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!

The shopping concourses at the original mall were named after several European locales and American cities. There was a Westminster Mall, Italia MallAlpine Mall and Normandy Mall, to name a few. These were linked by various Lanes, i.e., Maiden, Petticoat, Edelweiss, etcetera. All sixteen are indicated on the diagram above. 


The basement floor, or Lower Level, was not fully tenanted until 1971. At this time, it housed the Westroads Dinner Theatre, a cocktail lounge, nightclub, Community Room and various stores and offices.


Omaha-based Brandeis established a 4-level -80,000 square foot- branch at WESTROADS CENTER. This was installed in an unfinished Northwest Wing. The store opened in October 1972.
Drawing from J.L. Brandeis & Sons