Print ArticleThe 1970s weren't the best era for America's cities and the scene in Jacksonville was not an exception. Outside of downtown, unpaved streets, industrial blight, overgrown lots, unchecked sprawl and declining established neighborhoods were quite the norm. Here's a look at the not-so-glamourous side of Jacksonville's past.
21. Beach at Emerson Street Expressway
22. Ocean and Forsyth in Downtown
23. Hogans Creek between Springfield and Sugar Hill
24. San Jose Boulevard
25. A study from 1970 on improving the Phoenix neighborhood. Still waiting 45 years later for implementation....
26. Aerial of NE section of Springfield Historic District
27. The new 20th Street Expressway at Liberty Street in New Springfield
28. Springfield railyard between Springfield and Phoenix
29. Map showing urban core and suburbs in 1970.
30. Incompatible land uses were the norm for working class Jacksonville neighborhoods.
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