Remember the series I was going to file about San Francisco? Well, we’ve held off because of the prominent role transit was going to have in it – didn’t make sense to talk about their system when ours was going through (and continues to go through) a period of turmoil. Well, now David Hill will be responsible for that city’s Muni System bus fleet as he resigns as executive director of the BJCTA on October 17. He’ll also be able to do something we can’t right now; ride one of our old street cars. Or he can ride the commuter rail down to Riverside, CA and compare notes with another former BJCTA executive director, Mark Stanley.
Tag Archives: Alabama
Transit chief heads to the West Coast
Posted in Transit
Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham, buses, David Hill, resignation, Transit
David Neal’s back… on CBS
The Birmingham Business Journal has reported that former Fox 6 chief meteorologist David Neal is returning to the airwaves as a weekend meteorologist for CBS 42. Neal, who was fired from Birmingham’s Fox affiliate earlier this year and settled a lawsuit in July that he filed as a result, will begin his new gig this weekend.
UPDATE: He’s also working for WeatherNationTV.
Posted in Media
Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham, CBS 42, David Neal, new station, weather
Lights dim on The Anchorage
Just a reminder that today’s the last day for The Anchorage in downtown Homewood. While it has been reported that the restaurant was closing at the end of October, the lease expired on September 1. Rumors of a relocation to Edgewood are said to be not true, so if you want to enjoy it one last time, today’s apparently the day. Some folks are sharing their feelings about the decsion in their own way…
Last day at The Anchorage in Homewood. DAXKODave/Twitpic
On the agenda: City Stages
Today’s actually an extremely light agenda for the Birmingham City Council. The most interesting item of note, besides the one that cleans up the hurdles left in the implementation of the city’s new curfew laws going into effect today (#6), is #12, currently listed as being on consent.
If approved, it will provide the Birmingham Cultural and Heritage Foundation (the group behind City Stages) with up to $300,000 to assist in producing next June’s 21st edition of the music festival “to maximize family participation from all walks of life.” We’ll see if it’s pulled off from consent for discussion if not in person, online starting at 9:30 a.m.
Posted in On the agenda
Tagged agenda, AL, Alabama, Birmingham, City Council, City Stages
An update for skateboarding fans
We wanted to share a comment that was posted over on Magic City Question by Peter at Faith Skate Supply that gives as good an update as any on the current grassroots push for a local skate park:
“Here is an update on what is going on with our quest. There is an Andy MacDonald skateboard Demo going on at Belk Dept store on Oct. 11? They are building a big ramp for him to skate and have nothing to do with it afterwards. Faith is working with the city to purchase the ramp and donate to the city of Birmingham for a public halfpipe for kids to skate. It will be 5 feet high and 20 feet wide. As of right now, sounds like its going to happen….but we all know how things happen and get messed up. Faith will service the ramp and patrol the area daily too. What ever it takes to show the “higher ups” in Birmingham that there is a huge need for a skatepark.
This is the first step of many. Please cross your fingers and know we need support with this and in the future. Thank you to everyone who has left nice informative comments!”
You can still add your thoughts to the original question over on MCQ.
UPDATE: Reports that Citigroup purchases Wachovia
The New York Times is reporting that Citigroup has agreed to purchase the banking operations of Charlotte, NC-based Wachovia (portions of which are formerly Birmingham based AmSouth Bank sorry, SouthTrust Bank) for $1 a share. We’ll see if we can’t get more information for you as it becomes available today.
So how are you dealing with the financial crisis? Let us know as you answer today’s Magic City Question!
Get on the road this weekend
This weekend, on top of everything else going on in Birmingham, AL, you may notice a collection of vintage British-made cars cruising the streets near the Cracker Barrel at the Colonnade off of I-459. The spectacle will be the British Reliability Run and it will be starting at 8 a.m., going on a 2-day driving tour around the Southeastern U.S. We’ll let you check out Chris Tutor’s post over on AL.com’s Engine Block blog for more details. According to the post, he’ll be updating the blog several times on Saturday, so you may want to check it out and see how they’re doing. They want photos too if you get them, (hell, so do we 🙂 – photos@bhamterminal.com, our Flickr group or the Magic City Flickr Group).
You’ll also want to consider giving to their charity, Magic Moments.
Posted in Take a moment
Tagged Alabama, Birmingham, British Reliability Run, cars, Chris Tutor
