Meanwhile, in the late 1960s, MANCHESTER CENTER is still open-air. However, an adjacent strip complex has a fully-enclosed and air-conditioned concourse.

The enclosed strip center is known as MANCHESTER MALL. It occupies a city block north of the MANCHESTER CENTER Sears. This mini-mall, which included a Safeway supermarket and Manchester Mall Cinema, was built in 1967-'68. 

MANCHESTER CENTER AND MALL TENANTS 1969:

MANCHESTER CENTER
RHODES (with Beauty Salon) / SEARS (with Coffee House, Garden Shop and freestanding Auto Center) / MAYFAIR MARKET (with Bakery & Restaurant) / F.W. WOOLWORTH 5 & 10 (with luncheonette) / Atkinson Foundations / Baldwin's Jewelers / Bank of America / Bert's Shoes / C. H. Baker Shoes / Cover Girl ladies' wear / Crocker Citizen's National Bank / Gallenkamp Shoes / Hollywood Camera Shop / Kirk's ladies' wear / Lerner Shops ladies' wear / Longs Drugs (with luncheonette) / Manchester Beauty Salon / Rodder's Mademoiselle ladies' wear / Roos-Atkins apparel (with Beauty Salon) / See's Candies / Singer Sewing Center / US Post Office / Utilities Payment Office / Weil Brothers Ladies' Shop / Weil Brothers Men's Shop / Young Miss / Youngsters 

ARCADE SHOPS
Annie Laurie Konfections / Dane's Nutrition / Ennis China / Gardner's Bootery / KEAP Radio Studio / Trend-O-Fashion ladies' wear / United California Bank 

EAST PROMENADE
American Parisian Laundry / Base's Health Food / Big M Shoe Repair / Chez Renee' ladies' wear / Doctor William E. Thill, Optometrist / Eddie's Pastry Shop / Household Finance Corporation / Imhoff's Yardstick fabrics / Manchester Barber Shop / Manchester Laundramatic / Mode O'Day Frock Shop / Nanci Maternity / Party Tips / Perry Boys' Smorgy / Record Center / Sherman Clay Music Center 

MANCHESTER MALL
SAFEWAY supermarket, bakery & coffee shop / American Acceptance / Beaver's Fried Chicken / Carnation / Carpet Town / Gloria Marshall Figure Salon / Greenbriar Men's Shop / Hairmaster Barber Shop / Interior Systems / Kim's Fashions ladies' wear / Kopy Kat Knits / Lewis Jewelers / Lyle's College of Beauty / Manchester Mall Cinema / Manchester Mall Cleaners / The Gunay Sack / Unique Shop 

In October 1978, work began on a 3-year-long renovation of MANCHESTER CENTER. During the 20 million dollar project, two shopping concourses would be enclosed, a second level of retail added and third anchor store built. In the rendering above, we see a remodeled West Mall.

Drawing from Bode & Bode Architects

By mid-1981, MANCHESTER MALL has been expanded with additional stores (in light gray). A fully-enclosed concourse has also been created, leaving Sears out in the rain. The 682,200 square foot shopping venue now has two levels of shopping and a shiny new Gottschalks (a branch of Fresno's hometown department store).