Thanks for the memories, Harrison Plaza

The day also marked the end of an era for many baby boomers, martial law babies and even Generation X’ers.

For many who grew up going to this mall including this writer, Harrison Plaza or simply HP was more than just a shopping center. As cliché as it sounds, it was in fact a way of life for many. I’m sure a lot of people who grew up with HP have their own fond memories of this shopping complex. But for me, HP played a big role during the best part of my youth, my preteen and teen years in the mid to late 70s and early 80s.

I yearned to wear some of the ready-to-wear brands such as Levi’s, Wrangler and Jazzie, which had their own specialty stores. But the only brand that catered to kids at the time was Gimbel’s which was the first pair of jeans my mom bought for me at HP. As for shoes, well, kids such as I were big on Adidas sneakers, which fortunately was manufactured by Rubberworld Philippines here and carried by HP’s own department store.

I also spent a lot of time in the amusement area of HP that included a more modern-looking jukebox complete with disco lights that “charged” P1 per song, which I thought was steep since I only needed 25 centavos to get my music fix in carinderia jukeboxes. And then there was the cinemas. HP was one of the pioneers of malls with multiple theaters or multiplexes as we now call them. I was there when the mall’s first two cinemas opened with the 1976 remake of “King Kong” starring Jeff Bridges and Jessica Lange. Other films that were blockbusters in the mall included the original “Star Wars: A New Hope” and its sequel, “The Empire Strikes Back”, “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”, “E.T.

Thanks for the memories

Mukhang malapit na din ang Ch2 pag hindi naaproban ang ext'n.

Felt the same way when Fiesta Carnival, COD, and Fairmart all went away 😔

Harrison Plaza.,2003 I was working at Mark’s & Spencer..

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