While many people know that Minneapolis is home to the Mall of America, the largest mall in the United States, most don’t know that the world’s first fully-enclosed modern shopping mall is just down the road in the suburb of Edina. Southdale Center was designed to challenge the car-centric culture that was taking hold in the U.S. in the years after World War II. Traditionally, large retailers like the J.L. Hudson’s Company, Sears Roebuck & Co. Montgomery Ward, and Dayton’s had large department stores located in the downtown areas of…
