If Hollywood feels like its own tiny town inside the city of Homewood, that’s because it once was. For three years in the last century, from 1926 to 1929, Hollywood existed as its own town before being folded into Homewood. Its borders – roughly marked by U.S. Highway 31, U.S. Highway 280 and Lakeshore Drive – aren’t all that separates Hollywood from the … [Read more...]

Cherokee Bend is a mostly residential Mountain Brook neighborhood just north of Interstate 459 and just west of Crestline Village. Most of the homes in this neighborhood are family units, built after the opening of Cherokee Bend Elementary School in 1969. The area, once a dense forest, is highly walkable, with a handful of nearby parks and walking trails to keep even the most … [Read more...]

Though the uncertainty of presidential election years can often have a dampening effect on the real estate market, that hasn’t been the case for many Over the Mountain communities. The housing market has stayed competitive in 2020, a trend that looks to continue through the spring, a peak season for the market. This issue, Over The Mountain Journal is profiling four popular … [Read more...]

Phyllis Beshany says it over and over: she “fell in love” with The Eastbury. After spending 30 years living in a two-bedroom condominium in Pembroke Pines, Florida, Beshany decided to make a move. “I grew up down there, but I reached an age where I wanted to be around a lot of people, especially my family,” she said. She decided to join her son’s family in Homewood, but there … [Read more...]

By Sam PrickettWhen it was announced last year that the Hill luxury apartments in Homewood were being transformed into the Eastbury – a 122-unit condominium development – Ronald Chaffin and Evgeniya Koshelyaevskaya were in the process of buying a house in Homewood. But that announcement, they say, made them change their plans. Now, they’re scheduled to … [Read more...]