Although it is not a mall, per se, we are including a write-up about the TOWN & COUNTRY DRIVE-IN SHOPPING CENTER, which was the Discovery City's first post-war shopping plaza. Strip centers such as this played a pivotal role in the malling of America that took place in the 1950s and '60s.
Don Monroe Casto, Senior (1898-1963) developed the TOWN & COUNTRY DRIVE-IN SHOPPING CENTER. His first mercantile mecca, Columbus' GRANDVIEW AVENUE SHOPPING CENTER, had opened in 1928.
Photo from the Columbus Metropolitan Library
