25 incredible photos revealing the history of America’s first modern shopping mall
When the Southdale Center in Edina, Minnesota, opened its doors in 1956, its design was revolutionary. Southdale was the first modern indoor mall in the U.S., and eventually became a national symbol of car-centric, consumerist, postwar suburbia. The shopping mall featured a large central atrium with escalators that led to two upper floors. A pair of... Read Full Aricle