Readers react: 12 things to replace Sears at South Coast Plaza

Henry Segerstrom poses with a sign announcing the construction of South Coast Plaza. (Courtesy of South Coast Plaza)Eric Denker and his wife, Jalen Denker, of Irvine, shop at South Coast Plaza. It’s one of America’s most successful shopping complexes, and it’s celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)Bristol Street in Costa Mesa circa 1974 near South Coast Plaza. (Courtesy Costa Mesa Historical Society)Shoppers at Sears at