MALL HALL OF FAME

SOUTH SHORE MALL 1967. The complex was completed in two stages. Macy's, and the store blocks in black, were dedicated in 1963 and '64. J.C. Penney debuted in April 1967. With these modifications, the shopping hub -including its outparcels- encompassed approximately 939,700 leasable square feet. There was free parking for 5,300 autos.

SOUTH SHORE MALL TENANTS 1967:

-OPENED AUGUST 29, 1963-

MACY'S (with freestanding Auto Center) / F.W. WOOLWORTH (with luncheonette) / Andre's Beauty Salon / A.S. Beck Shoes / Baker's Shoes / Marcy Shoes / Reichman's Uniforms / Royce Family Shoes / South Shore Mall Barber Shop / Thom McAn Shoes / Walden Book Store / Wise Shoes

-OPENED OCTOBER 3, 1963-

Bond Clothes / Broadstreet's men's wear / Buster Brown Shoes / First National Bank of Bay Shore / Foam Towne Furniture / Key National Bank / Loft's Candies / Lorry's Town & Countryman men's wear / Nelson Varon Organ Studios / Pergament Paint & Wallpaper / Sew N-Knit / Sid's Slacks

-OPEN BY EARLY 1964-

HILLS SUPER SAVER supermarket / Allstate Insurance / Cherie Coffee Shop / Firenze Furs / Hardy Shoes / Hartfield's ladies' wear / Kent Dry Cleaners / Lu-Anne's Card & Party Center / Howard Johnson's Restaurant / Jenard Jewelers / Morris Housewares / Parklane Hosiery / Scot Ties, Limited

-OPEN BY LATE 1964-

Broaster Kitchen / Darden Coin-op Laundry / Gleicher's Furniture / Lombardo Shoe Repair / Richard J. Buck, Stockbroker / South Shore Mall Liquors / Walgreen Drug (with luncheonette)

-OPEN BY LATE 1967-

J.C. PENNEY (with Coffee Shop, Beauty Salon, Photo Studio and freestanding Auto Center) / Loew's South Shore Mall Theatre (single screen)

Vacant mall space was reconfigured as Captree Corners, a mini mall-within-a-mall. This nautical-themed complex opened, with twenty-three stores and restaurants, in March 1976.

Advert from R.H. Macy & Company

A vintage view of Captree Corners. Its interior featured trees, shrubbery, pools and a sky-lit seating area.

Drawing from R.H. Macy & Company

A Captree Corners logo montage includes trademarks of stores in operation in 1976.

A site plan of "The New South Shore Mall" dates to 1978. The lengthy shopping concourse was enclosed and climate-controlled in 1974 and '75. By late in the decade, the mall's movie house had been converted into a twin-screen venue.