03.16.2010 by Andre Natta · View Comments
The fact that Birmingham, AL ranked as the country’s 30th craziest city in a recent list shouldn’t be what throws you for a loop. It should be the ability to be reminded about just how crazy some of the laws on the books in the state of Alabama are.
Among them, the fact that it’s illegal to wear a fake mustache that causes folks to laugh at church. Really…
So where is the weirdest city in the U.S. according to the list created by The Daily Beast based on the number of psychiatrists per capita, stress levels, eccentricity and drinking levels (our numbers are 9, 31, 36 and 38 respectively)? Cincinnati, OH.
Check out the full list of crazy cities on The Daily Beast’s website. Of course, you can always sign a virtual petition to change the law…
Photo: A Fake Moustache Warning. bovinity/Flickr
Filed under: Quirky
03.15.2010 by Andre Natta · View Comments
Filed under: traffic · transportation
03.15.2010 by Andre Natta · View Comments
It’s been a fairly busy past few days so far as birthdays or anniversaries go.
Birmingham’s newspaper of record, The Birmingham News, celebrated 122 years of existence yesterday. The Birmingham Genealogical Society turns 51 today while BhamWiki marks four years of documenting the Birmingham district today (they decided to celebrate on Saturday).
Oh yeah… this site, The Terminal, turned three yesterday. We haven’t celebrated yet, though we’re looking for help to figure out how. I figured the best way to honor that yesterday was to write a post over on the site that led to its creation, Dre’s Ramblings (the new one) as opposed to the old one that still needs to come down (it has the same stuff after all)- and say thanks.
Photo: Octagon Clock. Pam Morgan/Flickr
Filed under: The Terminal
03.9.2010 by Andre Natta · View Comments
The hope for the meeting taking place this evening at Shift Workspace starting at 6 p.m. is to answer the question of if there is a future for coworking in Birmingham, AL. The collaborative space opened to much fanfare (and media coverage) last May. We’ve maintained a desk in the space for several months and are considered an anchor tenant, originally hoping to use it for a series of conversations about issues affecting the city.
This January however, a post on the site quietly announced an initial decision to downsize and move the concept of the space to Austin, TX. A recent article in the Birmingham Business Journal revealed that the location would most likely close when its lease is up, though some of the members are trying to see if they will be able to keep the idea alive (whether it be there or elsewhere in the city), hence why they’re meeting tonight.
The hope is to see if the city’s tech and creative communities want a space and, if so, what’s needed to make it useful for them. Come on out and share your thoughts.
Photo: Bob Farley/f8Photo
Filed under: The Terminal · technology
03.4.2010 by Andre Natta · View Comments
As this month’s b-metro column suggests, I’ve been thinking about how to celebrate three years of existence.
Yeah, it seems quite weird to think it’s been three years already, but it will be a week from Sunday…
So after I realized that I wasn’t doing a good job coming up with ideas myself, I thought it would be best to turn to all of you.
How do you think we should celebrate our third anniversary?
Whatever it is will probably not happen on March 14 itself but later on in the month – that’s the hope at least. (BTW – yes, that image you see above is of the front page of The Terminal from April 2007). Things have changed, haven’t they? Share your suggestions in the comments section.
Also, folks signed up for our e-newsletter, the express, (hint, hint) will get a message tomorrow about helping test a new section of the site. Please note that if you do sign up today it is a double opt-in process, so let us know if you don’t receive a confirmation email.
Filed under: The Terminal
02.26.2010 by Andre Natta · View Comments
The Birmingham-Jefferson History Museum is getting close to keeping its promise of opening this spring. We first mentioned the effort’s new home last summer once we’d figured out that the murals that had been in the Lyric Theater had been moved to the museum’s soon to be temporary space.
We shared some photos that took a closer look at the unfinished work of art that will no doubt play a prominent role in the early days of the facility ion this site’ Gallery back in June. We’re using one of those images here in this piece as well.
Laura Kate at Magic City Manifesto recently stumbled across the museum’s hopefully temporary home over at the Center for Regional Planning and Architecture (a.k.a that building on 18th Street and 1st Avenue North) and found out that it is indeed planning to open in late April (the 29th to be exact).
Hopefully folks will learn more about additional plans in the coming weeks.
Photo: Bob Farley/f8Photo
Filed under: The City
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