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!
The mega mall that killed nearly all others in -or around- "The Cuse." Pyramid Companies' CAROUSEL CENTER (now known as DESTINY USA) opened in October 1990. Soon, a retail routing was underway in the Emerald City, leaving centers such as SHOPPINGTOWN, PENN CAN MALL and GREAT NORTHERN MALL in the proverbial dust.
Photo from www.carouselcenter.com (Internet Archive Wayback Machine website)