Welcome to the largest mall and retail history site on the internet. The MALL HALL OF FAME is a vintage shopping mall scrapbook. Its focus is on shopping complexes built -in the USA- between 1946 and 1979. This site includes historical sections about regional department stores, discount stores, 5 & 10 stores and supermarkets. Don't forget to visit our four Shopping Mall Memory Lanes, which transport you through time to a mall in 1956, 1963, 1970 and 1977!
The mall's first motion picture venue was built, as a freestanding structure, in the northeast parking area. The Eastland Theatre, seen here, opened in September 1969.
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The second theatrical venue was installed in the East Wing of the mall. Known as the Eastland Mall Theatres 3-7, it debuted in December 1985.
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