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!
Bradenton's Cortez Plaza


The Tampa Bay Area's first mall-type shopping hub was originally promoted with this logo.
Graphic from Eastern Shopping Centers, Incorporated


The 600-foot shopping concourse was covered by a series of concrete Hyperbolic Parabaloids. These "upside down umbrellas" provided some protection from inclement weather, but did not create an enclosed and air-conditioned space.  
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