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!

By the early '70s, SOUTHGATE was in need of a major renovation in order to remain competitive with newer -and larger- shopping options in its trade area. A 2 million dollar enclosing renovation was undertaken. Its grand opening, heralded in this August 1971 advert, added twenty stores to the retail roster.
Advert from Froedtert Enterprises, Incorporated