Shepherd Centre would have built a 68-story office tower along with a 42-story tower, both taller than Birmingham’s tallest current building, the Shipt Tower.
Published: Jul. 15, 2024, 4:41 p.m.Thirty-seven years ago a Birmingham developer made a bold proposal for what the Magic City’s skyline might look like in the 21st century.
Shepherd Centre was proposed in 1987 by Everett Shepherd Jr., the man behind Brookwood Village and other projects in the Birmingham area. It reflected a time long before telecommuting and would have easily dwarfed anything in downtown Birmingham at the time.“I remember it well,” he said. “On the one hand it’s really great that he had that kind of confidence in, and vision for, downtown Birmingham.
Shepherd kept the dream alive as late as 1991, when he proposed several high-rise buildings along 20th Street South.
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