In a color snapshot, we see the NORMANDALE Loveman's of Alabama. The store featured the first set of escalators in Montgomery.

Photo from http://digital.archives.alabama.gov / John Engelhardt Scott 

In an interior view of the same store, we see a display featuring the "new" 1955 Ford Thunderbird. This was the introductory "T-Bird" model.
Photo from http://digital.archives.alabama.gov / John Engelhardt Scott 

In a circa-1958 physical layout, the initial 1954 strip plaza shown in black. The 1957 Normandale Arcade expansion is indicated in medium gray. The combined gross leasable area of both shopping center sections was approximately 325,000 square feet. There were fifty stores and services and parking spaces for 1,000 autos.

NORMANDALE SHOPPING CITY TENANTS 1958:

LOVEMAN'S OF ALABAMA / F.W. WOOLWORTH (with luncheonette) / KWIK CHEK supermarket / W.T. GRANT / A. Nachman Millinery / Baker's Qualicraft Shoes / Brenner's Shoe Factory / Bronson's Toyland / Buster Brown Shoes / Capitol Clothing / Chandler's Shoes / City Floral Company / Clay Crumpton Laundromat / Cohen's Records / Dad 'n Lad Shop men's & boy's wear / Darby & Sons Cleaners / Deshield's-Larson's Shoes / Diana Shops ladies' wear / Doctor's Building medical offices /  Ellis Optical / Flack's, Limited ladies' wear / Francis Cafeteria / Gulp Piano & Organ / Hancock Fabrics / Harrelson Barber Shop / Joy's Restaurant & Fountain / Lee's Self-Service Drugs / Liger's Bakery / Lou Herman's Town & Country children's clothing / Louise's Beauty Salon / Mark Hall Cards & Gifts / Maternity Shop / Mel's Photo Shop / Montgomery Shoe Factory / Normandale Delicatessen / Normandale Jewelers / Parker-Sledge Hardware / Pauline Wilkins Fine Candies / Peoples Bank & Trust / Roslyn Eagle Furniture / Saul's Footwear / The Record Shop / Thom McAn Shoes / Town & Country ladies' sportswear / Twix 'N Teens / Western Auto / Wright's Interiors / Yutmeyer Portrait Studio