MALL HALL OF FAME

Kansas City's Prairie Village Shops KCK's PRAIRIE VILLAGE SHOPS was the first post-war shopping center in the Sunflower State.  Dr...

A fledgling PRAIRIE VILLAGE SHOPS is seen in this 1948 aerial view.  Photo from The State Historical Society of Missouri / J.C. Nichols Co...

" The Homesteaders ," created by local artisan Anna Belle Campbell, was installed at PRAIRIE VILLAGE SHOPS in 1952. It was reloca...

Several structures have been added in the periphery of PRAIRIE VILLAGE SHOPS. This building, completed in September 1963, originally housed ...

A second PRARIE VILLAGE SHOPS logo montage is presented in living c o l o r . It features trademarks of stores in business during the 2010s....

Kansas City's Metcalf South Center The logo of KCK's first fully-enclosed shopping complex. This trademark promoted the ...

The Jones Store, which was the north anchor at METCALF SOUTH CENTER, is in the final stages of construction in this 1967 snapshot. Pho...

In late 1967, the shiny new METCALF SOUTH CENTER consisted of three floors; the Lower Level , Middle Level and Upper Level . The mall s...

Katz Drug, the first of three pharmacies that were to operate in this Lower Level space. The Katz chain, based in Kansas City, Missouri, ...

A circa-1976 cut-away view of the " Metcalf Mall."  The north end, and The Jones Store, were one level higher than Sears ...

Our second METCALF SOUTH plan dates to 1991, after the completion of an indoor face lift. A vacant Woolworth is divided into nine tenant...

The Level 2 mall entrance of The Jones Store, taken right before a nameplate conversion. Photo from www.labelscar.com / "Prange Way...

A snapshot of the center of the center, showing the "tower of stairs." Photo from www.labelscar.com / "Prange Way" ...

Above and below are two interior views, which show the pristine condition of the property in its final years. It was always meticulous...

A rendering of the proposed STREETS AT METCALF mixed-use complex that was supposed to have replaced METCALF SOUTH CENTER. This plan was a...

METCALF SOUTH CENTER Metcalf Avenue / US 69 and West 95th Street Overland Park, Kansas The city of Overland Park was incorporated out o...

Kansas City's Mission Center A triangular neon sign beckoned shoppers into Greater Kansas City's MISSION CENTER. The o...

Macy's Mission , the third branch in the Macy's Kansas City division, covered 70,000 square feet on 2 levels. The sto...

By the 1980s, MISSION CENTER had been usurped by bigger and better enclosed malls in its trade area. The complex was demolished, leav...

An aerial view of the mall, looking southward. By the turn of the 21st century, the shopping hub had (supposedly) run its course. It wa...