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 YoelT
      
Location: Viet Nam
Gender: Male
 |  |  | Birmingham mourns a tragic and immense loss
< on 3/13/2012 12:13 AM >
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Eulogy:
Twas a lesser known, and even lesser explored gem of Birmingham. In years it stood in silence, and in silence, with no warning it fell. Wiped from the face of the earth with out a trace. For no explainable reason other than that unexplainable human desire of those in power to destroy their own history to make room for not progress, but regression, to destroy beauty and replace it with featureless waste. A structure built to last decades if not centuries, destroyed to be replaced by either an empty lot or a building no more sturdy than a tin foil shack. May humanity someday weep at its hecatomb. May Chicago Bridge and Iron always be remembered.
It is listed in the database as Steward Machine Co, although that is actually the name of the active site that shares the same property. An inside picture is below. Naaman and I hit it briefly it right around the time the status went from vacant/for sale to purchased. When I contacted the new owners (who denied permission to explore) they gave me an indication that it would be re-purposed and not demolished. All vile lies. This is also the same place that some members here got robbed at knife point while trying to explore. Other then that, I really don't know that this place ever had a proper in depth explore and documentation. I'd drive by occasionally and nothing ever changed there, and then out the blue it is completely gone. I almost cried when I saw the immense vacant space. It really sucks when something is sitting there and you keep putting off exploring it, thinking it will still be there tomorrow. I'm taking this pretty hard.
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YoelT
Location: Viet Nam
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Birmingham mourns a tragic and immense loss
<Reply # 1 on 3/13/2012 12:18 AM >
| | | | I would have loved to sit in on this meeting and get ahold of those plans!
*ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
*NOTICE
*Invitation to Bid
*Demolition of Structures on the former CBI Property
*Birmingham Airport Authority
*Project No. 3-01-0014-080-2010
SEALED BIDS will be received by the Birmingham Airport Authority at the Main Administration Office until 3:00 p.m. local time on Thursday, June 10, 2010, at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport located at 5900 Airport Highway, Birmingham, Alabama, 35212. Starting at 3:15 p.m. local time in the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport’s VIP Meeting Room situated on the Terminal Building’s lower level near the Concourse C escalators adjacent to the Birmingham Police Departments Sub Station, submitted bids will be opened and read publicly aloud for the following project:
* Demolition of Structures on the former CBI Property at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, *Project No. 3-01-0014-XXX-2010.
The work consists principally of the following:
Demolition of all structures in parcel 1 on the former Chicago Bridge and Iron
Property at the 1500 block of 50th Street North, Birmingham, Alabama according to
the plans and specifications prepared by Charles Williams & Associates, Inc.
A pre-bid conference and site visit will be held on Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. local time starting in Conference Rooms A & B at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. Attendance at this conference and site visit is *mandatory for all prospective bidders and/or a representative thereof.
Bid Packages containing plans, specifications and contract documents may be obtained from Charles Williams & Associates, Inc. at 3601 8th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35222, phone number (205) 250-0700, upon payment of One Hundred Fifty and No/100 dollars ($150.00) to same for each set of contract documents. (This fee will be refunded by Charles Williams & Associates, Inc. for contract documents that are returned in reusable condition within 10 days of bid opening.)
Bids should be returned to the Birmingham Airport Authority’s Engineering and Development office, attention Mr. James Ray, Jr., P.E., Vice President of Engineering & Development. The bids shall be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked on the outside with the name, address and license number of the bidder; the name of the project *(Demolition of Structures on the former CBI Property, Project No. 3-01-0014-XXX-2010) and the time and date due (3:00 p.m. local time, Thursday, June 10, 2010.)
*Each bid shall be accompanied by a Bid Bond, submitted in the form of a guaranty and/or promissory *note from a banking, insurance or other lending or financial institutions, equal to five (5%) percent of the *bid price and made payable to the Birmingham Airport Authority. No cash check, or money orders will *be accepted.
*DBE Policy: It is the policy of the Birmingham Airport Authority (Authority) that DBEs as defined in 49 CFR Part 26 will have maximum opportunity to participate in the performance of all Authority projects and the Proposer will take all necessary and reasonable steps to ensure that DBEs have the maximum opportunity to compete for and perform subcontracts.
Failure by the Contractor to carry out these requirements is a material breach of this contract, which may result in the termination of this contract or such other remedy, as the recipient deems appropriate.
BT06/03/10
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FLEW2
Location: La Pascua Florida
Gender: Male
| | Re: Birmingham mourns a tragic and immense loss
<Reply # 3 on 3/14/2012 10:36 PM >
| | | | Damn....
dyslexic, astygmatistic, & spastic. |
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YoelT
Location: Viet Nam
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Birmingham mourns a tragic and immense loss
<Reply # 4 on 3/14/2012 11:50 PM >
| | | | The fence was once in so poor condition I drove my truck right inside the building... but then got scared about getting a flat and being murdered.
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SoupForDummies
| | Re: Birmingham mourns a tragic and immense loss
<Reply # 5 on 3/15/2012 9:22 AM >
| | | | | I'd drive by occasionally and nothing ever changed there, and then out the blue it is completely gone. I almost cried when I saw the immense vacant space. It really sucks when something is sitting there and you keep putting off exploring it, thinking it will still be there tomorrow. I'm taking this pretty hard. |
I'll be damned if that's not the truth, brother. Felt that pain many a time.
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DJ Craig
   
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Location: Johnson City, TN
Gender: Male
Break the Silence
| |  | | Re: Birmingham mourns a tragic and immense loss
<Reply # 6 on 3/15/2012 7:19 PM >
| | | |  I loved this place. So sad to see it go.
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go..." -Dr. Suess |
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nomeus
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Location: FLA
Gender: Male
www.FLURBEX.com
| |  | | | Re: Birmingham mourns a tragic and immense loss
<Reply # 7 on 3/16/2012 2:12 AM >
| | | | looked pretty damn empty??
www.terraincognito.com
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Chris-Kicker
Location: New York, NY
Gender: Male
no, I did not Kick Chris.
| | | Re: Birmingham mourns a tragic and immense loss
<Reply # 8 on 3/16/2012 7:43 AM >
| | | | Posted by nomeus
looked pretty damn empty??
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+1
http://ChurchofAtom.com/
"Signatures are still stupid" |
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YoelT
Location: Viet Nam
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Birmingham mourns a tragic and immense loss
<Reply # 9 on 3/16/2012 5:28 PM >
| | | | Posted by DJ Craig
I loved this place. So sad to see it go.
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Did you go here? This is not the same as the place in Bessemer. This is the place near the airport where we traipsed around in a creek looking for a drain entrance.
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