> the newer open-air shopping centers The Circle of Fashion has been completed. The early, 1950s-era malls were outdoor. In the Chicago area, at least two of t

> the newer open-air shopping centers The Circle of Fashion has been completed. The early, 1950s-era malls were outdoor. In the Chicago area, at least two of them survive to this day (Oakbrook Center and Old Orchard). Park Forest Plaza didn't fare so well after the enclosed Lincoln Mall opened in 1973 a few miles west in Matteson. Now, though, Lincoln Mall has been demolished except for the Carson Pirie Scott store, which was made freestanding. Over in Orland Park, in the wake of enclosed Orland Square's success, a second enclosed mall was built just to the south. It was not a success, and it was eventually turned inside out as a sort of double-sided strip mall, which now thrives.