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MALL HALL OF FAME

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 East Entrance at today's PLAZAMERICAS mall.

Photo from http://southernretail.blogspot.com

PLAZAMERICAS has two Mercados...the Clarewood (a.k.a. Latino City Jewelry Center) and smaller El Mercado, which is seen above.

Photo from http://southernretail.blogspot.com

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a disclaimer

Although articles and special features have been thoroughly researched, we can not guarantee that all information is 100% accurate. We try to do our best with insufficient reference material and conflicting details. Contemporary newspaper write-ups are our primary source of information. These, and other materials, are listed at the end of each article.

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in the beginning (1917-1943)

in the beginning (1917-1943)

Click on image to read about innovative retail facilities that led to the development of the post-war shopping center and mall.

speed links to historic post-war shopping centers (1946-1952)

Washington State's Belleview Shopping Square (1946)
Connecticut's Ridgeway Center (1947)
Los Angeles' Crenshaw Center (1947)
Columbus, Ohio's Town & Country Drive-In Center (1949)
Memphis' Poplar-Highland Plaza (1949)
Chicago's Park Forest Plaza (1949)
Daly City, California's Westlake Town & Country Center (1951)
Long Island's North Shore Shopping Mart (1951)
Milwaukee's Southgate Center (1951)
Virginia's Parkington Center (1951)
Tulsa's Utica Square (1952)

Speed Links To Historic Malls (1950-1990)

Seattle's Northgate Center (1950)
Boston's Shoppers' World (1951)
Los Angeles' Lakewood Center (1952)
San Francisco's Stonestown Center (1952)
Detroit's Northland Center (1954)
New York City's Cross County Center (1954)
Wisconsin's Valley Fair Center (1955)
Minneapolis' Southdale Center (1956)
New Jersey's Bergen Mall (1957)
Montgomery's Normandale Shopping City (1957)
Baltimore's Harundale Mall (1958)
Dallas' Big Town Mall (1959)
Atlanta's Lenox Square (1959)
Maryland's Wheaton Plaza (1960)
Birmingham's Eastwood Mall (1960)
Phoenix's Chris-Town Center (1961)
Rochester's Midtown Plaza (1962)
Chicago's Randhurst Center (1962)
Philadelphia's King of Prussia Plaza (1963)
Dallas' NorthPark Center (1965)
Florida's Palm Beach Mall (1967)
Denver's Cinderella City (1968)
Virginia's Tysons Corner Center (1968)
Houston's Galleria Post Oak (1970)
Los Angeles' Northridge Fashion Center (1971)
Chicago's Woodfield Mall (1971)
Phoenix's Metrocenter (1973)
Akron's Rolling Acres Mall (1975)
Detroit's Fairlane Town Center (1976)
Cleveland's Randall Park Mall (1976)
Pittsburgh's Century III Mall (1979)
Canada's West Edmonton Mall (1981)
Minneapolis' Mall of America (1990)

Levittown Centers

New York's Levittown Center (1950)
Pennsylvania's Levittown Shop-A-Rama (1953)
New Jersey's Levittown Plaza (1959)

cities with mall lists

Atlanta, Georgia
Boston, Massachusetts
Chicago, Illinois
Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas
Denver, Colorado
Detroit, Michigan
Houston, Texas
Los Angeles, California
New York, New York
Miami, Florida
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Phoenix, Arizona
St. Louis, Missouri
San Francisco-San Jose, California
Seattle, Washington
Washington, DC

Other Cities & States

Directories

By State
By Year

TOY & MHoF Productions Present

TOY & MHoF Productions Present

A documentary which offers a contradictory viewpoint to the "all malls are dead or dying" declaration. A short history of the American shopping center and mall is also provided.

Links To Our Companion Sites

Portable Levittown
Shopping Mall Museum

also from toy & mhof productions

also from toy & mhof productions

A visual history of the American mobile home and the folk who lived in them, centering on the mid-20th century years.

special features

Shopping Mall Memory Lane

A 1956 Shopping Mall
A 1963 Shopping Mall
A 1970 Shopping Mall
A 1977 Shopping Mall

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logos & trademarks

Mall logo and trademark images in various articles illustrate key moments in a mall's history. The images are not replaceable with free-use or public-domain images. The use of the images does not limit the copyright owners' rights to distribute the images in any way. Images are used for non-profit, informational purposes only and their use is not believed to detract from the original copyrighted images in any way.

external links

Caldor Rainbow
Groceteria
Labelscar
Lileks Dot Com
Malls In Northern California & Reno
Malls of America Blogspot
Pleasant Family Shopping Blog
Retail History
Retro Department Stores
SkyMall: Retail History & Abandoned Airports
Steven Swain's Live Malls
Syracuse, New York Nostalgia
The Department Store Museum
The Mallmanac
Trip To The Mall Blogspot