Towering 100 feet above First & Main, the Subtropical Exposition opened in 1888 to lure tourism to Jacksonville.

Today, the majority of Jacksonville's water based industry is located north of the Hart Bridge.  During the mid 20th century, the downtown riverfront resembled cities like San Francisco, Seattle, San Deigo and New York City.  A bustling district filled with wharfs, seafood markets, shipyards, and wholesale water-based industry.

Fifty years ago, the Northbank streetscene was quite different from what one would experience today.  During the 1950's Downtown Jacksonville was the epicenter of life on the First Coast.

From the exterior, the old Southside Hardware building may be the most modest building on this stretch of Kings Ave. Despite its humble exterior, this building has been given a new life by marketing firm Burdette Ketchum, which wanted a unique building that could suit their needs.

The title of tallest building in Florida changed hands twelve times over the past 100 years.  Of the 13 buildings to hold the title, 6 of them are in Jacksonville.  Today, Metro Jacksonville takes a look at Florida's Tallest Buildings throughout more than a century.

Situated on the northern tip of Fort George Island and maintained by the National Park Service, Kingsley Plantation is the oldest plantation house standing in Florida.

MetroJacksonville has confirmed that a historic New York City subway car has been discovered in the Springfield neighborhood.

Metro Jacksonville takes a look inside of one of the urban core's largest industrial ruins: The Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant.

Metro Jacksonville has confirmed that the passenger tunnels at Union Station, thought to be filled in years ago, are still intact. These tunnels were built to bring passengers safely under the platforms to board trains on far tracks.

1926 may have been the greatest year in Downtown Jacksonville's history.  It was known as the "Year of the Skyscraper" with seven buildings of ten stories or more under construction at the same time.