Saturday, November 7, 2009
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
 

Neighborhoods


The Underappreciated Side of Springfield

The Springfield Historic District is well know for its diverse mix of single family residential structures. However, it can be argued that the mix of non single family building fabric gives the district...
Full Story »  Comments »

 Latest Neighborhood Discussion

» Gathering Information for Probable Cause Against Your Neighb... - 6 minutes ago
» The Underappreciated Side of Springfield - 17 minutes ago
» Springfield Community Meeting - 11/05 @ 7pm - 2 hours ago
» DT roads going to two-way - 2 hours ago
» Top 10 Things to Make DOWN-town a BOOM-town - 2 hours ago
» New Convenience Store - 2 hours ago
» List of "special Uses" in Springfield. (Rooming Houses too!) - 3 hours ago
» Panera Bread in San Marco to close - 5 hours ago

 More Features

The Northbank is Still Alive

With an impressive mix of old and new pedestrian scale architecture and streetscapes, Jacksonville's...
Full Story »  Comments »

Urban Neighborhoods: Fletcher Park

Now fully integrated into San Marco, the neighborhood of Fletcher Park is one of Jacksonville's early...
Full Story »  Comments »

Neighborhoods: Clifton

Despite being in existence for 136 years and in close proximity to downtown, Clifton remains an isolated...
Full Story »  Comments »

A Walk Down Herschel Street

The commercial strip along Herschel developed as a result of the streetcar line that was extended through...
Full Story »  Comments »

Urban Neighborhoods: Five Points

In the 1920's, Five Points began as a commercial district catering to the rapidly growing residential...
Full Story »  Comments »

Neighborhoods: Monterey

Metro Jacksonville takes a look at Arlington's Monterey.
Full Story »  Comments »

Jacksonville Beach: Summer of '09

A look at one of Jacksonville's most vibrant areas for entertainment, people watching, cycling and walkability;...
Full Story »  Comments »

Downtown Jacksonville to get Wayfinding Signage?

Over the past three years, Metro Jacksonvlle has pushed for better signage downtown, particularly in...
Full Story »  Comments »

Urban Neighborhoods: Woodstock & Allendale

Surrounded by several rail yards, Woodstock was platted in 1917. Throughout the neighborhood's history,...
Full Story »  Comments »


 1 2 3 4 5 6 >  Last ›





Metro Jacksonville on Facebook

Must Read from around the web


New JTA Bus Stops signs jaxdailyrecord.com - New JTA bus signs, like this one on Newnan Street across from the Yates Building, have started popping up at stations Downtown.

Panera Bread in San Marco to close jacksonville.bizjournals.com - The Panera Bread restaurant in San Marco is scheduled to close in December.

Florida's 11% unemployment is a 24-year high jacksonville.bizjournals.com - Florida's unemployment rate hit 11 percent in September, a level not seen since October 1975. The state's unemployment rate was up 0.2 percentage points from August, according to the Florida…

Future of Sunset Limited train service through Jacksonville unclear jacksonville.com - Until 2005 the Sunset Limited ran from Orlando to Los Angeles going through Jacksonville. But service from here died when Hurricane Katrina decimated the Gulf Coast in August 2005 and…

City Council Amends Sign Ordinance to Allow for Bus Shelters urbanjacksonville.info - This morning on First Coast Connect at 9:00 we'll be discussing the City Council's decision to allow the JTA to hire an independent company to build dozens of bus shelters…

Florida East Coast will roll out AMTRAK in 2.6 Years jacksonvilletransit.blogspot.com - 1968, it was an overcast afternoon when train number 2, The Florida East Coast Local to Jacksonville, whistled through St. Augustine, for the last time.

Urban Jacksonville Wins Best Jacksonville Blog urbanjacksonville.info - For the third year in a row Urban Jacksonville was nominated by Folio readers as Best Blog in Jacksonville. It's an awesome honor and I'd like to thank everyone who…

Placement of bus shelters stirs debate through Jacksonville jacksonville.com - In the half-shade of a droopy palm tree, Kise Jones did his best to stay comfortable and patient as he waited for the bus Sunday afternoon in downtown Jacksonville.

Urban Jacksonville Weekly #35 urbanjacksonville.info - Taverna in San Marco and Farm to Table Tour

JEDC to amend Downtown historic restoration agreement, restart project jaxdailyrecord.com - An agreement approved by City Council five years ago to grant $400,000 from the Historic Preservation Trust Fund to rehabilitate a building on West Adams Street got some new life…




Follow us on the web!


Facebook Twitter Youtube Delicious Flickr RSS