While driving down Highway 280 last night, I was taken aback at the price of gasoline. Traveling south just past the Best Buy/Target shopping area, I spotted this BP/Circle K (below) selling gas at $1.93 a gallon. It wasn’t a…
A petition supporting the establishment of a Birmingham Civil Rights National Park topped 10,000 signatures nationwide this week. Last week, the petition and the National Park proposal gained momentum as a result of a visit and public hearing held by…
Sponsored By Cary Estes The view from the corner of 23rd Street and 14th Avenue North is actually quite lovely. That is, as long as you keep your gaze fixed in the direction of the downtown skyline and don’t look…
This week in Alabama, two prominent places in U.S. history will be a step closer to becoming National Parks. On Thursday, October 27th, U.S. Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell will be conducting two public hearings to consider designating both Freedom…
Sponsored By: Cary Estes It is difficult to bridge economic and social gaps when there is an actual bridge standing in the way. That is the situation Birmingham has been facing for nearly a half-century, ever since Interstate 20/59 was…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ben Gillilan (@benjiclyde) The Garage Cafe is a hidden gem near UAB’s campus. It is a classicly different Birmingham eatery that will leave you begging for more. If you have yet…
With speeds of 100 GIGAbits/sec that’s up to ‘10,000 times as fast as typical household Internet’ UAB will have the fastest internet among universities in Alabama. The new $2.5 M investment in internet connectivity will be available for faculty, staff,…
Alabama holds some of the most beautiful geography and greatest biodiversity of any place on earth. We are lucky to live here! But according to some highly acclaimed scientists, if we don’t protect what we have, we could lose it.
BuzzFeed recently posted an article detailing the “most hipster neighborhood” in each state, and Birmingham represented! To be fair, Where Is Williamsburg? Should be credited to locating our Avondale. Where Is Williamsburg? is an app for “trendy folk” to use…
Here comes the sun UAB. This week, UAB announced that it is home to the largest solar energy system in the city of Birmingham. The solar panels are on top of it’s Campus Recreation Center which can be seen from…
“Signs, signs everywhere a sign…” ~ Five Man Electrical Band If you have been traveling throughout Birmingham, you’ve probably seen a few of these signs designating past locations of the Birmingham Mineral Railroad. “The railroad is still with us. This…
UAB’s Sarah Parcak, the much acclaimed space archeologist, National Geographic Explorer and TED Prize winner “wants to make the world’s invisible history visible once again.” Her plan: Launch in 2017 GlobalXplorer, the first of its kind online citizen science platform…
If you are like me you love the Birmingham Murals spread across our city. If you are also like me you may sometimes get a bit lost looking for them for your next photo op. Don’t worry, there will be…
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Not all Famous people come from California or New York. You might be surprised that some big names you recognize are from right here in Birmingham. From rappers to activists, here are a few Birmingham natives that you can brag…