…as viewed from Dexter Avenue, the endeavor which neigh consumed five years of my life.

When construction was well under way, FAA reversed its prior approval and declared the structure would be in the Maxwell glide path. But for a relocation of primary aviation to Dannelly Field about that time, and a vacation of that finding, FAA and RSA might well be locked in a struggle to this day.

-Charles Humphries

There are many many stories (too much for one post) behind the RSA Tower. Below are some of those stories from Charles Humphries’ book titled The Peril & Intrigue Within Architecture.

• Construction Overview
• Lower Monroe Scheme
• Building Concept
• The Parking Area
• The Remote Chiller Plant
• The Premises Rule
• The Airways Split Asunder
• What Goes Around Comes Around
• The Little Matter
• The Advance Package
• Surreptitious Sign Changes
• The Prequalification Disaster
• Off To A Bad Start
• Concrete and Column Problems
• Controlling the Car Wash
• The Monroe Axis
• The Chiller Dirt Problems
• Changing of the Guard
• The Unhappy Mason
• The Castone Corporation
• Wayne Griffin Electric
• Fatal Elevator Shaft
• No Turn For The Better
• Topping Out
• Extrication From The Morass
• Vital Statistics at Risk
• Amsouth Bank
• Christmas Challenges
• The Capitol City Club
• Natural Gas Triumph
• The EDP Suites
• Art Asunder
• Art For The Park