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Acknowledgements 7
Introduction: Threads of the Past 9
Chapter 1 Uniquely Southern 13
Arlington Antebellum Home and Gardens 14
The Samuel Ullman Museum 22
Brother James Alexander Bryan 32
Chapter 2 Coal Mines, Iron Ore and Vulcan 41
Sloss Furnaces 42
Ruffner Mountain Nature Center 50
Vulcan 57
Chapter 3 Places of Growth and Reconciliation 69
Alabama Penny Savings Bank 70
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church 76
Kelly Ingram Park 83
A.G. Gaston Motel 89
Carver Theatre 96
Chapter 4 Diversions 101
Rickwood Field 102
Southern Museum of Flight 109
Barber Motorsports Park 115
Alabama Sports Hall of Fame 119
Sources 123
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Patricia Foote
reviewed Birmingham Landmarks: People and Places of the Magic City on August 30, 2015
Birmingham Landmarks: People and Places of the Magic City
Beginning right after the first world war, the Mother Church (Church of the Holy Sepulchre) was described as dark, dank and dirty. It would take over sixty years to fix most of the problems of the structure, which were complicated by an earthquake in 1927. Under the Ottoman Empire, the administration of all the holy places in Jerusalem were protected. Any problem between the three main denominations (Latin, Greek and Armenian) would be taken to the Shari'a courts.
After the crumbling of the Ottoman Empire, Turkey was not interested as being responsible and came under the British League of Nation Mandate. Later, after 1948 it would be under the auspices of the Kingdom of Jordan, and after 1967 the State of Israel. Each new authority had to educated itself as to the byzantine 'Status Quo' agreement that had been created over the four hundred years of the Ottoman occupation. Unfortunately, each new occupier had to start from scratch, when it appeared that the files from the prior responsible party had disappeared.
To understand the way the system worked or didn't, you have to read through the very thorough narrative of this book. It is a truly scholarly work and is not for the faint of heart. Just trying to figure out each section and who claims ownership or usage (not the same thing) of such area can scramble your brain. Underlying all this was the animosity between the three christian sects due to doctrinal squabbles.
Well written and presented, it's an interesting story, but only for a limited set of historians.
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Add Birmingham Landmarks: People and Places of the Magic City, Though the landscape has certainly changed, many of Birmingham's early landmarks -testaments to the steelworkers who built the city after the Civil War, as well as those who have since prospered here-remain. In Birmingham Landmarks, Alabamian Victoria Mye, Birmingham Landmarks: People and Places of the Magic City to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
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Add Birmingham Landmarks: People and Places of the Magic City, Though the landscape has certainly changed, many of Birmingham's early landmarks -testaments to the steelworkers who built the city after the Civil War, as well as those who have since prospered here-remain. In Birmingham Landmarks, Alabamian Victoria Mye, Birmingham Landmarks: People and Places of the Magic City to your collection on WonderClub |