Print ArticleMetro Jacksonville takes a look at an emerging neighborhood in Atlanta that has a lot in common with several blighted areas of Jacksonville: The Marietta Street Artery
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Examples of urban Jacksonville districts similar in scale, density and age of Atlanta's Marietta Street Artery:
Springfield Warehouse District
The Studebaker Corporation in 1926. Courtesy of the Telfair Stockton & Company industrial advertisement.
Myrtle Avenue Warehouse District
Inside the Moore Dry Kiln Company in 1965.
Beaver Street
Looking west down Beaver Street near the intersection with King Street in 1953.
Dennis Street Warehouse District
Lost:
Railroad Row
Looking west down Bay Street at the intersection with Bridge Street.
East Bay Street
The J.G. Christopher Company building on East Bay Street in 1939. Today, this is the location of Berkman Plaza.
Article by Ennis Davis, AICP. Contact Ennis at edavis@moderncities.com
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