Not really sure of the extent of dmage, but we do know that there was a water main break in Birmingham’s Norwood community this morning near the intersection of Norwood Boulevard and 16th Avenue North. According to the Birmingham Water Works, a crew is on the way to assess and repaired the situation this afternoon.
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UPDATE: Water main break in Norwood
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Tagged AL, Alabama, B'ham, Birmingham, Birmingham Water Works, break, main, Norwood, water
Irene Blalock named new BPL director
We just received word that the current associate director of the Birmingham Public Library, Irene Blalock, has been named its new director. She was one of several candidates for the position, which received a lot of attention from The Birmingham News earlier this month. Barbara Sirmans, the former director, announced her retirement in August; Pamela Lyons has been serving as the organization’s interim director. According to the News’ account, Blalock has spent her entire career with the BPL.
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Tagged AL, Alabama, announcement, Birmingham, Birmingham Public Library, information, Irene Blalock, new director
Climbing comes to Birmingham’s Southside
An emergency room nurse, a fifth grade teacher, 15,000 screws, 5,000 t-nuts, 145 sheets of plywood, 2,100 square feet of eight inch padding, and thousands of pounds of steel is turning a 6,800 square foot warehouse on Birmingham, AL’s Southside built in 1911 into modern rock climbing gym with 3,900 square feet of climbing surface.
Joe Ortega (the ER nurse) and Adam Henry (the teacher) have been creating the 16-foot-tall bouldering walls out of steel beams and plywood since January. The new rock climbing gym, called First Avenue Rocks, is due to open in the second week of June at 2417 First Ave. South.
Tagged Adam Henry, AL, Alabama, Birmingham, Bob Farley, bouldering, facility, First Avenue Rocks, gym, information, Joe Ortega, opening, rock climbing, southside
Looking both ways in downtown Birmingham
Tonight those in the Birmingham Public Library‘s Arrington Auditorium beginning at 5:30 p.m. will hear the results of a study conducted by Operation New Birmingham, the Regional Planning Commission, the Birmingham Metropolitan Planning Organization and the City of Birmingham to look at turning some of our one-way streets back to two-way streets. They’ve been looking at 2nd, 3rd and 4th Avenues North and 13th, 14th, 17th and 18th Streets. Here’s some more info.
This crowd had a familiar face (or two)
Photo: André “3000” Benjamin and his son, Seven, in front of the Kendrick Memorial in Birmingham’s Historic 4th Avenue District. Vickii Howell/birminghamview.com
Among the parents sampling Birmingham’s civil rights history with 5th grade schoolchildren from Texas was a familiar face: André “3000” Benjamin.
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Tagged AL, Alabama, Andre 3000, Andre Benjamin, Birmingham, civil rights district, Erykah Badu, Larry Langford, photos, schoolchildren, Seven, tour
Random Shots: The city’s new wheels
Photo: Bob Farley/f8Photo
Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford looks over the city’s new natural gas powered Honda Civic yesterday at a press coinference in front of City Hall. The City of Birmingham announced Monday it will purchase 70 natural gas-fueled refuse and brush trucks. These new trucks will be the largest fleet of natural gas-fueled refuse trucks in the Southeast. By using natural gas-fueled refuse trucks, the city will be able to eliminate 220,000 gallons of diesel fuel usage each year.
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Tagged AL, Alabama, Alagasco, Birmingham, environmental, Honda Civic, Larry Langford, natural gas, photo, Random Shots
