Update me on Mobile please :) (big house, school, college)

[PortCity]

The old Antwerp Builing downtown is the first skyscraper in the southeast. So Mobile has a history of having the tallest, lol.

[itsalladream]

The old Antwerp BuilDing...that doesn't do it justice. You should say, the old rundown needs a makeover because it looks like hell Antwerp Building, unless of course it has been made over and I didn't notice that during my 2 visits over the last 3 years.

[PortCity]

Sadly Cafe Royal is the only thing that is left in the builing. It use to have a few law offices, I could see the old Antwerp being converted into a loft.

[midtownruth]

I really hope someone fixes it up and makes it condos or even offices. Also, I went to Cafe Royal once and it just wasn't good and was way too expensive. I was very dissapointed.

[Keeper]

What was the name of the building that had the huge globe on the first floor? I remember as a child I always wanted to go into that building and see it turn.

Here is a neat website with a lot of pics that should bring back memories.. Well they did for me

Downtown Mobile Alliance > Explore Downtown (http://www.downtownmobile.org/ex_walkingtour.php#16 - broken link)

[PortCity]

^^^ The Saenger Theatre downtown it is now in the arena of my school the fastest growing college in the south east the Univeristy of South Alabama right in the Mitchell Center.


I have family keeper who have moved to cities that are bigger and a little better than Mobile but when they come to visit the spirit of the old city of Mystics is always present to greet them.

Other words home will always be home especially Mobile,Alabama !!!

[PortCity]

Originally Posted by Keeper

What was the name of the building that had the huge globe on the first floor? I remember as a child I always wanted to go into that building and see it turn.

Here is a neat website with a lot of pics that should bring back memories.. Well they did for me

Downtown Mobile Alliance > Explore Downtown (http://www.downtownmobile.org/ex_walkingtour.php#16 - broken link)

Number 48 in your above link - The old Creole Fire House in Mobile has been restored and looks a better than the picture provided on the site.

This building is one of the last in the city, except for some of the Creole Cottages downtown and midtown that shows Mobile`s rich Creole past.

[Azalea City Man]

Originally Posted by PortCity

^^^ The Saenger Theatre downtown it is now in the arena of my school the fastest growing college in the south east the Univeristy of South Alabama right in the Mitchell Center.

I don't understand what this statement is saying ...

[midtownruth]

Maybe he was talking about the globe?

[PortCity]

Originally Posted by oscottscotto

I don't understand what this statement is saying ...

Yep I was talking about the globe, it was in theatre and now it`s at the Mitchell Center.