Legendary bassist Oteil Burbridge was born in Washington D. C. in 1964.
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Category Archives: Birmingham
A look back: August 22 & 23
Nothing of note. You missed your chance to make history this year 🙁
1998: Sun Ra performed at The Nick.
2006: MTV’s “Two-A-Days“, based on Hoover High School football team debuted.
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Posted in A look back, Alabama, Birmingham
From the Stationmaster: Corrections from yesterday’s Parisian post
Maybe I should say it’s more of a clarification. Yesterday we posted about the Parisian name staying alive in Detroit, MI. I received a couple of emails pointing to the original 2006 press release from Saks Incorporated (which has been inserted into my comment on the article) that listed the locations that existed at that time. We figured we’d deal with some of the questions raised following our guiding principles:
Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, The Terminal, update
Random Shots: The name lives on
So what would Mr. Harbert be thinking about the pending name change of long-time Birmingham-based department store chain Parisian as part of its pending sale to Belk? He and other fans of the name should not be that upset; they would only need to go to Detroit, MI (or at least the metro area).
Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, Business
Three Parks: One step closer for Railroad Reservation
A view of the SYSCO warehouse building looking towards Birmingham’s city center. Photo credit: Bob Farley/f8photo
Among the many items approved during yesterday’s Birmingham city council meeting was the purchase of the SYSCO Food Services warehouse on 1st Avenue South, pictured above, by the city. The property will be purchased for $1,550,000 to make way for the Railroad Reservation Park. Representatives hope that groundbreaking will go on as planned this fall.
Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, City Council, Citywide, Parks
UPDATED: Live from the mayoral homelessness forum
NOTE: Visit our Election ’07 site for more information on the candidates
We are attempting to provide some coverage of this evening’s forum on homelessness mentioned in our previous post.
We will update this post as needed.
The following candidates were present at the beginning of the debate:
Valerie Abbott
William Bell
Willie Hendrix
Bernard Kincaid
Barry Taylor
UPDATE: Please click READ MORE to see a summarization of the comments and questions from this evening’s forum.
Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, Citywide, Election '07, politics
Today’s my Birmingham writer: Sean Saffle
Head on over to my Birmingham this afternoon and check out Sean Saffle’s submission. It’s definitely something to consider as today we will top 100° again.
CommuteSmarter, not harder
NOTE: If you’d like to submit something for my Birmingham, please check out our submission guidelines and then contact André Natta @ andre@bhamterminal.com.
Enjoy!
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Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, Commentary, My Birmingham, Regionwide