Travel by Birmingham, AL’s Railroad Park construction site and you’ll see signs of activity and dreams for the city’s new “living room” now scheduled to open next spring.
Entries Tagged as 'Parks'
Railroad’s next phase
August 4th, 2009 · Comments Off · Parks
Tags:AL·Alabama·amphitheater·B'ham·Birmingham·downtown·photo·progress·race·Railroad Park·registration·southside·update
It’ll take just a little longer at Ruffner
June 25th, 2009 · Comments Off · Parks
Folks looking to access Ruffner Mountain Nature Center this weekend after waiting for work to be completed associated with its new Tree Top Visitors Center unfortunately have to wait just a little bit longer.
Tags:35206·access·accessibility·AL·Alabama·B'ham·Birmingham·delay·difficulty·gaining·hiking·info·information·outdoors·Park·parking lot·paving·Ruffner Mountain Nature Center·trail
Ruffner Mountain to close (but only temporarily)
April 30th, 2009 · Comments Off · Parks
If you had plans to go hiking at Ruffner Mountain on Birmingham’s East Side next weekend, you may want to rethink those plans. The center is closed until June 15 for construction work.
Tags:AL·Alabama·Birmingham·closing·construction·environmental·information·Nature·nature center·Parks·Ruffner Mountain·status·temporarily·temporary·Tree Top Visitors Center
Glen Iris residents want your help
March 9th, 2009 · Comments Off · Parks
Residents in Birmingham’s Glen Iris neighborhood are asking for their fellow residents to come out tomorrow and support their plea during the weekly City Council meeting.
Tags:AL·Alabama·Birmingham·Birmingham City Council·email·George Ward Park·Glen Iris·information·On the agenda·request
The State of the Railroad Park is good
February 19th, 2009 · View Comments · Parks
Looks like things are just moving along for Birmingham, AL’s Railroad Park. A quick (very quick) video showing some of the work going on right now.
Tags:AL·Alabama·amphitheater·Birmingham·construction·designs·downtown·images·Railroad Park·status·update·video
You go, Raven!
November 26th, 2008 · Comments Off · Parks
The big story from yesterday’s Birmingham City Council meeting was the hiring of a 13 year-old as a consultant by Mayor Larry Langford – well, sort of.
Raven Hatcher (of no relation to the mayor’s executive assistant Terri Hatcher) actually turns 14 on Friday. This means that she will be able to apply for a work [...]
Tags:35218·City Council·consultant·Larry Langford·Park·Raven Hatcher
Turkey Creek gets an ecoscape
October 13th, 2008 · Comments Off · Parks
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As promised in our post last week, the first of three ecoscapes developed by the Southern Environmental Center made its public debut on Saturday morning at Turkey Creek Nature Preserve.
Features include the installation of natural “stairs” that lead down to the water from the ecoscape and access to an Eagle Scout Trail that runs alongside [...]
Tags:dedication·ecocape·Nature·Pinson·Southern Environmental Center·Turkey Creek Nature Preserve·unveiling








