1972:
Babec was born.
2005:
Businessman Harold Ruttenberg died.
1950:
The first liturgy at St Elias Maronite Church‘s new church was celebrated.
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Tag Archives: Alabama
A look back: December 22 – 24
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Posted in A look back, history
Tagged A look back, AL, Alabama, Babec, bhamwiki, Birmingham, history, Just for Feet, St. Elias Maronite Church
Random Shots: Sending a message
Photo credit: Chotty via Flickr
Some residents in Forest Park-South Avondale decided that they would ask Birmingham’s new mayor for a favor during the early days of his administration. The old Avonwood Cleaners building has sat vacant for years and has already suffered a fallen in roof and vandalism as mentioned in this story from August. This group simply wants the building taken down, though it the city did say in August that it may take as long as six months to clean up the property before demolition. They decided it was time to make sure that folks remembered that they wanted it down; so up went the sign on December 1…
Now if we could just get that old metal sign on the side of the building for our office…
Posted in Random Shots, The First 100
Tagged Alabama, Avonwood Cleaners, Birmingham, demolition, Forest Park, protest, request, sign, South Avondale
Einstein Bros. joins the national chain mix
Add Einstein Bros. Bagels to the list of national chains that have announced plans to put locations in Birmingham. It was announced as part of the company’s plan to offer franchising opportunities in seven states, the Birmingham Business Journal shared the news last week. They join Dunkin Donuts (story) and Baskin Robbins (story) in terms of recent announcements, not to mention several other chains that have opened in recent months throughout our metro area.
This map shows the states being targeted by the Lakewood, CO-based company. Thanks to Megabeth for pointing it out.
This news leads us to a question: What other retail chains would you like to see come to Birmingham? (question edited to clarify meaning)
Posted in Business, Restaurants/Bars
Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham, chains, Einstein Bros., opening
The First 100: Local bloggers’ thoughts
Mayor Langford immediately after the council vote on Tuesday.
Photo credit: Bob Farley/f8photo
One of the interesting things to do is to take a look at what others are saying about our new mayoral administration so far, particularly about this week’s vote. Here’s just a sampling from around our local blogosphere:
Mayor Langford, Pundit by the Pint
Birmingham’s new dome or doom?, Pt. 1|Pt. 2, Alabama Pundit
BirminghamDome.com (a whole blog apparently focused on the “dome”)
Know of any others?
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Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham, Commentary, Larry Langford, local bloggers, photo, The City, The First 100