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May 2024 | Volume 14 | Issue 12
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‘Lasting legacy’
West Homewood Farmers Market is gearing up for busy summer.
Hollywood celebrates 100 years with return of Historic Home Tour
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Miles To Go
By JIM NOLES
T
he 1918 University of Alabama yearbook described a young student named Clyde H. Nelson, the future creator of Homewood’s Hollywood neighborhood, as “a man’s man — and a woman’s, too, for all that! [H]e’ll be worth a million [by the] time he is thirty.” The yearbook was not wrong. By 1924, then-26-year-old Nelson was the head of his own real estate company and soon to be elected president of the Birmingham Real Estate Board. Birmingham’s newspapers were awash in advertisements for the homes he offered for sale, alongside reporting about his various exploits. Nelson dropped invitations to Southside Baptist Church’s Bible school from an airplane, played guitar and sang in a group known as The Realty Trio and, as an amateur thespian, appeared in the first performances held at Birmingham’s Little Theater.
Homewood freshman from Uganda shows great promise.
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Seth and Shelley Grissom and their children Ann Blevins, 4, and Miller, 1, stand outside their home on La Prado Place in the historic Hollywood neighborhood of Homewood. Their home will be part of the Historic Home Tour celebrating Hollywood’s centennial. Photo by Erin Nelson Sweeney.
The Edge: First phase slated to open this summer By EMILY REED
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The Edge, a space located at 815, 817 and 819 Green Springs Highway, is nearing completion of its Phase 1, which includes several dining options. The first phase is expected to be ready to open this summer. The development’s Phase 2 is projected to be finished by late summer or early fall, with plans to lease a few additional spaces before the completion of The Edge project. “Our hope is The Edge is a go-to
destination for local Birminghamians and those visiting to gather with friends and families for good times and great food and drinks,” said J.J. Thomas, who is spearheading the development with his wife, Whitney. The first phase consists of seven dining options, with multiple “unique” outdoor spaces throughout the project, according to the developers.
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Construction continues on The Edge development on Green Springs Highway on April 16. Photo by Erin Nelson Sweeney.
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