Plans for new Riverside restaurant include rooftop dining

Plans for new Riverside restaurant include rooftop dining

Two years after renovating three floors in the iconic Fletcher Building at 1000 Riverside Ave., Padgett Premiere Properties, LLC, has applied for a Planned Unit Development (PUD) to rezone approximately 1.90 acres of property from Commercial Residential and Office (“CRO”) to PUD in order to install a new, full-service restaurant. The eight-story building, designed by […]

Health of St. Johns River is everyone’s problem

I wish I had a nickel for every time over the years that I have heard someone say how critical the St. Johns River is to our community. The river is often cited as a blessing, Jacksonville’s greatest asset, an economic engine, the crown jewel, and even the reason for our community’s very existence. Despite […]

Analysis on repurposing structures will aid preservation arguments

Early last year, the Jessie Ball duPont Fund announced it had engaged the National Trust for Historic Preservation to conduct a county-wide analysis of Jacksonville’s historic districts and identify strategies to strengthen reuse of existing buildings throughout the community. Following the February 2016 announcement, researchers from the National Trust were in town in November 2016 […]

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