| Birmingham's Theater and Retail District Contributor(s): Hollis, Tim (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738517771 ISBN-13: 9780738517773 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2005 Annotation: From the 1890s to the 1970s, the thriving area of Birmingham between Eighteenth and Twenty-first Streets along First, Second, and Third Avenues was the bustling heart of this quickly growing city. Before the age of the shopping mall, the downtown was the center of retail and entertainment in Birmingham. Along these streets, entrepreneurial immigrants built department stores--including Pizitz and Loveman, Joseph, and Loeb--while the marquees of the Alabama, Ritz, and Lyric theaters, among others, shined over the busy downtown sidewalks. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 976.178 |
| LCCN: 2004117442 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 6.76" W x 9.32" (0.69 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Alabama - Locality - Birmingham, Alabama |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the 1890s to the 1970s, the thriving area of Birmingham between Eighteenth and Twenty-first Streets along First, Second, and Third Avenues was the bustling heart of this quickly growing city. Before the age of the shopping mall, the downtown was the center of retail and entertainment in Birmingham. Along these streets, entrepreneurial immigrants built department stores including Pizitz and Loveman, Joseph, and Loeb while the marquees of the Alabama, Ritz, and Lyric theaters, among others, shined over the busy downtown sidewalks." |
Contributor Bio(s): Hollis, Tim: - Author Tim Hollis is a Birmingham native who fondly recalls the golden days of Birmingham s downtown. He has written several books about entertainment in the South. Birmingham s Theater and Retail District is compiled of images he has amassed over years of research as he has worked to preserve the history of this vibrant neighborhood. |