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Next steps to save Powell School underway

February 1st, 2012 · Comments Off · 35203

Folks driving by downtown Birmingham’s Powell School (and folks who haven’t had the chance yet) would be happy to take stock of progress being made with regards to efforts to save the 123 year old building that once served as the city’s first school.

Plan to save Birmingham’s Powell School on the table today

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.

Good thing we saved the fire station in July…

January 3rd, 2011 · 3 Comments · The City, Travelogue

Last summer’s victory by neighborhood advocates to save a structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places was celebrated by preservationists in metro Birmingham, AL and elsewhere. A recent decision elsewhere in the Southeastern United States may make how future victories are achieved that much harder.

Council committee to consider Fire Station No. 22 sale

May 10th, 2010 · 3 Comments · architecture, Business

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.

What’s the plan for the former Engine No. 22?

April 29th, 2010 · 3 Comments · architecture, Development

Surveying Engine Number 22; Birmingham, AL

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.

Travelogue: Not quite abandoned yet

February 23rd, 2010 · Comments Off · Travelogue

A look up into the Lyric Theater. acnatta/Flickr

There’s never a bad time to remind folks in Birmingham, AL about the efforts to renovate and restore the Lyric Theater and the building it’s housed in.

Wednesday, June 19, 2013