MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – Mayor Spiro Cheriogotis is eyeing a significant reconfiguration of Water Street, which he said cuts off the rest of downtown from one of the city’s most important assets – its waterfront.
Millions of dollars in development are transforming that waterfront, from a pedestrian plaza with statues of Mobile’s Hall of Fame athletes to a new train stop to major changes at the National Maritime Museum of the Gulf.
An overhaul of Cooper Riverside Park is nearing completion in the next few months, and private developers plan to build River Walk Plaza, a complex with a luxury hotel, condos, offices, restaurants and entertainment venues. It is slated to go right on the Mobile River…