Photos by allisone: on the map, in Google Earth (KML)

Birmingham is the place to be because its alive with college students and people who work here during the day and the night.

Parks are symbolic in downtown because they show that we want to make Birmingham more of a community. We want people to get together in one place and feel safe about it with plenty of watchful eyes around.

It was for history. I agree with both Katie and Danielle because the idea was to keep it intact. The intention was most likely for it to become a bustling market place, but unfortunately that has yet to happen.

A park can serve purpose for any function. You can meet people, study, smoke, or simply enjoy the fresh air.You can bring pets or just people watch at the park. Whatever you can think of…you can usually do at a park as long as it’s inside the means of respecting the other people who use it.

I think it would be better if people couldn’t automatically tell what they were for. The idea of a receptacle is a good one. The idea of more and being less apparent is even more appealing.

Anywhere downtown depicts multi-culturalism. Our FLC depicts multi-culturalism. The city id full of different cultures, but not only the culture part of the word is multi-culture. Everyone, even of the same race has different backgrounds and religion, and that itself is multi-culture.

There is a chance that is a bunch of businesses came to downtown Birmingham at the same time they would be successful!

I don't see any purpose. Maybe if they changed them into street lights they would be a little more useful in raising the level of safety in the downtown area after dark. Perhaps increasing the safety would provide commuters with a reason to stay after work.

The need to survive. Simply eating and drinking allows for socialization and a closer community. Lucy's is a good example of that, also. Perhaps providing cheaper places to eat would allow for more socialization of this type to occur.

If people can sit outside they can bring there animals. They can also see how birmingham is changing into a better place to live.