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!
A second renovation of CAPITAL CITY MALL concluded in late 1995. Hess's was shuttered, expanded and re-opened -as a Hecht's- in October. Ames also closed. The building was renovated by J.C. Penney, which welcomed first shoppers in November.
