Malls

 -In the late 40's and 50's, shopping malls were springing up everywhere for the very first time. -Because the economy had never been so good, and consumer products were never before so successful, there had been no need for central shopping centers beforehand. -Malls supported many other key 50's concepts such as fast food, suburbanization and "White Flight", teenagers, big business, and most of all, conformity. -They opened malls because cities were expanding and regular stores could not support tons of people. -They decided to make malls that have tons of stores and could support every one. -In May 1950 Seattle's Northgate Mall, at the time the largest in the country, opened for business. -Seattle's Northgate Mall received $500 million yearly. -This is one of many malls developed in the 50's, but still used today.