Art downtown
This Sunday, February 24, Ellen Cooper Erdreich will exhibit paintings and drawings at the Phoenix Building downtown (corner 2nd Avenue and 17th Street North) with…
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A new chapter
In two days a new chapter starts: your author begins work with the New York design firm Sawyer/Berson. The commute to work will switch from…
Design Review Agenda January 9
Here’s the Design Review Committee agenda for Wednesday (January 9). Remember, the meetings are open to the public and take place at 7:30 AM at Auburn Urban…
Mixed bag
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 North facing…
Design Review Agenda December 19
Here’s the Design Review Committee agenda for Wednesday (December 19). Remember, the meetings are open to the public and take place at 7:30 AM at Auburn Urban…
How English is English?
The small commercial center of English Village, in the Birmingham suburb of Mountain Brook, has seen a good deal of change in the last couple…
And the prize goes to…
Yesterday local media reported that the City-owned block directly east of Railroad Park (above) is poised to be sold to Alabama Power Company for almost…
Holiday cheer
It was this past January when the historic Powell School suffered immense damage due to fire; what a welcome sight to now see Stone Building…
Design Review November 28
Here’s the Design Review Committee agenda for tomorrow (November 28). Remember, the meetings are open to the public and take place at 7:30 AM at Auburn Urban…
Lesser layers
While the newest, the biggest, or the most fashionable are always interesting guideposts to urban wanderers, it can be just as satisfying to dwell on…