Posted on March 4, 2021
By Editor
Letters To The Editor, Neighborhood News
Letter to the Editor Thanks are due to The Resident for the article 5G Poles Crop Up in Riverside in the February Edition. Operating less than 100’ from homes, this facility appeared without notice in Riverside-Avondale. No sign, no certificate of appropriateness (COA), no National Historic Preservation Act review, no hearing at which neighbors could […]
Posted on March 4, 2021
By Editor
Letters To The Editor, Neighborhood News
Letter to the Editor Your article, 5G Poles Crop Up in Riverside, cites only aesthetics, historic preservation, and property values as problems with wireless transmission facilities (WTFs). Of primary importance, however, are safety and health, environmental health, and cybersurveillance, with loss of privacy. Presently, Jacksonville has 140 WTF applications or permits pending. Residents have analyzed […]
Posted on February 2, 2021
By Marcia Hodgson
Neighborhood News, Riverside, Avondale, Ortega, Murray Hill, San Jose, San Marco, St. Nicholas, Top Stories
Tall, black, monolithic poles are starting to crop up in Riverside, and members of Riverside Avondale Preservation (RAP) are not happy about it. In January, residents driving along Riverside Avenue at Copeland Street noticed a new black utility tower with a large box attached a third of the way up from the ground. Soon many […]
Posted on April 1, 2020
By Editor
Brooklyn, Downtown, Springfield, Neighborhood News, Riverside, Avondale, Ortega, Murray Hill, San Jose, San Marco, St. Nicholas, Top Stories
Jacksonville City Council members and members of the Stop 5G Jax group are working together to keep large telecommunication equipment out of residential neighborhoods and other areas where they could become an eyesore. Duval County has an ordinance in place that echoes state and federal legislation that allows telecommunications companies seeking to create a new […]