ABSTRACT
On January 31, 2004, Minnesota’s second enclosed mall, the Willard Torsendesigned Apache Plaza Shopping Center, closed (Minnesota’s and America’s first mall was the famous, Victor Gruen-planned Southdale, which was still in operation, as of this writing). On March 20, 2004, a “bulldozer bash,” the mall’s last event, was held, allowing the community to bid farewell to its center.
