Exploring Montgomery

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Prado — Oh, this is so sad . . . the last vestige of The Prado. You are looking at what has to be two of the four survivors of some forty (?) buildings that made up the grand apartment complex that so proudly stood on the SW corner of Fairview and […]

The Prado

January 27, 2017 in Commercial / Residential tagged apartments / prado

…at the corner of Court and Scott Streets. Built ca 1950. Award winning design. Prestigious address. Successful real estate. A decade or so later a deal was made to build a clone of Birmingham’s successful restaurant, Dale’s Cellar, as a penthouse on the building. Ergo, a glass enclosed restau-rant, Dale’s […]

Walter Bragg Smith Apartments

February 25, 2016 in Commercial tagged apartments / capital towers / dale / fire / penthouse / smith / walter