Highland Towers
Highland Towers is a 12-story apartment building located at 2251 Highland Avenue. The unadorned brick building was developed in 1951 by the J. H. Perkins Company of Ensley and designed by Henry Sprott Long of the firm of Long & Gatling. Its furnished efficiency and one-bedroom apartments originally rented for $68 and $83, respectively.
The tower flanks the Highland Avenue Overpass, completed in 1967, opposite the similarly-scaled Highland Plaza.
The ground-floor retail space is currently occupied by Inspire Fitness. Former businesses include Trane Air Conditioning, Highland Booksmith (1990-99), Highland Coffee Company (2001-06), and Birmingham Weekly.
In September 2011 a large, white block-letter "You Are Beautiful" tag was painted on the building's south-facing parapet. The building owners spent $4000 to remove the graffiti.
References
- "Neighborhood coffee house exits historic Highland Park" (March 17, 2006) Birmingham Business Journal
- Gray, Jeremy (September 13, 2011) "Beautiful message creates not so beautiful clean up at Birmingham building." The Birmingham News
External links
- Highland Towers on Emporis.com