The Selma Interpretive Center opened this week just in time for the Bridge Crossing Jubilee. While the complete project isn't finished yet, the first floor of this former bank building has been renovated into an exquisite visitor center lobby and conference room. Pictures from the 1960's Civil Rights Movement hang on its walls, and there are civil rights displays with books, CDs and brochures. Future plans include renovation of the second and third floors. The center is operated by the National Park Service and is located near the base of the Pettus Bridge. Another center is in Lowndes County, and a third will be built in Montgomery. All are part of the Selma-to-Montgomery National Historic Trail.
I love this! What a great tribute...and a treasure for visitors to your fair city. Love that chandelier, too!
ReplyDeleteRe your comment on Cedar Key: the house is on a back bay with access to the gulf. Not good swimming, probably, but good fishing and clamming. The water should not get over the bridge normally, but at least one hurricane has put the island pretty much under water. Cedar Key is just about sea level and I've seen one measuring stick showing a water level of 12 feet!
This is such a wonderful picture! I love the chandelier and the windows and how you can see a part of the bridge.
ReplyDeleteI understand that a local architectural designer found the chandelier in California. It really adds elegance, doesn't it?
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