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Developer wants to traverse St. Johns River by sky gondolas

The Southbank is no stranger to property developer Michael Balanky, one of whose projects includes the San Marco Place condominium tower on Riverplace Boulevard. Now Balanky is envisioning a 28-story high-rise of residential, office and retail on the Southbank near the Kings Avenue Skyway Station.

Cancer center skybridge marks another milestone

It was a big day March 4 when Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center’s pedestrian sky bridge was raised, then laid to rest over San Marco Boulevard. After months of careful planning and engineering, the steel and glass structure envisioned by construction superintendent Scott Gibbs was

Several Murray Hill murals vandalized weeks before mural festival

Muralist Christopher Sweeney will be returning to Jacksonville but it won’t be for a new robot with heart painting. Instead, he’ll be here to repair graffiti damage to the popular 25-foot by 15-foot XøRobot mural at 813 Edgewood Ave. South. The Murray Hill Preservation Association…

Herschel Street businesses, residents petition for crosswalks

For customers of small businesses and restaurants along Herschel Street, crossing the busy state road (Florida SR 211) on foot is no easy task. Limited store-side parking on the west side of Herschel Street forces patrons to park across the street in a “parking field”