Exploring Montgomery

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Yearly Archives: 2016

Tower Night Lighting — The Christmas Tree Contest There’s one thing you can say for sure about David Bronner–you never know what he’s going to think up next. Who could have anticipated this Christmas tree thing or where it would lead. At the end of November of 1993, the RSA Union concrete frame was […]

RSA Tower – Christmas Challenges

February 21, 2016 in RSA tagged amsouth / christmas / decoration / peril and intrigue / rsa / tower / tree

Doug Williams — As the Tower job endured one disaster upon another, good guy Doug Williams, who headed the Dallas Branch, kept assuring us that his company would make things right. Neither he nor we had any use for his new assistant Mark Lavoy, who made most of the overview trips to Montgomery. […]

RSA Tower – Changing of the Guard

February 21, 2016 in RSA tagged change / peril and intrigue / rsa / tower

Tower Park — Directly across Monroe Street from the Tower is a half-block of open grass area bordered by a huge oval sidewalk, and flanked at the center of the far side by a large waterfall. The waterfall has the letters “RSA” emblazoned behind the plunging water. It makes a very impressive forecourt […]

RSA Tower – Art For The Park

February 21, 2016 in RSA tagged art / park / peril and intrigue / rsa / tower

Tower Burnt Can Lobby — From the outset of his crusade to upgrade Montgomery’s downtown, David Bronner felt that a reasonable complement of art, fountains and other embellishments were necessary to produce the image he sought. Beginning with the RSA Plaza and the Alabama Center for Commerce, he had PH&J join force with Jean Belt […]

RSA Tower – Art Asunder

February 21, 2016 in RSA tagged art / burnt can lobby / peril and intrigue / rsa / rtj / tower

Tower Amsouth Sign — The Deal Dr. Bronner started negotiations with AmSouth Bank to become a tenant in the Tower early in 1992, and was swapping drafts of a Letter of Intent by late February. The early deal called for a 20-year lease with two 5-year options held by the bank. AmSouth was to […]

RSA Tower – Amsouth Bank

February 21, 2016 in RSA tagged amsouth / bank / peril and intrigue / rsa / tower

…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, […]

RSA Tower

February 21, 2016 in RSA tagged peril and intrigue / phj / rsa / stories / tower