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 sky blue Center Court at WOODVILLE MALL was remodeled during the 1987 face lift. In the original mall, the area, known as the Marble Court, featured a large, shooting fountain with multicolored lights.
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By the early 21st century, competition from Greater Toledo's FRANKLIN PARK MALL -and other factors- had left WOODVILLE MALL on life support. Elder-Beerman pulled the proverbial plug on their store in September 2009.
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The downward spiral of the complex hastened. After failing a city and county inspection, inline tenants were given eviction notices. All shopping concourses were closed to public access in January 2012.
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