1957: The Colonial Store on 26th Street North in Norwood opened. 1970: Pro football player Chris Gray was born in Homewood. Courtesy:

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If you’re driving down 20th Street heading towards Southside today, you may notice a couple of small yellow signs up on lightpoles to your left as you approach Morris Avenue. If you were to stop and take a quick look, … Continue reading →

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Back in May Christina gave us a few options for finding fresh produce in the Magic City. Well, you can add at least three more options to that list. The Park Place Farmer’s Market started up its third season last … Continue reading →

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1881: Sixth Avenue Baptist Church was founded as the “Second Colored Baptist Church” 2007: Jeremy Harper began counting to one million live on the Internet. Courtesy:

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That should be what the folks at Mozilla should be saying (or thinking) today. Much of Birmingham’s blogosphere and Twitterverse is abuzz with the pending release of Firefox 3 today at 12 p.m. CDT. So we’ll warn you that if … Continue reading →

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1911: The Holy Innocents Hospital (Children’s Hospital) was founded. 1940: Sculptor Frank Fleming was born in Bear Creek, Marion County. Courtesy:

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Our local Coca Cola bottler was chosen to distribute the first of the new 2-liter bottles for the classic soft drink. The new bottle design references its famous glass contour bottles. According to the press release, Birmingham and Chattanooga were … Continue reading →

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