Shopper's World

Shopper's World is a retail park owned by DDR Corp. It is located on Route 9, near the intersection of Route 30 and the Mass Pike (I-90) in Framingham, Massachusetts. It was built on the site of Shoppers' World, a historic, early suburban shopping mall that was torn down in 1994. Along with the Natick Mall, Shopper's World helps form the heart of the regional shopping district known locally as the Golden Triangle.History and layoutOne of the earliest suburban shopping malls in the United States, Shoppers' World (spelled with an apostrophe and possessive "s" in the plural form) opened on October 4, 1951 with 44 stores, 25,000 people, and State Treasurer John E. Hurley present. This futuristic concept mall was designed to be the mecca of suburban shopping between Boston and Worcester, as the area around its original property remains today.The large Jordan Marsh dome on the southern end was the sole anchor store for the mall in the earliest days. The dome was visible from the air and was used on aeronautical charts as a visual reporting point for aircraft approaching Boston's Logan Airport. It was reputed to be the third largest (in diameter) unsupported dome in the world after St. Peter's Basilica in Rome and St. Paul's Cathedral in London.