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- 08:52, 31 May 2024 Best Western Plus Birmingham Inn & Suites (hist | edit) [815 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Best Western Plus Birmingham Inn & Suites''', formerly the '''Wingate by Wyndham Birmingham''' is a 4-story, 53,109 square-foot, 50-room motel on a 3-acre lot at 800 Corporate Ridge Road, off of Meadow Brook Road in the Corporate Park North section of Meadow Brook Corporate Park. It was built in 1997. CEJ Hospitality LLC of Duluth, Georgia, owned by Charles and Eun Kim, acquired the property in 2019 for $5.9 million. Shree Sai Narayana LLC, i...")
- 15:51, 30 May 2024 Adrian Peterson Fields (hist | edit) [1,561 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Adrian Peterson Fields''' (born c. 1976 in Birmingham) is the southeast regional director for the Office of Community Planning and Development at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, based in Atlanta, Georgia. Fields attended Alabama A&M University and earned her bachelor of science in accounting at Miles College, then went on to complete a master of public administration at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Publ...")
- 17:37, 29 May 2024 George Watson (ABC News) (hist | edit) [2,759 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''George Henry Watson Jr''' (born July 27, 1936 in Birmingham; died June 1, 2023 in Bethesda, Maryland) was a long-time television news executive. Watson grew up in Birmingham and attended public schools. He participated in the U.S. Capitol Page program and attended Harvard College, where he edited ''The Harvard Crimson'' and earned a bachelor of arts in American History and Literature. He went on to complete a master's degree from Columbia Universi...")
- 15:47, 29 May 2024 Hootie Ingram (hist | edit) [4,352 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Cecil Wayne "Hootie" Ingram Jr''' (born September 2, 1933 in Tuscaloosa; died May 6, 2024 in Birmingham) was a football player and coach, and served as director of athletics for the Alabama Crimson Tide from 1989 to 1995. Ingram was the son of Cecil Ingram Sr and the former Ella Mae Channell. He was a star athlete at Tuscaloosa High School, graduating in 1951. He attended the University of Alabama on an athletic scholar...")
- 12:33, 29 May 2024 Mr Wang's Restaurant (hist | edit) [615 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Mr Wang's Restaurant''' is a Chinese restaurant located in the Wildwood Centre South shopping center at 217 Lakeshore Parkway. It was opened in 1998 by Taiwanese-born Tommy Wang, along with his wife, Susan, his parents Lin and Ko, and his siblings Alex and Sherry. {{stub}} ==References== * Fullman, Lynn Grisard (December 8, 2015) "Food Detective: Mr. Wang's Chinese Restaurant Vegeta...")
- 12:12, 29 May 2024 The Offices (hist | edit) [1,106 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''The Offices''' is a co-working space located at 4439 5th Avenue South on the corner of 45th Street South in Avonwood, between Avondale, Crestwood and Woodlawn. The project was developed by architects Phil Amthor and Jeremy Erdreich. The modern-style shed-roofed building houses 11 private offices, plus a large lounge area, a conference room, and a printing / copying room. There is onsite parking, as well as restrooms and a garden shaded...")
- 11:41, 29 May 2024 Fourth Avenue Baptist Church (Wahouma) (hist | edit) [839 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Fourth Avenue Baptist Church''' was a Southern Baptist congregation located at 7220 Fourth Avenue North in Wahouma. Its first building was erected on this site in 1952. Its later modernist church building was begun in 1961 and designed by Christian and Blake. After the church closed, the building became the home of East Lake Full Gospel Baptist Church. {{stub}} ==Pastors== * Knox Johnson, 1961 ==References== * [https://cdm16044.contentd...")
- 11:03, 29 May 2024 Frida's Garden Club (hist | edit) [636 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Frida's Garden Club''' is a planned restaurant and bar to be located in the former Plant Odyssey building at 2912 6th Avenue South in Birmingham's Lakeview District. The building's iconic rock-clad gabled façade was removed as part of the renovations, designed by Pfeffer Torode Architects {{stub}} ==References== * Davis, Jordyn (May 28, 2024) "Former Carrigan’s Beer Garden space demolished; NEW Frida’s Garden Club coming soon." {{BNow}} C...")
- 16:28, 28 May 2024 Coca-Cola United corporate headquarters (hist | edit) [2,879 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Coca-Cola United corporate headquarters''' is a planned $338 million corporate campus for Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United under development on the 106-acre former site of Stockham Valves & Fittings in Birmingham's Kingston neighborhood. The company acquired the property in 2013 for future expansion. It filed a voluntary clean-up plan with the Alabama Brownfield Program in 2023, and on-site work began in early 2024. At that time, no s...")
- 13:26, 28 May 2024 St John the Baptist Catholic Church (hist | edit) [1,921 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''St John the Baptist Catholic Church''' was a Catholic church in the Diocese of Birmingham first located at in East Lake at the corner of 12th Avenue North and 81st Street North. 7921 1st Avenue North in the Roebuck-South East Lake community. The site was donated by Bishop Edward P. Allen in 1922 and the the $10,000-church was dedicated by him on May 6, 1923. After that site was acquired in 1930 by the City of Birmingham for the...")
- 12:43, 28 May 2024 Fred S. (mural) (hist | edit) [1,343 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Fred S.''' is a 13-foot tall by 66-foot wide interior mural by Brooklyn, New York artist Rico Gatson on the wall of Concourse B at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. An initial version of the mural was installed in the lobby of the Birmingham Museum of Art as part of its "Wall to Wall" series, sponsored by PNC Bank. The public was invited to help complete the mural during an "Art on the Rocks" event on August 5, 2023, and the work rem...")
- 13:53, 27 May 2024 Tuxedo (disambiguation) (hist | edit) [1,862 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Tuxedo''' can refer to a number of things related to the neighborhood in Ensley which was itself named for the Tuxedo Park resort and country club in New York. That club took its name from an indigenous Algonquian term, probably "p'tuck-sepo", meaning "crooked river." The club's name became associated with a tailless dinner jacket first popularized there in the 1880s. * Tuxedo Park subdivision, a district of workers houses built before 1899 by the Tenne...")
- 11:01, 27 May 2024 Still Life with Male Figure (hist | edit) [2,754 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "right|thumb|"Still Life with Male Figure" '''"Still Life with Male Figure"''' is the descriptive title of a 17th century Dutch oil painting held and exhibited at the Birmingham Museum of Art. The 35 7/8" tall by 31 5/8" wide canvas is signed by Juriaen van Streek (1632–1687), an Amsterdam innkeeper and well-regarded painter of still lifes. The painting depicts a young Black man dressed in rich blue and gold fabrics standing...")
- 09:58, 27 May 2024 Margaret Livingston (hist | edit) [2,756 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Margaret Gresham Livingston''' (born August 16, 1924 in Birmingham; died May 20, 2024) was a life-long supporter and leader of the Birmingham Museum of Art. Margaret was the daughter of Owen and Katherine Morrow Gresham. She attended the Baldwin School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and earned a bachelor of arts at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York; and a master of science in mathematics at...")
- 10:11, 26 May 2024 Lou Scripa Jr (hist | edit) [3,104 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Louis Scripa Jr''' (born '''Louis Sghirripa Jr''' December 1934 in Schenectady, New York) is a retired U.S. Air Force veteran and Aerojet manager known for setting several physical endurance records for charitable causes. Scripa grew up working at his family's restaurant in Schenectady. He was a star athlete in high school, and turned down a football scholarship to the University of Oklahoma in order to enlist in the Air Force. He was trained as a rescue and reco...")
- 06:06, 26 May 2024 St James Baptist Church East Lake (hist | edit) [937 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with ":''This entry is on the church located on Oporto Avenue in Brown Springs. For other churches of similar name see St James Baptist Church.'' '''St James Baptist Church East Lake''' is located in the Brown Springs neighborhood of East Lake at 7309 Oporto Avenue. The congrgation was organized in 1890, erected a new building in 1927 and a new and larger building in 1964. {{stub}} ==Pastors== * F. H. Hall, 1927 * S. B. B...")
- 18:46, 25 May 2024 Mt Zion Missionary Baptist Church of Zion City (hist | edit) [1,020 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Mt Zion Missionary Baptist Church of Zion City''' also known as '''Mt Zion Baptist Church of Zion City''' is a congregation which traces its origin to 1869 when Ruhama Baptist Church created a separate congregation for the formerly its formerly enslaved members. At that time the church was named '''Mt Zion Negro Baptist Church'''. In 2008, the church relocated from Zion City to the former Roebuck Drive United Methodist Church building at 221 Roe...")
- 07:07, 25 May 2024 Hillcrest Baptist Church (hist | edit) [576 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Hillcrest Baptist Church''' was a Baptist church located at 7120 Kimberly Avenue in East Lake. It was organized in 1942 and dedicated its building in 1954. By 2024 the building was owned by Tabernacle of Praise Ministries. Category:Former Baptist churches Category:Churches in East Lake Category:Kimberly Avenue Category:1942 establishments Category:1954 buildings")
- 12:54, 24 May 2024 Birmingham Candy Co. (hist | edit) [1,074 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Birmingham Candy Co.''' was a confectioner founded in 2015 by Wayne and Cassie Bolden, formerly of Savannah, Georgia. They initially sold their candies at Pepper Place Market and at The Summit's Christmas Village. In April 2019 the Bolden's opened a permanent 220 square-foot booth at the Pizitz Food Hall. In 2022 the Boldens opened a second shop at the Crestline Corners shopping center in Mountain Brook's Crestl...")
- 11:46, 24 May 2024 West End Community Church (hist | edit) [390 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''West End Community Church''' is a congregation of the North Alabama Confernce of the United Methodist Church that is allied to Urban Ministry. It was previously known as the '''Community Church Without Walls'''. {{stub}} Category:Methodist churches Category:Churches in West End")
- 13:01, 23 May 2024 Walmart (hist | edit) [5,233 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Walmart Inc.''' (formerly '''Wal-Mart Discount City''' and '''Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.'''), is a Bentonville, Arkansas-based "big box" discount department and grocery store chain founded in 1962, based on the success of previous discount stores operated by founder Sam Walton. By the late 1960s, Walton had opened 18 Wal-Mart stores in Arkansas and one each in Missouri and Oklahoma. He incorporated the chain as Wal-Mart Inc. and built a distribution center and headqua...")
- 11:38, 23 May 2024 Pogo (hist | edit) [382 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Pogo''' can refer to any of the following: * Pogo (opossum), a Virginia opposum used by the Birmingham Zoo for outreach programs (named for the comic strip character which first appeared in 1948) * Pogo (bar), a speakeasy bar associated with the Armour House restaurant (named for the jumping stick toy which was trademarked in Germany in 1921) {{disambig}}")
- 11:28, 23 May 2024 Armour House (hist | edit) [1,028 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Armour House''' is a planned restaurant to be opened in the Armour & Co. building at 2309 1st Avenue North in downtown Birmingham. It is owned by Chris Reebals and Rollins Montgomery with executive chef Jeffrey Compton, formerly of The Battery in Homewood. The menu is expected to feature locally-sourced ingredients with beef filets, lamb and king salmon. A raw bar will offer a range of...")
- 09:16, 23 May 2024 Joseph Braswell (disambiguation) (hist | edit) [185 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Joseph Braswell''' can refer to any of the following: * Joseph Braswell (1928–2006), an interior designer * Joseph Braswell (Guin), owner of Guin Service {{disambig}}")
- 09:13, 23 May 2024 Guin Service (hist | edit) [1,358 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "right '''Guin Service LLC''', formerly '''Guin Company Inc.''' is a residential and commercial heating, air conditioning, plumbing and generator service company located at 2800 Crestwood Boulevard in Irondale. The company was founded in 1958 by William C. Guin as a complement to his mechanical contracting business. The contracting business shut down in the 1990s, but the successful service business continued. Guin's great-grandson,...")
- 16:20, 22 May 2024 Manchester Terrace (hist | edit) [2,422 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Manchester Terrace''' is a 12-unit apartment complex surrounding a raised terrace with four shop fronts at street level, divided by a wide stairway. It is located at 720–228 29th Street South on Block 411 in Birmingham's Lakeview District. The mixed-use complex was designed in contrasting styles. The brick and half-timbered gables of the apartment building is an English vernacular style, while the stucco-clad shops with their barrel-tiled roof parape...")
- 14:28, 22 May 2024 Toforest Johnson (hist | edit) [3,628 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Toforest Onesha Johnson''' (born 1973) is an inmate on death row at the Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Escambia County. He was convicted of capital murder for the July 19, 1995 shooting death of Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Deputy William Hardy, while he was working as an off-duty security guard at Crown Sterling Suites in the Southridge Office Park. Four men were charged in the case. Quintez Wi...")
- 07:49, 22 May 2024 St Mark African Methodist Episcopal Church (Evergreen) (hist | edit) [657 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''St Mark African Methodist Episcopal Church''' was located at 1529 6th Street North in Evergreen. It purchased the site in 1935. {{stub}} ==Pastors== * J. B. Carter, 1935 * F. E. Legg, 1949 ==References== * Bains, David R. (July 11, 2023) [https://chasingchurches.org/2023/07/11/st-mark-african-methodist-episcopal-church/ St Mark African Methodist Episcopal Church] Category:Chruches formerly in Northside Category:6th Avenue North Catego...")
- 16:11, 21 May 2024 St Mark African Methodist Episcopal Church (disambiguation) (hist | edit) [314 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''St Mark African Methodist Episcopal Church''' may refer to any of the following: * St Mark African Methodist Episcopal Church (West End) * St Mark African Methodist Episcopal Church (Enon Ridge) which relocated to Mason City and became New St Mark African Methodist Episcopal Church {{disambig}}")
- 10:57, 21 May 2024 6th Street North (hist | edit) [1,192 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''6th Street South''' is a north-south street in Smithfield, Enon Ridge, and Evergreen. Prior to the construction of Interstate 20/59 it was continuous, except for an interruption by Valley Creek, but the southern section now ends before 10th Avenue North and the northern section resumes at 13th Avenue North. The Street was originally known as '''Walker Street''' ==Notable Locations (south to north)== {{Alphabetical locations}} ===Smi...")
- 21:15, 20 May 2024 Advent Cumberland Presbyteiran Church (hist | edit) [0 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to East Lake Cumberland Presbyterian Church) Tag: New redirect
- 21:08, 20 May 2024 East Lake Cumberland Presbyterian Church (hist | edit) [1,222 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''East Lake Cumberland Presbyterian Church''' was established in 1894. It later built a brick church building at 7501 Division Avenue in East Lake. In 1986 the church decided to move to a site over nine miles away at 5407 Old Springville Road in Pinson. There it took the name '''Advent Cumberland Presbyterian Church''' in 1988. Its East Lake building eventually became the home of Household of Faith Church. In 2000 Advent changed its...")
- 23:11, 19 May 2024 New St James Baptist Church (hist | edit) [820 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''New St James Baptist Church''' is located in Smithfield at 600 4th Avenue North. It was organized in October 1958 by Rev. E. B. Cobb. It erected the first unit of its current building in 1960 under Rev. L. C. Fisher. {{stub}} ==Pastors== * E. B. Cobb, 1958 * L. C. Fisher, 1960 * Daryl Warren, 2011-present ==Esternal link== * [https://www.facebook.com/newstjamesbaptistchurch/ New St. James Baptist Church] on Facebook ==References...")
- 22:49, 19 May 2024 First Baptist Church Mountain Park (hist | edit) [579 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''First Baptist Church Mountain Park''' is located at 4360 44th Ave North in the Mountain Park neighborhood of Inglenook. The congregation was organized in 1929 {{stub}} ==Pastors== * O. C. Carter, 1929 ==References== * Bains, David R. (May 19, 2024) [https://chasingchurches.org/2024/05/19/first-baptist-church-mountain-park/ "First Baptist Church Mountain Park"] ''Chasing Churches'' Category:Baptist churches Category:Churches in East Birmin...")
- 12:08, 18 May 2024 New Hope Community Development Federal Credit Union (hist | edit) [843 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''New Hope Community Development Federal Credit Union''' was chartered in 1996 to serve Birmingham's West End community. In 2001 the credit union was awarded $95,000 from the U.S. Treasury Department's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund. The organization was a partner in SouthTrust Bank's Centennial Place non-profit incubator on 19th Street North. In 2009 the credit union had just over 900 members and held approximate...")
- 11:15, 18 May 2024 List of large nonprofits (hist | edit) [1,808 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This is a '''list of large nonprofits''' operating under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) and based in the Birmingham area. The list does not include organizations operating under the tax exemption for churches. They are ranked by reported revenues, from research conducted annually by the ''Birmingham Business Journal''. ==2023== # United Way of Central Alabama, $107.4 million # Eternal Word Television Network, $89.5 million # Sout...")
- 11:03, 18 May 2024 List of public companies (hist | edit) [1,348 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This is a '''list of public companies''' headquartered in the Birmingham area. They are ranked by market capitalization, from research conducted annually by the ''Birmingham Business Journal''. ==2023== # Vulcan Materials (NYSE: '''VMC'''), valued at $28 billion # Regions Financial Corp. (NYSE: '''RF'''), valued at $17 billion # Encompass Health (NYSE: '''EHC'''), valued at $7 billion # Medical Properties Trust (NYSE: '''MPW'''), val...")
- 09:41, 18 May 2024 James Roy (hist | edit) [1,636 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''James Alexander Roy''' (born October 19, 1836 in Chambly, Québec; died January 24, 1906 in Birmingham) was a merchant and landlord. Roy lived for a while in Saskatchewan, and moved to New Orleans, Louisiana in 1859. He built up a successful mercantile businesses in Aberdeen in northeast Mississippi. He married the former Annie Dearing, 16 years his junior, there on August 23, 1873. They shared a home with her mother and celebrated the...")
- 21:07, 17 May 2024 Greater Mt Carmel Missionary Baptist Church (hist | edit) [394 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Greater Mt Carmel Missionary Baptist Church''' is located at 1409 Martin Luther King Drive in South Titusville. The pastor is Gregory R. Glaster. {{stub}} ==External link== * [https://www.facebook.com/GMCBham/ Greater Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church] on Facebook Category:Martin Luther King Jr Drive Category:Baptist churches Category:Churches in Titusville") originally created as "Greater Mt Carmel Baptist Church"
- 19:28, 17 May 2024 Valley Christian Church (hist | edit) [938 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Valley Christian Church''' is a congregation of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) located in Mountain Brook at 2600 Cherokee Place just off of both Cherokee Road and Highway 280. The congregation was founded in 1951 and initially met on Cahaba Road in Mountain Brook Village. Its brick Gothic revival building was designed by Charles McCauley and erected in 1961. ==Pastors== * Rick Malugani, 2024 to present ==Exter...")
- 16:21, 17 May 2024 Maize (hist | edit) [263 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Maize''' can refer to any of the following: * Maize, the Spanish word for corn, derived from the Taino word "mahiz" * the color maize, associated with corn, used in the Alabama State Seal * "Maize", a yellow cardinal {{disambig}}")
- 14:09, 17 May 2024 Pelham Fire Station No. 3 (hist | edit) [971 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Pelham Fire Station No. 3''' is a operated by the Pelham Fire Department at 5952 Shelby County Road 11. The station is equipped with a 2016 Pierce Velocity fire engine, operated as "Engine 93". It also houses hazardous material and tactical support units and the office of the city's fire marshal, Wes Greene. Previously located at 1297 Shelby County Road 52, the department moved into its present facility in November 2022. Southeastern Constructi...")
- 10:52, 17 May 2024 Marshall Durbin Companies (hist | edit) [3,532 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Marshall Durbin Companies''' was a major poultry producer founded in Birmingham in 1930 by Marshall Durbin Sr. Durbin had begun working in real estate, but the effects of the October 1929 stock market crash changed his plans. With $500 borrowed from a friend he opened a fish stand, expanding to a second location in 1932, adding live poultry to his offerings to boost summer sales. He soon enlisted institutional customers and opened a dressing and d...")
- 17:07, 16 May 2024 Mar-Jac Poultry Alabama (hist | edit) [3,669 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Mar-Jac Poultry Alabama''' is a Gainesville, Georgia-based poultry processor which operates a large processing plant in Jasper, as well as a hatcher and feed mill in Franklin County, truck shops in Jasper and Haleyville, and a distribution center in connection with Butts Foods on Robinwood Drive in Jefferson County. The company was founded in 1954 by brothers Marvin and Jack McKibbon who sought to industrialize poultry production in Northeast Geor...")
- 13:31, 16 May 2024 Pike Avenue Church of God (hist | edit) [760 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Pike Avenue Church of God''' was located at 2617 Pike Road in Ensley. Its gothic revival brick building was dedicated on May 27, 1951. It was part of the Church of God denomination based in Cleveland, Tennesee. {{stub}} ==Pastors== *Berle Sumner *A. V. Coker *Cecil Knight, 1951 ==References== * [https://archive.org/details/sim_church-of-god-evangel_1951-06-30_42_18/mode/2up "Pike Avenue, Birmingham, Alabama,...")
- 17:11, 15 May 2024 Kreher Preserve & Nature Center (hist | edit) [2,311 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Kreher Preserve & Nature Center''', also known as the '''Louise Kreher Forest Ecology Preserve''' or '''KPNC''', is a 119-acre forest preserve at 2222 North College Street (Alabama State Route 147), north of Auburn. The parcel was acquired in the 1930s by Frank and Dr Louise Kreher Turner, who became an associate professor of health education and recreation at Auburn University. They raised beef cattle on the property for a few de...")
- 12:49, 15 May 2024 Hampton Inn Birmingham Mountain Brook (hist | edit) [752 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Hampton Inn Birmingham Mountain Brook''' is a 5-story, 25,000 square-foot hotel at 2731 U.S. Highway 280 in Mountain Brook. It was built in 1988. The hotel was renovated in 1999. In 2024 Sanjay Patel's Baron Hospitality acquired the building and ground lease from Hospitality Investors Trust of New York City for $7.5 million. Patel plans to undertake a refresh in interior fixtures, finishes and equip...")
- 19:16, 14 May 2024 George Watson (disambiguation) (hist | edit) [320 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''George Watson''' can refer to any of the following: * George Watson (1914–1943), awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in World War II. * George Watson (publisher), publisher of the ''Shades Valley Sun'' {{disambig}}")
- 19:07, 14 May 2024 Charles Zukoski (hist | edit) [4,904 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "right|thumb|Charles Zukoski '''Charles Frederick Zukoski Jr''' (born Charles Edward Zukoski September 24, 1898 in St Louis, Missouri; died August 24, 1996 in Tucson, Arizona) was a banker, opinion columnist, and first Mayor of Mountain Brook. Charles Edward was the son of Charles Frederick and Adele Biebinger Zukoski of St Louis. He chose to take his father's name at age 10. He attended Harvard College and earned his law...")
- 16:39, 14 May 2024 U.S. Highway 280 (western terminus) (hist | edit) [2,897 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''U.S. Highway 280 (western terminus)''', also called the '''U.S. Highway 280 (Mountain Brook)''', is a name given to the section of U.S. Highway 280 from its terminus at Elton B. Stephens Expressway (U.S. Highway 31) in Homewood to I-459. The section is mostly within the city limits of Mountain Brook, with some sections in Birmingham, Homewood, Vestavia Hills, and unincorporated Jefferson County. == Notable locations (west to e...")
- 11:25, 14 May 2024 Murray Hiam (hist | edit) [1,588 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Murray Leigh Hiam''' (born March 12, 1953 in Birmingham; died January 28, 2024 in Birmingham) was an artist and educator. Hiam was the son of John Stafford Hiam and the former Annie Laurie Shelnutt. He grew up in Birmingham, attending Glen Iris Elementary School and graduating from Ramsay High School. He earned a bachelor of arts in education at the University of Alabama and taught physical education classes. He later studied art and c...")
- 15:59, 13 May 2024 Womcom Media (hist | edit) [515 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Womcom Media''' is a film production company founded in 2012 by Greg Womble. ==Productions== * ''Covert Devotion: The Aurora Ritter Story'' (2024) * ''A Day and Two Hours Late: My Hunter S. Thompson Story'' (2020), co-produced by Willard Whitson * ''Love Without Parole'' (2022), co-produced by Elaine Witt * ''Visitor to Virgin Pines'' (2012) ==External links== * [https://www.womcommedia.com/ Womcom Media] website Category:Film prod...")
- 15:49, 13 May 2024 Instagift (hist | edit) [654 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Instagift''' is a technology company offering electronic gift cards, rewards programs and event ticketing. It was founded in 2007 by brothers Nate and Mike Schmidt. Its offices are located in Birmingham's Innovation Depot. ==Chief executives== * Nate Schmidt, 2007–2024 * Russell Hooks, 2024– ==References== * Rebman, Stephanie (May 9, 2024) "Bham digital gift card platform appoints new CEO." {{BBJ}} ==External links== *...")
- 15:02, 13 May 2024 2024 Birmingham Barons (hist | edit) [2,240 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "right|225px The '''2024 Birmingham Barons''' was the 11th Barons team to play in downtown Birmingham's Regions Field. The season marked the 1st season under the ownership of Diamond Baseball Holdings (DBH) of Menlo Park, California, and the team's 37th year as a Chicago White Sox AA affiliate. The Barons played as part of the North Division of Minor League Baseball's 8-team "Double-A South". Division rivals in...")
- 11:34, 13 May 2024 Eureka School (hist | edit) [2,141 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Infobox former school |name =Eureka School |image = |years = 1927–1969 |grades = 1-7 |enrollment = 140 |enroll-year = 1955 |colors = |mascot = |address =812 18th Way Southwest |city = Birmingham |map = ({{Locate_address_inline | address = 812+18th+Way+SW | zoom=17 | type=h }}) |district = Birmingham City Schools }} '''Eureka School''' is a former Birmingham City Schools elementary school for Black students in grades 1 throug...")
- 09:21, 13 May 2024 Moxi (hist | edit) [845 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Moxi LLC''' is a business founded by Cori Fain-Forrest which uses a smartphone app to connect parents to opportunities for temporary childcare services at short notice. ==References== * Harwell, Harper (May 7, 2024) "New child care center planned for Lakeview area." {{BBJ}} ==External links== * [https://www.moxichildcare.com/ Moxi] website Category:Internet technology Category:Innovation Depot Category:2023 establishments")
- 07:02, 12 May 2024 Drayton Nabers (disambiguation) (hist | edit) [241 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Drayton Nabers''' may refer to any of the following: * Drayton Nabers pioneer settler of Jonesboro in 1816 * Drayton Nabers, chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court (born 1940) {{disambig}}")
- 14:11, 11 May 2024 Fort Payne time capsule (hist | edit) [720 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Fort Payne time capsule''' was created on the 100th anniversary of the city of Fort Payne, on April 18, 1989. The capsule contains a VHS videotape of the city's birthday celebration, including the singing of "Happy Birthday" by the country group Alabama and the cutting of a 100,000 pound birthday cake. It also holds a videocassette recorder on which to play the tape. The capsule is planned t...")
- 16:19, 10 May 2024 2024 Sidewalk Film Festival (hist | edit) [1,407 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''2024 Sidewalk Film Festival''', held on August 19-25, 2024 was the 26th in the annual series. The theme for the festival was "Women Lead Film", and first slate of features selected for screening were all directed by women. <!--The opening night film, screened at the Alabama Theater, was Miranda Yousef's "Art for Everybody", a documentary about Thomas Kinkade. Other venues included the Sidewalk Film...")
- 12:16, 10 May 2024 Alabama Farm Center (hist | edit) [2,902 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Alabama Farm Center''' is a proposed $158 million livestock and agricultural facility to be constructed in the Hallmark Cooperative District at the former 567-acre Hallmark Farm near I-65 in Warrior. The farm property was acquired by a joint initiative of Jefferson County and the City of Warrior for $7.5 million in 2019. In 2023 the Alabama Farmers Federation's Alabama Rural Economic Center proposed to construct a major far...")
- 11:15, 10 May 2024 2300 1st Avenue North (hist | edit) [3,884 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''2300 1st Avenue North''' is a 3-story brick commercial building constructed in the 1910s on the southwest corner of Block 103, northeast of the intersection of 1st Avenue North and 23rd Street North. The 50-foot by 140-foot building was originally addressed as 2300–2302, but is presently 2300–2304. The brown brick building features a large metal cornice which continues across the south and west street façades, and halfway...")
- 08:44, 10 May 2024 Big Dixie (hist | edit) [1,066 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Big Dixie''' was a rock band formed by guitarist Tim Boykin, drummer Matt Kimbrell, bassist Don Tinsley and vocalist Rick Lovelady. They described their sound as "the best of 50s rockabilly, 60s armory rock," and their stage presence as "the Four Stooges of the Rock Apocalypse." The group performed regularly at The Nick, The Oasis, Otey's, and Smokey Joe's Cafe. Big Dixie released a self-titled 18-track album with cover art by Boykin,...")
- 12:25, 9 May 2024 Guinness World Record holders (hist | edit) [19,533 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "right|thumb|375px|The 2010 World Record for "Largest Pot of Baked Beans" being set at the [[Alabama Butterbean Festival.]] This is a list of '''Guinness World Record holders''', including only those recognized by Guinness World Records Ltd. of London, England. ==1960s== * November 12, 1965: "Largest object transported by railway," a 106-foot tall reactor weighing 600 tons was transported by rail from Birmingham to Toledo, Oh...")
- 09:04, 9 May 2024 Concord Preparation Plant (hist | edit) [3,026 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Concord Preparation Plant''' is a coal processing facility located off of Warrior River Road, south of Concord and west of Hueytown. It is connected to the Oak Grove Mine by a 7-mile conveyor which crosses over 15th Street Road. The plant washes the coal to remove soil, and crushes it into graded sizes for international markets for low-sulfur metallurgical coking coal. Output from the plant is carried by rail or truck, with exports leaving from...")
- 16:46, 8 May 2024 1651 Independence Court (hist | edit) [1,572 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''1651 Independence Court''' is a 29,969 square-foot medical office building with a 15,670 square-foot indoor gymnasium located on a 3.1 acre parcel on Independence Court, near Brookwood Hospital in unincorporated Jefferson County between Homewood and Vestavia Hills. It was built for D1 Sports Training in 2010 at a cost of $1.5 million, and has an 82-space parking lot. After D1 relocated to a smaller facility in 2018, the ind...")
- 15:49, 8 May 2024 Independence Corner (hist | edit) [1,848 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Independence Corner''', originally '''Muirfield Village''', is an 11,000 square-foot retail strip shopping center located at 1920–1944 28th Avenue South, at the corner of Independence Drive (U.S. Highway 31) in Downtown Homewood. It is fronted by a 33-space parking lot. Independence Corner was developed in 1991 by FRW Properties Ltd, shortly after the opening of the 2-story Merchant's Walk shopping center across the street. In 2004 the o...")
- 09:03, 8 May 2024 Birmingham City Attorney (hist | edit) [1,768 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (1st pass)
- 15:54, 7 May 2024 List of unbuilt development projects (hist | edit) [3,412 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This is a '''List of unbuilt development projects'''. * The Block, a $250 million redevelopment of the 1900 block of 2nd Avenue North in three phases, including a 48-story "Dansby Tower" hotel/apartment building. Proposed by TUF Inc. of Phoenix, Arizona. * Global Forum for Freedom & Justice on land owned by Alabama Power Company near the Civil Rights District ([https://www.freedomandjustice.com/ link]). A similar concept was previously projected...")
- 15:37, 7 May 2024 The Percée (hist | edit) [995 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''The Percée''' is a 3-story, 10-unit condominium building with 2 live-work shop spaces facing the Rotary Trail on Block 120 at 2115 1st Avenue South in Birmingham's Five Points South neighborhood. An adjacent 4,000 square-foot building was renovated for an office tenant as part of the project. The $7 million complex was developed by "City Trail View LLC"m incorporated by Matthew Evans. Tammy Cohen of CCR Arc...")
- 11:56, 7 May 2024 Matador Lounge (hist | edit) [148 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Matador Lounge''' was a gay bar located at 208 22nd Street North in the 1970s. {{stub}} Category:Gay bars Category:22nd Street North")
- 08:26, 7 May 2024 Cedar Grove Baptist Church (hist | edit) [237 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Cedar Grove Baptist Church''' can refer to any of the following: * Cedar Grove Baptist Church (Leeds) * Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church (Hayden) {{disambig}}")
- 16:47, 6 May 2024 Noelia Voigt (hist | edit) [2,860 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Noelia Voigt''' (born November 1, 1999 in Sarasota, Florida) is a fashion model and former Miss USA. Voigt is the daughter of Jack Voigt, a former professional baseball player, and Jackeline Coromoto Briceño, a native of Maracaibo, Venezuela. She grew up in Florida and attended the Pine View School for the Gifted in Osprey. In 2018 she enrolled in the Aveda Institute in Birmingham, graduating in 2019 as valedictorian of her class and co-found...")
- 13:22, 4 May 2024 East Lake Highlands Church of God of Prophecy (hist | edit) [564 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''East Lake Highlands Church of God of Prophecy''' is located in East Lake at 7267 Higdon Road. Its current church building was erected in 1962. {{stub}} ==Pastors== * J. A. Thorn * Marvin Davis * Gary Archie, 2024 ==References== * Bains, David (May 4, 2024) [https://chasingchurches.org/2024/05/04/east-lake-highlands-church-of-god-of-prophecy/ East Lake Highlands Church of God of Prophecy] ''Chasing Churches'' Category:Churches in East Lake...")
- 16:31, 3 May 2024 Mopane (hist | edit) [664 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Mopane''' (born April 17, 2024 at the Birmingham Zoo) is a female reticulated giraffe born to Jalil and Ruby and exhibited at the Zoo's Trails of Africa exhibit. She is Ruby's first offspring. Her arrival expanded the zoo's collection of giraffes to 5. Mopane's name, pronounced "Mo-Paw-Nee" refers to a balsam tree native to Southern Africa favored for browsing by giraffes. It was the top vote-getter among four suggested names offered to partic...")
- 10:44, 3 May 2024 Naples Avenue (hist | edit) [529 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Naples Avenue''', also called '''Naples Avenue South''' is a mostly residential street in Brown Springs that runs south from one block north of 72nd Street South to Rugby Avenue. ==Notable Addresses== * 7247: former location of Brown Springs Super Market (1981) * 7340: St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church East Lake * 7600: Mount Vernon Baptist Church *")
- 07:09, 3 May 2024 Martin Memorial Methodist Church (hist | edit) [1,004 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Martin Memorial Methodist Church''' (later known as '''Martin Memorial United Methodist Church''') was a congregation of the North Alabama Conference located at 4221 8th Avenue in Wylam. It was founded in 1888. It is named for Wylam's pioneering businessman Joseph Martin. The congrgation built a Gothic revival sanctuary buildng designed by T. L. Brodie in 1926. After the congregati...")
- 20:37, 2 May 2024 Fulton Springs Methodist Church (hist | edit) [1,010 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Fulton Springs Methodist Church''' is a congregation of the Global Methodist Church located at 1900 Stouts Road in Fultondale. It was established as part of the North Alabama Conference| of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. It laid the cornerstone of its current sanctuary building on September 1, 1925. From 1968 until 2022-2023, it was known as '''Fulton Springs United Methodist Church'''. Like ma...")
- 16:05, 29 April 2024 Scooby Wright (hist | edit) [4,446 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Philip Anthony "Scooby" Wright III''' (born August 28, 1994 in Windsor, California) is a former linebacker for the 2022 and 2023 Birmingham Stallions in the United States Football League. Wright is the son of Philip and Annette Wright, who were living in California while his father coached softball at Santa Rosa Junior College. It was his father...")
- 11:43, 29 April 2024 Harwell Goodwin Davis Library (hist | edit) [565 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Harwell Goodwin Davis Library''' is the central building on the campus of Samford University. It was named for Samford president Harwell Goodwin Davis and, like the rest of the campus, designed by Van Keuren and Davis. It was opened with the rest of the Shades Valley campus in 1957. In 1993 the building was renovated and a north wing added. It is named the Frank. W. & Clara Clements Hundall Library. {{stub}} Category:Samford University...")
- 06:53, 28 April 2024 Noble Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (hist | edit) [806 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Noble Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church''' is located at 3700 Maple Avenue Southwest and was established in 1946. Its current building was erected in 1975. It is part of the Fifth Episcopal District of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. {{stub}} ==Pastors== * E. D. Williams * A. S. Crear * Steven Hoyt, 2024 ==References== * Bains, David R. (April 28, 2024) [https://chasingchurches.org/2024/04/28/noble-chapel-christian-method...")
- 18:16, 27 April 2024 Earth, Wind, and Water (hist | edit) [1,933 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Earth, Wind, and Water: The Landscape of Alabama''' is a living interior mural on the wall of the concourse at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. It was installed in 2014 to a design by quilter Muff Johnston. {{stub}} Category: Birmingham airport Category: 2014 works")
- 17:13, 26 April 2024 UAB Office of Research (hist | edit) [1,041 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''UAB Office of Research''' is an administrative unit at UAB responsible for leading and supporting the university's "research enterprise" by promoting excellence and creativity in research projects that contribute to mankind's knowledge and support economic growth in Birmingham and Alabama. The office is located in room 720 of the UAB Administration Building. It is headed by Vice President for Research Christopher S. Brown. <!--* Associate Vic...")
- 14:40, 25 April 2024 McElroy Memorial United Methodist Church (hist | edit) [886 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''McElroy Memorial United Methodist Church''' was located at 900 39th Street North in East Birmingham. Its brick mid-century traditional building was erected in 1947 by E. M. McElroy when the congregation was known as '''McElroy Memorial Methodist Church'''. ==Pastors== * S. A. Lowery, 1947 ==References== * Bains, David R. (April 25, 2024) [https://chasingchurches.org/2024/04/25/mcelroy-memorial-methodist-church-rhema-word-ministries/ “McElro...")
- 14:17, 25 April 2024 Hillsboro School (hist | edit) [1,616 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''The Hillsboro School''' is a private non-profit grade school located on a 30-acre mostly wooded campus at 73 Elvira Road in Helena. It is an affiliate of the American Montessori Society and the International Montessori Council and is the only Montessori high school in the Birmingham area. It was founded in 2017 and took the name "Hillsboro" from the mid-19th century community that grew into Helena. The school's executive director is Wendy Poczatek....")
- 11:51, 24 April 2024 The James (hist | edit) [1,745 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''The James''' is a 272-unit luxury apartment complex with a five level, 373-space parking garage and a small retail component located on the former site of the Highland Plaza shopping center, on the 2200 block of Highland Avenue, between 22nd Street South and 11th Court South. The complex features and outdoor courtyard and swimming pool for residents. 22nd Street Partners LLC, an affiliate of Daniel Corporation, purchased the shopping center in 2...")
- 09:16, 24 April 2024 West End Purity Holiness Church of God (hist | edit) [818 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''West End Purity Holiness Church of God''' also known as '''West End Purity Holiness Church''' is located at 1245 Cotton Avenue in the former West End United Methodist Church sanctuary building. The church celebrated its 69th anniversary in October 2016. Its pastor was Bishop Darryl Graves. He succeeded his father, the late James Graves in May 2016. {{stub}} ==External links== * [https://www.facebook.com/wephc/ West End Purity Holiness Church]...")
- 09:00, 24 April 2024 West End United Methodist Church (hist | edit) [826 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''West End United Methodist Church''' was a congregation of the United Methodist Church founded in 1890. It was located at the corner of Cotton Avenue and 13th Street Southwest in West End. After the congregation closed its older sanctuary building became the home of West End Purity Holiness Church of God while is adjoining newer buildings became the home of United Methodist-related Urban Ministry. =...")
- 12:50, 23 April 2024 Rebecca Yeager (hist | edit) [2,119 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Rebecca Kornegay Yeager''' (born April 16, 1984 in Birmingham) is an actor, stage director and adjunct professor at Auburn University at Montgomery. Yeager graduated from Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School in 2002 and enrolled at Birmingham-Southern College to study theatre arts. She completed her bachelor's degree in 2006 and was hired by the college as an admissions counselor. She completed a master of fine arts at the U...")
- 11:41, 23 April 2024 Michael Flowers (hist | edit) [2,323 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Michael Flowers''' (born November 12, 1956 in North Little Rock, Arkansas) was a professor of theatre arts at Birmingham-Southern College for 37 years, and chair of the at Department of Theatre until his retirement in 2021. Flowers graduated from North Little Rock Northeast High School and enrolled at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro to study sports journalism. He became interested in theater there and earned his...")
- 20:29, 22 April 2024 Greater Judah Ministries Church of God in Christ (hist | edit) [558 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Greater Judah Ministries Church of God in Christ''' is a Pentecostal church located at 5001 1st Avenue North in Woodlawn. The pastor is Leon Lewis, Jr.. ==External link== * [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554735184414 Greater Judah Ministries] Facebook page {{stub}} Category:Churches in Woodlawn Category:1st Avenue North Category:50th Street North Category:Church of God in Christ churches")
- 19:09, 22 April 2024 St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church East Lake (hist | edit) [744 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church East Lake''' is located at 7340 Naples Avenue in Brown Springs, a neighborhood of the greater East Lake neighborhood. The church was established in 1908 and erected its current building in 1965. {{stub}} ==References== * Bains, David R. (April 22, 2024) [https://chasingchurches.org/2024/04/22/st-paul-african-methodist-episcopal-church-east-lake/ "St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church East Lake" ''Ch...")
- 16:33, 22 April 2024 Is-Able Ministries (hist | edit) [1,485 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Is-Able Ministries''' is a non-profit organization founded in 1998 by Lorenzo Brown which provides assistance to people with physical and mental disabilities. The organization offers independent living programs and support for caregivers. Its programs include goal-setting, self-advocacy, conflict resolution, and financial literacy, along with help finding employment or preparing for college or a career. The organization is also able to help meet material needs...")
- 15:36, 22 April 2024 Irondale Civic Center (hist | edit) [1,177 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Irondale Civic Center''' is a 57,359 square-foot meeting hall and events center at the former Zamora Shrine Center at 3521 Ratliff Road in Irondale, near the intersection of I-459 at I-20. The City of Irondale purchases the property for $5 million in 2022 for future redevelopment. The city planned to work with private partners on a master plan consistent with the Blueprint Irondale Comprehensive Plan. After acquiring the building Iro...")
- 15:10, 22 April 2024 William Harris (disambiguation) (hist | edit) [789 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''William Harris''' can refer to any of the following: * William F. "Bill" Harris, director of physical education for Birmingham City Schools * Bill Harris Jr (1935–2011), founder of American Marble Co. * William H. Harris (1944–2024), president of Alabama State University {{disambig}}")
- 14:52, 22 April 2024 William H. Harris (hist | edit) [3,124 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''William Hamilton Harris''' (born July 22, 1944 in Fitzgerald, Georgia; died April 19, 2024 in Hilton Head, South Carolina) was a historian and president of Alabama State University for two separate terms, from 1994 to 2000, and again from 2008 to 2012. Harris grew up in Georgia and earned his bachelor’s degree at Paine College in Augusta in 1966. He went on to complete a master of arts and Ph.D. at Indiana University in Bloom...")
- 10:32, 22 April 2024 Sally Nemeth (hist | edit) [3,128 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Sarah Louise "Sally" Nemeth''' (born 1959 in Chicago, Illinois; died July 30, 2021 in Los Angeles, California) was a playwright, screenwriter, novelist and educator. Sally was one of three daughters born to Edward and Nancy Nemeth of Chicago. During her childhood the family lived in Ogden Dunes, Indiana and Wilmington, Deleware before moving to Birmingham. She attended the Alabama School of Fine Arts and transferred to Indian Springs School as...")
- 08:45, 20 April 2024 First Baptist Church Graymont (hist | edit) [865 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''First Baptist Church Graymont''' was established in 1885 and erected a new building in 1923. In 1965 it dedicated its current building at 100 9th Court West in College Hills. It erected an additional building in 1986. {{stub}} ==Pastors== * H. Lanier, 1920-1947 * R. M. Joseph, 1947-1971 * J. W. Croom, 1972-2018 * Bryan Harper, 2024 ==External link== * [https://www.firstbaptistgraymont.org/ First Baptist Church Graymont] websi...")
- 17:03, 19 April 2024 Harris Homes (hist | edit) [1,180 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Harris Homes''' is a 200-unit public housing project operated by the Housing Authority of the Birmingham District located at 514 Chester Avenue, arrayed around Brussels Circle, off Brussels Avenue and south of Georgia Road in the Oak Ridge Park neighborhood of Birmingham's Woodlawn community. A community and recreation center is located at the eastern end of the complex. The community backs up to the Inte...")
- 15:48, 19 April 2024 Kool-Aid McKinstry (hist | edit) [2,000 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Ga'Quincy "Kool-Aid" McKinstry''' (born September 30, 2002 in Birmingham) is a football player. He was the 2021 Alabama "Mr Football", and the USA Today High School Football Defensive Player of the Year, and an All-American cornerback for the 2023 Alabama Crimson Tide football team. McKinstry's grandmother gave him his nickname, because his smile reminded her of the Kool-Aid Man. He attended Pi...")
- 17:04, 18 April 2024 Larry Simmons Stadium (hist | edit) [1,084 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Larry Simmons Stadium''' (formerly '''Thompson High School Stadium''' or '''Warrior Stadium''') is a football stadium in Alabaster which serves as the home field for the Thompson High School Warriors football team. It was dedicated on October 30, 1992. The stadium is also used by the Birmingham United Soccer Association and the Alabama FC women's soccer team. A new entrance pavilion with restrooms and ticket booths was completed in April 20...")