Photo credit: Curtis Palmer
A little blurry, this is the scene from the downtown Birmingham Belk this morning as more than 90 people stood in line waiting for the beginning of the “official” grand opening sale today for all area stores. The name change officially occurred on September 2. However, as we reported last month, the Parisian name lives on in metro Detroit.
Posted in 35203, Alabama, Birmingham, Business, Citywide, Random Shots
1978:
Photo credit: Bob Farley/f8photo
American Idol Ruben Studdard was born.
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Posted in A look back, Alabama, Birmingham, history
By now you should know that the City Council voted unanimously to revoke the business & liquor licenses of a gas station owner on the city’s East side. The decision has led to some interesting commentary over on the Birmingham News’ breaking news blog. So after you’ve finished looking at the story that was filed and the 20+ comments (there are more listed but some are repeats), let’s hear what you think about it.
NOTE: It’s interesting to note that the decision from the courts on the case has not been made yet.
Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, Magic City Question
Photo credit: André Natta
Workers work to finish installing a sign for one of the new businesses opening up on the former site of Eastwood Mall. A quick look around the new shopping center, known as Eastwood Village, lets you know that plans are for the property to become fully operational in the near future. Stores moving into the development include rue 21, Shoe Carnival, Starbucks Coffee, Old Navy and Salsarita’s. Oh yeah, and Wal-Mart.
Related links:
Birmingham Rewound: Eastwood Mall
WBHM.org: Paying for Progress, 10.13.2006
The Birmingham News: Eastwood Village awakens, 6.29.2006
Posted in 35210, Alabama, Birmingham, Business, Random Shots
We’re slowly adding features to the Election ’07 site. We’ve actually started using the blog this morning, asking what should be the most important question about the race:
Yesterday we learned that William Bell and Ray Brooks will also be participating in our online forum, joining those that we announced yesterday.
Finally, later this morning we’ll also be adding an Election ’07 calendar to the site’s sidebar that will list upcoming candidate events. We only have two to start the list, so if you’re a candidate you may just want to send your schedule in to us so we can share it with everybody else.
Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, Citywide, Election '07, politics
2002:
Photo credit: André Natta
The 9/11 Memorial Walk was dedicated along 19th Street North at 4th Avenue North.
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Posted in 35203, A look back, Alabama, Birmingham, history
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