Print ArticleWhile there has been difficulty in forcing an arts district to materialize in Downtown Jacksonville, another real one continues to grow two miles away. This photo tour captures various shares sights and scenes from Riverside's expanding CoRK Arts District.
King Street Studios & Gallery
60 years ago, King Street between the railroad tracks and Edison Street was a different environment with products such as ice cream, milk and furniture being produced in its warehouses. During this era, 600 King Street was the home of the Jax Skating Rink. After the roller rink closed, the building housed the now defunct Duval News Company's printing plant for several years. Since the 2008 opening of Bold City Brewery on Rosselle Street, this district has been reborn as a brewing and arts district. Following the heels of CoRK's recent expansion, the former staking rink will become the new location of the King Street Studios & Gallery (KSS&G).
KSS&G offers an opportunity for artists of all skill levels to be immersed in art and allow their creative juices to flow. Classes are offered in blacksmithing, metal jewelry arts, bead looming, pottery, silkscreen, african drumming, middle eastern drumming, sewing and soon alternative photo processing.
646 King Street
Thomas Beverages bottled soft drinks in this building between 1933 and 1946, when the facility was purchased and taken over by Pepsi-Cola. Pepsi-Cola operated this warehouse as a bottling plant until 1957. After Pepsi moved on, the building was operated as a cold storage warehouse by the Deal-Warren Refrigeration Company. Today, the former Pepsi-Cola plant is home to Flaire Antiques and EverVess Arts Studio.
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