Southdale Center Mall in 1956
Southdale Center is a shopping mall located in Edina, Minnesota, a suburb of the Twin Cities. It opened in 1956 and is both the first and the oldest fully enclosed, climate-controlled shopping mall in the United States. Southdale Center has 1,297,608 sq ft (120,551.7 m2) of leasable retail space, and contains 106 retail tenants. Do you remember visiting the malls in the 1950s and 60s? Please let us know in the comment section below and remember to share the video and sign up for our free newsletter!
August 12, 2020 @ 6:47 pm
The ’57 Chevy’s came out in Sept 56. It looks like they were on display. But there are only 2 ’57 Chevy’s. The car on the left is a ’57 Buick
August 12, 2020 @ 3:16 pm
should change date to 1957 because there are 3 57′ chevys in the first 2 minutes
August 12, 2020 @ 11:44 am
Got my first real job there in 1956. I was 16 and Worked at Walgreens Drug and at Daytons department store part time.
August 12, 2020 @ 10:54 am
My family visited the Mall shortly after it opened. I was 10. Since it gets both achingly cold outdoors in the winter and wiltingly hot in the summer, this was a great idea in a perfect place. The Dayton family, which owned one of the oldest and nicest department stores in Minneapolis, eventually developed several other “dales” around the suburbs.
August 12, 2020 @ 10:49 am
Back in a more civilized time. Is it still in existence? If so- what stores remain? How has Minnesota’s socialism effected it?
Just sayin!
August 12, 2020 @ 10:56 am
Yes, it is still there but like most malls around the country, it is struggling. Many malls closed completely because of the panic porn pushed by the media about the china virus. The Mall of America is in Bloomington, one of Minneapolis’ suburbs and has been pretty well taken over by somalians. i don’t know how the merchants are doing there, either.