Downtown Tuscaloosa due for a makeover City approves plan to begin $80 million project By Adrienne Nettles Staff Writer July 09, 2003 The project The city and federal government plan to build upscale offices, condominiums, restaurants and a parking garage, all anchored by a new federal court building with a pond and pedestrian promenade, to an area bordered by University Boulevard, 20th Avenue, Sixth Street, Ninth Street, 22nd Avenue and 23rd Avenue. TUSCALOOSA | City Council took the first step Tuesday toward an $80 million joint venture between the city and federal government to revitalize a seven-block area of downtown...