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Shops, lofts next to Mobile’s Dew Drop on track for summer opening Updated 11:12 AM; Today 11:12 AM The Lofts at Midtown, a mixed-used development next to Mobile s iconic Midtown restaurant the Dew Drop Inn, is on track for a summer opening, according to its developer.Lawrence Specker | LSpecker@AL.com Facebook Share Timing can be everything, and it looked a little iffy for The Lofts at Midtown back in March 2020, when developers closed on property next to Mobile’s Dew Drop Inn only to have a pandemic hit. Things were “a little scary” for a while there, said Stephen Howle of Crescent Development. Nonetheless, construction proceeded and in July the first tenant of the first-floor business space was announced: Nova Market, a coffee shop and market operated by the proprietors of downtown coffee shop Nova Espresso. ....
‘It’s bigger than man:’ Looking back at Mobile’s flood of 1981 Updated May 06, 2021; Mobilians going about their business on May 5, 1981, were no strangers to heavy rains. But they had little idea what was coming. Hurricane Frederic, in September 1979, had resulted in a federal disaster declaration. Another had come in spring 1980, which saw two rounds of flooding. During one of those, in April, a dam failed at Municipal Park “emptying the lake into Three Mile Creek and ultimately into the homes of Mobile residents below,” according to a Mobile Register report. Three Mile Creek experienced massive flooding again in April 1981, with hundreds of homes in the watershed taking damage. And yet, incredibly, the worst was still to come. ....
Restaurants we miss in Mobile Updated Apr 08, 10:30 AM; Posted Apr 08, 9:58 AM The lunch crowd fills Drayton Place on Monday, Dec. 30, 2002, in downtown Mobile, Ala.Mike Kittrell/Press-Register Facebook Share Kick off a conversation about bygone restaurants in Mobile and you’ll hear about some COVID casualties. But it’s likely to go far deeper than that. A longer look back finds some legendary places with stories that grew with Mobile after (or even through) its World War II boom. Some are intertwined with the decline and slow rise of Downtown. There is, as one would expect, a heck of a lot of seafood on the menu. There’s also a conspicuous Greek influence. ....