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Website. bjcta .org. Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority ( BJCTA) is the public transportation operator in the city of Birmingham, Alabama and surrounding areas. Created in 1972 to take over transit operations from private operators, it operates 109 buses on 38 routes. It also operates paratransit services, as well as micro transit ...
Legacy Arena. / 33.523780; -86.812935. Legacy Arena (formerly known as the BJCC Coliseum and the BJCC Arena) is an arena located at the Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham, Alabama. The arena seats 17,654 for sporting events, up to 16,250 for concerts and 6,000 in a cut-down theater configuration.
Designated NHL. May 29, 1981 [ 2] Sloss Furnaces is a National Historic Landmark in Birmingham, Alabama in the United States. It operated as a pig iron -producing blast furnace from 1882 to 1971. After closing, it became one of the first industrial sites (and the only blast furnace) in the U.S. to be preserved and restored for public use.
McWane Science Center. / 33.515079; -86.808378. The McWane Science Center (formerly known as the McWane Center) is a science museum and research archive located in downtown Birmingham, Alabama, United States. The state-of-the-art hands-on science center, aquarium, and 250-seat IMAX Dome Theater is housed in the historic and refurbished Loveman ...
76000333 [ 1] Added to NRHP. July 6, 1976. The Vulcan statue is the largest cast iron statue in the world, and is the city symbol of Birmingham, Alabama, United States, reflecting its roots in the iron and steel industry. The 56-foot (17 m) tall statue depicts the Roman god Vulcan, god of the fire and forge, with ironworking equipment.
Randall Woodfin (born May 29, 1981) is an American lawyer and politician who is the 34th and current mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, after winning the October 3, 2017, runoff against incumbent William A. Bell. [1] He previously served as president of the Birmingham City School Board (2013–2015) and as a city attorney of Birmingham from 2009–2017.
Birmingham, Alabama. / 33.51750°N 86.80944°W / 33.51750; -86.80944. Birmingham ( / ˈbɜːrmɪŋhæm / BUR-ming-ham) is a city in the north central region of Alabama. Birmingham is the county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama's most populous county. As of the 2022 census estimates, Birmingham had a population of 197,505, down 2% from ...
Brookwood Village was a 750,754-square-foot (69,747 m 2) upscale shopping mall located near Birmingham in the cities of Mountain Brook and Homewood, Alabama. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] History