Birmingham's Eastwood Mall

"A masterpiece of shopping luxury never before seen in the Deep South," so proclaimed the headlines commemorating the opening of EASTWOOD MALL, in the summer of 1960.

A physical layout of the circa-'60 center. The complex encompassed 320,300 leasable square feet, thirty-five stores and services, and had a 2,200-car capacity parking lot. At its official dedication in August, it held the distinction of being the third-largest interior mall in the United States (Minneapolis' SOUTHDALE CENTER and Dallas' BIG TOWN MALL occupied the number 1 and 2 positions).

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