and Courthouse built. 1933 - Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences opens. 1935 - Norfolk Unit of Virginia State University opens. In 1969, it became Norfolk State College and a university in 1979. 1936 - Foreman Field, a multi-purpose stadium, opens at Old Dominion University. 1938 - Norfolk Municipal Airport and Norfolk Azalea Garden open. 1939 - Granby High School opens. 1940s 1940 - Norfolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority created. 1941 - Merrimack Park dedicated. 1943 Norfolk Municipal Auditorium opens. Norfolk Center Theater opens. 1947 - Ward's Corner Shopping Center opens at the intersection of Granby and Little Creek Roads. Over time, future retailers included Hofheimer's shoes ('52), a Giant Open Air supermarket ('63), and the first 24-hour pharmacy in Norfolk, a People's Drug Store. It also had two locations of department store chains, Rices Nachmans ('52) and Smith & Welton. 1948 - Wilders Drive-In cinema in business. 1950s 1950 - WTAR-TV (television) begins broadcasting. 1952 NATO Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic headquartered in Norfolk. Norfolk–Portsmouth Bridge–Tunnel opens. WRAP-AM radio begins broadcasting. 1953 - WTOV-TV (television) begins broadcasting; it later evolved into WGNT. 1954 - Azalea Festival begins. 1955 - Tanners Creek becomes part of city. 1957 - Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel opens, connecting Norfolk with the Virginia Peninsula. 1958 - Sister city program established with Moji, Japan. 1959 Azalea Gardens, East Ocean View, JANAF, Little Creek, and Military Highway become part of City, annexed variously from former Norfolk and Princess Anne Counties. February: School desegregation begins. JANAF shopping center opens at the northeast corner of Military Highway and Virginia Beach Blvd. 1960s 1961 Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters opens. The Golden Triangle Motor Hotel, the first major hotel to open in Norfolk since 1906, opens at 700 Monticello Ave., at a cost of $6.9 million. Located near Scope Arena, the hotel changes ownership over the years. During the 1980s, it was known as "Holiday Inn Scope". As of 2018, it is Wyndham Garden Norfolk Downtown. 1962 Midtown Tunnel begins operating. Norfolk Terminal Train Station closes; it is demolished in 1963. 1965–Present day Norfolk City Hall facilities open. 1966 - Virginia Wesleyan College opens; it becomes a university in 2017. 1967 Virginia Beach-Norfolk Expressway opens, roughly following the same route as Virginia Beach Blvd. It greatly facilitates access from Norfolk to the oceanfront. Virginia National Bank building completed at One Commercial Place, Downtown. It would later become Bank of America and