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 Grand Mall at FORD CITY is decorated for the Yuletide season. The entry of the Wieboldt's ["Wee-bolts"] department store, which anchored the west end of the complex, appears in the background.
Photo from http://pleasantfamilyshopping.blogspot.com / Rick Drew
An exterior view of the FORD CITY Wieboldt's. Reputedly the nation's largest single-level department store, it encompassed 219,300 square feet.
Photo from Wieboldts Stores, Incorporated Annual Report 1986