Mayor Sam Jones unveiled a series of city-funded improvements to Bienville Square, the historic heart of downtown Mobile, including new security cameras, renovated restrooms and a restored fountain.
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Mobile
Contractor Tilmon Brown Weighs a Run for Mobile Mayor
Mobile contractor and historic-preservation developer Tilmon Brown confirmed his interest in the mayor’s office, saying he would form an exploratory committee by Labor Day.
Mobile
Mobile’s Davis Avenue Recreation Center Joins the National Register
The National Park Service added Mobile’s Davis Avenue Recreation Center, founded in 1921 as the city’s first public recreation center for African Americans, to the National Register of Historic Places.
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Ann Bedsole Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award for Historic Preservation
Mobile trailblazer Ann Smith Bedsole, the first woman elected to the Alabama Senate, was named to receive a lifetime achievement award for decades of work saving the state’s and the city’s historic places.
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Banks, Condos and a Facelift on Bienville Square: Downtown Mobile’s Spring Ledger
A bank taking space in the Athelstan Club, condominiums nearing completion on Dauphin Street and two buildings being restored on Bienville Square marked downtown Mobile’s revival in spring 2008.
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Might Kindergartners Return to Barton Academy?
With the school system’s administration finally out of the building, talk around Mobile turned to sending children back into Barton Academy, possibly as the new home of a performing arts magnet program.
Mobile
Propeller Club Called a Special Meeting as I-10 Bridge Routes Narrowed to Three
With 11 of 14 proposed routes eliminated and transportation officials nearing a decision, Mobile’s maritime community convened a public session downtown that organizers called critical to the port’s future.
Baldwin County
The Raphael Semmes Bridge: One Man’s Downriver Answer to Mobile’s I-10 Fight
A 77-year-old retired federal contracting officer who once taught Jimmy Buffett to sail proposed a straight east-west I-10 crossing over Pinto Island, 360 feet above the river, that he said would satisfy every warring interest.
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Mint Juleps at Oakleigh: A Toast to Garfield and the Coming Antiques Roadshow
The Historic Mobile Preservation Society’s fourth annual Bravery and Beauty Mint Julep Party was set for June 8 at Oakleigh, blending a fundraiser with a nod to James Garfield’s 1877 visit and the coming Antiques Roadshow.
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Water, Heat and the Weight of History: Mobilians Sound Off, Part Three
A third round of candid replies found Mobile residents praising the bay, live oaks and Southern charm while venting about crime, the school board, sprawl and a feeling of being ignored by Montgomery.