Huntsville, Alabama – home of NASA, Rocket Scientist Werner Von Braun, The US Space & Rocket Center, Redstone Arsenal and King Cotton – provides many stories that are locally inspired but that are often of national interest as well. Topics include current Mayor Tommy Battle, The Historic Huntsville Depot, and picturesque Big Spring Park.
Ground breaking ceremonies are over and the heavy equipment is rolling on the construction site for Huntsville’s new Municipal building. No word yet as to whether a sky bridge will connect the two sides of Big Spring Park.
U.S. Paralympics came to Huntsville for a second time in a three day event beginning in Big Spring Park with hand-cycle relays on Friday, time trials on Saturday and road races in Research Park on Sunday. This video is from the first races on Sunday.
The U.S. Paralympics Cycling Open, presented by Toyota, is underway at two locations in Huntsville April 8-10, 2022. The first event, the hand-cycle relays, are the subject of this video.
Church Street just got a fresh coat of paint striping where the new widening project is being completed and there are new bike lanes!
A metal sculpture removed from Northside Square closed the road while onlookers anxiously waited in front of Poppy & Parliament and Big Oh’s. Helicopters were not required for this operation.
Jim Casey goes live walkabout again in downtown Huntsville starting at the Calhoun House historic marker where the last walkabout in this series left off. Watch the video for more commentary and information, and to see all the historic scenes in this remarkably small half-mile stretch in downtown Huntsville, Alabama.
First, it was Miss Charleece’s, then Small Wonder’s Preschool and Brooke’s Bundles of Joy. All gone as the House Eating Monster descended upon East Huntsville earlier this week leaving the scene above. WARNING – this video includes graphic House Eating Monster details.
These ducks appear to be looking for another round…
The parade commenced as scheduled with an amazing number of courageous onlookers braving the cold with wind chills around 20°. I staked out a vantage point between buildings where the wind wasn’t blowing quite as much while a lively crowd gathered along Jefferson Street hooten and hollering along with the wind being funneled in like it was green beer.
A support rally for Ukraine was held at the Big Spring Park Gazebo in downtown Huntsville this afternoon. This video live streamed on Twitch begins with a/the Ukrainian anthem and an inspiring and heartfelt prayer prior to the introduction of speakers.
This live walkabout in downtown Huntsville features Huntsville’s renown Spite House, Maria Howard Weeden, a desperado named Frank James the older brother of Jesse James no less, and the first Confederate Secretary of War Leroy Pope Walker who gave the word to fire upon Fort Sumter starting the Civil War.
This live-stream walkabout is, in a lot of ways, about the transition of media, all media, from print and broadcast TV, to Internet digital. It’s also about Huntsville events and landmarks past, present and future, and a man whose elevator didn’t quite reach the top.