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!

CORAL RIDGE SHOPPING PLAZA accompanied a large residential development in the northern environs of Fort Lauderdale. It was the first of twelve interior malls that would open in Broward County between 1962 and 1992.
Photo from http://www.flickriver.com / "Flickriver PhotoStream" / William Bird


J.C. Penney anchored the north end of the mall. The store, comprised of 2 levels, covered 100,000 square feet. James Cash Penney was present at the store's October 1962 grand opening.
Drawing from the J.C. Penney Company