The Plaza, formerly known as Evergreen Plaza, is noted historically as the first modern America mall and set the standard for American mall development up until the 1980's. The Evergreen Plaza located in Evergreen Park, Illinois, (a close suburb of Chicago was planned in the 1920's legally organized by astute Arthur Rubloff who also built the Water Tower Shopping Plaza on the Chicago's famous Magnificent Mile. Rublof secured the funding and vision for the Evergreen Plaza from the Walgreen's family who lived nearby in Beverly, Chicago.