Crestwood Village

The Crestwood Shopping Center is a neighborhood shopping center located on a 3-acres site on the northwest corner of the intersection between Crestwood Boulevard and 56th Street South in Crestwood. It was developed by the Jackson Securities and Investment Company as part of their 200-acre post-war Crestwood residential community.

The shopping center itself opened on June 27, 1957 with a 10,000 square foot Western Supermarket, Utopia Custom Cleaners and Elliott Drugs as the first tenants. An 11-store expansion was begun just a few months later, in March 1958, bringing the center to 36,000 square feet, doubling parking capacity to 144 spaces, and adding a continuous canopy over the shop entrances. F. H. Hoar and Sons was the contractor.

Other original tenants included a service station, hardware store, bakery, and shoe repair shop.

Tenants

Original

• 5514: Western Supermarket (R. R. Glasscock, manager)
• Utopia Custom Cleaners (Bertie Liner, manager, Mike Apostalakas, dry-cleaning chief)
• Elliott Drugs (James Elliott, pharmacist and owner)

Former

• A Cut Above, hair salon
• Hudd's Food Center
• Reeves Shoe Boutique

Current

• Crestwood Chevron
• 5502: Jerome Sims and Don Taylor, State Farm Insurance
• 5504A: 1st Avenue Upholstery
• 5504D: Hi-Tech Hair
• 5506: Subway restaurant
• 5508: Urban Cottage
• 5510: Finishing Touch & Alterations
• 5512: Crestwood Coffee
• 5514: Crestwood Antiques
• 5520: Romeo's Sporting Goods
• 5522: Vineyard Food Market

References

• "Crestwood 'Fighting Mad' Over Proposed Gas Station" (March 5, 1953) Birmingham Post-Herald via Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections
• "Residents of Crestwood Fight Oil Station Plans" (April 7, 1953) Birmingham Post-Herald via Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections
• "Affter Long Court Fight -- Shopping Center To Be Built At Crestwood" (November 23, 1955) Birmingham Post-Herald via Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections
• "First Three Stores Open Tomorrow In New Crestwood Shopping Center" (June 26, 1957) Birmingham Post-Herald via Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections
• Grant, Don (March 12, 1958) "Crestwood Center To Add 11 Stores" Birmingham Post-Herald via Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections