Central Business District in Mobile in Mobile County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Bringing back Broad
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T.I.G.E.R. on Broad

Bringing back Broad Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, July 9, 2025

1. Bringing back Broad Marker

Inscription. By the turn of the 21st century, much of the grandeur of Mobile's longest north-south roadway, Broad Street, had faded. The streetcar that once connected the southern neighborhood of Oakdale to the city's northern communities along Springhill and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenues no longer ran. Businesses along the thoroughfare stood vacant and shuttered, or open but isolated amid decaying infrastructure. Many residences had fallen into disrepair. Despite its inclusion in the Urban Renewal project connecting streets to form the Hank Aaron Loop, Broad Street itself served more as a line of demarcation than the once envisioned, bustling artery that was meant, in part, to encircle and enrich the heart of the City. A new plan to revitalize the corridor from the GM&O Terminal to Ladas Pharmacy began to take shape, including replacement of traffic lanes with expanded sidewalks, bicycle lanes, and landscaped medians. In 2006, the City received a $987,000 federal transportation enhancement administered through ALDOT to create this new gateway into downtown. The restorative Bring Back Broad project saw construction

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occur between Canal and Virginia streets until 2008, reverting this section of the desolate, auto-dependent streetscape to a semblance of its former majesty and serving as an impetus for later development.

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In 2016, ALDOT awarded Mobile a $14.5 million federal T.I.G.E.R. grant that included the "reinvention" of Beauregard and Broad streets from Water Street to Brookley Aeroplex, creating a cohesive "complete street" network to better serve the nearby residential and commercial sectors. The multimodal approach espoused in the proposed $22 million improvements thrust the foundational aspects of Bring Back Broad into public view once more, expanding on or refining work that had been completed nearly a decade earlier. The project's early phases focused on the establishment of freshly paved streets, bicycle lanes, amenities, and beautification from a newly constructed Canal Street roundabout north along Broad to the intersection of Lawrence Street. Later phases would see similer transformation to the southern portion of the project corridor. The T.I.G.E.R. grant initiative serves as a major developmental milestone

T.I.G.E.R. on Broad image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, July 9, 2025

2. T.I.G.E.R. on Broad

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for the city's future growth and a way of reconnecting the citizens of ten adjacent neighborhoods in the ongoing creation of One Mobile.

Erected by City of Mobile.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Roads & Vehicles. A significant historical year for this entry is 2016.

Location. 30° 41.255′ N, 88° 3.254′ W. Marker is in Mobile, Alabama, in Mobile County. It is in the Central Business District. It is at the intersection of North Broad Street and Dauphin Street, on the right when traveling north on North Broad Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Mobile AL 36604, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Alabama’s Gulf Coast

and in the Mobile Bay area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of

T.I.G.E.R. on Broad / Bringing back Broad Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, July 9, 2025

3. T.I.G.E.R. on Broad / Bringing back Broad Marker

America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Protestant Children's Home (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Bee Hive (about 600 feet away); Home of Raphael Semmes (about 700 feet away); Eugenie Marx (about 700 feet away); The Convent of Mercy (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Quigley House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Old Church Street Cemetery - 1819 (approx. 0.2 miles away); Big Zion African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mobile.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 15, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 13, 2025, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. This page has been viewed 85 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 13, 2025, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.

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Bringing back Broad
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T.I.G.E.R. on Broad