Category Archives: Alabama

Rickwood’s enjoying an extended moment in the sun

Posted on September 26, 2007 | Leave a comment

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.

And that’s on top of the park having been the cover story in this month’s Southwest Airlines Spirit magazine. Here’s a link to the article as it exists on the website. Here’s a link to a PDF of the article as well. It’s a nice way for the park to get some attention as an unofficial countdown begins towards its 100^th birthday in 2010.

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Posted in 35204, Alabama, architecture, Birmingham, Sports

my Birmingham: Parliament House hears its fate

Posted on September 26, 2007 | 5 comments

UPDATE: 2.16.2008 – Street closing information

Parliament House

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 and sent in this letter to my Birmingham. It is written in response to André’s editorial about our city’s urban fabric.

Go on over and check it out!

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Posted in Alabama, architecture, Birmingham, Design Review Committee, My Birmingham, UAB

Minor league execs invade the Magic City for promo ideas

Posted on September 26, 2007 | Leave a comment

Minor league baseball officials and executives have decided to call Birmingham their home away from home for the next 3½ days for the 2007 Minor League Promotional Seminar. Representatives are also here from several minor league hockey teams, the PGA Nationwide tour and… wait for it… the University of Tennessee according to this post on the Midwest League site.

They’ll venture out to both Regions Park and Rickwood Field. Now, since minor league baseball folks are known for being a little on the creative side with regards to activities, we’re keeping our eyes open. Nobody has said that anything is going to happen, but that doesn’t mean that it won’t.

We’re really posting this for those folks that may want a job, since there is a job fair at the event (it’s over at the Sheraton downtown).

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Posted in 35203, Alabama, Birmingham

Does God exist? Hear two sides next week Wednesday

Posted on September 26, 2007 | Leave a comment

That’s when John Lennox will debate Richard Dawkins at the Alys Stephens Center. While information has been out in public for weeks, we’ve noticed a recent upswing in the online buzz about the event. It’s being sponsored by the Fixed Point Foundation, a Birmingham-based Christian “think-tank” organization.

Dawkins is a respected intellectual and known atheist while John Lennox is a Christian apologist and scientist. Both gentlemen work in Oxford,England; Lennox is Reader in Mathematics and Fellow in Mathematics and Philosophy of Science, Green College, University of Oxford while Dawkins is Fellow of the Royal Society and Charles Simonyi Chair for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. So basically, it’s going to be a good one. Click on over to Good News to learn more about the event from its original press release.

Lennox has been interviewed on WBHM – click here to listen to or read the conversation.

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Posted in 35205, Alabama, Birmingham, Events, Religion

Election ’07: Don’t you want to know what they think the job entails?

Posted on September 26, 2007 | Leave a comment

We didn’t know if you knew we’d asked these candidates two more questions. Instead of posting them with the rest of the answers, we decided that we would begin building candidate profiles, with a little help from our friends over at Bhamwiki.

Click on the image above to hear the candidates answer two (2) questions; one specific to them and this question that got some very interesting responses:

How do you view the role of mayor as the city goes forward?

BTW: Don’t forget that you can still cast your vote for mayor in our online poll until 3 p.m. this Friday!

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Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, Citywide, Election '07, politics

Have we reached a tipping point on crime in Birmingham?

Posted on September 26, 2007 | Leave a comment

Crime has been a buzz word throughout the Magic City for quite a while now. It has definitely become one of the dominant issues of this year’s mayoral campaigns, with the major candidates running television and radio spots describing exactly how they would solve what is being considered a growing problem. In recent months merchants and residents, particularly on the city’s east side, have become increasingly concerned about the issue, especially as they see the city turning a corner in terms of potential reinvestment. Two efforts in particular are getting noticed as they prepare to ramp up their efforts.

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Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, Citywide, News