tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19322750.post114840174344175597..comments2024-03-24T16:06:34.633-07:00Comments on BIGMallrat - Shopping Malls in the San Francisco Bay Area and Beyond: The Mall at Valley FairScott Parsonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10967375949115515071noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19322750.post-74373141282414802832018-03-24T10:46:38.514-07:002018-03-24T10:46:38.514-07:00I was born in San Jose and practically lived at th...I was born in San Jose and practically lived at this mall growing up...This pic was taken ...probably early 1960's...So wonderful...I miss it. It's a horrible inside no personality maze now...They are thinking of turning it back into an open mall! Whatever...Julie Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06756565493997835668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19322750.post-72395115367831578502017-01-03T18:44:18.823-08:002017-01-03T18:44:18.823-08:00I worked at San Jose paint in that mall for 17year...I worked at San Jose paint in that mall for 17yearsReneenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19322750.post-7423826396509106912008-06-21T08:12:00.000-07:002008-06-21T08:12:00.000-07:00First, let me say this in one cool site! Lots of g...First, let me say this in one cool site! Lots of good memories of the good old days in the old home town! I remember the old Valley Fair fondly--my favorite things were the underground shopping area with the glass and steel entryway over the stairway in the middle of the mall (though why someone thought you needed to build underground out the 'burbs is beyond me,) and the Cable Car restaurant, with its real Cable Car built into the walls. These both disappeared when it was rebuilt in the 80's. Anybody know if the any part of the Cable Car was saved?MaynardsDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09599067336455056795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19322750.post-1159208001552358322006-09-25T11:13:00.000-07:002006-09-25T11:13:00.000-07:00I've got a picture of the sign, somewhere. Haven't...I've got a picture of the sign, somewhere. Haven't been able to find it yet. Glad you remember what it looked like!!<BR/>ScottScott Parsonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967375949115515071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19322750.post-1159143087463321752006-09-24T17:11:00.000-07:002006-09-24T17:11:00.000-07:00For some reason my family never shopped at Valley ...For some reason my family never shopped at Valley Fair though we did drive by it a lot on our way down Highway 17. It had a cool sign composed of individual poles in a line, similar to the original sign for Disneyland. Each pole had a letter of the name and was capped with globes of varying heights. It was very festive and 50's looking. I think Bay Fair had a similar sign on E 14th Street.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com