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Tag: Birmingham
..prepare to spring forward..
..do you know where i shot this from? 🙂
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church entrance
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..view of the theatre from the balcony..
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diamond
..same place as this one, i think i know where the architect got his inspiration from.. 🙂
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spire
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alabama theatre
..one of the many snaps i got of a photo tour around the alabama theatre organized by our local photo group..
The Alabama Theatre is a movie palace in Birmingham, Alabama. It was built in 1927 by Paramount’s Publix Theatre chain as its flagship theater for the southeastern region of the United States. Seating 2,500 people at the time, it was the largest in the Birmingham Theatre district. The district was once home to a myriad of large theaters that featured vaudeville, performing arts, nickelodeons, and large first-run movie palaces. The Alabama is the only district theater still operating today. Built to show silent films, the Alabama still features its original Wurlitzer theater organ. Other than the Alabama, the Lyric Theatre is the only theater still standing in the district. (source)
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greenhouse
..happened to have the fishy during a meeting here, commenced snapping..
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spires
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st. paul’s rectory
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..a wider view of this and this..
This sculpture is one of several “interactive†monuments in Kelly Ingram Park, north of the Baptist church where a KKK bomb killed four young African-American girls in 1963. Artist James Drake’s 1991 work depicts snarling police dogs made of scrap iron leaping inward from two walls on either side of the park’s walkway. Visitors can stand between and try to imagine the terror when civil rights marchers were assaulted with the canines and water cannons — which, by the way, are also in the park, and can be pivoted to point toward a sculpture of two cowering protesters. (source)
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..a powerful sculpture by James Drake called Jailed Children (Children’s March)..
ain’t afraid of your jail
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magic city cruisin’
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The statue was based on the Revs. N.H. Smith Jr., A.D. King and John T. Porter, who led a march in downtown Birmingham on Palm Sunday 1963 to support the Revs. Martin Luther King Jr., Fred Shuttlesworth and Ralph Abernathy, who had been jailed. (source)
i just watched this video.. i wish i started shooting earlier in film..
..a statue of martin luther king at kelly ingram park gazing at 16th street baptist church..
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16 street baptist church
..here’s a shot of the actual church from the previous post..
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama which is frequented predominately by African Americans. In September 1963, it was the target of the racially motivated 16th Street Baptist Church bombing that killed four girls in the midst of the American Civil Rights Movement. The church is still in operation and is a central landmark in the Birmingham Civil Rights District. It was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 2006.(source)
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st. paul
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..here’s the other dog opposite this one..
This sculpture is one of several “interactive” monuments in Kelly Ingram Park, north of the Baptist church where a KKK bomb killed four young African-American girls in 1963. Artist James Drake’s 1991 work depicts snarling police dogs made of scrap iron leaping inward from two walls on either side of the park’s walkway. Visitors can stand between and try to imagine the terror when civil rights marchers were assaulted with the canines and water cannons — which, by the way, are also in the park, and can be pivoted to point toward a sculpture of two cowering protesters. (source)
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sli
..or that’s what i think it says..
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..here’s the view of the cathedral’s ceiling..
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..the silent shooting mode of the 5dmkiii couldv’e been handy while shooting this quiet place, but i guess mirror slaps pale in comparison to the ripping sound of velcro of a camera bag.. 😀
The Cathedral of Saint Paul (informally known as Saint Paul’s Cathedral) is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama in Birmingham, Alabama. Designed by Chicago architect Adolphus Druiding, the Victorian Gothic-style brick building was completed as a parish church in 1893. It was elevated to Cathedral status with the creation of the Diocese of Birmingham in 1969. (wiki)
..view of downtown birmingham from the club..
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layer cake
..a kid at a local skate shop..
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coupl’a couples
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need rain
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..hung around a bit after the opening ceremonies..
*it was a bit hazy because of the fireworks that went off a few minutes ago (here’s the shot i took of it)..
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downtown bhm
..here’s the view of downtown birmingham from the vulcan park statue i posted yesterday..
..you can’t see the statue from this pov..
The Vulcan statue is the largest cast iron statue in the world, and is the city symbol of Birmingham, Alabama, reflecting its roots in the iron and steel industry. The 56-foot (17 m) tall statue depicts the Roman god Vulcan, god of the fire and forge. It was created as Birmingham’s entry for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 World’s Fair) in St. Louis, Missouri. It is the seventh-tallest free-standing statue in the United States. (wiki)
..well, whaddya know, it’s friday already..
..boys will be boys..
..good time to head to the parks..
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reflecting couples
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bham
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..go out and shoot..
..just a warm winter walk by the park..
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..birmingham has it’s fair share of graffiti also..
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