Gulf Shores wasn't a booming beach town in the 1950s. There were no condominiums or souvenir shops. Despite the lack of things to see, the beach area was growing. According to the Birmingham News, the ...
An old Birmingham cinema that spent years as a strip club and shisha bar has been granted Grade II listed status. The Futurist, on John Bright Street, has been listed by the Department for Culture, ...
The site of a "pioneering" former cinema has been granted listed status. The Futurist, on John Bright Street in Birmingham, survived two world wars and was the first in the city to show "talkies", ...
The BBC’s time travelling drama department has again turned back the clock to film a series in Birmingham. First we had the 1920s for Peaky Blinders, then the BBC started filming 1970s spy thriller ...
Plans to cover a vintage advertising mural on the side of downtown Birmingham office building have been dropped. Harbert Realty operations chief David Williams, whose firm manages the Midtown Center ...
It was a decade that saw the true birth of rock and roll with figures such as Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly ...