Mobile Development Thread - Page 200

SouthSky · #**3981** Posted **Jun 1, 2009, 3:05 AM**

From today's Real Estate Front in the Press-Register:

BlessedMobile · #**3982** Posted **Jun 1, 2009, 3:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by nouveau_Mauvilla

Blessed, I don't think that's it. I remember seeing it I think since Wednesday.

I was hoping to go down there today and look for it but didn't make it. There should a big open space somewhere on St. Francis that wasn't there a week ago.

Port_of_Bama · #**3983** Posted **Jun 1, 2009, 5:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by BlessedMobile

Here is an interesting article ya'll might want to read. This is a list we do not want to be in. Most of us in Mobile are upbeat about ourselves and our city. I wish these cities the best.

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/02/0226_miserable_cities/1.htm

I was shocked to see certain cities in that article, and was also surprised to see that Mobile`s skyline is bigger than Jacksonville,Florida.

Port_of_Bama · #**3984** Posted **Jun 1, 2009, 5:28 AM**

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Originally Posted by SouthSky

From today's Real Estate Front in the Press-Register:

A dinner theater,and a nice upscale like bowling alley would be nice to have downtown.

NitekKetin · #**3985** Posted **Jun 1, 2009, 6:52 AM**

Where are ya'll getting finding color copies of the Register online?

That beach development looks kinda of bland.

SouthSky · #**3986** Posted **Jun 1, 2009, 7:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by NitekKetin

Where are ya'll getting finding color copies of the Register online?

That beach development looks kinda of bland.

http://www.al.com/press-register/pageone/

...and I'm not holding my breath on this development coming to fruition.

Port_of_Bama · #**3987** Posted **Jun 1, 2009, 11:00 AM**

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Originally Posted by SouthSky

http://www.al.com/press-register/pageone/

...and I'm not holding my breath on this development coming to fruition.

The way the economy is im in dought !!

It doesn`t look bland to me I like it but it`s all a dream right now.

Though I do dream of seeing it right on the Mobile river

phoenixboi08 · #**3988** Posted **Jun 1, 2009, 3:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by Port_of_Bama

A dinner theater,and a nice upscale like bowling alley would be nice to have downtown.

This would have been perfect on the old GMCO lot, right between the Maritime Museum and the Cruise Terminal and the Civic Center...but then again, I don't think that space is big enough? It just would have been cool to have this as a hotel and convention center expansion plus shops and restaurants for cruisers and Museum goers...I don't think it's too bad, but I would have to change my mind if they decided to go RSA/Riverview green!

Bayside · #**3989** Posted **Jun 1, 2009, 3:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by BlessedMobile

I was hoping to go down there today and look for it but didn't make it. There should a big open space somewhere on St. Francis that wasn't there a week ago.

From what I can tell, it was 382 St. Francis St that was demolished. It was just west and adjacent to the barber shop on the corner of St. Francis and N. Clairborne St. I walked by it this morning. It doesn't look like it was a historic building. (You can go to Google Maps to see a photo.) Does anyone have any idea what they are going to build on the lot. Rogers and Willard is the contractor.

nouveau_Mauvilla · #**3990** Posted **Jun 1, 2009, 5:16 PM**

I don't think that OB development looks too bad. And hey, after you get married you can bowl a few rounds and then buy a coconut person and a magnet that says Orange Beach on it!

As far as the building, I'll try to go check it out sometime this week. I really hope it wasn't an historic building, and I doubt they would have demoished it if it was even though it wasn't in a historic district.

Port_of_Bama · #**3991** Posted **Jun 1, 2009, 5:45 PM**

I`m wih you Phoenix it`s time to ease off of the RSA green a little.

I think the city is going for the blue and green theme. Either way this dvelopment would have been nice downtown.

I know that Mr. Oliver and his company from California bought the CSX site, I wonder if they have any future plans for it ?

BlessedMobile · #**3992** Posted **Jun 1, 2009, 5:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by Bayside

From what I can tell, it was 382 St. Francis St that was demolished. It was just west and adjacent to the barber shop on the corner of St. Francis and N. Clairborne St. I walked by it this morning. It doesn't look like it was a historic building. Does anyone have any idea what they are going to build on the lot. Rogers and Willard is the contractor.

I'm going to look it up on Google Map and see if it is historic. There are a lot of buildings downtown that aren't worth saving for any reason.

BlessedMobile · #**3993** Posted **Jun 1, 2009, 5:53 PM**

I recognize the building noted on Google Map as 382 St. Francis. It was the home of House of Specialties for 20 years or more until they moved to west Mobile about 10 years ago; I think it has been empty since. I've been in there plenty of times and it is more like a bomb shelter with all the passages and cubby holes. Ain't notin' historic about that place either inside or outside!

DruidCity · #**3994** Posted **Jun 1, 2009, 5:54 PM**

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I don't think that OB development looks too bad.

Me, either. One of the unfortunate casualties, though, of the economic slump is the failure of Gulf Shores to move forward on its "Envision" plan, which aimed to redevelop the "T" area into a pedestrian/bike-friendly "downtown."
Existing restaurants, hotels, and amusements were demolished to make way for the new development, and then the crash hit, and much of the area remains empty today (with the Hangout being the one noteworthy addition).

No offense to Orange Beach, but this project sounds like the very sort of development Gulf Shores had hoped to attract as part of that old plan.

phoenixboi08 · #**3995** Posted **Jun 1, 2009, 8:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by phoenixboi08

GMCO:

Sorry, meant CSX

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Originally Posted by Port_of_Bama

I`m wih you Phoenix it`s time to ease off of the RSA green a little.

I think the city is going for the blue and green theme. Either way this dvelopment would have been nice downtown.

Yeah!

I mean, the green is good, so long as it doesn't look too abrasive, like we're trying to hard...I think an interesting use of multiple colors could be cool. so long as we don't go too far overboard...but then again, I can see it now: "Mobile, the rainbow City!"...mixed messeges?

Port_of_Bama · #**3996** Posted **Jun 1, 2009, 11:52 PM**

LOL, I like Mobile the city of Mystics instead.

CottonCity251 · #**3997** Posted **Jun 2, 2009, 8:57 AM**

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Originally Posted by Port_of_Bama

LOL, I like Mobile the city of Mystics instead.

Me to.

phoenixboi08 · #**3998** Posted **Jun 3, 2009, 5:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by Port_of_Bama

LOL, I like Mobile the city of Mystics instead.

I like it too...they should really use it!

BlessedMobile · #**3999** Posted **Jun 3, 2009, 9:18 PM**

Come on ya'll...we know the "City of Mystics" isn't going to happen. Our lifestyle and culture shouts "Azalea City". I would much rather be associated with something of beauty that is more unique to our area.
Did anyone ever determine which building was torn down last week on St. Francis? I read two different locations.

KB0679 · #**4000** Posted **Jun 4, 2009, 12:22 AM**

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Originally Posted by Port_of_Bama

I was shocked to see certain cities in that article, and was also surprised to see that Mobile`s skyline is bigger than Jacksonville,Florida.

It's really not: