Demolition of the 1917 Birmingham News building

[Dystopos]

How much more hypocritical can the News be. About a week ago, maybe in the Sunday Edition (1/21/08), there was an article criticizing the City's proposed demolition of Boutwell Auditorium.

[SaveOurHistory]

The saddest part about all of this was it is not even enough parking for the employees. The overwhelming majority of employees will continue parking in leased spaces in other nearby Birmingham lots. That lot is primarily for executives, a few department directors and a handful of editorial staff. In other words, the historic building was demolished for the sake of some privileged parking spaces. Sad. Sadder still is the fact that the public won't even remember it. Certainly not to the point that the New York owners of The News take notice. After all, the general public doesn't even seem to acknowledge or take heed of the fact that it is privately owned by a family from New York. Makes you sad to think about it. But then they are used to this sort of thing in New York, I guess (just watch Yankee Stadium being demolished in a couple of years). Points to one fact that unfortunately is all too common here in Birmingham. If The News doesn't cover it (and of course they certainly weren't going to cover this one in thorough style) then it just doesn't get covered. TV and radio are virtually non-existent when it comes to journalism, unless it interrupts your daily commute. That doesn't bode well for the future and that should make all current and former journalists truly sad.

[Jim856796]

Truly sad to see it gone. Too bad the News didn't leave it on the corner and just tear down the ugly attached production building.