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!
Little Rock's Park Plaza Center 


The first mall-type shopping complex in the Natural State opened for business in December 1960. During its early years, PARK PLAZA CENTER was promoted with this Space Age trademark. This graphic was recreated by -and for- the Mall Hall of Fame.


In its original state, PARK PLAZA CENTER surrounded a 2-level, open air shopping concourse. It was meticulously landscaped and included a babbling brook, which traversed it from end-to-end. 
Photo from University of Arkansas Little Rock Center for History & Culture / Earl Saunders, Junior 


Here, we see a stairway on the east end of the concourse. In the upper left is Toppie, the Top Value Stamps elephant. The original PARK PLAZA included Kroger -which owned Top Value Stamps- and a Top Value Stamps Redemption Center.
Photo from University of Arkansas Little Rock Center for History & Culture / Earl Saunders, Junior