A 1970-vintage trademark for Oakland's in-city shopopolis. In its original configuration, the facility spanned approximately 617,400 leasable square feet and contained seventy-four stores and services.
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TOY & MHoF Productions Present
A documentary which offers a contradictory viewpoint to the "all malls are dead or dying" declaration. A short history of the American shopping center and mall is also provided.
also from toy & mhof productions
A visual history of the American mobile home and the folk who lived in them, centering on the mid-20th century years.
home
Now on the Mall Hall of fame
The first shopping mall in Hawai'i has recently been inducted! Moanalua Center was in operation between 1954 and 2005.
recently updated
We, at the MHoF, observe the recent demolition of Michigan's Northland Center; one of the first major shopping malls in the USA. New photos, and a 1954 tenant list, have been added to our write-up.
the big three
A photo and image essay about America's major mid-tier retail chains
A Disclaimer
in the beginning (1917-1943)
Innovative retail facilities that led to the development of the post-war shopping center and mall.
speed links to historic post-war shopping centers (1946-1952)
- Washington State's Belleview Shopping Square (1946)
- Connecticut's Ridgeway Center (1947)
- Los Angeles' Broadway-Crenshaw Center (1947)
- Columbus, Ohio's Town & Country Drive-In Center (1949)
- Memphis' Poplar-Highland Plaza (1949)
- Chicago's Park Forest Plaza (1949)
- Long Island's Gardens of Great Neck Center (1951)
- Daly City, California's Westlake Town & Country Center (1951)
- Milwaukee's Southgate Center (1951)
- Tulsa's Utica Square (1952)
Speed Links To Historic Malls (1950-1990)
- Seattle's Northgate Center (1950)
- Boston's Shoppers' World (1951)
- Los Angeles' Lakewood Center (1952)
- San Francisco's Stonestown Center (1952)
- Detroit's Northland Center (1954)
- New York City's Cross County Center (1954)
- Wisconsin's Valley Fair Center (1954)
- Minneapolis' Southdale Center (1956)
- New Jersey's Bergen Mall (1957)
- Montgomery's Normandale Shopping City (1957)
- Baltimore's Harundale Mall (1958)
- Dallas' Big Town Mall (1959)
- Atlanta's Lenox Square (1959)
- Maryland's Wheaton Plaza (1960)
- Birmingham's Eastwood Mall (1960)
- Phoenix's Chris-Town Center (1961)
- Rochester's Midtown Plaza (1962)
- Chicago's Randhurst Center (1962)
- Philadelphia's King of Prussia Plaza (1963)
- Dallas' NorthPark Center (1965)
- Florida's Palm Beach Mall (1967)
- Denver's Cinderella City Mall (1968)
- Virginia's Tysons Corner Center (1968)
- Houston's Galleria Post Oak (1970)
- Los Angeles' Northridge Fashion Center (1971)
- Chicago's Woodfield Mall (1971)
- Phoenix's Metrocenter (1973)
- Akron's Rolling Acres Mall (1975)
- Detroit's Fairlane Town Center (1976)
- Cleveland's Randall Park Mall (1976)
- Pittsburgh's Century III Mall (1979)
- Canada's West Edmonton Mall (1981)
- Minneapolis' Mall of America (1990)
Levittown Centers
cities with mall lists
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Chicago, Illinois
- Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas
- Denver, Colorado
- Detroit, Michigan
- Houston, Texas
- Los Angeles, California
- New York, New York
- Miami, Florida
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Phoenix, Arizona
- St. Louis, Missouri
- San Francisco-San Jose, California
- Seattle, Washington
- Washington, DC
Other Cities & States
- Akron-Canton-Youngstown Malls
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Albany Malls
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Austin Malls
- Baltimore Malls
- Birmingham Malls
- Buffalo Malls
- California
- Chattanooga Malls
- Cincinnati Malls
- Cleveland Malls
- Colorado
- Columbus (Ohio) Malls
- Connecticut
- Dayton (Ohio) Malls
- Delaware
- El Paso Malls
- Florida
- Fresno Malls
- Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood Malls
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Huntsville (Alabama) Malls
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Indianapolis Malls
- Iowa
- Jacksonville-Daytona Malls
- Kansas
- Kansas City Malls
- Kentucky
- Knoxville-Oak Ridge Malls
- Lexington (Kentucky) Malls
- Lima-Middletown (Ohio) Malls
- Louisiana
- Louisville Malls
- Macon Malls
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Melbourne (Florida) Malls
- Memphis Malls
- Michigan
- Milwaukee Malls
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Mobile Malls
- Montana
- Nashville Malls
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New Orleans Malls
- New York
- New York City Area Malls
- New York City Centers
- Norfolk-Virginia Beach Malls
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Omaha Malls
- Orange County (California) Malls
- Oregon
- Orlando-Lakeland Malls
- Palm Beach County Malls
- Panama City-Tallahassee Malls
- Pennsylvania
- Pittsburgh Malls
- Portland (Oregon) Malls
- Rhode Island
- Richmond (Virginia) Malls
- Riverside-San Bernardino Malls
- Rochester (New York) Malls
- Sac-Town Centers (Sacramento)
- San Antonio Malls
- San Diego Malls
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Syracuse and Pyramid Malls
- Tampa Bay-Sarasota Malls
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Toledo Malls
- Utah
- Ventura-Oxnard Malls
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
special features
- A Bit of Background
- In the Beginning (1917-1943)
- A Mall Then & Now
- Retail Terminology
- Malls of the Mid-Century
- The Big Three (Wards, Sears & Penney's)
- The Largest Malls In The USA
- First Malls-Chicago
- First Malls-Long Island (NY)
- First Malls-Washington, DC
- Mallmakers
- Merged Malls
- A History of the Department Store
- A History of the 5 & 10
- A History of the Discount Mart
- A History of the Shopping Mall Cinema
- A History of the Shopping Mall Supermarket
- Edward J. DeBartolo's Malls
- Victor Gruen's Malls
- James Rouse's Malls
- John Graham, Junior's Malls
- Lost Malls-Atlanta
- Lost Malls-Clearwater-St. Pete
- Lost Malls-Denver
- Lost Malls-Huntsville (AL)
- Lost Malls-Los Angeles County
- Lost Malls-Phoenix
- Lost Malls-San Francisco-Oakland
- Cin-Day Center Mall
- City Center Centres
- Massachusetts' Golden Triangle
- New York City Centers
- Southern California's Fashion Squares
- The Dales of Minneapolis-St. Paul
- Woolco Malls
Shopping Mall Memory Lane
Links To Our Companion Sites
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external links
- Apache Plaza.com
- Caldor Rainbow
- Framingham-Natick Retail
- Groceteria
- Labelscar
- Lileks Dot Com
- Malls In Northern California & Reno
- Malls of America Blogspot
- Pleasant Family Shopping Blog
- Retail History
- Retro Department Stores
- Sky City: Southern Retail Then & Now
- SkyMall: Retail History & Abandoned Airports
- Southern Malls and Retail Blogspot
- Steven Swain's Live Malls
- Syracuse, New York Nostalgia
- The Department Store Museum
- The Mallmanac
- Trip To The Mall Blogspot