Talk:Century Plaza

Renovation date

No biggie, but the late 80's renovation actually took place in 1990: Confirmed with a B'ham news article: On Jan. 5 1990, "[in] Birmingham, officials at Century Plaza shopping center announced a $20 million renovation project to result in 20 new stores and the remodeling of 25 additional stores." (source: O'Hara, Jo Ellen (January 5, 1998) "People are talking..."The Birmingham News.) To me, it came as being the official death knell on the 80's and my childhood. I'll make the edit.

Other Stores: K-B Toys

• I see K&K and Kay Bee/Circus world were listed separately, but it looks like they were all the same store, which just had different monikers over the years. I'll defer to user:Dystopos if the separate listings need to be merged. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KB_Toys -- sagefats (talk) 13:55, 23 January 2023 (PST)
  • Looking at the company history, Circus World and K&K were acquired by KB Toys in 1990 and 1991, respectively. I don't know enough about how that played out at Century Plaza to make a call. Hopefully we'll learn more by and by. --Dystopos (talk) 14:42, 23 January 2023 (PST)
    • Dystopos 10-4. As far as toys were concerned, the real destination was across the street at Toys Я Us. :) sagefats (talk) 07:12, 24 January 2023 (PST)
      • In my day, I had more luck finding my Star Wars figures at Sears and Service Merchandise. --Dystopos (talk) 07:57, 24 January 2023 (PST)
        • Man I miss those places - and this mall (the pre-renovation version, that is)! sagefats (talk) 08:01, 24 January 2023 (PST)
      • Toys R Us didn't open until sometime after 1981, so there was a time where the only choices in the area were the stores in Century Plaza or Eastwood Mall. And I don't remember there being a dedicated toy store in Eastwood in my lifetime. --Lkseitz (talk) 19:45, 5 February 2023 (PST)

Bookland

Why is Bookland listed twice in the "other stores" section? Robert Matthews (talk) 10:56, 12 November 2020 (PST)

• Probably because someone was looking at the source and didn't notice Books-A-Million was actually labeled Bookland. Fixed now. Thanks. --Lkseitz (talk) 06:20, 23 November 2020 (PST)