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Latest Neighborhoods articles from Jacksonville, FL
The Evolution of the Arlington Expressway
The Arlington Expressway served as a key component of local post World War II infrastructure investments that forever altered the growth patterns of Jacksonville. Today, Metro Jacksonville's Ennis Davis takes a look at the expressway's life as Jacksonville's first major suburban commercial corridor.
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Preservation Prevails by Nicole Lopez
It has been over a year since a historic home in Springfield has been demolished, and the turn of the New Year marked 2012 as the first year since designation without a single demolition. That last statement needs to be repeated: 2012 is the first year without a single demolition in Springfield since...
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RiverTown, "Bustin' at the Seams."
Having sat through several years of inactivity, RiverTown is suddenly bursting from it's boundaries in a rapid and rather massive building boom. Metro Jacksonville's Robert Mann provides us with a visual tour of St. Johns County's RiverTown
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The Cummer's Olmsted Garden Restoration Underway
For the past 50 years, the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens has been committed to engaging and inspiring through the arts, gardens and education in Jacksonville. With a permanent collection of nearly 5,000 objects and historic gardens on a riverfront campus attracting 130,000 annual, the museum is moving...
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Walkable Districts: Edison Avenue
While much of the focus in our city is on downtown revitalization, Jacksonville's urban core and inner-ring suburbs are home to a number of long-overlooked, historic, walkable commercial districts. In our effort to promote better use of existing assets in our communities - which will facilitate sustainable...
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A Public Square for San Marco
Metro Jacksonville shares renderings of a project that will anchor the heart of San Marco Square: The expansion of Balis Park.
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Above Jacksonville's Southside
Given the opportunity to participate in a recent missionary trip flight out of Craig Airport, Metro Jacksonville's Ennis Davis shares views of Jacksonville's Southside and a few other places from 3,000 feet above.
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Change Coming To MLK Parkway?
Metro Jacksonville highlights the Florida Department of Transportation's plans to modify access to and from the MLK Parkway at Pearl, Main, and Liberty Streets.
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Exposing Jacksonville's "Phoenix"
Outside of downtown Jacksonville, when one mentions urban neighborhoods, the names of Riverside/Avondale, San Marco, and Springfield come to mind. However, Jacksonville is a city blessed to have several historical communities just as impressive and walkable in their own right. Just east of Springfield...
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Large scale development and Riverside/Avondale
Riverside/Avondale Preservation explains what large scale development means for their neighborhood and shares their view on Mellow Mushroom's plans for a new location on St. Johns Avenue.
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