During this morning’s Design Review Committee meeting, committee member Cheryl Morgan read a statement into the record of the minutes voicing her regret and concerns about the vote that allows for the demolition of the Birmingham News building. Morgan serves as the director of the Auburn University’s Urban Studio in Birmingham.
The statement asks for [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Birmingham News'
DRC member apologizes for News building vote
April 25th, 2007 · View Comments · 35203, Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham News, Business, Design Review Committee, News
Tags:
Reconciler’s plan to provide housing stalls at neighborhood level
April 12th, 2007 · View Comments · 35218, Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham News, News
Kathy at Birmingham Blues points out an interesting story in today’s Birmingham News. Her post from earlier today discusses the recent decision by the Ensley Highlands neighborhood association to not support a proposal by Reconciler Development, Inc., an affiliate of the Church of the Reconciler, to renovate several abandoned homes in the neighborhood. This article [...]
Tags:
News building demolition approved
April 11th, 2007 · View Comments · 35203, Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham News, Design Review Committee, News
This morning the owners of the Birmingham News building cleared their last hurdle, allowing for the demolition of the 1917 building to move forward. Birmingham, Alabama’s Design Review Committee voted 5-2-1 to approve changes to the landscaping plan, treatments to the daily newspaper’s production facility facade and reviewed plans to attempt to salvage terra cotta [...]
Tags:
Historic News building slated for demolition
March 14th, 2007 · Comments Off · 35203, Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham News, Design Review Committee, News
This morning the city’s Design Review Committee narrowly approved demolition of the former home of the Birmingham News at 2200 4th Avenue North. The building will be removed to provide dedicated assigned parking for employees of Birmingham, Alabama’s daily newspaper. The parking will be fenced with brick piers, using trees and shrubs to edge the [...]
Tags:
Andre Natta on 
ahadigital on 
smadatan on 
Live 100.5 Going Silent - ZeroSource on 
jmerz on 
