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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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Metro Jacksonville takes a look into the past of the federal courthouse's underutilized public plaza:...
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In the Fall of 1967, shortly after the passage of the Act of Consolidation, the following article was...
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Now the epicenter of Five Point's retransformation into a vibrant mixed-use community, the corner of...
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The Jacksonville Maritime Museum Society is a non-profit and educational association that collects books,...
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Metro Jacksonville takes a look into the past of downtown's blighted surface parking lots: The Cunningham...
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Metro Jacksonville takes a look into the past of one of downtown's most blighted sore spots: The former...
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The title of tallest building in Florida changed hands twelve times over the past 100 years. Of the...
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Metro Jacksonville takes a look at what was Florida's largest commercial hotel at the time of its opening...
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