A high-definition Complete Plan of the Lower Level of SOUTHDALE CENTER, as it was situated at the mall's October 1956 grand opening. All thirty-three operational tenants are shown.

A Complete Plan of the mall's circa-1956 Upper Level, with includes all of its twenty-nine inline stores. Six freight transport "cores" are shown in medium gray. Each of these had a freight elevator, passenger elevator and set of stairs.

A cut-away view of the SOUTHDALE CENTER Garden Court. The tall structure on the left is the 45-foot-high bird aviary, which, as per Victor Gruen's instructions, was stocked with sixty songbirds. Bird cages such as this became a standard fixture of America's early shopping malls.

Roy H. Bjorkman, one of ten ladies' wear stores in the original mall. It occupied a space on the Upper Level, near the Donaldson's mall entrance.
Photo from http://gruenassociates.com / Gruen Associates