Developer plans to turn blighted Riverside corner into eateries
Ten years after first proposing a plan for a mixed-use structure at the corner of Oak and Stockton Streets, Mark Rubin was optimistic that his latest endeavor to remove blight from Riverside would be approved. “We have high hopes for it,” he said, referring to the restaurant and drive-thru coffee shop he is proposing for […]
Billboard removal gets cheers from beautification group
The last day of August 2016 was a red-letter day – and a long time coming, according to William Brinton, an Avondale attorney who has made a mission of fighting billboard blight in Jacksonville and around the country. On Aug. 31, Brinton was joined the presidents of Scenic Jacksonville, Inc. and the Douglas Anderson #107 […]
Coffee house planned for San Marco Boulevard
After taking more than a year to “find the best thing for the community,” San Marco developer Mark Rubin has decided to build a coffee house in the old Laundry Station building he owns at 1604 San Marco Boulevard. Although he purchased the property for $50,000 in March 2015, the old dry cleaner building has […]
Storm widens holes in Riverfront Park
Hurricane Hermine was not kind to the bulkhead in Riverfront Park. The early September storm caused much concern among neighboring residents after it tossed flotsam over the bulkhead’s banks and cut huge holes into the grass of the narrow park strip that lines the St. Johns River in San Marco. After an initial clean-up from […]
Episcopal’s Jacob F. Bryan III Library rededicated after renovations
As part of Episcopal School of Jacksonville’s 50th anniversary Lead the Way capital campaign, the reimagined Jacob F. Bryan III Library was rededicated Sept. 20 while its namesake’s family looked on. “We are pleased to support Episcopal, which the Bryan family has done for 50 years. My father was one of the School’s founders,” said […]
Alumni, students gather to celebrate Bishop Kenny’s 65th anniversary
Alumni from the 1950s were among the special guests when The Most Reverend Felipe Estevez, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of St. Augustine, led a special celebration to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the founding of Bishop Kenny High School Sept. 8 in Baldwin Athletic Center on the school’s campus. The 1,210-member student body, as […]
City, school officials christen Landon track and field
No longer will Julia Landon College Preparatory School students have to play soccer somewhere else due to a soggy field. In celebration of the completion of gutter repairs and drainage structures at Landon’s athletic facility on Minerva Avenue, school and city officials held a christening event Sept. 15 to celebrate having the track and field […]
Touch rugby, the popular coed sport just about anyone can play
When Andy Yi and his wife Debby moved back to Jacksonville from Taiwan in 2014 one of the main things they missed most was the “welcoming” atmosphere of the Touch Rugby Association they had Taipei. “Actually it was my wife who got me into it,” said Yi, adding that he started playing when he and […]
