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[[Image:Montgomery Highway Shoppers Park rendering.jpg|right|thumb|375px|Rendering of the proposed shopping center]] | [[Image:Montgomery Highway Shoppers Park rendering.jpg|right|thumb|375px|Rendering of the proposed shopping center]] | ||
The '''Montgomery Highway Shoppers Park''' was an unbuilt proposal for a 170,000 square foot shopping center at the intersection of [[Montgomery Highway]] ([[U. S. Highway 31]]) and [[Columbiana Road]] in unincorporated [[Jefferson County]] between [[Hoover]] and [[Vestavia Hills]]. | The '''Montgomery Highway Shoppers Park''' was an unbuilt proposal for a 170,000 square foot shopping center at the intersection of [[Montgomery Highway]] ([[U. S. Highway 31]]) and [[Columbiana Road]] in what was then unincorporated [[Jefferson County]], between [[Hoover]] and [[Vestavia Hills]]. | ||
The planned $2.5 million project would have had shops surrounding a central 600-car parking area on a 16-acre site. Developer [[J. Levert Andrews]] was planning to recruit a department store, furniture store, variety store, shoe stores, jewelry store, hardware store, drug store, supermarket, dress shop, barber shop, antique dealer, children's shop, beauty salon and auto service station, as well as a restaurant and ice skating rink. | The planned $2.5 million project, announced in August [[1960]] for a proposed January [[1961]] groundbreaking, would have had shops surrounding a central 600-car parking area on a 16-acre site. Developer [[J. Levert Andrews]] was planning to recruit a department store, furniture store, variety store, shoe stores, jewelry store, hardware store, drug store, supermarket, dress shop, barber shop, antique dealer, children's shop, beauty salon and auto service station, as well as a restaurant and ice skating rink. | ||
The site later became part of the right-of-way for [[I-65]]. | The site later became part of the right-of-way for [[I-65]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 15:46, 3 February 2011
The Montgomery Highway Shoppers Park was an unbuilt proposal for a 170,000 square foot shopping center at the intersection of Montgomery Highway (U. S. Highway 31) and Columbiana Road in what was then unincorporated Jefferson County, between Hoover and Vestavia Hills.
The planned $2.5 million project, announced in August 1960 for a proposed January 1961 groundbreaking, would have had shops surrounding a central 600-car parking area on a 16-acre site. Developer J. Levert Andrews was planning to recruit a department store, furniture store, variety store, shoe stores, jewelry store, hardware store, drug store, supermarket, dress shop, barber shop, antique dealer, children's shop, beauty salon and auto service station, as well as a restaurant and ice skating rink.
The site later became part of the right-of-way for I-65.
References
- Beiman, Irving (August 1960) "Montgomery-hwy shops to be built." Birmingham News - via Birmingham Rewound
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