NORTHSHORE CENTER, 1960. The Bay State's second shopping mall featured two anchor department stores, two 5 & 10s and a supermarket. The 1,100,000 square foot venue housed sixty-two stores and services, with its parking area accommodating 8,500 autos.

NORTHSHORE CENTER TENANTS 1960 :

FILENE'S (with Beauty Salon, Picnic Box Restaurant, Circle Soda & Snack Bar) / JORDAN MARSH (with Skyline Restaurant) / STOP & SHOP supermarket / J.J. NEWBERRY 5 & 10 (with restaurant and snack bar) / S.S. KRESGE 5 & 10 (with luncheonette) / A.S. Beck Shoes / Barricini Candy / Breck's Home & Garden Center / Brigham's Restaurant / Charles E. Luriat Company / Charles B. Perkins Tobacconist / Charles Sumner / Coleman's Fashion Shop / Conrad & Chandler / Fanny Farmer Candies / Flagg Brothers Shoes / Frank Zona, Beautician / Grad's Town & Country Shop / H.C. Wainwright & Company / Handcraft House Gifts / Hardware, Incorporated / House of Nine ladies' wear / Household Finance Corporation / Howard Clothes / Jay's of Temple Place / Jenney Service Station (outparcel) / Kay's Newport Shoes / Kennedy's of New England / Kiddie Towne / Kwik Cleaners & Laundry / Lauriat's / Lerner Shops / Liggett-Rexall Drug (with luncheonette) / Ludlam's Pet Shop / Merchants Warren National Bank / Morse Shoes / Murray's Stationery / National Shirt Shops / Paine Furniture Company / Parklane Hosiery / Peck & Peck ladies' wear / Peter Pan Coffee Shop / Polcari's Barber Shop / St. Therese's Carmelite Chapel ("Church In The Mall") / S.S. Pierce Company / Shayne / Stork Time Maternity Shop / The Cottage Yarns / The Disc Shop records / Thom McAn Shoes / Thomas Long Jewelers / Warren Five Cent Savings Bank / Wethern's / Windsor Button Shop / W.W. Winship 


A NORTHSHORE CENTER logo montage includes trademarks of some of the mall's original inline stores. The Stop & Shop supermarket was described as "A whole new wonderland of shopping ease and comfort." The J.J. Newberry (Newberrys) location was the largest in the 478-store chain.


St. Therese's Carmelite Chapel (the "Church In The Mall") was the earliest devotional facility to operate in a suburban shopping center. The first Mass was held in January 1960.
Photo from http://www.flickriver.com / "Flickriver PhotoStream" / William Bird