On my way to lunch to Surin at Five Points South I had to walk around an unconscious man sleeping across the sidewalk in front of Jim ‘N Nicks.
I looked up at the building across the street and saw a huge piece of graffiti scrawled near the top. (See photo) Continue reading Five Points South landlords are self-destructive
ComebackTown is published by David Sher to begin a discussion on a more prosperous Birmingham.
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If you were standing on the corner of 1st Avenue North and 20th Street in 1871, you would be standing in a forest. A few miles to the west would be the small county seat town of Elyton. You’d see a few pioneer homes scattered throughout the valley. Continue reading Birmingham once headed for greatness–We can do it again!
My wife and I and two other couples were going out to eat one evening.
I suggested one of my favorite restaurants–Surin West in 5 Points South.
One of the women said, “I don’t feel safe around some of the people who hang out at 5 Points.” The other woman quickly agreed.
So we chose another restaurant in a different neighborhood. Continue reading 5 Points South landlords are dumb
ComebackTown is published by David Sher to begin a discussion on a better Birmingham.
Today’s guest blogger is David Fleming. If you’d like to be a guest blogger, please click here.
You may not have noticed but the city of Birmingham’s reinventing itself—one neighborhood at a time.
Neighborhoods such as Norwood, Woodlawn, and Avondale are all being transformed—and that’s only the beginning.
Great urban neighborhoods are born in different ways.
Some spring up naturally as neighbors become friends; some are catalyzed by a big development; and some are planned.
But there’s one Birmingham neighborhood that’s taking reinvention to new level. Continue reading Unleashing the power of a Birmingham neighborhood
ComebackTown is published by David Sher to begin a discussion on a better Birmingham.
Today’s guest blogger is Atticus Rominger. If you’d like to be a guest blogger, please click here.
Birmingham has many fine wedding venues: Couples and their guests can take in grand views at Vulcan Park or The Club, have a fancy affair at the Historic Tutwiler Hotel – or snap a bridal photo under a downtown underpass. That’s right – an underpass.
If I’d told you a year ago the brides would drag their white dresses through a railroad underpass Continue reading Insanity: Couples getting married in downtown underpass
Let’s talk about the Alabama Department of Transportation’s controversial plan for expanding and reconfiguring Interstate 20/59 through downtown Birmingham.
My understanding is the plan calls for limited access to our downtown and for the continuation of 20/59 to cut through the heart of our city.
This controversy is a case study on why our metro area is powerless
Continue reading Birmingham powerless again