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Urban Parks: Veterans Memorial Wall
The Veterans Memorial Wall is located at 1145 East Adams Street, adjacent to the Jacksonville Municipal Stadium. The quarter-million dollar monument was dedicated in November 1995 and serves as an inspiring tribute to more than 1,500 area war heroes who died defending our nation.
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Brooklyn: Downtown's Final Frontier
Characterized by narrow gridded streets, Brooklyn was platted shortly after the Civil War by Miles Price, a Confederate veteran, in 1868. Although the neighborhood carries a Northern name, the east/west streets are named after Confederate generals. The north/south streets were originally named after...
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Urban Parks: Northbank Riverwalk
The ever expanding Northbank Riverwalk is one of the most popular and well-used attractions in Downtown Jacksonville. The 2 mile greenway connects Riverside with Downtown.
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A Day at the Jacksonville Farmer's Market
Nearly two years after Metro Jacksonville pushed to move this local institution downtown, The Jacksonville Farmer's Market continues to remain one of the urban core's most popular destinations.
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Urban Parks: Cancer Survivor`s Park
Featuring scale replicas of each of Jacksonville's beautiful bridges spanning a pond shaped like the St. Johns River, Cancer Survivor's Park is truly a beautiful and inspirational part of Downtown Jacksonville.
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Downtown Holiday Window Displays 2008
The City of Jacksonville has revived a wonderful tradition in downtown Jacksonville with holiday window displays for the 2008 season. Downtown storefront windows come alive with festively-decorated holiday scenes created by local artists, designers and businesses.Displays can been seen on Laura, Adams,...
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Urban Parks: Willowbranch Park
Located at 2870 Sydney Street, Willowbranch Park provides Riverside residents with 17 acres of passive and recreational public space.
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Urban Parks: The Landing Courtyard
Although Hemming Plaza is Downtown Jacksonville's historic public square, the Jacksonville Landing's courtyard has become downtown's most popular public space.
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Kings Avenue: The Importance of Rehabilitating Buildings
When you travel to a city, you don't want to go to that place out on the expressway interchange. You want to go to the center of town to see how it emerged. There, you'll find your most interesting buildings. If the city had any long-range vision for itself, it embraced these old places and continued...
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Paddling up Hogans Creek
Hogans run may be tiny, but encased in an urban jungle, it is an oasis of peace.
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