SOUTH DALE CENTRE

•Gruen’s next project, South dale, became his most famous. Developed by the Dayton
brothers, this was a fully enclosed, climate-controlled, indoor shopping center with 72 shops
and two anchor department stores.

•Plentiful parking surrounded the center. The exterior of the building was without windows,
and all activity was focused inward. Stores were located on two levels with escalators, which
densified the shopping experience.

•A central garden courtyard was flooded with natural light from

upper north-facing windows, making it possible to plant large
trees.

•A goldfish pond, an aviary, and a garden café further enhanced

the area.
Public reception was sensational. But within a decade Gruen
ruefully acknowledged that what had once been a “new building
JECTS DESIGNED BY VICTOR GUREN
•Northland Center, Southfield, Michigan, 1954
•Woodmar Plaza, Hammond, Indiana, 1954
•Westfield Valley Fair, San Jose, California, 1956
•Southdale Center, Edina, Minnesota, 1956
•Riverside Plaza, Riverside, California, 1957
•Bayfair Center, San Leandro, California, 1957
•Eastland Center, Harper Woods, Michigan, 1957
•Glendale Town Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, 195

•Maryvale Shopping City, Phoenix, Arizona, 1959

•Kalamazoo Mall, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1959
•South Bay Center, Redondo Beach, California, 1959
•South Shore Plaza, Boston, Massachusetts, 1961
•Winrock Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1961
•Cherry Hill Mall, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, 1961
•Brookdale Center, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, 1962
•Midtown Plaza, Rochester, New York, 1962
•Northway Mall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1962
•Randhurst Mall, Mount Prospect, Illinois, 1962
•South County Center, St Louis Missouri, 1963
•Westfield Topanga, Canoga Park, California, 1964
•Fulton Mall, Fresno, California, 1964
•Greengate Mall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1965
•South Hills Village, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1965
•Westland Center, Westland, Michigan, 1965
•Plymouth Meeting Mall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1966
•South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, California, 1967
•Midland Mall, Warwick, Rhode Island, 1967

•Park Lane Centre, Reno, Nevada, 1967

•Yorktown Center, Lombard, Illinois, 1968
•Rosedale Center, Roseville, Minnesota, 1969
•Southland Center, Taylor, Michigan, 1970
•Lakehurst Mall, Waukegan, Illinois, 1971
•Central City Mall, San Bernardino, California, 1972
•Commons Mall, Columbus, Indiana, 1973
•Ridgedale Center, Minnetonka, Minnesota, 1974
•Westfield Culver City, Culver City, California, 1975
•Twelve Oaks Mall, Novi, Michigan, 1977
•Port Plaza Mall, Green Bay, Wisconsin, 1977
•Millron's Westchester (later The Broadway Westchester), 1949,
•Westchester, Los Angeles, 1949