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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Our Northway write-up, the second under the Other Cities & States / Pittsburgh Malls link, has been updated with info about the latest changes. A circa-2018 site plan has been posted.
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Our segment on Greater Akron's Summit Mall is the fourth entry under the Other Cities & States / Akron-Canton-Youngstown Malls link. The article has been greatly improved, with a revised circa-1965 site plan and new 1965 tenant list.
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Our Roosevelt Field article, the second under the Special Features / First Malls-Long Island (NY) link, has also been revised. Details have been added, such as how the shopping complex came to be known as Roosevelt Field.
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Our two New Mexico mall articles have been revised, reconfigured and greatly expanded. New site plans, photos -and even a 1973 Winrock Center Tenant List- have been added.
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)
- Montgomery's Normandale Shopping City (1954)
- Wisconsin's Valley Fair Center (1955)
- Minneapolis' Southdale Center (1956)
- New Jersey's Bergen Mall (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
- 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
- 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
- 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