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. 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!

In the 1990s, the PLAZA and COURT malls began to be promoted as the KING OF PRUSSIA COMPLEX. They were two adjacent malls joined by a covered walkway, known as The Crosswalk. In early 2013, work commenced on The Connector, a 150 million dollar, enclosed concourse to link the two malls into a single entity.
Drawing from www.simon.com / Simon Property Group


A cut-away view shows three components that comprise today's super-sized shopopolis. The ground floor of the PLAZA is on the same level as the upper concourse of the COURT (with most anchor stores having three floors). The two malls are now linked by THE CONNECTOR, which is part of an Upper Level. Note: the Mid-Level shown on the official website store map is indicated, on current leasing plans, as the Main Level.


In this plan, we see the original PLAZA mall -in black- on the left. The Connector (medium gray) extends over to the COURT mall, also in black and on the right. When all construction dust settled in August 2016, the amalgamated mall encompassed 2,651,600 leasable square feet and housed 394 stores and services. Parking was provided for over 13,000 autos.