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The heavy concentration of traffic generated by industrial development in the western area led developer [[A. Page Sloss]] to invest in the construction of the [[Five Points West Shopping Center]]. That development in [[1941]] established the "Five Points" name, recalling the older [[Five Points South]]. | The heavy concentration of traffic generated by industrial development in the western area led developer [[A. Page Sloss]] to invest in the construction of the [[Five Points West Shopping Center]]. That development in [[1941]] established the "Five Points" name, recalling the older [[Five Points South]]. | ||
==References== | |||
* "[http://www.birminghamrewound.com/features/1941-04.htm Huge new shopping center to be built near fairgrounds]" (April 1941) ''Birmingham News'' - via [[Birmingham Rewound]] | |||
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{{Locate | lat= 33.49689 | lon=-86.87669 | zoom=17 | type=h}} | |||
[[Category:Bessemer Road]] | [[Category:Bessemer Road]] | ||
[[Category:Ensley Five Points West Avenue]] | [[Category:Ensley Five Points West Avenue]] | ||
[[Category:Warrior Road]] | [[Category:Warrior Road]] | ||
Revision as of 23:02, 1 April 2011
Five Points West is a name given to the intersection of Bessemer Road (U. S. Highway 11) and Warrior Road with Ensley Avenue (now Ensley Five Points West Avenue), where routes converge from Ensley, Fairfield, Bessemer and Birmingham, west of the Alabama State Fairgrounds.
The heavy concentration of traffic generated by industrial development in the western area led developer A. Page Sloss to invest in the construction of the Five Points West Shopping Center. That development in 1941 established the "Five Points" name, recalling the older Five Points South.
References
- "Huge new shopping center to be built near fairgrounds" (April 1941) Birmingham News - via Birmingham Rewound