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 original LINDALE PLAZA was renowned for its spacious, grass-lined shopping concourse.
Photo from the Dunlap Postcard Company


A Cedar Rapids-based department store anchored the center section of the mall. Killian's East debuted in September 1960.
Graphic from the Killian Company


Among the many food vendors at the original LINDALE PLAZA was a Bishop Buffet. Encompassing nearly 13,000 square feet, this smorgasbord-type restaurant was decorated in a Farm Provincial motif.
Photos from Curteichcolor