Communication needed in bike-pedestrian study
Deadline for public comment nears There is still time for local pedestrians and bicyclists to share concerns with a consulting firm hired by the North Florida Transportation Planning Organization to study bicycling and walking routes in Riverside and San Marco. The last day public comment will be accepted is Friday, August 7, said Marci Larson, […]
Traffic calming measures on River Road finally addressed
New speed limit signs installed after push from residents After nearly three years of town meetings, discussions between residents and city officials as well as a grassroots effort by neighborhood volunteers, frustrated residents are finally getting satisfaction: The speed limit on River Road is now 20 mph. After petitioning homeowners door-to-door, something tangible has […]
International exchange promotes communication, cooperation
Families in Avondale, San Marco host students from Norway The Taylor family of Riverside can greet you in five languages: Hallo, Hej, Olá, Ciao and, of course, Hello. While knowing a little bit of Norwegian, Danish, Portuguese and Italian might serve Will, 18, Caroline, 15, and Kristin, 13, well as game show contestants, the […]
Barbara Gann Spurlin
The day after her seventh birthday in 1940, Barbara Gann – along with her mother, grandmother and sister – left Atlanta in a Model T Ford for a 12-hour trip to Jacksonville, where her father had secured a new home on St. Johns Avenue. Recalling that time of transition as easy, Barbara Gann Spurlin said, […]
Community reacts to shooting, rallies to support family
Councilman Love requests more street lights Over 100 people from the Riverside Avondale community turned out for a candlelight vigil July 23 on the Kickbacks Gastropub patio. They gathered despite the downpour to pay their respects to Daniel Rowe, 20, a former Kickbacks employee who worked as a bus boy across the street at […]
Yesterday’s goes down quickly; work begins on South Kitchen & Spirits
Residents were surprised at how quickly the former Yesterday’s Sports Bar was reduced to a pile of concrete. On June 30, the building was razed in less than a day. “Yesterday’s was standing last night. At around 2 p.m., it was gone! A huge pile of rubble and debris remains,” said Elaine Starling, a […]
Residents question progress on over-budget, incomplete project
Residents living near Willow Branch Creek would like to wrap up a nearly three-year-long bridge project before further damage is done. The rainy spring and summer which plagued most of the Riverside Avenue/Willow Branch Creek bridge project during 2013 promises to be a matter of déjà vu this year and fears of flooding are […]
Choreographer, dance educator takes final bow
The marquee at the Florida Theatre was ablaze with the message “Thank you Miss Beth” for Beth Marks, artistic director of Ballet Arts Centre in St. Nicholas, who took her final bow on June 13. Following Marks’ spring concert “Fantasia,” alumnae and current dancers joined her onstage for an encore, performing her jazz warm-up routine. […]
Reflections project overlays time and place
Fans of internationally acclaimed sculpture artist David Engdahl are in for a surprise when they visit The Cummer Museum of Art & Garden’s Reflections: Artful Perspectives on the St. Johns River exhibit. Engdahl, who has worked with wood laminates for nearly 45 years, was assigned to interpret Herman Herzog’s Figure in a River Landscape, […]
