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Entries from June 30th, 2008

Devon’s last day

June 30th, 2008 · Comments Off · Media

Yeah, it’s true – if you didn’t already know, tonight will be Devon Walsh’s last on Fox 6. According to her last blog post, she’s got a pretty good reason too – her husband’s finished his residency and his new job’s allowing them to move home to Mobile with their 5-month old son.
We know we’ll [...]

Birmingham through the eyes of a fan

June 30th, 2008 · Comments Off · Online

Screenshot of Birmingham, Alabama on Squidoo
For those not familiar with Squidoo, it’s a really cool online tool that allows you to share information about any topic you can possibly think of on one page, called lenses.
Well, one of our fans on Facebook shared their Squidoo page about Birmingham and now we’re going to share it [...]

Hotel surge hits the city

June 30th, 2008 · Comments Off · Business

It’s not like we don’t need the extra rooms in any case, but has anyone else found it just a little weird how many new rooms and renovations have been announced in recent days? We know of at least one guy who’s got to be loving it.
Besides the one linked to the pending purchase of [...]

A look back: June 30

June 30th, 2008 · Comments Off · A look back

1969:
The Alabama Public Service Commission approved the demolition of the Birmingham Terminal Station.
2004:
SouthTrust Tower was purchased by Atanta’s Barry Real Estate for $55 million.
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A mini building boom on the city’s Northside

June 27th, 2008 · Comments Off · Business

acnatta/bhamterminal.com
We’ve got one more – hotel that is. After announcing that they’d renovate the former McArthur School as part of a purchase of the former Carraway Methodist Medical Center, representatives of Shinsegae USA have announced plans to build a new hotel to service their potential new purchase. The hotel would service the hospital as well [...]

You know you wanna find out…

June 27th, 2008 · Comments Off · Elsewhere on The Terminal

So Libby’s going to start leaking IN spots over on Timetable today… no, seriously.

Last weekend of the month… got plans?

June 27th, 2008 · Comments Off · Elsewhere on The Terminal, Weekend plans

Yippee, it’s the last weekend of the month. We can either mourn the passing of time or celebrate it. I’m going to choose to celebrate. Offerings for this weekend include an outdoor music concert, jerk chicken and some fast action in the rink. So head over to Timetable and read all about it.