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The [[Thomas Drive-In]] restaurant was the first new building, constructed on the extreme west corner of the site. The main retail strips were designed by [[James Gatling]], who also designed Shepherd-Sloss' [[Highland Plaza|Plaza Stores]] on [[Highland Avenue]]. Construction of the first 400-foot x 800-foot building was begun by the [[Marbury-Moriss Construction Company]] on [[April 15]], with the first stores opening on [[September 1]]. A 400-space parking lot was laid out to serve the development and a second building, 175 feet by 140 feet, was planned to break ground that summer.
The [[Thomas Drive-In]] restaurant was the first new building, constructed on the extreme west corner of the site. The main retail strips were designed by [[James Gatling]], who also designed Shepherd-Sloss' [[Highland Plaza|Plaza Stores]] on [[Highland Avenue]]. Construction of the first 400-foot x 800-foot building was begun by the [[Marbury-Moriss Construction Company]] on [[April 15]], with the first stores opening on [[September 1]]. A 400-space parking lot was laid out to serve the development and a second building, 175 feet by 140 feet, was planned to break ground that summer.


The strip was given a face lift in [[1961]]. A trolley service to carry shoppers around the center was instituted the same year. In [[1964]] a [[Britling West]] cafeteria opened on [[Avenue V]] near the shopping center's entrance.
The strip was given a face lift in [[1961]]. A trolley service to carry shoppers around the center was instituted the same year. In [[1964]] a [[Britling West]] cafeteria opened on [[Avenue V]] near the shopping center's entrance. on [[January 1]], [[1966]] the Montgomery-based Farm Bureau Insurance Companies purchased the shopping center from the Shepherd-Sloss Realty Co. for more than $4.5 million.


==Tenants==
==Tenants==
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==References==
==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]]
* "[http://www.birminghamrewound.com/features/1941-04.htm Huge new shopping center to be built near fairgrounds]" (April 1941) {{BN}} - via [[Birmingham Rewound]]
* "[http://www.birminghamrewound.com/features/FivePoints%20(10-61).jpg Five Points West Marks 21st Birthday]" (October 1961) ''Birmingham News'' - via [[Birmingham Rewound]]
* "[http://www.birminghamrewound.com/features/1965-11.htm Farm Bureau buying Five Points West]" (November 1965) {{BN}} - via [[Birmingham Rewound]]
* "[http://www.birminghamrewound.com/features/FivePoints%20(10-61).jpg Five Points West Marks 21st Birthday]" (October 1961) {{BN}} - via [[Birmingham Rewound]]


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[[Category:Five Points West Shopping City|*]]

Revision as of 13:04, 1 November 2015

1951 advertisement for Five Points West

The Five Points West Shopping City is a large shopping center developed in 1941 by A. Page Sloss of Shepherd-Sloss Realty at Five Points West. At the time, the 24-acre project was announced as the largest private development in the region since 1925.

The Thomas Drive-In restaurant was the first new building, constructed on the extreme west corner of the site. The main retail strips were designed by James Gatling, who also designed Shepherd-Sloss' Plaza Stores on Highland Avenue. Construction of the first 400-foot x 800-foot building was begun by the Marbury-Moriss Construction Company on April 15, with the first stores opening on September 1. A 400-space parking lot was laid out to serve the development and a second building, 175 feet by 140 feet, was planned to break ground that summer.

The strip was given a face lift in 1961. A trolley service to carry shoppers around the center was instituted the same year. In 1964 a Britling West cafeteria opened on Avenue V near the shopping center's entrance. on January 1, 1966 the Montgomery-based Farm Bureau Insurance Companies purchased the shopping center from the Shepherd-Sloss Realty Co. for more than $4.5 million.

Tenants

original tenants

later tenants

References

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