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!
Kansas City's Antioch Center  


The Show Me State's first shopping mall opened for business in August 1956. The sign above stood at a western parking lot entrance and enticed mid-century shoppers into the complex.
Graphic from the Charles F. Curry Real Estate Company