# Linda Vista Shopping Center

San Diego, CA · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-51dea3363e` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ca/san-diego-linda-vista-shopping-center/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-51dea3363e.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-51dea3363e.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-51dea3363e

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | partial | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | retail | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | It still hosts many shops, now having an Asian-centric offering, reflecting the evolving population in the area. | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1943 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 1972 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Stores at peak | 13 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “The Linda Vista Shopping Center is a neighborhood shopping center in San Diego and one of the first in the United States, built in 1943.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Vista_Shopping_Center
- **after_notes**: “It still hosts many shops, now having an Asian-centric offering, reflecting the evolving population in the area.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Vista_Shopping_Center
- **status**: “Much (but not all) of the complex was demolished and replaced in 1972. It still hosts many shops, now having an Asian-centric offering, reflecting the evolving population in the area.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Vista_Shopping_Center
- **strategy**: “Much (but not all) of the complex was demolished and replaced in 1972. It still hosts many shops, now having an Asian-centric offering, reflecting the evolving population in the area.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Vista_Shopping_Center
- **demolition_year**: “Much (but not all) of the complex was demolished and replaced in 1972.” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b

## Anchors

Walker Scott department store, supermarket, dime store

## Timeline

- 1943: Built in 1943.
- 1947: Won a Creditable Mention Award from the Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects in January 1947.
- 1972: Much (but not all) of the complex was demolished and replaced in 1972.

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

The Linda Vista Shopping Center is a neighborhood shopping center in San Diego and one of the first in the United States, built in 1943. It was predated in California only by the Broadway & 87th Street shopping center in South Los Angeles, which opened seven years earlier in 1936.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Vista_Shopping_Center

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_opened — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Vista_Shopping_Center

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Linda Vista Shopping Center, San Diego, CA." Record m-51dea3363e, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ca/san-diego-linda-vista-shopping-center/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_sandiegolindavistashoppingcenter,
  title = {Linda Vista Shopping Center, San Diego, CA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ca/san-diego-linda-vista-shopping-center/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-51dea3363e, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.