Entries Tagged as 'architecture'
April 10th, 2013 · Comments Off · architecture

While the street paving may be ending over near Railroad Park, it’s looking like construction is just getting started. You’re looking at the site once considered for the Standard at Midtown. Now, it’s trying to be a Parkside home for nearly 300 people in greater downtown Birmingham.
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March 28th, 2013 · Comments Off · 35203, architecture

While it appeared as though Jeremy Erdreich’s prediction in fall 2011 could be coming true, there’s a fence is up, the machinery is in place… and there’s now a Cadence Bank coming soon sign on the corner. The 723 parking spaces are still two blocks away too…
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June 19th, 2012 · Comments Off · architecture, Art

Those in attendance at the June 19 kick-off event celebrating the start of construction of Sloss Furnaces’ long-planned for visitors center got to do something a little different than a groundbreaking – and unique to the National historic landmark site.
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May 23rd, 2011 · Comments Off · architecture

This afternoon a Birmingham City Council committee could help take the next step in preserving and restoring the city’s oldest school building after a fire gutted it earlier this year.
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Tags:35203·architecture·building·downtown·historic·plan·Powell School·preservation·school·update

Residents and merchants in Birmingham’s Five Points South community are probably celebrating this evening as Chick-Fil-A announced that they would move forward with seeking approval of a new location in the commercial district without a drive-through.
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Local blog The Heaviest Corner recently found their way into the Pizitz Building, giving residents of Birmingham, AL a chance to see the before photos of this project that could potentially reinvigorate the city center.
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The fate of the former Birmingham Fire Department Engine No. 22 building is partially in the hands of the city’s budget and finance committee. They will consider the proposal to sell to the developer wanting to replace it with a Walgreens. The full council must still vote after receiving the recommendation from the committee.
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Workers surveyed the area around former Birmingham Fire Engine No. 22 on Thursday morning while people still wondered about the logistics of the proposal being considered for its replacement by a Walgreens pharmacy – with a drive-through.
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Tags:AL·Alabama·B'ham·Birmingham·Clairmont Avenue·Design Review Committee·Engine 22·Lakeview·preservation·proposal·restoration·Walgreens