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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 '''Vestavia Hills Shopping Center''' (sometimes known as '''Vestavia Hills Shopping City''') was the original name for the northernmost portion of the present [[Vestavia Hills City Center]] on [[Montgomery Highway (Vestavia Hills)|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.
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==
==Tenants==
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* [[A & A Ash, Inc.]]
 
* [[Alley's Drug Store]]
** 600: [[Redstone Church]], former location of [[Western Supermarket]] (1956-), [[H & R Block]], [[Physical Therapy South]]
** 608: [[Pet Supermarket]], former location of [[Harlow's Honey Fluff Donuts]] (1969)
** 610: [[ScubaVentures]], former location of [[Schoolhouse Educational Supply]]
*** 610A: former location of [[Lochamy's Bar-B-Q]], [[Mister C's Restaurant & Lounge]] (1983), [[Pilleteri Maytag]] (1983–1986)
*** 610C: former location of [[State Farm Insurance]] (1983)
** 612: former location of [[Showcase Distinctive Kitchens & Baths]] (1983)
*** Suite 100: [[Tecate Mexican Grill]], former location of [[Mariachi Grill]]
*** Suite 110: [[Newk's Express Cafe]], (December 2011–), former location of [[ERA Oxford Realty]], [[Elite Nutrition]] (2015)
** 614: [[Hair Impressions]], former location of [[Southern Carpet Co.]] (1983), [[Hickory Farms]]
** 616: [[Elite Nutrition]], former location of [[Vestavia Bake Shop]] (1956-), [[Pizitz Bake Shop]] (1983), [[T-Mobile/Sprint]]
** 618: [[Sally Beauty Supply]], former location of [[Knit 'n Needle Shop]] (1983), [[Ritz Camera]], [[Wolf Camera]]
** 620: [[Karen's Hallmark Shop]], former location of [[Cambridge Shop]] men's clothes (1983)
** 624: [[Salon Suites]], former location of [[Fashion Post]] (1969-1970), [[Hibbett Sporting Goods]] (1983)
** 628: former location of [[Moonlight Music Café]] (2003-2006)
** 632: former location of [[Kessler's]] (1956-1983), [[Cokesbury Books]], [[IronStone Pizza]] (2016-2019)
** 634: [[Palm Beach Tan]], former location of [[Suntime Tanning]]
** 636: [[Kid's Gym]], former location of [[Maternity Fashion Bazaar]] / [[Little Ones]] children's clothes (1983)
** 640: former location of [[Sikes Shoe Company]] (1983), [[Lucy's on Thirty-one]], [[Kidz Closet and More]] consignment (-2018)
** 644: former location of [[Lea Drug Store]] (1956-), [[Vestavia Rexall Drugs]] (1983)
** 652: former location of [[Snow's Cards & Gifts]] (1958-1983)
** 658: [[Dollar Tree]], former location of [[F. W. Woolworth]] (1958-), [[Rugged Wearhouse]]
** 660-664: former location of [[Hill's Grocery]] (1958-), [[Western Supermarket]], [[Delchamp's]], [[Stein Mart]] (–2020)
** 668: [[Nail Fever]], former location of [[Walls' Vestavia Shoe Hospital]], [[Vestavia Shoe Hospital]] (1970–1983)
** 670: [[Beautiful Brides]], former location of [[Pete's Hot Dogs]] (1983)
** 672: [[Merle Norman]]
** 674: [[Great Clips]], former location of [[Vestavia Barber Shop]] (1959-1983), [[Hairspray Salon]], [[Head Start]]
** 676: [[Alfano Computers]], former location of [[Kidz Closet and More]] (2007-)
** 678: [[Subway]] sandwich shop
** 680: former location of [[CLP Resources]], [[Boutwell Associates]], [[Moxie Hair Design]], [[Accept Plus of Alabama]]
*** Suite 204: [[Alyson Sabatini]] Allstate Insurance agent
*** Suite 208: [[Houliang Massage]]
*** Suite 212: [[Edward Jones]]
 
* [[Bell Brothers Shoes]]
* [[Bell Brothers Shoes]]
* [[Birmingham Federal Savings & Loan]]
* [[Blouse House]]
* [[Birmingham Trust National Bank]]
* The [[Blouse House]]
* [[Britling Cafeteria]]
* [[Buster Brown Shoes]]
* [[Buster Brown Shoes]]
* The [[Cambridge Shop]]
* [[Cunningham's Appliance, TV & Stereo]]
* 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]]
* [[Gene 'N Dud's Men's Wear]]
* [[Harlow's Honey Fluff Donuts]]
* [[International Galleries]]
* [[International Galleries]]
* [[Jack's Hamburgers]]
* [[Joe Nichols Studio]]
* [[Joe Nichols Studio]]
* [[Johnson's Vestavia Jewelers]]
* [[Johnson's Vestavia Jewelers]]
* [[Kessler's]]
* [[Klein's Vestavia Flowers]]
* [[Klein's Vestavia Flowers]]
* [[Knit 'N Purl]]
* [[Knit 'N Purl]]
* [[Lochamy's Bar-B-Q]]
* [[Maternity Fashion Bazaar]]
* [[Merle Norman Cosmetics]]
* [[Moonlight Music Café]] (2003-2006)
* [[Mrs Todd's Cafeteria]]
* [[Pilleteri Maytag]]
* [[Perfection Cleaners]] (1956-)
* [[Perfection Cleaners]] (1956-)
* [[P & S Apothecary]]
* [[Shoe Station]], 2022–
* 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]]
* [[Susan Lane Gifts]]
* [[Utopia Cleaners]]
* [[Utopia Cleaners]]
* [[Vestavia Bake Shop]] (1956-)
* [[Vestavia Barber Shop]] (1959-)
* [[Vestavia Coin Laundry]]
* [[Vestavia Coin Laundry]]
* [[Vestavia Coiffures by David]]
* [[Vestavia Coiffures by David]]
* [[Vestavia Drug Company]]
* [[Vestavia Drug Company]]
* [[Vestavia Hardware]] (1956-)
* [[Vestavia Hardware]] (1956-)
* [[Vestavia Model Car Raceway]]
* [[Vestavia TV & Stereo Service]]
* [[Vestavia Rexall Drugs]] (formerly [[Lea Drug Store]] (1956-)
* [[Vestavia TV and Stereo Service]]
* [[Walls' Vestavia Shoe Hospital]]
* [[Watkin's One-Hour Cleaners]]
* [[Western Super Market]]
* [[Willoughby Interiors]]
* [[Willoughby Interiors]]
* Wolf Camera
* [[F. W. Woolworth]] (1958-)
* [[Yeilding's]]


==References==
==References==
* Beiman, Irving (October 22, 1958) "[http://www.birminghamrewound.com/features/VestaviaCenter-LG(10-58).jpg $750,000 expansion plans charted for Vestavia Center]" ''Birmingham News'' - via Birmingham Rewound
* Beiman, Irving (October 22, 1958) "[http://www.birminghamrewound.com/features/VestaviaCenter-LG(10-58).jpg $750,000 expansion plans charted for Vestavia Center]" {{BN}} - via Birmingham Rewound
* {{SD-1983}}


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[[Category:Vestavia Hills Shopping Center|*]]
[[Category:1956 buildings]]
[[Category:1956 buildings]]
[[Category:1958 buildings]]
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[[Category:1959 buildings]]
[[Category:1959 buildings]]
[[Category:Charles McCauley buildings]]
[[Category:Charles McCauley buildings]]
[[Category:Vestavia Hills City Center]]
[[Category:Charles Byrd developments]]

Latest revision as of 16:14, 28 March 2022

The Vestavia Hills Shopping Center (sometimes known as Vestavia Hills Shopping City) 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

References

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