Just envision how nice the Edgewood corridor will look in 15 years when the magnolias have matured, creating a canopy so impenetrable that there will be no sunlight or grass beneath. IMO the trees that they just planted a few months ago was total overkill.
IMO, the tree canopy is what separates Jacksonville from the Miamis and Tampas of the state. Almost every Florida city used to have wonderful foliage, but beginning in the 1980s road widenings, public works projects, streetscaping projects, and concerns over trimming and maintenance costs led most to get rid of most of the foliage.
Most of the original residential areas of Jacksonville, including Springfield, Riverside, San Marco, Ortega, St. Nicholas, old Mandarin, and many others, still had their tree canopies fully intact as of 2000. Unfortunately, once JEA unilaterally declared itself a for-profit enterprise despite being wholly taxpayer-owned (Stephendare has more information on that topic if you're interested), they have destroyed a good 1/3 of this original canopy, probably over 1/2 in Riverside, because it is cheaper than rerouting or burying the power lines they may interfere with.
The canopy is nice, and I think Edgewood will look nice when it grows in. Historically, that's the appearance of a traditional Florida city. Tree canopies were highly valued, providing much needed shade and coolness in the days before air conditioning. We are one of the few Florida cities, or at least we were until recently, that kept this asset.