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* Store No. 1, 1242 [[Tuscaloosa Avenue Southwest]], [[Arlington-West End]] | * Store No. 1, 1242 [[Tuscaloosa Avenue Southwest]], [[Arlington-West End]] | ||
* Store No. 2, 8301–8303 [[1st Avenue North]], [[East Lake]] | * Store No. 2, 8301–8303 [[1st Avenue North]], [[East Lake]] | ||
* Store No. 3, | * Store No. 3, [[633 Tuscaloosa Avenue]], [[Arlington-West End]] | ||
* Store No. 5, [[Vestavia Hills | * Store No. 5, [[Vestavia Hills Mall]] (1950s) | ||
* Store No. 8, 7639 [[1st Avenue North]], [[East Lake]] | * Store No. 8, 7639 [[1st Avenue North]], [[East Lake]] | ||
* 3814 [[Clairmont Avenue]], [[Forest Park]] (1929) | * 3814 [[Clairmont Avenue]], [[Forest Park]] (1929) | ||
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[[Category:5th Avenue South]] | [[Category:5th Avenue South]] | ||
[[Category:Vestavia Hills | [[Category:Vestavia Hills Mall]] | ||
[[Category:Tuscaloosa Avenue Southwest]] | [[Category:Tuscaloosa Avenue Southwest]] | ||
[[Category:1927 establishments]] | [[Category:1927 establishments]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:55, 3 November 2022
Alley's Discount Drugs is a drugstore currently located at 633 Tuscaloosa Avenue Southwest at the corner of Lomb Avenue near Baptist Medical Center Princeton in West End. It has been owned by Dave Alley since he graduated from Samford University's pharmacy school in 1984.
Alley's Drugs has roots in Birmingham dating back to 1927. In 1941 another store was operating at 5017 5th Avenue South in Woodlawn Heights. In the late 1950s Lehman Alley opened the family's "Store No. 5" in the Vestavia Hills Shopping Center. The store in West End is the last remaining Alley's.
In 2010, Alley filed a lawsuit to stop Birmingham from closing a three-block section of Tuscaloosa Avenue between 7th and 10th Avenues adjacent to the store, which the Birmingham City Council approved on August 3, 2010. A temporary injunction filed weeks after the council's action was granted. The 3 blocks are owned by the hospital, but will greatly reduce the amount of traffic around Alley's store, the lawsuit contends.
Stores
- Store No. 1, 1242 Tuscaloosa Avenue Southwest, Arlington-West End
- Store No. 2, 8301–8303 1st Avenue North, East Lake
- Store No. 3, 633 Tuscaloosa Avenue, Arlington-West End
- Store No. 5, Vestavia Hills Mall (1950s)
- Store No. 8, 7639 1st Avenue North, East Lake
- 3814 Clairmont Avenue, Forest Park (1929)
- 5017 5th Avenue South, Crestwood North
References
- Polk's Birmingham (Jefferson County, Ala.) City Directory, including Fairfield and Homewood (1941) Richmond, Virginia: R. L. Polk & Co.
- Swant, Martin (May 18, 2011) "Pharmacy sues to block planned street closing." The Birmingham News