Park Forest Plaza was a shopping center located in the planned community of Park Forest, Illinois, U.S.A., that opened in 1949. The center was developed by Philip M. Klutznick, (1907-1999), who was also a prominent leader in the national Jewish community and later served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce under 39th President Jimmy Carter. Park Forest Plaza was one of the first major regional shopping centers in the United State s of the post-World War II era and it served as the downtown to the adjacent village. Klutznick followed many of same principles and concepts in architecture, land use and design espoused by nationally-famous developer James W. Rouse, (1914-1996), of Baltimore. The distinctive clock tower in the open courtyard became the symbol of both the shopping center and the villag