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

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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 [...]

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UPDATE: 2.16.2008 - Street closing information
We were hoping we’d be able to get that news up this evening before anyone else did, though the Birmingham Business Journal ended up beating us to the punch. We actually confirmed it with sources yesterday morning.
As far as a time goes, let’s just say that you’ll probably want to [...]

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Workers sift through the debris of 1809 Morris Avenue’s rear wall Monday morning. Photo credit: Bob Farley/f8photo
One of the more surprising stories was the collapse of the rear of 1809 Morris Avenue in the early hours of Sunday morning. No one was injured in the collapse, which occurred directly across the street from downtown Birmingham’s [...]

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Photo credit: Bob Farley/f8photo
This is the scene looking west along 4th Avenue North as the News’ former home sees its last days on the northeast corner of 22nd Street & 4th Avenue North. Demolition of the 1917 structure is expected to be completed early next week.
Click on the image above to get a closer look.

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The crowd at the 2006 Rickwood Classic. Photo credit: André Natta
Not only is America’s oldest ballpark enjoying some visits from minor league officials this week, it’s also enjoying its recently redesigned website. Head on over to http://www.rickwood.com (yeah, we know it’s not finished yet, but check it out anyway) and see what we mean.
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UPDATE: 2.16.2008 - Street closing information

The Parliament House Hotel as it looked in 2005. Photo credit: Chris Patriarca/Bhamwiki
This morning at the city’s Design Review Committee meeting, approval for demolition was granted to UAB so that they could demolish the former Parliament House Motor Hotel on 20th Street South. Jeremy Erdreich was at this morning’s meeting [...]

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Photo credit: Bob Farley/f8photo
You may have missed it last week, but there’s a good chance that the A.G. Gaston Hotel will be getting a new owner in the coming months, bringing along with him a new life for the local historic landmark property.

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