OFFICERS FOR 2008:
Tom Andrews, President
Renee Williams, Vice President
Barbara South, Past President
Barbara Caddell, Secretary
Willie Onderdonk, Treasurer
ADDRESS:
Old Dauphin Way Association
P.O. Box 41045
Mobile, AL
or contact us at
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SOME OLD DAUPHIN WAY FACTS
> established by the National Register of Historic Places in 1984
>lies just west of downtown Mobile
> shaped like a triangle starting at Broad Street; roughly bounded by Springhill Avenue on the north, Government Street on the south, and ending with Houston Avenue on the west
> named for Dauphin Way (now Dauphin Street) which bisects the district
> almost 15,000 mostly residential buildings in 300 years' worth of styles
> covers 7,760 acres making it Mobile's largest historic district**
Website by R. Auerbach
THE LATEST:
Mark Your Calendars
Sixth Annual Annual Wine Tasting and Silent Auction
A delightful evening sampling wine courtesy of Glenn Toney and The Wine Source, hors d 'oeuvres prepared by our own Board, with music and a Silent Auction to boot.
where: Blacksher Hall
1506 Government Street
when: July 24th, 2008 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM
price: $15 per ticket or $25 per couple
Tickets to go on sale next week from board
members and through this website
Blacksher Hall
Carroll To Hold Community Meeting
Just one week after his proposal to overhaul the Architectural Review Board went down to defeat, Councilman Carroll will face midtown residents at the Via! Center on Dauphin Street to discuss the condition of streets and possible resurfacing.
Also threatening to resurface is Mr. Carroll's defeated proposal - immediately following the July 1 meeting, the Councilman approached several Old Dauphin Way members and vowed to reintroduce his proposal in three weeks.
Viewed by most ODWA members as a solution in search of a problem, the Councilman's proposal assigns one board member to "represent" each historic district. Each of these "representative" members, however, is appointed by a single city council member who, more often than not, represents an entirely different district which calls into question exactly whom this member is intended to represent.
Mr. Carroll's desire to diminish the Mobile Historic Development Commission role in the ARB nomination process despite an absence of complaints regarding the board's integrity triggered many of his own constituents to attend the Council Meeting where they dismissed his changes as being politically motivated
Midtown Community Meeting with Councilman Carroll
when: Thursday, July 10 at 6:30 PM
where: Via! (formerly Abbie Berg Center) 1717 Dauphin Street
Mobile Register's coverage of the June 1 City Council Meeting
Full text of proposal and related articles from the archives..
On Gardening
Read a new article on growing Cast Iron Plant by Bill Nicholas.
Update: Council Reins in Digital Signs
Thanks for everyone's support.
Not only did the City Council not cave in to the OASIS
company, but Councilwoman Connie Hudson upped the
distance from a sign to a residence to 500 feet.
The OASIS Company which attempt to break our billboard-regulating
law by attaching signs to containers, vowed to return and try again.
Read the full article in the Mobile Register.
Read about events leading up to the council vote in our News Page.
There Go The Biscuits!
White Lily moves to the midwest and bakers can tell the difference.
Read the full article in the New York Times -
Mobile's New Plan
On March 10, ODWA
members joined other
residents, city officials and
consultants at the Alabama
School of Math and Sciences
to discuss a "New Plan For
Mobile." Information about
the plan - which is still to be
formulated - is available at
Say Thanks by Recycling
This year, all our General Meetings will be held at St. Mary's School. One way we can show our gratitude for generously allowing us to use their facilities is at the Recycling Center - just bring your plastic beverage containers to the office and say you want these items credited to St. Mary's School.
It's that simple!
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