Mobile Development Thread

[Bama_75]

Kudos to the pics!

Kudos to those that worked on the crown and lights!

It looks great!

[CottonCity251]

Superb photos Musicisright!! The new crown looks great...

[nimsjus]

Nice pics. What should we light up next?

[CottonCity251]

Originally Posted by nimsjus

Nice pics. What should we light up next?

How about all streets and every mile of the interstate.

[Port_of_Bama]

Originally Posted by CottonCity251

How about all streets and every mile of the interstate.

lol oh yeah, and that ugly bank tower being redone exteriorly with an A frame on top !!!

[Port_of_Bama]

Could you imagine this part of downtown Mobile being a major retail /restaurant complex ? Investors expanding this area and duplicating it from the 300 + year old brick streets to the architecture.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lumis/159714775/




I`m all with bulld downtown up but I hat that buildings like this were destroyed in Mobile.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/64514569@N00/2300034211/

[BlessedMobile]

Fantastic shots Musicright...You got the knack! I sure would like to get another shot from you like the one you did in April of 2007 from the City Hall Annex on St. Joseph. I have that photo mounted on a 3'x8' board in my office area...I couldn't tell you how many people have complimented your photo and I never miss the chance to tell them about your work. Keep'em coming.

[Musicisright]

Thanks Blessed, and everybody! I really enjoy taking them, and I'm glad to share them with people.

Blessed, I'm so thrilled that you get people complimenting the photo! I do need to go and re-shoot that one now that the crowns are lit on both buildings! Maybe that will be my next project.

[Muskavon]

Definately need one more lighted spire so you guys can pull off a coordinated red-white-blue scheme across downtown on the 4th of July.

[nimsjus]

Originally Posted by Port_of_Bama

Could you imagine this part of downtown Mobile being a major retail /restaurant complex ? Investors expanding this area and duplicating it from the 300 + year old brick streets to the architecture.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lumis/159714775/




I`m all with bulld downtown up but I hat that buildings like this were destroyed in Mobile.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/64514569@N00/2300034211/

I have never understood the lack of interest in that area. It is one of the older spots in town, since they knocked the oldest stuff down when they built the civic center. All the structures down there are amazing, and there is space for additional new structures if you wanted to add more space for things. I think the mix of offices down there is such a waste of that property. Right now it is a little off the beaten path to develop retail one building at a time. If someone came in and turned the whole are into a retail destination, I think it could work. One issues is that it is one of the most frequently flooded parts of downtown, right behind metro jail.

[montysano]

Originally Posted by Port_of_Bama

Could you imagine this part of downtown Mobile being a major retail /restaurant complex ? Investors expanding this area and duplicating it from the 300 + year old brick streets to the architecture.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lumis/159714775/

Wow! I've been doing a lot of exploring since I started coming to Mobile last year, but I totally missed Fort Conde. Your downtown has such incredible potential. That area west-ish of Bienville Square, but before Broad St: I'd love to turn one of those old commercial buildings into a residence.

[NitekKetin]

^Oh yes, the areas from the Square west to near Broad would be great for residential in-fill. A few blocks north of that, I would love to see a high quality African art museum/cultural center serve as an anchor for the Davis Avenue corridor.

[SouthSky]

By the way, Mobile has moved into the Top 10 nationally in total Port tonnage for 2006, just behind Los Angeles and New Orleans.

Mobile Press-Register Business Section:
http://www.al.com/business/press-register/index.ssf?/base/business/1204971327173570.xml&coll=3

[BlessedMobile]

Originally Posted by Musicisright

Thanks Blessed, and everybody! I really enjoy taking them, and I'm glad to share them with people.

Blessed, I'm so thrilled that you get people complimenting the photo! I do need to go and re-shoot that one now that the crowns are lit on both buildings! Maybe that will be my next project.

Musicright...when you do you have got to let me make you a large print for your own use. The technique you used last time made for a beautiful print.
I would like a shot from the same angle as it showed nearly all of downtown. I'm not sure you could shoot from a better place than the Annex...but I am sure you know where the best shots come from.

[bayou15]

Thanks Southsky for the info...............But its a damn shame how much more tonnage it could be if only they would widen the channel at pinto pass. On tv the other day, they interviewed the headman who runs the port. And said we need millions more for the dredging(sp?) to happen.



Maybe if they hurry up with digging ,we can get that damn second boat!!!


I think a larger cruise ship would fit now, But who neauxs I hope at the new vision of Mobile meeting monday nite, the waterfront will be discussed. Up to now it has been planned out poorly.

..............later..........

[Del]

Musicisright, I was driving downtown this afternoon looking at the spire-things and thinking about your beautiful pictures. It occurred to me that the gilded domes on the Catholic cathedral don't pull nearly the attention that they used to before the RSA tower went up and all this spire action started happening.

Oh and PS, Serda's does have free wifi for its customers. I love their coffee---less bitter than Starbuck's, more like Carpe Diem.

[Port_of_Bama]

Originally Posted by NitekKetin

^Oh yes, the areas from the Square west to near Broad would be great for residential in-fill. A few blocks north of that, I would love to see a high quality African art museum/cultural center serve as an anchor for the Davis Avenue corridor.

That would be great on MLK Avenue! Mobile is the only city in Alabama with a British,French,Spanish,African,and Creol history and culture. Mobile is were the last slave ship arrived which came from west Africa and they spoke there African languages all the way into the 1950 `s. Now that is history and culture for you I just wish that Mobile(downtown) could tap into that culture al little more.




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clotilde_(slave_ship)

[nimsjus]

Awesome article on the gayfers building with lots of details. THe article is here:
http://www.al.com/business/press-register/index.ssf?/base/business/1205054201163950.xml&coll=3
The renderings/pictures are here:
http://www.al.com/press-register/pageone/sunday1j.pdf
It will have residential, retail and office space with 24 hour valet parking.

[pboo74]

Originally Posted by pboo74

Yes that is true,Mobile does need to have better schools/education,but my point i was trying to make was all the people coming from this economic boost,and for people thats already living here that will want to hang out downtown and other places in mobile,so bring some of the things that i had mention in my previous post such as dinner night cruises on the downtown river for a skylineview,zoo,aquarium,movie theatre,open air mall/inclosed mall,one of our parks like bieneville square,with kiosk and food vendors selling hotdogs,hamburgers,pizzas,drinks,etc.just somethings to attract people to come downtown.Thats all i was saying.What do you guys think?

I hope someone from this thread will bring up these suggestions for the downtown meeting this week?

[pboo74]

That's awesome about the gayers building,hope other investors will take notice and do the same,build and they will come.Upward that is.