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Latest History articles from Jacksonville, FL
Jacksonville Municipal Airport Imeson Field
For over 40 years, Jacksonville Municipal Airport Imeson Field was the center of the First Coast?s commercial aviation scene. Jacksonville Municipal Airport Number One opened in 1927, with a dedication that included Charles Lindbergh.
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Downtown Frankenstein: The Riverwalks
Sometimes its best to go back and implement ideas and concepts from abandoned studies for existing projects that never reached their potential, due to not being constructed as originally designed. Our riverwalks would be a great place to start.
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Downtown Frankenstein: 1987 Downtown Initial Action Plan
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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Downtown Frankenstein: 1971 Downtown Master Plan
MetroJacksonville uncovers a futuristic plan would bring a smile to the faces of George Jetson, Buck Rogers, Dr. Spock and Chewbacca.
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Special Edition: Predicting the Growth of a Future Metropolis
In this special, the staff of Metro Jacksonville shares a section of the 1931 Jacksonville Master Plan, that predicts how the city would develop, 40 years into the future.
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Downtown Frankenstein
Jacksonville is a city that has been blessed with every possible advantage. Not only is it situated in one of the most beautiful natural settings offered by the planet, but has every reason to be the most powerful economic power of the South.
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Disappearing Brooklyn: Saving What's Left
While the city has big redevelopment plans for Brooklyn, significant buildings that represented the community for the last 100 years are being knocked down in the process. When will Jacksonville learn that once we destroy our historic fabric, it can not be undone?
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Friendship Fountain: The Truth Beneath the Lies
If the city has its way, Friendship Fountain, one of Jacksonville’s most recognizable landmarks, is well on its way to being destroyed and replaced by a new interactive kiddie pool along with a downtown resembling Sesame Street.
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Durkeeville: Jacksonville
The historic community of Durkeeville, one of Jacksonville's most dense historic neighborhoods, developed in the 1930s as a place of refuge for the city’s African Americans during the Jim Crow Era. Like many inner city neighborhoods, the area began to suffer after being cut off from downtown...
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Downtown: The Hotels of an era gone by
In the early 20th century, downtown was Florida?s premier urban center. The Silent Film industry was booming, jazz and blues joints lined Ashley, the Jacksonville Terminal was the destination point to over 100 passenger trains a day, and Forsyth Street was the home to a large theater district.
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