It was definitely a much-needed trip home this past weekend. During the course of the next few days we’ll take a glimpse at the trip during the afternoon posts. I figured the best way to get back into this was by posting an image and having you guess where it is:
The answer’s on the other side of the jump…
Yesterday, the Design Review Committee unanimously denied the request by the Birmingham News to demolish its 1917 headquarters and replace it with a parking lot.…
Today marks two years since I officially became a full time resident of the City of Birmingham as I still operated on eastern time and…
An article in yesterday’s Birmingham News spoke of an engineering plan that will call for a four-lane elevated toll road over U.S. 280. The plan was approved by the Progress 280 group with the Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce yesterday, with public hearings to take place at the end of the month. Here’s the links to yesterday’s and today’s stories:
A conversation with a long time resident this morning has me wondering why people would be more willing to pay to drive on a road than pay to have the ability to get additional work done during their commute. I was reminded of the benefits of a transit commute by a recent editorial written by John Saxon to the Birmingham News about his experiences in Budapest. Here’s a cached link to his letter courtesy of Google. Here’s a cached link to a response that the newspaper published. It goes back to the idea of civic pride, but there’s something to be said about always selling yourselves short. Nothing will ever result. This is also where I remind people that we have not always depended on cars in this city; it once boasted the nation’s second largest streetcar system. Read on…
The Ramble: Supporting the future of arts and culture in Birmingham, this week and onward
Published by Andre on September 29, 2006The return of the Brewhaha Now that the weather’s starting to feel more like fall (at least in the morning), it may encourage more people…