Author: Richard Dabney
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738543437
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Birmingham's Highland Park originated in the 1880s when a grand boulevard was dug and three lush parks were planned at the northern foothills of Red Mountain. This boulevard was Highland Avenue, at the time the widest street in the South. The development, built within three miles of the center of Birmingham, included the construction of a resort hotel and lake. A dummy line rail system conveyed the populace of The Magic City" out to the beautiful Highland Park neighborhood, where in summer the air was both cooler and cleaner. Although Highland Avenue was lined with mansions of every architectural style, only 12 remain today. Indeed, some Highland Park dwellers have resided for generations in this neighborhood of true character and charm."
Birmingham's Highland Park
Author: Richard Dabney
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738543437
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Birmingham's Highland Park originated in the 1880s when a grand boulevard was dug and three lush parks were planned at the northern foothills of Red Mountain. This boulevard was Highland Avenue, at the time the widest street in the South. The development, built within three miles of the center of Birmingham, included the construction of a resort hotel and lake. A dummy line rail system conveyed the populace of The Magic City" out to the beautiful Highland Park neighborhood, where in summer the air was both cooler and cleaner. Although Highland Avenue was lined with mansions of every architectural style, only 12 remain today. Indeed, some Highland Park dwellers have resided for generations in this neighborhood of true character and charm."
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738543437
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Birmingham's Highland Park originated in the 1880s when a grand boulevard was dug and three lush parks were planned at the northern foothills of Red Mountain. This boulevard was Highland Avenue, at the time the widest street in the South. The development, built within three miles of the center of Birmingham, included the construction of a resort hotel and lake. A dummy line rail system conveyed the populace of The Magic City" out to the beautiful Highland Park neighborhood, where in summer the air was both cooler and cleaner. Although Highland Avenue was lined with mansions of every architectural style, only 12 remain today. Indeed, some Highland Park dwellers have resided for generations in this neighborhood of true character and charm."
Birmingham's Highland Park
Author: Richard Dabney
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 143961749X
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Birmingham's Highland Park originated in the 1880s when a grand boulevard was dug and three lush parks were planned at the northern foothills of Red Mountain. This boulevard was Highland Avenue, at the time the widest street in the South. The development, built within three miles of the center of Birmingham, included the construction of a resort hotel and lake. A dummy line rail system conveyed the populace of The Magic City" out to the beautiful Highland Park neighborhood, where in summer the air was both cooler and cleaner. Although Highland Avenue was lined with mansions of every architectural style, only 12 remain today. Indeed, some Highland Park dwellers have resided for generations in this neighborhood of true character and charm."
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 143961749X
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Birmingham's Highland Park originated in the 1880s when a grand boulevard was dug and three lush parks were planned at the northern foothills of Red Mountain. This boulevard was Highland Avenue, at the time the widest street in the South. The development, built within three miles of the center of Birmingham, included the construction of a resort hotel and lake. A dummy line rail system conveyed the populace of The Magic City" out to the beautiful Highland Park neighborhood, where in summer the air was both cooler and cleaner. Although Highland Avenue was lined with mansions of every architectural style, only 12 remain today. Indeed, some Highland Park dwellers have resided for generations in this neighborhood of true character and charm."
Insiders' Guide® to Birmingham
Author: Todd Keith
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762769351
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Your Travel Destination. Your Home. Your Home-To-Be. Birmingham Festivals. Architectural gems. Green spaces. Friendly faces. The Magic City. A special kind of place. • A personal, practical perspective for travelers and residents alike • Comprehensive listings of attractions, restaurants, and accommodations • How to live & thrive in the area—from recreation to relocation • Countless details on shopping, arts & entertainment, and children’s activities
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762769351
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Your Travel Destination. Your Home. Your Home-To-Be. Birmingham Festivals. Architectural gems. Green spaces. Friendly faces. The Magic City. A special kind of place. • A personal, practical perspective for travelers and residents alike • Comprehensive listings of attractions, restaurants, and accommodations • How to live & thrive in the area—from recreation to relocation • Countless details on shopping, arts & entertainment, and children’s activities
Murder on Shades Mountain
Author: Melanie S. Morrison
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822371677
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
One August night in 1931, on a secluded mountain ridge overlooking Birmingham, Alabama, three young white women were brutally attacked. The sole survivor, Nell Williams, age eighteen, said a black man had held the women captive for four hours before shooting them and disappearing into the woods. That same night, a reign of terror was unleashed on Birmingham's black community: black businesses were set ablaze, posses of armed white men roamed the streets, and dozens of black men were arrested in the largest manhunt in Jefferson County history. Weeks later, Nell identified Willie Peterson as the attacker who killed her sister Augusta and their friend Jennie Wood. With the exception of being black, Peterson bore little resemblance to the description Nell gave the police. An all-white jury convicted Peterson of murder and sentenced him to death. In Murder on Shades Mountain Melanie S. Morrison tells the gripping and tragic story of the attack and its aftermath—events that shook Birmingham to its core. Having first heard the story from her father—who dated Nell's youngest sister when he was a teenager—Morrison scoured the historical archives and documented the black-led campaigns that sought to overturn Peterson's unjust conviction, spearheaded by the NAACP and the Communist Party. The travesty of justice suffered by Peterson reveals how the judicial system could function as a lynch mob in the Jim Crow South. Murder on Shades Mountain also sheds new light on the struggle for justice in Depression-era Birmingham. This riveting narrative is a testament to the courageous predecessors of present-day movements that demand an end to racial profiling, police brutality, and the criminalization of black men.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822371677
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
One August night in 1931, on a secluded mountain ridge overlooking Birmingham, Alabama, three young white women were brutally attacked. The sole survivor, Nell Williams, age eighteen, said a black man had held the women captive for four hours before shooting them and disappearing into the woods. That same night, a reign of terror was unleashed on Birmingham's black community: black businesses were set ablaze, posses of armed white men roamed the streets, and dozens of black men were arrested in the largest manhunt in Jefferson County history. Weeks later, Nell identified Willie Peterson as the attacker who killed her sister Augusta and their friend Jennie Wood. With the exception of being black, Peterson bore little resemblance to the description Nell gave the police. An all-white jury convicted Peterson of murder and sentenced him to death. In Murder on Shades Mountain Melanie S. Morrison tells the gripping and tragic story of the attack and its aftermath—events that shook Birmingham to its core. Having first heard the story from her father—who dated Nell's youngest sister when he was a teenager—Morrison scoured the historical archives and documented the black-led campaigns that sought to overturn Peterson's unjust conviction, spearheaded by the NAACP and the Communist Party. The travesty of justice suffered by Peterson reveals how the judicial system could function as a lynch mob in the Jim Crow South. Murder on Shades Mountain also sheds new light on the struggle for justice in Depression-era Birmingham. This riveting narrative is a testament to the courageous predecessors of present-day movements that demand an end to racial profiling, police brutality, and the criminalization of black men.
Birmingham Then and Now®
Author: Todd Keith
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
ISBN: 1909815055
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
A late arrival on the Southern landscape, the city of Birmingham was not incorporated until after the Civil War. In fact, from 1820 to 1871, what is now Birmingham was known as the hamlet of Elyton, a small crossroads set in the rolling foothills of the Appalachian Mountains where several Pony Express and stage routes crossed paths. When two railroads eventually intersected at this point—where, significantly, all the ingredients necessary to make iron existed in close proximity—the region’s growth exploded. Birmingham’s history is not a story of the grace and vanished grandeur of an antebellum past, but rather, a dynamic story of modern American industrialization.Sites covered include: Hollywood, Alabama State Fairgrounds, Vulcan Park, Mountain Brook Village, The Old Mill, Avondale Park, Highland Park, Woodlawn High, Quinlan Castle, Five Points South, Bottega Favorita, Old Jefferson County Courthouse, Capitol Park, Tutwiler Hotel, Twentieth Street, Louise Wooster Brothel, Alabama Theatre, Kress Department Store, Joy Young Restaurant, Terminal Station, Molton Hotel, Lovemans, Massey Building, Bright Star, Temple of Sibyl, Sloss Furnaces, Red Mountain and Legion Field.
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
ISBN: 1909815055
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
A late arrival on the Southern landscape, the city of Birmingham was not incorporated until after the Civil War. In fact, from 1820 to 1871, what is now Birmingham was known as the hamlet of Elyton, a small crossroads set in the rolling foothills of the Appalachian Mountains where several Pony Express and stage routes crossed paths. When two railroads eventually intersected at this point—where, significantly, all the ingredients necessary to make iron existed in close proximity—the region’s growth exploded. Birmingham’s history is not a story of the grace and vanished grandeur of an antebellum past, but rather, a dynamic story of modern American industrialization.Sites covered include: Hollywood, Alabama State Fairgrounds, Vulcan Park, Mountain Brook Village, The Old Mill, Avondale Park, Highland Park, Woodlawn High, Quinlan Castle, Five Points South, Bottega Favorita, Old Jefferson County Courthouse, Capitol Park, Tutwiler Hotel, Twentieth Street, Louise Wooster Brothel, Alabama Theatre, Kress Department Store, Joy Young Restaurant, Terminal Station, Molton Hotel, Lovemans, Massey Building, Bright Star, Temple of Sibyl, Sloss Furnaces, Red Mountain and Legion Field.
General Register
Author: University of Michigan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Detroit (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 960
Book Description
Announcements for the following year included in some vols.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Detroit (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 960
Book Description
Announcements for the following year included in some vols.
Elton B. Stephens Expressway Extension, 3rd Ave to I-20-59, Birmingham
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Scared Sheetless in Birmingham
Author: Beth Hamer Miles
Publisher: Gemma Halliday Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
From author Beth Hamer Miles comes the next Cousins Cozy Mystery featuring amateur sleuth Maggie and her sidekick, Francis, who find themselves in the midst of a Halloween mystery shrouded in…bedsheets? Creeping It Real Halloween is only a few weeks away, and Maggie Baxter and her cousin Francis Pinkston are as excited as anyone for the spooky festivities. That is, until everyone in Birmingham, Alabama is shocked by the disappearance of local celebrity and investigative news reporter, Bob Roberts. When his body is discovered disguised as a ghost amongst the Halloween decor in her own neighbor’s yard, Maggie can no longer keep her worry under wraps. Especially after she finds out exactly who he was investigating. Teamwork Makes the Scream Work To make things even more batty, a group of Maggie's home health patients turn out to be real creeps, and her daughter begins dating the victim’s suspicious-acting former intern. And when another ghostly visage appears in the shadows, Maggie and Francis team up to track down clues, costumes, and the killer. Can they catch a murderer before the next victim gets hung out to dry? "Readers will fall in love with this book instantly!! This was one story that I did not want to end." ~ Cozy Mystery Book Reviews "Realistic dialogue, good character development and interesting setting. Looking forward to reading next one! 5 Stars!" ~ So Many Books
Publisher: Gemma Halliday Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
From author Beth Hamer Miles comes the next Cousins Cozy Mystery featuring amateur sleuth Maggie and her sidekick, Francis, who find themselves in the midst of a Halloween mystery shrouded in…bedsheets? Creeping It Real Halloween is only a few weeks away, and Maggie Baxter and her cousin Francis Pinkston are as excited as anyone for the spooky festivities. That is, until everyone in Birmingham, Alabama is shocked by the disappearance of local celebrity and investigative news reporter, Bob Roberts. When his body is discovered disguised as a ghost amongst the Halloween decor in her own neighbor’s yard, Maggie can no longer keep her worry under wraps. Especially after she finds out exactly who he was investigating. Teamwork Makes the Scream Work To make things even more batty, a group of Maggie's home health patients turn out to be real creeps, and her daughter begins dating the victim’s suspicious-acting former intern. And when another ghostly visage appears in the shadows, Maggie and Francis team up to track down clues, costumes, and the killer. Can they catch a murderer before the next victim gets hung out to dry? "Readers will fall in love with this book instantly!! This was one story that I did not want to end." ~ Cozy Mystery Book Reviews "Realistic dialogue, good character development and interesting setting. Looking forward to reading next one! 5 Stars!" ~ So Many Books
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1430
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1430
Book Description
Musical Alabama
Author: Alabama Federation of Music Clubs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description