The original PLAZA was an open-air dumbbell plan mall with two anchors and nearly 700,000 leasable square feet. It eventually contained fifty stores, had parking provisions for 4,000 autos, and was the largest retail hub in the region. As a matter of note, the mall was (and is) situated within Baltimore City, which is a different political entity than the adjacent Baltimore County.

REISTERSTOWN ROAD PLAZA TENANTS 1962:

STEWART'S (with Chesapeake Room restaurant and D'Arrigone Salon of Beauty) / HECHT's (with Silhouette Room restaurant and Beauty Salon) / FOOD FAIR supermarket / F.W. WOOLWORTH 5 & 10 (with bakery and ultra-modern luncheonette) / Ansonia Shoes / Baltimore Federal Savings & Loan / Benton's Tweed Shop ladies' wear / Best & Company ladies' & children's apparel / Bishops Holiday House toys & sporting goods / Calby's boy's & young men's apparel / Card Mart / Carefree Casuals ladies' sportswear / Carole-Ann Hat Shop / Equitable Trust Company / Fanny Farmer Candies / Forsythe Shoes / Grayson-Robinson ladies' wear / Gundy's Cards & Gifts / Hamburgers family apparel / Hanover Shoes / Hardware Fair / Hess Shoes / Hot Shoppes Restaurant / Household Finance Corporation / Lady Rose Corset Shop / Loft's Candies / Kavanaugh's men's & boy's wear / National Optical Company / National Shirt Shops / Peck & Peck ladies' wear / Plaza Barber Shop / Provident Savings Bank / Read's Drug (with Town & Country Dining Room) / Royce Shoes / Sachs Junior Shoes / Selis Shoe Repair & Cleanarama / Silbers Bakery / Singer Sewing Center / Tuerke's leather goods & luggage