Mobile Development Thread - Page 57

Musicisright · #**1121** Posted **Mar 1, 2008, 5:17 AM**

It just keeps getting better and better for Mobile. My sweet little city is growing up. It's cool to see it happening before your eyes, too.

I wish I could find a shot of tomorrow's front page of the Press Register, they showed it on the news, it's so great.

Electrical Porpoise · #**1122** Posted **Mar 1, 2008, 5:34 AM**

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Originally Posted by Musicisright

I wish I could find a shot of tomorrow's front page of the Press Register, they showed it on the news, it's so great.

You can see it here when they upload it tomorrow.

bayou15 · #**1123** Posted **Mar 1, 2008, 5:45 AM**

Hey Musicisright, is the stump lit yet on the Riverview?

Musicisright · #**1124** Posted **Mar 1, 2008, 7:12 AM**

Haven't been down there to see.

Del · #**1125** Posted **Mar 1, 2008, 2:26 PM**

People moving downtown to work at EADS don't need an aquarium, spiffy shops, etc as much as they need decent schools for their kids. These new jobs will pay well but not enough for private school tuition for 2-3 kids. And even if you can afford it, why pay when you can live in West Mobile, send your kids to decent public schools for free, and hop on the Interstate and be at work in 15 minutes? Mobile is going to have to do something about its downtown schools and do it fast.

I had actually forgotten that USA had the Brookley campus. Yes, it would be nice to see something happen to that land. The golf course is below the flood plain so you can't build on it. Wouldn't it be great if USA & the city arranged a land swap---then we could have a downtown waterfront park?

Did everybody get the reverse-911 call from Sam Jones "personally announcing" the EADS deal? I really like the way he is putting that technology to use. At the holidays we were wondering what to do about garbage and lo and behold, the phone rings and a pleasant voice tells us to put it out on Wednesday.

pboo74 · #**1126** Posted **Mar 1, 2008, 3:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by Del

People moving downtown to work at EADS don't need an aquarium, spiffy shops, etc as much as they need decent schools for their kids. These new jobs will pay well but not enough for private school tuition for 2-3 kids. And even if you can afford it, why pay when you can live in West Mobile, send your kids to decent public schools for free, and hop on the Interstate and be at work in 15 minutes? Mobile is going to have to do something about its downtown schools and do it fast.

I had actually forgotten that USA had the Brookley campus. Yes, it would be nice to see something happen to that land. The golf course is below the flood plain so you can't build on it. Wouldn't it be great if USA & the city arranged a land swap---then we could have a downtown waterfront park?

Did everybody get the reverse-911 call from Sam Jones "personally announcing" the EADS deal? I really like the way he is putting that technology to use. At the holidays we were wondering what to do about garbage and lo and behold, the phone rings and a pleasant voice tells us to put it out on Wednesday.

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?

Port_of_Bama · #**1127** Posted **Mar 1, 2008, 3:26 PM**

Speaking of a skyline view on a dinner cruise check out the views this will be nice at night and these pics were tooken before the spire on the hotel .love these views of Mobile it doesn`t look like Mobile or an Alabama city from these views . I agree with all of the above !!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24301687@N06/2301619393/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24301687@N06/2301619391/

nimsjus · #**1128** Posted **Mar 1, 2008, 5:48 PM**

Huge news on the tanker project! I had seen a few articles claiming EADS won in some foreign sites earlier in the week, but they looked so questionable I didn't get my hopes up. It was nice to see it plastered in the headlines of every newspaper in the state and some beyond. Nice to have one major project on the north side of town and another on the soutside. I think this tanker project will have a much more profound effect on downtown than TK and I think it will really help improve the Oakleigh/Texas St/Broad area that died after Brookley closed. This makes the Bring Back Broad project even more important now that we have a major project in that area to go along with the waterfront park and the street scape project. I think this could provide the momentum needed for the return of railcars too.

Musicisright · #**1129** Posted **Mar 1, 2008, 8:06 PM**

From newseum.org

SouthSky · #**1130** Posted **Mar 1, 2008, 8:12 PM**

Nodine looks ridiculous. This was on the Seattle Times also...

This is definitely not the best picture to go AP Wire...

Alxx611 · #**1131** Posted **Mar 1, 2008, 8:47 PM**

I kinda liked that photo. But I liked JD Crowe's toon better:

And although this one is older, i thought it would be appreciated on this forum:

Del · #**1132** Posted **Mar 1, 2008, 8:56 PM**

I don't think Nodine looks ridiculous. Just really, really jubilant. That picture makes me smile every time I look at it.

Muskavon · #**1133** Posted **Mar 2, 2008, 11:48 AM**

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Originally Posted by SouthSky

Nodine looks ridiculous. This was on the Seattle Times also...

This is definitely not the best picture to go AP Wire...

Considering all the misconceptions about the south by all above an imaginary line, I'm thinking they are shocked at a black and white man shaking hands and enjoying something together in leadership. They are probably shocked. Great photo. Need more to bust down that crap.

Port_of_Bama · #**1134** Posted **Mar 2, 2008, 6:09 PM**

The U.S. Navy has selected Mobile as the city where its littoral combat ship Independence will be commissioned, or put into service, according to the Mobile Council of the Navy League of the United States.

http://www.al.com/business/press-register/index.ssf?/base/business/120436654176060.xml&coll=3

BlessedMobile · #**1135** Posted **Mar 2, 2008, 6:41 PM**

I think the Jones/Nodine photo is great. It is refreshing to have leaders who are excited about GROWING our city rather than hold it back (Pre-Dow). Mayor Jones is a great guy who has a vision for growth and PROSPERITY for all of our citizens. I am sure the decision to build the planes here had nothing to do directly with any of our political leaders but companies see the city they are in as the "neighborhood"...You may like the house you are in but the neighborhood makes for the quality of living! We are winning the neighborhood battle. Nodine is one of those guys who really does get fired up about growth and development; that photos is the real deal. Oh yea, as for that Jones/Nodine photo appearing in the Seattle paper think about it this way....they did it to stir up the troops but.....besides, WE WON the game and they need to know it. These are GREAT days to be living in Mobile.

SouthSky · #**1136** Posted **Mar 2, 2008, 7:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by Muskavon

Considering all the misconceptions about the south by all above an imaginary line, I'm thinking they are shocked at a black and white man shaking hands and enjoying something together in leadership. They are probably shocked. Great photo. Need more to bust down that crap.

Let them still think that. That's just their reason to underestimate this area... not a good idea.

bayou15 · #**1137** Posted **Mar 3, 2008, 2:44 AM**

http://www.myfoxgulfcoast.com/myfox/page...ocale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1

Condo towers? It doesnt take a doctor to figure this one out

He must have been reading our posts!

MobileLSUboy2005 · #**1138** Posted **Mar 3, 2008, 3:01 PM**

So I had sent Emporis.com a message saying to change the height of the Riverview, and they said they need an 'official' site to get the data from, anyone got one?

CottonCity251 · #**1139** Posted **Mar 3, 2008, 4:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by MobileLSUboy2005

So I had sent Emporis.com a message saying to change the height of the Riverview, and they said they need an 'official' site to get the data from, anyone got one?

Nope. They sent me the samething when I told them the RSA Tower was completed.

elb401 · #**1140** Posted **Mar 3, 2008, 5:03 PM**

University of South Alabama has said that it is going to sell its property at brookley. Well not the building parts just the golf course and some other land. 135 acres!!! They said they want to do whats best for the city of Mobile.

Lets just hope that the city will put in an offer for some of that land. The city is bring back arlington park... but wouldn't be great to have Monroe Park back too. Our two historic bayfront parks will be back! Ahh and more public access.