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Metro Jacksonville highlights the rise and fall of downtown Jacksonville's Big Store: May-Cohens.
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A look inside what may be the most historically significant corner in downtown Jacksonville: The endangered...
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The Ambassador Hotel originally opened in 1924 as 310 West Church Street Apartments, the first upscale...
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Not all development announcements are made with the intention of actually constructing a real building....
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Metro Jacksonville takes an inside look of two downtown buildings the Jacksonville Historical Society...
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Advocates for prohibition thought that once liquor licenses were revoked, reform organizations and churches...
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In an effort to promote the preservation of Jacksonville's historic Ford Motor Company assembly plant...
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In every vibrant urban community you'll find a vibrant public space, and Jacksonville's Sugar Hill was...
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If not for the untimely death of Henry Innes, Jacksonville could have blossomed as a major southern automobile...
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A look inside the remains of what was once billed as Florida's fastest-loaded phosphate rock terminal:...
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Now occupied by the DeLoach Furniture Company, the Richmond Hotel is one of a handful of historically...
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Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch was one of the most passionate attendees of the historic National Conference...
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Metro Jacksonville revisits a long-lost retail landmark downtown and ponders what it will take for downtown...
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In the first half of the 20th century, the area that is known as East Bay Street today, was almost wholly...
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The 1890's saw the birth of a unique experience - the "Trolley Park". Every city worth its salt had...
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