Exploring Montgomery

The storytelling continues… a collection of stories and photos from Exploring Montgomery!

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City-County Main Library — It is now known as the Juliette Hampton Morgan Memorial Library. When it was built in the early 1960s (?) as joint home of the Library and the Museum, the Library had only the downstairs, and its entrance faced Lawrence Street. When the Museum moved out to Blount Park, the […]

City-County Main Library

February 26, 2016 in Education / Government tagged city / county / library / morgan

Emory Folmar — Even before the Plaza work began, there was this feeling that Dr. Bronner and Mayor Emory Folmar did not get along very well. They were like two boy dogs in the same yard. Bronner continuously complained in print and in speeches that the city downtown appeared dirty, rundown and overgrown […]

RSA Plaza – Struggle With The City

February 21, 2016 in RSA tagged city / peril and intrigue / plaza / rsa / struggle

Union Street Washers — Right up front I admit that our dealings with the City on this round ran much smoother than before, especially with our supposed champion and liaison, Roy Boudreaux, in the equation. However, that does not say that things ran perfectly. Because the Union project was in the initial thrust of […]

RSA Union – Encounters With The City

February 21, 2016 in RSA tagged city / rsa / union