tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post2716156711266558087..comments2024-03-15T13:51:03.427-07:00Comments on O.C. History Roundup: Fashion Island (Part II)Chris Jepsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00207321906121901004noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-21452395697343260332011-09-15T07:38:56.441-07:002011-09-15T07:38:56.441-07:00We ate a Bob Burns w/my parents, shopped at Buffum...We ate a Bob Burns w/my parents, shopped at Buffum's, Rosnson's & The Broadway. we ran around the iron butterflies (how appropriate for the time,right?) Later when I got out of high school I worked in Robinson's & ate my lunch at El Roberto & The Sweet Life. I remember the chic very Bohemian Laiz Adzer. I miss those unique high end, non corporate mass produced stores. Hopefully the economy will inpsire us again to be creative & very customer service oriented.mcotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-68175004088861443272010-03-04T17:00:58.036-08:002010-03-04T17:00:58.036-08:00WOW - thank you so so much for posting photo of th...WOW - thank you so so much for posting photo of the playground! I am so incredibly excited! I've been trying to research these for years. Do you have anymore images? I'd love to see the front side with the small spinning discs. This was really a unique space and an even more unique playground. I have so many great memories of old school Newport Beach and Corona Del Mar. I could go on and on. Post more pics!<br />Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-14875495448839316582009-02-25T15:21:00.000-08:002009-02-25T15:21:00.000-08:00Hey, thanks for posting these IMPRTANT archival pi...Hey, thanks for posting these IMPRTANT archival pics! Great to have these as these pre-1980s Fashion Isle pics are hard to come by [except maybe in Orange County.]<BR/><BR/>I've been born and raised iN Southern California, from eatsern Los Angeles County, and this is a great thing to find. BTW 1977, the date of the photos, is the last time I went to the :original" center, and "Anonymous" is right about the archetecture of Robinsons or Bloomie's! Finally, <BR/>A happy not eon that playground, iut's the basis for many a park's playgrounds, with soft "ground", the "Vegas Slot Machine" looking apparatus [y'know..the one with the "Spinning wheel and rollers", looking like a big, uh, slot mahcine or toaster.:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-11525407861369362162009-02-09T19:19:00.000-08:002009-02-09T19:19:00.000-08:00I remember there was a Bullocks Wilshire here too....I remember there was a Bullocks Wilshire here too. I used to always get confused as a very young kid being shuttled to many malls... there was Fashion Island in Newport, Fashion Square in La Habra and Fashion Valley in Sherman Oaks. It took me awhile to realize they were different places.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-59817247484225820782008-10-10T21:09:00.000-07:002008-10-10T21:09:00.000-07:00Wonderful post... And you're right---Nostalgia and...Wonderful post... <BR/><BR/>And you're right---Nostalgia and history will often mingle. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for all the good info.walterworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18319070921534941313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-66725606767665590552008-10-06T21:15:00.000-07:002008-10-06T21:15:00.000-07:00I used to work in fashion island and it has been r...I used to work in fashion island and it has been remodelled. if you look closely at some details in the robinsons or bloomingdales stores you can feel like your in 1967Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com