tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640807453763315652.post3792274117059140959..comments2024-03-08T22:53:38.312-08:00Comments on Mallmanac.com: Gadsden Mall, Gadsden, ALHotelSierraVictorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17887901649222118160noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640807453763315652.post-86454675707687386942019-08-10T02:18:47.845-07:002019-08-10T02:18:47.845-07:00In the aerial photo you can see on the top right a...In the aerial photo you can see on the top right a little path and green area. In the early 1990s it was created –and when I was a teen, my friends and I referred to it as the "bird sanctuary" and would sneak off to go smoke there. One time we found an abandoned graveyard over there and someone told us it was a slave cemetery –but I was skeptical. (Just looked it up and the official name is the James D. Martin Wildlife Park Walking & Birding Path, and the cemetery is called Sixth Street Cemetery / Southern Hills –the city's oldest African American cemetery with graves dating back to 1810.) FYI, for anyone else who is curious... just google and you'll find news articles reporting desecrated graves and vandalism to the headstones and how the city government does not care enough about it's black history to protect the land. So glad I was able to leave that place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640807453763315652.post-70971122275829600462016-05-06T06:38:58.084-07:002016-05-06T06:38:58.084-07:00You are correct. McRae's location was origina...You are correct. McRae's location was originally a Pizitz store. That place closed in the late 1980s. <br /><br />And you're right in that Gadsden is a dying city. That is not exactly true for the surrounding cities within Etowah County. Rainbow City and Southside, while still small, are experiencing sustained growth over the last few decades.<br /><br />Thanks for the article. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com