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Mixed bag

Not up to its location Yesterday the state’s team which currently controls the City school system announced the system’s longtime administrative headquarters, at Park Place and 20th Street… more →

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Mixed bag — 16 comments

bhamarchitect wrote 6 months ago: Not up to its location Yesterday the state’s team which currently controls the City school sys … more →

Tags: Birmingham Board of Education, bjcc, Westin Hotel Birmingham, The Break, Emily Shop

New hotel inches forward — 11 comments

bhamarchitect wrote 7 months ago: Perils of historicism Today at Design Review Committee the developer of a new hotel on the west side … more →

Tags: Design Review Committee, Two North Twentieth, Harbert Realty

Makarios in Five Points South — 2 comments

bhamfoodscoop wrote 8 months ago: On a warm autumn night I was sitting on the patio of Makarios Kabob & Grill enjoying the company … more →

Tags: Greek/Mediterranean, Five Points South Finds, salad, Birmingham, makarios, shawarma, kibba, Smoothies, charbroiled chicken

Diversity = urban growth — 6 comments

bhamarchitect wrote 1 year ago: Five Points embraces us all Look around the country, and the most dynamic cities tend to be truly we … more →

Tags: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, central alabama pride, Birmingham Business Alliance, living in limbo

Birmingham as an Attractive City for College Graduates? — 2 comments

Wesley Vaughn wrote 1 year ago: I had a brief squabble with the Birmingham Business Alliance on Twitter a few days ago concerning a … more →

Tags: Birmingham, New York, twitter, Wesley Vaughn, Birmingham Business Alliance, Forbes, St. Louis, Memphis, CareerBliss

Oh Brother — 7 comments

bhamarchitect wrote 1 year ago: Another affront to the park? A few months back we discussed the condition of Brother Bryan (formerly … more →

Tags: UAB, Brother Bryan Park, Magnolia Office Park, Building Trades Tower, Kingsley Apartments, Southern Research Institute

Play ball (2) — 50 comments

bhamarchitect wrote 1 year ago: And it's happening The City’s Design Review Committee conditionally approved demolition o … more →

Tags: Railroad Park, Corporate Realty, Design Review Committee, Cheryl Morgan, Cohen Carnaggio Reynolds, Birmingham Barons, tri, Iron City Live Music Hall

Sharpening the edge — 23 comments

bhamarchitect wrote 1 year ago: Building a case for more amenities Week before last, the University of Alabama System Board of Trust … more →

Tags: UAB, Railroad Park, mixed-use, Ohio State University, Campus Gateway, Columbus, OH, Master Plan, Town/Gown relations

Historic Home for ArtPlay

Rebecca Dobrinski wrote 1 year ago: My latest installment of Investing in the Past at the Magic City Post is about the Robertson-Johnson … more →

Tags: History, Arts, Birmingham, Interview, Preservation, magic city post, alys stephens center, Investing in the Past, Kimberly Kirklin

Chatting about ArtPlay — 1 comment

Rebecca Dobrinski wrote 1 year ago: I interviewed Kimberly Kirklin for a new Investing in the Past installment on the Robertson-Johnson … more →

Tags: History, Arts, Birmingham, Interview, Preservation, Historic Preservation, UAB, alys stephens center, Investing in the Past

UAB Professor and Space Archaeologist named TED fellow

famousfivepoints wrote 1 year ago: Folks, we love the TED organization. TED! TED! TED! If you’ve listened to any of the TED TALKS … more →

Tags: Local News, UAB, TED Fellows, TED Talks, Anthropology, space archaeology, Sarah Parcak

Eclecticism approved — 3 comments

bhamarchitect wrote 1 year ago: At 3 AM it's hard to resist Birmingham’s Design Review Committee approved a new urban sto … more →

Tags: hipsters, Design Review Committee, El Barrio, Waffle House, Studio Arts Building, greasy spoon

Design review alert — 26 comments

bhamarchitect wrote 1 year ago: A sad end is in the works We have learned that the owners of the building that for many years (1945- … more →

Tags: Signs, Design Review Committee, Trattoria Centrale, El Barrio, Bobby Crook, The Social Grill, Waffle House, the original pancake house, Studio Arts Building

OCCUPY FIVE POINTS

occupy5pts wrote 1 year ago: “#OCCUPYWALLSTREET is a people powered movement for democracy that began in America on Septemb … more →

Tags: #occupy5pts, Birmingham, Alabama, Jefferson County, Five Points, Protest, Halloween, UAB, Wall Street

back to birmingham — 1 comment

LK Whitney wrote 1 year ago: So we’re back. In Birmingham. It’s been two weeks, three states, two coastlines, six children under … more →

Tags: eat, Friends, Civic, Family friendly, b'ham business, Weekend Recap, birmingham mommy, Avondale Park, Bottletree Cafe

New Investing in the Past at Magic City Post

Rebecca Dobrinski wrote 1 year ago: Cobb Lane Bed & Breakfast on 19th Street South in Birmingham My latest Investing in the Past col … more →

Tags: History, Birmingham, Interview, Preservation, magic city post, Historic Preservation, Investing in the Past, Cobb Lane Bed & Breakfast, Southside

A night to remember at The J. Clyde! — 2 comments

bhamfoodscoop wrote 1 year ago: On a warm night, a group of friends and I gathered on the back patio of The J. Clyde, in Five Points … more →

Tags: Bars, Five Points South Finds, fried green tomatoes, The J. Clyde, Fish & Chips, fried sauerkraut balls, Asiago Pasta, chicken cakes, Apple Beer

Chatting with an Innkeeper — 2 comments

Rebecca Dobrinski wrote 1 year ago: Cobb Lane Bed & Breakfast on 19th Street South in Birmingham In one of my latest installments of … more →

Tags: History, Birmingham, Interview, Preservation, National Register of Historic Places, Innkeeper, Bingham-Tarrant House, Cobb Lane Bed & Breakfast, Sheila Chaffin

UAB Kicks Off Fall Semester

famousfivepoints wrote 1 year ago: Neighbors, It is that time of year again. The Fall semester at UAB officially starts on Monday the 1 … more →

Tags: UAB, Neighbors, alys stephens center, Students, baam!fest, uab soccer, uab marching band, uab campus green, bicycles


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