MALL HALL OF FAME

Birmingham's Eastwood Mall "A masterpiece of shopping luxury never before seen in the Deep South," so proclaimed the he...

An interior view of the original EASTWOOD shopping concourse. In the foreground is a bird aviary, which was something of a standard fi...

EASTWOOD circa-1981. Although the complex has not been physically expanded since 1966, much interior space has been reconfigured. The super...

A shiny new mega mall opened in the vicinity of EASTWOOD in 1986. As a keeping up with RIVERCHASE GALLERIA measure, EASTWOOD was substantial...

Competition from RIVERCHASE GALLERIA, THE SUMMIT lifestyle center, and other B'ham area malls, eventually took a toll on EASTWOOD. After...

Birmingham's Century Plaza CENTURY PLAZA opened, in 1975, as the Magic City's second 2-level shopping center. In its heyday, the int...

A circa-1976 layout shows the original orientation of the four anchor stores and various peripheral structures. The retail facility en...

This image, and the two that follow, were taken at the CENTURY PLAZA Center Court in the the early 2000s. Here we see the glass-encl...

CENTURY PLAZA Crestwood Boulevard / US 78 and Oporto Avenue (Oporto Madrid Boulevard) Birmingham, Alabama   BROOKWOOD VILLAGE CENTER, the M...