SOUTH SHORE PLAZA 1962. Filene's and R.H. Stearns stores were dedicated in February 1961 and October 1962, respectively. At the time of this plan, the open-air complex housed approximately 440,000 leasable square feet and contained nearly forty stores and services. There was free parking for 3,000 autos.

SOUTH SHORE PLAZA TENANTS 1962:

FILENE'S (with Beauty Salon and Adams Room restaurant) / S.S. KRESGE 5 & 10 (with luncheonette) / STOP & SHOP supermarket / A.S. Beck Shoes / Bobbie's Hairstyling Salon / Breck's Home & Garden Center / Brigham's and Dorothy Muriel's restaurant / Charles B. Perkins Tobacconist / Cummings ladies' wear / Fanny Farmer Candies / Fields Hosiery / Hollywood Lanes bowling alley / Howard Clothes / Hughson's Florist / Jewel House / Kennedy's of New England / Lauriat's / Liggett-Rexall (with luncheonette) / London Harness Luggage / Thayer McNeil Shoes / Peck & Peck ladies' wear / Plaza Barber Shop / Pray's Furniture / Primrose Shop / Radio Shack / Sheridan's ladies' wear / South Shore National Bank / South Shore Plaza Twin Drive-In (outparcel) / The Disc Shop records / Thomas Long Jewelers / Westland's / Wilbar's   

By 1968, a ginormous "Jordan's," and two additional store blocks, had been completed. The original 440,000 square foot facility has grown to approximately 757,000. Its parking area now had spaces for 3,100 autos.

Jordan Marsh's SOUTH SHORE store was the chain's fifth New England branch. The structure covered 3 levels and 311,000 square feet. There were two food service facilities; The Heritage Room and The Coffee Shop.  

Drawing from the Allied Stores Corporation