Southdale

Bowling’s Big One

In 1964, bowling’s big one, a combination of the World Series and the Miss America pageant known as the Women’s International Bowling Congress (WIBC) rolled into the Minneapolis area. For two months, 18,438 women bowlers, 9,219 doubles contestants and 5,071 five women teams sent bowling balls crashing down the lanes in Southdale and New Hope … Read more

Swell Shopping at Southdale

Groundbreaking for Southdale took place in 1954. 800 construction workers were used to build the two-story, 800,000 ft shopping mall. When it was completed two years later at a cost of cost twenty million dollars, the mall had 5,200 parking spaces and room for 72 tenants. Southdale was developed by the Dayton’s and their department … Read more