Design for Eastland Center, ca. 1950
Gruen's first design for a shopping mall was commissioned by Detroit's J.L. Hudson Company to be located in an eastern suburb of Detroit. The mall was designed with Hudson's as its anchor store. However, the Korean Conflict caused building material shortages and the project was not completed. A more conventional Gruen-designed mall opened on the site seven years later in 1957.
Resource Identifier
ah05809_00021
Citation
Victor Gruen papers, Collection No. 5809, Box 57, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
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