
1925: Piggly-Wiggly entered the Birmingham market with four locations (Downtown, Norwood, Ensley, and Fairfield). 1959: The Birmingham Museum of Art reopened in the $1 million Oscar Wells Memorial Building on Linn Park. Courtesy:

1925: Piggly-Wiggly entered the Birmingham market with four locations (Downtown, Norwood, Ensley, and Fairfield). 1959: The Birmingham Museum of Art reopened in the $1 million Oscar Wells Memorial Building on Linn Park. Courtesy:

Some of you may have stumbled across our clothing options on Zazzle.com (and we don’t plan on taking that down yet) but we realized that we wanted to offer our shirt for a little less. So if you haven’t been … Continue reading
The Wall Street Journal’s law blogger has chimed in on Birmingham mayor Larry Langford’s latest situation, saying that the case being pursued could be considered a test case for future prosecutions and is part of a trend over at the … Continue reading
The Dayton Daily News reported yesterday that Curtis Long, the executive director of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, had resigned his position there (effective June 20) to become the new executive director of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra. A joint press release … Continue reading

1925: The Redmont Hotel opened. 1933: Hugo Black recommended Cooper Green for Postmaster of Birmingham. Courtesy:

Mountain Brook Inn being demolished today. leadingzero/twitpic The wrecking ball (or crane as the case may be) appears to be providing evening rush hour drivers along U.S. Highway 280 with a show – in the form of the demolition … Continue reading