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(KBJ) Keeping Back Jacksonville: Before and After
Its been a few months since KBJ architects destroyed the First Baptist Church. Metro Jacksonville takes a look at the past and exposes what the site looks like today.
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Where's Ours?
No matter the size, both big and small, cities across America are finding ways to bring signage to the streets of downtown. What's up with us?
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Five Cheap Things to Help Fix Downtown
When city officials get together to talk downtown revitalization, they usually come up with big dollar projects such as convention centers, pocket parks, and shopping malls. The topics de jour for downtown are generally projects that look good at a press conference and give the appearance that real...
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Peytons Pocket Park Disaster
Seventeen months ago, Metro Jacksonville began warning the Mayor's office that their plan for a pocket park on Main Street was not well thought out and had several serious design flaws that would impede its success. The mayor himself vowed to look into the issue to determine if our concerns held...
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Trouble on Laura Street
This sign was posted on Laura Street, directly across from the La Cena Restaurant.
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Northbank Riverwalk gets a Sponsor
CSX Corporation, one of Jacksonville's Fortune 500 companies, has sponsored informational plaques for the Northbank Riverwalk.
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Free me Hionedes!
What lies behind the facade of this Hionedes owned building at 125 S. Market Street?
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Where are they and what do they have in common?
Where are these locations, and what do they have in common?
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LaVilla's Two Million Dollar Homeless Camp
Four years after $2 million in incentives were approved for its construction, the Sax Seafood Bar Grill in LaVilla sits unfinished and occupied by the homeless.
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Insights Into A Lively Downtown
Kirk Westphal, a recent graduate of the University of Michigan's Master of Urban Planning program, examines what makes a downtown district appealing in this 19-minute documentary.
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