We’ve just learned via Wade Kwon’s Twitter feed that cable and Internet service in Crestwood has been down since about 1 a.m. this morning. Another Terminal Twitter follower, _colm_, let us know that the Bright House service outage is also affecting sections of Birmingham’s Southside. According to Kwon’s tweet, a line was cut due to a fire on Southside last night, causing the disruption. There’s currently no estimate being provided for when service will be restored.
Tag Archives: southside
Cable outage in Crestwood, Southside
Posted in The City
Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham, Bright House, cable, Crestwood, internet, interruption, outage, service, southside, Twitter, Wade Kwon
New hotel possible for Birmingham’s midtown
Shortly after Larry Langford finished his remarks at yesterday’s Operation New Birmingham (ONB) Breakfast Briefing, ONB President Michael Calvert eluded to the possibility of another developer possibly announcing plans to build a new hotel on Birmingham’s Southside in the near future.
The Birmingham Business Journal provides additional information about this and other announcements made yesterday. We’ve also heard that the proposed hotel may operate within the Hilton family.
Quinlan Castle loses its top – temporarily
Photo: Removing turrets from Quinlan Castle (1 of 2). dystopos/Flickr
While many of us were infatuated with the relocation of the 1917 locomotive on Saturday morning (pictures later), work crews were handling another local historic icon on Birmingham’s Southside.
Folks were worried when they noticed cranes lifting the turret roofs from their resting places atop historic Quinlan Castle. You can breathe a sigh of relief though, as they were moved to the flat portion of the roof in order to make it easier for repairs to be made to them as part of a restoration project being conducted by the property’s owners, Southern Research Institute.
Posted in architecture
Tagged AL, Alabama, architecture, Birmingham, historic, Quinlan Castle, removal, renovation, roof, southside, start, turret
Walls fall on the Southside
Photo: Travis Bryant/bhamterminal.com
Today demolition crews started tearing down the former homes of Jim Reed Books, Scott’s Koneys, FedEx/Kinko’s and the Birmingham Water Works to allow for construction to begin for the highly anticipated Block 121 development. The project, being developed by Corporate Realty Development and Inland American Communities Group is slated to include retail space and 258 rental units. The last tenant on the block, Express Oil Change, moved to its new location on University Blvd. earlier this year, while Scott’s Koney’s and FedEx/Kinko’s moved nearly a year ago.
Posted in The City
Tagged block 121, Business, Corporate Realty, demolition, development, residential, southside
Dia De Los Muertos, Birmingham style
Photo: Bob Farley/f8Photo
Last night the property behind Bare Hands Gallery on Birmingham’s Southside was transformed for the annual Dia De Los Muertos festival. Click on the image (or here) to get a taste of last night’s festivities courtesy of our own Bob Farley.
Posted in Random Shots
Tagged 35233, Bare Hands Gallery, dia de los Muertos, images, photos, southside
UPDATE: Coming Sunday: Parliament House implosion pics
UPDATE: 2.17.2008 – Images are up
UPDATE: 2.16.2008 – Street closing information
Bob Farley/f8photo
As many of you already know, the Parliament House Hotel is being imploded on Sunday morning at 7 a.m., weather permitting. Check in with us on Sunday morning after 8 a.m. to see pictures from this unique event. You can bookmark this page as we’ll have a link from here to the gallery.
Posted in 35223, architecture, Events
Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham, building, images, implosion, information, leveled, links, Parliament House Hotel, photos, southside
