OAK PARK MALL opened -in August 1975- with two anchor stores; Macy's and Montgomery Ward. Stix, Baer & Fuller would be dedicated in February 1976. J.C. Penney debuted in October. With the completion of all four anchors, the shopping hub housed a total of 154 store spaces and spanned approximately 1,210,800 leasable square feet. Its vast parking area accommodated 6,700 autos.
OAK PARK MALL TENANTS 1975:
MACY'S (with Beauty Salon and Oak Room restaurant) / MONTGOMERY WARD (with Buffeteria Snack Bar and freestanding Auto Center)
LOWER LEVEL STORES
B. Dalton Bookseller / Bakers Shoes / Burstein-Applebee Electronics / Butler's Shoes / Cards 'N Such / Eddy's Loaf & Stein / Famous Ramos Hot Dog Place / Florsheim Shoes / Flowerama / Forum Cafeteria / K-G Men's Store / Kinney Shoes / Lims Gifts & Imports / Maillliard Men's & Boy's Wear / Mermod, Jaccard & King Jewelry / Nicklelodeon / Oak Park Optical / Oak Park 6 Theatres / Pants 'N Stuff / Record Bar / Sir Knight Formal Wear / Size 5-7-9 Shops ladiers' wear / Sun World Travel Service / Susie's Casuals ladies' wear / The Cheese Shop / The Tinder Box Tobacconist / Thom McAn Shoes / Topps & Trowsers / Zales Jewelers
UPPER LEVEL STORES
Casual Corner ladies' wear / Chasnoff's / Chesney's Men's & Boy's Wear / County Seat men's wear / Fox Photo / GNC / Gar-bage / Gift Horse / Gingiss Formal Wear / Hess-Culbertson / Hobby Town / House Of Brides / Jeans West / Krigel's Diamonds & Jewels / M.T. Peterson / Morrow's Nut House / Naturalizer Shoes / Nature's Corner / Oak Park National Bank / Oak Park Trolley / Ortega's / Paul Harris ladies' wear / Rischel's / Silverman's Men's Wear / Steve's Shoes / The Limited ladies' wear / The Wild Pair shoes / Today's Gem / Waldenbooks
The OAK PARK Stix store was the seventh branch in the St. Louis-based chain. It encompassed over 200,000 square feet and included The Garden Room restaurant.
Drawing from Associated Dry Goods
