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!

That iconic Chicago-centric retailer opened a PEMBROKE MALL store in July 1966. The building encompassed two levels and 157,700 square feet.



The original enclosed mall included an open-air Northeast Wing. By the time of this 1971 site plan, a freestanding UltraVision movie house had been added to the rear parking area. The shopping complex encompassed approximately 564,900 leasable square feet and contained sixty-five stores under its roof. Free parking was provided for 4,000 autos.