Our first PLAZA plan dates to 1960. The layout shows the network of truck tunnels that extend from the mall in three directions. The original shopping hub featured two 5 & 10s, two supermarkets and a small kiddie ride area. There was sixty-five stores and free parking for 8,000 autos.

MID-ISLAND SHOPPING PLAZA TENANTS 1960:

GERTZ (with Long Island Room restaurant, freestanding Car Care Center and Garden Center) / J.J. NEWBERRY 5 & 10 (with The Eating Place restaurant, luncheonette and snack bar) / S.S. KRESGE 5 & 10 (with luncheonette) / FIRST NATIONAL STORES supermarket / FOOD FAIR supermarket / A.S. Beck Shoes / Albrecht's / Atlantic Book Shops / Barricini Candy / Bond Clothes / Bonnet Shoppe / Brown Cow / Buckner's Bridal Shop / Buster Brown Shoes / Casual Shop ladies' wear / Chandler's Shoes / Courtesy Drug (with luncheonette) / Duane's Shoes / East Isle Printing / Eastern Camera / Electronic City / Famous Fashion Shops ladies' wear / Flagg Brothers Shoes / Foam Rubber Center / Frankel's Home Furnishings / Higgins & Beckett Opticians / Horn & Hardart Retail Shop / Household Finance Corporation / Jay Dee Juvenile Center / Jordan Cleaners / Jose Master Hair Stylist / Hicksville Florist / Kitty Kelly Shoes / Lerner Shops ladies wear / Little Charmers / Lodge Coffee Shop / Loft's Candies / Long's Chinese Restaurant / Long Island National Bank / Lorrys Town & Countryman men's wear / Maisel Restaurant / Martins Paint / Maternally Yours / Mid-Island Bake Shop / Mid-Island Bowl / Mid-Island Kosher Meat & Poultry Corporation / Mid-Island Music Shop / Mid-Island Outdoor Store / National Shirt Shops / National Shoes / Oppenheim Collins ladies' wear / Paulmar Meats / Pizza D'Amore / Piccadilly Shops ladies' wear / Plaza Barber Shop / Plaza Hardware / Raphan Carpet Corporation / Sach's Quality Stores / School of Music / Slenderella Figure Salon / Stevens ladies' wear / Sutphin Service Station (outparcel) / The Cotton Shop ladies' wear / Thom McAn Shoes / Tip-Top Appetizers / Woods Jewelers