Marshall Field & Company, the commercial core of OLD ORCHARD CENTER. The original store, which encompassed 370,000 square feet, was renowned for its upscale Hawthorne Room restaurant. The building was expanded with a fourth floor in 1963-1964, with its area increased to 445,000 square feet. It was now the chain's largest suburban branch.
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At its grand opening in 1956, the 27,000 square foot Kroger at OLD ORCHARD CENTER was promoted as a "dream store." The advertising hyperbole went on to say that a patron of the store would be a "shopper in wonderland."
Drawing from The Kroger Company

A vintage view of the South Mall. A Kresge 5 & 10 is visible in the upper left. Marshall Field's looms in the background. The mall's splendid garden areas were layed out by Ian L. McHarg, a renowned Scottish landscape architect.
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