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 west anchor of the shopping center opened, as a Detroit-based Hudson's, in July 1971. It would operate under the Marshall Field's banner between August 2001 and September 2006, when it received a Macy's nameplate.
Photo from Toledo Lucas County Public Library 


The centerpiece of the Hudson's Court was a 281-foot Alexander Calder sculpture. An associated mobile was suspended from the roof.
Photo from the Community Research & Development Corporation


Center Court at FRANKLIN PARK MALL. A stairway ascended to an upper Mezzanine floor. 
Photo from the Community Research & Development Corporation


J.C. Penney at FRANKLIN PARK MALL was also dedicated in July 1971. At the time of its opening, the '70s Brutalist structure was one of the largest stores in the chain. Today, it is Penney's 7th-largest location. 
Drawing from the J.C. Penney Company