Oral Explosion Coming to San Marco

[Metro Jacksonville]

Oral Explosion Coming to San Marco



The site of a former strip club is now on its way to becoming a stand-alone urban infill food court on San Marco Boulevard.

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[reednavy]

F*ck, here come the jokes to Jacksonville. 

[vicupstate]

Oral Explosion.... in a old strip club location.   I'm guessing they are seeking a male dominated consumer base??  It certainly takes 'have it your way' to a new level.

     

[copperfiend]

F*ck, here come the jokes to Jacksonville. 

Yeah, no kidding. How funny/ironic/embarassing.

[KenFSU]

Maybe they should develop a partnership with The Cummer?

 

[archiphreak]

The stripclub building was torn down and San Marco is now getting a genuine piece of Modern Architecture to brag about.  Instead of making moronic jokes why don't you all hail these young Architects for doing GOOD WORK in Jacksonville.  It is certainly few and far between enough to garner praise from every reasonably intelligent person in this city.  We bitch day in and day out about all the crappy design and short sited buildings that go up in this city at an alarming rate, and now when faced with a well designed, well thought, attractive infill for what was once one of the nastiest strip clubs in town, you crack jokes and say it's "embarrassing"?  WTF!!??

[fsujax]

I am happy to see this and I think the architecture is great. I wonder what types of fast food will be available? we need a McDonalds somewhere closer to the core than Emerson and I-95 or 8th St and I-95!

[Doctor_K]

Lighten up, Arch!  Lord knows we're all excited for something new and different, architecturally speaking, like this.   But you have to admit the best comedy is written in real life.  I'm pretty sure people aren't embarassed over the replacement of a strip club.  Sheesh.

On a different note, my first question is actually this:  What are the building's schematics in regard to setbacks, offering a more urbanesque versus suburban layout and design, and other such considerations?  Or any of the other things that are championed on this site?  

While Archiphreak makes a good point, are we cheering another piece of suburban/exurban commercial real estate, surrounded by parking lots and a half-mile away from the main thoroughfare?

[copperfiend]

The stripclub building was torn down and San Marco is now getting a genuine piece of Modern Architecture to brag about.  Instead of making moronic jokes why don't you all hail these young Architects for doing GOOD WORK in Jacksonville.  It is certainly few and far between enough to garner praise from every reasonably intelligent person in this city.  We bitch day in and day out about all the crappy design and short sited buildings that go up in this city at an alarming rate, and now when faced with a well designed, well thought, attractive infill for what was once one of the nastiest strip clubs in town, you crack jokes and say it's "embarrassing"?  WTF!!??

Maybe we just appreciate the irony more than you do. I doubt that many people who post on this site will have nothing but good things to say about this development.

[civil42806]

Maybe they should develop a partnership with The Cummer?

 

 

[wwanderlust]

The stripclub building was torn down and San Marco is now getting a genuine piece of Modern Architecture to brag about.  Instead of making moronic jokes why don't you all hail these young Architects for doing GOOD WORK in Jacksonville.  It is certainly few and far between enough to garner praise from every reasonably intelligent person in this city.  We bitch day in and day out about all the crappy design and short sited buildings that go up in this city at an alarming rate, and now when faced with a well designed, well thought, attractive infill for what was once one of the nastiest strip clubs in town, you crack jokes and say it's "embarrassing"?  WTF!!??

First, let me say that I agree with some of what you said. But I personally don't find this building well-designed, well-thought, or attractive.

I'll be the first to admit that such criticisms are a matter of taste and can't be quantified, so for those that think this is a good development...you're entitled to that opinion, and I can't say that you're right or wrong.

It just seems like a bland, generic box. Another example of the joyless, despotic approach to building design that seems to have taken this country by storm. (James Howard Kuntsler would call this a building "designed like a DVD player".)

[cline]

The stripclub building was torn down and San Marco is now getting a genuine piece of Modern Architecture to brag about.  Instead of making moronic jokes why don't you all hail these young Architects for doing GOOD WORK in Jacksonville.  It is certainly few and far between enough to garner praise from every reasonably intelligent person in this city.  We bitch day in and day out about all the crappy design and short sited buildings that go up in this city at an alarming rate, and now when faced with a well designed, well thought, attractive infill for what was once one of the nastiest strip clubs in town, you crack jokes and say it's "embarrassing"?  WTF!!??

While the building itself seems well done (architecturally speaking), the site design seems pretty poor.  Walls on most sides that do not allow for much street level interaction.  In a sense, it reminds me of the downtown library in which the building is a fantastic design by Robert A.M. Stern but, as has been mentioned on this site previously, the interactions the building has with the street leave a lot to be desired.  It could have been so much more.

That said, it's good to see some positive development in the area. 

[ChriswUfGator]

The stripclub building was torn down and San Marco is now getting a genuine piece of Modern Architecture to brag about.  Instead of making moronic jokes why don't you all hail these young Architects for doing GOOD WORK in Jacksonville.  It is certainly few and far between enough to garner praise from every reasonably intelligent person in this city.  We bitch day in and day out about all the crappy design and short sited buildings that go up in this city at an alarming rate, and now when faced with a well designed, well thought, attractive infill for what was once one of the nastiest strip clubs in town, you crack jokes and say it's "embarrassing"?  WTF!!??

Lol, lighten up. I'm sure the architects were paid well for their work, and I doubt they're relying on praise from us to prevent them from taking their pencil and drafting paper and crying all the way home.

And anytime someone names a place "Oral Explosion", they're literally ASKING for people to crack jokes. I'm 110% sure it's part of their business plan. When someone says "Hey, have you heard about this new place...ORAL EXPLOSION...bahahaha", then guess what? You've just heard about the place, and it cost the owner $0 in advertising dollars to spread the word. Us talking and cracking jokes is exactly what they hope they will occur.

[stug]

Google oral explosions and you'll find that oralexplosions.com is a porn website, FYI.

So, archiphreak, are people still moronic for acknowledging the obvious innuendo?

[thelakelander]

On a different note, my first question is actually this:  What are the building's schematics in regard to setbacks, offering a more urbanesque versus suburban layout and design, and other such considerations?  Or any of the other things that are championed on this site?  

While Archiphreak makes a good point, are we cheering another piece of suburban/exurban commercial real estate, surrounded by parking lots and a half-mile away from the main thoroughfare?

The difference is the design of the building and it's layout on the site.

1. There is no setback between the building and the sidewalk along San Marco Blvd.

2. Parking will be available behind in the rear of the building.

3. Existing parallel parking spaces in front of the building will be retained.

4. Although the site is small, the building's large glass windows help expose what's happening on the inside, with the adjacent area (embraces the sidewalk and pass by traffic, as opposed to being a blank wall).

5. The design is also flexible.  In the event that every single restaurant fails, this structure could easily be converted into an office building.  This would not be so, if the common dining area happened to be outside.

If the average Jacksonville development incorporated most of these principles, Jacksonville would be a walkable city.