By Jim Tortolano Everybody knows the South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa was the first enclosed mall in Orange County, and one of the first in all of California. What few know […]
How G. Grove almost got malled
Indoor playground, arcade get OK
An indoor playground and arcade won the approval of the Garden Grove Planning Commission Thursday night. The panel voted 7-0 to approve Little World, which will occupy a now-vacant 14,000-square foot space […]
Bank, playground before panel
Two proposed additions to The Promenade shopping center will go to the Garden Grove Planning Commission when it meets on Thursday, June 18. An indoor playground with arcade games and food service […]
Retorts: Getting ahead of retail curve
It is – as James Baldwin said – “the evidence of things not seen.” Sometimes what’s not there, or visible, can reveal more than what your eyes can detect. This is the […]
Good news on “rusty skeleton,” Pavilion
By Jim Tortolano If the words “rusty skeleton” and “Pavilions” raise your blood pressure because of the long delays in moving either of those projects from eyesore to attraction, there’s good news […]
