Broad Street

Periwinkles have been planted in the flower beds in front of Selma City Hall. From here you can see most of downtown on Broad Street. Usually, these parking places are taken, but I caught them empty at midday for a "broad" view.

The Busiest Intersection

The Broad Street/Highland Avenue intersection is probably Selma's busiest. Head straight, and you will be in downtown Selma. The visitor center is just past the light. Go right, and you'll be on "the strip," where you'll find several fast-food restaurants, motels and eventually Medical Center Parkway. Turn left, and you can shop at the mall, Wal-Mart, Winn-Dixie, find more motels or head to Prattville on Highway 14. Turn onto the bypass to go on to Montgomery. Turn around, and you'll find a couple of funeral homes, car dealerships, banks, auto repair places and the community college. Keep going, and you will be in Valley Grande and from there, you might end up in Birmingham! This photo was take a few months ago during the Great Drought, and the haze you see up ahead is smoke blown our way from those fires that burned forever in south Georgia!

Downtown Selma

It's May in Selma, Alabama, and here is part of downtown during early afternoon. This view on Broad Street looks toward the Edmund Pettus Bridge and Alabama River from the corner of the Selma-Dallas County Public Library.

In the middle center (tallest building just behind the Rexall sign) is the former Teppers Department Store, which was recently purchased by the Freedom Foundation and is being renovated for civic use. The old metal facade has been removed, exposing the original architecture. At the extreme lower right is the El Ranchero Mexican restaurant featured in the May 1 Theme Day.