Posted on December 4, 2017
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The Friends of the Murray Hill Library are helping the Edgewood Avenue-based branch put its best face forward by beautifying the façade with landscaping. Led by gardening expert Hella Shull, much care went into the selection of the plants, which include Texas sage, variegated flax lilies, Aztec grass, gold and orange lantana, and foxtail and […]
Posted on December 4, 2017
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Westside residents who routinely use the Stockton Street exit from I-95 southbound will need to learn which of two detours will work best for the next year. The project which the Florida Department of Transportation is calling “Your10and95 operational improvements project” implemented a long-term closure of the ramp from Interstate 95 southbound to Stockton Street […]
Posted on December 4, 2017
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Like most of the business owners on San Marco Boulevard, Beth Handline, owner of Dance Trance, had a thriving enterprise on that road until Hurricane Irma came calling. The savagery of the hurricane’s winds and the St. Johns River’s resulting storm surge took the city by surprise, especially when it pushed an epic amount of […]
Posted on December 4, 2017
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Concerns about adequate and safe parking for Bold Bean Coffee Roasters’ customers have prompted a nearby San Marco law firm and a church to file an appeal against a Planning Commission decision. Robert Harris Trust, located at 1837 Hendricks to the left of Bold Bean, and Southside Baptist Church, located across Hendricks Avenue from Bold […]
Posted on December 4, 2017
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S outhbank high-rise residents may soon get a birds-eye view of the first phase of construction at the site of The District Jacksonville—Life Well Lived (The District), the 30-acre master-planned development on the St. Johns River. The purchase of the site property, however, is still under negotiation with the Jacksonville Energy Authority (JEA) and the […]
Posted on December 4, 2017
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Almost a year to the day residents and businesses in Riverside viewed plans and gave feedback for a brand-new Wendy’s restaurant on Park Street, the 42-year-old former structure was demolished. The demolition permit was issued Oct. 26 to Realco Recycling Company, which had bid $15,000 for complete structure demolition. Eleven days later the 20-foot-high, 2,144-square-foot […]
Posted on December 4, 2017
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More than a year after approval by the Downtown Development Review Board, a new self-storage facility is under construction at the site of what was once Knauer’s Hardware in the Brooklyn area. The Nuvo Company, with headquarters in Winter Park, Florida, plans to build a 5-story, 91,700-square-foot self-storage unit at 340 Myrtle Avenue between Elm […]
Posted on December 4, 2017
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For the next four months, residents on Osceola Street in Riverside will continue to be inconvenienced by road closures, noise, and torn-up sidewalks as the City of Jacksonville completes a six-month project to replace a collapsing storm drain leading from Riverside Avenue to the St. Johns River. The street is also collapsing due to failure […]