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Revision as of 07:37, 11 August 2016
The Vestavia Hills Shopping Center was the original name for the northernmost portion of the present Vestavia Hills City Center on Montgomery Highway in Vestavia Hills.
The $1.5 million shopping center was first developed in the late 1950s by the Byrd Real Estate Company and designed by Charles McCauley. The facade featured light-colored brick and porcelain-enameled metal panels with steel and aluminum trim. Seven stores were built in the first phase which opened in 1956. Four additional spaces completed in 1958. As soon as that work was done, another phase brought 10 more stores for a total of 21. The grand opening concluded in August 1959 with an appearance by Esther Williams.
Tenants
- A & A Ash, Inc.
- Alley's Drug Store
- Bell Brothers Shoes
- Birmingham Federal Savings & Loan
- Birmingham Trust National Bank
- The Blouse House
- Britling Cafeteria
- Buster Brown Shoes
- The Cambridge Shop
- Cokesbury Books (originally Kessler's (1956-))
- Cunningham's Appliance, TV and Stereo
- Daniels Opticians
- Espey's Barber Shop
- Fashion Post
- Frederick's Coiffures
- Furman Fant Beauty Salon
- Gene 'N Dud's Men's Wear
- Harlow's Honey Fluff Donuts
- International Galleries
- Jack's Hamburgers
- Joe Nichols Studio
- Johnson's Vestavia Jewelers
- Kessler's
- Klein's Vestavia Flowers
- Knit 'N Purl
- Lochamy's Bar-B-Q
- Maternity Fashion Bazaar
- Merle Norman Cosmetics
- Mrs Todd's Cafeteria
- Pilleteri Maytag
- Perfection Cleaners (1956-)
- P & S Apothecary
- The Shoe Corral
- Snow's Cards and Gifts (1958-)
- State Farm Insurance Company
- Stein Mart (originally Hill's Grocery (1958-), then Western and Delchamp's)
- Susan Lane Gifts
- Utopia Cleaners
- Vestavia Bake Shop (1956-)
- Vestavia Barber Shop (1959-)
- Vestavia Coin Laundry
- Vestavia Coiffures by David
- Vestavia Drug Company
- Vestavia Hardware (1956-)
- Vestavia Model Car Raceway
- Vestavia Rexall Drugs (formerly Lea Drug Store (1956-)
- Vestavia TV and Stereo Service
- Walls' Vestavia Shoe Hospital
- Watkin's One-Hour Cleaners
- Western Supermarket
- Willoughby Interiors
- Wolf Camera
- F. W. Woolworth (1958-)
- Yeilding's
References
- Beiman, Irving (October 22, 1958) "$750,000 expansion plans charted for Vestavia Center" Birmingham News - via Birmingham Rewound
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