WALKING TOUR ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM DOWNTOWN | Inactive City Middle Of Work Week Walk Thru VIRTUAL TOUR
Birmingham (/ˈbɜːrmɪŋhæm/ BUR-ming-ham) is a city in the north central region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Birmingham is the seat of Jefferson County, Alabama's most populous county. As of 2020, Birmingham had a population of 200,733,[3] making it Alabama's second-most populous city after Huntsville.[a] The broader Birmingham metropolitan area had a 2020 population of 1,115,289,[2] and is the largest metropolitan area in Alabama as well as the 50th-most populous in the United States. Birmingham serves as an important regional hub and is associated with the Deep South, Piedmont, and Appalachian regions of the nation.
Birmingham was founded in 1871, during the post-Civil War Reconstruction period, through the merger of three pre-existing farm towns, notably, former Elyton. It grew from there, annexing many more of its smaller neighbors, into an industrial and railroad transportation center with a focus on mining, the iron and steel industry, and railroading. Birmingham was named for Birmingham, England, UK; one of that nation's major industrial cities. Most of the original settlers who founded Birmingham were of English ancestry.[4] In one writer's view, the city was planned as a place where cheap, non-unionized, and African-American labor from rural Alabama could be employed in the city's steel mills and blast furnaces, giving it a competitive advantage over industrial cities in the Midwest and Northeast.[5]
From its founding through the end of the 1960s, Birmingham was a primary industrial center of the South. The pace of Birmingham's growth during the period from 1881 through 1920 earned its nicknames The Magic City and The Pittsburgh of the South. Much like Pittsburgh, Birmingham's major industries were iron and steel production, plus a major component of the railroading industry, where rails and railroad cars were both manufactured in Birmingham. In the field of railroading, the two primary hubs of railroading in the Deep South were nearby Atlanta and Birmingham, beginning in the 1860s and continuing through to the present day. The economy diversified during the later half of the twentieth century. Though the manufacturing industry maintains a strong presence in Birmingham, other businesses and industries such as banking, telecommunications, transportation, electrical power transmission, medical care, college education, and insurance have risen in stature. Mining in the Birmingham area is no longer a major industry with the exception of coal mining. Birmingham ranks as one of the most important business centers in the Southeastern United States and is also one of the largest banking centers in the United States. In addition, the Birmingham area serves as headquarters to one Fortune 500 company: Regions Financial, along with five other Fortune 1000 companies.
In higher education, Birmingham has been the location of the University of Alabama School of Medicine (formerly the Medical College of Alabama) and the University of Alabama School of Dentistry since 1947. Since that time it has also obtained a campus of the University of Alabama, University of Alabama at Birmingham (founded circa 1969), one of three main campuses of the University of Alabama System. It is also home to three private institutions: Samford University, Birmingham-Southern College, and Miles College. Between these colleges and universities, the Birmingham area has major colleges of medicine, dentistry, optometry, pharmacy, law, engineering, and nursing. The city has three of the state's five law schools: Cumberland School of Law, Birmingham School of Law, and Miles Law School. Birmingham is also the headquarters of the Southeastern Conference, one of the major U.S. collegiate athletic conferences.
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WALKING TOUR ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM DOWNTOWN | Inactive City Middle Of Work Week Walk Thru VIRTUAL TOUR
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Why is the sound of water so soothing and relaxing it makes you want to close your eyes and close out the world and pretend it’s just you and Mother Nature
@Classy4514
Жыл бұрын
I totally agree with u and Toon 215s voice is just as relaxing he seems so nice and chill 😎 seems like he has an awesome personality he's probably so fun to hang out with. ❤️ 💙 💜 💖
Congratulations for the cleanliness lnn there is a paper on the floor and not even under the sidewalks 👍🇮🇹
Very nice coverage 👍
Some very impressive buildings. And an interesting 👣tour🚌👍😉.. Thank you🌞🐕💛🐕💗.. "Happy Travels Family Toon"🚗..
YESSSS THIS IS MY HOMETOWN!!!!!!
I love hearing the sound of the dogs walking with you. Great tour!
Thank you for the walking tour. You did a fine job recording.
I love listening to your voice. And the doggies are so cute!
This walking video of Downtown Birmingham must've been on a Saturday or Sunday bc Downtown Birmingham has seen an influx of new buyers and renters wanting to live and work in Downtown.
Nice walking tour
Hey Toon, Omii and Jerzey and Philly!🙌😊🙏💕🐶. Cool video! It’s very empty though. It seems very empty. It’s like everyone left but there are still people there. Cool graffiti art! I love the sound of the Church bell as well. LOL!😅👏 when you said about the leaves on the tree.
@TOON215
Жыл бұрын
Yes it was a ghost town 💯
Love it when Toon assess the pulse of downtown of American cities. Awesome. Wonder what he will think of Downtown San Jose when or if he arrives. That, I gotta see.
I luv churches. It is very pretty and the top of the hour!
we re mooving there pretty soon
Thank you Toon. I loved this ! I was in shock how dead down town is dureing the day. Where are the people? Small country towns in Pa. have more people then Birmingham. Wow. I have heard of this town, since I was a kid. Glad I got to see it from you. That was really cool when you were looking at the church !!! Thank you again and be safe on your travels. Love to you,your wife and fur babys!
@goodfortunes7601
2 жыл бұрын
He should of went midtown an 5 points south . Surprisingly Birmingham is growing . People are there .
@FirstnameLastname-jz1ux
2 жыл бұрын
its not a huge city. the only places that reliably have a lot of foot traffic are the five points district and the university/hospital district. i dont think he went to either, but i didnt watch the whole thing.
@cawheeler27
Жыл бұрын
He was in the wrong area. 20th street down into midtown and Southside would have had a lot of people, no one walks around where he was except to go to lunch, it's just a bunch of offices.
Awwwwah! So good to see you doing a walking tour of BIRMINGHAM. My city looks beautiful and peaceful from your point of view. That’s how I saw the city when I relocated here over 20 years ago.
@TahieraMoniqueBrownDTLTV
Жыл бұрын
Toon, I see this is from last year. A lot of people were working from home due to COVID. My husband works downtown and he was working from home from 2020 to 2021 and most of 2022.
@TOON215
Жыл бұрын
My pleasure 😊
@TOON215
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for stopping by and leaving some comments. Much love
Thanks for posting! From Philly, was in Florida during Pandemic and worked for Shipt--a Birmingham-headquartered company. Back in Philadelphia now doing walking videos. Just found you
@TOON215
2 жыл бұрын
Nice😎🙏🏼 yea I’m born and raised in Philly. I have over 500 tours covering 100+ neighborhoods in Philadelphia. Both driving and walking tours. Silent and narrated. South philly, Southwest, west , north west, north, northeast , and center city Philadelphia ❤️ I decided to take it nation wide and hit all 48 states by next year. Enjoy and be safe thanks for commenting
@philadelphiawalksptsd
2 жыл бұрын
@@TOON215 that's awesome! Very good luck to you :)
That's all good with the quietness,but that's also spooky.This city is the third most dangerous cities in the U.S it's crazy to go into any town or city there's some kind of movement going on this is downtown instead it looks like a ghost town,this hasn't just started it's been going on for years.Empty parking places you see no busses,cabs or no one walking around.
Sanitize those hands after touching the camera on the ground with everyone’s shoes. Oh my!
@knivesgunfights526
Жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, Birmingham has the Mkt corned on street borne pathogens and bacteria. Not knowing where you are, do you pump any gas or plug in your car? Ever go to a physician or hospital? How about grocery stores, fast food places? Bet you are a barrel of fun on a trip. "OH my."
man makes me want to cancel my trip there this weekend. (not the tour quality but the city itself)
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The city is very interesting. But I ask, aren't there people? Thank you.from Italy
I am wondering if the lack of activity is cause a lot of people might still be working from home
@jeffweingrad4658
2 жыл бұрын
They only go out at lunch. This downtown is actually reinvigorated compared to 15 years ago I'm told. Everything was abandoned. Lot of what's seen here has been rebuilt within the past 10 years. In Southern towns activity is outside of downtown.
Wilders home town. 👊👍
Great video!! Those were not Corithian Columns
@TOON215
Жыл бұрын
Doric, ionic or Corinthian lol I tried. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Appreciate it
@DopeTeacher
Жыл бұрын
@@TOON215 Your video helped a lot. I'm moving to birmingham in June from Philly. I'm kinda nervous about the move
Are there even people in alabama?
I think its awesome that America has so many different cities I love that there are soothing cities like this somewhere to go to escape the hustle and bustle of the big cities I love both types of cities after seeing this video I will be visiting ❤️ Toon I will be following your videos just subscribed thank u so much this was so nice and relaxing and so is your voice with all do respect 🙏 ❤️.
I was wanting on you to leave the Northside and go into the Southside of downtown or even the Uptown district. Southside and Uptown have everything. You missed both of the best parts of Downtown Birmingham
@TOON215
Жыл бұрын
I did a few tours in this area. Guess you only watched one. Have a great day 🙏
I can't believe how quiet some of these places are during the day. Seems unusual to see it like that.
@555125kevin
2 жыл бұрын
A lot of small southern cities are like that, when I first landed in Columbia SC I've never seen an airport so deserted.
@Classy4514
Жыл бұрын
I think its awesome that America has so many different cities I love that there are soothing cities like this somewhere to go to escape the hustle and bustle of the big cities I love both types of cities after seeing the video I will be visiting.
Do people walk barefoot in the streets their sometimes?
please be careful
According to Reddit, from 2020, the windows in the jail were broken so people could go to the roof of the building and lower sheets to supply inmates their drugs
Looks like a ghost town
less crowded nice city but feels boring
People are afraid of Alabama
At 6 minutes and 2 seconds the man with the camera turns the wrong way down a one way sidewalk. The silly twit.
@TOON215
Жыл бұрын
Hey silly twit. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. What part of the planet do you live on. One way side walks don't exist. That sign applies to traffic. Not pedestrians 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Man you in my city toon I didn't know that
You are soooo chill 😎 I would luv to hang out with you ❤️