Tag: Downtown Birmingham
Birmingham Council Applies for $10M Federal Grant to Improve Pedestrian Walkways, Traffic Signals
If awarded, the federal grant to modernize and improve traffic signals and pedestrian infrastructure for the city’s busiest intersections.
BW Recommends | Feb. 15, 2026
Parking Authority Seeks Voices on Use of Morris Avenue Lots
An online survey asks people for thoughts on proposed parking or development at two downtown parking lots.
Former Home of La Paree May See New Lease on Life
This month, we learned the building that once housed La Paree on Fifth Ave. N. downtown is being given a new life as a new restaurant. The city’s Design Review Committee also reviewed several projects downtown and carried out a rare overruling of a neighborhood committee decision.
Nation’s Oldest Veterans Day Parade to March Through Downtown Birmingham
Tuesday will be the 78th year for the parade honoring men and women who have served.
Railroad Park Celebrates 15 Years as Birmingham’s ‘Front Lawn’
The park is credited with sparking commercial and residential growth in Birmingham’s downtown area.
Birmingham Council Votes to Spend $14.5M Converting 4th Ave N Into Two-Way Street
Officials say the change will help businesses in the area.
BW Recommends | April 13, 2025
Transportation Secretary Buttigieg Announces $14.5M Award to Turn 4th Avenue North Into a Two-Way Street
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg stopped traffic on Fourth Avenue North on Wednesday to announce a $14.5 million grant to help reconnect parts of the community that have been divided by transportation decisions of the past.
The announcement, staged in the middle of the downtown thoroughfare, outlined a grant to Birmingham to convert Fourth Avenue North — which includes the historic Fourth Avenue Black Business District — from a one-way road to a two-way. Read more.
JeffCo Commission to Consider Selling Property for BJCC Use
The Jefferson County Commission is expected to jettison the old Salvation Army Building on Abraham Woods Jr. Boulevard, selling it to the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Authority, during its meeting Thursday.
“The county was looking to sell the surplus property,” BJCC Executive Director and CEO Tad Snider said in an interview. “Given its proximity to the BJCC and City Walk, we chose to purchase and will redevelop or repurpose for additional parking.” The sales price is $810,000. Read more.
