Stamford's Ridgeway Center



Connecticut's first post-war shopping plaza was built to alleviate traffic in the Lock City's downtown area. The complex featured one of the nation's first shopping center-format Sears stores.
Graphic from Alphons Bach Associates 

 

Four 1947-vintage images show storefronts in the original section of RIDGEWAY CENTER.

Photos from the Architectural Record / December 1947 / Ben Schnall (photos in the public domain)