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!

Roy H. Bjorkman, one of ten ladies' wear stores in the original mall. It occupied a space on the Upper Level, near the Donaldson's mall entrance.
Photo from http://gruenassociates.com / Gruen Associates


A color postcard pic of the SOUTHDALE Garden Court. The 100-foot-wide plaza provided shoppers a respite among its fountains, flora and fauna. There were also a Sidewalk Cafe and collection of modern art sculptures. The new design concepts presented here were emulated in every interior mall built in America over the next 30 years.
Photo from www.lileks.com / James Lileks


Southdale's primary anchor, Minneapolis-based Dayton's, is seen on the left of this image. An F.W. Woolworth 5 & 10 occupied a 2-level store on the Lower and basement floors of the complex.
Photo from http://gruenassociates.com / Gruen Associates


An interior view of the Dayton's Southdale store. Here we see its TV-Radios Department.
Photo from http://www.mnhs.org  / Minnesota Historical Society / Southdale Mall
  

Shoppers peruse merchandise on the upper level of the newly-opened Woolworth's store.
Photo from http://www.mnhs.org  / Minnesota Historical Society / Southdale Mall


In this vintage view, we see the back side of the shopping center and Camel Lot parking area. On the Lower Level, going left-to-right, are White Way dry cleaners and Edina Liquors. Store fronts visible on the Upper Level are the Fashion Beauty Salon and Roy H. Bjorkman and Jackson-Graves dress shops.
Photo from http://gruenassociates.com / Gruen Associates