Teen Diamond, who asked you to make up and do hair like DBSK to go to KFC ten years ago and now have a husband and two children?
You try to notice, what is classified as “first” is the most easily shaken thing in Saigon. For example, in the past, anyone visiting the city must definitely go to Bitexco – the corn building at that time was the tallest tower in Saigon, but now, that title has also been “crowned” back to Landmark 81. Or until this moment, sometimes people still argue about whether Vincom in Le Thanh Ton or Takashimaya on Nam Ky Khoi Nghia street is the “luxury” location and attracts more young people.
Now that we’ve heard enough Gen Z terms, have you ever heard of the term “Teen Diamond”? In Saigon, especially the 8x – 9x generation, it will be no stranger to this name. You can roughly understand, “Teen Diamond” is the make-up friends – dressed up, hair sprayed with glue standing up, dressed half hip-hop, half Korean, going out to Diamond Plaza to play!
This is the Teen Diamond generation, folks!
Diamond Plaza – a once-in-a-lifetime symbol of Saigon’s youth
The name “Teen Diamond” is a combination of the words “teen” and Diamond in Diamond Plaza. This is one of the first luxury commercial centers and mixed-use office buildings in Saigon. Where almost every 8x – 9x used to “requisition” it as a toilet when it was secret. It is a dating spot and a place where love blooms for an entire generation.
To this day, it remains an icon – a memory of many generations
Located right on the “diamond” land located at the corner of Le Duan and Pham Ngoc Thach streets, the front view is Notre Dame Cathedral of Saigon, the “center within the center” of the city. Diamond Plaza owns a prime location that no commercial center in Saigon currently has land fund for construction. The building was completed and put into operation in 1999.
Initially, Diamond Plaza was formatted as an office, a hospital and a shopping and entertainment center. Currently, Diamond Plaza still has a commercial center and a building complex for lease as an office. Particularly, the shopping center has a total of 4 floors and 1 ground floor, with a movie theater system – gym and swimming pool. In particular, on the rooftop of Diamond Plaza, there is a helipad.
The front of the shopping mall
Until now, many people when visiting Saigon also stop by Diamond Plaza to take pictures
Diamond Plaza at night
In the heyday, a series of famous faces – the most popular of the 8x – 9x period such as Ung Hoang Phuc, HAT, later Dong Nhi, Bao Thy, Noo Phuoc Thinh, Midu… All were little. At least 1 time taking pictures/recording MVs at Diamond Plaza. In the time when smartphones were not yet popular, the rich kid world caught the selfie trend right in the bathroom mirror of Diamond Plaza.
Looking at these pictures do you find it familiar?
In fact, Gen Z often chooses to go to newer shopping centers and underground local brand complexes, so Diamond Plaza is somewhat forgotten. The business situation inside is also quite deserted and there are not as many choices as in its heyday 15 years ago.
There are not many choices for customers when shopping at Diamond Plaza
Most employees sit on the phone “through the day”
Empty shopping space
It can be said that everything in Saigon is easy to “forget” because the people – the young people in this city always like to experience something new and grand. Many places that were once a “hot hit” in the hearts of the people ten years ago, now exist there as a glorious symbol of a generation that has grown up.
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