I started in my old neighborhood, Crestwood. This is a great, progressive, city neighborhood. Lots of young professionals, artists, etc. The north side of Crestwood has a lot of 1920s homes. My former home (ain't it cute? but the stump/stonehenge thing in the front yard was actually a nice River Birch when I lived there):
The houses in Crestwood get newer street by street as you get closer to Red Mountain. 1920s near my old house, then 1940s cottages, then 1950s ranches and MCMs, and up on the side of the mountain, 1960s/70s ranches.
These two are next door to one another, clearly built by the same builder. They are surrounded by traditional ranches:
Here is a particularly nice ranch:
A few post-and-beam beauties:
One of my favorites. But it looked nicer the last time I saw it, with a great spherical fountain out front. It must have changed hands:
This is a great ranch that spreads over 2 or 3 lots. I couldn't even get the entire house in one shot:
Adjacent to Crestwood is Forest Park and there are a few nice mods here. This one is amazing, but hard to see because of the trees. First the front, then the side:
Another nice one in Forest Park:
Stay tuned for more!
Great tour of Bham. I actually lived in Tuscaloosa for about 10 years while going to school and now am living in Atlanta. I did not realize Bham had so much MCM buildings...Feel free to check our blog out and get a good sense of MCM in Atlanta
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ReplyDeleteThanks so much. I'll check out your blog as well. I usually find myself in Atlanta whenever there is a mod home tour, so am planning to be there in May for the MA tour. I need to get out and get some more photos . . .
I lived in Huntsville from late '95 until mid ''98 and I love MCM. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI was so excited when I found your blog. I lived in MCM houses in both Berkeley, CA and Atlanta before moving back to Birmingham 7 years ago, and was sort of depressed at the lack of MCM architecture--in almost any form--in the Birmingham area. Your blog has inspired some recent, fun trips just randomly driving throughout various neighborhoods; Nothing is currently more exciting to me than spotting a cool modern house in the middle of Alabama! Thanks so much.
ReplyDeleteBottletree - Thanks for dropping in. The MCM is definitely hidden in the 'ham, but it is here. And exposing same is my mission. I've heard great things about your club and am honored you had time to pay me a "visit."
ReplyDeleteJust discovered the blog. This is great stuff. Do you post pix on flickr?
ReplyDeleteI like to search Atlanta and Birmingham other southern cities for MCM
I would suggest other architecture lovers to search cities on flickr using mcm , atomic ranch or mid century modern tags.
I would hope you would share some of your blogs photos on flickr
Once again, keep up the good work
love the site! just moved back to huntsville, al and wish i could find more mcm homes like these. they're fairly sporadic here as well. keep it up!
ReplyDeleteGreat post! It seems like I was also there to tour the place. I enjoyed reading it. MCM homes are really nice. The place was so relaxing. Anyway, thanks for sharing this post. Looking forward for your next post.
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The house in crestwood on 2 lots has alot of vintage detail left on the inside. I helped my friends move their piano into the house a few years ago and I was drooling the whole time.... it has a great pool in the back too.
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