Category: Malls

The Five Best Retro Malls of Route 1

May 16, 2025

TL;DR: These retro malls along Route 1 are fading fast, but they still offer a nostalgic blast from the past—plan a visit before they disappear. Indoor shopping malls have been having a tough decade. The first modern enclosed shopping mall in America was Southdale Shopping Center in Edina, Minnesota, built in 1956, and the concept […]

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