This swift tower at Shady Street Park was built in 2022 by a local Eagle Scout. It provides safe ledges upon which Swifts can build nests and bring birdsong to this new outdoor classroom and nature trail. Old Field was a historic African American neighborhood of around 100 single and double "shotgun" homes. During construction of Shady Street Park, oral histories were taken from former residents who shared this was a loving, self-sufficient community between the Alabama River and the railroad tracks. It included the Billingslea School and small shops. Folks remembered peaches and plums, pecans and pear trees, as well as a neighbors that kept an eve on the children, and sang proudly in the Church Choir.