The pedestrian tunnel that lets people access the Alabama riverfront
in Montgomery by going under the railroad tracks. The lights in the tunnel change colors based on seasons and holidays.

 

Long-closed grocery store

 

This is a long-closed grocery store on Hull Street in Montgomery, not far from I-85.

Parking Be Damned!

 Am I the only one in Montgomery who hates the Downtown parking meters that require you to use a credit card?

There are plenty of people who are NOT going to download an "app" just to be able to park!

Some of them include a warning NOT to use coins, even though there is a coin slot in the damned things. And if you don't have a smart phone, they give you a phone number to call! What if you don't have a cell phone?

Where are the senior citizen groups protesting?  

https://centralalabamaaging.org/

https://www.aarp.org/ 

Stair Stare

 

Memorial Day, Some "Foreign" Deaths in Montgomery

 These photos are posted this Memorial Day to honor the men from Britain and France who died during WWII flight training in Montgomery, as the first photo details.

 

Just as with the hundreds of thousands of Americans who died in that war, these men were mostly young, and were grieved by their families and friends. We remember all of them this Memorial Day. Some died on the same day, a possible indication of an airplane crash with multiple people killed.

 

HERE is the website for Oakwood Cemetery, where the military graves are located (right next to those of Hank Williams and family).

 

On the Oakwood website, you'll find information about a huge effort to clearly identify the names and dates of birth and death for the 36,000 other people buried there. Yes, they are seeking volunteers.

Clouds, Caught

 

The Bus and Its Montgomery Terminal

 The Freedom Rides Museum in Montgomery is reflected in the windshield of a 60's Era Greyhound Bus restored by the museum and The Alabama Historical Commission.

Riverfront

 

Riverfront

 

Lions Heads

 

In 1888, Montgomery's largest business was the Moses Brothers Banking & Realty Company. They built the city's first "skyscraper," a six-story building on Court Square that was demolished in 1907 to make way for the new twelve-story home of the First National Bank of Montgomery.

The historic image shows how First National looked from 1907 until 1978. If you could zoom in, you would be able to see the terra cotta lion faces placed at intervals around the cornice, as if they were looking out over the city.

When First National became part of First Alabama in 1971, their building was modernized and the lions were removed.The bank officers erected a granite column on Court Square next to the bank and adorned it with these salvaged lion heads.

Come On Sun!

 Sunrise on January 23, 2022. Temp is 20 degrees, "solar" lamp on the deck is frosted over, waiting for the sun!

Historic 2-Fer

 The statue of Rosa Parks on Dexter Avenue where she got on the bus that would carry her into history. Another Historic spot is across the street: The Winter Building, from which the telegram giving approval to fire on Ft. Sumter was sent. It was the first shot fired in the American Civil War. 

Montgomery was briefly the confederate capital.

And yes, the Winter Building is for sale.

St. Peter's Catholic Church on Adams Street, Montgomery

 

Here is the church website.

https://www.stpetermontgomery.com/

At EJI

 

Endings

 Cemetery photos are by nature, sad. 

But this one struck me as especially so. 

Three simple words...no name...no dates. 

Just enough information to express heartache.

                           (In Montgomery's Oakwood Cemetery)

 

 

 Rosa Parks: Waiting for the bus to carry her to the history books!

60 Years After a KKK Attack At The Montgomery Greyhound Station.

 

The Freedom Rides Museum is reflected in the windshield of a restored Greyhound bus that is now part of the museum's exhibit.

 

 The former Greyhound Bus Station, now The Freedom Rides Museum in Montgomery, Alabama.

 The restored Bus, which will be used as an outreach for the museum. It is not known to have carried Freedom Riders, but it is of the correct era.

 

 

 The  Greyhound station where riders and journalists were beaten by KKK members. Montgomery Police were told to look the other way, to give the klan terrorists a chance to attack. They did.

Historic Utility Names

 Traveled to the Industrial Area north of Downtown Montgomery today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

FoggyPhoto

 

At Wright Brothers Park at the riverfront in Montgomery.

Homeless