Its court in front of Walker Scott was a favorite place to hold public events. The covered mall, one of the first of its kind, anchored by the Walker Scott and Sears department stores, was a unique, intimate, pleasant place to just roam. One of the more memorable (if that’s a proper usage) – and I think that many Escondidans would agree – was the Escondido Village Mall on land at Ash Street and Valley Parkway where the cows of Ed Bulen’s Dairy once roamed. Some were memorable some were, well, so-so. Some were replaced under new management with a new name others lost out to new technology some just got tired and closed up shop others withered away when the populace lost interest in the fad. Some flourished for years, others only a short time but today, all are gone. During those 60-plus years, since 1952 when I started work as a young, raw, rookie sports writer with the former Daily Times-Advocate, there have been an untold number of businesses and establishments that called Escondido home. Today, I want to take you on another trip down memory lane. In previous essays, I’ve talked about how different Escondido’s Grand Avenue was 60-plus years ago, and about some of the “off Grand” businesses. For the good? That sometimes is debatable. As a city grows, businesses come and go here today, gone tomorrow. Change is inevitable especially in the Southern California Sun Belt, of which Escondido is an integral part in a bursting San Diego County. A vibrant city has to evolve to remain so.
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