Monthly Archives: April 2018

In 1954 there were only three banks in Montgomery, and all three sat side by side on Commerce Street downtown. That year two of the three, First National and Union, began a race to build the first branch bank. PT&N Architects saddled up with First, and SS&A Architects was hired […]

Regions Cloverdale Branch

 in Commercial  tagged cloverdale / regions
The flags form the circular drive which enables dignitaries to be dropped off at the South Entrance to our State Capitol. Each pole displays the State Flag of a sister state, and at the bottom of each pole is a native stone of that State engraved with its name. The […]

Avenue of Flags

 in Places and Things  tagged capitol / flags
Those who have missed it all, should revisit the Riverfront! The City has put tourist-friendly signs everywhere, black lamp posts, black bollards, even an arch sign over the old cotton-bale tunnel leading down to a former river steamer wharf. I think the sign was inspired by the 1910 sign that […]

Riverfront

 in Places and Things  tagged riverfront