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[This web page requires a browser capable of displaying frames. Your Internet Browser does not support frames or is currently configured not to display frames. Please upgrade your Browser.] Birmingham <p> Travel Options <br> Flights <br> Hotels <br> Vacation Rentals <br> Cars <br> </p> <p>• Birmingham <br> · The City <br> <br> • Arrival, Information And Getting Around <br> • Civil Rights In Birmingham <br> • Eating And Drinking <br> • Explore Birmingham <br> • Hotels in Birmingham <br> BIRMINGHAM </p> <p> BE THERE NOW </p> <p>Hotels in Birmingham <br> • Baymont Inn Birmingham Birmingham from $49.95 USD <br> • Birmingham Residence Inn Birmingham from $79.00 USD <br> • Best Western Carlton Suites Birmingham from $85.95 USD <br> More Hotels in Birmingham >> </p> <p> READ IT HERE </p> <p>The rapid transformation of farmland into the city of BIRMINGHAM began in 1870, when two railroad routes met in the Jones Valley, a hundred miles south of Huntsville. What attracted speculators was not the scenery, but what lay under it - a mixture of iron ore, limestone and coal, perfect for the manufacture of iron and steel. The expansion of heavy industry was finally brought to an abrupt halt by the Depression. Today iron and steel production account for only a few thousand jobs, but new service and medical industries have helped transform this once smog-filled metropolis into a prosperous and pleasant city. </p> <p>Being known as the "Pittsburgh of the South" might seem like faint praise; however, Birmingham also earned the label of the "Johannesburg of America" for the brutality and intolerance of its police force. An intense civil rights campaign in 1963 was the turning point, setting Birmingham on the road to smoother race relations. Since 1979, under five-term black mayor Richard Arrington, the city has slowly but surely turned itself around, and the 1990s in particular saw a growing self-confidence in Birmingham's potential to be the "next Atlanta." Nonetheless, even a short stroll around downtown leaves the rather depressing impression that a lot remains to be done </p> <p>The City<br> Downtown Birmingham extends north from the railroad tracks at Morris Avenue to Tenth Avenue N, bounded to the east and west by 25th and 15th streets. <br> </p>
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My Travel Cafe an independent website offering hotels, car rental, airfare and cruises.
For reservations call 800-780-5733 and please refer to discount code 205002 in order to ensure the lowest possible discount rate.
Click for more discount hotels
Curtis Bannister's Cat Island Oceanfront Villas
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