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Mountain Brook Inn comes down

April 30th, 2008 · View Comments · 35223, Business, architecture

Mountain Brook Inn being demolished today. leadingzero/twitpic
The wrecking ball (or crane as the case may be) appears to be providing evening rush hour drivers along U.S. Highway 280 with a show – in the form of the demolition of the Mountain Brook Inn. According to this story published on April 10 in The Birmingham News, [...]

Babec, zoo favorite, euthanized

April 11th, 2008 · Comments Off · 35223

For those that have not yet heard, Babec, a gorilla in residence at the Birmingham Zoo and famous for being the first zoo animal to receive a pacemaker, was euthanized this earlier today. The Western Lowland gorilla was 27 years old.
According to reports published on both The Birmingham News and NBC 13 websites, he had [...]

Random Shots: Parliament House Hotel update

March 4th, 2008 · Comments Off · 35223, Random Shots

Bob Farley/f8photo
Since the Parliament House Motor Hotel came down on February 17, workers have been slowly clearing away the rubble. Here a wroker tries to keep the dust down by spraying water on debris being loaded onto to trucks.

Saving our Water, Birmingham Botanical Gardens

February 17th, 2008 · Comments Off · 35223, Events, Timetable, environmental

Saving our Water offers business leaders, government officials, planners, developers, builders, architects, building owners and interested citizens an excellent opportunity to explore the expanding water needs of the Birmingham region and how to sensibly meet these needs through planning for sustainability, conservation and cooperation.
It’s also a great chance to learn more about the Green Resource [...]

Street closings for Sunday’s Parliament House Hotel implosion

February 16th, 2008 · Comments Off · 35223, Events, architecture

We have just learned what streets will be closed in advance of tomorrow’s scheduled implosion of the Parliament House Hotel.
Birmingham Police Department will be closing the following streets at approximately 5 a.m. Sunday morning.
20th Street South from 3rd Avenue to 6th Avenue South;
4th Avenue South from 19th Street to 21st Street South;
5th Avenue South from [...]

23rd Annual ONB St. Patrick’s Day Parade, downtown Birmingham

February 16th, 2008 · Comments Off · 35203, 35223, Events, Timetable

This year’s edition, as always, will travel from Five Points South and make its way to Linn Park along the Birmingham Green. It may also be a little more sci-fi than normal, since Omegacon, one of the largest sci-fi conventions in the southeast, will be in town and will march in the parade!
An unbelievable cast [...]

UPDATE: Coming Sunday: Parliament House implosion pics

February 15th, 2008 · View Comments · 35223, Events, architecture

UPDATE: 2.17.2008 – Images are up
UPDATE: 2.16.2008 – Street closing information

Bob Farley/f8photo
As many of you already know, the Parliament House Hotel is being imploded on Sunday morning at 7 a.m., weather permitting. Check in with us on Sunday morning after 8 a.m. to see pictures from this unique event. You can bookmark this page as [...]