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LaVilla Shotgun Houses On Verge Of Being Demolished?
Not much is left of Florida's first major urban black neighborhood. Years of urban renewal and haphazard demolition have resulted in a major loss to Jacksonville's cultural heritage and downtown's vibrancy. Now, with an effort to preserve the area's last three shotgun houses drawing opposition from...
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Ryan Rummel: From Jails to Factories
Ryan Rummel brings a pretty haunting and sobering short about the transition of this country's detention system from small jails for the first three hundred years of our history into the giant prison industry complex of today.
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15 Years Later: 1987's revision of 1972 Frankenstein
All too often plans for downtown are just that. They ignore the political, financial or market realities of downtown and end up on the shelf ignored. - Quote from KBJ's Initial Action Plan for Jacksonville's Core Business District - 1987.
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Our History Disappearing Right Before Our Eyes
One by one, elements of Jacksonville's history and cultural heritage continue to disappear. Here's a look at three properties currently facing the wrath of the wrecking ball.
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3 Amazing, Alarming or Transforming Scientists from Jax
It would be hard to overstate the sense of scientific wonder that has infected Jacksonville almost from the first days of its founding, nor the profound ways that the world has been changed by the men and women of Science from Jville. Personal Computing, the concept of Black Holes and the spread of...
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The Jacksonville Quay
"The creation of the quayage would greatly improve the appearance of the waterfront in that area and would enhance the value of the adjoining property." Florida Times-Union - 1929
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Haydon Burns Library: Photo Essay by Erica Barfoot
MetroJacksonville.com is working with Ana Kamiar, MFA, of the Art Institute of Jacksonville to motivate a series of student created photo essays that highlight the people, environment, culture and thoughts of the metro Jacksonville region. This is their response from the lens of student Erica Barfoot:...
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Inside Norman Studios
During this month's 60th anniversary celebration of the Mathews Bridge, Metro Jacksonville took the opportunity to take a look inside the last intact movie studio from early 20th century Jacksonville's silent film era: Norman Studios
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City interested in demolishing Claude Nolan building?
Documents obtained from a Metro Jaxon reveals the City of Jacksonville's interest in demolishing H.J. Klutho's 101-year-old Claude Nolan Cadillac building at 937 North Main Street.
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The Story of Phillips Highway Plaza
The story of Jacksonville's first enclosed shopping mall begins with Austrian-born architect Victor David Gruen. An advocate of prioritizing pedestrians over cars, Gruen is best known today for his pioneering design of shopping malls in the United States. Gruen, who described suburbia as being 'souless"...
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