Westlake Mall: A Lake, A Mall, A Business Park
On a low stretch of land between the Bessemer Superhighway and Interstate 20/59, there is a building that has been, in turn, a lake, a pleasure park, a neighborhood mall, a dead mall, an improvised disaster-relief depot, a car lot, a rumor, and, if all goes to plan, an industrial park with a superhero name.
The Mall at Westlake, almost always called simply Westlake Mall or Westlake, never had the glamour of the big Birmingham centers. It was too local, too blue collar, too practical.
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