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MALL HALL OF FAME

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!






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A Disclaimer

A Disclaimer
Although articles and special features have been thoroughly researched, we can not guarantee that all information is 100% accurate. We try to do our best with insufficient reference material and conflicting details. Contemporary newspaper write-ups are our primary source of information. These, and other materials, are listed at the end of each article.

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In the Beginning (1917-1943)

In the Beginning (1917-1943)
Click on image to read about innovative retail facilities that led to the development of the post-war shopping center and mall.

Speed Links to Historic Post-war Centers (1946-1952)

  • Washington State's Belleview Shopping Square (1946)
  • Connecticut's Ridgeway Center (1947)
  • Los Angeles' Crenshaw Center (1947)
  • Columbus, Ohio's Town & Country Drive-In Center (1949)
  • Memphis' Poplar-Highland Plaza (1949)
  • Chicago's Park Forest Plaza (1949)
  • Daly City, California's Westlake Town & Country Center (1951)
  • Long Island's North Shore Shopping Mart (1951)
  • Milwaukee's Southgate Center (1951)
  • Virginia's Parkington Center (1951)
  • Tulsa's Utica Square (1952)

Speed Links To Historic Malls (1950-1990)

  • Seattle's Northgate Center (1950)
  • Boston's Shoppers' World (1951)
  • Los Angeles' Lakewood Center (1952)
  • San Francisco's Stonestown Center (1952)
  • Detroit's Northland Center (1954)
  • New York City's Cross County Center (1954)
  • Wisconsin's Valley Fair Center (1955)
  • Minneapolis' Southdale Center (1956)
  • New Jersey's Bergen Mall (1957)
  • Montgomery's Normandale Shopping City (1957)
  • Baltimore's Harundale Mall (1958)
  • Dallas' Big Town Mall (1959)
  • Atlanta's Lenox Square (1959)
  • Maryland's Wheaton Plaza (1960)
  • Birmingham's Eastwood Mall (1960)
  • Phoenix's Chris-Town Center (1961)
  • Rochester's Midtown Plaza (1962)
  • Chicago's Randhurst Center (1962)
  • Philadelphia's King of Prussia Plaza (1963)
  • Dallas' NorthPark Center (1965)
  • Florida's Palm Beach Mall (1967)
  • Denver's Cinderella City (1968)
  • Virginia's Tysons Corner Center (1968)
  • Houston's Galleria (Post Oak) (1970)
  • Los Angeles' Northridge Fashion Center (1971)
  • Chicago's Woodfield Mall (1971)
  • Phoenix's Metrocenter (1973)
  • Akron's Rolling Acres Mall (1975)
  • Detroit's Fairlane Town Center (1976)
  • Cleveland's Randall Park Mall (1976)
  • Pittsburgh's Century III Mall (1979)
  • Canada's West Edmonton Mall (1981)
  • Minneapolis' Mall of America (1990)

Levittown Centers

  • New York's Levittown Center (1950)
  • Pennsylvania's Levittown Shop-A-Rama (1953)
  • New Jersey's Levittown Plaza (1959)

Cities with Mall Lists

  • Atlanta, Georgia
  • Boston, Massachusetts
  • Chicago, Illinois
  • Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas
  • Denver, Colorado
  • Detroit, Michigan
  • Houston, Texas
  • Los Angeles, California
  • New York, New York
  • Miami, Florida
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Phoenix, Arizona
  • St. Louis, Missouri
  • San Francisco-San Jose, California
  • Seattle, Washington
  • Washington, DC

Other Cities & States

  • Akron-Canton-Youngstown Malls
  • Alabama
  • Alaska
  • Albany Malls
  • Arizona
  • Arkansas
  • Austin Malls
  • Baltimore Malls
  • Birmingham Malls
  • Buffalo Malls
  • California
  • Chattanooga Malls
  • Cincinnati Malls
  • Cleveland Malls
  • Colorado
  • Columbus (Ohio) Malls
  • Connecticut
  • Dayton (Ohio) Malls
  • Delaware
  • Downstate Malls (Illinois)
  • El Paso Malls
  • Florida
  • Fresno Malls
  • Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood Malls
  • Georgia
  • Hawaii
  • Huntsville (Alabama) Malls
  • Idaho
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Indianapolis Malls
  • Iowa
  • Jacksonville-Daytona Malls
  • Kansas
  • Kansas City Malls
  • Kentucky
  • Knoxville-Oak Ridge Malls
  • Lexington (Kentucky) Malls
  • Lima-Middletown (Ohio) Malls
  • Louisiana
  • Louisville Malls
  • Macon Malls
  • Maine
  • Maryland
  • Massachusetts
  • Melbourne (Florida) Malls
  • Memphis Malls
  • Michigan
  • Milwaukee Malls
  • Minnesota
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri
  • Mobile Malls
  • Montana
  • Nashville Malls
  • Nebraska
  • Nevada
  • New Hampshire
  • New Jersey
  • New Mexico
  • New Orleans Malls
  • New York
  • New York City Area Malls
  • New York City Centers
  • Norfolk-Virginia Beach Malls
  • North Carolina
  • North Dakota
  • Ohio
  • Oklahoma
  • Omaha Malls
  • Orange County (California) Malls
  • Oregon
  • Orlando-Lakeland Malls
  • Palm Beach County Malls
  • Panama City-Tallahassee Malls
  • Pennsylvania
  • Pittsburgh Malls
  • Portland (Oregon) Malls
  • Rhode Island
  • Richmond (Virginia) Malls
  • Riverside-San Bernardino Malls
  • Rochester (New York) Malls
  • Sac-Town Centers (Sacramento)
  • San Antonio Malls
  • San Diego Malls
  • South Carolina
  • South Dakota
  • Syracuse and Pyramid Malls
  • Tampa Bay-Sarasota Malls
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • Toledo Malls
  • Utah
  • Ventura-Oxnard Malls
  • Vermont
  • Virginia
  • Washington
  • West Virginia
  • Wisconsin
  • Wyoming

Directories

  • By State
  • By Year

TOY & MHoF Productions Present

TOY & MHoF Productions Present
A documentary which offers a contradictory viewpoint to the "all malls are dead or dying" declaration. A short history of the American shopping center and mall is also provided.

Links To Our Companion Sites

  • Portable Levittown
  • Shopping Mall Museum

Also from Toy & Mhof Productions

Also from Toy & Mhof Productions
A visual history of the American mobile home and the folk who lived in them, centering on the mid-20th century years.

Special Features

  • A Bit of Background
  • In the Beginning (1917-1943)
  • A Mall Then & Now
  • Retail Terminology
  • Malls of the Mid-Century
  • The Big Three (Wards, Sears & Penney's)
  • The Largest Malls In The USA
  • First Malls-Chicago
  • First Malls-Long Island
  • First Malls-Washington, DC
  • Mall Makers
  • Merged Malls
  • A History of the Department Store
  • A History of the 5 & 10
  • A History of the Discount Mart
  • A History of the Shopping Mall Cinema
  • A History of the Shopping Mall Supermarket
  • Victor Gruen Malls
  • John Graham, Junior Malls
  • Lathrop Douglass Malls
  • Edward J. DeBartolo Malls
  • James Rouse Malls
  • A. Alfred Taubman Malls
  • Lost Malls-Atlanta
  • Lost Malls-Clearwater-St. Pete
  • Lost Malls-Denver
  • Lost Malls-Huntsville (Alabama)
  • Lost Malls-Los Angeles County
  • Lost Malls-Phoenix
  • Lost Malls-San Francisco-Oakland
  • Cin-Day Center Mall
  • Massachusetts' Golden Triangle
  • New York City Centers
  • Bullock's Fashion Squares
  • The Dales of Minneapolis-St. Paul
  • Woolco Malls

Shopping Mall Memory Lane

  • A 1956 Shopping Mall
  • A 1963 Shopping Mall
  • A 1970 Shopping Mall
  • A 1977 Shopping Mall

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Logos & Trademarks

Logos & Trademarks
Mall logo and trademark images in various articles illustrate key moments in a mall's history. The images are not replaceable with free-use or public-domain images. The use of the images does not limit the copyright owners' rights to distribute the images in any way. Images are used for non-profit, informational purposes only and their use is not believed to detract from the original copyrighted images in any way.

External Links

  • Caldor Rainbow
  • Groceteria
  • Labelscar
  • Lileks Dot Com
  • Malls In Northern California & Reno
  • Malls of America Blogspot
  • Pleasant Family Shopping Blog
  • Retail History
  • Retro Department Stores
  • SkyMall: Retail History & Abandoned Airports
  • Steven Swain's Live Malls
  • Syracuse, New York Nostalgia
  • The Department Store Museum
  • The Mallmanac
  • Trip To The Mall Blogspot