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Thursday, 05 April 2007

The Downtown Art Walk, which is held the first Wednesday of each month, had a strong turnout. Despite this strong showing, Tony Allegretti was expecting 50,000 people and a few celebrities, so he must be a little disappointed right now. Maybe next month... 









































































Photos by Daniel Herbin 

 
 
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>> 13 Comments
g-money
April 5, 2007, 8:16 am
cops

those cops look ULTRA friendly   Smiley
hightowerlover
April 5, 2007, 8:21 am


awesome turnout.  its amazing the draw that art walk is getting.  it really transforms the urban core.
dj
April 5, 2007, 8:58 am
people will come

If there are unique things to do Downtown people will come!! They will find ways to park and owners of garages will open the gates and make money off of it.  This is why I believe if we have destination stores, movie theatres Downtown people would come.
downtownparks
April 5, 2007, 9:59 am


haven't you heard St Johns Towncenter is the new downtown?
thelakelander
April 5, 2007, 10:05 am
attracting the destinations

The problem is you can't get the movie theaters and destination stores down there without addressing the parking, signage and demographic situation.  Those things are apart of their business model.  
Adam B
April 5, 2007, 10:35 am
IF there are unique things?

what are you talking about?  JMOCA, Chew, the library, tiara, TSI, boomtown, marks, the london bridge, burrito gallery, and i'm sure i'm missing some.
dj
April 5, 2007, 1:23 pm


I know there are many unique things, but I am saying places that draw large crowds on a continous basis from outside of the immediate surronding area.  Trust me I visit those places that you mentioned like Burrito Gallery quite often.  
Jason
April 5, 2007, 1:51 pm


Those twins look great!
ben
April 5, 2007, 3:31 pm
wow

i can see it's been a while since i've been down to the art walk, or in my case, beer sit at the london bridge...great turn out!
Liz Knight
April 10, 2007, 10:30 am


You go Celeste!
jingle
May 6, 2007, 2:24 pm


The Kevin Hindes Trio was off the chain! Radical!
ProjectMaximus
September 27, 2008, 2:32 am
Re:

Quote from: Jason on April 05, 2007, 01:51:26 PM
Those twins look great!

LOL. I didn't know there were young people in Jax who looked like that.

btw, is Art Walk still this successful?
BridgeTroll
September 27, 2008, 2:52 pm
Re: First Wednesday Art Walk Photo Tour: April Edition

Yes!  We have one coming up soon.  With the cooler weather I expect big crowds... Smiley
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