History of The Mall in Columbia
Photos of The Mall in Columbia from The Baltimore Sun archives ranging from 1970-2004.
- Photo from: March 29, 1971 Original caption: Downtown Columbia is getting a major shopping center with two department stores . the center , due to open in the fall , eventually will have 100 stores . The pyramids on the roof-tops are skylights which will give shoppers in the enclosed mall a look at the sky. (Baltimore Sun Photo/Lloyd Pearson)
- Photo from March 29, 1971 Original caption: Downtown Columbia is getting a major shopping center with two department stores . the center , due to open in the fall , eventually will have 100 stores . The pyramids on the roof-tops are skylights which will give shoppers in the enclosed mall a look at the sky. (Baltimore Sun Photo/Lloyd Pearson)
- Photo from March 29, 1971 Original caption: Downtown Columbia is getting a major shopping center with two department stores . the center , due to open in the fall , eventually will have 100 stores . The pyramids on the roof-tops are skylights which will give shoppers in the enclosed mall a look at the sky. (Baltimore Sun Photo/Lloyd Pearson)
- Photo from July 29, 1971 Original caption: Workmen are busy putting final touches on stores in Columbia Mall. (Baltimore Sun Photo/Frank R Gardina)
- Photo from Aug. 1, 1971: Original caption: Maryland’s largest retailing center with 14 acres under roof is enclosed Columbia Mall will be expandable to 2 million square feet. The Rouse Company project is to include 102 stores, two department stores in first phase of the commercial development . pedestrian link at left goes to American city Building in downtown complex. (Baltimore Sun Photo/William L klender)
- Photo from August 1, 1971 Original caption: Customers will replace workmen and observers in the Mall tomorrow, one day before opening. (Baltimore Sun Photo/Frank R Gardina)
- December 16, 1971 Original caption: Columbia Mall taken December 1971 aerial View (Baltimore Sun Photo/William L. LaForce)
- Photo from March 21, 1980 Original caption: Excavation work nears completion for the expansion of the Columbia Mall in Columbia. Sears will anchor the 400,000 square foot addition to the Rouse Co. shopping complex. (Baltimore Sun Photo/Clarence B. Garrett)
- Photo from August 3, 1981 Original caption: A sign for Hamburgers is put up in the new wing of the Columbia Mall. (Baltimore Sun Photo/April Saul)
- Photo from April 5, 2004. Moon rise over the Columbia Mall.