They're Tearing Down a Parking Lot to Build a Parking Lot

 

A small Federalist clapboard house sat on a Tuscumbia side street. Many said it was the oldest dwelling in that Colbert County town. We often drove by it and looked forward to the day it would be restored. Was it? No, the City of Tuscumbia let the fire department use it for practice.

There was the old Campbell home on Oakview Circle. Yes, it was not in the best state, but surely no one would raze it. Surely a church group did. We could name similar homes in the area destroyed by the university in the name of progress (make that money).

Most recently, the City of Florence tore down the Perry Nurses' Home. Why? Why wasn't it saved; it was in fairly good condition. Alas, it didn't fit in with the proposed West Village project. How's that new retail/residential area coming along?

We're less than ten days away from 2024. What will the new year bring? Or should we say what will it destroy? If the powers that be in Sheffield don't build that two-hotel Inspiration Landing mini-city, perhaps someone needs to build a new super hotel in Florence. 

Perhaps on Court Street? No. How about East Tennessee Street? No. Maybe Florence Boulevard is a better location? After all, it's close to the new medical district, not to mention in relatively close proximity to the new Ag Center. Bingo - we think that may just be it.

Perry Nurses' Home