When I visited Birmingham for the first time in 1944 as a "war bride" from the Midwest, there were three places on the must see list. (1) Terminal Station (2) Alabama Theatre (3) Vulcan (when you climbed steps to the observation tower). Last time I visited in Birmingham, one of Vulcan's arms was lying on the ground. Hopefully, he has been restored. Losing the Terminal Station left a big gap in Birmingham's history. RAdams ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

I didn't mention in my last email - for those who haven't been to Birmingham in a long time - that Vulcan has been restored along with his original pedestal (but with an elevator added). The Alabama Theater was restored a number of years ago and hosts a variety of events every year. (And my grandchildren have been to those, so those experiences will be theirs also.) No terminal Station, sadly, but I guess that was inevitable with the demise of train travel. Also, there's a move afoot to restore one or more of the other old theaters downtown. Jim Nix ----- Original Message ----- From: <RAdams505@aol.com> To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 7:09 AM Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] names in my dads 1930 diary > When I visited Birmingham for the first time in 1944 as a "war bride" from > the Midwest, > there were three places on the must see list. (1) Terminal Station (2) > Alabama Theatre > (3) Vulcan (when you climbed steps to the observation tower). Last time I > visited in Birmingham, one of Vulcan's arms was lying on the ground. > Hopefully, > he has been restored. Losing the Terminal Station left a big gap in > Birmingham's history. > > RAdams > > > > > ************************************** > See what's new at http://www.aol.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Vulcan's up and the view is beautiful. We went up a couple of years ago. ----- Original Message ----- From: <RAdams505@aol.com> To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 6:09 AM Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] names in my dads 1930 diary > When I visited Birmingham for the first time in 1944 as a "war bride" from > the Midwest, > there were three places on the must see list. (1) Terminal Station (2) > Alabama Theatre > (3) Vulcan (when you climbed steps to the observation tower). Last time I > visited in Birmingham, one of Vulcan's arms was lying on the ground. > Hopefully, > he has been restored. Losing the Terminal Station left a big gap in > Birmingham's history. > > RAdams > > > > > ************************************** > See what's new at http://www.aol.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >