COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI . . . A view of downtown Columbus showing a section of Fifth Street North, looking north. A Deep South Card.
Same view as of May 2013, courtesy of Google streetview. Columbus has done a great job preserving and revitalizing their downtown, even that great Modernist department store, Ruth’s (which looks like it got paneled maybe around 1970?) that now houses a variety of businesses including a restaurant and candy shop.
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See other Mississippi Streets:
- 1920s Yazoo City
- 1910s Vicksburg
- 1950s New Albany
- 1960s Meridian
- 1930s Camp Shelby
- 1950s Pascagoula
- 1960s Neshoba County Fair
- Drew 1937
- Tupelo 1936
- Vicksburg 1936
- 1940s Gulfport
- 1940s Columbus
- Greenville 1927
- Lexington 1939
- 1910s Meridian
- 1920s Hattiesburg
- Greenville 1939
- 1960s Jackson
- Fulton’s Concrete Highway, c.1940
Categories: Columbus
Preservation in Mississippi 
Love seeing these photos!
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How gladdening Ruths obtains! And how nice that Columbus has a splash of International Style architecture in its rich mix.
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That is actually pretty amazing the streetscape looks so unchanged!
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Awesome preservation! And it appears they buried the unsightly power lines!
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Sadly, the green tile façade of Ruth’s has been taken down, looks like being replaced by EIFS. Under construction now.
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Oh no!! Why??
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Looks like they changed the wooden sidewalks to concrete. I remember walking on the wooden sidewalk as a white person and African Americans had to step off when I approached. I remember being so embaressed by it as a child.
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