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Exploring Riverside Park
Metro Jacksonville's Lauren Parker and Andrew Smith take a stroll through Jacksonville's second oldest public park: Riverside Park.
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Exploring Freedom Commerce Center
Metro Jacksonville's Kara Holmes dives deep into the heart of Baymeadows, where investors have rediscovered a collection of forgotten possibilities.
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Christopher Wickersham Interview: Historic Demolitions
Attorney Christopher Wickersham sat down with Stephen Dare to talk about the issue surrounding the devastating demolitions of historic properties by the City of Jacksonville. Procedures not followed, positions abused, money improperly used. Does the City have a prodigious problem on its hands? Find...
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Hogans Creek Wins Federal Funding Support
A community-based initiative to improve parks and waterways in Springfield and East Jacksonville will move forward after being named one of three cities to be supported by Groundwork USA and the National Park Service.
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Neighborhoods: San Jose's Skinner's Pasture
Metro Jacksonville takes a look into the development of an portion of San Jose that was known as Skinner's Pasture for most of the 20th Century.
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Murray Hill District Coming To Life
Murray Hill has recently been showing every sign of becoming the next cool district. Hip dining places, a creative community at work, young families moving into the historic homes, and a plethora of affordable storefronts ready for occupancy combined with an empowered group of young residents who are...
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Jacksonville's Next Historic District: Brooklyn?
One of Jacksonville's oldest African-American urban neighborhoods, Brooklyn was platted shortly after the Civil War by Miles Price, a Confederate veteran, in 1868. Unfortunately, with its buildings coming down one by one, it's slowly disappearing from existence. Now, if the Jacksonville Historic Commission...
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Before & After: San Marco Square's Balis Park
Metro Jacksonville takes a before and after look at the transformation of San Marco Square's Balis Park.
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Green Lion Festival at Aardwolf!
The Florida Chapter of the US Green Building Association is organizing a pretty amazing event designed to introduce people interested in a sustainable city---from building materials and techniques to food sources and energy independence---to each other. The Green Lion Festival is being hosted by Aardwolf...
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Made in Jacksonville: Beaver Street Fisheries, Inc.
West Beaver Street is a major economic center of activity in Jacksonville that most urban core advocates tend to overlook. In our desire to expose and promote this economic asset, here is a behind-the-scenes look at one of the corridor's major employers: Beaver Street Fisheries, Inc.
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