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Re: Aerials From An Era Gone By
« Reply #15 on: October 03, 2008, 08:53:38 PM »
I loved seeing all the sand where Regency is now. Brings back memories of the last of my youth in my dad's SUV in the few remaining sand dunes in that area then.
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Re: Aerials From An Era Gone By
« Reply #16 on: October 04, 2008, 02:36:08 PM »


Look at the parking lot for the Gator Bowl. I guess you could forget about leaving early.
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Re: Aerials From An Era Gone By
« Reply #17 on: October 06, 2008, 10:21:32 AM »
Could they have packed them in any tighter?
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Re: Aerials From An Era Gone By
« Reply #18 on: October 06, 2008, 10:39:07 AM »
The ancient one speaks:

Don't recall how they did the "Get to your cars" part, but the flow was simple and worked very well. I was a tot and they would pull off the layers row after row JPD took care of it and IT WORKED!

BTW back in the day it would look about the same for Jackson and Lee or Forrest and Lee etc...

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« Reply #19 on: June 16, 2010, 10:55:39 PM »
Was the Normandy Drive-in , later called the Fox drive-in?  If so , I do remember that.  Great collection of Photos from days gone by.  Well recognize the I-95 Viaduct under construction in the one photo. pretty cool.
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« Reply #20 on: November 15, 2011, 10:11:01 PM »
Where do you get these old overhead pictures of Jacksonville? I would love to see some of Normandy Blvd out towards the Military base.
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Re: Aerials From An Era Gone By
« Reply #21 on: November 16, 2011, 08:41:50 AM »
Quote from: Lunican on October 04, 2008, 02:36:08 PM


Look at the parking lot for the Gator Bowl. I guess you could forget about leaving early.

Good god. Hopefully it was a close game.
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Re: Aerials From An Era Gone By
« Reply #22 on: November 16, 2011, 10:39:59 AM »
Quote from: copperfiend on November 16, 2011, 08:41:50 AM
Quote from: Lunican on October 04, 2008, 02:36:08 PM


Look at the parking lot for the Gator Bowl. I guess you could forget about leaving early.

Good god. Hopefully it was a close game.

Cars look like a bunch of soda cans neatly aligned. Why was the parking so tight?
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Re: Aerials From An Era Gone By
« Reply #23 on: November 16, 2011, 07:24:33 PM »
My guess would be , because there was no shuttle service running to the gator bowl.  I am sure it was mass chaos trying to leave.  :)
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Re: Aerials From An Era Gone By
« Reply #24 on: November 16, 2011, 09:06:48 PM »
^Back then it was more about "going downtown for a big game" as the end-all be-all of your day, rather than "I'm entitled to drive where I want and then drive back to the suburbs when I want, if there's some sort of football game en route, that's an added bonus."

Unfortunately that mindset has totally prevailed, and now all modern football stadiums are designed to get people, mostly drivers, in and out again as fast as possible. It's sad, it used to be a great draw to get people to come downtown.
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Re: Aerials From An Era Gone By
« Reply #25 on: November 16, 2011, 11:48:45 PM »
^^^It actually looks more like they were getting drivers in and out then than now.  At least now there is room for tailgating!!!
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Re: Aerials From An Era Gone By
« Reply #26 on: November 17, 2011, 12:56:45 AM »
Quote from: simms3 on November 16, 2011, 11:48:45 PM
^^^It actually looks more like they were getting drivers in and out then than now.  At least now there is room for tailgating!!!

^ point :)
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