MAJOR BOSTON MALLS & SHOPPING CENTERS
1. SHOPPERS' WORLD -1951-1994 / open-air / SHOPPERS WORLD -1995 / open-air / Framingham
2. NORTHSHORE CENTER -1958 / open-air, enclosed 1978 / NORTHSHORE MALL -1994 / Peabody ("pee-BUD-ee")
3. NEW ENGLAND CENTER -1960 / SQUARE ONE MALL -1994 / Essex County
4. SOUTH SHORE PLAZA -1961 / open-air, enclosed 1976 / Braintree
5. WESTGATE SHOPPERS' PARK -1963 / Massachusetts' first enclosed mall / WESTGATE MALL -1965 / Brockton
6. DEDHAM MALL -1965 / enclosed community-class complex / Dedham
7. NATICK MALL -1966 / enclosed / NATICK -2006 / NATICK COLLECTION -2007 / NATICK MALL -2011 / enclosed & open-air / Natick
8. BAYSIDE MALL 1966-1976 / enclosed inner city specialty complex / BAYSIDE EXPOSITION CENTER -1983 / Boston
9. BURLINGTON MALL -1968 / enclosed / Burlington
10. ROUTE 30 MALL -1971 / enclosed community-class complex / Framingham
11. HANOVER MALL -1971 / enclosed / Hanover
12. WALPOLE MALL -1972 / enclosed community-class complex / Walpole
13. LIBERTY TREE MALL -1972 / enclosed / enclosed & open-air - 1998 / Danvers
14. METHUEN MALL 1973-1999 / enclosed / THE LOOP -2000 / open-air / Methuen
15. MALL AT CHESTNUT HILL -1974 / enclosed / Newton
16. CHELMSFORD MALL -1974 / open-air & enclosed community-class complex / Middlesex County
17. WATERTOWN MALL -1975 / enclosed / Watertown
18. MIDDLESEX MALL -1975 / enclosed & open-air community-class complex / Burlington
19. BILLERICA MALL ("bill-rick-uh") -1975 / open-air & enclosed community-class complex / Middlesex County
20. HARBORLIGHT MALL 1976-2000 / enclosed community-class complex / HARBOURLIGHT MALL -2001 / open-air / Norfolk County
21. WOBURN (woo-burn) MALL -1976 / enclosed community-class complex / Woburn
22. MYSTIC MALL -1977, shuttered 2000 / enclosed / Chelsea
23. NATICK TOWNE MALL -1979 / enclosed & open-air community-class complex / CLOVERLEAF MARKETPLACE -1982 / CLOVERLEAF SHOPS / open-air complex / Natick
24. FRAMINGHAM MALL - 1979-1999 / enclosed community-class complex / FRAMINGHAM MALL -2000 / open-air / Framingham
25. MEADOW GLEN MALL -1979 / enclosed / Medford
26. ASSEMBLY SQUARE MALL existing building renovated into enclosed mall in 1980 / ASSEMBLY SQUARE MARKETPLACE -2006 / Somerville
27. COPLEY PLACE -1981 / enclosed inner-city specialty mall / Boston
28. ARSENAL MARKETPLACE / MALL existing building renovated into enclosed specialty mall in 1983 / Watertown
29. LAFAYETTE PLACE -1984-1992 / enclosed inner city specialty mall / LAFAYETTE CORPORATE CENTER -1999 / office-retail complex / Boston
30. EMERALD SQUARE MALL -1989 / enclosed / Norfolk County
31. ATRIUM MALL -1989 / ATRIUM CENTER enclosed office & retail complex - 2016 / Newton
32. CAMBRIDGESIDE GALLERIA -1990 / enclosed / Cambridge
33. SOLOMON POND MALL -1996 / enclosed / Marlborough & Worcester County
[Structures indicated in bold italic have been completely demolished. Those in green have full articles on the MALL HALL OF FAME site]
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