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Author Topic: Metro Jacksonville pushes FDOT for signage, COJ Stalls  (Read 2089 times)
thelakelander
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« Reply #15 on: August 09, 2008, 09:54:25 PM »

JEDC/City.  This is something they are supposed to be working on replacing, according to the JEDC's new Downtown Action Plan.
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« Reply #16 on: August 09, 2008, 10:15:38 PM »

Along with wayfinding signs for pedestrians and lighting Laura?
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« Reply #17 on: August 09, 2008, 10:47:33 PM »

The purple signs are considered wayfaring signage.  However, from what I understand the Laura Street work will be a separate project.
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« Reply #18 on: August 10, 2008, 12:55:31 AM »

Steve Congro is a genius...those signs should have been changed before 2004, I worked downtown for AOL during the superbowl week, and many people were lost on Ocean looking for Main Street trying to get to Bay Street. It makes sense now why they were lost.

Related downtown signage question - why are the illuminated purple signs allowed to fade to unreadability?  Is this JEDC? DVI? City? State?

Good question, especially since the Coliseum & Gator Bowl are no longer around, some signs still say they are. If you are from Jacksonville you know what the Gator Bowl is, but if you from the ACC it can be confusing. Talleyrand had a lot of old signs as well.

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« Reply #19 on: August 10, 2008, 10:24:18 AM »

JTB, err, J. Turner Butler, uhh, SR 202, ahem, JT Butler, hick, Butler Blvd... Is in the same shape both on Phillips, 95 and EVERY OTHER sign. Can't we just settle for one name?

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« Reply #20 on: August 10, 2008, 10:26:53 AM »


The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, parent road of todays CSX, used a "Purple - Silver - Gold" color scheme, it was abandoned in the mid 1950's for Black - White and Yellow, as there was no way to keep the purple from fading. I would think that wouldn't be such a problem today, but guess there is just something about purple...

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« Reply #21 on: August 10, 2008, 01:08:15 PM »

JTB, err, J. Turner Butler, uhh, SR 202, ahem, JT Butler, hick, Butler Blvd... Is in the same shape both on Phillips, 95 and EVERY OTHER sign. Can't we just settle for one name?

OCKLAWAHA

Pssst ... Ock ... there's only one "L" in Philips ...
And was that "hick" a comment on our lack of urbanity?
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« Reply #22 on: August 10, 2008, 01:37:55 PM »

HA! HA! one too many SOCO's  POWER LUNCHIE...

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« Reply #23 on: August 11, 2008, 12:33:25 AM »

Wow!  This should be an easy for the problem for the city to correct.  I guess they are stumbling over all the layers of beaucracy.  I moved downtown in June.  I recently parked at 1:30 p.m. to grab some wings and pizza from a local restraurant on Julia St.  I went into the restaurant to get change.  I had to wait behind two customers to get change.  I had to wait 3-5 minutes max.  I received a parking ticket.  So for the Wednesday Art Walk to avoid parkng I decided to ride my bike and park it at Hemming Plaza.  It was stolen  I originally paid $1,000 for the bike in 2001 and never locked it when shopping in Baymeadows.  It's probably only worth several hundred dollars now.   While filing the police report several drunk homeless guys approached the cop yelling.  He was professional and politely told them to move on.  I've heard quite a few people on this blog complain about St. Johns Town Center.     
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« Reply #24 on: August 11, 2008, 12:49:29 AM »

I think SJTC is a plus for the Jacksonville metro area even if it doesn't directly benefit the downtown core currently
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« Reply #25 on: August 11, 2008, 07:15:34 AM »

Wow!  This should be an easy for the problem for the city to correct.  I guess they are stumbling over all the layers of beaucracy.  I moved downtown in June.  I recently parked at 1:30 p.m. to grab some wings and pizza from a local restraurant on Julia St.  I went into the restaurant to get change.  I had to wait behind two customers to get change.  I had to wait 3-5 minutes max.  I received a parking ticket.  So for the Wednesday Art Walk to avoid parkng I decided to ride my bike and park it at Hemming Plaza.  It was stolen  I originally paid $1,000 for the bike in 2001 and never locked it when shopping in Baymeadows.  It's probably only worth several hundred dollars now.   While filing the police report several drunk homeless guys approached the cop yelling.  He was professional and politely told them to move on.  I've heard quite a few people on this blog complain about St. Johns Town Center.     

I've parked in front of the same pizza place many times between 5:30 and 6:00pm....and have yet to get a ticket!
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