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Evans Rendezvous Club
Located in American Beach, Evans Rendezvous was a jazz club that once hosted famed musicans such as Louis Armstrong and Ray Charles. According to a 1998 Florida Times-Union article, the Trust for Public Land's future plans for the site involve restoring the long-abandoned structure and converting it into a museum centering on the club's heyday in the 1940s and '50s.
Source: http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/091308/nen_331224237.shtml
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simms3
December 13, 2011, 07:58:39 AMThese are great photos. I love it!
Tacachale
December 13, 2011, 08:55:39 AMWow, fantastic photos. Metro Jacksonville could do a whole story on North Florida's black beaches, American, Manhattan, Butler... in fact, you should!
thelakelander
December 13, 2011, 09:01:18 AMWe just might. I'll have to put that topic in the research pipeline. Somebody needs to better expose Jacksonville's rich black history.
Ernest Street
December 13, 2011, 09:24:29 AMGreat pics Nomeus! Is the Huge 50' tall wandering dune still moving around the buildings?
That was a sight in itself.
Wacca Pilatka
December 13, 2011, 09:53:18 AMThis reminds me that I need to get a copy of the book about American Beach that the Historical Society sells.
grimss
December 13, 2011, 10:03:37 AMWacca Pilatka, you can snag one at the Gingerbread Extravaganza at Old St. Andrews. JHS is operating a book store/gift shop as part of this holiday event, which takes place through Dec. 22, 11 am to 5 pm, Monday through Saturday.
Wacca Pilatka
December 13, 2011, 10:25:26 AMI'll have to mail order it since I live in Virginia. I was at the Extravaganza last week when I came down for a Jaguar game, but neglected to buy the book that day. Thanks!
duvaldude08
December 13, 2011, 10:49:32 AMOmg. It is amazing that all that old stuff is still in there!! That is freaky!! So much history
nomeus
December 13, 2011, 01:33:43 PMThis is great....I never knew all of this history on it!
hooplady
December 13, 2011, 03:20:25 PMErnest Street
December 13, 2011, 04:30:25 PMShe thought it was something more than a dune as it strayed around the inner areas instead of being on the beach side.
It occasionally took over parking lots and annoyed those that didn't understand.
She was very protective of "Nana"
I never met MaVynee but chatted with someone about her after I was spotted gawking at the dune.
JeffreyS
December 13, 2011, 04:59:02 PMGood article.
JaxNative68
December 13, 2011, 05:13:59 PMI never knew pic-nicing was a hyphenated word. Or is there a subtext meaning to way it has been spelled that I am missing?
nomeus
December 13, 2011, 05:37:04 PMDepends on the writer at the time. Im sure its not proper but you never know.
1846
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/1356/The_Pic-Nic
I-10east
December 13, 2011, 07:32:08 PMRemember though, The Jax area 'supposedly' doesn't have any culture; I SMH when misinformed people make statements like that.
stephendare
December 13, 2011, 08:21:37 PM+1
hooplady
December 13, 2011, 08:28:56 PMAs far as culture goes, I always tell newcomers that Jacksonville has all the things that any bigger city has, you just have to dig a little deeper to find them.
Ernest Street
December 13, 2011, 09:55:02 PMSo..who is mis-informed?
JaxNative68
December 14, 2011, 08:46:44 AMApparently the are very petty, insecure and childish as well.
I'm sorry you don't have a sense of humor. Life is more enjoyable and easier to make it through without horse blinders on.
Divide that by 9 please.
I-10east
December 14, 2011, 09:35:06 AM^^^So you thought that I was taking a shot at you from that other thread. Note that on the other thread, I clearly acknowledged that you were speaking from a 'snobbish big city guy's perspective', and NOT your own. Did I say that you were the misinformed person? No. You act as if that was the first time I heard someone say 'Jax has no culture'. I'm sorry that I don't find erroneously lambasting my city humorous; Join the national media circus if you do. I'm not the one that's being childish here; Holding a 'grudge' that never was.
JaxNative68
December 14, 2011, 09:43:58 AM^ "that's a shot John" - SuzynWaldman
I-10east
December 14, 2011, 09:57:04 AMI'm a pretty straight foward person, and unlike alot of people on MJ, not afraid to admit when I'm wrong about something. If that was a shot, straight up I would have said 'I SMH when misimformed people like Jax Native68 says things like that'. Maybe I should have waited two years to post just so you wouldn't think that I was taking a shot at you. Geez, unbelieveable.
JaxNative68
December 14, 2011, 10:21:36 AMSorry, I wasn't serious and was using a New York reference in very tongue in cheek way since the "proven" spelling of 'pic-nic' was from Brooklyn... and it has been established that the south has been deemed a culturally inept place... geez... double unbelievable.
I-10east
December 14, 2011, 10:37:26 AM^^^Oh, I gotcha I admit, that's some pretty clever psychology that you were using; My 'sarcasm filter' is off. That's a very obscure reference, and I didn't know who Suzyn was, so I wiki'd her, and she's an announcer who works for the Yankees along with John Sterling; I'm originally from NY and I didn't know who she was; I'm more of a Mets guy myself. Seriously, can we please end this pissing contest that never should have been?
JaxNative68
December 14, 2011, 10:46:51 AMPissing? Who's pissing? I'm not. And I didn't realize you were... wait a minute, Did you get my wet?
Timkin
December 14, 2011, 12:42:29 PMnomeus
December 14, 2011, 02:44:40 PMSure seems to be a lot of drama over something that has nothing to do with this article. But what do I know, I'm just the new kid on the block. Can't we all just get along?
Ernest Street
December 14, 2011, 08:41:54 PMnomeus, I don't remember what parking lot I was in when I was looking at "Nana" (The 60' wandering dune)
but someone came over and chatted with me about the beach lady..7 Foot DreadLock bundle!
It was about 2002- 2003.
Here's a link..... www.nowhereathens.com/beachladynew.html
Timkin
December 14, 2011, 09:46:37 PM+1
JaxNative68
December 14, 2011, 11:42:59 PM+2... even with shoes smelling of urine.
JaxNative68
December 14, 2011, 11:55:15 PMand yes Rodney King, we all can get along... just as soon as...
nomeus
December 15, 2011, 12:46:26 AM