Eastwood Mall 50 YEARS AGO AUGUST 25, 1960: Birmingham, Alabama laid claim to the first indoor shopping mall in the Deep South. As expected, a big hoopla was made, and the newspapers were full of advertisements and features. For August 2010, we at BIRMINGHAM REWOUND are paying tribute to this long-gone landmark and baby-boomer icon, in remembrance of the 50th anniversary of her grand opening. But don't expect a helicopter -- neither Tim nor Russell have the budget. Click on the
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NOTE: The
full-sized images are BIG - as in 4 MB or more - so if you have a slow
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If you'd rather download them for viewing offline or outside your browser, right click on each image to save onto your own computer. --Russell
This page created 07/31/2010 -- 416 PM EST BACK
TO AUGUST 1960
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