Shopping Malls
The Mauling of America
T H E E N D
Minneapolis has twice taken the lead in mall innovations. Before the
present Mall of America, it hosted in its suburb of Edina in 1956, the
first fully enclosed and climate controlled mall, Southdale. With its
center piece atrium, the Garden Court of Perpetual Spring, temperature
controlled at 72 degrees, and careful manipulation of light and space, it
was a simulacrum of an ideal market square.
