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Birmingham native Virgil Trucks made his major league debut on the mound for the Detroit Tigers.
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Category Archives: Birmingham
Rickwood’s enjoying an extended moment in the sun
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 100th birthday in 2010.
Posted in 35204, Alabama, architecture, Birmingham, Sports
my Birmingham: Parliament House hears its fate
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 and sent in this letter to my Birmingham. It is written in response to André’s editorial about our city’s urban fabric.
Posted in Alabama, architecture, Birmingham, Design Review Committee, My Birmingham, UAB
Minor league execs invade the Magic City for promo ideas
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).
Posted in 35203, Alabama, Birmingham
Does God exist? Hear two sides next week Wednesday
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.
Posted in 35205, Alabama, Birmingham, Events, Religion
Election ’07: Don’t you want to know what they think the job entails?
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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!
Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, Citywide, Election '07, politics
