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5 Forgotten Facts About Jax
Some say we forget over time because new experiences overwrite connections to old memories. However, those old memories remain buried down in there. Here's 5 forgotten interesting facts from Jacksonville's past.
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Creating a Timeline: Through Photographs
While the previous article uses city directories to illustrate the rise and fall of downtown, another effective way to get the point across is the use of historic photographs that correlate with the timeline. The pictures below are intended to give readers a visual image of the rise and fall of downtown...
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Discovering the Psychogeography of Jacksonville
Metro Jacksonville's Major Stephenson interviews Jacksonville's Dr. Tim Gilmore. Dr. Gilmore has taken it upon himself to learn the deep, rich history Jacksonville has loosely buried and in return shares it through his created website (www.jaxpsychogeo.com/) and published work such as, In Search of Eartha...
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The Last Days of LaVilla
Sometimes the grass isn't greener on the other side of the fence. 21st century LaVilla is known as a section of downtown that's characterized by blighted surface parking lots and failed dreams of urban renewal. Before it's wholesale demolition in the early 1990s, it was one of the densest neighborhoods...
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A Blast From The Past: 1990s Downtown Jacksonville
Downtown Jacksonville has come a long way over the last twenty years. Today, we go back in time and take a look at the streets of Downtown's Northbank during the early 1990s.
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The Controversial History Behind the Rodman Reservoir
Metro Jacksonville takes a brief look at the history Cross Florida Barge Canal. A project that created the Rodman Dam and Reservoir while also becoming the largest public works project in America to halted in the middle of construction.
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5 More Places That Existed Then That Are Better Now
Here are five more historic sites in Jacksonville that have gotten better with age.
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5 Places That Existed Then That Are Better Now
Here are five historic sites in Jacksonville that have gotten better with age.
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4 Christmas Events We Don't Do Anymore In Jax
This week Jacksonville will celebrate Christmas for the 182nd time. Here's four major Christmas traditions that don't happen anymore in a city that continues to change.
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