Urban Core Construction Update - February 2010

[Metro Jacksonville]

Urban Core Construction Update - February 2010



A look at the status of various projects under construction in and around Downtown Jacksonville during the month of February.

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http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2010-feb-urban-core-construction-update-february-2010

[archiphreak]

I drive by the courthouse every day on my way into work from Riverside.  It's coming along nicely.  Hopefully it will spur on private projects in that area and get the downtown moving in the right direction.  It's nice to see a couple of new businesses already springing up.
San Marco is in need of some help, so I'm happy to see some new blood being pumped into that area. 
Being a 5 Points resident, I'm tickled friggin PINK about Lomax Lounge opening soon.  5 Points to me is the ultimate urban pedestrian center and a new watering hole is always welcome.  Now if we just had more places to eat like O'Brothers and Mossfire.
Great job.  Awesome update.  Seems Jax is chugging along ok even these days.  Though, with all these smaller projects, I wonder, who's doing the bulk of the design work these days?

[tufsu1]

looks like there might be a the tree on the roof of the new courthouse in one of the bridge renderings....maybe they are planning a rooftop garden (or smoker's porch) on top of the 2-story bump out area.

[fieldafm]

Does anyone know what restaurant is going in at Julia and Forsyth?

I peaked in the window at the new Lomax Lodge last night(they had curtains up over the windows), looks like it will be pretty cool inside.

[Lucasjj]

I was walking by 925 King St (The Loft?) and the bar they are building in there is huge. It is oval shape and cetered in the area. I talked to one of the workers, but he said they didn't really have the time frame for opening yet. I was told that the same person as who owns Walkers was opening it, but I am not sure on that.

[jason_contentdg]

^ pretty sure that is the case....he's quite the developer it seems.

[stjr]

That wall down the side of the courthouse, which we will get to stare at for the next 50+ years, on Pearl Street should do wonders for making Pearl Street pedestrian friendly.    And, we wonder why Downtown struggles for revival?  The Courthouse will be an island unto itself Downtown and kill off a huge section for a very long time. Thanks City of Jax for shooting ourselves in the foot once again.  

Glad to see a restaurant at the Farmers Market.  Since moving into its new digs a few years ago, it has been continuously upgraded.  Good for Jax and good for the area.

[jason_contentdg]

^Ah, c'mon that's going to be a nice wall with a few wheatpasted art pieces and some graffiti.

[fsujax]

I noticed that wall too. It can't be for real!

[tufsu1]

The Courthouse will be an island unto itself Downtown and kill off a huge section for a very long time.

please explain...how could it be worse than that area is now?

[stjr]

The Courthouse will be an island unto itself Downtown and kill off a huge section for a very long time.

please explain...how could it be worse than that area is now?

This is not the issue, Tufsu.  The area as it is now was also created by misguided policies.  The issue is what it COULD BE.  With your approach, we are setting our sights way too low - business as usual in Jax.

Do we want to be first class or third class?  I want first class but I guess you are willing to settle for third.  Don't worry, you are clearly winning out based on projects like this.  And, that was my point to begin with.

[Captain Zissou]

That wall is on the Old Federal Courthouse side.  Why is the wall not already there, is that building not occupied.  It seems to me that if they have a raised crosswalk, they're pretty secure as is.  I do like the crosswalk, it kind of unifies the complex.

[Ethylene]

How 'bout another JAGS mural, if they hurry!

[JeffreyS]

Look it is a suburban campus in our urban center but it is too late to change that.

[fsu813]

Hope the glass windows in the Court House's predestrain bridge are bullet proof......that was the whole point of the bridge, right?