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. 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!
Atlanta's Buford-Clairmont Mall


Dekalb County, Georgia's fourth shopping mall (the tenth in Greater Atlanta) opened in stages between 1968 and 1972.
Graphic from Sunshine Department Stores


A freestanding Woolco discount mart was the mall's first operational tenant. It opened its doors in November 1968 and was the chain's second Greater Atlanta operation. When an adjacent mall was completed, Woolco anchored its north end.
Graphic from the F.W. Woolworth Company


The south end of BUFORD-CLAIRMONT MALL was anchored by a Winn-Dixie supermarket. It began business in August 1970.
Graphic from Winn-Dixie Stores, Incorporated