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!
The Lower Mall concourse at NORTHRIDGE, looking southward. A Sears nameplate may be seen in the distance.
Photo from Mitock Publishers, Incorporated
Another vintage view, this time of the Upper Mall. As demonstrated here, the original shopping center was done in dark '70s-style. Note the really retro lighting fixtures.
Photo from Mitock Publishers, Incorporated
The ginormous -4-floor- J.C. Penney at NORTHRIDGE FASHION CENTER encompasses 181,600 square feet. The store made its debut in April 1972.
Photo from the J. Paul Getty Trust / Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles / Julius Shulman
The original Bullock's at NORTHRIDGE FASHION CENTER. Designed by Welton Becket & Associates, it resembled branches built at SOUTH COAST PLAZA {Costa Mesa} and MISSION VALLEY CENTER {San Diego}.
Drawing from Federated Department Stores