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!
Our Hawaiian eye espies the Makai (or "Toward the Sea") entrance of Sears. This store anchored the mall for over 53 years.
Photo from www.ggp.com / General Growth Properties
ALA MOANA CENTER was done in grand 1950s Polynesian style. Here is an example of one of the original Tiki touches. This "ki'i" was created by artisan Edward Brownlee.
Photo from www.thetikiroom.com / David Cornwall
Here we see a rendering of a Petroglyph Fountain that once graced the mall's common area.
Drawing from www.thetikiroom.com