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BhamWiki, part of the "Project to Document the Birmingham District", is an encyclopedic resource for anyone curious about Birmingham, Alabama and the region around it. We aim for accuracy, objectivity, and accessibility as we work steadily to expand our coverage.

If you'd like to explore, try clicking any of the blue links on this page and continuing on from there. You can also click on "random page" to the left, use the search box to look for something in particular, or start at the top.

If you're interested in contributing a tip, comment or correction, send an email to admin at bhamwiki dot com. Information on becoming a registered user with editing privileges is at Bhamwiki:User agreement. Note that contributions are reviewed for adherence to our content policy and are subject to editing and expansion by other users at any time.

In the news

• November 18: Time, Inc. announced the discontinuation of Cottage Living magazine.
• November 7: Civil rights leader Abraham Woods died at Princeton Baptist Medical Center
• November 4: The 2008 general election was held.
• October 22: The last patient left Physicians Medical Center Carraway.

New articles

• C. I. Taylor and his Birmingham Giants
• 2008 general election
• Rowan Oaks
• Alabama Geocachers Association
• Jonathan Clower
• 10th Judicial Circuit of Alabama
• Birmingham Football Officials Association
• Gyro's Cafe
• Newton DeBardeleben Operations Center
• Hill Crest Behavioral Health Services
• Town of Adam Brown
• Catfish King
• Brooke Hill School for Girls
• Uncle Tom's Bar-B-Q
• Jack O'Lantern Dinner Club
• Ajabu and Laptop
• Art in Avondale Park
• 1953 Legion Field schedule
• Eastern Health Center
• Jefferson Tower

Featured images

Brookside mine

1989 City Stages

Jefferson Tower

Attitude

Did you know?

• ...that downtown Birmingham has a block-long memorial to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks?
• ...that Bull Connor was present when the nation's first 911 call was made in Haleyville, Alabama?
• ...that "Cousin Cliff" Holman and Bobby Bowden were both members of Woodlawn High School's Class of 1948?
• ...that the parents of Condoleezza Rice and Freeman Hrabowski both taught at Ullman High School?

Status

Today is Thursday November 20, 2008. BhamWiki has been running since March 15, 2006. The project currently has 187 registered user accounts and contains approximately 4,822 articles. See Bhamwiki:Milestones for more information on the growth of the site. You can also follow along on twitter.

Major categories

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