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!

At the time of a turn of the 21st century layout, SHOPPINGTOWN encompasses around 1,002,100 leasable square feet. The latest additions are a Hoyts 10-plex (October 1997) and Dick's Sporting Goods (October 2000).


The early 2000s were rough years for SHOPPINGTOWN. The Bon Ton closed in January 2006. Macerich defaulted on their mall loan in May 2011. Then came a rapid exodus of anchors; Macy's (May 2015), Dick's (October 2015) and J.C. Penney (April 2016). Meanwhile, the West Wing had been cleared of tenants in 2007 in anticipation of a renovation that never happened.