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!
JUNIOR ANCHOR- In the typical mid-century mall, the larger department stores would often be joined by a supermarket, 5 & 10 or "specialty retail" apparel store. In the present, a junior anchor might be a multiplex cinema or big box-type retailer.
