When the first malls opened in the 1950s they were such an achievement that they inspired even Walt Disney. By the 1980s, the mall had become the center of American social life and accounted for the ...

Southdale Center in Edina, Minn., America’s first enclosed mall, in the 1950s. Shopping centers may have been pedestrian-friendly in their way, but they were nevertheless islands in a sea of parking. ...

Like the rest of America, Northeast Ohio saw a boom in malls and shopping centers from the 1950s to the 1970s, many of which don’t exist today. There was Severance Center, which began construction in ...

The 1950s exterior was discovered during exterior renovations of the historic Westcliff Shopping Center in Fort Worth.

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. The shopping mall as we know it became popular in the United States in the 1950s as a ...