Quote Originally Posted by Livingston
And here I thought the first one was the Harry Street Mall in Wichita, KS. I know it was there in the mid to late '50's
It was probably built close to the same time.
The Valley Fair Mall, 2145 S. Memorial Drive, Appleton, was built in 1954 by Gerald Hoffman of the Hoffman Corp.
The mall claimed to be the nation's first enclosed shopping mall and served as a prototype for other malls built around the country.
No surprise the enclosed mall is a midwestern idea since the weather here sucks most of the time. ;)