The open-air mall, as it was configured at the time of its August 1960 grand opening. The complex consisted of a single shopping level and 200,000 square feet of store space. Its retail roster listed thirty stores and services.

DUCK CREEK PLAZA TENANTS 1960:

YOUNKERS (with Francois Maison de Coiffure Salon) / F.W. WOOLWORTH 5 & 10 (with luncheonette) / EAGLE FOOD CENTER supermarket / Baker's Qualicraft Shoes / Bishop Buffet / Bond-Walgreen Drug (with Walgreen Grill) / Clark's Super Appliance / Corn Cabin / Country Cobbler Shoes / Don Ray Hair Styles / Fannie Mae Candies / Federal Bake Shop / Gulf Service Station (outparcel) / Kinney Shoes / Lewis Cleaners / Maternity Modes / Miller-Wohl ladies' wear / Mode O'Day Frock Shop / Plaza Barber Shop / Richman Brothers men's wear / Sherwin-Williams Paints / The Gift Shop / The Toy Fair / Walker's Jewelry / Western Auto / Window Center

One of the thirty charter DUCK CREEK PLAZA tenants was the Bishop Buffet seen here. It was a Quad City dining destination for over 42 years.
Photo from Curteichcolor

An interior view of the smorgasbord-style eatery. The Bishop Buffet chain originated in Waterloo, Iowa in 1920 and eventually encompassed thirty-five locations.
Photo from Curteichcolor 

Vintage logos of department stores that once anchored DUCK CREEK PLAZA. Des Moines-based Younkers was in operation at the complex for over 40 years. The Petersen Harned Von Maur ("Petersen's") chain (rebranded as Von Maur in 1989) maintained a DCP store for 27.
Graphic 1 from Younkers, Incorporated

Graphic 2 from the Killian Company

DUCK CREEK PLAZA was expanded with a fully-enclosed addition in 1972-'73 (in medium gray). In 1985, the open-air section was also roofed-in. With these renovations, the mall housed sixty stores and services and around 300,000 leasable square feet. There were 1,500 for-free parking spaces.