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Christown, the Del Webb mall that brought Phoenix shopping indoors
1961
Phoenix, Arizona
Del Webb's company opened Chris-Town in August 1961 as the first enclosed, air-conditioned shopping mall in Arizona, on farmland that had belonged to a Swiss-born farmer named Chris Harri. Montgomery Ward, JCPenney and the local Korrick's department store anchored it. A later rebuild took out most of the roof and turned it into big-box retail, but it is still the oldest mall operating in Phoenix.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: historic site
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