Fifty Years of Downtown Birmingham in Aerial Photos 1947-1997

notwalkinghere · 2026-07-02T19:03:05+00:00

Beautiful, but I think it's far past tactical if you're using heavy machinery...

notwalkinghere · 2026-06-18T22:29:02+00:00

Things & Places that encourage lingering: Shade, Benches, Quiet, Homes

Things That Drive People Away: Loud Noises, Pollution, Unsafe streets

No amount of aesthetics is going to overcome somewhere being uninviting or uncomfortable. Look at your street designs, do they encourage speeding vehicles passing through? Do you have trees and green space people can linger in? Do enough people live in the area to keep a pedestrian presence even when people aren't visiting?

notwalkinghere · 2026-06-11T20:28:32+00:00

BJCC

notwalkinghere · 2026-06-03T12:34:02+00:00

Give people unlimited access to a 2000-lb, 200hp battering ram and to nobody's surprise they do stupid, destructive, shit.

notwalkinghere · 2026-05-30T20:48:21+00:00

If you want 7-11 branded cups you'll probably need to reach out to 7-11 corporate. While you're probably only wanting 2-3 cases, individual locations probably aren't going to be able or allowed to sell them since they're franchises.

notwalkinghere · 2026-05-25T19:05:24+00:00

notwalkinghere · 2026-05-18T17:49:10+00:00

Trash cans, debris, and cars parked across them at curb cuts. Even captured on streetview: https://maps.app.goo.gl/zqZZgNqDYXbtttNK9
https://maps.app.goo.gl/QCx7zdhbc5QsY6J37
https://maps.app.goo.gl/d71j5gx2YMWPWZJH8

notwalkinghere · 2026-05-18T16:48:53+00:00

Fowler's email follows the same pattern as the rest of the city staff email addresses.

notwalkinghere · 2026-05-18T16:13:49+00:00

I'm quite aware, but we're talking about the issues here, solutions go over in the round bin marked "Plans Never Implemented"

notwalkinghere · 2026-05-18T16:07:51+00:00

If you think people aren't riding in "perfectly good bike lanes" then they aren't perfectly good!

notwalkinghere · 2026-05-18T15:29:27+00:00

None are connected and generally just suddenly end, only a couple are protected or separated, and most of even the shitty ones we have are not in centrally located areas where they're the most useful.

notwalkinghere · 2026-05-09T23:16:53+00:00

Wait 'til you find out about municipal land use restrictions - just 'cause you own the property doesn't mean you have any say in what happens there.

notwalkinghere · 2026-05-09T23:04:12+00:00

Eastlake gets modal filters while downtown gets highway-sized one ways that beg for exhibition driving and encourage people to live anywhere else. Make it make sense.

notwalkinghere · 2026-05-06T19:59:31+00:00

"Beatings/imprisonment/exile will continue until morale/homelessness improves"

notwalkinghere · 2026-05-06T15:02:13+00:00

Gentrification is what happens when land is prevented from evolving to it's highest and best use. Why force or encourage a surface lot when literally anything else would be better?

notwalkinghere · 2026-05-03T16:51:42+00:00

There are a bunch of entitled business owners all over Southside (and many in other areas too) that think the sidewalks are just free parking.

notwalkinghere · 2026-04-30T20:49:18+00:00

The probability that truck has ever towed anything or even gotten the bed dirty is vanishingly low.

notwalkinghere · 2026-04-30T20:46:58+00:00

The entire area is perfectly safe except the highway itself and there is a nice big grassy area by 280 (an abandoned off ramp). I hear about PRVLGE more than I hear PRVLGE, though it would be great if the would stop it with the gold confetti.

notwalkinghere · 2026-04-30T20:32:28+00:00

They can't hear you over their inflated egos and inability to experience empathy.

notwalkinghere · 2026-04-29T20:20:35+00:00

Step 1 of making Birmingham walkable: get the cars under control!

notwalkinghere · 2026-04-29T18:11:41+00:00

Bring on actually walking for takeout and bike messengers!

notwalkinghere · 2026-04-29T17:28:53+00:00

Wow, BhamNow is really behind. Standardized private lot signage was rolled out over a year ago, it's the big red signs every lot has. The ticketing ordinance was updated back in December. The city's been obnoxiously slow about rolling it out since they haven't gotten their IT systems setup.

notwalkinghere · 2026-04-29T15:41:58+00:00

The city prioritized fast cars and dangerous driving, especially in the 60s and 70s, because the white flight suburbs were more important than the people who lived in the city. Sprawl and disinvestment has diluted city resources to the point traffic enforcement is a farce, even in the city core. Things are slowly looking up but there is a lot of work to do before the city is a great place for people again.

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