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!

CAPITAL MALL was the sixteenth built by General Growth Development (the mother company of General Growth Properties). The complex was one of General Growth's "A Malls." These were based on an A-shaped shopping concourse at the center of the center. Other "A Malls" were SOUTHRIDGE (1975) {Des Moines, IA}, WESTLAND (1977) {West Burlington, IA} and GREENWOOD (1979) {Bowling Green, KY}.