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!

The mall in North Olmstead was promoted with this logo in the early 1990s. It was used on store directory brochures and in a series of TV ads.
Graphic from Hexalon Real Estate, Incorporated


The mall's first expansions were carried out in the late 1980s. A South Court (in dark gray) was added in 1987. In the following year, the 17-bay Food Commons (in light gray) was completed. With these modifications, GREAT NORTHERN MALL spanned approximately 650,000 leasable square feet and contained around 135 stores under its roof.