In an interior view from the early '70s, the mallway entrance of Osco Drug is on the left, with a Woolworth's nameplate visible far in the distance.
Photo from State Historical Society of North Dakota Archives

Stores in KIRKWOOD PLAZA opened for business between March 1970 and November 1971. The original mall spanned approximately 428,000 leasable square feet. Its parking area could accommodate 3,500 autos at one time.

KIRKWOOD PLAZA STORES 1971:

MONTGOMERY WARD (with Buffeteria Snack Bar and attached Auto Center) / F.W. WOOLWORTH DEPARTMENT STORE (with Harvest House Coffee Shop) / HERBERGER'S (with Budget Shops and Fabric Center) / SUPER VALU supermarket (outparcel) / 4-B's Cafeteria / ABC Kiddie Shop / Avco Finance / Bakers Shoes / Black's ladies' wear / Bresler's 33 Flavors Ice Cream / Candles & More / Carousel Snack Bar / Claire's Boutique / Cole's National Keys & Things / Corwin Churchill Appliance Center / First Federal Savings & Loan / Hatch's Cards & Gifts / Herbst ladies' wear / Jack's Boutique & Salon / Jean Nicole ladies' wear / K-G Bootery / K-G Men's Shop / Kinney Shoes / Kirkwood Barber Shop / Kirkwood Office Equipment / Kirkwood Standard Oil Service Station (outparcel) / Maurices ladies' wear / Morrey Allan's Fashion Center / Music City Records & Tapes / Osco Drug / Plaza Twin Theatres / Singer Sewing Center / So-Fro Fabrics / State Bank of Burleigh County / Vanity Shop men's wear / Vanity 4 apparel / ZipCo Postal Service / Zales Jewelers

A montage of KIRKWOOD PLAZA logos features charter stores and services. Each and every one of these stores is no longer in operation in the mall.