Bulldozers clear way for Baptist-MD Anderson Cancer Center
Bulldozers were out in April tearing down bungalows along Palm Avenue and Childrens Way, as Baptist Health begins the process of clearing land so that a new state-of-the art cancer center may be built. On April 17, Baptist Health signed a partnership agreement with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to join forces […]
Proposed improvements to Whatley Park draw ire from neighbors
Few dispute that improvements need to be made to San Marco’s Brown Whatley Park, but exactly what upgrades will be made and when is apparently still up for discussion. The San Marco Preservation Society (SMPS) shared several proposed renovations to help bring the park in sync with American Disabilities Act regulations during its Wine Down […]
New smartphone app to help fight city blight
They’re considered litter on a stick – “snipe” signs – that are often seen on public property such as electric poles, fences, stakes or in city right-of-ways advertising everything from tax refunds to rooms for rent. And they’re illegal. Snipe signs are one bane on Jacksonville’s landscape that City Hall has decided to fight with […]
Historic district striping causes gripes and giggles
Standards followed despite alternative Clearly a mistake, this striping pattern for parking on Lydia Street at King Street was corrected on March 19 after the error was brought to the attention of the Public Works Department. (Photo courtesy of Wayne Wood) Unlike the wheels on cars zipping down the narrow streets of Riverside and Avondale, […]
Contractor dispute resolved; good news for fence replacement
The temporary fencing at Willowbranch Creek along Riverside Ave. may yet be replaced with permanent balustrades this year. At least, that’s if all goes according to plan now that the City Construction Dispute Resolution Board (CCDRB) has weighed in on the petition by The Touring Company to recover additional costs incurred during the lengthy project. […]
Last Landon graduating class celebrates 50th reunion
The Sixties, historically notable for many events – among them the first moon walk, three assassinations, the Vietnam War and Woodstock – was also a notable time for a group of San Marco area high school students. The Landon Senior Class of 1965 was the last to graduate (June 7 that year) from the high […]
Merchants see growth on Hendricks corridor
There’s a business revival going on in Jacksonville and, no, it’s neither in Riverside/Brooklyn nor Downtown. Take a drive down Hendricks Avenue in San Marco and about one block south of the Interstate 95 underpass you will see what locals have known for a couple of years – this stretch of Hendricks is coming into […]
Largest graduating class ever
Lee High School Class of 1965 to reunite Just under 50 percent of the seniors who graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in 1965 will get together this month to reminisce about Then and share about Now. “We have about 300 [registered] as of today and expect to have approximately 330-350 in attendance,” said […]
