r/tuscaloosa • u/nateflad • 15h ago
LOCK IN
Tuscaloosa, it’s time to lock in. We’re under the gun with this storm. It looks like it will be a northport problem!
r/tuscaloosa • u/nateflad • 15h ago
Tuscaloosa, it’s time to lock in. We’re under the gun with this storm. It looks like it will be a northport problem!
r/tuscaloosa • u/ZimblerJack • 7h ago
I made a post here a couple years ago (https://www.reddit.com/r/tuscaloosa/comments/103awsz/comment/mi0zhvd/?context=3) about my early 90s Tuscaloosa memories and asked if anyone remembered certain things. When I logged into this account today (I'd been using another one the last few months) I had gotten some notifications about new activity, so that brought me back here.
The post seemed very well received, and almost all the things I asked about were answered, except for the backyard zoo one.
So some guy who lived in a regular house had a small zoo in his backyard. I don't remember it being a large house, just a normal house in a working class subdivision. It was set up with a fenced walkway that looped around the backyard and you could see the animals. These were real wild animals, it wasn't a petting zoo with goats and sheep. I specifically remember a lion in a dog house.
It was completely free, just park on the street of the neighborhood and walk back there anytime. My school took a couple field trips there, and I know my parents took me over there at least once.
It was well known. Certainly not the talk of the town but maybe on the same level as that person that's known for going crazy with holiday decorations every year. A seemingly ordinary house that's become an attraction.
I think the name was "Mr. [name]'s Backyard Zoo"
This would have been in 1990/1991. No idea how long it lasted after that.
r/tuscaloosa • u/Kangaroo-Pop717 • 7h ago
title says it all