November 1962


 The "Eastwood Effect" appears to be showing.


BATTLE OF THE CAFETERIA TURKEYS!!!
Eastwood?   Downtown?   None of the above?  
50 years ago this month, a new way of shopping came to Birmingham:


The motel that never happened.   And probably for good reason; 12 years later (1974), I-65 would be open from Hoover through downtown.   Today, a number of various office buildings are on this site.

A curious side note: in 1962, my grandparents lived in that very apartment complex on Old Montgomery Highway (they'd move into their longtime house on Saulter Road in 1966).   I wonder how they felt about this project?

Speaking of Dixie Super Stores:

If it took less King Korn stamps to fill a book, what kind of "most wanted gifts" did you get?   And let's be real -- something had to give!   Which is why more of us remember S&H Green Stamps and Top Value versus King Korn.  


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