A logo montage for the "shopping jewel of the west." It consists of trademarks of original stores. All were up and running by late 1956. One might notice the two alpha-numeric phone exchanges. To call Anderson's Toyland, you would have dialed FLorida 5-7318 (or 355-7318). To speak with Portraits by Abdoo, you would have dialed DExter 3-4490 (or 333-4490). Oh yes, you only had to dial seven digits back then. There were no area codes...yet.

 

The original CHERRY CREEK CENTER (in the foreground) only utilized the western portion of a huge site. The 30-acre eastern section lay undeveloped for several years, as T. H. Buell & Company (the mall's developer) attempted an expansion. Permission was finally granted, with the western portion of the site developed between 1963 and 1967. Four freestanding structures were built.

The first eastern section structure was the Luby Building. Center State Bank came next, followed by a combo Safeway supermarket and Skaggs Drug Center. The final east section building was the single-screen Cherry Creek Cinema. With these improvements, the expanded mall site now covered 48.2 acres.