Cincinnati's Kenwoods
Kenwood Plaza
The first of Greater Cincinnati's Kenwood shopping complexes opened in September 1956. "Beautiful, Tremendous and Convenient," KENWOOD PLAZA housed thirty-two stores and services. The strip center was an early Edward J. DeBartolo development.
Advert from the Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation
KENWOOD PLAZA was originally anchored by this 87,100 square foot McAlpin's.
Drawing from Mercantile Stores Company, Incorporated
Albers, a division of Atlanta's Colonial Stores, dedicated a KENWOOD PLAZA location as part of the September 1956 grand opening.
Drawing from Colonial Stores, Incorporated
The H & S Pogue Company dedicated a KENWOOD PLAZA location in April 1959. Encompassing 65,000 square feet, it would be expanded on one occasion, when it was more than tripled in size!
The original KENWOOD PLAZA strip center encompassed approximately 250,000 leasable square feet and housed thirty-one stores and services. Its vast parking area could accommodate 3,500 autos. This circa-1959 layout includes the newly-built Pogue's department store and recently-enlarged McAlpin's.
KENWOOD PLAZA TENANTS 1959:
McALPIN'S (with Beauty Salon and Kopper Kettle Restaurant) / H & S POGUE / ALBERS supermarket / KROGER supermarket / Big Tree Farmer's Market / Burkhart's Men's Store / Carlson Hardware & Appliance / Doctor Manny Comisar / Eagle Savings & Loan / Eastern Hills Camera Shop / Edgewood Bakery / Fannie Farmer Candies / Forget-Me-Not Gift Shop / Gray Drug / H. Yager Wallpaper Company / Hair Fashion Studio / Hansel & Gretel Shop children's wear / Herschede Jewelers / Howard Johnson's restaurant (outparcel) / Jean Frock's, Incorporated / Kenwood Fabric Center / Kinney Shoes / Kwik Way Laundry & Dry Cleaning / Lee's Apparel Shop / Marae's ladies' wear / Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio / Nobil Shoes / Plaza Barber Shop / Plaza Shoe Repair / Potter Shoe Company / Richman Brothers men's wear / Ruhl Meats / S.S. Kresge 5 & 10 (with luncheonette) / Schiff Shoes / Socony Mobil service station (outparcel) / Tasty Bird restaurant / The Cotton Shop ladies' wear / Toy House / Tune Time Records / W.T. Grant (with luncheonette) / Western Industries, Incorporated / Williamson's Men's Shop
McALPIN'S (with Beauty Salon and Kopper Kettle Restaurant) / H & S POGUE / ALBERS supermarket / KROGER supermarket / Big Tree Farmer's Market / Burkhart's Men's Store / Carlson Hardware & Appliance / Doctor Manny Comisar / Eagle Savings & Loan / Eastern Hills Camera Shop / Edgewood Bakery / Fannie Farmer Candies / Forget-Me-Not Gift Shop / Gray Drug / H. Yager Wallpaper Company / Hair Fashion Studio / Hansel & Gretel Shop children's wear / Herschede Jewelers / Howard Johnson's restaurant (outparcel) / Jean Frock's, Incorporated / Kenwood Fabric Center / Kinney Shoes / Kwik Way Laundry & Dry Cleaning / Lee's Apparel Shop / Marae's ladies' wear / Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio / Nobil Shoes / Plaza Barber Shop / Plaza Shoe Repair / Potter Shoe Company / Richman Brothers men's wear / Ruhl Meats / S.S. Kresge 5 & 10 (with luncheonette) / Schiff Shoes / Socony Mobil service station (outparcel) / Tasty Bird restaurant / The Cotton Shop ladies' wear / Toy House / Tune Time Records / W.T. Grant (with luncheonette) / Western Industries, Incorporated / Williamson's Men's Shop
