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The '''Vestavia 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''' 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.
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]]
* [[Bell Brothers Shoes]]
* [[Birmingham Federal Savings & Loan]]
* [[Birmingham Trust National Bank]]
* [[Birmingham Trust National Bank]]
* [[Bell Brothers Shoes]]
* The [[Blouse House]]
* The [[Blouse House]]
* [[Britling Cafeteria]]
* [[Buster Brown Shoes]]
* [[Buster Brown Shoes]]
* [[Cambridge Shop]]  
* The [[Cambridge Shop]]  
* Cokesbury Books (originally [[Kessler's]] (1956-))
* Cokesbury Books (originally [[Kessler's]] (1956-))
* [[Cunningham TV]]
* [[Cunningham's Appliance, TV and Stereo]]
* [[Daniels Opticians]]
* [[Daniels Opticians]]
* [[Espey's Barber Shop]]
* [[Fashion Post]]
* [[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
* [[Harlow's Honey Fluff Donuts]]
* [[International Galleries]]
* [[Jack's Hamburgers]]
* [[Joe Nichols Studio]]
* [[Johnson's Vestavia Jewelers]]
* [[Kessler's]]
* [[Klein's Vestavia Flowers]]
* [[Klein's Vestavia Flowers]]
* [[Knit 'N Purl]]
* [[Lochamy's Bar-B-Q]]
* [[Maternity Fashion Bazaar]]
* [[Merle Norman Cosmetics]]
* [[Moonlight Music Café]] (2003-2006)
* [[Moonlight Music Café]] (2003-2006)
* [[Mrs Todd's Cafeteria]]
* [[Pilleteri Maytag]]
* [[Pilleteri Maytag]]
* [[Perfection Laundry]] (1956-)
* [[Perfection Cleaners]] (1956-)
* [[Shoe Corral]]
* [[P & S Apothecary]]
* The [[Shoe Corral]]
* [[Snow's Cards and Gifts]] (1958-)
* [[Snow's Cards and Gifts]] (1958-)
* [[State Farm Insurance Company]]
* Stein Mart (originally [[Hill's Grocery]] (1958-), then Western and Delchamp's)
* Stein Mart (originally [[Hill's Grocery]] (1958-), then Western and Delchamp's)
* [[Susan Lane Gifts]]
* [[Utopia Cleaners]]
* [[Utopia Cleaners]]
* [[Vestavia Bake Shop]] (1956-)
* [[Vestavia Bake Shop]] (1956-)
* [[Vestavia Barber Shop]] (1959-)
* [[Vestavia Barber Shop]] (1959-)
* [[Vestavia Coin Laundry]]
* [[Vestavia Coiffures by David]]
* [[Vestavia Drug Company]]
* [[Vestavia Hardware]] (1956-)
* [[Vestavia Hardware]] (1956-)
* [[Vestavia Rexall Drugs]] (formerly [[Lea Drug Store]] (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 Super Market]]
* [[Western Super Market]]
* [[Willoughby Interiors]]
* Wolf Camera
* Wolf Camera
* [[F. W. Woolworth]] (1958-)
* [[F. W. Woolworth]] (1958-)

Revision as of 16:23, 28 May 2010

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

References

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