Years ago, when travelers flew into Birmingham, their airplane flight path regularly approached and flew directly over Carraway Hospital. From one’s seat on the plane, you often felt you could reach out and touch Carraway’s iconic revolving “blue star.”
For residents of Birmingham – you were home.
Continue reading “Will we ever see Carraway Hospital’s blue star “revolve” again?”
Bham Now photographer Larry O. Gay visited Aldridge Gardens in Hoover this past week.
As you can see Spring has arrived. Enjoy!
Birmingham, AL – Imagine going to a restaurant on Birmingham’s Southside then heading downtown for a concert on the same night without having to drive around to search for a place to park?
From restaurants, award winning chefs, and food trucks, the foodie can enjoy a multitude of delights on just about every street corner in the Magic City.
For me, one of the toughest things to find though are the food trucks, until the app, “OnTheCorner”, was created to make it a simple process.
Continue reading “Birmingham-Based “OnTheCorner” expands to New Orleans”
Birmingham Audubon says, “Restoring native plant habitat is vital to preserving biodiversity. By creating a native plant garden, each patch of habitat becomes part of a collective effort to nurture and sustain the living landscape for birds and other animals.”
Continue reading “GO NATIVE this year at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens Spring Plant Sale”
Earlier this week I worked out around 3 in the afternoon in the heat of the day… outside. It is safe to say it is heating up in Birmingham. Spring has come and it seems like Summer isn’t far either. Continue reading “Stay safe while exercising in the heat”
This week, the Green Resource Center for Alabama (GRCA) 2017 EMERGE Leadership class got their feet wet “chasing” fish in the Little Cahaba River.
Continue reading “Sustainability leaders get their feet wet “chasing” fish in the Cahaba watershed”
Welcome to the Bham Now Nature Roundup March 17th edition sponsored by the JSU Little River Canyon Center.
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Continue reading “Be inspired: Meet “Walking to Listen” author Andrew Forsthoefel in Birmingham”
Both scientists and science enthusiasts alike will be spending Earth Day marching for the importance of science in day-to-day life. As one of 390 sister marches across the world, Birmingham will be doing their part for science advocacy.
Continue reading “Birmingham will join the March for Science April 22nd”
19 sporting events. 13 days. Over 10,000 athletes. The 2017 National Senior Games are coming to the Magic City.
Continue reading “Birmingham is Hosting the 2017 National Senior Games”
It’s time for another Birmingham mayoral candidate interview. This is the second one in my series, and it features Randall Woodfin. My last one featured Randy Davis.
Although the Jefferson County Election Commission has until June 23 to officially call the upcoming Birmingham municipal election set for August 22, potential candidates are already blazing their own campaign trails.
Continue reading “Birmingham, Alabama mayoral candidate interview: Randall Woodfin”
