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. This site includes historical sections about regional department stores, discount stores, 5 & 10 stores and supermarkets. 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!
In this aerial view, we see the original 1965 complex and its J.C. Penney anchor store. The building in the foreground was a Penneys Auto Center. After J.C. Penney got out of the auto repair business in 1983, it was leased to Firestone.
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A second aerial view of CANTON CENTRE. The O'Neil's / Macy's can be seen on the right. Wal-Mart, a part of the mall that is not connected to it, looms in the background.
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