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!
J.C. Penney was one of two original anchor stores at CENTURY III MALL. The 173,200 square foot Penney's was dedicated, along with the Phase I complex, in October 1979.
Drawing from the J.C. Penney Company
Pittsburgh's Kaufmann's chain built a 121,300 square foot CENTURY III store. It also opened as part of the Phase I mall.
