[mindcrime]

It's not that uncommon in other parts of the US either. In Raleigh, they commonly referred to part of Fayetteville Street as "Fayettevill Street Mall".

[jlgreco]

Famously there is also the National Mall in DC; the area between the Washington Monument and the Capitol.

[jonemo]

And of course The Mall in London: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mall,_London