Huntsville's first post-war shopping hub made its debut in March 1957. Originally known as PARKWAY CENTER, it was built in the southern hinterlands of the rapidly-expanding metropolis. The strip-format complex housed twenty-five stores and services.
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The largest of these was a G.C. Murphy 5 & dime. It was the Pennsylvania-based chain's first Alabama store and would be enlarged into a Murphy's Mart discount store in the mid-1970s.
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Shainberg's was a Memphis-based store which sold apparel, piece goods and home furnishings. Their PARKWAY CENTER operation was this chain's first foray into Alabama.
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