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Ruins of Jacksonville: The Florida Life Building
It has been called Jacksonville's purest statement of a "skyscraper" and was one of Jacksonville's earliest...
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Visions of Yesteryear: The 1971 Downtown Master Plan
Metro Jacksonville uncovers a futuristic plan that would bring a smile to the faces of George Jetson,...
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Lost Jacksonville: The Theater District
"It's not anything we need to get too upset about or cry over. It's just a function of the marketplace....
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Forgotten Proposals: The Jacksonville Quay
"The creation of the quayage would greatly improve the appearance of the waterfront in that area and...
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Sniffing Along The Jacksonville Waterfront
During the Summer of 1969, the following editorial by Malcolm Johnson was printed in the Tallahassee...
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Lost Jacksonville: Downtown's Jewish Enclave
Forced to live in tight communities in Europe, early Jewish immigrants established a similar tight knit...
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The Future They Foresaw, 1967. Suburbs, Office Parks
In the Fall of 1967, shortly after the passage of the Act of Consolidation, the following article was...
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The Future They Forsaw. Buses Until a Million Citizens
The following article, published in the Winter of 1967, describes the planning and opinions of Alan W....
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The Future They Foresaw: 1967. A Plea by Eve Heaney
In research on Jacksonville's History, the advocacy and writing of one visionary woman stands out vividly...
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Cooling "The Long Hot Era"
While the business leaders of the area were discussing the future of Jacksonville in Planning, this article...
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