Train vs pedestrian ends in tragedy this Sunday afternoon in downtown Huntsville.
Tag: Depot
Huntsville Depot Historic Reconstruction Demolished
Historic period reconstruction building demolished at the Huntsville Depot museum.
HSV City Bus Station Expansion
Site preparation for expansion of Huntsville’s super duper upscale city bus station actually got underway last week.
It’s All About The Kids, Or Is It? NCAC
Video – This live walkabout explores Huntsville attractions near the Huntsville Depot Museum, but lurking in the background is the National Children’s Advocacy Center. Protecting abused kids seems like a good idea until the tables turn and the “answer” becomes the problem.
Jim Casey TOCC TV rePorter Goes Walkabout – Veterans Memorial & HSV Depot
TOCC TV is undergoing a transition and upgrade with more video that includes live streaming. Check out this originally live streamed video tour of the Veterans Memorial and Depot in Huntsville.
Huntsville Depot Spruced Up
The Huntsville Depot gets spruced up on the solstice.
Huntsville Depot Freight Building Removed
Built ~1860 the remains of the historic building had been preserved with hopes of rebuilding on the remaining structure.
Happy Memorial Day
A new display has appeared at Huntsville Veterans Memorial in downtown Huntsville. The new display features a medic attending to a wounded warrior.
Prosecuting SUPER COP !!! Ricky McCarver: Martyr For INJUSTICE
As for Police Officer Ricky McCarver, any nine year veteran police officer who is that stupid, or that incompetent, or who simply cannot control his own algirythms is simply not fit to be a police officer. Or, he is guilty of a subversive conspiracy to deny constitutional rights, false imprisonment, and a host of other illegal activity. Either way you look at it, Ricky McCarver needs to exit to find another job in a capacity that he can handle, maybe making car tags in the federal penitentiary.
Huntsville City Depot Transportation Bus Station Complex Maps
After reviewing all the information available, it turns out that the current Huntsville City Transportation Bus Station is built immediately on top of the original Huntsville Train Shops that were built around 1860. In fact, it seems highly likely that the digital time and temperature display located in the center of the bus terminal awning, is just about exactly in the center of the original turntable location. The point of impact of the Lee High School Bus, when it fell from the sky like a bomb, is also marked on these maps. Check it out.
R.I.P. Glenn Allen Koch, Sr. 1953 – 2015
For those non-the-wiser, “Koch” is pronounced like the popular soft drink “Coke” and is a double-entendre whose meaning is defined most literally as “coal” not unlike what you burn in a bar-b-cue grill, but is also used to refer colloquially to the Human “coke” machine…
The McBoom Heard Around The World
Unlike The Cannon Ball Run, which almost certainly indicates prescient knowledge by city planners on some level (of the impending Lee High Bus Massacre) this street was probably named before the massacre was orchestrated… maybe. Unfortunately, it does appear that the reflective concept ultimately provided inspiration to extend the event.
