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Springfield Chicken Run! Cudd Frees Avian Detainees
When Max Cudd watched the round up of local neighborhood chickens by a dozen poultry police in four trucks, he was concerned enough to fight back. He opened the cages to release the pent up chickens. Some escaped. He didn't. He was fined $500.00 for his interference. The ornamental chickens and...
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Lilliputian Railroads of Northeast Florida
The largely unknown railroads of the Northeast Florida Live Steamers & Railroaders, Inc. All Aboard the West Tocoi & Bostwick Railroad.
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Urban Neighborhoods: Murray Hill
Metro Jacksonville explores a city that was annexed into Jacksonville in 1925: Murray Hill.
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Suburban Jacksonville: Ortega Forest
Metro Jacksonville explores the modern version of the Isle of Ortega: Ortega Forest.
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Old Ortega Historic District
Metro Jacksonville explores a neighborhood that was designed by prominent architect, Henry J. Klutho and recently designated as Jacksonville's third nationally recognized historic district: Old Ortega.
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Suburban Jacksonville: Exploring Cedar Hills
Cedar Hills is a unique neighborhood that was developed during Jacksonville's transition from an urban to a suburban dominated community 60 years ago.
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New Projects, Venues Make A King Street District.
Following a decades long process of slowly implemented improvements along King Street, the area has been undergoing a water change. Now a set of new establishments catering to Nightlife have created a niche cluster that has jumpstarted the onetime seedy little district's life signs and created a buzz...
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Urban Neighborhoods: The Historic Downtown Core
The preservation of historic building fabric is essential to understanding our community's heritage, smart growth, and community walkability. With this in mind, Metro Jacksonville takes a look at the city's most unique historic environment: The walkable Downtown Core.
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RiverTown Development Slowed by Recession
While the struggles of the urban core usually garner the most attention, a trip to Northern St. Johns County shows that the suburbs may have significant worries of their own.
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Edward Waters College
Anchoring Mid-Westside, Edward Waters College was founded in 1866 to educate freed former slaves and is the oldest black college in Florida.
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