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2121 Building in November 2005

The 2121 Building is a 17-story, 276-foot-tall high rise office building located at 2121 8th Avenue North in Downtown Birmingham. It was developed, in 1962 by Cobbs, Allen & Hall for the Bloomefield-Sender Enterprise of Memphis, Tennessee. The development was leased primarily for federal offices. Original tenants included the Internal Revenue Service's Alabama district office.

The 227,447 square-foot concrete-framed building was designed by John H. Summer and Associates of Atlanta, Georgia and cost $2.5 million to construct. It occupies a 200-foot x 190-foot L-shaped tract on the south side of 8th Avenue between Richard Arrington, Jr Blvd North and 22nd Street North.

WAQY-AM operated a penthouse studio from the 2121 Building beginning in the late 1960s.

In 2006 the building's interior underwent significant renovations. Alagasco designed and installed a 3-unit hybrid boiler system to replace the building's original boiler. Because the multi-jurisdictional Personnel Board of Jefferson County is the primary tenant, the various municipalities who participate in the employment system were asked to contribute to the cost of renovations.

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Tenants

Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Jefferson County Extension Office
ClasTran
FBI Birmingham Division (formerly)
Freshwater Land Trust
Regional Planning Commission (formerly)
Personnel Board of Jefferson County

References

Beiman, Irving (August 1961) "Financing completed on 15-story building" Birmingham News - via Birmingham Rewound

External links

2121 Building on Emporis.com
3-D model of the 2121 building by Jordan Herring

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 [[Image:2121 Building.jpg|right|thumb|275px|2121 Building in November 2005]]
-The '''2121 Building''' is a 17-story, 276-foot-tall high rise office building located at 2121 [[8th Avenue North]] in [[Downtown]] [[Birmingham]]. It was developed in [[1962]] by [[Cobbs, Allen & Hall]] for the Bloomefield-Sender Enterprise of Memphis, Tennessee.
+The '''2121 Building''' is a 17-story, 276-foot-tall high rise office building located at 2121 [[8th Avenue North]] in [[Downtown]] [[Birmingham]]. It was developed, in [[1962]] by [[Cobbs, Allen & Hall]] for the Bloomefield-Sender Enterprise of Memphis, Tennessee. The development was leased primarily for federal offices. Original tenants included the Internal Revenue Service's Alabama district office.
-The 227,447<!--221,089--> square-foot building was designed by John H. Summer and Associates of Atlanta, Georgia and cost $2.5 million to construct. It occupies a 200-foot x 190-foot L-shaped tract on the south side of 8th Avenue between [[21st Street North|Richard Arrington, Jr Blvd North]] and [[22nd Street North]]. Original tenants included the Internal Revenue Service's Alabama district office.
+The 227,447<!--221,089--> square-foot concrete-framed building was designed by John H. Summer and Associates of Atlanta, Georgia and cost $2.5 million to construct. It occupies a 200-foot x 190-foot L-shaped tract on the south side of 8th Avenue between [[21st Street North|Richard Arrington, Jr Blvd North]] and [[22nd Street North]].
+[[WAQY-AM]] operated a penthouse studio from the 2121 Building beginning in the late 1960s.
 In [[2006]] the building's interior underwent significant renovations. [[Alagasco]] designed and installed a 3-unit hybrid boiler system to replace the building's original boiler. Because the multi-jurisdictional [[Personnel Board of Jefferson County]] is the primary tenant, the various municipalities who participate in the employment system were asked to contribute to the cost of renovations.