Welcome to the largest mall and retail history site on the internet. The MALL HALL OF FAME is a vintage shopping mall scrapbook. Its focus is on shopping complexes built -in the USA- between 1946 and 1979. This site includes historical sections about regional department stores, discount stores, 5 & 10 stores and supermarkets. Don't forget to visit our four Shopping Mall Memory Lanes, which transport you through time to a mall in 1956, 1963, 1970 and 1977!
CHARLES TOWNE SQUARE is one of the most difficult American malls to research. With just a short -20-year- trajectory, it was demolished and off of the retail radar screen before the 1990s came to an end. No site plans or store maps are available over the internet. In spite of this, we have created a provisional physical layout. Hopefully, it is not terribly incorrect.