Thanks to our friends at the Birmingham Public Library for forwarding this over to us. Mayor Langford has instructed all City departments and as a result, ALL locations in the city library system will now be closed tomorrow and Friday, resuming their regular schedules on Saturday (so if you were planning on grabbing some books or videos, today would be the day). It will be the first time that the library is not operating during regular business hours on July 3.
Tag Archives: Birmingham
A look back: July 1
1915:
Statewide alcohol prohibition went into effect.
1961:
Track and field star Carl Lewis was born in Birmingham.
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Tagged 1915, 1961, AL, Alabama, bhamwiki, bhamwiki.com, Birmingham, Carl Lewis, history, prohibition, reference
Devon’s last day
Yeah, it’s true – if you didn’t already know, tonight will be Devon Walsh‘s last on Fox 6. According to her last blog post, she’s got a pretty good reason too – her husband’s finished his residency and his new job’s allowing them to move home to Mobile with their 5-month old son.
We know we’ll miss her and we’re sure you’ll want to tell her goodbye as well, so either comment here or how about on that last post of hers on the Fox 6 site.
Photo: UAB.edu
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Tagged Alabama, announcement, Birmingham, Devon Walsh, Fox 6, last day, last night, leaving, moving, news anchor
Birmingham through the eyes of a fan
Screenshot of Birmingham, Alabama on Squidoo
For those not familiar with Squidoo, it’s a really cool online tool that allows you to share information about any topic you can possibly think of on one page, called lenses.
Well, one of our fans on Facebook shared their Squidoo page about Birmingham and now we’re going to share it with you so you can help it grow.
Got any other websites you want to share with us (or others) you can always post links on the wall of our page on Facebook or you can visit The Rumble and learn of other ways to help us share stuff with others about what’s going on.
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Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham, Facebook, information, lens, profile, screenshot, Squidoo, The Rumble
Hotel surge hits the city
It’s not like we don’t need the extra rooms in any case, but has anyone else found it just a little weird how many new rooms and renovations have been announced in recent days? We know of at least one guy who’s got to be loving it.
Besides the one linked to the pending purchase of Carraway Medical Center by Shinsegae USA, there’s also the recent opening of one of the new look Microtel properties in Hoover and today’s announcement about the $6.5 million worth of upgrades being made at the Hilton Birmingham Perimeter Park, scheduled for completion in October.
That’s on top of the other lodging projects currently underway known and unknown in the metro Birmingham area, including the Hyatt Place under construction on the city’s Southside (even though it is not listed among ones that will be opening in the near future).
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Tagged AL, Alabama, announcements, Birmingham, building boom, Hilton renovations, Hoover, hotel development, hotels, Microtel, new look, Shinsegae
A look back: June 30
1969:
The Alabama Public Service Commission approved the demolition of the Birmingham Terminal Station.
2004:
SouthTrust Tower was purchased by Atanta’s Barry Real Estate for $55 million.
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A mini building boom on the city’s Northside
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We’ve got one more – hotel that is. After announcing that they’d renovate the former McArthur School as part of a purchase of the former Carraway Methodist Medical Center, representatives of Shinsegae USA have announced plans to build a new hotel to service their potential new purchase. The hotel would service the hospital as well as provide additional rooms for events and conferences at the BJCC.
Mayor Langford decided to have the building sitting on the property identified by the potential investors leveled while details about its and the hospital’s purchase are being finalized. Here’s what’s left of the warehouse that once stood at 12th Avenue North and Carraway Blvd.
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Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham, Carraway Methodist Medical Center, Hotel, McArthur School, Norwood, potential hotel site, Shinsegae, Shinsegae USA
