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Well, that’s not necessarily one of the opinions being offered up by one of the commenters to The News’ online poll this morning about Birmingham, AL’s new logo, but there’s still time; it may come up.
Just in case you missed it, the new logo was first unveiled with the launch of the city’s revamped website on January 1 (and only then if you really looked around on the site, particularly one of the headers, like we suggested). The reaction’s been mixed, though lively. Add your comments to the discussion, or you can always write something here too and keep it on topic.
UPDATED: 5.27.2008 to reflect that city seal is still in use in tandem with city logo, per comment by Dystopos.
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I posted my thoughts here: http://www.birminghamdome.com/?p=13
Keep up the good work Andre.
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The seal is pretty bad and needs updating, but I’m not sure this logo is the way to go. It looks more like pandering than official business.
Anyway, according to the News this is meant to complement, not replace, the seal.
The comments left on the al.com post were pretty crazy. It seems like the monopoly board one is the most common which I would say is pretty spot-on. The thing is, I don’t know if any government entity really produces hip logos.
The other thing I would add is that the Birmingham News (and by extension al.com) may want to start requireing people to indicate their city of residence before allowing a post. Most of the comments on the board are indicative of the all too typical naive over the mountain logic toward Birmingham.
thank you again for having a site that is much more positive and for offering a forum for people like me that love this city.