09-02-2025
Mobile Civic Center murals move inch by inch
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Parts of Mobile Civic Center history are being preserved.
Saturday morning, a crew moved a giant section of the civic center's wall into storage.
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This is one of two murals from Conrad Albrizio. They were cut out of the walls of the civic center, and you can even see the cinder blocks they were attached to.
The murals were slowly moved, inch by inch, across the grounds of the civic center into what was the old expo hall. The murals 'Mardi Gras' and 'Circus' will be kept in storage until they're installed in a new, yet-to-be-built arena.
'These have a lot of meaning to Mobile,' Volkert Program Manager Sam Matheny said. 'I mean, they're part of Mobile's history, the Civic Center, and that Mayor Stimpson and the administration have been willing to do this because it's, it's rather intricate and expensive.'
A city spokesman said the cost to remove and preserve the murals is about $1.5 million.
While the mural took about an hour to move, it took six months to prepare and figure out how to do it. The first mural was moved into storage last week. Crews had to move very slowly to prevent anything that could flex and damage the art pieces. Workers were constantly adjusting their course to keep the wall sections even and intact.
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