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!
The mall's south anchor, originally an Akron-based O'Neil's, went through several nameplate changes before being permanently shuttered in February 2008. Here, we see the store during its 1993-2006 Kaufmann's stint.
Photo from www.labelscar.com / "Prange Way"
J.C. Penney at ROLLING ACRES was demoted to the Outlet Store seen here in the mid-1990s. The store assumed a new name, JC's 5 Star Outlet, in July 2013, but was shuttered (along with the entire Columbus, Ohio-based chain) in December 2013.
Photo from www.labelscar.com / "Prange Way"