Vida on Valley

Nob Hill Apartments is an apartment community located at 800 Valley Avenue and managed by Ruffner Mountain Management. Roads within the complex are named for San Francisco locations (Nob Hill Drive, Gas Light Terrace, Golden Gate Lane and Cable Car Court).

The development features a shared laundry facility and a swimming pool.

On June 19, 2008 a fire broke out in the building at 826 Cable Car Court. It destroyed 10 units and damaged five others before it was put out by the Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service. Firefighting efforts were hampered by the innaccessibility of the hillside site to ladder trucks and the fact that the nearest hydrant was about a quarter-mile away on Valley Avenue. A smaller grease fire broke out on November 14, 2009 and was quickly extinguished with some smoke damage to adjoining units.

References

• Norris, Toraine and Kristin Oberholzer (June 20, 2008) "Fire at Nob Hill apartments displaces 15 families; 10 apartments destroyed, 5 damaged." Birmingham News

External links

• Photographs from the fire by Wally Argus on Flickr.com