Demolition begins on Boykin Towers, defunct Mobile housing project

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Demolition work takes place on Frank W. Boykin Towers on Sept. 18, 2026. The 122-unit complex had once provided housing for low-income seniors but had been closed since about 2020. It sits on land now owned by the Mobile Airport Authority.

Frank W. Boykin Towers was once operated by the Mobile Housing Authority. It had closed by 2020 and the land it sits on was sold to the Mobile Airport Authority in 2024.

Demolition work takes place on Frank W. Boykin Towers on Sept. 18, 2026. The 122-unit complex had once provided housing for low-income seniors but had been closed since about 2020. It sits on land now owned by the Mobile Airport Authority.

Demolition work takes place on Frank W. Boykin Towers on Sept. 18, 2026. The 122-unit complex had once provided housing for low-income seniors but had been closed since about 2020. It sits on land now owned by the Mobile Airport Authority.

Demolition work takes place on Frank W. Boykin Towers on Sept. 18, 2026. The 122-unit complex had once provided housing for low-income seniors but had been closed since about 2020. It sits on land now owned by the Mobile Airport Authority.

A blocked-off street in Mobile's Birdville neighborhood is shown on Sept. 18, 2026.

Frank W. Boykin Towers was once operated by the Mobile Housing Authority. It had closed by 2020 and the land it sits on was sold to the Mobile Airport Authority in 2024.

Demolition work takes place on Frank W. Boykin Towers on Sept. 18, 2026. The 122-unit complex had once provided housing for low-income seniors but had been closed since about 2020. It sits on land now owned by the Mobile Airport Authority.

Demolition work began Friday on Mobile’s Frank W. Boykin Towers, a defunct low-income housing project on land that now belongs to the Mobile Airport Authority (MAA).

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