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!
In this snapshot, and the two that follow, we see views of the same spot in three different eras. The photo above shows the mall's main anchor as it appeared in 1959.
Photo from Library of Congress
Here we see the store in the year 2005.
Photo from www.labelscar.com / "Caldor"
Lastly, we see said store after its "Macy-ation," which transpired in August 2006.
Photo from www.preit.com / Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust