Bankhead Towers was originally built as a hotel ... the provisions of ordinance No.15-164 of the general code of Birmingham, ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ( WBRC) - It has been more than five months since families were forced to move out of Bankhead Towers when it was condemned in September. Some of those families are currently living ...

Tallulah. Tallulah Bankhead, born in Huntsville, Ala., Jan. 31, 1902, was often referred to simply as “Tallulah” in news accounts during her heyday, becoming one of the first one-name celebrities.

Her famous politician father, Speaker of the House William Bankhead, attended a showing of her first talking film, “The Tarnished Lady,” in Birmingham ... Bankhead “towers above the cast ...