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Phoenix's Thomas Mall


This emblem was used to promote THOMAS MALL over its entire commercial life, which ran from September 1963 to January 1994.
Graphic from Winston-Muss Corporation


"It's Cool Inside", or so said the promotional brochure for the gleaming new THOMAS MALL. The Sun City's second fully-enclosed shopping center was completed 2 years after CHRIS-TOWN CENTER, its first. At its peak, THOMAS MALL housed eighty stores and services.
Photo from Phoenix Public Library Collection / Petley Studios, Incorporated