Midwestern mall maven Philip Klutznick. He developed the Park Forest planned community and PARK FOREST COMMERCIAL CENTER (1949). Some of his other retail projects were OLD ORCHARD CENTER (1956), OAKBROOK CENTER (1962), RIVER OAKS CENTER (1966) and WATER TOWER PLACE (1975), in Chicagoland, as well as Milwaukee's MAYFAIR CENTER (1959).
Photo from Department of Commerce Photo Services / Wikipedia / "Flyhighplato"


Philip Klutznick, pick in hand, participates in the April 1954 groundbreaking for Marshall Field & Company's Park Forest store.
Photo copyright Park Forest Historical Society. Reproduction -without permission- is prohibited


Marshall Field's Park Forest was formally dedicated in March 1955 and was the fourth branch in the chain. Originally encompassing 70,000 square feet, with a single-level sales floor and basement, the mercantile expanded into a second level sales floor in the autumn of 1956. It now covered 116,000 square feet. One of its many features was The Trail Room restaurant.
Graphic from Marshall Field & Company