1971 Press Photo Alabama-Birmingham-First Methodist Church, South Central Bell.

Alabama-Birmingham-Of time and tastes-Not for this old architect resident the functional A-frame of the modern church, thank you. Not even if someone whispered into the heart of its very beams that right behind its back they've raised a high-rise neighbor all full of sheet glass and lateral cubist-looking bands of masonry to house South Central Bell. That's because contrasts are not necessarily incompatible and First Methodist Church downtown will stick to those Gothic arches and weathered stone and leaded windows that have served it so well for so long, if you please.

Photo is dated 1971.

Photo measures 7.25 x 10 inches.