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 second expansion of MISSION VALLEY CENTER, dedicated in 1983, was a more ambitious project. A large Northeast Wing (in dark gray) added several new inline stores and a Saks Fifth Avenue. The shopping complex now encompassed nearly 1.6 million leasable square feet and, for the next 14 years, was the largest mall in the metropolitan area.