SOUTH SHORE PLAZA 1962. Filene's and R.H. Stearns stores were dedicated in February 1961 and October 1962, respectively. At the time of this plan, the open-air complex housed approximately 440,000 leasable square feet and contained nearly forty stores and services. Free parking was provided for 3,000 autos.

SOUTH SHORE PLAZA TENANTS 1962:

FILENE'S (with Beauty Salon and Adams Room restaurant) / S.S. KRESGE 5 & 10 (with luncheonette) / STOP & SHOP supermarket / A.S. Beck Shoes / Bobbie's Hairstyling Salon / Breck's Home & Garden Center / Brigham's and Dorothy Muriel's restaurant / Charles B. Perkins Tobacconist / Cummings ladies' wear / Fanny Farmer Candies / Fields Hosiery / Hollywood Lanes bowling alley / Howard Clothes / Hughson's Florist / Jewel House / Kennedy's of New England / Lauriat's / Liggett-Rexall (with luncheonette) / London Harness Luggage / Thayer McNeil Shoes / Peck & Peck ladies' wear / Plaza Barber Shop / Pray's Furniture / Primrose Shop / Radio Shack / Sheridan's ladies' wear / South Shore National Bank / South Shore Plaza Twin Drive-In (outparcel) / The Disc Shop records / Thomas Long Jewelers / Westland's / Wilbar's   

By 1968, a ginormous "Jordan's" -and two additional store blocks- have been completed. The original 440,000 square foot shopping facility has grown to approximately 757,000. 

Jordan Marsh's SOUTH SHORE store was the chain's fifth New England branch. The structure covered 3 levels and 311,000 square feet. There were two restaurants; The Heritage Room and The Coffee Shop.  

Drawing from the Allied Stores Corporation