Birmingham's Eastwood Mall
"A masterpiece of shopping luxury never before seen in the Deep South," so proclaimed the headlines commemorating the official dedication of EASTWOOD MALL. The complex opened, in the summer of 1960, as the second fully-enclosed mall in the South (the first being CHARLOTTETOWN MALL, in North Carolina).
In August 1960, EASTWOOD MALL covered around 320,300 leasable square feet, with thirty-five stores and services. Free parking was provided for 2,200 autos.
EASTWOOD MALL TENANTS 1960:
J.C. PENNEY / J.J. NEWBERRY 5 & 10 (with luncheonette) / S.S. KRESGE 5 & 10 (with luncheonette) / KROGER supermarket) / COLONIAL STORES supermarket / 24-Hour Coin Laundry / ABC State Liquor Store / Aladdin Cleaners / Beauty Unlimited Salon / Bell Brothers Shoes / City Federal Savings & Loan / Duane's Shoes / Eastwood Barber Shop / Eastwood Community Auditorium / Exchange-Security Bank / Friend Sisters ladies' wear / Gordon's Jewelers / Happy House Shops / Jones-Lawless men's wear / Kinney Shoes / Lace & Fabric Mart / LaGrove Seed & Pet Shop / Lerner Shops ladies' wear / Liggett Rexall Drug (with luncheonette) / Mall Cafe / Mall Record Shop & Appliance Center / Mazer's for Modern Furniture / Michael's-in-the-Mall restaurant / Olan Mills Studio / Riddle's ladies' & children's apparel / The Gold Bow / Top Value Stamps Redemption Center / Wendy's Sportswear / Western Auto
OUTPARCELS:
Eastwood Bowling Center / Eastwood Mall go-kart track / Kiddieland amusement area
1. EASTWOOD MALL (August 25, 1960) Birmingham
2. DUNNAVANT'S MALL (November 29, 1963) Huntsville
3. THE MALL (March 2, 1966) Huntsville
4. HEART OF HUNTSVILLE (November 1 1961, enclosed in 1966) Huntsville
5. BEL AIR MALL (August 16, 1967) Mobile
6. SOUTHGATE MALL (August 14, 1968) Muscle Shoals
7. McFARLAND MALL (February 19, 1969) Tuscaloosa
