMC expanded the nearby Rolling Hills Plaza complex to 20 screens. BTW, I saw Titanic there 5x.