The former Sears at WestGate Mall in Spartanburg will soon be home to South Carolina’s first Rural King, a Mattoon, ...

More on our latest episode: Why is Jersey so obsessed with malls? The culture, history and the American Dream.

The Lloyd Center opened Aug. 1, 1960, as a 100-store, open-air mall, said at the time to be the largest in the world. In the ...