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!

A joint venture of two companies acquired the PARK CENTRAL property in September 2017. A 57 million dollar mall makeover was soon underway.
Photo from http://parkcentralphoenix.com

 
 
Our final PARK CENTRAL site plan depicts the Grand Canyon State's first shopping mall as it stood after its latest renovation was completed. A total of 337,000 square feet was remodeled. Four areas -The Yard, The Hub, The Porch and The Link- are focal points of a "dynamic new mixed-use development."
 

The remodeled mall's Interactive Water Feature is seen in this rendering. As a point of reference, in the original SHOPPING CITY, the Diamond's store would have been on the right.
Drawing from Plaza Companies


The latest renovation replaced the mall's Post Modern design elements that were installed in the late 1990s.
Drawing from Plaza Companies