tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13936314.post5514110926862700194..comments2023-07-12T07:22:02.075-07:00Comments on Pop Culture Junk Mail: MauledGael Fashingbauer Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10720729203329325754noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13936314.post-16238166306610056072008-12-10T00:09:00.000-08:002008-12-10T00:09:00.000-08:00The page didn't even mention the King of Prussia m...The page didn't even mention the King of Prussia mall which has more retail space than the Mall of America! :) (Since I live only ten mintues from KoP, I have some serious love for it.)Kittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06346736861693794751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13936314.post-28120585668374478092008-12-07T10:41:00.000-08:002008-12-07T10:41:00.000-08:00Southdale MallSouthdale, Edina, 1956. Location no....Southdale Mall<BR/><BR/>Southdale, Edina, 1956. Location no. MH5.9 ED3.1 p17Southdale Shopping Center, located in Edina, Minnesota, was the first totally enclosed shopping center in the nation. In 1952, its developers, the Dayton family, long-established Minneapolis department store merchants, commissioned the architecture firm Victor Gruen & Associates to create a new form designed to reflect and serve changing patterns of suburban living. The master plan combined elements of the village green, of European city centers, and of elegant arcades and gallerias, in a constant temperature-controlled enclosure. When Southdale opened in 1956, it included 72 stores, and was anchored by two major department stores, all arranged in a two-level design around a brightly lighted center court. It offered free parking, and its 5000 parking spaces were grouped into lots, well marked by clever symbols to aid in locating one's own in the sea of cars. Not only did Southdale Shopping Center fulfill the vision of its creators as a center of commerce and of social life for suburban residents, it also fueled suburban growth and became a much-imitated model.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13936314.post-9383694510501340682008-12-06T13:37:00.000-08:002008-12-06T13:37:00.000-08:00The Arcade in Cleveland is recognized as one of th...The Arcade in Cleveland is recognized as one of the first indoor shopping malls, and it opened in 1890. It still operates in downtown Cleveland.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com