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[Southron]

Leonard23, on Jul 25 2008, 03:34 PM, said:

Well, it turns out that there was a reason why work in the past 4 weeks has been extraordinarily slowed on the development of the Park's initially grading and ground work.  It is associated with a cease-and-desist order that was issued by the lawyers of the Norfolk-Southern, who owns the tracks that separates Downtown from Southside.

Update:  Mayor Langford had the park redesigned around the disputed Norfolk Southern property and groundbreaking for construction is planned for January 2009.  A ceremonial groundbreaking was held earlier, but this time it should be the real deal.

Langford declares month of groundbreakings

[bhamsly]

Consultant: City's new green space could generate $250M investment

http://birmingham.bi...3224000^1832355

[Dystopos]

railroadpark.org has added a construction webcam:

http://www.railroadp...org/webcam.html

[kayman]

One other upside that I seem to be hearing from event promoters is that the amphitheater at the Railroad Park will provide a centralized space in the region for more musical events aside from City Stages and Schaffers' Crawfish Boil.  Hopefully, this will be like Chastain Park outdoor concert venue in Atlanta that does attract quite a number of major artists for outdoor concerts.  This could be a huge boon for the everyone always saying there aren't many places aside from the Verizon Music Center in Pelham for outdoor concerts.

[Southron]

The new Railroad Park has been open since last September and has become a great success. There were dozens of people there on a recent Sunday afternoon - people from all walks of life.  I snapped a couple of quick pictures, but to really to see the size and features of the park check out the gallery link below.

Visitor photos link:  Flickr gallery