Digital Collection
2011.036.159

Postcard

Color photographic postcard showing a courtyard area at the Northland Center shopping mall in Southfield. In view are seated people, sculptures, and a Kresge store.
Printed on verso: Along the North Mall, Northland Center, Detroit, Michigan.
"The world's largest shopping center", built by the J. L. Hudson Company and opened in March, 1954. The center section, occupied by the J. L. Hudson Company, is surrounded by beautifully landscaped malls ... including modern statuary ... restful redwood benches, fountains, trees, and flowers. Along the outer rim and in the concourses are some eighty stores, offering the latest and choicest of merchandise uniquely displayed. Tremendous parking areas, adequately marked and lighted, surround the whole project. This fabulous shopping center is located between 8 Mile Road and 9 Mile Road and bounded by Greenfield Road and Northwestern Highway on the northwestern boundary of Detroit.
Color by Lucy Gridley

Date
c.1960
Collection
Extent of Description
3.5" x 5.5"
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