Category: Photography

Slum Lord Unregulated: Tommy Battle
Mayor Battle Tear That Building Down!

Editorials • Photography • Slide Show

Which really just leaves a bunch of unanswered questions. Who owns the property? Is there even any hope of restoring the building? How can the City ignore what has become not just an eyesore, but an extremely dangerous attractive nuisance? (There was a death in the building recently, about 2 years ago, that was investigated as a suicide.) Early Works recently indicated that funding has been received in order to do major renovations to Constitution Hall Park, but no mention of the Historic Huntsville Freight Building was made.

The Whole Kit’n Caboodle

Photography

As it happens, it is also the day of the St. Patrick’s day parade in downtown Huntsville. However, as it looked like rain today, I chose not to go downtown to get St. Patrick’s day photos. Instead, I chose this file from the archives because the colors remind me of Pie. I’m not sure which. It’s either a big lushes cherry pie, or it’s a great big ass pepperoni pizza pie.

Holiday Swim For Polar Bears

Photography

With temperatures reaching 95° and above today and Sunday, by tommorrow afternoon you might just be hot enough to look for a scene like this one. But, nobody was interested in swimming on this day when the photo was taken during the great snow fall of 2011 at the Holiday Inn in downtown Huntsville.