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Chicagoland's Golf Mill Center
A bucolic logo accompanied the "Antique Rustic" motif of the original mall. GOLF MILL CENTER opened for business in October 1960. Graphic from Milwaukee-Golf Development Corporation
The GOLF MILL mall was anchored by a 230,000 square foot Sears that was situated between North Mall and South Mall concourses. One had to walk through the store to get from one Mall to the other.
Drawing from Sears, Roebuck & Company Annual Report 1960
A documentary which offers a contradictory viewpoint to the "all malls are dead or dying" declaration. A short history of the American shopping center and mall is also provided.
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