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!

Our first EL CON site plan shows the locations of Hotel El Conquistador and the new shopping center built beside it. At this early date, EL CON CENTER spans around 488,000 leasable square feet and houses nineteen stores...with an eventual total of forty-two. The mall parking area has space for 3,000 autos.

EL CON CENTER TENANTS 1961:

LEVY'S (with Antoine Beauty Salon and Budget Shop) / MONTGOMERY WARD (with Snack Bar, Optical Shop and freestanding Auto Center) / EL RANCHO MARKET / F.W. WOOLWORTH 5 & 10 (with Luncheonette) / S.S. KRESGE 5 & 10 (with Dinette and Delicatessen) / Baker's Qualicraft Shoes / Coffee Dan's / Daniel's Jewelers / David's Wetherby-Kayser Shoes / First National Bank of Arizona / Gallenkamp Shoes / Grunewald & Adams Jewelers / House of Fabrics / Kinney Shoes / Lerner Shops ladies' wear / Mills-Touche' men's wear / Nan's Dress Shop / National Shirt Shops / Nu-Art Photo Service / Porter's apparel / Skaggs Drug Center (with luncheonette) / Singer Sewing Center / The College Shop / Wohlfeiler's Shoes